Developmental Psychology

Develop your personal skills by understanding how to sell effectively, with strategies to ensure success. This book includes the basics of selling from preparation through to managing a team, with 5-minute fixes and high-impact techniques plus a simple self-assessment exercise to help monitor progre... More

With over 2.5 million copies sold worldwide, this is a must-have book for all ages Who Moved My Cheese? is an amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life - whether... More

The book is a presentation of techniques to know, improve and develop the most sought after attribute of a person i.e. his or her personality. It is written in a lucid and simple language,which will be helpful not only for professionals but also for homemakers, students and entrepreneurs.The time-te... More

The Contributors / Acknowledgement / Introduction / Part 1: BACKGROUND - Counselling and Communication in Health Care - Ian Horton and Rowan Bayne / Looking After Yourself - Rowan Bayne / Part 2: GENERAL SKILLS - Listening: Some Basic Qualities and Skills - Rowan Bayne and Verena Tschudin / Listenin... More

Evaluation of staff and procedures is now a regular part of organizational efficiency across the whole professional spectrum. Yet, few people are given any training or guidance in how to set about it. This book provides this guidance, giving a step-by-step guide to designing evaluations. Questions o... More

Incidents of aggression and physical violence in society are of growing concern to everyone, but those working in the caring professions are particularly at risk from the very people they are trying to help. Self-assessment exercises and case studies challenge the reader to analyse his/her own expe... More

Naipaul's first travel book - travelling from London to his birthplace, the Caribbean Naipaul's first work of travel writing is an account of his journey in 1950 from London to his birthplace, the Caribbean island of Trinidad. It is both a journey to the familiar and to the strange and Naipaul recor... More

These quick games, exercises, and activities are designed to reduce stress wherever and whenever it strikes, in meetings, in front of the computer, or when dealing with difficult people. Psychology Today Editor-In-Chief Robert Epstein has created fifty 1-3 minute games based on STRESS-PROOFING, an o... More

Addressing the concept of a personal U-turn--when a person abruptly changes his or her direction in life--Grierson brilliantly describes and elucidates this powerful, mysterious phenomenon, and in doing so illuminates our continual struggles with life choices and identity.Every day, in almost every ... More

Written for the terminally ill and their families as well as for hospice workers and others involved in the care of the dying, "Life to Death" introduces the technique of co-meditation: a method for helping a patient maintain a "clear mind and peaceful heart" during the process of dying. For centuri... More

This selection of the author’s articles and short papers from The Hindu and other periodicals dates from May 1997 onwards and covers topics in politics, political economy, civil society, and the state. The international coverage includes the United Kingdom and the European Union in domestic and in... More

The success of this best-selling text lies in the author's belief that a good text talks with, rather than at, its readers. Shaffer does an extraordinary job of anticipating students' interests, questions, and concerns while treating them as active participants in the process of learning about socia... More