M Joy: 39 books
Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families
Implications for Research, Education, Policy, and Service
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions_from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers_the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals...
by Jess Hemerly, Murray Maloney, Kimra McPherson
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2013
A framework for the theory and practice of organizing that integrates the concepts and methods of information organization and information retrieval.
Organizing is such a common activity that we often do it without thinking much about it. In our daily lives we organize physical things—books...
by Starla Anderson, Maria Blevins, Teresa Blevins
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
A transformational approach to conflict argues that conflicts must be viewed as embedded within broader relational patterns and social and discursive structures. Central to this book is the idea that the origins of transformation can be momentary, situational, and small-scale or large-scale and systemic....
Learning from Young Children
Research in Early Childhood Music
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
In early childhood, the most important period of learning and human development, young children often achieve developmental milestones in a short time. Learning from Young Children: Research in Early Childhood Music presents research on the importance of fostering musical growth during this period. These studies discuss: _
by Valentine Moghadam, Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Sarah White
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2011
The Women, Gender and Development Reader II is the definitive volume of literature dedicated to women in the development process. Now in a fully revised second edition, the editors expertly present the impacts of social, political and economic change by reviewing such topical issues as migration,...
Dragon Writers
An Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
Dragons are creatures of legend. Of magic. Of wisdom, nature, and the power of creation. They have been in every culture and mythology since the beginning of time.
Writers are creatures of legend. With magic, wisdom, and the power of creation at their fingertips. They, too, are in every culture...
A Game of Horns
A Red Unicorn Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2015
Red. The color of blood, of war, of passion—and of a new unicorn herd.
A Game of Horns: A Red Unicorn Anthology has gathered 21 original stories about red unicorns from famous and soon-to-be-famous authors, including New York Times best-selling authors Jody Lynn Nye and David Farland. Some...
by Erik Dahlman, Claude Oestges, Alan C. Bovik
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2009
A one-stop Desk Reference, for R&D engineers involved in communications engineering; this is a book that will not gather dust on the shelf. It brings together the essential professional reference content from leading international contributors in the field. Material covers a wide scope of topics...
Global Women Leaders
Studies in Feminist Political Rhetoric
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
Global Women Leaders: Studies in Feminist Political Rhetoric demonstrates the ways in which women have used political rhetoric and political discourse to provide leadership, or assert their right to leadership, on a global level. This collection fits into the robust research area of international...
Comprehension Strategies for Your K-6 Literacy Classroom
Thinking Before, During, and After Reading
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2007
Combining theory with classroom research, this research-based handbook clearly illustrates how teachers can effectively use six critical strategies to enhance students' reading comprehension.
Communication, Culture, and Making Meaning in the City
Ethnographic Engagements in Urban Environments
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Separately Together: Ethnographic Engagements of the City, contributors focus on theorizing the notion of “the city” as a communicatively constituted cultural space, drawing on situated, reflexive ethnographic examinations of “the city” to show the complex and varied ways in which cities produce social meaning.
How Television Shapes Our Worldview
Media Representations of Social Trends and Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Over the last half of the twentieth century, television has become the predominant medium through which the public accesses information about the world. Through the news, situation comedies, police dramas, and commercials, we learn about the world around us, and our role within it. These genres, narratives,...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Total Nutrition, 4th Edition
Food Group Fundamentals from the Dairy, Fruit, Vegetable, and Grain Worlds
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
Good health starts with good nutrition.
With all the constant debate over diet fads, proper nutrition is slipping through the cracks. This revised and updated guide places the emphasis on good health by informing families of everything they need to know to get the best nutrition - from daily...
Spoils of War
Women of Color, Cultures, and Revolutions
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 1997
Women of color remain arguably the most economically, politically, and socially marginalized group in the United States and the Third World. In Spoils of War, a diverse group of distinguished contributors suggest that acts of aggression resulting from the racism and sexism inherent in social institutions can be viewed as a sort of 'war,' experienced daily by women of color.