Joanne Martin: 11 books

Tort reform is a favorite cause for many business leaders and right-leaning politicians, who contend that out-of-control lawsuits throttle growth and inflate costs, particularly in healthcare. Less is said about how such reforms might affect the ability of individuals to recover damages for injuries...

Despite the surge of interest over the last decade in cultural phenomena in organizations, researchers of widely differing disciplinary backgrounds, epistemologies, methodological preferences, and political ideologies continue to disagree about fundamental issues--with good reason. Consolidating a...

Throughout the Bible there are stories which are as ever true-to-life today. They involve men and women who lived many years ago, yet there is nothing new in todays headlines. It is fascinating to imagine these ancient tales as told by the women involved because the original authors were men writing...

Sally the Donkey longed for an adventure instead of carrying Joseph the Carpenters precious tools every day. Boring!! Then one day she got her adventure and more! It began with Sally carrying Josephs pregnant wife, Mary, on a long journey to Bethlehem; Hurry Hurry! How did her devotion to her master...

Dilly the Duckling has a very big problem...she doesn't like water! All her brothers and sisters love swimming around in the lake, but Dilly can't stand the dirty pond weed and can't swim! One day, while Dilly is dozing in the shade away from all of her friends and family swimming, a young girl called Sara finds her and something very special happens...

There is one human trait that manifests itself in all walks of life, through all social strata and around the world. PEOPLE WATCHING! How does someone live their life? What has happened to that person before they get to wherever they are going? Can you guess by the way they talk or the words they use?This book explores a variety of people from one hotel watching and analysing what they get up to.

With classroom-tested ideas, real-world examples, and easy-to-use activities, Giselle Martin-Kniep and Joanne Picone-Zocchia tap three decades of experience to define and describe critical teaching and learning strategies that engage students and increase achievement. Teachers at any grade level and...

Step up, as close as you dare… …to a place at the edge of sanity, where cicadas scritch across balmy summer nights, at the edge of town, where the cell phone coverage is decidedly dodgy, at the edge of space, where a Mimbinus argut bounds among snowy rocks, at the edge...

Video Enhanced Reflective Practice (VERP), an application of Video Interaction Guidance, supports individuals or groups to reflect on and develop their professional communication, teaching or therapeutic skills with their clients through shared review of moments of attuned interaction in video clips...

The world's religions have emerged as one of the greatest geopolitical forces now shaping our lives. Now available in an updated edition, this authoritative atlas is an essential resource for understanding the powerful role of religion around the globe. In an accessible text packed with information,...

As new techniques and approaches to supervision attract interest within therapy-related professions, the contributors to this informative book consider the nature of a supervision and examine the ways in which it can be further defined and developed. Drawing together practical and theoretical perspectives,...