Susan Whitehead's Books

Mothers and Children

Feminist Analyses and Personal Narratives

By: Susan E. Chase,Mary Frances Rogers

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Mothers and Children

Feminist Analyses and Personal Narratives

By: Susan E. Chase,Mary Frances Rogers

Motherhood is a highly personal array of experiences with a uniquely public dimension, preoccupying policymakers, advice givers, health care providers, religious leaders, child care workers, educators, and total strangers who feel entitled to judge mothers they see with their children in the neighborhood or on the TV news. Chase (U. of Tulsa) and Rogers (U. of West Florida) approach motherhood and mothering as feminist sociologists, focusing on questions such as how ideas about motherhood are shaped by social and historical conditions, how ideas about motherhood change over time and across social contexts, who has the power to make their definitions of motherhood stick, and what diverse groups of mothers themselves think. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

374

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0813528755

ISBN 13

9780813528755

A Person of Interest

A Novel

By: Susan Choi

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Person of Interest

A Novel

By: Susan Choi

Wrongfully implicated when a mail bomb claims the life of a beloved computer scientist, math professor Lee receives a threatening letter that compels him to confront key events in his life, an exercise that inadvertently renders him all the more suspicious. By the Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of American Woman. 35,000 first printing.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

384

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

ISBN 10

0670018465

ISBN 13

9780670018468

Surrogate Motherhood and the Politics of Reproduction

By: Susan Markens

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Surrogate Motherhood and the Politics of Reproduction

By: Susan Markens

In an analysis of legislative responses to surrogacy in New York and California, the author explores how discourses about gender, family, race, genetics, rights, and choice have shaped policies aimed at this issue. She examines the views of legislators, women's organizations, religious groups, the media, and others.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

292

Publisher

Univ of California Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0520252039

ISBN 13

9780520252035

In the Shadow of the Mahatma

Bishop Azariah and the Travails of Christianity in British India

By: Susan Billington Harper

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

In the Shadow of the Mahatma

Bishop Azariah and the Travails of Christianity in British India

By: Susan Billington Harper

This is a biography of Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah (1874-1945), bishop of the Anglican Church in India from 1912 until his death in 1945. His life sheds new light on the challenges and opportunities faced by religious minorities throughout the world today. As a Christian leader in a non-Christian culture, he negotiated complex cultural, social, political, and economic pressure with exceptional skill and diplomacy. As the first Indian bishop of an Anglican diocese, and as modern India's most successful leader of depressed class and non-Brahmin conversion movements to Christianity, Azariah was equally at home with the untouchables of rural India and the unreachables of the British Empire. From this platform Azariah inevitably came into contact - and, ironically, also into conflict - with the dominating presence of Mahatma Gandhi. Susan Billington Harper here reconstructs major events and issues of Azariah's public life, including a previously unstudied controversy with Gandhi over the issue of conversion and relgious freedom in the 1930s. Based on hitherto untapped primary sources, including diocesan records and vernacular oral histories expressed in both stories and songs, this fascinating volume not only provides the first critical study of Bishop Azariah's life but also offers important - at times challenging - insights for those interested in modern India and the place of Christianity within it.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

685

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1136832645

ISBN 13

9781136832642

Garfield Todd: The End of the Liberal Dream in Rhodesia

The authorised biography by Susan Woodhouse

By: Susan Woodhouse

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Garfield Todd: The End of the Liberal Dream in Rhodesia

The authorised biography by Susan Woodhouse

By: Susan Woodhouse

Against the backdrop of a politically approved view that Europeans did little to further the Zimbabwean nationalist freedom movements before Independence in 1980, this book will help to nail that misconception against a wall.The story of Garfield Todd and his various roles as Christian missionary, liberal prime minister of southern Rhodesia, high-profile opponent of UDI and its architect Ian Smith from 1965 to 1980, will surely be an eye-opener for many young people in central and southern Africa, who may never have heard of this great man who spent his life in education and public service. The role of Garfield Todd and some of the people who worked with him has been effectively airbrushed from the pages of the official Zimbabwean story. Why? is the question. Susan Woodhouse gives us the answer by telling the story of a small but influential group of men and women who dared swim against the racial current in Africa after the Second World War. Its a story told with warmth, personal insight and often great humour. This Edinburgh-based author, who Sir Garfield said knew the Todds better than anyone else, has introduced a small but dedicated group of long forgotten activists toa new generation of readers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

