Christina Perez's Books

Reframing Latin America

A Cultural Theory Reading of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

By: Erik Ching,Christina Buckley,Angélica Lozano-Alonso

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Reframing Latin America

A Cultural Theory Reading of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

By: Erik Ching,Christina Buckley,Angélica Lozano-Alonso

Providing an extensive introduction to cultural studies in general, regardless of chronological or geographic focus, and presenting provocative, essential readings from Latin American writers of the last two centuries, Reframing Latin America brings much-needed accessibility to the concepts of cultural studies and postmodernism. From Saussure to semiotics, the authors begin by demystifying terminology, then guide readers through five identity constructs, including nation, race, and gender. The readings that follow are presented with insightful commentary and encompass such themes as "Civilized Folk Marry the Barbarians" (including José Martí's "Our America") and "Boom Goes the Literature: Magical Realism as the True Latin America?" (featuring Elena Garro's essay "It's the Fault of the Tlaxcaltecas"). Films such as Like Water for Chocolate are discussed in-depth as well. The result is a lively, interdisciplinary guide for theorists and novices alike.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

371

Publisher

University of Texas Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0292782659

ISBN 13

9780292782655

Cold War Cosmopolitanism

Period Style in 1950s Korean Cinema

By: Christina Klein

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Cold War Cosmopolitanism

Period Style in 1950s Korean Cinema

By: Christina Klein

South Korea in the 1950s was home to a burgeoning film culture, one of the many “Golden Age cinemas” that flourished in Asia during the postwar years. Cold War Cosmopolitanism offers a transnational cultural history of South Korean film style in this period, focusing on the works of Han Hyung-mo, director of the era’s most glamorous and popular women’s pictures, including the blockbuster Madame Freedom (1956). Christina Klein provides a unique approach to the study of film style, illuminating how Han’s films took shape within a “free world” network of aesthetic and material ties created by the legacies of Japanese colonialism, the construction of US military bases, the waging of the cultural Cold War by the CIA, the forging of regional political alliances, and the import of popular cultures from around the world. Klein combines nuanced readings of Han’s sophisticated style with careful attention to key issues of modernity—such as feminism, cosmopolitanism, and consumerism—in the first monograph devoted to this major Korean director. A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

320

Publisher

Univ of California Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0520968980

ISBN 13

9780520968981

Mexico, Nation in Transit

Contemporary Representations of Mexican Migration to the United States

By: Christina L. Sisk

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Mexico, Nation in Transit

Contemporary Representations of Mexican Migration to the United States

By: Christina L. Sisk

This book argues for a deterritorialized notion of Mexican national, regional, and local identities by analyzing the representations of migration within Mexican and Mexican American literature, film, and music from the last twenty years"--Provided by publisher.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

245

Publisher

University of Arizona Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0816530653

ISBN 13

9780816530656

The Guests of Ants

How Myrmecophiles Interact with Their Hosts

By: Bert Hölldobler,Christina L. Kwapich

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Guests of Ants

How Myrmecophiles Interact with Their Hosts

By: Bert Hölldobler,Christina L. Kwapich

A fascinating examination of socially parasitic invaders, from butterflies to bacteria, that survive and thrive by exploiting the communication systems of ant colonies. Down below, on sidewalks, in fallen leaves, and across the forest floor, a covert invasion is taking place. Ant colonies, revered and studied for their complex collective behaviors, are being infiltrated by tiny organisms called myrmecophiles. Using incredibly sophisticated tactics, various species of butterflies, beetles, crickets, spiders, fungi, and bacteria insert themselves into ant colonies and decode the colonies’ communication system. Once able to “speak the language,” these outsiders can masquerade as ants. Suddenly colony members can no longer distinguish friend from foe. Pulitzer Prize–winning author and biologist Bert Hölldobler and behavioral ecologist Christina L. Kwapich explore this remarkable phenomenon, showing how myrmecophiles manage their feat of code-breaking and go on to exploit colony resources. Some myrmecophiles slip themselves into their hosts’ food sharing system, stealing liquid nutrition normally exchanged between ant nestmates. Other intruders use specialized organs and glandular secretions to entice ants or calm their aggression. Guiding readers through key experiments and observations, Hölldobler and Kwapich reveal a universe of behavioral mechanisms by which myrmecophiles turn ants into unwilling servants. As The Guests of Ants makes clear, symbiosis in ant societies can sometimes be mutualistic, but, in most cases, these foreign intruders exhibit amazingly diverse modes of parasitism. Like other unwelcome guests, many of these myrmecophiles both disrupt and depend on their host, making for an uneasy coexistence that nonetheless plays an important role in the balance of nature.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

