From barrios and labor camps spring life and inspiration. The Red Camp weaves a deeply humane and moving tapestry of coming of age and of the mundane and ugly transformed into the beauty of feminine self-discovery. Amid the poverty, exploitation and discrimination, families set down roots, send children to school and raise them to become better ñAmericans,î all in the hopes of providing a better life. Evoking a location at the margins of both established society and our imagination, the Red Camponce a labor camp, then a shanty town for migrant workers, and finally a barriois to Latino immigrants and laborers what New York tenements were to earlier generations. Debra Diaz has poetically recreated for us the life of one family struggling under the red roof of its shanty. The women of the Cruz family spin mesmerizing tales of hope, life, and inspiration. They describe the exquisite tension of male-female relationships, the sweet discovery of love, the high expectations and bitter disillusionment that husbands, wives, parents and children bear for each other, and the difficulties of life among a group of people caught between two cultures. In this richly textured and enchanting narrative, the voices of the Cruz family join in chorus to remember their trials and triumphs in the Red Camp. Hear the passionate music of an anniversary waltz, the haunting tale of a lost soul who murders her children and the call to a better life which in the end may not be as good as the family life shared in the Red Camp.
Mallory thought she was safe, but the secret she shared with a former slave came back to haunt her. And she couldn't have expected that her secret would lead to murder-or to love! But on this night in October of 1865, strange and twisted revelations threatened all that she had ever believed....
Harlequin Intrigue brings you three full-length stories in one collection! Dive into action-packed stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Solve the crime and deliver justice at all costs. This box set includes: WITNESS PROTECTION WIDOW(A>Winchester, Tennessee Thriller novel) By USA TODAY bestselling author Debra Webb In witness protection under a new name, Allison James, aka the Widow, must work together with her ex-boyfriend, US Marshal Jaxson Stevens, to outsmart her deceased husband’s powerful crime family and bring justice to the group. CONFLICTING EVIDENCE (A Mighty McKenzies novel) By Lena Diaz Peyton Sterling knows she can only prove her brother’s innocence by working with US Marshal Colin McKenzie, even though he helped put her brother in jail. Yet in their search for the truth, they’ll unearth secrets that are more dangerous than they could have imagined… HER ASSASSIN FOR HIRE (A Stealth novel) By Danica Winters When Zoey Martin’s brother goes missing, she asks her ex, black ops assassin Eli Wayne, for help. With a multimillion-dollar bounty on Zoey’s brother’s head, they won’t be the only ones looking for him, and some people would kill for that much money… Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served. For more stories, look for Harlequin Intrigue February 2020 Box Set — 2 of 2
Harlequin Intrigue brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful reads packed with edge-of-your-seat intrigue and fearless romance. BEFORE HE VANISHED A Winchester, Tennessee Thriller by Debra Webb Halle Lane’s best friend disappeared twenty-five years ago, but when Liam Hart arrives in Winchester, Halle’s certain he’s the boy she once knew. As the pair investigates Liam’s mysterious past, can they uncover the truth before a killer buries all evidence of the boy Halle once loved? UNDERCOVER REBEL The Mighty McKenzies Series by Lena Diaz Homeland Security agent Ian McKenzie has been working undercover to break up a human-trafficking ring, but when things go sideways, Shannon Murphy is suddenly caught in the crosshairs. Having only recently learned the truth about Ian, can Shannon trust him with her life? PROTECTIVE OPERATION A Stealth Novel by Danica Winters Shaye Geist and Chad Martin are both hiding from powerful enemies in the wilds of Montana, and when they find an abandoned baby, they must join forces. Can they keep themselves and the mysterious child safe—even as enemies close in on all sides? Look for Harlequin Intrigue’s March 2020 Box Set 2 of 2, filled with even more edge-of-your seat romantic suspense! Look for 6 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Intrigue!
