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Reading for Pleasure: International Perspectives

Edited by Teresa Cremin, Sarah McGeown ...

Growing evidence of the vital role reading for pleasure plays in children and young people’s academic outcomes and socio-emotional wellbeing has placed it high on the agenda in both educational policy and practice.This valuable collection draws upon a range of disciplinary perspectives and methodological approaches, to explore how reading for pleasure is experienced and enacted, and highlights the ... Read more

$60.99 USD

Growing evidence of the vital role reading for pleasure plays in children and young people’s academic outcomes and socio-emotional wellbeing has placed it high on the agenda in both educational policy and practice.This valuable collection draws upon a range of disciplinary perspectives and methodological approaches, to explore how reading for pleasure is experienced and enacted, and highlights the
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The Zen Mama Guide to Finding Your Rhythm in Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond

by Teresa Palmer, Sarah Wright Olsen ...

Being Zen(ish) is what we call it - and it's the ish that we endorse!Teresa Palmer and Sarah Wright Olsen, two moms from opposite sides of the world, are doing their best to raise happy, empathetic children while working, traveling, and maintaining their sanity. With seven kids between them, the founders of the much-loved Your Zen Mama blog know as well as anyone that motherhood doesn't exist in ... Read more

$14.99 USD

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Being Zen(ish) is what we call it - and it's the ish that we endorse!Teresa Palmer and Sarah Wright Olsen, two moms from opposite sides of the world, are doing their best to raise happy, empathetic children while working, traveling, and maintaining their sanity. With seven kids between them, the founders of the much-loved Your Zen Mama blog know as well as anyone that motherhood doesn't exist in
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Creating Spaces for Women in the Catholic Church

Edited by Kohles, Sarah, OSF ...

Creating Spaces for Women in the Catholic Church presents the struggle of theologically educated lay women with the Catholic Church. The author, a Catholic sister, shares the same struggle but enjoys an incredible network of communal, ministerial, financial, and spiritual support that helps her negotiate the painful experiences in the Church. Lay women lack this support. Yet, lay women valiantly ... Read more

$20.07 USD

Creating Spaces for Women in the Catholic Church presents the struggle of theologically educated lay women with the Catholic Church. The author, a Catholic sister, shares the same struggle but enjoys an incredible network of communal, ministerial, financial, and spiritual support that helps her negotiate the painful experiences in the Church. Lay women lack this support. Yet, lay women valiantly
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Oncofertility

Ethical, Legal, Social, and Medical Perspectives

Edited by Laurie Zoloth, Lisa Campo-Engelstein, Sarah Rodriguez, Teresa K. Woodruff ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
Oncofertility has emerged as a way to address potential lost or impaired fertility in cancer patients and survivors, with active biomedical research that is developing new ways to help these individuals preserve their ability to have biological children. In order to move beyond oncofertility as a science and medical technology and begin to address the ethical, legal, and social ramifications of ... Read more

$188.09 USD

Oncofertility has emerged as a way to address potential lost or impaired fertility in cancer patients and survivors, with active biomedical research that is developing new ways to help these individuals preserve their ability to have biological children. In order to move beyond oncofertility as a science and medical technology and begin to address the ethical, legal, and social ramifications of
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Community Groups in Context

Local Activities and Actions

by Rosie Anderson, Phil Ware, Teresa Piacentini, Lucy Mayblin, Robin Simpson, Jane Milling, Hilary Ramsden, Sarah Cemlyn, Andrew Ryder, Niall Crowley, Andri Soteri-Proctor ...

Series series Third Sector Research
In the past decade community groups have been portrayed as the solution to many social problems. Yet the role of ‘below the regulatory radar’ community action has received little research attention and thus is poorly understood in terms of both policy and practice.Focusing on self-organised community activity, this book offers the first collection of papers developing theoretical and empirically ... Read more

$44.99 USD

In the past decade community groups have been portrayed as the solution to many social problems. Yet the role of ‘below the regulatory radar’ community action has received little research attention and thus is poorly understood in terms of both policy and practice.Focusing on self-organised community activity, this book offers the first collection of papers developing theoretical and empirically
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Married, Middlebrow, and Militant

Sarah Grand and the New Woman Novel

by Teresa Lynn Mangum ...

