Ponder Porcupine is a pampered young porcupine. Being an only child, Ponder's world is pretty much perfect. He doesn't have to share his toys with any siblings and Mama always makes what he likes for dinner. So when Ponder comes face to face with a not-so-perfect world outside his comfortable home, he is not sure how to react. Ponder discovers that sometimes life is messy and smells bad. When Ponder visits some friends who have fallen on hard times,he learns an important lesson. He quickly sees how blessed he is and learns about being thankful!
Join Noah and his family as they take the journey of a lifetime—on God's awesome floating zoo. Count the animals, by ones and by two's. And watch for a tiny stowaway! He's very happy he sneaked on board!
When Grandma decides to come for a visit, Kip Kangaroo and his friend Tilda Elephant hop on their scooter and head across town to pick her up. Soon they realize they are lost. Join them as they go on an adventurous romp through the city and learn a few things along the way!
Hungry for Life is a book for those who have ever struggled, or are currently struggling, with food related issues or poor self-image. Its focus is to bring healing to the mind, body and soul. When everything humanly possible has been tried and tested, it takes divine help. The one who created us holds the answers to what we need to be set free. This book digs deep into the issues that are at the root of the problem, offering permanent healing instead of a quick fix. Hungry for Life is also a very useful tool for those who want to understand and help those affected by food related problems. 'Marla Jones intuitively peels back the issues that many people wrestle with that underlie food abuse. She is herself a survivor who offers permanent hope, not just a management plan.' Eric Stillman, Senior Pastor Hungry for Life delves beyond the medical approach to eating disorders and self-esteem issues and into how God desires us to see ourselves.' Jacqui Marshall, Registered Nurse 'By the end of this course I was able to look into the mirror with less shame and fear of rejection.' Tracy Harrison, Founder of House of Hope Russia
Young Ponder Porcupine does not want to visit the neighbors with Mama Porcupine. "They smell bad," he says. But when Papa Porcupine takes him fishing down at the river, Ponder realizes why the Muskrat family smells so bad. Their home, food and clothes were all washed away in a recent flood. Ponder feels bad deep down inside. At bedtime, he tells God he's sorry for being mean to the Muskrat family. When he and Mama visit the neighbors again, Ponder gives away one of his favorite possessions, something the Muskrats desperately need. He is amazed to discover the joy giving brings--not only to the person in need, but to the giver.
There are times when we think we've got our world figured out. We live our lives with a sense of normality and then, wham! Out of left field, comes a faith-breaking explosion that rocks what little we thought we knew of ourselves and of God. Sometimes it's global. The news shouts at us about a natural disaster, terrorist attack or an all-consuming virus causing worldwide impact. Other times, it feels personal. Like someone has aimed an assault directly on target. Maybe it's a financial crisis, a sick loved one or just day after day of defeat. As things get crazier in the world, will faith in God get us through? You may be new to faith in God, questioning whether He exists or even cares. Maybe you've grown up going to church and have had faith for years, not doubting God's existence but wondering, "Where is God in so much suffering?" Why doesn't he make it just stop? How could a loving God allow people to go through so much pain? This book does not avoid these questions but dives right in and beyond to a perspective that is out of this world.
Willa Grace hears mice singing about the coming rain. But no one believes her. Mama, Daddy and Kelvin, her brother, all think the drought will continue. Will Willa have the last laugh, or be the one laughed at?
The only comprehensive reference devoted to diagnostic and interventional radiology in women, this text surveys a range of modalities and their respective utility in diagnosing and managing disorders specific to women. The authors address the variety of normal and pathologic states that can be assessed radiologically--from pregnancy, infertility, and ART, through neoplasia of the reproductive organs and the breasts, and clinical correlations help explain the role of radiology within the context of women's overall health. This book is filled with practical, authoritative information that is immediately relevant to the day-to-day work of practicing radiologists.
Atlas of Breast Imaging summarizes the wealth of information known about breast radiology, including many newer, controversial breast-imaging methods. This richly illustrated atlas covers such topics as breast-cancer screening, mammography, postsurgical breast imaging, procedures for breast diagnosis and treatment, and legal issues of breast imaging. Dr Jones uses personal experience and observations as well as scholarly, meticulously referenced data to offer practical, authoritative information immediately relevant to the day-to-day work of practicing radiologists.
