Jennifer Peterson: 14 books
by Jennifer Peterson
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Debrah Shaughnessy is a young woman on the run. She is running from God, from life, and from herself--afraid to commit to anything that doesn't seem "perfect. " But her emotions are stirred when she starts working at McCullough's Gym and crossing paths with the owner. Aidan McCullough is...
by Monika Giacoppe, Simona Muratore, Gisela Hoecherl-Alden
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
The commitment to participate in ecological protection has grown considerably and, in the academic world, it has been tackled primarily by the Social Sciences. The Humanities has followed suit and several books have dealt with the reasons why such commitment is essential and morally imperative. What...
Education in the School of Dreams
Travelogues and Early Nonfiction Film
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013
In the earliest years of cinema, travelogues were a staple of variety film programs in commercial motion picture theaters. These short films, also known as "scenics," depicted tourist destinations and exotic landscapes otherwise inaccessible to most viewers. Scenics were so popular that...
Virtual Voyages
Cinema and Travel
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2006
Virtual Voyages illuminates the pivotal role of travelogues within the history of cinema. The travelogue dominated the early cinema period from 1895 to 1905, was central to the consolidation of documentary in the 1910s and 1920s, proliferated in the postwar era of 16mm distribution, and today continues...
Just Desserts & Green Eggs & Sam
An Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
Just Desserts by Jennifer Drew
***Whipped cream never tasted***so good
Reporter Jeff Wilcox knows a juicy story when he hears it. But he never meant to get a cute pastry chef fired in order to get the facts. Now undercover at a chichi resort, he needs some inside information. The bad...
Contemplating Maternity in an Era of Choice
Explorations into Discourses of Reproduction
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2010
Women who came of age in the late twentieth century were raised in the era of choice; they grew up believing that reproductive decision-making is a political right, a responsibility of women living the successes of second wave feminism, and under their control. Contemplating Maternity in an Era of...
by Robert Andrews, Jim Beane, Ruben Castaneda
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
Brand new stories by: George Pelecanos, James Grady, Kenji Jasper, Jim Beane, Jabari Asim, Ruben Castaneda, James Patton, Norman Kelley, Jennifer Howard, Richard Currey, Lester Irby, and others.
Mystery sensation Pelecanos pens the lead story and edits this groundbreaking collection of stories...
Civic Media
Technology, Design, Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life.
Countless people around the world harness the affordances of digital media to enable democratic participation,...
Mindfulness and the Arts Therapies
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
This ground-breaking book explores the theoretical, clinical and training application of integrating mindfulness with all of the arts therapies, and includes cutting-edge contributions from neuroscience. Written by pioneers and leaders in the arts therapies and psychology fields, the book includes...
How Television Shapes Our Worldview
Media Representations of Social Trends and Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Over the last half of the twentieth century, television has become the predominant medium through which the public accesses information about the world. Through the news, situation comedies, police dramas, and commercials, we learn about the world around us, and our role within it. These genres, narratives,...
Investigating Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Theory and Practice across Disciplines
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
Interdisciplinarity has become a buzzword in academia, as research universities funnel their financial resources toward collaborations between faculty in different disciplines. In theory, interdisciplinary collaboration breaks down artificial divisions between different departments, allowing more...
The World in Brooklyn
Gentrification, Immigration, and Ethnic Politics in a Global City
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
The World in Brooklyn: Gentrification, Immigration, and Ethnic Politics in a Global City, is a collection of scholarly papers which analyze demographic, social, political, and economic trends that are occurring in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, as the context, reflects global forces while also contributing to...
Hollywood on Location
An Industry History
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2019
Location shooting has always been a vital counterpart to soundstage production, and at times, the primary form of Hollywood filmmaking. But until now, the industrial and artistic development of this production practice has been scattered across the margins of larger American film histories. Hollywood...
Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice
A Practical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
Be ready to prescribe and administer drugs safely and effectively—and grasp all the vitals of pharmacology—with the fully updated Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice, 4th edition. Written by pharmacology nursing experts, this easy-to-read text offers proven frameworks for treating more...