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This book, "Unlock the Power of Socialization: A Guide to an Active and Engaging Life" will provide you with the tools to jumpstart your social life. You will learn how to be a better communicator, how to build meaningful relationships, and how to make the most out of your interactions with those around you. We will explore different ways to interact with people, from face-to-face conversations to online networking. You will also learn about the importance...
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This book examines how Russian-speaking adoptees in three US families actively shape opportunities for language learning and identity construction in everyday interactions. By focusing on a different practice in each family (i.e., narrative talk about the day, metalinguistic discourse or languaging, and code-switching), the analyses uncover different types of learner agency and show how language socialization is collaborative and co-constructed. The...
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Puppy Socialization: What It Is and How to Do Itdefines and demystifies the most important thing you can do for your puppy: socialization. The authors don't just tell you what you need to know about socialization. They show you with dozens of color photographs and exclusive videos that accompany the text. Clear instructions for accessing the videos are included.
You'll see other owners socialize their puppies under the guidance of a nationally certified...
4) Care, Socialization and Play in Ancient Attica: A Developmental Childhood Archaeological Approach
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Research on children and childhood in ancient Greece is a field in its infancy. This book proposes a new interdisciplinary approach called Developmental Childhood Archaeology. In essence it is an archaeological study based on a collection of material relation to childhood in ancient Attica, dating back to 480-300 B.C. That is, various types of toys, iconographic evidence of children on vases and graves steles, primary written sources on children's...
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This grounded theory study investigates how the Falun Gong in Southern California recruits and instructs followers. Participants are adult followers who meet regularly in public parks, on college campuses, and outside the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles. This study uses grounded theory methodology with unstructured interviews, overt participant observations of meetings, and text analysis of published Falun Gong materials used by the practitioners....
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The Fascist regime under Mussolini regarded its youth as its best hope for the future. Young people were courted more assiduously than any other group in the society and their political socialization became a central concern of the government. Believe, Obey, Fight discusses the various tools used by the Fascist regime from 1922 to 1943 to shape the political values and environment of the young. Tracy Koon focuses on the secondary agents of socialization,...
7) Labrador Retriever Training: A Beginner's Training Guide - Potty Training, Socialization, Sit, Stay
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Raise a well-behaved, happy Labrador in a few, easy steps - From potty training to socialization, and more! Do you wish your beloved Labrador would stop chewing everything in sight? Are you looking to put an end to inappropriate toilet behaviors? Want to teach your Labrador to do tricks? You're in the right place! Train your energetic put to sit, stay, heel, come, work well on a leash, and more with the help of Labrador Retriever Training! From basic...
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Dogs live to play! It's hardwired into their DNA. And when approached with intention, play provides the perfect opportunity to support behavioral development, obedience, and develop strong bonds between pup and owner that will last a lifetime.
The Joy of Playing with Your Dog guides you through a program of structured play with activities that lead to both better dog-to-dog and dog-to-human relationships. The games, tricks, and socialization techniques...
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Is it ever too late to train your Labrador Retriever?
Your Lab is never too old for training. Well-trained Labs live longer and they're much less likely to be given up or removed from the family.
The number one reason dog owners have to give up their friends is because of behavioral issues!
A bad-behaved dog can be the source of a lot of stress and heartache. Even dogs that aren't necessarily badly behaved can cause problems in both their owners...
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Simon & Schuster
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2023.
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First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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"A cultural and business history of the UFC, tracing the unlikely rise of mixed martial arts from what was derided in the '90s as "human cockfighting"-more violence than sport-to a global pop culture phenomenon. Senator John McCain once decried mixed martial arts as "human cockfighting," while the New York Times despaired that the sport offered a "pay-per-view prism" onto the decline of western civilization. But the violent spectacle of cage fighting...
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Kanopy Production
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2023.
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From dungeon-like basements to worldwide phenomenon, ADVENTURE NEVER ENDS: A TABLETOP SAGA explores how tabletop roleplaying games have fought their way through decades of trial by fire to emerge at the height of pop culture— now shaping and bringing together millions of lives through storytelling. The film takes a behind the curtain look at an open community of fans, as well as youth programs who use tabletop roleplaying games to...
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