Jacob Warren: 5 books

Book cover of Always the Fat Kid

Always the Fat Kid

The Truth About the Enduring Effects of Childhood Obesity

by Jacob Warren, K. Bryant Smalley
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013

Childhood obesity in the United States has tripled in a generation. But while debates continue over the content of school lunches and the dangers of fast food, we are just beginning to recognize the full extent of the long-term physical, psychological, and social problems that overweight children...
Book cover of Ending Poverty in America

Ending Poverty in America

How to Restore the American Dream

by Michael S. Barr, Jared Bernstein, Anita Brown-Graham
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2009

**An “**engrossing collection of rigorously researched articles” from Elizabeth Warren, Jared Bernstein, William Julius Wilson, and more (Publishers Weekly). Can the wealthiest nation in the world do anything to combat the steadily rising numbers of Americans living in poverty—or the...
Book cover of Robots, Androids, Cyborgs, Oh My!

Robots, Androids, Cyborgs, Oh My!

Boundary Shock Quarterly #4

by Blaze Ward, Michael Warren Lucas, Robert Jeschonek
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2018

Join us for the next exciting issue of Boundary Shock Quarterly! We can make her better than she was. Or build a better one to replace him. What does it mean to be Sentient? Human? Or even alive? Fifteen stories and essays explore what it means to be sentient in the present and future...
Book cover of Approaches to Teaching Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
by Peter G. Beidler, Bethany Blankenship, Michael Calabrese
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014

Chaucer's Canterbury Tales was the subject of the first volume in the Approaches to Teaching series, published in 1980. But in the past thirty years, Chaucer scholarship has evolved dramatically, teaching styles have changed, and new technologies have created extraordinary opportunities for studying...
Book cover of Presidential Swing States

Presidential Swing States

Why Only Ten Matter

by Gibbs Knotts, Rafael Jacob, Christopher Larimer
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015

The 2016 presidential race is arguably already over in 40 states and the District of Columbia. If recent presidential election trends are any indication of what will happen in 2016, Democrats in Texas and Republicans in New York might as well stay home on election day because their votes will matter...
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