The story of West Indian immigrants to the United States is considered a great success. Many of these adoptive citizens have prospered, including General Colin Powell. But Mary Waters tells a very different story about immigrants from the West Indies, especially their children.She finds that when th..
The story of West Indian immigrants to the United States is considered a great success. Many of these adoptive citizens have prospered, including General Colin Powell. But Mary Waters tells a very different story about immigrants from the West Indies, especially their children.She finds that when th..
Product DescriptionThis fun filled Christmas countdown board book helps provide simple activities to celebrate the birth of Jesus.The weeks that lead up to Christmas are an exciting magical time for young children. But the wait for December 25th can seem almost endless. MY FIRST READ AND LEARN COUNT..
Product DescriptionThis book, grounded in American women’s history, explores the ongoing process of taking gender into account in the U.S. justice system. Women came late to the making, applying, and enforcing of the law. How has the creation of the law by and for men affected women How has increas..
New DSM-5 Content!Whether it’s an entire course on psychiatric nursing or integrating these principles into an existing course, this is the text that’s concise, engaging, and informative. It offers an evidence-based, holistic approach to mental health nursing-in a streamlined format that explores nu..
How can you effectively stand up for your values when pressured by your boss, customers, or shareholders to do the opposite Drawing on actual business experiences as well as on social science research, Babson College business educator and consultant Mary Gentile challenges the assumptions about bus..
Are we rivals for God's love The Church has changed its thinking about Judaism, yet these changes are not yet known by most Christians. This compelling book, by respected religious-education theorist Mary Boys, makes the academic scholarship highly accessible. Her foremost challenge is for Christia..
Mary Edith Wilroy depicts her experiences as the manager of the historic Blair House, the President's Guest House, and describes the visits of politicians and heads of state Author: Mary Edith Wilroy Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc. Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0385157401 ISBN-1..
This book explores the role film and television stardom has played in establishing, reinforcing, and challenging popular ethnic notions of Latina/os in the United States since the silent film era of the 1920s. In addition to documenting the importance of Latina and Latino stars to American film and ..
A daring, yet gently written reflection on one of life's most important periods, Let Evening Come has the sensitivity and humor that will appeal to readers of any age. Mary C. Morrison explores the changes that take place as one ages, the gradual movement away from the center of life--work, family, ..
Lost in Transition tells the story of the “lost generation” that came of age in Japan’s deep economic recession in the 1990s. The book argues that Japan is in the midst of profound changes that have had an especially strong impact on the young generation. The country’s renowned “permanent employment..
A student dictionary with special features. The first part provides a guide to using the dictionary. The back section provides reference materials such as maps, mathematical tables, test-taking tips, etc. Author: M-H PRIMARY SCHOOL Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US Binding: Hardcover Language: English ..
This contemporary casebook speaks directly to the current generation of students. Web-based resources, rich visual aids, newspaper stories, and articles from legal periodicals are interspersed with traditional legal analysis of cases, statutes, and regulations. Specific topics include all the commod..
Here s the 20th Anniversary Edition of the most complete and easy-to-use resource on how to develop practical, individualized plans of care for psychiatric and mental health patients. It s really 2 books in 1! The first half provides the diagnostic information needed to create a care plan; the secon..
Nursing Diagnoses in Psychiatric Nursing Author: Townsend DSN PMHCNS-BC-Retired, Mary C. Publisher: F.A. Davis Company Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0803618344 ISBN-13: 9780803618343..
Pat Nixon may be the least understood of modern first ladies. Although public opinion polls rated her one of our nation's most admired women, few Americans really knew much about her.This first scholarly biography of Thelma Ryan Nixon-the first biography in thirty-five years and the first to access ..
This book's design, content review, and test questions have been updated and carefully organized to help the student prepare for this important test. Author: McDonald, Mary E. Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0763724874 ISBN-13: 97807637248..
These comprehensive review guides will help those prospective nursing students study for the nursing school pre-entrance exam. Author: McDonald, Mary Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 076371061X ISBN-13: 9780763710613..
In September 2002, twenty-one prominent Catholic and Protestant scholars released the groundbreaking document 'A Sacred Obligation,' which includes ten statements about Jewish-Christian dialogue focused around a guiding claim: 'Revising Christian teaching about Judaism and the Jewish people is a cen..
As an introductory guide to three-dimensional design and sculpture, SHAPING SPACE offers an engaging, in-depth exploration of aesthetic and practical considerations of working three-dimensionally. By presenting both conventional artistic wisdom and new approaches that stretch and transcend the old d..
From Publishers WeeklyThis treasure chest of 255 classic b&w theater photographs features Ethel Merman in Annie Get Your Gun and Call Me Madam, Zero Mostel in Fiddler on the Roof, Audrey Hepburn in Gigi, Julie Harris and Ethel Waters in Member of the Wedding, John Raitt in Carousel, Ruth Gordon in T..
Product DescriptionThis introduction to college life explores the academic, personal, and social aspects of attending college for both traditional and non-traditional students. It features new coverage of many current topics, including learning styles, sexual harassment and date rape, crime on campu..
The literature of the Bible is examined and its beauty revealed in laymen's terms Author: Chase, Mary Ellen Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company, Inc. Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0020843909 ISBN-13: 9780020843900..
The Borrowers live in the secret places of quiet old houses; behind the mantelpiece, inside the harpsichord, under the kitchen clock. They own nothing, borrow everything, and think that human beings were invented just to do the dirty work. Arrietty's father, Pod, was an expert Borrower. He could sca..
This book analyzes 116 films distributed throughout the United States over nearly 75 years, to construct a theory, grounded in cultural studies and critical pedagogy, of curriculum in the movies. The portrayal of teachers in popular motion pictures is based on individual, rather than collective, act..