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American Playgrounds

Revitalizing Community Space

By: Susan G. Solomon

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American Playgrounds

Revitalizing Community Space

By: Susan G. Solomon

A compelling history, a manifesto, and a manual for change.

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1584655178

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The Science of Play

How to Build Playgrounds That Enhance Children's Development

By: Susan G. Solomon

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The Science of Play

How to Build Playgrounds That Enhance Children's Development

By: Susan G. Solomon

Poor design and wasted funding characterize today's American playgrounds. A range of factors--including a litigious culture, overzealous safety guidelines, and an ethos of risk aversion--have created uniform and unimaginative playgrounds. These spaces fail to nurture the development of children or promote playgrounds as an active component in enlivening community space. Solomon's book demonstrates how to alter the status quo by allying data with design. Recent information from the behavioral sciences indicates that kids need to take risks; experience failure but also have a chance to succeed and master difficult tasks; learn to plan and solve problems; exercise self-control; and develop friendships. Solomon illustrates how architects and landscape architects (most of whom work in Europe and Japan) have already addressed these needs with strong, successful playground designs. These innovative spaces, many of which are more multifunctional and cost effective than traditional playgrounds, are both sustainable and welcoming. Having become vibrant hubs within their neighborhoods, these play sites are models for anyone designing or commissioning an urban area for children and their families. The Science of Play, a clarion call to use playground design to deepen the American commitment to public space, will interest architects, landscape architects, urban policy makers, city managers, local politicians, and parents.

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University Press of New England

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1611686105

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9781611686104

Louis I. Kahn's Jewish Architecture

Mikveh Israel and the Midcentury American Synagogue

By: Susan G. Solomon

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Louis I. Kahn's Jewish Architecture

Mikveh Israel and the Midcentury American Synagogue

By: Susan G. Solomon

In 1961, famed architect Louis I. Kahn (1901-1974) received a commission to design a new synagogue. His client was one of the oldest Sephardic Orthodox congregations in the United States: Philadelphia's Mikveh Israel. Due to the loss of financial backing, Kahn's plans were never realized. Nevertheless, the haunting and imaginative schemes for Mikveh Israel remain among Kahn's most revered designs. Susan G. Solomon uses Kahn's designs for Mikveh Israel as a lens through which to examine the transformation of the American synagogue from 1955 to 1970. She shows how Kahn wrestled with issues that challenged postwar Jewish institutions and evaluates his creative attempts to bridge modernism and Judaism. She argues that Kahn provided a fresh paradigm for synagogues, one that offered innovations in planning, decoration, and the incorporation of light and nature into building design.

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Brandeis University Press

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American Playgrounds

Revitalizing Community Space

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Revitalizing Community Space

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Louis I. Kahn's Trenton Jewish Community Center

By: Susan G. Solomon

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Louis I. Kahn's Trenton Jewish Community Center

By: Susan G. Solomon

The Building Studies series examines important buildings through original documents, detailed text, photography, and drawings in an affordable format.

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Princeton Architectural Press

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1568982267

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From Literature Circles to Blogs

Activities for Engaging Professional Learning Communities

By: Susan M. Church,Margaret Swain

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From Literature Circles to Blogs

Activities for Engaging Professional Learning Communities

By: Susan M. Church,Margaret Swain

This inspiring book provides a useful framework and workable strategies that support and guide teachers in professional development — from the nitty-gritty work of initiating a collaborative group, to setting a purpose and encouraging participation.

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Pembroke Publishers Limited

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155138244X

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9781551382449

Women Who Would Be Rabbis

A History of Women's Ordination 1889-1985

By: Pamela Susan Nadell

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Women Who Would Be Rabbis

A History of Women's Ordination 1889-1985

By: Pamela Susan Nadell

1998 National Jewish Book Award finalist Pamela S. Nadell mines a wealth of untapped sources to bring us the first complete story of the courageous and committed Jewish women who passionately defended their right to equal religious participation through rabbinical ordination.

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Beacon Press

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0807036498

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9780807036495

Veterinary Herbal Medicine

By: Susan G. Wynn,Barbara Fougere

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Veterinary Herbal Medicine

By: Susan G. Wynn,Barbara Fougere

This full-color reference offers practical, evidence-based guidance on using more than 120 medicinal plants, including how to formulate herbal remedies to treat common disease conditions. A body-systems based review explores herbal medicine in context, offering information on toxicology, drug interactions, quality control, and other key topics. More than 120 herbal monographs provide quick access to information on the historical use of the herb in humans and animals, supporting studies, and dosing information. Includes special dosing, pharmacokinetics, and regulatory considerations when using herbs for horses and farm animals. Expanded pharmacology and toxicology chapters provide thorough information on the chemical basis of herbal medicine. Explores the evolutionary relationship between plants and mammals, which is the basis for understanding the unique physiologic effects of herbs. Includes a body systems review of herbal remedies for common disease conditions in both large and small animals. Discusses special considerations for the scientific research of herbs, including complex and individualized interventions that may require special design and nontraditional outcome goals.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323029981

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9780323029988

The Science of Play

How to Build Playgrounds That Enhance Children's Development

By: Susan G. Solomon

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How to Build Playgrounds That Enhance Children's Development

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University Press of New England

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1611686113

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Louis I. Kahn's Jewish Architecture

Mikveh Israel and the Midcentury American Synagogue

By: Susan G. Solomon

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Mikveh Israel and the Midcentury American Synagogue

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Book's by Susan G. Solomon

American Playgrounds

American Playgrounds

The Science of Play

The Science of Play

Louis I. Kahn's Jewish Architecture

Louis I. Kahn's Jewish Architecture

American Playgrounds

American Playgrounds

Louis I. Kahn's Trenton Jewish Community Center

Louis I. Kahn's Trenton Jewish Community Center

From Literature Circles to Blogs

From Literature Circles to Blogs

Women Who Would Be Rabbis

Women Who Would Be Rabbis

Veterinary Herbal Medicine

Veterinary Herbal Medicine

The Science of Play

The Science of Play

Louis I. Kahn's Jewish Architecture

Louis I. Kahn's Jewish Architecture

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