Harlequin Intrigue brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful reads packed with edge-of-your-seat intrigue and fearless romance. BODY OF EVIDENCE Colby Agency: Sexi-ER by Debra Webb When Dr. Marissa Frasier wakes up in bed next to her dead ex-husband, she turns to Lacon Traynor, one of the Colby Agency’s best investigators, for help. In Lacon’s protective arms, Marissa feels safe…but is the murderer closer than she imagines? SWAT STANDOFF Tennessee SWAT by Lena Diaz Partners Blake Sullivan and Donna Waters must put aside their differences and work together when the rest of their SWAT team is kidnapped. Sparks fly between them, but will they be able to find their teammates before it’s lights out? RANGER GUARDIAN Texas Brothers of Company B by Angi Morgan Texas Ranger Heath Murray and FBI agent Kendall Barlow must hunt down their daughter’s kidnapper. But as they race against time, will they get a second chance at love? Look for Harlequin Intrigue’s July 2018 Box set 2 of 2, filled with even more edge-of-your seat romantic suspense! Look for 6 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Intrigue! Join HarlequinMyRewards.com to earn FREE books and more. Earn points for all your Harlequin purchases from wherever you shop.
ABOUT THE BOOK: Alysia of Athens, pampered daughter of a wealthy physician, is taken from her home and sold into slavery when her father is accused of treason during the turbulent reign of Tiberius Caesar. She is purchased by Paulus Valerius, a powerful Roman legate, who pierces through her determination to hate her captors. When trouble caused by his jealous stepbrother forces her to run away, she finds herself in the battle-torn land of Palestine, where she meets a man named Jesus-and her life is forever changed. **** ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Debra B. Diaz has written several novels in the historical fiction and romantic suspense genres and one contemporary mystery for young readers. Her goal as a writer is to not only entertain but to challenge and inspire. For more information, visit http: //www.debradiaz.com/.
ABOUT THE BOOK: The daughter of Paulus and Alysia is grown now, and ready for a life of her own. But Rachel is unable to rise above her past, and something that happened in Rome ten years ago. Metellus, former tribune in the Praetorian Guard, has been commissioned by the emperor, Claudius, to bring Rachel from Jerusalem to Rome. It is a journey that will affect both their lives . . . in ways they could never have imagined. **** ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Debra B. Diaz has written several novels in the historical fiction and romantic suspense genres and one contemporary mystery for young readers. Her goal as a writer is to not only entertain but to challenge and inspire. For more information, visit http: //www.debradiaz.com/.
ABOUT THE BOOK: Paulus Valerius, former legate in the Roman army, and Alysia, the woman he loves, face danger and betrayal-and the maniacal emperor, Caligula-as they seek to spread the word of God from Jerusalem to Rome. From its suspenseful beginning to its violent and inevitable finale, this sequel to Woman of Sin is an unforgettable story of those who choose to share the atoning power of the cross, no matter what the price. **** ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Debra B. Diaz has written several novels in the historical fiction and romantic suspense genres and one contemporary mystery for young readers. Her goal as a writer is to not only entertain but to challenge and inspire. For more information, visit http: //www.debradiaz.com/.
Catherine, a Southern bride, finds herself in an awkward situation when her estranged husband returns injured from the Civil War battlefield with a nurse. She struggles with other temptations, in the form of a newspaper corredspondent and espisonage, when a murder occurs that complicates matters.
