Rosalind: 227 books
Multiple Sclerosis
Guide for Families, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
Because most people who are diagnosed with MS are between the ages of 15-55 years, the disease has a significant impact, not only on the individual with the disease, but also on the family members and loved ones whose lives are interwoven with them.
Families experiencing multiple sclerosis...
The Crisis of 1614 and The Addled Parliament
Literary and Historical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
This title was first published in 2003. The aim of The Crisis of 1614 and The Addled Parliament is to bring literary historians together with constitutional and state historians to reflect on the political and ideological upheavals of Britain in 1614 from various perspectives. In the aftermath of...
by Rosalind Goforth
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
The large and prosperous village of Ta-kwan-chwang is situated twelve miles southeast of Changte. As in most villages in China it had its best, or head-man, and its worst character—the leader of the worst element. In this case the former was Wang-ee; the latter a man named Liang. In December of...
A Poetic Shift
The Power of a Gift
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
She went from mixed up and messed up to fixed up and blessed up. This story consists of several events that have taken place in the life of a young woman in her relatively short life. It contains life-threatening situations as she struggles to provide a family unit for her four children as well as...
by Rosalind Northcote
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Infancy and Culture
An International Review and Source Book
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2002
Infancy and Culture: An International Review and Source Book provides a cross-indexed, annotated guide to social and behavioral studies of infants of color. Derived from five major data bases of published scientific literature, this volume was designed to elevate the scientific study of infants of...
Making Gender Equality Happen
Knowledge, Change and Resistance in EU Gender Mainstreaming
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
In theory, the EU’s ‘Gender Mainstreaming’ policy should mark it out as a trail-blazer in gender equality, but gender equality activists in Europe confront a knotty problem; most civil servants and policy makers can’t understand how to ‘mainstream’ gender.
Making Gender Equality...
by Rosalind Riley
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2005
Among the tall evergreen trees in the deep green forest, a bluebird sat on her twigged nest. This nest had three beautiful speckled bird eggs. Mother Bluebird sat on the eggs daily, as Father Bluebird perched on the tree limb beside her. He was watching over the tiny eggs.
Mediated Intimacy
Sex Advice in Media Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
Mediated Intimacy looks at contemporary sex and relationship advice, exploring how our intimate lives are shaped through different media, from manuals and magazines to television and Twitter. By exploring how intimacy is constructed through different media texts, the authors consider which ideas and...
Making Sense of Secondary Science
Research into children's ideas
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
What ideas do children hold about the natural world?
How do these ideas affect their learning of science?
Young learners bring to the classroom knowledge and ideas about many aspects of the natural world constructed from their experiences of education and from outside school. These...
An Asperger's Guide to Public Speaking
How to Excel at Public Speaking for Professionals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2015
This practical guide to effective public speaking for professionals with Asperger Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder) provides tailored advice on using your Asperger strengths to your advantage and overcoming areas of challenge to find your public speaking voice.
Written by a business leader...
Challenging the politics of early intervention
Who's 'saving' children and why
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
A vital interrogation of the internationally accepted policy and practice consensus that intervention to shape parenting in the early years is the way to prevent disadvantage. Given the divisive assumptions and essentialist ideas behind early years intervention, in whose interests does it really serve?...
Asian Americans on Campus
Racialized Space and White Power
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
While there are books on racism in universities, few examine the unique position of Asian American undergraduates. This new book captures the voices and experiences of Asian Americans navigating the currents of race, gender, and sexuality as factors in how youth construct relationships and identities....
by Dr Jane Ribbens McCarthy, Professor Rosalind Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2010
"This is a thoughtful and sometimes challenging elaboration of some of the key concepts in contemporary family studies... Students and researchers will want to have this book close to hand, not simply as a reference work but as a stimulus to critical social analysis."
- David H J Morgan,...