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In a unique exploration of how corporations appropriate the rights and identities of people, Richard Hardack unearths the unexpected consequences of corporate America's quest to dominate every aspect of our culture.Not only do corporations govern our economy, but corporate personas define our identities and shape our relationships with people and the world around us. In a timely and wide-ranging study, Hardack recontextualizes the inordinate influence of corporations and corporate advertising as a legal, political, psychological, and sociological phenomenon. He connects a surprising array of topics, including advertising, pop culture, representations of nature, science fiction, legal history, the history of colonization and slavery, and the longing to transcend individuality, to show how the principles of corporate personhood-the idea that corporation are people-allow corporations to impersonate and displace actual people. Throughout, Hardack also provides a novel reassessment of the pernicious role and effect of advertising in our daily lives.The book makes accessible a complex topic and integrates many pressing issues in the U.S., including the privatization of the public sphere; the escalating polarization of wealth and rights; unchecked corporate power, influence and monopoly; and the descent of political debate and policy into the language of advertising, branding, and entertainment. Hardack treats the assumptions that foster corporate personhood as both cause and effect, driver and symptom, of a series of transformations in U.S. society. Awakened to this foundational way corporations infiltrate most human activities and interactions, readers can better understand and safeguard themselves against systemic changes to the American economy, culture, and politics.

Building a work-life balance continues to be a growing challenge, as technology breaks down the physical boundaries between home and the office. Curating Your Life offers a new approach for business leaders looking for success at work and satisfaction at home.

People with Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder have a need for control, yet they are also capable, conscientious, and driven. The Healthy Compulsive offers understanding of personality style, inspiring stories of change, and clear steps to cultivate the talents and passions that are the truly compelling sources of the driven personality.

Logged In and Stressed Out teaches readers to feel happier and more confident by examining the ways in which social media is negatively affecting their lives and determining how they can develop healthier online habits.

Written by an internationally recognized expert, this book uniquely blends the latest research and understanding of chronic pain with very personal stories, including of the author, his wife, his patients and historical figures.

A passionate and revealing examination of the unethical processes taking place within the U.S adoption system today.Written by the director of an adoption agency and the author of The Children Money Can Buy, The Baby Market illustrates the dramatic changes that have taken place in infant adoption over the past two decades, resulting in what feels like a wild west of adoption in which money is the might that makes right and the law is very hard to find. The book follows the true stories of women who choose adoption for their babies, some of them making this choice multiple times. There are also stories from adoptive parents who relate their experiences with scams, disappointments, emotional and financial exploitation, and the dubious "assistance" of baby brokers. The process of adopting a baby involves struggle, uncertainty, and even heartache but, for many people, somehow manages to end happily when birth and adoptive parents create connections that respectfully and even joyfully meet their need for one another. The Baby Market provides welcome encouragement and much needed information about how to avoid the numerous pitfalls inherent in adoption and offers suggestions for the reform of a corrupted adoption system.

The theme of the book is about the importance of collaborating and partnering among parents, schools, and community stakeholders to empower youth for life success.

Women of color in the academe often face the double-jeopardy of race and gender bias. The Ivory Towerfeatures firsthand accounts of BIPOC women in academia in order to promote the recruitment, retention, and success of women of color in higher education institutions. Topics include socio-emotional preservation, mentorship, and authentic identity.