Between 1880 and 1920, the New Woman novel outraged "ladies," rallied women's rights activists, and inspired women readers and writers to harness an emerging popular literary market to their own political purposes. British author and activist Sarah Grand (1854-1943) took center stage, popularizing the term "New Woman," marching for suffrage, lecturing from platforms in Britain and America, and ... Read more

$57.99 USD

Between 1880 and 1920, the New Woman novel outraged "ladies," rallied women's rights activists, and inspired women readers and writers to harness an emerging popular literary market to their own political purposes. British author and activist Sarah Grand (1854-1943) took center stage, popularizing the term "New Woman," marching for suffrage, lecturing from platforms in Britain and America, and
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The Impact of Therapy and Pet Animals on Human Stress

by Abigail Alfrey, Ariann E. Robino, David M. Feldman, Alyssa N. Stein, Melody A. Schmaltz, Hailey A. Fitzpatrick, Jaime L. Tartar, Frankie Pizzo, Marah Friedman, Olivia Feldman, Rafael Martos-Montes, David Ordóñez-Pérez, Jesús Ruiz- Maatallah, Miriam Martínez-Cobos, Elise R. Thayer, Jeffrey R. Stevens, Jonathan B. Banks, Caitlin McCoy, Courtney Trzcinski, Nicole L. Beasley, Greg C. Elvers, Roger N. Reeb, Hannah L. Torok, Patricia Pendry, Alexa M. Carr, Stephanie M. Roeter, Jaymie L. Vandagriff, Aliya Khalid, Saadia Dildar, Benjamin A. Curry, Brianne Donaldson, Moana Vercoe, Matthew Filippo, Paul J. Zak, Karen Manville, Mark Coulson, Michele A. Mulqueen, Kirsty Neller, Caroline Searing, Sarah Welland, Gemma Reynolds, John-Tyler Binfet, Freya L.L. Green, Rebecca J.P. Godard, Madisyn M. Szypula, Camille X. Rousseau, Jordy Decker, Beth A. Lanning, Amelia L. Wilson, Robert Woelk, A. Alexander Beaujean, Lauren Highfill, Miranda Goodman-Wilson, Mónica Teresa González-Ramírez, René Landero-Hernández, Minerva Vanegas-Farfano ...

Stress can have a deleterious effect on people's mental, physical, and psychological health. There is a growing body of evidence, however, that suggests animals, both as pets and therapy partners, can help mitigate people's stress levels. This book showcases a rich collection of research papers from Human-Animal Interactions. It highlights research pertaining to pets as well as animal-assisted ... Read more

$100.99 USD

Stress can have a deleterious effect on people's mental, physical, and psychological health. There is a growing body of evidence, however, that suggests animals, both as pets and therapy partners, can help mitigate people's stress levels. This book showcases a rich collection of research papers from Human-Animal Interactions. It highlights research pertaining to pets as well as animal-assisted
... Read more
My Unexpected Journey

Reflections After Losing My Son to Suicide

by Erin Blechman, Sarah Teresa Nelsen ...

A BOLDLY HONEST PERSPECTIVE FROM A GRIEVING MOTHERMy Unexpected Journey: Reflections After Losing My Son to Suicide, is a beautiful and heartfelt book by author, Erin Blechman. It is a raw and vulnerable glimpse into the author's grieving heart following the loss of her eldest son, Max, to suicide in 2020. The book chronicles the eighteen months following his death, and shares what the author has ... Read more

$9.99 USD

A BOLDLY HONEST PERSPECTIVE FROM A GRIEVING MOTHERMy Unexpected Journey: Reflections After Losing My Son to Suicide, is a beautiful and heartfelt book by author, Erin Blechman. It is a raw and vulnerable glimpse into the author's grieving heart following the loss of her eldest son, Max, to suicide in 2020. The book chronicles the eighteen months following his death, and shares what the author has
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Women Educators' Experiences during COVID-19

On the Front Lines

by Victoria McDermott, Symone Campbell, Chin-Chung Chao, Dawn Culpepper, Rita Daniels, Anuraj Dhillon, Sarah Kilmer, Megan Lambertz-Berndt, Ashley Leveille, Isabella McCord0, Neta Peretz1, Alena Ruggerio2, Elaine Schnabel3, Patty Sotirin4, Olivia Truban5, Ming Xie6, Amy R. May8, Teresa Heinz Housel0, Stevie M. Munz2, Leandra Hinojosa Hernández4, Rachel L. Reilly5, Lakelyn E. Taylor6, Erica Knotts7 ...

