What do dogs mean in America? How do Americans make meaning through their dogs? The United States has long expressed its cultural unconscious through canine iconography. Through our dogs, we figure out what we're thinking and who we are, representing by proxy the things that we don't quite want to recognize in ourselves. Often, it's a specific breed or type of dog that serves as an informal cultural mascot, embodying an era's needs, fears, desires, longings, aspirations, repressions, and hopeless contradictions. Combining cultural studies with personal narrative, this book creates a playful, speculative reading of American culture through its canine self-representations. Looking at seven different breeds or types over the last seven decades, readers will go on an intellectual dog walk through some of the mazes of American cultural mythology.
This book was written with the hope that you will find yourselves somewhere within the pages for inspiration, laughter, clarification, and/or hope. I have chosen to organize the pages so that the reader could enjoy the various styles from a serious point of view to justifying the Insanity with laughter as nothing should be taken. So serious that you can not laugh. It is entitled "No Trail To Follow" because there should be no looking back.
This book was written with the hope that you will find yourselves somewhere within the pages for inspiration, laughter, clarification, and/or hope. I have chosen to organize the pages so that the reader could enjoy the various styles from a serious point of view to justifying the Insanity with laughter as nothing should be taken. So serious that you can not laugh. It is entitled "No Trail To Follow" because there should be no looking back.
Told from the perspective of a self-identified “crazy dog lady,” these eleven interconnected essays follow one woman’s relations with five different dogs. Together, they travel over terrain spanning her husband’s battle with cancer, his death, her grieving process, and her rejoining the living as her dogs lead her forward from the other end of their leashes. Alongside her personal story, she considers such cultural issues as Americans’ unhealthy relationships with the natural world, ageism across species, poverty and privilege, hoarding, and the meaning of happiness. This is not a sentimental “who-rescued-whom?” book about the healing power of animals. Instead, it explores one representative human’s relationships with dogs, with all their joys but also their frustrations, neuroses, and downright craziness.
Animal disorders-those erratic, contradictory, irrational relationships that humans have with their nonhuman compatriots-abound in contemporary U.S. culture. In a series of personal essays, Deborah Thompson relates her own complicity in some of these disordered approaches to nonhuman animals, including such practices as pet-keeping, animal hoarding, animal sacrifice (both religious and scientific), magical thinking, and grieving. The sometimes funny, sometimes poignant essays in this collection deliver dispatches from one representative sufferer of animal disorders."ANIMAL DISORDERS is a compassionate but clear-eyed critique of the contradictions and hypocrisies embedded in humankind's messy relationship with animals. In reflective, lovely, often funny prose, Deborah Thompson explores the deep emotions that animals evoke in us, and the ways that emotion, especially grief, upends our beliefs about animals, about ourselves, and about our place in the world."--Claire Boyles, author of Site Fidelity
The introduction of the new General Medical Services contract for the payment and reward of general practice and GP practices will inevitably change the way in which primary care is delivered. This practical workbook aims to address how its implementation will work in practice. Written in the interactive Roy Lilley workbook style with think boxes hazard warnings tips and comment boxes it deals with the implications impact and implementation of the New Contract questioning the contract's impact on patients and the provision of services. It is an essential guide for general practitioners primary care managers practice staff and trainers; and for all those that have an involvement in primary care and the implementation of the new contract. GPs practices and PCOs need as much guidance as they can get - from the General Practitioners Committee the NHS Confederation and also from books such as this. The more advice that they can turn to and the earlier they can get the help they need the better. So I welcome Roy's book as a valuable contribution. The book is primarily an informative summary of the contract documents and a practical tool kit for putting the contract into action. I too want to see practice teams making the contract work and this book will help many of them to do so. John Chisholm in the Foreword
This thought-provoking book is written from a feminine perspective, focusing on women who encountered Jesus as recorded in the Gospels. Each chapter contains a personal meditation and study guide. The book covers all the Marys, the Samaritan woman, the Canaanite woman, the bleeding woman, the widows, the female disciples and more.There is much to learn about how Jesus views women from his encounters with them: how much he valued them, listened to them and loved them. He freed them not only from sin, illness, and death but also from societal and religious oppression.Jesus purposefully revealed the character and heart of God to these women so that they are included in the Word of God. Their stories are told because Truth was imparted to them and for this they must be remembered. Their unique encounters reveal that God wants all women to live an abundant life in the fullness of His Spirit.
