Sociologist Elise Boulding offers a collection of essays that emphasize her study of civil society during the second half of the 20th century. She revisits her theme of connection among family, community and government, offering perspectives and advice on how to fuel the process of peace.
A good book. It lays to rest certain fears (for example, poinsettias are not the killers they are reputed to be). The photographs are good and helpful for identifying the plants. ... If you or a family member or friend does get poisoned by a plant, hope the doctors have a copy of this book on their shelves.
From struggling war refugees to Buddhist monks, intellectuals to sex workers, Russell Charles Leong's characters are both linked and separated by their experiences as modern Asians and Asian Americans. A young teen-ager, sold into prostitution to finance her brothers' education, saves her hair trimmings -- the one part of her body that is under her own control -- to burn once a year in a temple ritual. A documentary film producer, raised in a ...
Brand New Readers - the right books at the right time!Based on what experts know about how children learn to read, Brand New Readers are short, funny stories with words and pictures that help children reading for the very first time succeed-and have fun!Brand New Readers are for children who are just cracking the reading code. Readers ages 4-7 can master Brand New Readers immediately-even the first time through. Brand New Readers are funny and...
But as science commentator Margaret Wertheim argues in this "marvelously provocative" (Kirkus Reviews) book, cyberspace has in recent years become a repository for immense spiritual yearning. Wertheim explores the mapping of spiritual desire onto digitized space and suggests that the modem today has become a metaphysical escape-hatch from a materialism that many people find increasingly dissatisfying. Cyberspace opens up a collective space bey...
This compendium of the unusual origins of more than 3, 000 American place names is meant to be read, enjoyed, passed around, and taken on family trips. Travelers might even stumble upon Nothing, Arizona, population four. Illustrations & maps.
Romantic Lilly, practical Rosie, and exuberant Tess are three cousins who share a charming attic room in their Aunt Lucy's pretty blue house on Cobble Street. When the cousins start a cookie company, they decide to do a little matchmaking. B&W, illustrations.
This study uses two short stories by Flannery O'Connor to explore D. W. Winnicott's theory of early childhood development. This thesis proposes that the "inherited potential" of the individual is determined by the quality of the early maternal environment, especially during the period of Winnicott's first two paradoxical stages of development: Absolute Dependence and Relative Dependence. The mother-adult/child relationships in O'Connor's two s...
Even first-time readers can read Brand New Readers. Brand New Readers-the right books at the right time!Based on what experts know about how children learn to read, Brand New Readers are short, funny stories with words and pictures that help children reading for the very first time succeed-and have fun!Brand New Readers are for children who are just cracking the reading code. Readers ages four to seven can master Brand New Readers immediately-...
IDEAL FOR USE IN THE CLASSROOM, BY CHURCH GROUPS, AND BY INDIVIDUALS, OUT OF THE DEPTHS OFFERS A FRESH READING OF THE PSALMS AND EXAMINES THEIR ENDURING RELEVANCE TO TODAY'S THEOLOGICAL ISSUES.