577

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0674276442

ISBN 13

9780674276444

Rhythms of Race

Cuban Musicians and the Making of Latino New York City and Miami, 1940-1960

By: Christina D. Abreu

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Rhythms of Race

Cuban Musicians and the Making of Latino New York City and Miami, 1940-1960

By: Christina D. Abreu

Among the nearly 90,000 Cubans who settled in New York City and Miami in the 1940s and 1950s were numerous musicians and entertainers, black and white, who did more than fill dance halls with the rhythms of the rumba, mambo, and cha cha cha. In her history of music and race in midcentury America, Christina D. Abreu argues that these musicians, through their work in music festivals, nightclubs, social clubs, and television and film productions, played central roles in the development of Cuban, Afro-Cuban, Latino, and Afro-Latino identities and communities. Abreu draws from previously untapped oral histories, cultural materials, and Spanish-language media to uncover the lives and broader social and cultural significance of these vibrant performers. Keeping in view the wider context of the domestic and international entertainment industries, Abreu underscores how the racially diverse musicians in her study were also migrants and laborers. Her focus on the Cuban presence in New York City and Miami before the Cuban Revolution of 1959 offers a much needed critique of the post-1959 bias in Cuban American studies as well as insights into important connections between Cuban migration and other twentieth-century Latino migrations.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

322

Publisher

UNC Press Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1469620855

ISBN 13

9781469620855

Jamón and Halal

Lessons in Tolerance from Rural Andalucía

By: Christina Civantos

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Jamón and Halal

Lessons in Tolerance from Rural Andalucía

By: Christina Civantos

Contemporary Spain reflects broader patterns of globalization and has been the site of tensions between nationalists and immigrants. This case study examines a rural town in Spain’s Andalucía in order to shed light on the workings of coexistence. The town of Órgiva’s diverse population includes hippies from across Europe, European converts to Sufi Islam, and immigrants from North Africa. Christina Civantos combines the analysis of written and visual cultural texts with oral narratives from residents. In this book, we see that although written and especially televisual narratives about the town highlight tolerance and multiculturalism, they mask tensions and power differentials. Toleration is an ongoing negotiation, and this book shows us how we can identify the points of contact that create robust, respect-based tolerance. “This is a book that is both a personal account and a rigorous academic study. It is a model for the kind of engaged humanistic work we are now beginning to see as a hallmark of the post-theory moment, and one that remembers the hard lessons of ethnographic fieldwork as well as the challenging foundational work from philosophically-tinged theory.” —Debra A. Castillo, Cornell University “Filled with rich descriptions and interwoven personal anecdotes of both Civantos and her interlocuters that complement scholarly analysis.” —Jessica R. Boll, Carroll University

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

259

Publisher

Amherst College Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1943208379

ISBN 13

9781943208371

Making an Urban Public

Popular Claims to the City in Mexico, 1879-1932

By: Christina Jiménez

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Making an Urban Public

Popular Claims to the City in Mexico, 1879-1932

By: Christina Jiménez

Written as a social history of urbanization and popular politics, this book reinserts “the public” and “the city” into current debates about citizenship, urban development, state regulation, and modernity in the turn of the century Mexico. Rooted in thousands of pages of written correspondence between city residents and local authorities, mostly with the city council of Morelia, the rhetoric and arguments of resident and city council dialogues often highlighted a person’s or group’s contributions to the public good, effectively positioning petitioners as deserving and contributing members of the urban public. Making an Urban Public tells the story of how Morelia’s residents—particular those from popular groups and poor circumstances—claimed (and often gained) basic rights to the city, including the right to both participate in and benefit from the city’s public spaces; its consumer and popular cultures; its modernized infrastructure and services; its rhetorical promises around good government and effective policing; its dense networks of community; and its countless opportunities for negotiating to forward one’s agenda, and its urban promise for a better life.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

408

Publisher

University of Pittsburgh Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0822986590

ISBN 13

9780822986591

Native American and Chicano/a Literature of the American Southwest

Intersections of Indigenous Literatures

By: Christina M. Hebebrand

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Native American and Chicano/a Literature of the American Southwest

Intersections of Indigenous Literatures

By: Christina M. Hebebrand

This book studies Native American and Chicano/a writers of the American Southwest as a coherent cultural group with common features and distinct efforts to deal with and to resist the dominant Euro-American culture.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

206

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1135933464

ISBN 13

9781135933463

The anxiety of sameness in early modern Spain

By: Christina H. Lee

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The anxiety of sameness in early modern Spain

By: Christina H. Lee

This book explores the Spanish elite’s fixation on social and racial ‘passing’ and ‘passers’, as represented in a wide range of texts. It examines literary and non-literary works produced in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that express the dominant Spaniards’ anxiety that socially mobile lowborns, Conversos (converted Jews), and Moriscos (converted Muslims) could impersonate and pass for ‘pure’ Christians like themselves. Ultimately, this book argues that while conspicuous sociocultural and ethnic difference was certainly perturbing and unsettling, in some ways it was not as threatening to the dominant Spanish identity as the potential discovery of the arbitrariness that separated them from the undesirables of society – and therefore the recognition of fundamental sameness. This fascinating and accessible work will appeal to students of Hispanic studies, European history, cultural studies, Spanish literature and Spanish history.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

390

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1784996351

ISBN 13

9781784996352

Demonic Household

See Owner's Manual

By: Clint Doyle,Cindy Marie Jenkins,F.D. Gross,Fern Goodman,Christina Bergling,J.P. Dildine,Erica Gerald Mason,Brandon Mead,Arielle Haughee