In this true story, a young American couple smuggles thousands of Bibles into Romania at the height of the Cold War in 1977. With no knowledge of the country or a map to guide them, they rely solely on God to lead them to their contact, a man in the underground Christian church who lives somewhere in the capital city.
Specific, practical, research-based guidance on resolving diverse feeding issues in children birth–5: that’s what readers will get in this comprehensive, accessible resource which includes 50 pages of helpful tools and forms on CD-ROM. Young children’s feeding issues can be a complex challenge for early childhood professionals, especially since most get little to no training addressing this key developmental area. Now there’s a single comprehensive resource that provides early childhood educators and interventionists with specific, practical, research-based guidance on resolving a wide range of feeding issues. Ideal for a wide range of professionals working with young children birth–5 years across school, home, and child care settings, this book-and-CD set gives readers in-depth background information, how-to strategies, and helpful tools for addressing feeding challenges. Integrating the dual perspectives of the authors—a child development expert and an early childhood special education expert—the book helps readers: • understand the entire process of feeding development and how feeding affects early childhood development • gain familiarity with variations in feeding contexts, including diverse cultural and at-risk groups and their impact on feeding choices and attitudes • support children with specific feeding issues (see sidebar) with specialised, evidence-based interventions and strategies • learn the basics of screening and assessment procedures and widely used instruments • develop appropriate, individualised feeding plans that align with children’s IEPs and IFSPs • strengthen collaboration between parents, caregivers, and professionals on a child’s feeding team • monitor feeding progress through anecdotal records, observations, and data-based approaches With almost 50 pages of printable tools, forms, and handouts, the included CD-ROM gives professionals practical help with every step of improving children’s feeding issues. Professionals will get daily feeding logs, record keeping forms, quick-guides to feeding milestones and red flags, and tip sheets on critical issues such as breastfeeding, feeding team requirements, and positioning strategies and specialised feeding equipment. A vital resource for every member of a child’s feeding team, this much-needed guidebook helps readers resolve one of the most critical issues in early childhood development—and ensure better overall outcomes for young children. Helps young children with risk factors for feeding difficulties, sensory-based feeding issues, oral motor difficulties, neurological disorders, anatomical differences, and tube feeding requirements
Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: Religious StudiesFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2018Engage students with accessible content that draws out the key theories, ensuring students have a thorough understanding of Christianity and the philosophical and ethical issues; developed by subject specialist John Frye and the leading Religious Studies publisher*.- Confidently teach 'Philosophy and religion' and 'Ethics, religion and society' with comprehensive coverage of the key philosophers, concepts and theories along with sources of theological authority - Supports learning and revision with a range of contemporary activities, discussion points and unit summaries- Prepares students for assessment with revision questions at the end of each chapter and practice questions tailored to the assessment objectivesContent covered:Philosophy and religion Sections A and B (Section A is covered through Christianity)Ethics, religion and society Sections A and B (Section A is covered through Christianity)*Taken from Educational Publishers Council statistics
Language * Literacy * Content Reach Higher guides students to learn English, learn about the world, and learn about themselves through authentic content with a global perspective. Primary students develop the academic language skills and content knowledge they need to get an education in English. - Cross-curricular, six-level program showcases original fiction, science, and social studies content to develop English literacy skills. - Academic skill-building with phonics support develops students’ understanding of different cultures while fostering independent learning. - Inquiry-based approach with a writing project in every unit develops critical thinkers and strong writers. - Integrated digital tools for every stage of teaching and learning are available on the Spark platform. - Read on Your Own phonics readers use fiction and non-fiction texts to reinforce the phonics and high-frequency words in Reach Higher through science and social studies content.
Language * Literacy * Content Reach Higher guides students to learn English, learn about the world, and learn about themselves through authentic content with a global perspective. Primary students develop the academic language skills and content knowledge they need to get an education in English. - Cross-curricular, six-level program showcases original fiction, science, and social studies content to develop English literacy skills. - Academic skill-building with phonics support develops students’ understanding of different cultures while fostering independent learning. - Inquiry-based approach with a writing project in every unit develops critical thinkers and strong writers. - Integrated digital tools for every stage of teaching and learning are available on the Spark platform. - Read on Your Own phonics readers use fiction and non-fiction texts to reinforce the phonics and high-frequency words in Reach Higher through science and social studies content.
