In the 1980s, as the proportion of elderly people in the population grew steadily larger, the task of looking after them would fall increasingly on one group – daughters. The government, in promoting its move in social policy towards community care, had stated that ‘the family’ – which in practice meant women – must expect to provide the bulk of care in the future. But how do women feel about this? What impact does caring for others have on their own lives? How might professional helpers b...

"Hi! My name is Daisy. Meet my three dog friends, Smoky, Rocky, and H-Dee. We are waiting for the school bus to bring our friends home from school. Would you like to wait for the school bus with us?"Daisy and Friends Waiting for the School Bus is the fourth book in a series featuring the cat Daisy. This transportation story teaches children ages 1 to 6 the name and use of each vehicle shown on the illustrated pages of the book. Learn about dump trucks, fire trucks, tow trucks, bull...

When Roe Fell examines the history, politics, and practical experiences of abortion leading up to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, placing this judicial decision in a longer history of abortion in the United States. Contributors delve into what the end of Roe revealed about abortion seekers, abortion provision, and abortion advocacy, demystifying abortion and abortion research, laying bare common misunderstandings and misinformation, and belying claims that the fa...

Unforgettable romances by some of our best loved authorsBrenda JacksonRebecca WintersMichelle CalmerKat CantrellSarah M. AndersonMarion LennoxMichelle DouglasNina MilneBarbara HannayJennifer FayeEllie DarkinsKristi GoldMaureen ChildYvonne LindsayCarol MarinelliAmalie BerlinMeredith Webber

This book will be the first systematic and comprehensive text to analyze the many and contrasting appearances of the Church of England on television. It covers a range of genres and programs including crime drama, science fiction, comedy, including the specific genre of ‘ecclesiastical comedy’, zombie horror and non-fiction broadcasting. Readers interested in church and political history, popular culture, television and broadcasting history, and the social history of modern Britain will fi...

Amor indecisoMeredith WebberEn el hospital, Nick tenía fama de conquistador; pero en realidad él solo intentaba recuperarse de un fracaso matrimonial.El amor más poderosoBarbara WallaceChloe Abrams había sido abandonada tantas veces en su vida que ya no quería depender de nadie.Una noche con su maridoCara ColterJessica Brennan siempre había querido q...

This international edited collection contributes to knowledge about the geographies of sexualities experienced and imagined in rural spaces. The book draws attention to the heterogeneity of rural contexts and the diversity of meanings about sexualities within and across these spaces. The collection examines four key themes.First, ‘Intimacies and Institutions’ focuses on how intimate relationships are governed by societal, discursive and institutional structures, and regulated by so...

The fourth edition of Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity provides both classic and recent contributions to the field, with a special accent on how these approaches can contribute to health and social equity. The 23 chapters offer conceptual frameworks, skill- building and case studies in areas like coalition building, organizing by and with women of color, community assessment, and the power of the arts, the Internet, social media, and policy ...

See the collected life stories of Oprah, Barbara Walters, Ellen DeGeneres, and Meredith Vieira in this broad examination of strong women in the media.

Daisy and Friends Outside Our Window is a rhyming story for toddlers and pre-kindergarteners about the changing seasons. It’s written from inside the house window looking out, as seen by Daisy the cat, and her three dog friends, Smokie, Rocky, and H-Dee.What do the friends see, when the colorful seasons change from winter to spring, and summer to fall?Says the author, “During my years as a co-owner of Kids Express Learning Center & Daycare, LLC, I would often observe the toddler and Pre-K ...

As accountability in education has become an increasingly prominent topic, teacher preparation programs are being asked to provide credible evidence that their teacher candidates can impact student learning.Teacher Work Samples, first developed 30 years ago, have emerged as an effective method of quantifying the complex set of tasks that comprise effective teaching and documenting the effectiveness of preservice teachers' impact on student learning. Hilda Rosselli, Mark Girod, and ...

The image of the nurse is ubiquitous, both in life and in popular media. One of the earliest instances of nursing and media intersecting is the Edison phonographic recording of Florence Nightingale's voice in 1890. Since then, a parade of nurses, good, bad or otherwise, has appeared on both cinema and television screens. How do we interpret the many different types of nurses--real and fictional, lifelike and distorted, sexual and forbidding--who are so visible in the public consciousness?