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  • 20 Things That Have to Materialize for the Proper Path to Marriage *I.E. Doing It God’S Way

    by Rev. Catherine Ross ...
    Ever wonder is this friendship "relationship" going to go anywhere? Do I want this person in my life? Is this you, God? Do family and friends have different opinions on the relationship, and you are not sure which direction to take?This is dedicated to those of you who feel the call of God to be in a marriage that is God-centered. This is to prepare your current friendship to move the next level. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Reading Still Matters

    What the Research Reveals about Reading, Libraries, and Community

    by Catherine Sheldrick Ross, Lynne (E.F.) McKechnie, Paulette M. Rothbauer ...
    Drawing on scholarly research findings, this book presents a cogent case that librarians can use to work towards prioritization of reading in libraries and in schools.Reading is more important than it has ever been—recent research on reading, such as PEW reports and Scholastic's "Kids and Family Reading Report," proves that fact. This new edition of Reading Matters provides powerful evidence that ... Read more

    $49.39 USD

  • The Changing Face of Motherhood in Spain

    The Social Construction of Maternity in the Works of Lucía Etxebarria

    by Catherine Bourland Ross ...
    This book investigates the perceptions of motherhood in Spanish author Lucía Etxebarria’s fiction and offers views of the importance of motherhood in society. Traditional expectations for women as mothers persist despite the fact that they no longer match Spain’s cultural and economic reality. These issues of gender equality and societal perceptions stand out in the novels and screenplays of ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • A Right to Lie?

    Presidents, Other Liars, and the First Amendment

    by Catherine J. Ross ...
    In A Right to Lie?, legal scholar Catherine J. Ross addresses the urgent issue of whether the nation's highest officers, including the president, have a right to lie under the Speech Clause, no matter what damage their falsehoods cause. Does freedom of expression protect even factual falsehoods? If so, are lies by candidates and public officials protected? And is there a constitutional path, ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Health Impact Assessment in the United States

    by Catherine L. Ross, Marla Orenstein, Nisha Botchwey ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    A new public policy initiative is proposed, or a large-scale construction project. What is its potential impact on the health of the population? Are there adverse effects to address, health benefits to be promoted, some combination of both? A Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is a cross-disciplinary means of answering these and other complex questions, so programs, projects, or policies can be ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Social Causes of Psychological Distress

    by Catherine E. Ross ...
    Series series Social Institutions and Social Change Series
    A core interest of social science is the study of stratification--inequalities in income, power, and prestige. Few persons would care about such inequalities if the poor, powerless, and despised were as happy and fulfilled as the wealthy, powerful, and admired. Social research often springs from humanistic empathy and concern as much as from scholarly and scientific curiosity. An economist might ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • A Right to Lie?

    Presidents, Other Liars, and the First Amendment

    by Catherine J. Ross ...
    In A Right to Lie?, legal scholar Catherine J. Ross addresses the urgent issue of whether the nation's highest officers, including the president, have a right to lie under the Speech Clause, no matter what damage their falsehoods cause. Does freedom of expression protect even factual falsehoods? If so, are lies by candidates and public officials protected? And is there a constitutional path, ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Lessons in Censorship

    How Schools and Courts Subvert Students’ First Amendment Rights

    by Catherine J. Ross ...
    American public schools often censor controversial student speech that the Constitution protects. Lessons in Censorship brings clarity to a bewildering array of court rulings that define the speech rights of young citizens in the school setting. Catherine J. Ross examines disputes that have erupted in our schools and courts over the civil rights movement, war and peace, rights for LGBTs, abortion, ... Read more

    $40.19 USD

  • Narrating Infertility in Spain

    by Catherine Bourland Ross ...
    Series series Campos Ibéricos: Bucknell Studies in Iberian Literatures and Cultures
    The drop in Spanish birth rates in 1998 to their lowest level of 1.1 births per woman was accompanied by a boom in publishing about motherhood. New narrative forms, ranging from blogs to diaries to comics, expressed women’s experiences, including ambivalence about motherhood in the face of societal pressures. Narrating Infertility in Spain, the first study of infertility in post-2008 female ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • The Pleasures of Reading

    A Booklover's Alphabet

    by Catherine Sheldrick Ross ...
    Based on years of ground-breaking research, this book supplies a look at the unique relationship between each text and the individual reader that results in a satisfying, pleasurable, and even life-changing reading experience.Following up on her critically acclaimed Reading Matters: What the Research Reveals about Reading, Libraries, and Community, Catherine Sheldrick Ross takes a new look at ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

  • Lessons in Censorship

    How Schools and Courts Subvert Students’ First Amendment Rights

    by Catherine J. Ross ...
    American public schools often censor controversial student speech that the Constitution protects. Lessons in Censorship brings clarity to a bewildering array of court rulings that define the speech rights of young citizens in the school setting. Catherine J. Ross examines disputes that have erupted in our schools and courts over the civil rights movement, war and peace, rights for LGBTs, abortion, ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to American Crime Fiction

    Edited by Catherine Ross Nickerson ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    From the execution sermons of the Colonial era to television programs like The Wire and The Sopranos, crime writing has played an important role in American culture. Its ability to register fear, desire and anxiety has made it a popular genre with a wide audience. These new essays, written for students as well as readers of crime fiction, demonstrate the very best in contemporary scholarship and ... Read more

    $26.29 USD