Mark Newman: 22 books
Getting Right With God
Southern Baptists and Desegregation, 1945-1995
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2011
This groundbreaking study finds Southern Baptists more diverse in their attitudes toward segregation than previously assumed.
Focusing on the eleven states of the old Confederacy, Getting Right with God examines the evolution of Southern Baptists' attitudes toward African Americans during a...
by Mark Newman
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2011
In 1996 writer-adventurer Mark Newman traveled to the Galapagos Islands. He stayed in the famed archipelago for longer than Charles Darwin had and visited more than twice as many of the islands. Here is his fascinating account of that journey, undertaken partly by Brigantine Schooner, partly by kayak,...
Yankee Legends
Pivotal Moments, Players, and Personalities
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
As Cooperstown eagerly awaited the back-to-back inductions of fan favorites Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter, longtime Hall of Fame voter and award-winning journalist Mark Newman took an accompanying and unique look into the proud history of the most successful sports franchise in the world. Yankee...
Desegregating Dixie
The Catholic Church in the South and Desegregation, 1945-1992
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2018
Mark Newman draws on a vast range of archives and many interviews to uncover for the first time the complex response of African American and white Catholics across the South to desegregation. In the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century, the southern Catholic Church contributed to...
by Mark Newman
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Who can stand upright like a person?
Who smells honey from miles away?
Who builds a nest in the trees?
The moon bear!
With their big round ears, moon-shaped crescents, and irresistible personalities, there is plenty to love about moon bears. Full of fascinating facts, this...
by Mark Newman
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Golden is a 75,000 word, 23 chapter young adult novel, set in contemporary times, about the life of a wild horse in western Wyoming, beginning with his birth on the red desert north of the town of Rock Springs. Aside from it being marketed as a novel, I believe the book could easily be adapted to...
by Mark Newman
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Whose fur isn't really white?
Who usually gives birth to twins?
Who's the biggest bear in the world?
The Polar Bear!
Full of fascinating information, this book explores the world of the polar bear on land and under water. Get ready to be wooed by adorable baby cubs and...
Diamonds from the Dugout
115 Baseball Legends Remember Their Greatest Hits
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
What hit meant the most to you and why? It was a simple question of nine words, a magical number in baseball, and it led award-winning sportswriter Mark Newman on an eight-year journey that would bring about surprising stories and empowering life lessons from the minds of the most fabled Major League...
Vital Witnesses
Using Primary Sources in History and Social Studies
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2014
The use of primary sources as texts in the classroom is growing. Teachers realize these vital witnesses provide opportunities to motivate students and improve learning. They bring students closer to the people, places, and events being studied and help students improve content knowledge while building...
Geography as Inquiry
Teaching About and Exploring the Earth as Our Home
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
Geography as Inquiry invites teachers and learners to explore geography in exciting ways, across key concepts, connected to history and the social sciences, reestablishing its place in the social studies and history curriculum.
MRCP Part 1 Self-Assessment
Medical Masterclass Questions and Explanatory Answers
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
"MRCP Part 1 Self-Assessment" is the perfect revision aid. Drawn from the highly successful Medical Masterclass material from the Royal College of Physicians of London, this concise volume is specifically designed to cover the topics and format found in the Membership to the Royal College...
Food Trucks, Cultural Identity, and Social Justice
From Loncheras to Lobsta Love
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Aspects of the urban food truck phenomenon, including community economic development, regulatory issues, and clashes between ethnic authenticity and local sustainability.
The food truck on the corner could be a brightly painted old-style lonchera offering tacos or an upscale mobile vendor serving...
Debugging Game History
A Critical Lexicon
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
Essays discuss the terminology, etymology, and history of key terms, offering a foundation for critical historical studies of games.
Even as the field of game studies has flourished, critical historical studies of games have lagged behind other areas of research. Histories have generally been...
Academic Labor
The Politics of Academic Labor in Communication Studies
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
USC Annenberg Press has published The Politics of Academic Labor in Communication Studies, edited by Jonathan Stere. This collection features the work of 21 authors who raise difficult questions about academic labor in the field of communication studies. Twenty-one authors take on difficult questions...
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