Witness Protection Widow - Debra Webb In witness protection under a new name, Allison James, aka the Widow, must work together with her ex-boyfriend, US Marshal Jaxson Stevens, to outsmart her deceased husband’s powerful crime family and bring justice to the group. Missing In The Mountains - Julie Anne Lindsey Emma Hart knows her ex-boyfriend’s security firm is the only group she can trust to help her find her abducted sister. But she’s shocked when her ex, Sawyer Lance, is the one who comes to her aid. Disruptive Force - Elle James Assassin CJ Grainger has insider knowledge about the terrorist organisation Trinity after escaping the group. With help from Cole McCastlain, a member of Declan’s Defenders, can she stop Trinity before its plan to murder government officials is executed? Conflicting Evidence - Lena Diaz Peyton Sterling knows she can only prove her brother’s innocence by working with US Marshal Colin McKenzie, even though he helped put her brother in jail. Yet in their search for the truth, they’ll unearth secrets that are more dangerous than they could have imagined... The Final Secret - Cassie Miles On her first assignment as a bodyguard for ARC Security, former army corps member Genevieve ‘Gennie’ Fox and her boss, former SEAL Noah Sheridan, must solve the murder he has been framed for. Her Assassin For Hire - Danica Winters When Zoey Martin’s brother goes missing, she asks her ex, black ops assassin Eli Wayne, for help. With a multimillion-dollar bounty on Zoey’s brother’s head, they won’t be the only ones looking for him, and some people would kill for that much money... Mills & Boon Intrigue — Edge of your seat romance where true-to-life women and strong, fearless men fight for survival.
As a child, Rachel had left part of herself in Rome, something she thought irreplaceable ... and now the one man who can help her find it again does not share her beliefs"--Back cover.
Before He Vanished - Debra Webb Halle Lane’s best friend disappeared twenty-five years ago, but when Liam Hart arrives in Winchester, Halle’s certain he’s the boy she once knew. As the pair investigates Liam’s mysterious past, can they uncover the truth before a killer buries all evidence of the boy Halle once loved? South Dakota Showdown - Nicole Helm Sheriff Jamison Wyatt has spent his life helping his loved ones escape his father’s ruthless gang. Yet when Liza Dean’s sister finds herself caught in the gang’s most horrifying crime yet, they’ll have to infiltrate the crime syndicate and find her before it’s too late. Mysterious Abduction - Rita Herron Cora Reeves’s baby went missing in a fire five years ago, but she’s convinced the child is still out there. When Sheriff Jacob Maverick takes on the cold case, new leads begin to appear — as well as new threats. Undercover Rebel - Lena Diaz Homeland Security agent Ian McKenzie has been working undercover to break up a human-trafficking ring, but when things go sideways, Shannon Murphy is suddenly caught in the crosshairs. Having only recently learned the truth about Ian, can Shannon trust him with her life? Ranger Warrior - Angi Morgan There’s an algorithm that could destroy Dallas, and only FBI operative Therese Ortis and Texas Ranger Wade Hamilton can find and stop it. But going undercover is always dangerous. Can they accomplish their goal before they’re discovered? Protective Operation - Danica Winters Shaye Geist and Chad Martin are both hiding from powerful enemies in the wilds of Montana, and when they find an abandoned baby, they must join forces. Can they keep themselves and the mysterious child safe — even as enemies close in on all sides?
Mills & Boon Intrigue — Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served. Maverick Detective Dad - Delores Fossen He’s a tough Texas cop...and he’s protecting a child in danger. Because of a tragic accident as high school sweethearts, Texas cop Noah Ryland and attorney Everly Monroe are targets of a murderous vigilante. Guilt and grief have kept the detective and the single mum miles apart for too many years. But now, as the killer targets Everly’s daughter, Noah is even more determined to protect the child and the woman he never forgot. Because if he doesn’t capture this elusive killer, he’ll lose everything that will give him the future he’s always wanted. Murder At Sunset Rock - Debra Webb Reunited to solve a crime...or become the next victims? She returned home for a funeral, but Olivia Ballard is soon embroiled in her grandfather’s possible murder. Working with Huck Monroe, Sunset Cove’s new deputy detective, is more than business. He broke Olivia’s heart a decade ago. Huck is just as dedicated to uncovering the truth as he is tamping down any old feelings...until family secrets reveal a shocking surprise and unmitigated danger. Shrouded In The Smokies - Lena Diaz Five years ago she went missing, presumed dead. But she’s alive — and in a killer’s sights. Adam Trent just found out the woman whose life he saved in a shootout has been dead for five years. Skylar Montgomery’s case went cold after the Chattanooga nurse disappeared. Now Skylar’s ready to stop running, and she needs the widowed ex-cop to help get her life back. As Skylar and Trent work together to smoke out a killer, mutual trust flares into deep attraction. But a deadly vendetta is about to bring a long-buried truth full circle... Digging Deeper - Amanda Stevens