Lisa Moore: 41 books
Missing Bodies
The Politics of Visibility
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
We know more about the physical body—how it begins, how it responds to illness, even how it decomposes—than ever before. Yet not all bodies are created equal, some bodies clearly count more than others, and some bodies are not recognized at all. In Missing Bodies, Monica J. Casper and Lisa Jean...
Save the Bees!
Beekeepers on the Frontlines of New York’s Urban Environmentalism
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Grappling with the strange phenomenon of colony collapse disorder—the baffling disappearance of all bees from a hive that is often blamed for the honeybee’s increasingly endangered status—New York City’s hobbyist beekeeping communities have gone green. Lisa Jean Moore and Mary Kosut introduce...
by Judith Lorber, Lisa Jean Moore, Purchase College
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2002
Judith Lorber and Lisa Jean Moore consider the interface between the social institutions of gender and Western medicine in this brief, lively textbook. They offer a distinct feminist viewpoint to analyze issues of power and politics concerning physical illness. SIGNS labeled the first edition 'a rich...
The Mindful Guide to College Preparation:
A Five-Day Retreat for Students and Their Parents
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015
A childs departure for college can shake the strongest of parents. Without minimizing the anguish such separations bring, Lisa Moore shows how that turning point offers parents and their college-bound children a unique moment to deepen love, respect, and communication. Over five days, she conveys...
by Elaine A. Moore, Lisa Marie Moore
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
In 2001 Graves’ Disease: A Practical Guide described the causes, diagnosis, treatment and disease course of Graves’ disease and other hyperthyroid disorders, such as toxic multinodular goiter, thyroiditis, resistance to thyroid hormone, and hyperthyroidism caused by medications and genetic mutations....
by John Law, Kalpana Shankar, David Hakken
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field.
Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of science and technology to arrange and...
by Amal El-Mohtar, Susie Moloney, Claire Humphrey
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Imaginarium 2013: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing is a reprint anthology to be published annually by ChiZine Publications, collecting speculative short fiction and poetry (science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism, etc.) that represents the best work produced by Canadian writers. Canadian...
Biopolitics
An Advanced Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
The biological features of human beings are now measured, observed, and understood in ways never before thought possible, defining norms, establishing standards, and determining average values of human life. While the notion of “biopolitics” has been linked to everything from rational decision-making...
Vulnerable Children and the Law
International Evidence for Improving Child Welfare, Child Protection and Children's Rights
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Global support for improving child welfare and upholding the rights of children is strong, but in practice often fails to recognise the emerging gap between traditional child welfare practices and the evolving nature of child vulnerability.
This book takes an international perspective on child...
The Body
Social and Cultural Dissections
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
This college-level handbook offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of sociological and cultural perspectives on the human body. Organized along the lines of a standard anatomical textbook delineated by body parts and processes, this volume subverts the expected content in favor of providing...
by Lisa Fox, Nikki Moore, Eve Devon
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
FREE HarperImpulse Sampler! New titles for a New Year… HarperImpulse are delighted to introduce some fabulous new authors for the new year! We are so unbelievably excited about these books and we just couldn’t wait to share these first chapters with you. Happy 2014!
The Psychology of Marriage
An Evolutionary and Cross-Cultural View
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
From their location in the heart of Detroit, Michigan, the Weisfelds’ lab has reached out for thirty years to couples in long-term partnerships around the world. In living rooms of Detroit, London, Moscow, Beijing, and beyond, couples of all types and ages have shared their insights into adult romantic...
Das Verlangen nach Rache
Wenn die Vernunft der Vergeltung erliegt!
Language: German
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Rache ist ein Gericht, das am besten kalt genossen werden sollte. Und diese Frauen und Männer genießen es eiskalt! Sie haben es satt, von ihren Lovern hinters Licht geführt, betrogen und verschaukelt zu werden. Mit viel Fantasie, mal liebevoll-belehrend, mal ausgefuchst-listenreich, zeigen sie...