Joan Wolf: 33 books

Book cover of Is Breast Best?

Is Breast Best?

Taking on the Breastfeeding Experts and the New High Stakes of Motherhood

by Joan B. Wolf
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2010

Since the invention of dextri-maltose and the subsequent rise of Similac in the early twentieth century, parents with access to clean drinking water have had a safe alternative to breast-milk. Use of formula spiked between the 1950s and 1970s, with some reports showing that nearly 75 percent of the...
Book cover of A Community of Scholars

A Community of Scholars

Impressions of the Institute for Advanced Study

by Chantal David, Freeman Dyson, Jane Fulcher
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2011

This beautifully illustrated anthology celebrates eighty years of history and intellectual inquiry at the Institute for Advanced Study, one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research. Featuring essays by current and former faculty and members along with photographs by Serge J-F. Levy,...
Book cover of Transforming Undergraduate Education

Transforming Undergraduate Education

Theory that Compels and Practices that Succeed

by Jann H. Adams, Jerzy Axer, Kenneth R. Bain
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011

For those ready to participate in making transformative changes, Transforming Undergraduate Education provides evidence and case studies that suggest how steps can be taken and progress made. For those who are currently leading their campuses through a change in culture, this book offers support and...
Book cover of Troubling Intersections of Race and Sexuality

Troubling Intersections of Race and Sexuality

Queer Students of Color and Anti-Oppressive Education

by Kayla Chan, Stuart F. Chen-Hayes, Teddy Consolacion
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2001

In recent years, researchers have considerably expanded our understanding of the experiences of students of color and of students who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning (ie. Queer). They have provided us with rich resources for addressing racism and heterosexism; however, few...
Book cover of Someone Named Eva
by Joan M. Wolf
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009

On the night Nazi soldiers come to her home in Czechoslovakia, Milada's grandmother says, "Remember, Milada. Remember who you are. Always." Milada promises, but she doesn't understand her grandmother's words. After all, she is Milada, who lives with her mama and papa, her brother and sister,...
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