She’s been buried alive. Now it’s a race against time to save her. When former FBI analyst Thora Graham wakes buried in a makeshift coffin, she has only her training to keep her calm. And her faith that deputy chief Will Dresden is on the case. But who would have trapped Thora? Did her work putting a serial killer behind bars make her a target? And can the man she once loved — and left — find her...before time runs out? Texas Bodyguard: Weston - Janie Crouch A determined bodyguard. A fierce heiress. And death is just a shot away... Silent, stealthy and professional, Weston Patterson is always two steps ahead of trouble — until he’s hired to bodyguard a woman he never expected to see again. Someone won’t stop until Kayleigh Delacruz is dead. But the feisty heiress is challenging Weston to keep her close as well as safe. Will the suspicions between their different worlds lock them in an endgame impossible to survive? K-9 Hunter - Cassie Miles When unspeakable danger strikes close to home, she’ll risk everything for justice. Piper Comstock and her dog Izzy live a peaceful life in the Oregon forest. Until her best friend and his daughter are targeted by an assassin. US Marshal Gavin McQueen knows the truth — a witness in protection has been compromised. Now a gang kingpin wants revenge. Piper vows to help Gavin catch the culprit. But as the danger — and duo — grows closer, is the peril to Piper’s life...or to her heart?
Understanding multicultural feminist perspectives is vital for clinicians working to effectively help women in therapy. Feminist Reflections on Growth and Transformation: Asian American Women in Therapy provides therapists with valuable insight and research into the identities of Asian and Asian American women, all toward the crucial goal of being more effective when providing therapeutic help. In-depth explorations into the women's personal experiences and psychological issues provide an empowering multicultural feminist viewpoint that challenges assumptions and stereotypes about their identities while presenting innovative therapeutic approaches. Identity is made up from several factors, such as worldview, beliefs, values, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, class, age, and religious orientation. Feminist Reflections on Growth and Transformation: Asian American Women in Therapy explores how these common factors impact psychotherapy approaches for women of Asian American backgrounds. This unique text presents the current research, what the data mean for adjusting clinical strategies, and personal accounts from Asian and Asian American women. Each chapter is extensively referenced. Topics in Feminist Reflections on Growth and Transformation: Asian American Women in Therapy include: breaking free of the passive, subservient stereotypes defining gender identity cultural and identity issues emotional parity negotiations in Chinese immigrant women's marital relationships suicide as a means of agency rather than simply a cry for help the use of feminist and multicultural principles with survivors of domestic violence research on Asian American lesbians' health integrating multiculturalism and feminism in the treatment of eating disorders innovative therapeutic approach based on Hindu understandings of Shakti approaches to work on body image and eating disorders group counseling with Asian American women training multicultural feminist therapy practitioners Feminist Reflections on Growth and Transformation: Asian American Women in Therapy is an insightful exploration of the culturally sensitive knowledge and skills clinicians need to work more effectively with female clients of Asian ancestry. This stimulating work is important reading for therapists, counselors, psychologists, and others in the mental health and social work fields.
God-Sized Dreams: The Story Of A Little Black Girl From The South Side Of Chicago, tells the story of a highly sensitive little black girl who from a young age, felt insecure in her own skin and struggled with low self-esteem and low self-worth for most of her life. With a front row seat, she witnessed the crumbling and eventual demise of her parents' marriage and loss of their familial identity. During those years, she felt like an island and was plagued with a dark, mysterious unhappiness. In a desperate attempt to counter these negative feelings, the author charted a course to live her dreams, ' or so she thought. She sought the approval of men, and when it was not provided she felt like a failure. This book chronicles how the author navigated through the storms of her life. Believing she had it all worked out, operating in her own strength, she learned after many trials and setbacks that perhaps she was not actually living her dream.' When she accepted that God had a dream much bigger than she could ever imagine, miraculous things began to unfold in her life. God-Sized Dreams will encourage you if you see yourself as a failure in life or love. This book is for you if you feel that you are not worthy of the love of a godly man, not a good man, but a godly man. If you've ever struggled with your identity in Christ, God-Sized Dreams will show you that God is a dreamer! God sees your identity in Christ. God is bigger than your dreams! God wants you to believe for the IMPOSSIBLE! If you are living a life of pain and discouragement, let God shape your dreams!
