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This book presents an unforgettable up-close account of the effects of World War II and the subsequent American occupation on Oita prefecture, through firsthand accounts from more than forty Japanese men and women who lived there. The interviewees include students, housewives, nurses, midwives, teachers, journalists, soldiers, sailors, Kamikaze pilots, and munitions factory workers. Their stories range from early, spirited support for the war through the devastating losses of friends and family members to air raids and into periods of hunger and fear of the American occupiers. The personal accounts are buttressed by archival materials; the result is an unprecedented picture of the war as experienced in a single region of Japan

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of boxes -- Foreword -- Part I: Philosophy, theory and practice of working with young people -- Chapter 1: Philosophy and theories of counselling young people -- Philosophy of counselling theories -- Modernism versus postmodernism -- Mechanism-organicism -- Focus on problems versus on people -- Individualism versus contextualism -- Theories of counselling -- Stance of the counsellor -- Eclecticism -- Theory selection -- Evidence -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Solution-focused theory -- Causes versus solutions -- Philosophy of a solution-focused approach -- Therapeutic questioning -- Phases of solution-focused therapy -- Discuss pre-session change -- Problem-free talk -- Describe the problem -- Reframing the problem -- Formulate goals -- Types of goals -- Outcome goals -- Vague goals -- Negative goals -- Emotional goals -- Insight goals -- Wanting others to change -- Unrealistic goals -- Harmful goals -- Multiple goals -- 'I don't know' responses -- 'I don't care' responses -- Process goals -- Scaling -- Identify solutions -- Identify exceptions -- Identify strengths -- Highlight strengths -- Homework tasks -- Behavioural tasks -- Observational tasks -- Review -- Plan for overcoming obstacles to change -- Relapses -- Checking back -- Evidence -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Narrative therapy -- Questions -- The wonderfulness interview -- Describe the problem -- Externalising the problem -- Deconstruction -- Investigate the problem's strategies and pattern of entry -- Map its influence -- Map clients' influence on the problem -- Landscape of action questions -- Landscape of identity questions -- Relationship questions -- Unique circulation questions -- Metaphors for responses to the problem.

"An honest, inspiring, and laugh-out-loud funny memoir about re-energizing our politics and standing up to corporate America-while carting three kids around in a minivan. Never having run for office before, Katie Porter charted a new path in 2018 when she was elected to Congress as a Democrat in historically conservative Orange County, California. Underestimated as a single mom and chided for her progressive values, Katie defied expectations. Then, using her signature whiteboard, she began to take CEOs and corrupt government officials to task in Congressional hearings. The videos went viral, introducing Americans to her no-bullshit style, and making her a coveted guest on cable news and late-night television. I SWEAR: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan is a witty, down-to-earth exploration of what it's really like to serve in Congress, particularly as a single mom. Katie offers Americans a clear picture of what their elected leaders are doing-and how they're doing it-exposing the gaps between politicians' press conferences and real people's lives. Katie reveals how her challenges as an Iowa farmgirl diverted her to the Ivy League and how she came to see herself as a Californian, teaching law and raising three kids in Orange County. She shares why she made the jump from academia to politics and how she quickly mastered the art of making CEOs and cabinet members squirm when they bluff and bloviate instead of doing the job for America. With the same clarity she demonstrates in Congressional hearings, Katie makes the case for consumer protection, corporate accountability, and anti-corruption reforms. She pulls back the curtain on the political messaging machine, campaign fundraising, and Congress' traditions, showing that the way things have always worked, in fact, does not work for a Congressperson without someone at home to do the shopping and take care of the kids. Along the way, she provides whiteboard lessons on where your campaign donations go, how to fight the corporations that cheat you, and how to conduct her trademark robust oversight. Full of candid and inspiring stories-from how Katie lent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a pair of sneakers during the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, to her kids' lightly illegal campaign hijinks-this is a book by an exhausted, committed parent who just doesn't have the time for nonsense in her house or in the House of Representatives"--

Introduction : three views of SFO -- Out of the mud -- Making San Francisco Airport -- Of fighting planes and flowers -- A black future in the air industry? -- The politics of jet noise -- Diverging welcomes -- Sanctuary's gateway -- Shoreline futures.

In 'The Consumer Citizen', Ethan Porter investigates how the techniques of everyday consumer experiences can shape political behavior. Drawing on more than a dozen original studies, he shows that the casual conflation of consumer and political decisions has profound implications for how Americans think about politics.

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Part One Introduction: Britain and the World -- 1 Britain and Europe: 40,000 bce to the Present -- Notes -- 2 Empire -- Notes -- Part Two Britons and Europe -- 3 Britons in Europe: The Nineteenth Century -- Notes -- 4 Britain and Asylum -- Notes -- Part Three An Orcadian Abroad -- 5 Samuel Laing, Traveller and Philosopher -- Notes -- 6 The Philistine -- Notes -- Part Four War in Europe -- 7 World War I: Gallipoli -- Notes -- 8 World War II: Churchill -- Notes -- 9 The Home Front -- Notes -- 10 On the Margins -- Notes -- Part Five Peace -- 11 Hope and Decline -- Notes -- 12 Thatcher's Time -- Notes -- Part Six What Now? -- 13 Secrets and Lies -- Notes -- 14 The Battle for Brexit -- Notes -- Epilogue: National Identity -- Bibliography -- Index.