High-risk sexual behavior has been linked to social problems such as substance abuse, domestic violence, homelessness, and deprivation. This volume's unique multidisciplinary biopsychosocial approach combines relevant medical information regarding disease states with the cultural, social, and psychological facets of successful prevention programs. Becker and Rankin outline specific interventions that address the needs of particularly vulnerable populations: women, ethnic minorities, and the gay community. Useful chapter summaries which review the pros and cons of different approaches will aid both the student and the practitioner.

High-Risk Sexual Behavior: Interventions with Vulnerable Populations (Prevention in Practice Library)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Rankin, Elizabeth

Becker, Evvie

Rickel, Annette U.

Mental Health

Springer

Professional and academic writing is often seen as dull, dry, and as boring to write as it is to read. In The Work of Writing, Rankin challenges these assumptions by encouraging the professional writer to develop a strong writing voice and become fully engaged with the writing process, thus producing written work that is lively and engaging. This book will give academic practitioners and other professionals critical help in determining what to write, how to write it, and how to position their written works succesfully for the markets they wish to reach. Rather than a style manual, The Work of Writing focuses on the thinking, strategizing, and decision making that goes on in the heads of academic and professional writers. In doing so, it deals with the complex issues of purpose, audience, genre, and voice that all writers face. Drawing on collective experience of academic and professional readers as well as writers, Rankin offers a framework to help writers think about their writing in realistic, practical, and productive ways. The book offers specific examples and "real-life" scenarios that are familiar to all academic writers--and by extension, to practicing professionals as well.

The Work of Writing: Insights and Strategies for Academics and Professionals

Literature & Fiction

Jossey-Bass

Diane Victor

David Krut Pub.

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine. 
Beginnings, endings, and transformations. Quirky alien visitors, hand-knit wormholes, sandcastles with attitude - the best science fiction and fantasy stories from Metaphorosis magazine's seventh year. 
Contents Hope on the Vine — R.E. Dukalsky Indicative of Future Results — C.H. Rosenberg The Girl Who Drew the World — L.D. Oxford Holding On — Justen Russell In the House of Geometers — David Cleden Through the Middle — J.B. Kish Portals and Other Lost Things — Elizabeth Rankin A Lie in the Sand — Devin Miller Since We Don't Have Wings — Gwen Whiting A Xenothanatologist’s Guidebook to Death Practices Among the Sapient Species of the Outer Perseus Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy — P.G. Streeter Snowman — Han Whiteoak Her Last Will — Karl El-Koura For the Love of Wild Things — Mande Matthews 
Cover art by Carol Wellart.

Metaphorosis: Best of 2022 (Best of Metaphorosis)

Magazine, Metaphorosis

Cleden, David

Kish, J.B.

Oxford, L.D.

Dukalksky, R.E.

Rosenberg, C.H.

Russell, Justen

Short Stories & Anthologies

Metaphorosis Magazine

Originally published by the Standard Bank as part of a curated exhibition in May 2011, this prestigious volume celebrates the life and works of Peter Clarke (1929–2014), one of South Africa’s foremost artists. A mere 500 copies were originally published, all taken up at the exhibition, and continued demand has led to its re-release. Clarke left his job as a dockworker in Simon’s Town to devote himself to art. The wisdom of this decision is reflected in a remarkable career, which extended over some six decades and was acknowledged in the awards of the Order of Ikhamanga (silver) in 2005 and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. Listening to Distant thunder: The Art of Peter Clarke recounts an artist’s life in the context of the social history of South Africa from the 1940s onwards. His images reflect the social disruption of the Cape Flats, and the trauma of his community’s forced removal from Simon’s Town to the bleak apartheid township of Ocean View. Yet Clarke’s images have avoided bitterness, and his work is a perceptive scrutiny and celebration of life in all its aspects. Illustrated with over 200 reproductions and photographs, this book was researched and written by well-known South African art historians Philippa Hobbs and Elizabeth Rankin, in close collaboration with the artist over almost seven years.

Listening to Distant Thunder: The Art of Peter Clarke

Arts & Photography

Hobbs, Phillippa

History & Criticism

Penguin Random House South Africa

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