Susan Thompson: 25 books
The Prodigal Brother
Making Peace with Your Parents, Your Past, and the Wayward One in Your Family
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2010
Most people know the story Jesus told of the prodigal sonthe child who demanded his inheritance and then threw it away on wild living. But there were two sons in the story: the older son watched events unfold and told his father, I stayed with you all these years and you never threw a party for me!...
Understanding Inequality
The Intersection of Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Gender
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2007
As the age of globalization and New Media unite disparate groups of people in new ways, the continual transformation and interconnections between ethnicity, class, and gender become increasingly complex. This reader, comprised of a diverse array of sources ranging from the New York Times to the journals...
Therapeutic Residential Care for Children and Youth
Developing Evidence-Based International Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2014
Therapeutic Residential Care For Children and Youth takes a fresh look at therapeutic residential care as a powerful intervention in working with the most troubled children who need intensive support.
Featuring contributions from distinguished international contributors, it critically examines...
Cornbread Nation 7
The Best of Southern Food Writing
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
How does Southern food look from the outside? The form is caught in constantly dueling stereotypes: It’s so often imagined as either the touchingly down-home feast or the heartstopping health scourge of a nation. But as any Southern transplant will tell you once they’ve spent time in the region,...
by Kim Mitzo Thompson, Karen Mitzo Hilderbrand, Susan DeSantis
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2016
Children will take a trip to Mr. Conway’s farm to see all of his animals and learn what sounds they make! From cows and horses, to buzzing mosquitoes, Mr. Conway’s place is busy and noisy. Next, is a trip to Old MacDonald’s Farm where this classic song becomes a favorite story. Repetitive lyrics...
History and Hope in the Heart of Dixie
Scholarship, Activism, and Wayne Flynt in the Modern South
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010
Social and political history of the modern South.
This collection of essays on the social and political history of the modern South consider the region’s poor, racial mores and race relations, economic opportunity, Protestant activism, political coalitions and interest groups, social...
The Center Must Not Hold
White Women Philosophers on the Whiteness of Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
The Center Must Not Hold: White Women Philosophers on the Whiteness of Philosophy functions as a textual site where white women philosophers engage boldly in critical acts of exploring ways of naming and disrupting whiteness in terms of how it has defined the conceptual field of philosophy. Within...
by Susan R. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
In the twenty-first century, public health is everyone’s business. The nursing and medical professions are well placed to provide advice to their clients, especially in respect to lifestyle change, and public health initiatives are supported by a range of statutory and voluntary organisations and...
Intellectual Disability and Dementia
Research into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
Presenting the most up-to-date information available about dementia and intellectual disabilities, this book brings together the latest international research and evidence-based practice, and describes clearly the relevance and implications for support and services
Internationally renowned...
More Mirrors in the Classroom
Using Urban Children's Literature to Increase Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
Nearly 30% of all public school children attend school in large or mid-size cities, totaling more than 16 million students in 22,000 schools. For schools serving culturally and linguistically diverse populations and large numbers of children living in poverty, a significant achievement gap persists....
by Marie Ferrarella, Nancy Robards Thompson, Karen Templeton
Language: German
Release Date: February 2, 2017
Language: German
Release Date: February 2, 2017
In Red Rock, Texas, gerät die einflussreiche Unternehmerfamilie Fortune in einen heftigen Sturm. Der wirbelt das Leben der Familienmitglieder ganz schön durcheinander - führt sie aber auch auf den Weg zum Glück. DIE KELLNERIN UND DER MILLIARDÄR Die Kellnerin und der Milliardär? Eigentlich unmöglich....
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