518

Publisher

African Books Collective

Published Date

ISBN 10

1779223242

ISBN 13

9781779223241

It Happened in Tennessee

Remarkable Events That Shaped History

By: Susan Sawyer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

It Happened in Tennessee

Remarkable Events That Shaped History

By: Susan Sawyer

This book offers an inside look at over 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Volunteer State. Read about the infamous Scopes "Monkey" Trial in 1925. Find out about Tennessee's reaction to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis. Discover how the Grand Ole Opry came to be the musical powerhouse that it is today.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

145

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Published Date

ISBN 10

1493082647

ISBN 13

9781493082643

Qualitative Research in Education

By: Liz Atkins,Susan Wallace

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Qualitative Research in Education

By: Liz Atkins,Susan Wallace

This accessible and practical book is a perfect quick guide for postgraduate researchers in education. Looking at the interdependence of teaching and research, the authors show that a critical and analytical exploration of policies and practices is a necessary part of what we mean by being a ′professional′ in education. Drawing on the authors′ substantial experience of teaching research skills at postgraduate level, as well as on their own experiences as active researchers, the book will guide you through: - discourse analysis - visual methods - textual research - data collection and analysis This co-authored book is structured around a range of methods applicable to educational research and appropriate for use by practitioners at all stages of their professional development. It takes recognisable, ′real life′ scenarios as its starting point for each discussion of method, so that readers are able to start from the known and familiar. As well as exploring theoretical aspects of research method, each chapter provides practical tasks and points for discussion and reflection. These approaches, taken together, are designed to build confidence and encourage reader engagement and enjoyment. Liz Atkins is a lecturer and researcher in education at the University of Huddersfield. Susan Wallace is Professor of Continuing Education at Nottingham Trent University. Research Methods in Education series: Each book in this series maps the territory of a key research approach or topic in order to help readers progress from beginner to advanced researcher. Each book aims to provide a definitive, market-leading overview and to present a blend of theory and practice with a critical edge. All titles in the series are written for Master′s-level students anywhere and are intended to be useful to the many diverse constituencies interested in research on education and related areas. Other books in the series: - Using Case Study in Education Research, Hamilton and Corbett-Whittier - Action Research in Education, McAteer - Ethnography in Education, Mills and Morton

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

273

Publisher

SAGE

Published Date

ISBN 10

1446268071

ISBN 13

9781446268070

Murder & Mayhem in Herkimer County

By: Edited by Caryl Hopson and Susan R. Perkins

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Murder & Mayhem in Herkimer County

By: Edited by Caryl Hopson and Susan R. Perkins

Caryl Hopson and Susan R. Perkins collect historic narratives of murder and mayhem in Herkimer County. Herkimer County is steeped in history, from the settlement of the Mohawk Valley by Palatine German settlers to the flood of western migration with the opening of the Erie Canal. But the region also boasts an infamous history of high-profile homicides and crimes. Roxalana Druse murdered her abusive husband and became the last woman to be hanged in New York in 1887. The death of Grace Brown on scenic Big Moose Lake became one of the most famous cases in the country in 1906, inspiring author Theodore Dreiser's novel An American Tragedy. Psychological tests of intelligence were admitted into court for the first time in an acquittal of sixteen-year-old Jean Gianini in 1914.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

160

Publisher

Arcadia Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1467144398

ISBN 13

9781467144391

The Mommy Myth

The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women

By: Susan Douglas,Meredith Michaels

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Mommy Myth

The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women

By: Susan Douglas,Meredith Michaels

Now in paperback, the provocative book that has ignited fiery debate and created a dialogue among women about the state of motherhood today. In THE MOMMY MYTH, Susan Douglas and Meredith Michaels turn their 'sharp, funny, and fed-up prose' (San Diego Union Tribune) toward the cult of the new momism, a trend in Western culture that suggests that women can only achieve contentment through the perfection of mothering. Even so, the standards of this ideal remain out of reach, no matter how hard women try to 'have it all'. THE MOMMY MYTH skilfully maps the distance travelled from the days when THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE demanded more for women than keeping house and raising children, to today's not-so-subtle pressure to reverse this trend. A must-read for every woman.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

