Was Sie schon immer über die neue Transbewegung wissen wollten, sich aber nie zu fragen getraut haben. Hier wird alles erklärt. Menschen mit einer Transidentität sind im Durchschnitt ärmer und haben häufiger Probleme mit ihrer psychischen Gesundheit. Sie würden von methodologisch hochwertigen Studien zur Geschlechtsinkongruenz, zu gegengeschlechtlichen Hormonen und zur Pflege operativ veränderter Körper profitieren. Doch der Mainstream Transaktivismus beschäftigt sich mit diesen Themen übe...

Als der Erste Weltkrieg ausbricht, flieht die Familie Spiegel aus Polen. Den chassidischen Eltern fällt es schwer, sich an das Leben in Wien zu gewöhnen. Eine ihrer Töchter möchte einen Mann aus unpassenden Verhältnissen heiraten. Zwei Söhne wenden sich vom orthodoxen Glauben ab, schließen sich der zionistischen Bewegung an und begeben sich an die Front, wo sie sich großer Gefahr aussetzen. Großmächte zerfallen und ein fragiler Frieden wird hergestellt. Die Familie lebt über Europa und Pal...

No person has worked more effectively toward the abolition of the death penalty in the United States than Helen Prejean, CSJ. Her best-selling book Dead Man Walking, and the hit Hollywood film adaptation in which she was played by Susan Sarandon, was a catalyst for drawing national attention to the issue. In the years since then, her continuing and often controversial work with death-row inmates has kept the issue near the forefront of national debate. She has confronted lawyers a...

Meet Helen Keller, the amazing girl who couldn’t see or hear but still changed the world! Discover how she learned to talk, go to school, and help others, all with the help of her wonderful teacher, Anne Sullivan.This book is filled with fun stories that show Helen’s courage and how she never gave up. Perfect for young readers, this inspiring story will teach you that anything is possible if you believe in yourself.

This book is a guide to current research and debate in the field of literacies practice and education. It provides both an historical and lifespan view of the field as well as an overview of research methodologies with first-hand examples from a range of researchers involved in literacy research.

New title in the popular Midwifery Essentials series originally published in conjunction with The Practising Midwife journal. The series covers core topics in midwifery education in an engaging and friendly format using a helpful 'jigsaw' approach which encourages readers to explore topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. effective communication, team working and health promotion. Helpful 'scenarios' throughout each volume encourage debate and reflection, core elements of midwifery educ...

New title in the popular Midwifery Essentials series originally published in conjunction with The Practising Midwife journal. The series covers core topics in midwifery education in an engaging and friendly format using a helpful 'jigsaw' approach which encourages readers to explore topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. effective communication, team working and health promotion. Helpful 'scenarios' throughout each volume encourage debate and reflection, core elements of midwifery educ...

Mail Order Bride: From Moscow To The Old West, is about a woman traveling across country from Moscow, to meet a rancher and become his bride. Unfortunately, when she gets to his town she cannot see anyone fitting the description he'd put in his letters to her.Mail Order Bride: The English Widow & The Rancher -- A Victorian era widow, who had a husband with a mysterious past, is pushed into becoming a mail order bride because her house is about to be taken away from her. She sets ou...

The Poetry and Poetics of Michael Heller: A Nomad Memory is the first comprehensive treatment of a singularly important American poet of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Michael Heller (b. 1937) has amassed a body of poetry and criticism that places him in the vanguard of modern literature, and this essay collection provides the first extensive critical treatment of his varied career. This book 's multifaceted appraisal of his engagement with poetry as well as crucial ideas across...

In 2020, the world was tipped upside down and shaken in ways we could barely have imagined, except perhaps in the post-apocalyptic and dystopic worlds of story. Amidst pandemic illness and death, political machinations and despair, one of the casualties has been, at least in a financial sense, the Arts. Governments across the world have slashed funding, galleries, theatres and entertainment venues have closed amid lockdown restrictions, money is being carefully metered with jobs more uncer...

Bennett described his story as an ‘Idyllic Diversion’. Helen Rathbone meets her elderly uncle, James Ollerenshaw, in Bursley Park, after an estrangement of several years. Both are very strong willed, independent characters. Helen has an extravagant lifestyle and likes to spend money while the old man has lived a thrifty life and intends to continue in the same way.However, they develop a friendship which progresses rapidly and Helen moves in to James’ house to look after him. A battle of w...

Written by two of the professionís most prominent midwifery leaders, this authoritative history of midwifery in the United States, from the 1600s to the present, is distinguished by its vast breadth and depth. The book spans the historical evolution of midwives as respected, autonomous health care workers and midwifery as a profession, and considers the strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities for this discipline as enduring motifs throughout the text. It surveys the roots of midw...