**Named one of the 50 best memoirs of the past 50 years by The New York TimesWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award“Among the great American literary memoirs of the past century . . . a riveting portrait of an era . . . Johnson captures this period with deep clarity and moving insight.” – Dwight Garner, The New York Times**In 1954, Joyce Johnson’s Barnard professor told his class that most women could never have the kinds of experiences t...

Named one of the 50 best memoirs of the past 50 years by The New York TimesWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award“Among the great American literary memoirs of the past century . . . a riveting portrait of an era . . . Johnson captures this period with deep clarity and moving insight.” – Dwight Garner, The New York TimesIn 1954, Joyce Johnson’s Barnard professor told his class that most wo...

The quick and easy way to learn the concepts and major theories of pediatric nursing – and how to apply them to real-world situationsIf you’re looking for a fun, fast review that boils pediatric nursing down to its most essential, must-know points your search ends here! Pediatric Nursing Demystified is a complete yet concise overview of all the important pediatric nursing concepts and the disorders that most often afflict infants to adolescents. You’ll als...

From pre- to post-birth, here’s everything you need to know about the nursing care of mother, child, and familyMaternity Nursing Demystified delivers a detailed, easy-to-follow overview of the essential concepts involved in providing nursing care to the mother and child before, during, and after pregnancy. The book emphasizes the underlying factors involved in maintaining or restoring the health of mother and new born and discusses the various factors that...

Frogs, family and lots of fun combine to make this book of poetry a must-read by everyone who loves the funny and teachable moments we all run into. There are poems of inspiration, musings about life in general, instruction on kindness and treating others with love, understanding and respect. Never one to take credit for her own work, Joyce Folsom Johnson has written hundreds of poems over the years. Lots of them are written in tandem with our loving God who inspires her to keep getting up...

'Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo ' So begins one of the most significant literary works of the twentieth century, and one of the most innovative. Its originality shocked contemporary readers on its publication in 1916 who found its treating of the minutiae of daily life indecorous, and its central character unappealing. Was it art or was i...

An Introduction to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching provides an engaging, student-friendly, up-to-date guide to the field of foreign language learning and teaching.Aimed at students with no background in the area and taking a task-based approach, this thoroughly revised fourth edition:introduces the theoretical and practical aspects of both learning and teaching, and provides discussion and workshop activities throughout each chapter of the book, along ...

New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates returns with an incendiary novel that illuminates the tragic impact of sexual violence, racism, brutality, and power on innocent lives and probes the persistence of stereotypes, the nature of revenge, the complexities of truth, and our insatiable hunger for sensationalism.When a fourteen-year-old girl is the alleged victim of a terrible act of racial violence, the incident shocks and galvanizes her community, exacerbating...

The relationship between religion and conflict has generated considerable academic and political debate. Although the majority of religions and spiritual traditions are replete with wisdom that propagates a broader unity among human beings, these same examples have been used to legitimize hatred and fear. While some studies claim that religion facilitates peacebuilding, reconciliation, and healing, others argue that religion exacerbates hostility, instigates vengeance-seeking behaviors, an...

Henrietha – Book 1 is a poignant exploration of trauma, resilience, and the unexpected power of sisterhood that transcends racial and generational divides.It all begins in Toronto in the spring of 1993 in a coffee shop on the corner of Church and King Street. Joanna White, a 35-year-old journalist, is having a difficult time in her career as well as in her marriage after her husband unexpectedly leaves her for a younger woman. As Joanna st...

In this highly anticipated sequel, Henrietha – Book 2 continues the emotional and captivating journey of a Jamaican-born matriarch fighting to protect her family from the generational cycles of abuse and poverty.Through her ongoing, deeply intimate conversations with her close friend Joanna—a white journalist navigating her own complicated life and marriage—Henrietha unearths even more of her haunting past and turbulent present. The story dives deeper into Henrieth...

Materializing Ritual Practices explores the deep history of ritual practice in Mexico and Central America and the ways interdisciplinary research can be coordinated to illuminate how rituals create, destroy, and transform social relations.Ritual action produces sequences of creation, destruction, and transformation, which involve a variety of materials that are active and agential. The materialities of ritual may persist at temporal scales long beyond the lives of humans o...