The Total Black Experience is the first book to chronicle the history and social significance of Positively Black, one of the longest-running public affairs shows in the history of television. Spurred on by the findings of the Kerner Commission, executives at WNBC-TV greenlit the show and turned production over to a small but dedicated team of storytellers who quickly made it their mission to carve out a space for serious and nuanced discussion of issues important to the ...

Even as kindness toward individuals with intellectual disabilities has increased, encountering an individual and his or her family whose lives revolve around the daily challenges that come with them is atypical, or is experienced and narrated as such, particularly by the media. Even when there is progress, making such a leap provides rhetorical cover, or at least a distraction, while intolerance regroups. And for some, it becomes less about showing love and compassion than about being able...

Though much has been said about Japanese-American incarceration camps, little attention is paid to the community newspapers closest to the camps and how they constructed the identities and lives of the occupants inside. Dependent on government and military officials for information, these journalists rarely wrote about the violation of the evacuees’ civil rights. Instead, they concentrated on the economic impact the camps—and the evacuees, who would replace workers off to enlist in the mil...

In The Thematic Evolution of Sports Journalism’s Narrative of Mental Illness: A Little Less Conversation, Ronald Bishop contends that the conversation developed and sustained by sports journalists about professional athletes’ experience with mental illness has evolved through three slightly overlapping stages, each marked by a primary theme. During the first stage, from the end of the 19th Century to the middle of the 20th century, sports journalists sensationalized the experience...

Measurement and Evaluation in Physical Activity Applications: Exercise Science, Physical Education, Coaching, Athletic Training, and Health offers an accessible, student-friendly introduction to the principles and practice of measurement and evaluation. Spanning applications in exercise science, sports performance, physical education, coaching, athletic training, health, and physical/occupational therapy, the book includes chapters on the key principles underlying good mea...

Church hurt has become a growing epidemic in today's church. One of the reasons for this is some people are simply not called nor chosen by God to lead His people, even though somehow, this truth was overlooked by the people who ordained them. Another reason is ... there are a lot of believers who do not understand that one of the prices we pay for being Christians is persecution. In other words, church hurt often stems from a lack of understanding.In Healing from Church Hurt, you ...

When we worship God, we experience his reign over our lives through a rain of blessings, providing the healing, deliverance, and growth we need from him. A life without worship is destined for dehydration.

Tips for the Residency Match is a unique guide for medical students applying for residency positions. Packed with hints, tips, and recommendations from both program directors and current residents, Tips for the Residency Match chronologically covers the key information required to excel during the residency application process - from résumé advice and preparing for the interview and beyond. Both insightful and practical, Tips for the Residency Match features a wi...

Este libro hace énfasis en las contribuciones metodológicas de Charlton, habiendo pocas publicaciones en castellano referentes a la arqueología histórica de Mesoamérica, esta obra será de gran utilidad para quienes realicen estudios científicos que se centren en esta clase de arqueología principalmente el trabajo interdisciplinario, el uso de fuentes documentales primarias, la analogía, el concepto de unidades de intrusión de sitios y su asociación con la aculturación, así como en temas es...