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Demonic Household

See Owner's Manual

By: Clint Doyle,Cindy Marie Jenkins,F.D. Gross,Fern Goodman,Christina Bergling,J.P. Dildine,Erica Gerald Mason,Brandon Mead,Arielle Haughee

Readers Beware of those appliances! You are traveling into a dark and humorous place. We start you off with light, soft stories, but be warned. With each passing page, you will find yourself falling into the ever darker, gorier, and more demonic. We're not responsible for any out of warranty or straight-from-hell defective items. By the end of this collection, you will never look at your couch, your washer, and even television the same way. It will leave you to wonder if you should be laughing anymore. Will your household turn on you? Keep your Owner’s Manuals close by!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

312

Publisher

4 Horsemen Publications, Inc.

Published Date

ISBN 10

1644506378

ISBN 13

9781644506370

The Afterlife of al-Andalus

Muslim Iberia in Contemporary Arab and Hispanic Narratives

By: Christina Civantos

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Afterlife of al-Andalus

Muslim Iberia in Contemporary Arab and Hispanic Narratives

By: Christina Civantos

The first study to undertake a wide-ranging comparison of invocations of al-Andalus across the Arab and Hispanic worlds. Around the globe, concerns about interfaith relations have led to efforts to find earlier models in Muslim Iberia (al-Andalus). This book examines how Muslim Iberia operates as an icon or symbol of identity in twentieth and twenty-first century narrative, drama, television, and film from the Arab world, Spain, and Argentina. Christina Civantos demonstrates how cultural agents in the present ascribe importance to the past and how dominant accounts of this importance are contested. Civantoss analysis reveals that, alongside established narratives that use al-Andalus to create exclusionary, imperial identities, there are alternate discourses about the legacy of al-Andalus that rewrite the traditional narratives. In the process, these discourses critique their imperial and gendered dimensions and pursue intercultural translation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

380

Publisher

SUNY Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1438466692

ISBN 13

9781438466699

Virtue Falls

A Novel

By: Christina Dodd

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Virtue Falls

A Novel

By: Christina Dodd

Blockbuster bestselling author Christina Dodd delivers a novel in Virtue Falls that will leave readers breathlessly turning the pages in this "truly stunning work of mystery, danger, and romance" (RT Book Reviews). Twenty-three years ago, Misty Banner was brutally slashed to death in her home in Virtue Falls, Washington. Her husband was convicted of the murder. Their four year old daughter Elizabeth witnessed the crime, but has no memory of the killing. Now, two decades later, Elizabeth is back in Virtue Falls. She soon discovers her father is innocent. The real killer is still out there. And her investigation has stirred dark and deadly resentments that could provoke in another bloody murder—her own—in this riveting novel from bestselling author Christina Dodd.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

552

Publisher

St. Martin's Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1250028434

ISBN 13

9781250028433

Achieving Growth and Security in the Northern Triangle of Central America

By: Christina Perkins,Erin Nealer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Achieving Growth and Security in the Northern Triangle of Central America

By: Christina Perkins,Erin Nealer

The Northern Triangle of Latin America, consisting of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, has experienced overwhelming challenges to economic growth and development. Gang violence is the root of many of these challenges, and the cost of hiring security forces for individuals and businesses creates a significant tax on the economy of these three countries. Beyond this drain on the region’s finances, the Northern Triangle is considered one of the most dangerous places on the planet, excluding active war zones. The interrelated issues of violence, poverty, and slow economic growth have led to high rates of emigration from the region, such as during the summer of 2014 when thousands of unaccompanied minors entered the United States. This study examines all these issues and goes on to explore connections to the successes of Plan Colombia. Specifically, it considers the opportunity for a “Plan Colombia for the Northern Triangle” to generate long-term economic growth, personal safety, and political stability and accountability in the region.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Published Date

ISBN 10

1442279818

ISBN 13

9781442279810

Calling the Soul Back

Embodied Spirituality in Chicanx Narrative

By: Christina Garcia Lopez

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Calling the Soul Back

Embodied Spirituality in Chicanx Narrative

By: Christina Garcia Lopez

Spirituality has consistently been present in the political and cultural counternarratives of Chicanx literature. Calling the Soul Back focuses on the embodied aspects of a spirituality integrating body, mind, and soul. Centering the relationship between embodiment and literary narrative, Christina Garcia Lopez shows narrative as healing work through which writers and readers ritually call back the soul—one’s unique immaterial essence—into union with the body, counteracting the wounding fragmentation that emerged out of colonization and imperialism. These readings feature both underanalyzed and more popular works by pivotal writers such as Gloria Anzaldúa, Sandra Cisneros, and Rudolfo Anaya, in addition to works by less commonly acknowledged authors. Calling the Soul Back explores the spiritual and ancestral knowledge offered in narratives of bodies in trauma, bodies engaged in ritual, grieving bodies, bodies immersed in and becoming part of nature, and dreaming bodies. Reading across narrative nonfiction, performative monologue, short fiction, fables, illustrated children’s books, and a novel, Garcia Lopez asks how these narratives draw on the embodied intersections of ways of knowing and being to shift readers’ consciousness regarding relationships to space, time, and natural environments. Using an interdisciplinary approach, Calling the Soul Back draws on literary and Chicanx studies scholars as well as those in religious studies, feminist studies, sociology, environmental studies, philosophy, and Indigenous studies, to reveal narrative’s healing potential to bring the soul into balance with the body and mind.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