Language * Literacy * Content Reach Higher guides students to learn English, learn about the world, and learn about themselves through authentic content with a global perspective. Primary students develop the academic language skills and content knowledge they need to get an education in English. - Cross-curricular, six-level program showcases original fiction, science, and social studies content to develop English literacy skills. - Academic skill-building with phonics support develops students’ understanding of different cultures while fostering independent learning. - Inquiry-based approach with a writing project in every unit develops critical thinkers and strong writers. - Integrated digital tools for every stage of teaching and learning are available on the Spark platform. - Read on Your Own phonics readers use fiction and non-fiction texts to reinforce the phonics and high-frequency words in Reach Higher through science and social studies content.
Language * Literacy * Content Reach Higher guides students to learn English, learn about the world, and learn about themselves through authentic content with a global perspective. Primary students develop the academic language skills and content knowledge they need to get an education in English. - Cross-curricular, six-level program showcases original fiction, science, and social studies content to develop English literacy skills. - Academic skill-building with phonics support develops students’ understanding of different cultures while fostering independent learning. - Inquiry-based approach with a writing project in every unit develops critical thinkers and strong writers. - Integrated digital tools for every stage of teaching and learning are available on the Spark platform. - Read on Your Own phonics readers use fiction and non-fiction texts to reinforce the phonics and high-frequency words in Reach Higher through science and social studies content.
Language * Literacy * Content Reach Higher guides students to learn English, learn about the world, and learn about themselves through authentic content with a global perspective. Primary students develop the academic language skills and content knowledge they need to get an education in English. - Cross-curricular, six-level program showcases original fiction, science, and social studies content to develop English literacy skills. - Academic skill-building with phonics support develops students’ understanding of different cultures while fostering independent learning. - Inquiry-based approach with a writing project in every unit develops critical thinkers and strong writers. - Integrated digital tools for every stage of teaching and learning are available on the Spark platform. - Read on Your Own phonics readers use fiction and non-fiction texts to reinforce the phonics and high-frequency words in Reach Higher through science and social studies content.
Language * Literacy * Content Reach Higher guides students to learn English, learn about the world, and learn about themselves through authentic content with a global perspective. Primary students develop the academic language skills and content knowledge they need to get an education in English. - Cross-curricular, six-level program showcases original fiction, science, and social studies content to develop English literacy skills. - Academic skill-building with phonics support develops students’ understanding of different cultures while fostering independent learning. - Inquiry-based approach with a writing project in every unit develops critical thinkers and strong writers. - Integrated digital tools for every stage of teaching and learning are available on the Spark platform. - Read on Your Own phonics readers use fiction and non-fiction texts to reinforce the phonics and high-frequency words in Reach Higher through science and social studies content.
Language * Literacy * Content Reach Higher guides students to learn English, learn about the world, and learn about themselves through authentic content with a global perspective. Primary students develop the academic language skills and content knowledge they need to get an education in English. - Cross-curricular, six-level program showcases original fiction, science, and social studies content to develop English literacy skills. - Academic skill-building with phonics support develops students’ understanding of different cultures while fostering independent learning. - Inquiry-based approach with a writing project in every unit develops critical thinkers and strong writers. - Integrated digital tools for every stage of teaching and learning are available on the Spark platform. - Read on Your Own phonics readers use fiction and non-fiction texts to reinforce the phonics and high-frequency words in Reach Higher through science and social studies content.
Language * Literacy * Content Reach Higher guides students to learn English, learn about the world, and learn about themselves through authentic content with a global perspective. Primary students develop the academic language skills and content knowledge they need to get an education in English. - Cross-curricular, six-level program showcases original fiction, science, and social studies content to develop English literacy skills. - Academic skill-building with phonics support develops students’ understanding of different cultures while fostering independent learning. - Inquiry-based approach with a writing project in every unit develops critical thinkers and strong writers. - Integrated digital tools for every stage of teaching and learning are available on the Spark platform. - Read on Your Own phonics readers use fiction and non-fiction texts to reinforce the phonics and high-frequency words in Reach Higher through science and social studies content.