420

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

0743260465

ISBN 13

9780743260466

In Search Of Parenthood

Coping with Infertility and High-Tech Conception

By: Judith Lasker,Susan Borg

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

In Search Of Parenthood

Coping with Infertility and High-Tech Conception

By: Judith Lasker,Susan Borg

Gripping personal and professional accounts of methods of conception for everyone coping with infertility.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

236

Publisher

Temple University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1439905363

ISBN 13

9781439905364

To Win the Peace

British Propaganda in the United States during World War II

By: Susan A. Brewer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

To Win the Peace

British Propaganda in the United States during World War II

By: Susan A. Brewer

Between 1942 and 1945, the British government conducted a propaganda campaign in the United States to create popular consensus for a postwar Anglo-American partnership. Anticipating an Allied victory, British officials feared American cooperation would end with the war. Susan A. Brewer provides the first study of Britain's attempts to influence an American public skeptical of postwar international commitment, even as the United States was replacing Britain as the leading world power. Brewer discusses the concerns and strategies of the British propagandists—journalists, professors, and businessmen—who collaborated with the generally sympathetic American media. She examines the narratives they used to link American and British interests on such controversial issues as the future of the empire and economic recovery. In analyzing the barriers to Britain's success, she considers the legacy of World War I, and the difficulty of conducting propaganda in a democracy. Propaganda did not prevent the transition of global leadership from the British Empire to the United States, Brewer asserts, but it did make that transition work in Britain's interest.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

296

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1501733524

ISBN 13

9781501733529

Epigenetic Landscapes

Drawings as Metaphor

By: Susan Merrill Squier

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Epigenetic Landscapes

Drawings as Metaphor

By: Susan Merrill Squier

Devised in the 1940s by the biologist C. H. Waddington, the epigenetic landscape is a metaphor for how gene regulation modulates cellular development. As a scientific model, it fell out of use in the late 1960s but returned at the beginning of the twenty-first century with the advent of big-data genomic research because of its utility among scientists across the life sciences to think more creatively about and to discuss genetics. In Epigenetic Landscapes Susan Merrill Squier follows the model’s cultural trail, from its first visualization by the artist John Piper to its use beyond science. Squier examines three cases in which the metaphor has been imaginatively deployed to illustrate complex systems that link scientific and cultural practices: graphic medicine, landscape architecture, and bioArt. Challenging reductive understandings of epigenetics, Squier boldly reclaims the broader significance of the epigenetic landscape as a figure at the nexus of art, design, and science.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

234

Publisher

Duke University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0822372606

ISBN 13

9780822372608

Race and Citizen Identity in the Classical Athenian Democracy

By: Susan Lape

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Race and Citizen Identity in the Classical Athenian Democracy

By: Susan Lape

In Race and Citizen Identity in the Classical Athenian Democracy, Susan Lape demonstrates how a race ideology grounded citizen identity. Although this ideology did not manifest itself in a fully developed race myth, its study offers insight into the causes and conditions that can give rise to race and racisms in both modern and pre-modern cultures. In the Athenian context, racial citizenship emerged because it both defined and justified those who were entitled to share in the political, symbolic, and socioeconomic goods of Athenian citizenship. By investigating Athenian law, drama, and citizenship practices, this study shows how citizen identity worked in practice to consolidate national unity and to account for past Athenian achievements. It also considers how Athenian identity narratives fuelled Herodotus' and Thucydides' understanding of history and causation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

357

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1139484125

ISBN 13

9781139484121

Learning to Teach Physical Education in the Secondary School

A Companion to School Experience

By: Susan Anne Capel

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Learning to Teach Physical Education in the Secondary School

A Companion to School Experience

By: Susan Anne Capel

There are many teaching skills and issues covered in initial teacher education which student PE teachers must apply to their own subject. However, the complexity of teaching PE can make this difficult to do. This book focuses, therefore, on the requirements of student PE teachers in relation to teaching skills and issues covered in initial teacher education courses. Throughout the book the theory underpinning those skills and issues is interlinked with tasks which can be undertaken alone, with another student or with a tutor. The book is designed to help student PE teachers to develop teaching skills, knowledge and understanding of the wider context of PE, along with the ability to reflect critically and to develop professional judgement.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

366

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0415153018

ISBN 13

9780415153010

Revival: A Modern Introduction to Logic (1950)

By: Lizzie Susan Stebbing

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Revival: A Modern Introduction to Logic (1950)

