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Russell Hoban/Forty Years

Essays on His Writings for Children

By: Alida Allison

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Russell Hoban/Forty Years

Essays on His Writings for Children

By: Alida Allison

This edited volume reviews the long career of Russell Hoban, an American writer residing in England who writes for children and adults. The Forty Years in the title refers to the length of Hoban's career to date. Hoban's contribution specifically to children's literature is commemorated in this volume of essays by international scholars,

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Routledge

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1135674388

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9781135674380

Pocket Guide to Collecting Movies on DVD

Building an Essential Movie Collection-With Information on the Best DVD Extras, Supplements and Special Features-and the Best DVDs for Kids

By: Steven H. Scheuer,Alida Brill-Scheuer

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Pocket Guide to Collecting Movies on DVD

Building an Essential Movie Collection-With Information on the Best DVD Extras, Supplements and Special Features-and the Best DVDs for Kids

By: Steven H. Scheuer,Alida Brill-Scheuer

Citizen Kane • Boogie Nights • Sunset Boulevard • My Fair Lady • Almost Famous • Jaws • A Hard Day's Night • Lord of the Rings • Monsoon Wedding • Apocalypse Now Redux • Moulin Rouge • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid • A Beautiful Mind • Shakespeare in Love THEY'RE NOT JUST MOVIES ANYMORE. THEY'RE DVDs. Supplements...special collector's edition...extras...Words that set the heart pounding of every DVD lover. But how do you decide which DVDs to buy? Where do you begin collecting? Which special features are really special? What commentaries are informative or entertaining? Which disks are worth your time and money? Here at last is the portable, one-of-a-kind DVD buyer's guide -- from veteran film and television critics Steven H. Scheuer and Alida Brill-Scheuer. Director/star/crew audio commentaries • Outtakes • Filmographies and biographies • Alternate takes, music, and endings • Celebrity interviews • Deleted scenes • Trailers • Lost footage • Hidden features and Easter eggs • Animated menus • Production notes • Storyboards • Promotional art • DVD-rom extras • Behind-the-scenes footage • Screenplays • Souvenir booklets • and a special afterword on the best DVDs for kids

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404

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Simon and Schuster

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1416585532

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9781416585534

Reaffirming Juvenile Justice

From Gault to Montgomery

By: Alida V. Merlo,Peter J. Benekos

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Reaffirming Juvenile Justice

From Gault to Montgomery

By: Alida V. Merlo,Peter J. Benekos

This book will expand students’ understanding of the evolution of juvenile justice in the last 50 years. Designed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the landmark case, In re Gault, which the Court decided in 1967, the authors frame the developments and transformations that have occurred in the intervening years. Topics covered include an overview of the dramatic changes to field following the spike youth violence in the 1990s, the ‘superpredator’ myth, and sanctions for juvenile offenders—particularly the 2005 abolition of the death penalty and subsequent decision on life without parole. The book also covers child and youth victimization and recent prevention and treatment initiatives

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151

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Taylor & Francis

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1351618385

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9781351618380

Let It Destroy You

A Novel

By: Harriet Alida Lye

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Let It Destroy You

A Novel

By: Harriet Alida Lye

Inspired by the true story of a dangerous atomic weapon and the man who designed it, here is a stunning novel of morality, creation, and loss from the acclaimed author of The Honey Farm and Natural Killer. It is August 12, 1945. Tomorrow, August Snow will be tried at the International War Crimes Court for patenting a more lethal variation on the atomic bomb. He invented a radiation machine to cure his young daughter’s cancer, despite knowing that the very same technology was capable of great destruction, and inevitably profited from disaster. But are his intentions relevant when the fate of the world is at stake? August’s former wife, June, will also attend the hearing. Restless in her Hague hotel room the night before, she keeps watch over their daughter and reflects on the events that brought them here. She had nothing to do with making the bomb. But is she innocent? Wouldn’t any wife and mother have done the same thing in her shoes? And now, will it cost her everything? Inspired by the physicist Leó Szilárd and the letters he wrote his wife, Gertrud "Trude" Weiss, Let It Destroy You is told in parallel narratives and ventures from Budapest to Berlin to Colorado, and back to Europe. It is a love story about two people whose destinies are bound by everything they share, and all that they’ve kept from one another. Above all, it is a testament to the logic-defying love of a parent who will stop at nothing to protect their child.

