Rebecca Thomas: 58 books

Book cover of Thirteen: Stories of Transformation
by Adrienne J. Odasso, Tais Teng, Fiona Moore
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019

The thirteenth Tarot card is Death, and he is a symbol not of the end, but of transformation and rebirth. This is the genesis and root of Thirteen: Stories of Transformation. The twenty-eight authors of this collection are voices—new and old—who are not afraid to explore what comes next. Whether...
Book cover of Flash Fiction Online October 2016
by Suzanne W. Vincent, Jason S. Ridler, Rebecca Roland
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016

Book cover of Perspectives on Flourishing in Schools
by Peter Bates, Bob Bayles, Wilfred Beckford
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018

This book provides perspectives and insights across the educational system for how we might move toward living out this wish in all schools. The chapters provide perspectives on fundamental questions that have been guiding recent research on wellbeing in schools: How do school communities flourish...
Book cover of Media Depictions of Brides, Wives, and Mothers
by Ann E. Burnette, Mary Frances Casper, Hao-Chieh Chang
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012

Media Depictions of Brides, Wives, and Mothers, edited by Alena Amato Ruggerio, explores how television, film, the internet, and other media variously perpetuate gender stereotypes. The contributors to this volume bring a variety of feminist rhetorical and media criticism approaches from across the...
Book cover of Theatre History Studies 2016, Vol. 35
by Sara Freeman, Jennifer Douglas, Karen Bamford
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016

Essays in part one of Theatre History Studies, Vol. 35 address theatrical production in very specific historical contexts, among them German theatre “from the rubble of Berlin” and German nationalist mass spectacles. Essays in part two are devoted to the theme of “Rethinking the Maternal”...
Book cover of Sustainability & Historic Preservation
by Richard Longstreth, Shary Page Berg, Rebecca Howell Crew
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2011

Sustainability and Historic Preservation: Towards a Holistic View broadens the horizons of the mushrooming drive to correlate the objectives of these two spheres. To date, discussions of the relationship between historic preservation and sustainability have generally focused on the energy consumption...
Book cover of The Joke Is on Us

The Joke Is on Us

Political Comedy in (Late) Neoliberal Times

by James Brassett, Marc-Olivier Castagner, Seçil Dagtas
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018

This edited volume brings together scholars of comedy to assess how political comedy encounters neoliberal themes in contemporary media. Central to this task is the notion of genre; under neoliberal conditions (where market logics motivate most actions) genre becomes “mixed.” Once stable, discreet...
Book cover of Old Law, New Tricks: Using the Clean Air Act to Curb Climate Change
by Scott Schang, Leila B. Azari, Nicholas Bianco
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013

Few if any people think the Clean Air Act is the optimal legislative solution to climate change; but it is a powerful tool that is being used sometimes despite the prevailing political will. To address this reality, this volume calls on the best writing from the most often-cited environmental law journal...
Book cover of Radical Conflict

Radical Conflict

Essays on Violence, Intractability, and Communication

by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im, Taieb Belghazi, Rebecca J. Welch Cline
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016

Radical Conflictaddresses conflict at interpersonal and communal, legal and rhetorical, ethnopolitical, global, and geopolitical levels. The conflicts analyzed are "radical" because in each some intense and often prolonged violence takes place. The chapters address different kinds of violence(s)—physical...
Book cover of Heroes, Heroines, and Everything in Between

Heroes, Heroines, and Everything in Between

Challenging Gender and Sexuality Stereotypes in Children's Entertainment Media

by Fatima Q. Al Hattami, Sara Austin, Thomas J. Billard
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017

Current characters in children’s entertainment media illustrate a growing trend of representations that challenge or subvert traditional notions of gender and sexuality. From films to picture books to animated television series, children’s entertainment media around the world has consistently...
Book cover of A to Zoo, Supplement to the Ninth Edition: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books, 9th Edition
by Rebecca L. Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016

A to Zoo is a beloved favorite of children's librarians everywhere, providing easy subject access that helps you build your collection and enhance programs and reading lists for young children. Covering children's picture books published in 2014 and 2015, this supplement complements the ninth edition...
Book cover of Home on the Ranch: A Montana Hero
by Rebecca Winters, Marin Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018

Come to the heart of horse country In a Cowboy’s Arms The day she turned eighteen, Sadie Corkin was going to elope with Jarod Bannock, the son of her family’s most bitter rival. Until it all went wrong. Eight years later, one thing hasn’t changed: her passion for the proud, sexy...
Book cover of Literacy and History in Action

Literacy and History in Action

Immersive Approaches to Disciplinary Thinking, Grades 5–12

by Thomas M. McCann, Rebecca D'Angelo, Nancy Galas
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This book offers a solid research and theoretical foundation for combining social studies and literacy instruction. A collaboration between a literacy scholar, two classroom teachers, and a school librarian, this volume also shows teachers how to engage middle and high school students in historical...
Book cover of A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books, 10th Edition
by Rebecca L. Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018

Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. • Offers easy subject access to children's picture books •...
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