By: Lizzie Susan Stebbing

As the author of this volume states, "the science of logic does not stand still." This book was intended to cover the advances made in the study of logic in the first half of the nineteenth century, during which time the author felt there to have been greater advances made than in the whole of the preceding period from the time of Aristotle. Advances which, in her eyes, were not present in contemporary text books. As such, this book offers a valuable insight into the progress of the subject, tracing this frenetic period in its development with a first-hand awareness of its documentary value.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

548

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351349082

ISBN 13

9781351349086

Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019

By: Susan Morris

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019

By: Susan Morris

Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage is the only up-to-date printed reference guide to the United Kingdom's titled families: the hereditary peers, life peers and peeresses, and baronets, and their descendants who form the fascinating tapestry of the peerage. This is the first ebook edition of Debrett's Peerage &Baronetage, and it also contains information relating to:The Royal FamilyCoats of ArmsPrincipal British Commonwealth OrdersCourtesy titlesForms of addressExtinct, dormant, abeyant and disclaimed titles.Special features for this anniversary edition include:The Roll of Honour, 1920: a list of the 3,150 people whose names appeared in the volume who were killed in action or died as a result of injuries sustained during the First World War.A number of specially commissioned articles, including an account of John Debrett's life and the early history of Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, a history of the royal dukedoms, and an in-depth feature exploring the implications of modern legislation and mores on the ancient traditions of succession.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

7460

Publisher

eBook Partnership

Published Date

ISBN 10

1999767055

ISBN 13

9781999767051

Delusions in Science and Spirituality

The Fall of the Standard Model and the Rise of Knowledge from Unseen Worlds

By: Susan B. Martinez

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Delusions in Science and Spirituality

The Fall of the Standard Model and the Rise of Knowledge from Unseen Worlds

By: Susan B. Martinez

Debunks cherished theories of mainstream consensus and reveals the deeper mysteries of the science of the unseen • Reveals a new “Theory of Everything” to replace the standard model and complete our knowledge of Earth Science, anthropology, psychology, and spirituality • Explains the failings of the Big Bang, evolution, ice age theory, and global warming • Shows how the Freudian and Jungian theories of the unconscious have grossly misrepresented the spirit of man and the psyche of humanity What if science and society’s most darling theories, taught as fact, were 100% wrong? What if the anomalies that disprove these theories were covered up and distorted and any serious challenges brushed off as lunacy, hysteria, junk science, and dissension? In this primer in deprogramming, Susan B. Martinez reveals the disinformation at the root of mainstream consensus thinking. She punches gaping holes in the cherished theories of the Big Bang, Darwinian evolution, ice ages, and global warming. Drawing on the ancient science of the unseen and revelations from the Oahspe Bible as well as some of the most advanced thinkers in astrophysics, she explains a new “Theory of Everything” to replace the standard model. She explores the concept of vortexya, the cosmic whirlwind of our own geomagnetic field, which explains quite simply the subtle changes that take place on Earth and in the universe over time without the “magical thinking” of the Big Bang, global warming, or ice ages. Martinez reveals how the instability of society itself has found its way into our theories, positing explosive change and acceleration where there is none. She explains how homo sapiens’ evolution did not suddenly accelerate 40,000 years ago and culture did not accelerate to birth civilization a mere 6,000 years ago. She shows how the theories of the Freudian and Jungian unconscious and of reincarnation have grossly misrepresented the spirit of man and the psyche of humanity. Resurrecting the majestic order that was once recognized at the basis of reality, Martinez shows that the shift from the Age of Disinformation to the Age of Understanding is well underway.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

403

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

1591437792

ISBN 13

9781591437796

Thinking Design Through Literature

By: Susan Yelavich

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Thinking Design Through Literature

By: Susan Yelavich

This book deploys literature to explore the social lives of objects and places. The first book of its kind, it embraces things as diverse as escalators, coins, skyscrapers, pottery, radios, and robots, and encompasses places as various as home, country, cities, streets, and parks. Here, fiction, poetry, and literary non-fiction are mined for stories of design, which are paired with images of contemporary architecture and design. Through the work of authors such as César Aires, Nicholson Baker, Lydia Davis, Orhan Pamuk, and Virginia Woolf, this book shows the enormous influence that places and things exert in the world.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