233

Publisher

University of Arizona Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0816539790

ISBN 13

9780816539796

Ecological Borderlands

Body, Nature, and Spirit in Chicana Feminism

By: Christina Holmes

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ecological Borderlands

Body, Nature, and Spirit in Chicana Feminism

By: Christina Holmes

Environmental practices among Mexican American woman have spurred a reconsideration of ecofeminism among Chicana feminists. Christina Holmes examines ecological themes across the arts, Chicana activism, and direct action groups to reveal how Chicanas can craft alternative models for ecofeminist processes. Holmes revisits key debates to analyze issues surrounding embodiment, women's connections to nature, and spirituality's role in ecofeminist philosophy and practice. By doing so, she challenges Chicanas to escape the narrow frameworks of the past in favor of an inclusive model of environmental feminism that alleviates Western biases. Holmes uses readings of theory, elaborations of ecological narratives in Chicana cultural productions, histories of human and environmental rights struggles in the Southwest, and a description of an activist exemplar to underscore the importance of living with decolonializing feminist commitment in body, nature, and spirit.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

297

Publisher

University of Illinois Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0252098986

ISBN 13

9780252098987

Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease

Diet, Physical Activity and Healthy Aging

By: Peter Kokkinos,Christina N. Katsagoni,Labros S. Sidossis

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease

Diet, Physical Activity and Healthy Aging

By: Peter Kokkinos,Christina N. Katsagoni,Labros S. Sidossis

Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Provides accurate and well-documented information on the impact of diet and physical activity in the prevention and management of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and healthy aging. This authoritative textbook examines the independent and combined impact of diet and physical activity in the prevention and management of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, with special emphasis on the elderly populations. In this book the authors: Provide the latest data on the association between a suboptimal diet and physical inactivity and chronic disease. Examine the role of epigenetics on longevity. Discuss the fundamentals of healthy aging. Highlight the role of well-known dietary patterns such as the Mediterranean diet and the Nordic diet in favorable health outcomes, including cardiovascular, metabolic health, and healthy aging. Discuss the health outcomes of physical activity and healthy aging. Present the most recent evidence-based data on the independent and synergistic impact of diet and exercise on disease prevention and management including, heart disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, kidney failure, cancer and other conditions. Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease: Diet, Physical Activity and Healthy Aging is an excellent textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in medical and health-related disciplines and for health professionals, including dietitians and nutritionists, exercise physiologists, athletic trainers, nurses, physicians, geriatricians, and other health professionals with a special focus in older adults. This book is also a highly useful reference for health professionals interested in introducing diet and physical activity as an intervention for healthy aging as well as the prevention and management of cardiovascular and other metabolic diseases that are prevalent in aging populations.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

421

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

1119833469

ISBN 13

9781119833468

Ethics for Radiation Protection in Medicine

By: Jim Malone,Friedo Zölzer,Gaston Meskens,Christina Skourou

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ethics for Radiation Protection in Medicine

By: Jim Malone,Friedo Zölzer,Gaston Meskens,Christina Skourou

This book presents an up to date ethical framework for radiological protection in medicine. It is consistent with the requirements of the system of radiation protection and with the expectations of medical ethics. It presents an approach rooted in the medical tradition, and alert to contemporary social expectations. It provides readers with a practical framework against which they can assess the safety and acceptability of medical procedures, including patients’ concerns. It will be an invaluable reference for radiologists, radiation oncologists, regulators, medical physicists, technologists, other practitioners, as well as academics, researchers and students of radiation protection in medicine. Features: An authoritative and accessible guide, authored by a team who have contributed to defining the area internationally Includes numerous practical examples/clinical scenarios that illustrate the approach, presenting a pragmatic approach, rather than dwelling on philosophical theories Informed by the latest developments in the thinking of international organizations

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

203

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351372491

ISBN 13

9781351372497

Asian American Sporting Cultures

By: Stanley I Thangaraj,Constancio Arnaldo,Christina B Chin,J. Jack Halberstam

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Asian American Sporting Cultures

By: Stanley I Thangaraj,Constancio Arnaldo,Christina B Chin,J. Jack Halberstam

Delves into the long history of Asian American sporting cultures, considering how identities and communities are negotiated on sporting fields Through a close examination of Asian American sporting cultures ranging from boxing and basketball to spelling bees and wrestling, the contributors reveal the intimate connection between sport and identity formation. Sport plays a special role in the processes of citizen-making and of the policing of national and diasporic bodies. It is thus one key area in which Asian American stereotypes may be challenged, negotiated, and destroyed as athletic performances create multiple opportunities for claiming American identities. This volume incorporates work on Pacific Islander, South Asian, and Southeast Asian Americans as well as East Asian Americans, and explores how sports are gendered, including examinations of Asian American men’s attempts to claim masculinity through sporting cultures as well as the “Orientalism” evident in discussions of mixed martial arts as practiced by Asian American female fighters. This American story illuminates how marginalized communities perform their American-ness through co-ethnic and co-racial sporting spaces.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

279

Publisher

NYU Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1479840815

ISBN 13

9781479840816

Five Practices for Improving the Success of Latino Students

A Guide for Secondary School Leaders

By: Christina Theokas,Mary L. González,Consuelo Manriquez,Joseph F. Johnson Jr.

