Susan M Goodwin

My First Spoken Words: Animals

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99 Jumpstarts for Kids' Social Studies Reports: Research Help for Grades 3-8

Building on the success and maintaining the 99 Jumpstarts format of the two previous books, 99 Jumpstarts for Kids' Social Studies ReportS≪/i> is divided into broad topical sections. Each topic is arranged in alphabetical order under its section. Topics are all new to this title and include the A...

New York Comes Back: The Mayoralty of Edward I. Koch

New York City had been bleeding red ink, good jobs, and its middle class for years when Edward I. Koch was first elected in a stunning upset in 1977. With archival photographs and insightful essays, New York Comes Back tells how Mayor Koch led America’s largest city away from the brink of bankruptcy...

Transactions Naval Dockyards Society: Building Victory: Mid-Eighteenth Century Naval Warfare - Roles of Dockyards and Shipbuilding (Transactions of the Naval Dockyards Society Annual Conferences)

99 Jumpstarts to Research: Topic Guides for Finding Information on Current Issues

In 2030, it is projected that 65 percent of the population will be over 65. The U.S. Government Census Bureau reveals that over an adult's working life, college graduates typically earn close to $1 million more than high school graduates. About 43 percent of American families spend more than they ea...

99 Jumpstarts for Kids: Getting Started in Research

Similar to the previous 99 Jumpstarts to Research but designed for younger students, this book helps teachers and librarians to teach basic research and information literacy skills to children. To help them master the research process and narrow the limitless array of sources available on commonly r...

Gender Capital at Work: Intersections of Femininity, Masculinity, Class and Occupation

Gender Capital at Work uses new data from interviews with nurses, social workers, exotic dancers and hairdressers to explore the processes involved in producing and reproducing gendered and classed workers and occupations. In doing so, this book argues that femininity, femaleness, masculinity and ma...

The good mother: Contemporary motherhoods in Australia

"The good mother" brings together essays on the contemporary relevance of the 'good mother' in Australia. Although the ideals of the 'good mother' change with time, fashion and context, they persist in public policy, the media, popular culture and workplaces. They place pressure on women to conform ...

Haiku Diem: The Best of Year One

The best haiku from the first year of Haiku Diem, writer Freeman Ng's attempt, begun in July 2010, to write one new haiku every day, illustrated by four wonderful artists. The haiku rustle, green, yellow, or crisp brown. Look! Another one falls.