320

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351777963

ISBN 13

9781351777964

Learning Without Limits

By: Hart, Susan,Dixon, Annabelle,Drummond, Mary Jane

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Learning Without Limits

By: Hart, Susan,Dixon, Annabelle,Drummond, Mary Jane

This book explores ways of teaching that are free from determinist beliefs about ability. In a detailed critique of the practices of ability labelling and ability-focussed teaching, Learning without Limits examines the damage these practices can do to young people, teachers and the curriculum. Drawing on a research project at the University of Cambridge, the book features nine vivid case studies (from Year 1 to Year 11) that describe how teachers have developed alternative practices despite considerable pressure on them and on their schools and classrooms.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

294

Publisher

McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

Published Date

ISBN 10

033521259X

ISBN 13

9780335212590

Families Under Construction

Parentage, Adoption, and Assisted Reproduction

By: Susan Frelich Appleton,D. Kelly Weisberg

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Families Under Construction

Parentage, Adoption, and Assisted Reproduction

By: Susan Frelich Appleton,D. Kelly Weisberg

This book is designed for law school seminars and courses, including first-year electives, as well as advanced undergraduate courses in legal studies or other departments. Families Under Construction: Parentage, Adoption, and Assisted Reproduction, Second Edition, provides an in-depth exploration of the fascinating and controversial issues emerging out of biotechnology and society’s changing understanding of family identity. The authors combine solid treatment of the law and carefully crafted additional content to provoke inquiry and fuel class discussion, using a multidisciplinary presentation of legal authorities, policy perspectives, critical analysis, and cultural contexts. Coverage includes the impact of marriage equality, increasing departures from traditional family arrangements, and modern approaches to adoption, as well as infertility treatments, collaborative reproductive arrangements, and reproductive tourism. New to the Second Edition: A new Part I on parentage, parental responsibilities, and parental authority, tracing the evolution from traditional doctrine to contemporary approaches and emphasizing the policy of keeping dependency private The addition of principal cases on wrongful adoption, challenges to sealed adoption records, and intercountry adoption Restructured chapters on assisted reproduction reflecting consequential changes in the legal landscape Professors and students will benefit from: Thorough coverage of significant cases, statutes, and regulations, including law reform efforts and recognition of law’s silence on some topics Opportunities for comparative analysis of law and policy, from “then” to “now” and among various states and nations, with examination of jurisdiction, choice of law, and enforcement An approach that questions core concepts, such as parentage, by highlighting the role of the state in the construction of family and the influence of assumptions about gender, race, sexualities, marriage, class, and dependency Inclusive materials, such as narratives as well as summaries of popular books and films, which explore the interaction of law and life Consideration of professional responsibility, including the often challenging role of lawyers in adoptions and reproductive collaborations A mix of classic and leading-edge cases Notes and Questions that provide background and illuminate salient themes Thought-provoking Problems that prompt consideration of new issues Inserts presenting “Depictions in Popular Culture” of the situations at the center of the cases

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

541

Publisher

Aspen Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1543820530

ISBN 13

9781543820539

Learning to Teach in the Secondary School

By: Susan Capel,Marilyn Leask

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Learning to Teach in the Secondary School

By: Susan Capel,Marilyn Leask

Designed to support student secondary school teachers through the school-based element of their initial training courses, this new edition of a best-selling text includes reworked tasks for individual use and revised sections on growth and development, moral development and values, special educational needs and assessment. There is also a new chapter on ICT. Units include: *the student teacher's role *planning lessons and schemes of work *motivating pupils *teaching and learning styles *assessment and recording *working as part of a team. With general updating throughout in the light of developments in legislation, the book will continue to be the standard for secondary teachers in training.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

596

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1134511523

ISBN 13

9781134511525

Real Essays with Readings

Writing for Success in College, Work, and Everyday Life

By: Susan Anker

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Real Essays with Readings

Writing for Success in College, Work, and Everyday Life

By: Susan Anker

Real Essays delivers the powerful message that good writing, thinking, and reading skills are both essential and achievable. From the inspiring stories told by former students in Profiles of Success to the practical strategies for community involvement in the new Community Connections, Real Essays helps students to connect the writing class with their real lives and with the expectations of the larger world. So that students don’t get overwhelmed, the book focuses first on the most important things in each area, such as the Four Most Serious Errors in grammar; the Four Basics of each rhetorical strategy; and the academic skills of summary, analysis, and synthesis. Read the preface.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