From barrios and labor camps spring life and inspiration. The Red Camp weaves a deeply humane and moving tapestry of coming of age and of the mundane and ugly transformed into the beauty of feminine self-discovery. Amid the poverty, exploitation and discrimination, families set down roots, send children to school and raise them to become better ñAmericans,î all in the hopes of providing a better life. Evoking a location at the margins of both established society and our imagination, the Red Camponce a labor camp, then a shanty town for migrant workers, and finally a barriois to Latino immigrants and laborers what New York tenements were to earlier generations. Debra Diaz has poetically recreated for us the life of one family struggling under the red roof of its shanty. The women of the Cruz family spin mesmerizing tales of hope, life, and inspiration. They describe the exquisite tension of male-female relationships, the sweet discovery of love, the high expectations and bitter disillusionment that husbands, wives, parents and children bear for each other, and the difficulties of life among a group of people caught between two cultures. In this richly textured and enchanting narrative, the voices of the Cruz family join in chorus to remember their trials and triumphs in the Red Camp. Hear the passionate music of an anniversary waltz, the haunting tale of a lost soul who murders her children and the call to a better life which in the end may not be as good as the family life shared in the Red Camp.
What would American literature look like in languages other than English, and what would Latin American literature look like if we understood the United States to be a Latin American country and took seriously the work by U.S. Latinos/as in Spanish? Debra A. Castillo explores these questions by highlighting the contributions of Latinos/as writing in Spanish and Spanglish. Beginning with the anonymously published 1826 novel Jicoténcal and ending with fiction published at the turn of the twenty-first century, the book details both the characters' and authors' struggles with how to define an American self. Writers from Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Mexico are featured prominently, alongside a sampling of those writers from other Latin American heritages (Peru, Colombia, Chile). Castillo concludes by offering some thoughts on U.S. curricular practice.
Education policies should drive success and equity but in many countries they are failing to do so. Situating the cases of England and Australia within broader global policy trends, this book critically analyses what has gone wrong. The authors draw on extensive research in education to review the impact of multiple policies on students, teachers and schools, with a focus on communities where children and young people need education most. They issue a fundamental challenge to the policy orthodoxies of recent decades and set out a blueprint for making education both better and fairer.
Her small-town life is idyllic… Until danger follows her there. An act of heroism throws dog groomer Meg Lewis into the spotlight. And endangers everyone she’s grown to love in Piney Woods, especially animal rescuer Avery “Griff” Griffin. When her past catches up with her, Meg must use her fighting skills to protect Griff from hired killers pursuing her. As they run for their lives, Meg must trust Griff with the truth and finally accept his help. From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served. Discover more action-packed stories in the Lookout Mountain Mysteries series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order: Book 1: Disappearance in Dread Hollow Book 2: Murder at Sunset Rock Book 3: A Place to Hide Book 4: Whispering Winds Widows Book 5: Peril in Piney Woods
This issue begins with an overview that distinguishes evidence-based practice (EBP) and translation science, followed by a description of Hawaii’s statewide EBP program that uses active and multifaceted translation science strategies to facilitate the rate and extent of adoption of EBP changes. With one exception, the remaining articles describe individual EBP projects from five different health care facilities that used the Iowa Model to guide their work. Each article includes an evidence summary, a description of implementation strategies, an evaluation of the innovation, and lessons learned. These completed projects were initiated between 2009 and 2012, address a variety of topical nursing issues, and, for the most part, focus on preventing complications (ie, blood sugar elevations, increased lengths of stay, extubation failures, noise-related injury, pain, surgical site infections, pneumonia, restraint use, delirium, and fever). An additional article describes the use of evidence to inform simulation-based learning, a possible strategy for ensuring competencies in and compliance with EBP interventions. Nursing leaders will come away with solid information about utilizing EBP to improve patient outcomes. The Hawaii program demonstrates that health care quality can be realized by employing the best available evidence and empowering the nursing workforce. It also offers a glimpse of the care that the future nursing workforce could provide to create a health system that provides accessible, affordable and quality care to everyone in the United States.