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Five Practices for Improving the Success of Latino Students

A Guide for Secondary School Leaders

By: Christina Theokas,Mary L. González,Consuelo Manriquez,Joseph F. Johnson Jr.

Based on the work of real leaders and educators in high-performing, urban schools across the country, this book unpacks five key practices that are integral to improving achievement and postsecondary outcomes for Latino students. These inspiring stories affirm that excellence and equity are possible when educators come together around an important purpose and focus on the needs, strengths, and interests of all their students. Full of specific examples and guidance, each chapter also includes an assessment tool designed to help school leaders reflect upon their current practices, affirm school strengths that resemble the exemplary practices described in the chapters, and help educators pinpoint opportunities to strengthen practices in ways that can improve the postsecondary readiness of their students. This important book will help leaders create a positive school culture, coherent school design, and develop the practices and policies that support Latino students in their performance and help students realize their potential.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

264

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351773437

ISBN 13

9781351773430

Obsession Falls

A Novel

By: Christina Dodd

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Obsession Falls

A Novel

By: Christina Dodd

After sacrificing herself to protect a young boy from a death threat, Taylor endures a ruined life in the wilderness before seeking the help of an unlikely ally to defeat a man who would prevent her from reclaiming her life.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

401

Publisher

Macmillan

Published Date

ISBN 10

1250028477

ISBN 13

9781250028471

The Texas Experiment

Politics, Power, and Social Transformation

By: William V. Flores,Christina Hughes,Anita Chadha,Gene Preuss

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Texas Experiment

Politics, Power, and Social Transformation

By: William V. Flores,Christina Hughes,Anita Chadha,Gene Preuss

The Texas Experiment: Politics, Power, and Social Transformation provides students with an all-encompassing view of Texas government. The book brings together the historical and the contemporary, the political and the personal, to walk students through the state′s past, present, and future. Through its rich historical narrative that tells the unvarnished story of how Texas came to be, to its depictions of the processes and structure of Texas government, and finally with its shifting demographics, we learn that the soul of Texas is multicultural, diverse, and thriving. The Texas Experiment empowers students to develop their social and personal responsibility so that they can all be a force of positive change in Texas′s vibrant culture. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package. Contact your SAGE representative to request a demo. Learning Platform / Courseware SAGE Vantage is an intuitive learning platform that integrates quality SAGE textbook content with assignable multimedia activities and auto-graded assessments to drive student engagement and ensure accountability. Unparalleled in its ease of use and built for dynamic teaching and learning, Vantage offers customizable LMS integration and best-in-class support. It’s a learning platform you, and your students, will actually love. Learn more. Assignable Video with Assessment Assignable video (available in SAGE Vantage) is tied to learning objectives and curated exclusively for this text to bring concepts to life. Watch a sample video now. LMS Cartridge: Import this title’s instructor resources into your school’s learning management system (LMS) and save time. Don’t use an LMS? You can still access all of the same online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site. Learn more.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

645

Publisher

CQ Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1071844245

ISBN 13

9781071844243

Demonic Wildlife

A Fantastical Funny Adventure

By: Clint Doyle,Jeremy Rodden,Kim Plasket,Teresa Edmond-Sargeant,G. H. Finn,Christina Bergling,Richard Wentworth,Valerie Willis,Arielle Haughee,Linda Hull

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Demonic Wildlife

A Fantastical Funny Adventure

By: Clint Doyle,Jeremy Rodden,Kim Plasket,Teresa Edmond-Sargeant,G. H. Finn,Christina Bergling,Richard Wentworth,Valerie Willis,Arielle Haughee,Linda Hull

READERS BEWARE You are about to set foot on a bizarre adventure, a funny fantastical one filled with demonic animals. The first few stories are light, more about the giggles, but be warned. As you read further, the dark creepy side will sneak up on you. Within this entertaining tome you will find spiders, snakes, sheep, wolves, manatees, hummingbirds, squirrels, and many more!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

