Carol Jones: 28 books
South Carolina Women
Their Lives and Times
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Covering an era from the early twentieth century to the present, this volume features twenty-seven South Carolina women of varied backgrounds whose stories reflect the ever-widening array of activities and occupations in which women were engaged in a transformative era that included depression, world...
Research on Schools, Neighborhoods and Communities
Toward Civic Responsibility
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
Research on Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities: Toward Civic Responsibility focuses on research and theoretical developments related to the role of geography in education, human development, and health. William F. Tate IV, the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts &...
by Minister Carol Sue Jones
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2010
I cried to the LORD. And He heard me. I should be dead. But I am still here. I should have on a padded jacket and be locked in a mental hospital. But I am still here. He came to me and saved my life. I am an Overcomer because of the Mercy and Loving kindness of God. To the readers of my book, if you...
Ethnic Dress in the United States
A Cultural Encyclopedia
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
The clothes we wear tell stories about us—and are often imbued with cultural meanings specific to our ethnic heritage. This concise A-to-Z encyclopedia explores 150 different and distinct items of ethnic dress, their history, and their cultural significance within the United States.
The clothing...
by Shanda LaRamee-Jones, Carol McDougall
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Maud Lewis 1-2-3 is a wonderful first counting book and introduction to the joy-filled art of Nova Scotia's most famous folk painter, Maud Lewis. Even the youngest babies will be drawn to the bright colours and bold forms in Lewis's whimsical paintings. Babies and toddlers will have fun searching the vibrant images to count the kittens, oxens, birds, and flowers on each page.
Sugar Was My Best Food
Diabetes and Me
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1998
Diabetes brought big changes for 11-year-old Adair and his family. He learned to prick himself to test his blood-sugar level and got used to two insulin shots a day. For a while he was too weak to run track or ride his bike.
Social Work with Troubled Families
A Critical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2015
A critical introduction to the Troubled Families Programme (TFP), this book explores the roots, significance and effectiveness of troubled family approaches in social work.
An important strand of government social policy, the TFP gives rise to a number of ethical and political questions about...
Art-Making with Refugees and Survivors
Creative and Transformative Responses to Trauma After Natural Disasters, War and Other Crises
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
This book explores how creativity and the expressive arts can be therapeutic for refugees and survivors of natural disasters, poverty, war, pandemic and genocide.
Artists and therapists behind group art projects worldwide reveal how art enables people to come together, find their voices and...
Tile Quilt Revival: Reinventing a Forgotten Form
Reinventing a Forgotten Form
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
Versatile Appliqué Quilts Inspired by 19th Century Tile Quilts. A contemporary take on a charming quilting tradition. Use your favorite appliqué technique-needle turn, machine appliqué, or fused. 6 projects teach you about designing and constructing various styles of tile quilts, from traditional...
Buddhism and Whiteness
Critical Reflections
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2019
The motivation behind this important volume is to weave together two distinct, but we think complementary, traditions – the philosophical engagement with race/whiteness and Buddhist philosophy – in order to explore the ways in which these traditions can inform, correct, and improve each other....
Globalization and Education
Integration and Contestation across Cultures
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2000
The effects of globalization have long been dealt with in terms of economic and technological consequences, but what about the influence on education? Though still not a precise concept, what we understand as “globalization” is bringing forth numerous and profound changes in the economic, cultural,...
Lost in China?
Law, Culture and Identity in Post-1997 Hong Kong
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Rule of law is a core Hong Kong value, providing a defensive wall around the territory and protecting its way of life against 'mainlandisation'. Before the 1997 retrocession to China, fears were widespread that the rights and freedoms enjoyed under colonial rule would be eroded, that the rule of law...
Nature, Politics, and the Arts
Essays on Romantic Culture for Carl Woodring
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
This interdisciplinary book honors Columbia professor and New York intellectual Carl Woodring. Chapters on Romantic and Victorian literary culture written by leading scholars in the field join in conversation with Woodring’s teachings on literature and visual art and his commentaries on American...
by Carol D. Jones
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
An infant girl is found on the steps of a U.S. Embassy during a civil war and spirited back to the United States. The family who adopts her covers up the truth, pretending that the baby is their own. The fey child grows up with unusual proclivities and abilities, but her adoptive family takes the...
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