Criminal Procedure: Investigation and Right to Counsel, Fourth Edition is derived from the successful casebook Comprehensive Criminal Procedure. Like the parent book, it covers the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments and related areas using a thematic approach and offers an appropriate balance of explanatory text and secondary material accompanied by well-written notes. In addition to an experienced author team and well-edited cases, the book covers relevant statutes and court rules. New to the Fourth Edition: Updates regarding cutting-edge developments in case law, statutory materials, and academic commentary about due process, the right to counsel, searches and seizures, and the privilege against compelled self-incrimination An important reordering of certain areas of Fourth Amendment law and related materials to make them even more user-friendly Insightful examination of the turmoil in modern Fourth Amendment law as the Supreme Court, notably splintered over methods of constitutional interpretation, faces the implications of rapidly changing technology Professors and students will benefit from: A rigorous and challenging criminal procedure casebook with an outstanding author team Sound grounding of the law in criminal process and the right to counsel Thorough coverage of Boyd v. U.S., The Fourth Amendment, The Fifth Amendment, and the process of investigating complex crimes Thematic organization of the cases and text that make the book both manageable and accessible The latest and most highly respected developments in legal scholarship that help both professors and students alike stay up-to-date in the field of criminal procedure law
The goal of this book is to encourage educators and researchers to understand the complexities of adolescent gang members' lives in order to rethink their assumptions about these students in school. The particular objective is to situate four gang members as literate, caring students from loving families whose identities and literacy keep them on the margins of school. The research described in this book suggests that advocacy is a particularly effective form of critical ethnography. Smith and Whitmore argue that until schools, as communities of practice, enable children and adolescents to retain identities from the communities in which they are full community members, frightening numbers of students are destined to fail. The stories of four Mexican American male adolescents, who were active members of a gang and Smith's students in an alternative high school program, portray the complicated, multiple worlds in which these boys live. As sons and teenage parents they live in a family community; as CRIP members they live in a gang community; as "at risk" students, drop-outs, and graduates they live in a school community, and as a result of their illegal activities they live in the juvenile court community. The authors theorize about the boys' literacy in each of their communities. Literacy is viewed as ideological, related to power, and embedded in a sociocultural context. Vivid examples of conversation, art, tagging, rap, poetry, and other language and literacy events bring the narratives to life in figures and photographs in all the chapters. Readers will find this book engaging and readable, yet thought provoking and challenging. Audiences for Literacy and Advocacy in Adolescent Family, Gang, School, and Juvenile Court Communities include education researchers, professionals, and students in the areas of middle/high school education, at-risk adolescent psychology, and alternative community programs--specifically those interested in literacy education, sociocultural theory, and popular culture.
With Knoll’s guidance, children‘s librarians will be informed and inspired to rise to the challenge of providing quality service to babies, toddlers, and care providers.