135

Publisher

4 Horsemen Publications, Inc.

Published Date

ISBN 10

1644505304

ISBN 13

9781644505304

Sea Change

An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean

By: Christina Gerhardt

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sea Change

An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean

By: Christina Gerhardt

A stunning atlas of the present and future."—Rebecca Solnit, author of several books including Infinite Cities: A Trilogy of Atlases—San Francisco, New Orleans, New York "An impassioned plea to save what remains of these remarkable island communities."—Booklist, starred review One of the Best Science Books of 2023, New Scientist This immersive portal to islands around the world highlights the impacts of sea level rise and shimmers with hopeful solutions to combat it. Atlases are being redrawn as islands are disappearing. What does an island see when the sea rises? Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean weaves together essays, maps, art, and poetry to show us—and make us see—island nations in a warming world. Low-lying islands are least responsible for global warming, but they are suffering the brunt of it. This transportive atlas reorients our vantage point to place islands at the center of the story, highlighting Indigenous and Black voices and the work of communities taking action for local and global climate justice. At once serious and playful, well-researched and lavishly designed, Sea Change is a stunning exploration of the climate and our world's coastlines. Full of immersive storytelling, scientific expertise, and rallying cries from island populations that shout with hope—"We are not drowning! We are fighting!"—this atlas will galvanize readers in the fight against climate change and the choices we all face.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

321

Publisher

Univ of California Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0520973216

ISBN 13

9780520973213

Christina Dodd: The Chosen One Novels

By: Christina Dodd

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Christina Dodd: The Chosen One Novels

By: Christina Dodd

When the world was young, twins were born. One brought light to a dark world. The other, darkness and danger. They gathered others around them, men and women destined to use their powerful gifts for good or evil. Today, their descendants walk the earth as the Chosen, and the ultimate battle has begun... in the first four novels of bestselling author Christina Dodd's popular paranormal series. Storm of Vision Storm of Shadows Chains of Ice Chains of Fire

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1394

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

ISBN 10

1101644567

ISBN 13

9781101644560

History of French Literature

By: Christina Bridge

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

History of French Literature

By: Christina Bridge

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

386

Publisher

BoD – Books on Demand

Published Date

ISBN 10

3382509369

ISBN 13

9783382509361

Hacking Diversity

The Politics of Inclusion in Open Technology Cultures

By: Christina Dunbar-Hester

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Hacking Diversity

The Politics of Inclusion in Open Technology Cultures

By: Christina Dunbar-Hester

We regularly read and hear exhortations for women to take up positions in STEM. The call comes from both government and private corporate circles, and it also emanates from enthusiasts for free and open source software (FOSS), i.e. software that anyone is free to use, copy, study, and change in any way. Ironically, rate of participation in FOSS-related work is far lower than in other areas of computing. A 2002 European Union study showed that fewer than 2 percent of software developers in the FOSS world were women. How is it that an intellectual community of activists so open in principle to one and all -a community that prides itself for its enlightened politics and its commitment to social change - should have such a low rate of participation by women? This book is an ethnographic investigation of efforts to improve the diversity in software and hackerspace communities, with particular attention paid to gender diversity advocacy"--

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

288

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0691182078

ISBN 13

9780691182070

Politics in the Gutters

American Politicians and Elections in Comic Book Media

By: Christina M. Knopf

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Politics in the Gutters

American Politicians and Elections in Comic Book Media

By: Christina M. Knopf

From the moment Captain America punched Hitler in the jaw, comic books have always been political, and whether it is Marvel’s chairman Ike Perlmutter making a campaign contribution to Donald Trump in 2016 or Marvel’s character Howard the Duck running for president during America’s bicentennial in 1976, the politics of comics have overlapped with the politics of campaigns and governance. Pop culture opens avenues for people to declare their participation in a collective project and helps them to shape their understandings of civic responsibility, leadership, communal history, and present concerns. Politics in the Gutters: American Politicians and Elections in Comic Book Media opens with an examination of campaign comic books used by the likes of Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman, follows the rise of political counterculture comix of the 1960s, and continues on to the graphic novel version of the 9/11 Report and the cottage industry of Sarah Palin comics. It ends with a consideration of comparisons to Donald Trump as a supervillain and a look at comics connections to the pandemic and protests that marked the 2020 election year. More than just escapist entertainment, comics offer a popular yet complicated vision of the American political tableau. Politics in the Gutters considers the political myths, moments, and mimeses, in comic books—from nonfiction to science fiction, superhero to supernatural, serious to satirical, golden age to present day—to consider how they represent, re-present, underpin, and/or undermine ideas and ideals about American electoral politics.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

278

Publisher

Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published Date

ISBN 10

1496834240

ISBN 13

9781496834249

Neuroparasitology and Tropical Neurology

Chapter 22. Schistosomiasis of the nervous system

By: Christina Marie Coyle

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Neuroparasitology and Tropical Neurology

Chapter 22. Schistosomiasis of the nervous system

By: Christina Marie Coyle

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma. Currently 200 million people worldwide are infected. Neurological manifestations are a result of the inflammatory response of the host to egg deposition in the brain and spinal cord and is usually seen in patients with recent infection with no evidence of systemic illness. Cerebral and cerebellar disease can result in headache, seizure, and increased intracranial pressure. Cerebral schistosomiasis is more common in Schistosoma japonicum, but increasing cases due to Schistosoma mansoni are being reported in the literature. Other complications of cerebral schistosomiasis include delirium, loss of consciousness, visual field impairment, focal motor deficits, and ataxia. Myelopathy is the most common neurological manifestation of Schistosoma mansoni and the conus medullaris and cauda equine are the most common sites of involvement. Severe disease can result in flaccid paraplegia with areflexia, sphincter dysfunction, and sensory disturbance. Early recognition and prompt treatment are essential when physicians are faced with schistosomiasis involving the central nervous system. Schistosomicidal drugs, such as praziquantel, steroids and surgery, are the mainstay of therapy for this severe form of schistosomiasis.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Elsevier Inc. Chapters

