How Navajos navigate the complex world of medicineSurgery, blood transfusions, CPR, and organ transplantation are common biomedical procedures for treating trauma and disease. But for Navajo Indians, these treatments can conflict with their traditional understanding of health and well-being. This bo..
Presents a series of lessons designed to sharpen parenting skills, bring out-of-control children into line, and improve relationships between parent and child and features real-life examples. Author: Windell, James Publisher: Macmillan Pub Co Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0026302357 ..
"Dazzling...writing at her formidable best, Barbara Vine taps the poetry as well as the pain of her characters' clamorous declarations of their need for love." -New York Times Book Review"When the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world launched a second byline, she actually stepped up her..
Arthur Johnson's empty and solitary existence is suddenly threatened when a worldly young man arrives at the Trinity Road lodging house Author: Rendell, Ruth Publisher: Doubleday Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0385121105 ISBN-13: 9780385121101..
Captain Frank Sanders, an archivist in the War Department in the 1940's happens upon a fascinating file. It seems that there was a member of George Armstrong Custer's famed 7th U.S. Cavalry who did not perish in the bloody Battle of the Little Bighorn. Learning that one-time Custer adjutant Jack Shi..
In the spring of 1948, twelve-year-old Addie Mills, against her father's initial objections, visits and befriends actress Constance Payne and learns from her the importance of dreams Author: Gail Rock Publisher: Dell Publishing Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0440421519 ISBN-13: 978044..
The author offers shopping tips, homemaking ideas, guidelines for saving money, and recipes to help wives and mothers make their Christian family life richer and more rewarding Author: Nye, Beverly K. Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0553013327 ISBN-13: ..
Today's professionals need to construct good arguments and understand that using logic is important to their success. With excellent examples from real-life sources-including film, news media, pop culture, court cases, letters to editors, philosophical, and scientific works-A First Course in Logic h..
In searching for answers as to why young people differ vastly from their parents and grandparents when it comes to turning out the vote, A New Engagement challenges the conventional wisdom that today's youth is plagued by a severe case of political apathy. In order to understand the current nature o..
Phoebe Judson was a young bride in 1853 when she and her husband crossed the plains from Ohio to the Puget Sound area of Washington Territory. She was ninety-five when this book was first published in 1925. The years between were spent in “a pioneer’s search for an ideal home” and in living there, w..
Memoir/writings of US Army General in charge of US military operations during Viet Nam War. West Point graduate. Author: Westmoreland, William C. Publisher: Dell Pub Co Binding: mass_market Language: english ISBN-10: 0440100259 ISBN-13: 9780440100256..
He wanted her! His kisses aroused and demanded a passion she had never known. Nicholas Coleman had given her everything -- the chance of a lifetime. Now he demanded--and offered--so much more. Seven years had passed since she had come to New York. Seven wonderful, successful years. But Keena Whitman..
Chronicles how Libby Riddles and her team of dogs won the world's longest and toughest dogsled race, the Iditarod, despite dangerous conditions--hungry wolves, killer moose, and frigid temperatures. Original. Author: Kramer, Sydelle Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Binding: Paperback ..
Developed by experts experienced in high-stakes testing, American Education Publishing Test Prep provides the essential preparation that young learners need to achieve success on proficiency tests. American Education Publishing Test Prep takes the mystery out of what to expect on test day by explain..
This is a two-fold rendition of history and traditions relating to Hispanic/Latinos with a Sephardic Jewish heritage. It tracks the family of a famous Sephardic Jew, Don Luis de Carvajal and his extended family across Spain and Portugal into Mexico and the Southwest of the USA. It reveals the ugline..
Something horrific is happening to the children of Eastbury, Massachusetts. Now, an entire town waits on the edge of panic for the next nightmare. There must be a reason for the terror. They all know it - but no one ever suspected. Author: Saul, John Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group Binding: Paperba..
Robert W. Rydell contends that America's early world's fairs actually served to legitimate racial exploitation at home and the creation of an empire abroad. He looks in particular to the "ethnological" displays of nonwhites-set up by showmen but endorsed by prominent anthropologists-which lent scien..
Designed to be accessible to young readers, these volumes offer a way of learning about the history of America. Each book includes information on what was happening in the arts, sciences, popular culture, fashion, and music. They include 100 or more photographs, box features, pull-out quotations, a ..
"American Ethnic Building Traditions Blend Memory and Experience in Varying Proportions." Dell Upton Which ethnic groups introduced the log cabin as a lasting symbol of the American frontier Who helped turn the front porch into an American institution Which immigrants built saunas to recall Old Wo..
This advanced grammar text encourage readers to think critically about grammar and exposes them to a variety of linguistic theories. Author: Della Volpe, Angela Publisher: Longman Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0321426185 ISBN-13: 9780321426185..
This advanced grammar text encourages students to think critically about grammar and exposes them to a variety of linguistic theories as it prepares them to become K-12 English teachers.Designed to support and assist students in learning about the structure of the English language, this textbook pro..
Craig Waddell presents essays investigating Rachel Carson’s influential 1962 book, Silent Spring. In his foreword, Paul Brooks, Carson’s editor at Houghton Mifflin, describes the process that resulted in Silent Spring. In an afterword, Linda Lear, Carson’s recent biographer, recalls the end of Carso..