Women Educators’ Experiences During COVID-19: On the Front Lines examines the gendered experiences, challenges, and rapid changes faced by women in higher education during COVID-19. The book’s chapters cover lived experiences ranging from graduate students navigating the pandemic to those grappling with balancing motherhood and the academy. Through these diverse perspectives, this edited ... Read more

$93.19 USD

Women Educators’ Experiences During COVID-19: On the Front Lines examines the gendered experiences, challenges, and rapid changes faced by women in higher education during COVID-19. The book’s chapters cover lived experiences ranging from graduate students navigating the pandemic to those grappling with balancing motherhood and the academy. Through these diverse perspectives, this edited
... Read more
Reaching a Generation for Christ

A Comprehensive Guide to Youth Ministry

by Wesley Black, Pamela Campbell, Paul Borthwick, Bo Boshers, Ridge Burns, Christie Stonecipher Cistola, Mark Cannister, Gwyn Belden Baker, Marta Elena Alvarado, Scott Benson, Dewey Bertolini0, David Hunsicker1, Ken Garland2, Saundra Hensel3, Jacob Kwon Tae Joo4, Ronald Habermas5, Mark DeVries6, David Hart7, Paul Fleischmann8, Larry Lindquist9, Stephen Greggo0, Tony Ladd1, Kevin Conklin2, Russ Knight3, Christine Cook4, Greg Lafferty5, John Fischer6, Donald Ferris7, Mark Lamport8, Teresa Dunn9, David Garda0, Kevin Lawson1, Chuck Neder2, Leslie Parrott III3, Ed Robinson4, Chuck Rosemeyer5, Ron Powell6, Barry St Clair7, Helen Musick8, David Olshine9, Dave Rahn0, Sarah Katherine McDavitt1, Quentin Schultze2, Mark Moring3, Steve Patty4, David Roth5, G Keith Olson6, Wayne Mitchell7, Daniel Weyerhaeuser8, Lavon Welty9, David Veerman0, David Warnick1, Jana Sundene2, William Stewart3, Dan Webster4, Timothy Voss5, Richard Dunn6, Diane Elliot8, Mark Senter III9, Chapman Clark1 ...

Things have changed. The Truth has not. The 1950's are gone forever. The days of the Sunday school attendance award and the much-loved Sunday school picnic have faded into oblivion. Yet some youth ministries still operate as if today's kids are living in a vacuum, unaffected by the changing morals of today's society. How can we reach these kids with the truth of the gospel? More than fifty of ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Things have changed. The Truth has not. The 1950's are gone forever. The days of the Sunday school attendance award and the much-loved Sunday school picnic have faded into oblivion. Yet some youth ministries still operate as if today's kids are living in a vacuum, unaffected by the changing morals of today's society. How can we reach these kids with the truth of the gospel? More than fifty of
... Read more
Defining Sport

Conceptions and Borderlines

by Shawn E. Klein, Francisco Javier López Frías, Kevin Schieman, John McClelland, Keith Strudler, Pam R. Sailors, Sarah Teetzel, Charlene Weaving, Chrysostomos Giannoulakis, Lindsay Pursglove0, Brian Glenney1, Teresa González Aja2, Joan Grassbaugh Forry3, Brody J. Ruihley4, Coral Rae5, Joey Gawrysiak6, Andrew Billings7, Dr. Chad Carlson8, Heather L. Reid9 ...

Series series Studies in Philosophy of Sport
Defining Sport: Conceptions and Borderlines is not about the variations of usage of the term “sport.” It is about the concept, the range of activities in the world that we unite into one idea—sport. It is through the project of defining sport that we can come to understand these activities better, how they are similar or different, and how they relate to other human endeavors.This definitional ... Read more

$47.99 USD

Defining Sport: Conceptions and Borderlines is not about the variations of usage of the term “sport.” It is about the concept, the range of activities in the world that we unite into one idea—sport. It is through the project of defining sport that we can come to understand these activities better, how they are similar or different, and how they relate to other human endeavors.This definitional
... Read more
Agenda for Social Justice 3

Solutions for 2024

by Ashley C. Rondini, Ashley N. Gwathney, Blake R. Silver, Brooke Cordes, Charity Anderson, Drew Bonner, Elroi Windsor, Gabriela Gonzalez, Hayley Carlisle, Jeanne Kimpel, Katie Kerstetter, Kristen Burke, Lance Hannon, Lindsay Redditt, McKenzie Berezin, Meredith Van Natta, Monique Harrison, Nazgol Ghandnoosh, Raquel Rose, Sarah Jane Brubaker, Sophie Webb, Sydney Ingel, Teresa A. Sullivan, Tiffany Joseph, Tony Samara, Dana Johnson, Mary Bernstein ...

Series series SSSP Agendas for Social Justice
The Agenda for Social Justice 3: Solutions for 2024 provides accessible insights into some of the most pressing social problems and proposes public policy responses to those problems.Written by a highly respected team of authors brought together by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), the book offers recommendations for action by elected officials, policymakers and the public ... Read more

$21.99 USD

The Agenda for Social Justice 3: Solutions for 2024 provides accessible insights into some of the most pressing social problems and proposes public policy responses to those problems.Written by a highly respected team of authors brought together by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), the book offers recommendations for action by elected officials, policymakers and the public
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