Jennifer Fisher: 14 books
Nutcracker Nation
How an Old World Ballet Became a Christmas Tradition in the New World
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
The Nutcracker is the most popular ballet in the world, adopted and adapted by hundreds of communities across the United States and Canada every Christmas season. In this entertainingly informative book, Jennifer Fisher offers new insights into the Nutcracker phenomenon, examining it as a dance scholar...
Ballet Matters
A Cultural Memoir of Dance Dreams and Empowering Realities
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2018
Part memoir, part dance history and ethnography, this critical study explores ballet’s power to inspire and to embody ideas about politics, race, women’s agency, and spiritual experience. The author knows that dance relates to life in powerful individual and communal ways, reflecting culture and...
The Only Three Questions That Still Count
Investing By Knowing What Others Don't
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Ken Fisher explains what the competition doesn't know
From investment expert and long-time Forbes columnist Ken Fisher comes the Second Edition of The Only Three Questions That Count. Most investors know the only way to consistently beat the markets is by knowing things others don't. But how...
DIY Citizenship
Critical Making and Social Media
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
How social media and DIY communities have enabled new forms of political participation that emphasize doing and making rather than passive consumption.
Today, DIY—do-it-yourself—describes more than self-taught carpentry. Social media enables DIY citizens to organize and protest in new ways...
Alberta's Lower Athabasca Basin
Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2017
Over the past two decades, the oil sands region of northeastern Alberta has been the site of unprecedented levels of development. Alberta's Lower Athabasca Basin tells a fascinating story of how a catastrophic ice age flood left behind a unique landscape in the Lower Athabasca Basin, one that made...
Innovations in Social Work Research
Using Methods Creatively
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
A valuable reference to help practising researchers not only to understand but also to apply innovative approaches to social work research.
Featuring extended case studies of actual research projects, the book provides an overview of a number of central features and qualities of social work...
by Sue MacKay, Jennifer Taylor, Hazel Fisher
Language: French
Release Date: September 15, 2013
Language: French
Release Date: September 15, 2013
1 roman offert dans cet e-book !
Un enfant en cadeau, Sue MacKay
Jamais Mitchell, urgentiste au General Hospital d’Auckland, ne pensait revoir un jour Jodi. Et pourtant, trois ans après leur rupture, elle se tient là, devant lui, plus belle encore que dans son souvenir… Ce qu’elle est...
by 肯恩・費雪(Ken Fisher)、珍妮佛．周(Jennifer Chou)、菈菈．霍夫曼斯(Lara Hoffmans)
Language: Chinese
Release Date: May 17, 2018
Language: Chinese
Release Date: May 17, 2018
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The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump
37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President - Updated and Expanded with New Essays
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
As this bestseller predicted, Trump has only grown more erratic and dangerous as the pressures on him mount. This new edition includes new essays bringing the book up to date—because this is still not normal.
Originally released in fall 2017, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump was a runaway...
by Janet Price, Jennifer Engel Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Take Control of Dyslexia and Other Reading Difficulties is a unique guidebook written especially for kids with dyslexia and other reading difficulties to help them overcome their reading struggles and find success in school and beyond. The handbook addresses the fundamentals of reading for elementary...
Take Control of Asperger's Syndrome
The Official Strategy Guide for Teens with Asperger's Syndrome and Nonverbal Learning Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Take Control of Asperger's Syndrome: The Official Strategy Guide for Kids With Asperger's Syndrome and Nonverbal Learning Disorders is a unique handbook for kids and teens on living successful lives with these disorders by taking control of their strengths to overcome their weaknesses.
Drawing...
Feminism and War
Confronting US Imperialism
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Women across the globe are being dramatically affected by war as currently waged by the USA. But there has been little public space for dialogue about the complex relationship between feminism, women, and war. The editors of Feminism and War have brought together a diverse set of leading theorists...
Breaking Sad
What to Say After Loss, What Not to Say, and When to Just Show Up
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
Real stories and real feedback on what should be said, what should be kept to yourself, and what can be done when trying to support someone you care about as they navigate loss. Breaking Sad helps us start conversations through its pages of personal stories and suggestions from everyday survivors—bringing...
by Carol S. Baugh, Melanie F. Myers, Michael S. Hendryx
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Appalachians have been characterized as a population with numerous disparities in health and limited access to medical services and infrastructures, leading to inaccurate generalizations that inhibit their healthcare progress. Appalachians face significant challenges in obtaining effective care, and...