WINNER OF 2018 AERA DIVISION B OUTSTANDING BOOK AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING EDITED COLLECTION IN CURRICULUM STUDIESWhile campuses across the United States have been offering spoken word programs for over 20 years, little attention has been paid to their purpose and impact beyond their contribution to the campus social aesthetic. There is an increasing understanding that performance poetry and spoken word is much more than entertainment. Within disciplines such as English, Ethnic, Women’s, and Cultural Studies, scholarship has identified spoken word’s role in developing political agency among young adults; its utility for promoting authentic youth voice; and its importance as a tool of cultural engagement.This book – compiled by scholar artists, including internationally recognized spoken word performers – offers guidance to student affairs professionals on using spoken word as a tool for college student engagement, activism, and civic awareness. It makes the case that campus event spaces need to transcend their association with the theatre or art departments to provide a venue where students are allowed to be different and find opportunities for personal and intellectual development and civic engagement. Open mic nights offer college students a way to speak out, advocate, lead, educate, and explore with their peers. This book presents a mix of critical essays and college student writing that explore themes of spoken word, student engagement, and campus inclusion and address these key topics:• Spoken word as an educational, civic engagement, and personal development tool (particularly among traditionally marginalized communities)• The links between spoken word and social activism (art as social action; art as a form of civic leadership)• The importance of privileging student voice in student affairs programming (even when they yell; even when they’re angry)• The challenges that come with engaging students in exploring intersecting concepts like race, gender, and class• Considerations for creative and intentional spoken word programming (What does a creative program look like?) • Scaling up for sustainability (through student affairs/academic affairs partnerships, study abroad collaborations, etc.).
When theater and related forms of live performance explore the borderlands labeled animal and autism, they both reflect and affect their audiences’ understanding of what it means to be human. Affect, Animals, and Autists maps connections across performances that question the borders of the human whose neurodiverse experiences have been shaped by the diagnostic label of autism, and animal-human performance relationships that dispute and blur anthropocentric edges. By analyzing specific structures of affect with the vocabulary of emotions, Marla Carlson builds upon the conception of affect articulated by psychologist Silvan Tomkins. The book treats a diverse selection of live performance and archival video and analyzes the ways in which they affect their audiences. The range of performances includes commercially successful productions such as The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, War Horse, and The Lion King as well as to the more avant-garde and experimental theater created by Robert Wilson and Christopher Knowles, Back to Back Theatre, Elevator Repair Service, Pig Iron Theatre, and performance artist Deke Weaver.
Comprehensive and user friendly, this ideal professional reference and graduate text provides a developmentally informed framework for assessing 3- to 6-year-olds in accordance with current best practices and IDEA 2004 guidelines. The authors are leading clinician-researchers who take the reader step by step through selecting appropriate measures, integrating data from a variety of sources, and using the results to plan and evaluate effective interventions and learning experiences. Coverage encompasses screening and assessment of cognitive, linguistic, emotional, and behavioral difficulties, including mental retardation and autism. Case studies illustrate key facets of assessing diverse children and families; appendices offer concise reviews of over 100 instruments.
Quick Guide 29: Summary of Intervention Skills for Social Work Group Practice -- Contemporary Trends and Skills for the Ending Phases of Group Work: Termination and Evaluation [EPAS 9] -- Social Work Group Endings -- Using the Strengths and Empowerment Approach in Group Work Endings -- Narrative-Focused Group Work Endings -- Solution-Focused Group Work Endings -- Skills for Social Work Group Terminations -- Ending the Relationship between Group Members and Social Worker -- Ending Relationships among Group Members -- Ending the Group Itself -- Evaluating Social Work Practice with Groups -- Quick Guide 30: Group Facilitator Self-Evaluation -- Straight Talk about Group Intervention, Termination, and Evaluation -- Grand Challenge: "Harness Technology for Social Good"--Conclusion -- Main Points -- Exercises -- References -- Credits -- Glossary/Index
This text for generalist practice courses is also available with a treasure trove of related materials for use in a two or three-course practice sequence. The text helps translate the guiding theoretical perspectives of social justice, human rights, and critical social construction into purposeful social work practice. Six unique cases, specially written for this Series, provide a "learning by doing" framework unavailable from any other social work publisher. Companion readings and many other resources enable this text to be the centerpiece for three semesters of practice teaching. Go to www.routledgesw.com to learn more. This custom edition includes chapters 8-13 for instructors teaching the second semester of a two-semester generalist practice sequence, and is also available in e-book editions in a full range of digital formats.