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257

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McClelland & Stewart

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0771000421

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9780771000423

Learning from Libraries that Use WordPress

Content-Management System Best Practices and Case Studies

By: Kyle M. Jones,Polly-Alida Farrington

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Learning from Libraries that Use WordPress

Content-Management System Best Practices and Case Studies

By: Kyle M. Jones,Polly-Alida Farrington

With its intuitive interface and open-source development method, the WordPress web platform has emerged as a uniquely flexible content management system (CMS) with many library-related applications. In this book Jones and Farrington, two web designer/librarians, explore the variety of ways libraries are implementing WordPress as a CMS, from simple "out-of-the-box" websites to large sites with many custom features. Emphasizing a library-specific perspective, the authors Offer a brief history of WordPress, reviewing its genesis and sketching in some possible future directions Analyze the software's strengths and weaknesses, spotlighting its advantages over other existing web publishing platforms as well as discussing the limitations libraries have encountered Present a variety of case studies, offering first-hand examples which detail why WordPress was selected, methods of implementation and degree of customization, feedback from users, and reflections on usability Discuss essential plug-ins, themes, and other specialized applications for library sites This useful book shows how scores of libraries have used WordPress to create library websites that are both user-friendly and easy to maintain.

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178

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American Library Association

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0838911625

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9780838911624

Go-betweens and the Colonization of Brazil

1500–1600

By: Alida C. Metcalf

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Go-betweens and the Colonization of Brazil

1500–1600

By: Alida C. Metcalf

Doña Marina (La Malinche) ...Pocahontas ...Sacagawea—their names live on in historical memory because these women bridged the indigenous American and European worlds, opening the way for the cultural encounters, collisions, and fusions that shaped the social and even physical landscape of the modern Americas. But these famous individuals were only a few of the many thousands of people who, intentionally or otherwise, served as "go-betweens" as Europeans explored and colonized the New World. In this innovative history, Alida Metcalf thoroughly investigates the many roles played by go-betweens in the colonization of sixteenth-century Brazil. She finds that many individuals created physical links among Europe, Africa, and Brazil—explorers, traders, settlers, and slaves circulated goods, plants, animals, and diseases. Intercultural liaisons produced mixed-race children. At the cultural level, Jesuit priests and African slaves infused native Brazilian traditions with their own religious practices, while translators became influential go-betweens, negotiating the terms of trade, interaction, and exchange. Most powerful of all, as Metcalf shows, were those go-betweens who interpreted or represented new lands and peoples through writings, maps, religion, and the oral tradition. Metcalf's convincing demonstration that colonization is always mediated by third parties has relevance far beyond the Brazilian case, even as it opens a revealing new window on the first century of Brazilian history.

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393

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University of Texas Press

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0292748604

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9780292748606

Storymaking in Bereavement

Dragons Fight in the Meadow

By: Alida Gersie

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Storymaking in Bereavement

Dragons Fight in the Meadow

By: Alida Gersie

With reflections on the process of grief experienced in bereavement, these 12 stories are about man's struggle with death and loss. Intended to stimulate coping/helping skills, each tale is accompanied by three story-making structures involving the themes

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348

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1853021768

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9781853021763

The Children's Manners Book

By: Alida Allison

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The Children's Manners Book

By: Alida Allison

Abstract: Thoughtfulness, politeness, and helpfulness are the underlying themes of this child-oriented manners guide that views caring and sharing as fundamentals in developing positive relationships with others. Abstract ideas such "being nice" and "getting along" are demonstrated through actual situations that children can identify with. Saying "please" and "thank-you", complimenting others, using "excuse me" when appropriate, and in general, learning to treat others the way you would like to be treated, are addressed. Colorful illustrations portray positive interactions among individuals applying the basic principles of good manners in actual life situations. (aj)

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0843104376

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9780843104370

The Sweet Dreams Book

By: Alida Allison

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The Sweet Dreams Book

By: Alida Allison

This brightly illustrated book offers reassuring words and pictures about bad and good dreams.

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Russell Hoban/Forty Years

Essays on His Writings for Children

By: Alida Allison

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Russell Hoban/Forty Years

Essays on His Writings for Children

By: Alida Allison

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Routledge

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1135674450

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9781135674458

Book's by Alida Allison

Russell Hoban/Forty Years

Russell Hoban/Forty Years

Pocket Guide to Collecting Movies on DVD

Pocket Guide to Collecting Movies on DVD

Reaffirming Juvenile Justice

Reaffirming Juvenile Justice

Let It Destroy You

Let It Destroy You

Learning from Libraries that Use WordPress

Learning from Libraries that Use WordPress

Go-betweens and the Colonization of Brazil

Go-betweens and the Colonization of Brazil

Storymaking in Bereavement

Storymaking in Bereavement

The Children's Manners Book

The Children's Manners Book

The Sweet Dreams Book

The Sweet Dreams Book

Russell Hoban/Forty Years

Russell Hoban/Forty Years

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