Katherine: 2489 books
by Dr Katherine Thomson-Jones
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2008
Aesthetics and Film is a philosophical study of the art of film. Its motivation is the recent surge of interest among analytic philosophers in the philosophical implications of central issues in film theory and the application of general issues in aesthetics to the specific case of film.
Of particular...
by Katherine Bryant
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
Centuries after the exodus from their homeworld, a band of humans are about become the first to return to the long-forgotten Earth.
Entitled to Power
Farm Women and Technology, 1913-1963
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
The advent of modern agribusiness irrevocably changed the patterns of life and labor on the American family farm. In Entitled to Power, Katherine Jellison examines midwestern farm women's unexpected response to new labor-saving devices.
Federal farm policy at mid-century treated farm women...
Standing in the Need
Culture, Comfort, and Coming Home After Katrina
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Standing in the Need presents an intimate account of an African American family’s ordeal after Hurricane Katrina. Before the storm struck, this family of one hundred fifty members lived in the bayou communities of St. Bernard Parish just outside New Orleans. Rooted there like the wild red iris of...
"I Don't Have Time for This!"
A Compassionate Guide to Caring for Your Parents and Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
"I don't have time for this!" provides a roadmap for the journey into aging, illness, and dying that we will all travel-ourselves and the people we love. With gentle persuasion and moving stories from her family, her clients, and her years as a hospice volunteer, Dr. Katherine Arnup shows how to overcome...
The Encultured Brain
An Introduction to Neuroanthropology
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Basic concepts and case studies from an emerging field that investigates human capacities and pathologies at the intersection of brain and culture.
The brain and the nervous system are our most cultural organs. Our nervous system is especially immature at birth, our brain disproportionately...
Compassion's Edge
Fellow-Feeling and Its Limits in Early Modern France
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Compassion's Edge examines the language of fellow-feeling—pity, compassion, and charitable care—that flourished in France in the period from the Edict of Nantes in 1598, which established some degree of religious toleration, to the official breakdown of that toleration with the Revocation of the...
Counting Our Blessings: Wonderful Thanksgiving Tales for Children
44 Stories: The First Thanksgiving, The Thanksgiving Goose, Aunt Susanna's Thanksgiving Dinner, A Mystery in the Kitchen, The Genesis of the Doughnut Club, The Thanksgiving of the Wazir...
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
It's that time of the year again when families get together to celebrate, laugh, enjoy, and bond over yummy food! So, come along with us and relish the magic of these Thanksgiving classics for a wholesome holiday mood: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Louisa May Alcott) Aunt Susanna's Thanksgiving Dinner...
Women and National Socialism in Postwar German Literature
Gender, Memory, and Subjectivity
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
In recent years, historians have revealed the many ways in which German women supported National Socialism-as teachers, frontline auxiliaries, and nurses, as well as in political organizations. In mainstream culture, however, the women of the period are still predominantly depicted as the victims...
The Truth About Exercise Addiction
Understanding the Dark Side of Thinspiration
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
Designed for individuals concerned about their workout habits, personal trainers, family and friends of folks with a problem, as well as working mental health professionals treating exercise addicts, The Truth About Exercise Addiction provides an easy-to-read, illuminating glimpse into the rising...
Living Ideology in Cuba
Socialism in Principle and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
In Living Ideology in Cuba, Katherine Gordy demonstrates how the Cuban state and its people engage in an ongoing negotiation that produces a “living ideology.” In contrast to official slogans and fiats, Cuba’s living ideology is a decentralized phenomenon, continually adapting, informing, and...
Strip Show
Performances of Gender and Desire
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
This book offers an account of an unprecedented North American study of contemporary female and male strip shows. It particularly focuses on the contradictory sex roles, cultural positions, and performance practices of 'straight' strip shows during their second heyday in the early 1990s.
Katherine...
Your First Year
How to Survive and Thrive as a New Teacher
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
Learn all the essentials for making your first year of teaching a success! In this exciting new book, internationally renowned educator Todd Whitaker teams up with his daughters--Madeline, an elementary teacher, and Katherine, a secondary teacher--to share advice and inspiration. They offer step-by-step...
by Todd Whitaker, Madeline Whitaker Good, Katherine Whitaker
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
Classroom management can make or break your teaching. But as educators know, there is no one-fits-all solution for every classroom. That is why bestselling authors Todd Whitaker, Madeline Whitaker Good, and Katherine Whitaker came together to write this book. They created a guide combining sound research...