Balance the culture of wildcrafting with the demands of sustainable forest management! This comprehensive book addresses the issues that arise when the primeval practice of gathering wild plants, fungi, leaves, and bark occurs in a post-industrial world. Non-Timber Forest Products: Medicinal Herbs, Fungi, Edible Fruits and Nuts, and Other
A richly woven biography of the beloved patriot Betsy Ross, and an enthralling portrait of everyday life in Revolutionary War-era Philadelphia Betsy Ross and the Making of America is the first comprehensively researched and elegantly written biography of one of America's most captivating figures of the Revolutionary War. Drawing on new sources and bringing a fresh, keen eye to the fabled creation of "the first flag," Marla R. Miller thoroughly reconstructs the life behind the legend. This authoritative work provides a close look at the famous seamstress while shedding new light on the lives of the artisan families who peopled the young nation and crafted its tools, ships, and homes. Betsy Ross occupies a sacred place in the American consciousness, and Miller's winning narrative finally does her justice. This history of the ordinary craftspeople of the Revolutionary War and their most famous representative will be the definitive volume for years to come.
2007 Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA) Book Award Complete List of Authors:Dorothy Holland, Donald M. Nonini, Catherine Lutz, Lesley Bartlett, Marla Frederick-McGlathery, Thaddeus C. Guldbrandsen, and Enrique G. Murillo, Jr. What is the state of democracy at the turn of the twenty-first century? To answer this question, seven scholars lived for a year in five North Carolina communities. They observed public meetings of all sorts, had informal and formal interviews with people, and listened as people conversed with each other at bus stops and barbershops, soccer games and workplaces. Their collaborative ethnography allows us to understand how diverse members of a community not just the elite think about and experience “politics” in ways that include much more than merely voting. This book illustrates how the social and economic changes of the last three decades have made some new routes to active democratic participation possible while making others more difficult. Local Democracy Under Siege suggests how we can account for the current limitations of U.S. democracy and how remedies can be created that ensure more meaningful participation by a greater range of people. Complete List of Authors (pictured) From Left to Right, bottom row: Enrique Murillo, Jr., Thaddeus Guldbrandsen, Marla Frederick-McGlathery. Top row: Dorothy Holland, Catherine Lutz, Lesley Bartlett, and Don Nonini.
Presenting a unique exploration of education at “the edge of experience,” this book investigates how unassimilable concepts can reconceptualize education in order to grapple with what is beyond understanding. Working at the intersection of curriculum theory, philosophy and psychoanalysis, Morris examines how each of these “unassimilable” concepts such as lament, disavowal, breathlessness, and the Kafkaesque point toward currere as the edge of experience. It addresses what Lee Braver calls “the groundless grounds” and what Avital Ronell calls “the quicksand that is philosophy” to approach slippage and breaking points through an interdisciplinary lens. Pointing to an understanding of our largely social ills and extending William F. Pinar’s early work on currere in new and innovative directions, this book will appeal to curriculum theorists, education philosophers, psychoanalysts, and those with interests in the philosophy and theory of education.
This text for generalist practice courses is also available with a treasure trove of related materials for use in a two or three-course practice sequence.? The text helps translate the guiding theoretical perspectives of social justice, human rights, and critical social construction into purposeful social work practice. Six unique cases, specially written for this Series, provide a "learning by doing" framework unavailable from any other social work publisher. Companion readings and many other resources enable this text to be the centerpiece for three semesters of practice teaching. Go to www.routledgesw.com to learn more. This custom edition includes the first seven chapters for instructors teaching the first semester of a two-semester generalist practice sequence, and is also available in e-book editions in a full range of digital formats.
