New Releases by Susan Meyers

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Praise for Dealers, Healers, Brutes & Saviors "These revealing stories capture what it takes today to lead your company through a crisis." -Heath Meriwether; Publisher, Detroit Free Press "I urge all senior managers to read this book.. Most crises are sudden, with intensity building in a couple of days like a tropical storm. Gerry''s wisdom will prepare you before it becomes a category-4 hurricane." -Dr. Ilker Baubars, Senior Deputy Dean, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University "Dealers, Healers, Brutes, and Saviors is must reading for any executive, who too often does not recognize a crisis until it''s too late. Gerald Meyers''s keen insight into crisis management has been invaluable to many corporate CEOs, including me." -John R. Hall, Retired Chairman of the Board and CEO, Ashland, Inc. "There''s a huge range of responses that are feasible when you''re faced with a crisis. Knowing how real people chose, acted, and succeeded in managing their crises is critical to solid decision-making. That''s what this book is all about and why it is worth the investment." -Edward A. Snyder, Dean, The Darden School University of Virginia "Confronted by crisis, the successful leaders profiled in this fast-moving, readable book universally embrace risk, take charge, move quickly, often, save their companies." -James A. Henderson, Chairman and CEO Cummins Engine Company

Winner of the 1998 Persephone Press Book Award. [Meyers''s] particular gift is taking the fine gradations of light and shadow that make up everyday existence, and proving once and for all how important these things are in our lives, how they are, in fact, what constitute our lives. Behind her quiet poetic voice the reader finds a startling complexity that confronts essential issues with an almost mythopoetic force. --S. Paul Rice.

If Brittany is chosen as a model for the new fashion catalog and Meg is left out, will it mean the end of the Always Friends Club?

Ten-year-old Cricket finds a way to raise money for the Always Friends Club by providing a dog washing service.

If Amy asks Mark to help with their entry for the Haunted House Contest, will her friends ever stop teasing her?

Describes, in text and photographs, the San Francisco Insect Zoo and the many insects that are kept there.

This volume takes a fresh look at the problems of designing effective and humane service care delivery systems for the seriously mentally ill. The author addresses a number of major themes, including the differing definitions of mental illness and the differing treatment technologies that have logically developed from them, the varying theories regarding the structure and design of the service delivery system, and the policy dilemmas that lead to inconsistent and inequitable treatment. Demonstrating that there are wide areas of agreement among the disputing professionals. Chandler offers guidelines for finding these zones of agreement and achieving a consensus for realistically improving the system of care. The focus throughout is on the development of practical problem-solving strategies for professionals, advocates, patients, and their families. A particularly valuable feature is the inclusion of an in- depth case study that demonstrates the application of effective conflict resolution techniques in the mental health setting. Following an introductory overview of the persistent problems of people with mental illnesses, Chandler analyzes the recurring themes and issues that have surrounded the mental health field since its earliest conception. She goes on to examine such issues as the failure of the deinstitutionalization policies for the seriously and persistently mentally ill and the changing roles and responsibilities of state and local governments, families, mental health providers, and welfare agencies. The remaining chapters explore the nature of advocacy in the mental health field. Chandler describes the framework and belief structures of prominent advocacy organizations, discusses the advocacy wars among the organizations and agencies whose goal it is to help the mentally ill, and delineates a negotiation strategy for meeting the needs of the mentally ill. Topics such as the rise of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, the growth of patient rights groups, and strategies for altering the definitions of mental illness receive extended treatment. In the final chapter, Chandler outlines the knowledge necessary to understand the complex issues surrounding the mentally ill and the skills necessary to work successfully in this field.

P.J. Clover and Stacy Jones try to find mysteriously missing laundry from Mrs. Baxter''s backyard. Will they unravel the seemingly endless trail of false clues in time to save their clubhouse and give Mrs. Baxter a chance to enter the flower contest?

While designing the perfect costumes for a Halloween contest, P.J. and Stacy try to clear their school custodian''s name by tracking down the thief who entered the school after hours and stole an antique samovar.

P.J. and Stacy investigate a jewelry store heist and a mystery involving a missing doll.

P.J. and Stacy are on the trail of a missing mouse bank that belongs to their archenemy, Butch Bigelow.

Looks at the cases of divorced parents who decided that the father should have custody of the children and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of this arrangement

P.J. Clover and Stacey Jones try to find mysteriously missing laundry from Mrs. Baxter''s back yard. Will they unravel the seemingly endless trail of false clues in time to save their clubhouse and give Mrs. Baxter a chance to enter the flower contest?

Describes the growth and development of an orphaned harbor seal pup from his arrival at the California Marine Mammal Center to the time of his release into the ocean.

Feeling that she does not have as much beauty or talent as her older sister, nine-year-old Reidunn tries out many ideas during summer vacation to make the family admire her.