Published Date

ISBN 10

0128079665

ISBN 13

9780128079669

One-Click Buy: February Harlequin Presents

By: Penny Jordan,Lynne Graham,Miranda Lee,Susan Stephens,Sarah Morgan,Carol Marinelli,Helen Brooks,Christina Hollis

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

One-Click Buy: February Harlequin Presents

By: Penny Jordan,Lynne Graham,Miranda Lee,Susan Stephens,Sarah Morgan,Carol Marinelli,Helen Brooks,Christina Hollis

One convenient download. One bargain price. Get all February Harlequin Presents with one click! Bad-boy billionaires, arrogant aristocrats and ruthless tycoons--all powerful men--meet their match in the arms of innocent beauties and feisty spitfires, who teach them a lesson or two about the power of love. Bundle includes A Royal Bride at the Sheikh's Command by Penny Jordan, The Greek Tycoon's Defiant Bride by Lynne Graham, The Guardian's Forbidden Mistress by Miranda Lee, Bought: One Island, One Bride by Susan Stephens, The Sicilian's Virgin Bride by Sarah Morgan, Expecting His Love-Child by Carol Marinelli, The Billionaire's Marriage Mission by Helen Brooks and One Night in His Bed by Christina Hollis.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1449

Publisher

Harlequin

Published Date

ISBN 10

1426813368

ISBN 13

9781426813368

Be Understood! Book with CD-ROM and Audio CD Pack

A Pronunciation Resource for Every Classroom

By: Christina Maurer Smolder

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Be Understood! Book with CD-ROM and Audio CD Pack

A Pronunciation Resource for Every Classroom

By: Christina Maurer Smolder

34 fun motivating lessons. ... Audio CD contains authentic, unscripted recordings and a wide range of accents. CD-ROM features an interactive phonemic chart and an innovative worksheet creator with a bank of customisable material."--Back cover.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

113

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521138833

ISBN 13

9780521138833

Comprehension of verb inflection in German-speaking children

By: Brandt-Kobele, Oda-Christina

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Comprehension of verb inflection in German-speaking children

By: Brandt-Kobele, Oda-Christina

Previous studies on the acquisition of verb inflection in normally developing children have revealed an astonishing pattern: children use correctly inflected verbs in their own speech but fail to make use of verb inflections when comprehending sentences uttered by others. Thus, a three-year old might well be able to say something like ‘The cat sleeps on the bed’, but fails to understand that the same sentence, when uttered by another person, refers to only one sleeping cat but not more than one. The previous studies that have examined children's comprehension of verb inflections have employed a variant of a picture selection task in which the child was asked to explicitly indicate (via pointing) what semantic meaning she had inferred from the test sentence. Recent research on other linguistic structures, such as pronouns or focus particles, has indicated that earlier comprehension abilities can be found when methods are used that do not require an explicit reaction, like preferential looking tasks. This dissertation aimed to examine whether children are truly not able to understand the connection the the verb form and the meaning of the sentence subject until the age of five years or whether earlier comprehension can be found when a different measure, preferential looking, is used. Additionally, children's processing of subject-verb agreement violations was examined. The three experiments of this thesis that examined children's comprehension of verb inflections revealed the following: German-speaking three- to four-year old children looked more to a picture showing one actor when hearing a sentence with a singular inflected verb but only when their eye gaze was tracked and they did not have to perform a picture selection task. When they were asked to point to the matching picture, they performed at chance-level. This pattern indicates asymmetries in children's language performance even within the receptive modality. The fourth experiment examined sensitivity to subject-verb agreement violations and did not reveal evidence for sensitivity toward agreement violations in three- and four-year old children, but only found that children's looking patterns were influenced by the grammatical violations at the age of five. The results from these experiments are discussed in relation to the existence of a production-comprehension asymmetry in the use of verb inflections and children's underlying grammatical knowledge.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

354

Publisher

Universitätsverlag Potsdam

Published Date

ISBN 10

3869562161

ISBN 13

9783869562162

Will Spook You For Real

Strategies of inspiring Societal Anxieties

By: Christina Maria Huber

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Will Spook You For Real

Strategies of inspiring Societal Anxieties

By: Christina Maria Huber

Popular fiction can be more than "feel-good diversion". Stories which are intended to entertain are uniquely suited to affect their recipients' feelings or moods, and tend to leave a more sustained impression than lectures or lists of facts. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that story-telling keeps on thriving in the 21st century, with ever new media providing ever new space for narratives. In Will Spook You For Real, Huber examines a wide range of strategies used in fiction to trigger a specific emotion in the readers: anxiety regarding the social constructs they live in, and their specific positions within these constructs. Can we trust our neighbours? Can we rely on our governments? What do big corporations have in mind? And what happens if I cannot conform to the role which has been assigned to me?