The sitcom made its first appearance in January of 1949 with the introduction of television's first family, The Goldbergs. Since the advent of the sitcom, televised fictional families have reflected the changing structure of American society. The sitcom emphasized first the lives of suburban, working class European immigrants and gradually expanded to encompass the multicultural urban phenomena of the 1960s. The roles of men and women in the fictional family have similarly been adjusted to depict women's movement into the workforce and the changing identity of the father. As censorship laws became less stringent, sitcom viewers also began to be exposed to the realities of changing family dynamics in America, watching as the traditional nuclear family diverged to include single-parent, two-father, and two-mother households. From the cultural upheaval of the mid-century to the "reality" craze of the new millennium, television's families have mimicked and even influenced the changing values of American society. This broadcast history covers more than 100 television families, from the Goldbergs to the Osbournes, who have provided entertainment and inspiration for the American public since 1949. An introduction to the cultural trends and social developments of each decade is provided prior to a summary of the significant series of that decade. Each series entry includes a description of the family, the date of the show's first and last broadcast, the broadcasting network, the day and time aired, and the cast of characters.
Now with SAGE Publications, Cheryl Cisero Durwin and Marla Reese-Weber’s EdPsych Modules uses an innovative implementation of case studies and a modular format to address the challenge of effectively connecting theory and research to practice. Each module is a succinct, stand-alone topic that represents every subject found in traditional chapter texts and can be used in any order for maximum flexibility in organizing your course. Each of the book’s eight units of modules begins with a set of four case studies–early childhood, elementary, middle school, and secondary–and ends with “Assess” and “Reflect and Evaluate” questions and activities to encourage comprehension and application of the research and theories presented. The case approach and the extensive pedagogy that support it allows students to constantly see the applications of the theories and research that they are studying in the text.
Offering an intervention into larger conversations about local history, microhistory, and historical scholarship, Entangled Lives is a revealing journey through early America.
Reclaiming her life after a devastating riding accident, equestrian Emily Conners’ world shatters again when she discovers her friend and boss lying in a stall with a smashed skull. Now jobless and with a handsome cop underfoot investigating the case, she's torn between wanting the killer found and keeping her own secrets safe. Detective Justin Butler always gets his killer, but this victim has a stampede of enemies and few leads to go on. Stonewalled by the tight-knit equestrian world, he looks to Emily for help, but she’s strangely reluctant. Is she hiding something, or is she afraid of their growing attraction? As the search for the murderer heats up, their hearts become entangled and their lives at risk, forcing Emily and Justin to work together to find the killer before they strike again.
The fourth edition of The Practice of Generalist Social Work continues to teach students to apply micro, macro, and mezzo social work skills. This new edition strengthens the connection between the three levels of practice and is fully updated to the 2015 EPAS. This edition also contains more illustrations of theory and more context for deciding which type of intervention is a good fit. Most chapters now open with a case study and continually refer back to the case to provide additional connections between theory and real-life practice. Each chapter also incorporates a link to a Grand Challenge of Social Work from the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, which shows the connection between social work and the most significant societal challenges of today. The Quick Guides within the text offer students guidance for their field experience and practice after graduation. The text also comes with a rich companion website that includes support materials and six unique cases that encourage students to learn by doing. Go to www.routledgesw.com to explore the cases and additional resources.
Advertising and Violence identifies and analyzes the important issues related to violence in advertising and its overall effects on society. The book is based on a widely cited special issue of the Journal of Advertising and includes eight new chapters that expand the book's coverage. The objective of the book is to compile a compendium of current thinking, perspectives, theoretical viewpoints, and research relevant to the violence and advertising interface. The chapter authors, all notable experts in the field, take a multidisciplinary approach that incorporates perspectives from disciplines other than marketing in order to provide a broad-based view of how advertising and violence coalesce and the policy implications of this juxtaposition.
A unique blend of visionaries, risk takers and creative souls lends energy to Asheville's historic streets. Today, bohemian street performers, funky shops, exquisite art galleries, restaurants and craft breweries blend in among some of the most revered vintage architecture in the country. Discover quirky figures like a "nun" named Sister Bad Habit, who entertains passengers on the LaZoom bus; the "Man in White" living statue; and Asheville's Village Witch. Be inspired by innovative dreamers such as Julian Price, who invested millions in the once-desolate downtown Asheville, giving money to an eclectic mix of restaurateurs and shop owners. Author Marla Milling traces the people and places that make her hometown a truly unique city.
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