Susan Newman: 10 books
Your Inner Eve
Discovering God's Woman Within
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2009
In the refreshingly candid Oh God!, the Reverend Dr. Susan Newman–a United Church of Christ minister and senior adviser for religious affairs to the mayor of Washington, D.C.–showed African American women of faith how to reconcile their spiritual and sexual selves. Now, in this empowering new...
The Case for Only Child
Your Essential Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
What's really wrong with having one child? Is one enough for you? For your partner? What constitutes a complete, happy family? Will your only child be lonely, spoiled, bossy, selfish? Read this book and find out.
Despite the personal distress and pressure to have a second baby, the number of...
The Land Beyond . . . in His Footsteps
A True Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
Do you have a heart for the nations? Do you wish to see people around the world come to Christ? So does Susan Newman. In THE LAND BEYOND...IN HIS FOOTSTEPS, she shares the story of how God called, prepared, and equipped her for years of service to Him in Asia. This inspirational story will encourage...
Under One Roof Again
All Grown Up and (Re)learning to Live Together Happily
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
As nest eggs shrink, parents are moving in with their adult children and grandchildren in record numbers. Similarly, with jobs scarce and unemployment high, more and more adult children, be they recent college grads (77% of them in 2009) or on their own for a while, are returning home to their parents....
The Book of No
365 Ways to Say it and Mean it—and Stop People-Pleasing Forever (Updated Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
An updated edition of the bestselling guide!
Do you have problems saying "No?”
Do people always turn to you for a favor?
Wonder how you get roped into things you really don't want to do—with friends or family, at work or even with pushy salespeople?
Refusing someone is rarely easy....
Parenting an Only Child
The Joys and Challenges of Raising Your One and Only
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2001
By a child-care authority and mother of an only child, this useful, knowledgeable book provides sound advice on creating an enriching environment that's stimulating and enjoyable for only children and their parents alike.
Little Things Long Remembered
Making Your Children Feel Special Every Day
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
“Little Things Long Remembered,” updated for today’s time-strapped families, offers hundreds of ways to create treasured childhood rituals. Chock full of thoughtful and loving ideas that mean a lot—especially to children. Chapters are divided into convenient timeframes: Gestures to strengthen...
Beyond Freedom
Disrupting the History of Emancipation
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
This collection of eleven original essays interrogates the concept of freedom and recenters our understanding of the process of emancipation. Who defined freedom, and what did freedom mean to nineteenth-century African Americans, both during and after slavery? Did freedom just mean the absence of...
Sport and the Neoliberal University
Profit, Politics, and Pedagogy
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
College students are now regarded as consumers, not students, and nowhere is the growth and exploitation of the university more obvious than in the realm of college sports, where the evidence is in the stadiums built with corporate money, and the crowded sporting events sponsored by large conglomerates.
The...
by Peter G. Beidler, Bethany Blankenship, Michael Calabrese
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
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...