This family favourite is a unique, well loved source of stories, receipes,things to make, activities, poems, songs and festivals. Each festival such as Christmas, Candlemas and Martinmas has its own, well illustrated chapter. There are also sections on Birthdays, Rainy Days, Convalescence and a birthday Calendar. The perfect present for a family, ......
Understanding parenting by thinking about who is a child, what is a parent, and why does a child need a parent, leaves dogma behind and brings the reader to the reality of daily living. Combining her experience as a mother and grandmother with her studies in psychology and social work, the author presents a warm and human way of understanding the ......
From biblical times to the present day, the massively influential and engaging tradition of Christian reflection on the value of being human is presented here. With its primary documents, carefully selected and edited by a team of experts, Readings in Christian Humanism fully represents the variety and vitality of the humanistic tradition found in ......
During the past two decades, most large American cities have lost population, yet some have continued to grow. Does this trend foreshadow the "death"" of our largest cities? Or is urban decline a temporary phenomenon likely to be reversed by high energy costs? This ambitious book tackles these questions by analyzing the nature and extent of urban ......
A Step-by-Step Retelling of the Battle with Maps, Photos, Firsthand Acco
They Met at Gettysburg has long been regarded as the classic treatment of one of the greatest, most fascinating, and most decisive battles in history. Originally published in 1956, the book became a bestseller and has continues for over half a century to bring alive the battle and its heroes for historians and students of the battle.
The authors of this book bring objective scrutiny to bear on questions that for many years have been loaded with emotion and subjective reactions. They also discuss the implications for the military's racial composition of demographic, economic, and technological trends and the possible effects of returning to some form of conscription.
Contains selections by Denis Diderot, Kierkegaard, Irving Kristol, Paul Kurtz, George Moore, William Paley, Jean-Paul Sarte, and John Wisdom. This work also includes commentaries designed to illuminate the ideas of these great minds, and a section on how one should read philosophy.
Many writers, even experienced ones, admit that one of the most frightening objects in their world is a blank piece of paper. Susan Horton feels that too many teachers, students, and writers themselves make writing harder than it needs to be. So much emphasis is placed on form and grammar -- the 'rules of the game,' so to speak -- that the essence ......
''It remains the best work on literature and psychoanalysis, essential reading for anyone interested in pursuing the relations between the two or wanting to know about the possible effects of the French re-reading of Freud for a reading of literature.--The Year's Work in English Studies.''Even the strictest clinical focus could profit from these ......
