Rita Smith: 23 books
Our Story Begins
Your Favorite Authors and Illustrators Share Fun, Inspiring, and Occasionally Ridiculous Things They Wrote and Drew as Kids
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
From award-winning author Elissa Brent Weissman comes a collection of quirky, smart, and vulnerable childhood works by some of today’s foremost children’s authors and illustrators—revealing young talent, the storytellers they would one day become, and the creativity they inspire today.
Everyone’s...
The Retirement Boom
An All Inclusive Guide to Money, Life, and Health in Your Next Chapter
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
Baby Boomers are reinventing retirement just as they have so many other aspects of their lives. They will live longer and be healthier than their parents and grandparents, and they plan to remain relevant, be fulfilled, and leave legacies. Many will continue to work well into their 70s and 80s, some...
by DeAnna Knippling, Jamie Ferguson, Russ Crossley
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2018
Ten thrilling tales of action and adventure with humans and non-humans donning rocket and jetpacks to take on the future, the past, and alternate universes to defeat evil in all its forms.
These exciting stories reignite a genre of science fiction taking readers on a journey of imagination...
by Ann E. Burnette, Mary Frances Casper, Hao-Chieh Chang
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
Media Depictions of Brides, Wives, and Mothers, edited by Alena Amato Ruggerio, explores how television, film, the internet, and other media variously perpetuate gender stereotypes. The contributors to this volume bring a variety of feminist rhetorical and media criticism approaches from across the...
Columns to Characters
The Presidency and the Press Enter the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
The relationship between the presidency and the press has transformed—seemingly overnight—from one where reports and columns were filed, edited, and deliberated for hours before publication into a brave new world where texts, tweets, and sound bites race from composition to release within a matter...
Talking Appalachian
Voice, Identity, and Community
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2013
Tradition, community, and pride are fundamental aspects of the history of Appalachia, and the language of the region is a living testament to its rich heritage. Despite the persistence of unflattering stereotypes and cultural discrimination associated with their style of speech, Appalachians have...
by Donna Gaines, Charlotte Akin, Donna Avant
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2014
As pastors’ wives, the authors of this devotional personally have experienced or witnessed the issues with which women struggle: identity, marriage, children, work. Reading this devotional is like having a conversation with a trusted friend who knows what you are going through. Over 52 weeks, these...
The Music in Music Therapy
Psychodynamic Music Therapy in Europe: Clinical, Theoretical and Research Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
Bringing together a wide range of European thought on music therapy practice, this book provides a deeper insight into the aspects of the therapeutic process which are enabled by music.
With a theoretical, psychodynamic approach and high quality clinical case material from across Europe, the...
Strategic Learning Alignment
Make Training a Powerful Business Partner
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Strategic Learning Alignment shows you how to align your training initiatives to organizational strategy to ensure training stays relevant and is seen by business leaders as vital to the organization’s success.
Aligning your training initiatives to organizational strategy and objectives...
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