905

Publisher

Macmillan

Published Date

ISBN 10

0312648081

ISBN 13

9780312648084

Doctors and Lawyers and Such

By: Susan Rogers Cooper

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Doctors and Lawyers and Such

By: Susan Rogers Cooper

Oklahoma law officer Milt Kovak is a character so humorous toward himself and his blunders, and toward the rest of the world as well, that he almost seems a figure of fun. His complexities, however, slowly reveal themselves as the story unfolds. He is warm and down- to-earth, with small human failings and large integrity—a person of genuine depth. In Doctors and Lawyers and Such, Milt is running for sheriff and his wife, psychiatrist Jean McDonnell, is pregnant and not missing a symptom. A national television figure who recently married a local man and moved to Prophesy County is brutally murdered. There's been an unusually high number of suicides in the region, including the wife of Milt's best friend, the chief of police. Milt is juggling all this while trying to fend, off a nosy newspaperman, cope with the fact that his son's birth will be a hazardous one, and keep his career prospects intact. But he's got his army of readers rooting for him!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

222

Publisher

Speaking Volumes

Published Date

ISBN 10

1645402231

ISBN 13

9781645402237

Christian Ritualizing and the Baptismal Process

Liturgical Explorations toward a Realized Baptismal Ecclesiology

By: Susan Marie Smith

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Christian Ritualizing and the Baptismal Process

Liturgical Explorations toward a Realized Baptismal Ecclesiology

By: Susan Marie Smith

Most people, even non-Christians, know that Christians gather for worship once a week, and that they are right there to support each other when there is a baptism or a wedding or a funeral. But what about other poignant, vulnerable, or life-changing times? How does the church help people handle changes that in the past, in Christendom, were considered "secular"? Does the church have a role at retirement when one's ministry changes, or when a family's children leave home and familiar patterns seem to grind to a halt? Is there any rite possible for someone who is called to Christian ministry but not to ordination? Or to someone whose vows are broken in divorce? Christian Ritualizing and the Baptismal Process asserts that baptism marks the beginning of a process of participation in Christ's ministry, so that no part of life can finally be considered secular. Susan Marie Smith shows how every passage, healing, and ministry vocation is "holy," and she lays the groundwork needed for every church to create the rituals necessary to lament and celebrate the endings and beginnings that happen in every Christian life.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

273

Publisher

Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1630878146

ISBN 13

9781630878146

Who’s Raising the Kids?

Big Tech, Big Business, and the Lives of Children

By: Susan Linn

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Who’s Raising the Kids?

Big Tech, Big Business, and the Lives of Children

By: Susan Linn

From a world-renowned expert on creative play and the impact of commercial marketing on children, a timely investigation into how big tech is hijacking childhood—and what we can do about it “Engrossing and insightful . . . rich with details that paint a full portrait of contemporary child-corporate relations.” —Zephyr Teachout, The New York Times Book Review Even before COVID-19, digital technologies had become deeply embedded in children’s lives, despite a growing body of research detailing the harms of excessive immersion in the unregulated, powerfully seductive world of the “kid-tech” industry. In the “must read” (Library Journal, starred review) Who’s Raising the Kids?, Susan Linn—one of the world’s leading experts on the impact of Big Tech and big business on children—weaves an “eye-opening and disturbing exploration of how marketing tech to children is creating a passive, dysfunctional generation” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). From birth, kids have become lucrative fodder for tech, media, and toy companies, from producers of exploitative games and social media platforms to “educational” technology and branded school curricula of dubious efficacy. Written with humor and compassion, Who’s Raising the Kids? is a unique and highly readable social critique and guide to protecting kids from exploitation by the tech, toy, and entertainment industries. Two hopeful chapters—“Resistance Parenting” and “Making a Difference for Everybody’s Kids”—chart a path to allowing kids to be the children they need to be.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

