Barbara Allen: 28 books
Aging Heroes
Growing Old in Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
Despite the increasing number and variety of older characters appearing in film, television, comics, and other popular culture, much of the understanding of these figures has been limited to outdated stereotypes of aging. These include depictions of frailty, resistance to modern life, and mortality....
Locked-in Syndrome after Brain Damage
Living within my head
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2018
The newest title in the series Survivor Stories, this book tells the story of Paul Allen, a photographer who likes opera and was a good baritone singer. At the age of 56 he sustained a stroke that left him paralysed and speechless. He has Locked-In Syndrome (LIS), a rare consequence of brain damage....
by Isabelle Wilkins, Lyndon M. Hill, Barbara Cohlan
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2016
The quick-reference guide for the diagnosis and treatment of fetal anomalies – completely updated with a new full-color design
Structural Fetal Abnormalities delivers practical, authoritative coverage of the detection and treatment of 125 of the most common fetal anomalies, grouped by organ...
by Edwin Dasso, MD, Judith Lucci
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2019
DO NO HARM is an extraordinary, limited collection of medical thrillers written by USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Amazon best-selling authors.
Do you crave reading books with nail-biting suspense, twisted plots and great characters who get caught up in whirlwinds of crime, deception and...
In Principle, In Practice
Museums as Learning Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2007
The science museum field has made tremendous advances in understanding museum learning, but little has been done to consolidate and synethesize these findings to encourage widespread improvements in practice. By clearly presenting the most current knowledge of museum learning, In Principle, In Practice...
Tracking the Rise of the Radical Right Globally
CARR Yearbook 2018/2019
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2019
2018 was a tumultuous year in global politics. Starting with the rise of the Lega Nord in Italy and ending with the election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, it has never been such a pertinent time to study the radical right. This yearbook pulls together the best commentary and analysis from an international...
The Slow Release
Stories about Death from the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
Death, that ending of all endings, is the shared concern of these stories, which have been chosen from among the hundreds that have appeared in the prestigious Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction series.
More than seventy volumes, which include approximately eight hundred stories, have...
by Richard J. Hobbs, Peter Cale, Barbara H. Allen-Diaz
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
As scientific understanding about ecological processes has grown, the idea that ecosystem dynamics are complex, nonlinear, and often unpredictable has gained prominence. Of particular importance is the idea that rather than following an inevitable progression toward an ultimate endpoint, some ecosystems...
by Tina Blythe, David Allen, Barbara Schieffelin Powell
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This updated third edition provides teachers and administrators with strategies and resources for examining and discussing student work, such as essays, math problems, projects, artwork, and more. The authors describe two ways of looking together at student work—The Tuning Protocol and The Collaborative...
Dams, Displacement, and the Delusion of Development
Cahora Bassa and Its Legacies in Mozambique, 1965–2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Cahora Bassa Dam on the Zambezi River, built in the early 1970s during the final years of Portuguese rule, was the last major infrastructure project constructed in Africa during the turbulent era of decolonization. Engineers and hydrologists praised the dam for its technical complexity and the skills...
Doing Naturalistic Inquiry
A Guide to Methods
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 1993
Based on the theoretical work of Lincoln and Guba, this practical text is designed to help new researchers apply the constructivist paradigm. The authors show how these ideas shape the practice of conducting alternative paradigm research. Covering the research process from design, through data-collection...
The Equality Act 2010 in Mental Health
A Guide to Implementation and Issues for Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
The Equality Act 2010 in Mental Health provides a critical guide to the Act: what it means for mental health services and how it should be implemented.
It addresses each of the nine characteristics protected by the Act in turn, examining the research and practice issue associated with each...
by Taryn Ozuna Allen, Barbara F. Tobolowsky
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
The dual-credit curricular initiative offers high school students the opportunity to earn college and high school credits simultaneously without taking a standardized test to acquire the credit. The courses are purported to introduce students to a more rigorous curriculum in high school and save them...
Sur la piste environnementale
Menaces sanitaires et mobilisations profanes
Language: French
Release Date: April 12, 2013
Repérer des victimes, confondre des suspects : les mobilisations dans le domaine de la santé environnementale se présentent désormais comme de véritables enquêtes policières. À la différence près que, dans ce domaine, les investigations ne sont pas menées uniquement par des enquêteurs...
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