Nancy Brown: 44 books
by Phyllis Irene Radford, Bob Brown, Esther Jones
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2015
And on the Eighth Day God Created Beer.
Beer is what separates humans from animals… unless you have too much.
Seriously, anthropologists, archeologists, and sociologists seem to think that when humans first emerged on earth as human, they possessed fire, language, a sense of spirituality,...
Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization
Innovative and Successful Practices for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
This one-of-a-kind collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative practices from classrooms, schools, districts, communities, and faraway places in the world. Each of the chapters-organized under six headings-tells an authentic, compelling story of a pioneering and successful...
by Karol Brown, Nancy Mashino Brown, Leola Mashino
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1999
Domino Danzero's journey, which began in Italy in 1890, led him penniless to New York. The young immigrant came to the Midwest and found work in the coal mines of Illinois and the restaurants of Chicago. Through his travels and his work he gained employment with the Frisco railroad, where he became...
The Far Traveler
Voyages of a Viking Woman
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2008
The remarkable story of Gudrid, the female explorer who sailed from Iceland to the New World a millennium ago.
Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Gudrid sailed off the edge of the known world. She landed in the New World and lived there for three years, giving birth to...
by William S. Cohen, Janet Langhart Cohen, Enola Gay Aird
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities...
Alaska Homesteader's Handbook
Independent Living on the Last Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
The Alaska Homesteader's Handbook is a remarkable compilation of practical information for living in one of the most impractical and inhospitable landscapes in the United States.
More than forty pioneer types ranging from their mid-nineties to mid-twenties describe their reasons for choosing...
Cultivating Food Justice
Race, Class, and Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
Documents how racial and social inequalities are built into our food system, and how communities are creating environmentally sustainable and socially just alternatives.
Popularized by such best-selling authors as Michael Pollan, Barbara Kingsolver, and Eric Schlosser, a growing food movement...
Doing Recent History
On Privacy, Copyright, Video Games, Institutional Review Boards, Activist Scholarship, and History That Talks Back
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
Recent history—the very phrase seems like an oxymoron. Yet historians have been writing accounts of the recent past since printed history acquired a modern audience, and in the last several years interest in recent topics has grown exponentially. With subjects as diverse as Walmart and disco, and...
The Distant Mirror
Reflections on Young Adult Historical Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2005
Young adult historical fiction brings the past alive through stories of adventure, suspense, and mystery. The genre is both complex and controversial, encompassing novels that range from romance and fantasy to stark historical realism. The book examines the various approaches to young adult historical...
by Slavoj Žižek, Kristin Ross, Jacques Rancière
Language: French
Release Date: April 23, 2009
Language: French
Release Date: April 23, 2009
"Qu'est-ce qu'un démocrate, je vous prie ? C'est là un mot vague, banal, sans acception précise, un mot en caoutchouc." Cette question, ce jugement sans appel d'Auguste Blanqui datent d'un siècle et demi mais gardent une actualité dont ce livre est un signe. Il ne faut pas s'attendre...
The Mental Health Professional and the New Technologies
A Handbook for Practice Today
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2004
In the last two decades, new communication technologies have dramatically changed the world in which mental health professionals and their patients live. Developments such as e-mail, online chat groups, Web pages, search engines, and electronic databases are directly or indirectly affecting most people's...
Digital Art Therapy
Material, Methods, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
Considering the latest advances and developments in the arena of digital media, this book explores current materials, methods and applications of digital technology in art therapy.
It looks thoroughly at the many potential uses and benefits of digital technology in art therapy practice, including...
Disability in Higher Education
A Social Justice Approach
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Create campuses inclusive and supportive of disabled students, staff, and faculty
Disability in Higher Education: A Social Justice Approach examines how disability is conceptualized in higher education and ways in which students, faculty, and staff with disabilities are viewed and served on...
Using Technology in Human Services Education
Going the Distance
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Make the most of what today’s technology has to offer in human services education!
Distance education presents special challenges to social work education. Using Technology in Human Services Education: Going the Distance provides case studies and practical research on making the best use...