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

346

Publisher

Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH

Published Date

ISBN 10

3832547029

ISBN 13

9783832547028

Finding Your Path as a Woman in School Leadership

A Guide for Educators, Allies, and Advocates

By: Kim Cofino,Christina Botbyl

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Finding Your Path as a Woman in School Leadership

A Guide for Educators, Allies, and Advocates

By: Kim Cofino,Christina Botbyl

Featuring the experiences of over 70 successful female leaders in international, public, and private schools around the world, Finding Your Path as a Woman in School Leadership brings together interconnected stories about the realities of being a woman in K–12 school leadership today. Women face distinct and unique challenges in pursuing a leadership pathway in schools; unfortunately, most of the obstacles facing women are hidden and only become visible when encountered on the journey to leadership. This book uncovers these invisible obstacles and shares the personal journeys of real women who have overcome them. Chapters feature powerful stories woven together to provide takeaway strategies and address common themes for women in leadership, including unconscious bias and daily microaggressions; physical, linguistic, and cultural expectations of leaders; perception (or reality) of lack of opportunities for women; impostor syndrome and double standards; and availability of mentorship and guidance. This impactful book provides actionable steps for both aspiring leaders and established leaders ready to support growing leaders in their school communities.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

214

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Published Date

ISBN 10

100383180X

ISBN 13

9781003831808

The Metabolic Pathway Engineering Handbook, Two Volume Set

By: Christina Smolke

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Metabolic Pathway Engineering Handbook, Two Volume Set

By: Christina Smolke

Christina Smolke, who recently developed a novel way to churn out large quantities of drugs from genetically modified brewer's yeast, is regarded as one of the most brilliant minds in biomedical engineering. In this handbook, she brings together pioneering scientists from dozens of disciplines to provide a complete record of accomplishment in metab

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1247

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1420005626

ISBN 13

9781420005622

Caring for Them from Birth to Death

The Practice of Community-based Cuban Medicine

By: Christina Perez

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Caring for Them from Birth to Death

The Practice of Community-based Cuban Medicine

By: Christina Perez

This study examines Cuba's medical system from the inside out and illuminates what the numbers cannot--how the system works and what Cuban life is like. Through qualitative interviews and participant observation, the everyday realities of the Cuban experience are revealed and through them, the values and ideologies of the revolution. This book shows how universal access to medical services can make the difference in the lives of poor people. Cuba does more than provide free services however; it has redefined what medicine is and what doctors and nurses can be. This work deepens the scholarship on Cuban medicine. It is the first to focus solely on the community based primary care system--Comprehensive Family Medicine and its activist health care professionals--the family doctors and nurses. Caring for Them from Birth to Death is based on interviews and observations conducted in the field over three years in Cuba. The book challenges assumptions about the health of poor populations and demonstrates the global importance of the Cuban model.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

342

Publisher

Lexington Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

0739118277

ISBN 13

9780739118276

Faithful Antiracism

Moving Past Talk to Systemic Change

By: Christina Barland Edmondson,Chad Brennan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Faithful Antiracism

Moving Past Talk to Systemic Change

By: Christina Barland Edmondson,Chad Brennan

Racism presents itself as an undefeatable foe—a sustained scourge on the reputation of the church. Drawing on brand-new research, Christina Barland Edmondson and Chad Brennan remind us that Christ has overcome the world and offer clear analysis and interventions to challenge and resist racism's pernicious power, equipping readers to move past talk and enter the fight in practical and hopeful ways.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

171

Publisher

InterVarsity Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0830847243

ISBN 13

9780830847242

Osteoporosis Rehabilitation

A Practical Approach

By: Christina V. Oleson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Osteoporosis Rehabilitation

A Practical Approach

By: Christina V. Oleson

Taking an expansive perspective on osteoporosis and its ramifications, but with a central focus on the transition from diagnosis to treatment, rehabilitation and current management options, this practical guide discusses the most recent knowledge and literature on osteoporosis for the wide cross-section of professionals involved in treating this pervasive condition. It enables the physician or physician extender to develop a strategy for diagnosing osteoporosis, including detailed laboratory tests as well as imaging, interpreting findings, and determining options appropriate to the needs of individual patients. The material offers guidance on how to treat osteoporosis patients who are suffering from neurological conditions such as brain and spinal cord injuries, rheumatologic syndromes, peripheral neuropathies, gastrointestinal conditions, as well as cardiopulmonary, liver and kidney disorders, among others. Additional chapters address management of osteoporosis in men, patients with advanced medical illnesses including various forms of cancer, organ failure and organ transplantation, pediatric onset of primary and secondary osteoporosis, and the female athlete triad. Covering the gamut of considerations presented by osteoporosis patients, Osteoporosis Rehabilitation: A Practical Approach is a timely, interdisciplinary resource for orthopedists, rehabilitation specialists, primary care physicians, nurses and any other professionals who bring their expertise to bear on the management of this common condition.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

501

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3319450840

ISBN 13

9783319450841

Book's by Christina Perez

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email