236

Publisher

The New Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

162097228X

ISBN 13

9781620972281

Echoes of Life

What Fossil Molecules Reveal about Earth History

By: Susan M. Gaines,Geoffrey Eglinton,Jurgen Rullkotter

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Echoes of Life

What Fossil Molecules Reveal about Earth History

By: Susan M. Gaines,Geoffrey Eglinton,Jurgen Rullkotter

In 1936 a German chemist identified certain organic molecules that he had extracted from ancient rocks and oils as the fossil remains of chlorophyll--presumably from plants that had lived and died millions of years in the past. It was another twenty-five years before this insight was developed and the term "biomarker" coined to describe fossil molecules whose molecular structures could reveal the presence of otherwise elusive organisms and processes. Echoes of Life is the story of these molecules and how they are illuminating the history of the earth and its life. It is also the story of how a few maverick organic chemists and geologists defied the dictates of their disciplines and--at a time when the natural sciences were fragmenting into ever-more-specialized sub-disciplines--reunited chemistry, biology and geology in a common endeavor. The rare combination of rigorous science and literary style--woven into a historic narrative that moves naturally from the simple to the complex--make Echoes of Life a book to be read for pleasure and contemplation, as well as education.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

662

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199884188

ISBN 13

9780199884186

Uncle John's Presents Mom's Bathtub Reader

By: Bathroom Readers' Institute,Susan Steiner

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Uncle John's Presents Mom's Bathtub Reader

By: Bathroom Readers' Institute,Susan Steiner

Another variation of successful bathroom reader single topic books. Most bathroom readers are sold to males, this book would target female audience. Pitch to all women who have bought for their man or to men to buy for women and give them equal time. Why a book celebrating Mommy? Abraham Lincoln said it best: “All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” Uncle John’s Presents Mom’s Bathtub Reader is the only book of its kind--an entertaining and upbeat collection of stories celebrating all things maternal. Mom will be tickled pink by these 300 pages we’ve lovingly put together. So turn on the faucet, climb into the bubble bath, and lose yourself in . . . * Not-so wicked stepmothers * The sitcom mom Hall-of-Fame * History’s all-time greatest mommies * Stand-up comedians and their jokes about their moms * The Monkee mother who invented liquid paper * The gentle gorilla who mothered a kitten * World leaders who are also moms * Calling Dr. Mom And much, much more! .

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

248

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

1607106817

ISBN 13

9781607106814

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Her Life

By: Susan Hertog

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Her Life

By: Susan Hertog

An illuminating portrait of Anne Morrow Lindbergh--loyal wife, devoted mother, pioneering aviator, and critically acclaimed author of the bestselling Gift from the Sea. Anne Morrow Lindbergh has been one of the most admired women and most popular writers of our time. Her Gift from the Sea is a perennial favorite. But the woman behind the public person has remained largely unknown. Drawing on five years of exclusive interviews with Anne Morrow Lindbergh as well as countless diaries, letters, and other documents, Susan Hertog now gives us the woman whose triumphs, struggles and elegant perseverance riveted the public for much of the twentieth century.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

610

Publisher

Anchor

Published Date

ISBN 10

0307874214

ISBN 13

9780307874214

Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo

By: Susan Myers

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo

By: Susan Myers

A completely revised and redesigned edition of the first comprehensive field guide to the birds of Borneo. Covering the whole of the island of Borneo, this fully revised and updated edition is indispensable for anyone interested in the avifauna of this diverse region. With authoritative text and packed with sumptuous colour plates, Birds of Borneo is the definitive guide to the island's birdlife. This new edition features an extensive introduction providing information on geography, climate and habitat. The accurate text covers the identification, voice and status of all species and distinctive subspecies of the island, which is accompanied by detailed distribution maps as well as 144 colour plates covering all major races and plumage variations.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

338

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1472979028

ISBN 13

9781472979025

What Jane Austen's Characters Read (and Why)

By: Susan Allen Ford

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

What Jane Austen's Characters Read (and Why)

By: Susan Allen Ford

The first detailed account of Austen's characters' reading experience to date, this book explores both what her characters read and what their literary choices would have meant to Austen's own readership, both during her life and today. Jane Austen was a voracious and extensive reader, so it's perhaps no surprise that many of her characters are also readers-from Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice to Fanny Price in Mansfield Park. Beginning by looking at Austen's own reading as well as her interest in readers' responses to her work, the book then focuses on each of her novels, looking at the particulars of her characters' reading and unpacking the multiple (and often surprising) ways in which what they read informs our reading. What Jane Austen's Characters Read (and Why) uses Austen's own love of reading to invite us to rethink the ways in which she imagined her characters and their lives beyond the novels.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

306

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1350416746

ISBN 13

9781350416741

Book's by Susan Whitehead

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email