Joseph Tobin offers a fresh perspective on how children make sense of media representations of race, sex, violence, and class. By weaving such cutting-edge approaches as poststructuralism, performance theory, and critical theory into his analysis, he demonstrates how the meanings children give to me..
Federal Income Taxation: A Contemporary Approach uses several modern platforms to introduce students to the federal income taxation of individuals. After a general overview, the book takes two more passes through the system, each in increasing detail. This helps students see the overall structure ea..
This book presents an overview of the prominent quantitative and qualitative data that exists on gangs. Academically sound, it synthesizes gang research into a format that is understandable and offers a balance between clarity and rigor. Placing a clear distinction between gangs and gang members, it..
Kindergarten kissing games...four-year-olds playing doctor...a teacher holding a crying child on his lap as he comforts her. Interactions like these spontaneous and pleasurable are no longer encouraged in American early childhood classrooms, and in some cases they are forbidden. The quality of the l..
Meister Eckhart was a thirteenth-century Dominican mystic who became famous as a teacher, thinker, and preacher. His brilliant career, which included a chair of theology at the University of Paris and several important posts within his order, ended tragically when he was tried and convicted of heres..
Collects stories about the childhood counterparts of the Marvel superheroes, including Spiderman, Wolverine, the Hulk and Iron Man. Author: Tobin, Paul Publisher: Marvel Enterprises Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0785142843 ISBN-13: 9780785142843..
Published twenty years ago, the original Preschool in Three Cultures was a landmark in the study of education: a profoundly enlightening exploration of the different ways preschoolers are taught in China, Japan, and the United States. Here, lead author Joseph Tobin-along with new collaborators Yeh H..
THE account of the use of mechanical ventilation in critically ill patientsA Doody's Core Title for 2011!4 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW!"This second edition continues the role established by its predecessor as the leading work in the field. Mechanical ventilation, as a defining event of critical care, has se..
“John XXIII was, in the best possible sense, a revolutionary-a Pope of modernization who kept in continuity with the church’s past, yet made even the most enlightened of his 20th century predecessors seem like voices of another age.”-Time magazine“The story of Good Pope John is always worth telling…..
James Tobin, award-winning author of Ernie Pyle's War and The Man He Became, has penned the definitive account of the inspiring and impassioned race between the Wright brothers and their primary rival Samuel Langley across ten years and two continents to conquer the air.For years, Wilbur Wright and ..
About the AuthorJames Tobin won the National Book Critics Circle Award for his first book, Ernie Pyle's War, and the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award for To Conquer the Air. Twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in journalism, he holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Michigan.Produ..
Wedding Photography Unveiled reveals the art, philosophies, strategies, business practices, and techniques of twenty top wedding photographers from across the United States and showcases their favorite images. The focus is on the freshest styles-especially the blend of photojournalism with more rela..