A prominent Mediterranean port located near Islamic territories, the city of Valencia in the late fifteenth century boasted a slave population of pronounced religious and ethnic diversity: captive Moors and penally enslaved Mudejars, Greeks, Tartars, Russians, Circassians, and a growing population of black Africans. By the end of the fifteenth century, black Africans comprised as much as 40 percent of the slave population of Valencia. Whereas previous historians of medieval slavery have focused their efforts on defining the legal status of slaves, documenting the vagaries of the Mediterranean slave trade, or examining slavery within the context of Muslim-Christian relations, Debra Blumenthal explores the social and human dimensions of slavery in this religiously and ethnically pluralistic society. Enemies and Familiars traces the varied experiences of Muslim, Eastern, and black African slaves from capture to freedom. After describing how men, women, and children were enslaved and brought to the Valencian marketplace, this book examines the substance of slaves' daily lives: how they were sold and who bought them; the positions ascribed to them within the household hierarchy; the sorts of labor they performed; and the ways in which some reclaimed their freedom. Scrutinizing a wide array of archival sources (including wills, contracts, as well as hundreds of civil and criminal court cases), Blumenthal investigates what it meant to be a slave and what it meant to be a master at a critical moment of transition. Arguing that the dynamics of the master-slave relationship both reflected and determined contemporary opinions regarding religious, ethnic, and gender differences, Blumenthal's close study of the day-to-day interactions between masters and their slaves not only reveals that slavery played a central role in identity formation in late medieval Iberia but also offers clues to the development of "racialized" slavery in the early modern Atlantic world.
Fast-paced, practical, and innovative, this text for pre-service and in-service teachers features clear, easily accessible lessons and professional development activities to improve the delivery of academic language/literacy education across the content areas in junior/middle school and high school classrooms. Numerous hands-on tools and techniques demonstrate the effectiveness of content-area instruction for students in a wide variety of school settings, particularly English language learners, struggling readers, and other special populations of students. Based on a strong professional development model the authors have been instrumental in designing, Academic Language/Literacy Strategies for Adolescents addresses: motivation attributes of academic language vocabulary: theory and practice reading skills development grammar and writing. A wealth of charts, graphs, and lesson plans give clear examples of academic language/literacy strategies in action. The appendices – a key component of the practical applications developed in the text – include a glossary, exemplary lessons that address key content areas, and a Grammar Handbook. In this era of increased accountability, coupled with rapid demographic change and challenges to traditional curricula and pedagogical methods, educators will find this book to be a great resource.
This fully revised third edition explores the essential role of listening to human communication across contexts and cultures. Based on the premise that listening is a goal-directed activity, this book blends theory with practical application and builds knowledge, insight, and skills to help the reader become a more effective listener. In this new edition, theory and research has been updated with an emphasis on how the growing reliance on mediated communication affects how individuals communicate in their personal, professional, and educational lives. It introduces students to emerging concepts and methods such as neurodiversity and fMRI as well as evolving professional and educational contexts including aural architecture and "the musical brain". Addressing listening as a cognitive process, social function, and critical professional competency, this is an essential textbook for undergraduate courses in listening and communication studies. In addition to a fully updated instructor’s manual containing discussion questions, activities and assignments, and exam questions, this new edition includes PowerPoint slides and videos. They are available at http://www.routledge.com/9781032491257.
The recent pandemic has driven rapid change in educational technology use, while the post-pandemic phase has driven a desire for intentional social learning and interaction. Revisions will reframe teaching strategies and introduce additional methods to support these developments. Key Revision Changes: Major changes include emphasis and new content on diversity and inclusion, clinical judgment, competency-based education, and virtual/augmented reality. Authors are to provide a crosswalk of product's solution to the competencies and outcomes expected. The most pertinent competencies for users of this text are the NLN Core Competencies of Academic Nurse Educators (2005)"--
This volume uses osteobiography and individual-level analyses of burials retrieved from the La Plata River Valley (New Mexico) to illustrate the variety of roles that Ancestral Pueblo women played in the past (circa AD 1100–1300). The experiences of women as a result of their gender, age, and status over the life course are reconstructed, with consideration given to the gendered forms of violence they were subject to and the consequences of social violence on health. The authors demonstrate the utility of a modern bioarchaeological approach that combines social theories about gender and violence with burial data in conjunction with information from many other sources—including archaeological reconstruction of homes and communities, ethnohistoric resources available on Pueblo society, and Pueblo women’s contemporary voices. This analysis presents a more accurate, nuanced, and complex picture of life in the past for mothers, sisters, wives, and, captives.
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