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  • School Lunch Politics

    The Surprising History of America's Favorite Welfare Program

    by Susan Levine ...
    Series series Politics and Society in Modern America
    Whether kids love or hate the food served there, the American school lunchroom is the stage for one of the most popular yet flawed social welfare programs in our nation's history. School Lunch Politics covers this complex and fascinating part of American culture, from its origins in early twentieth-century nutrition science, through the establishment of the National School Lunch Program in 1946, ... Read more

    $29.59 USD

  • Unlocked

    A Family Emerging from the Shadows of Autism

    by Susan Levin ...
    A Poignant and Inspiring Story of a Family Whose Child Emerges from Autism.Unlocked begins with a vivid depiction of the author’s life with her autistic son, Ben. Feelings of isolation, self-hate, and even moments of hatred toward her own child in response to his behaviors, as well as the impact on her marriage and younger daughter, impel her to seek solutions for his condition. Through years of ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Packard Takes Flight

    A Bird's-Eye View of Columbus, Ohio

    by Susan Sachs Levine ...
    Illustrated by Erin McCauley Burchwell ...
    After a frightening fall from his nest high up on a ledge of the Rhodes Tower in downtown Columbus, Packard, a peregrine falcon chick, sets off to find his way back home. Follow Packard as he visits many of the wonderful sites in Ohio's capital city, including the Center of Science and Industry, the Franklin Park Conservatory and the North Market. Finally arriving at the Statehouse, he can see his ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Quantitative Development in Infancy and Early Childhood

    by Kelly S. Mix, Janellen Huttenlocher, Susan Cohen Levine ...
    The aim of this book is to define and discuss the key issues raised by new findings in the study of quantitative development. One basic question addressed is how the abilities reported in infants and young children relate to later development. In some accounts, one is left with the impression that infants possess all the fundamental skills that make up mature quantitative reasoning. According to ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • Health Humanities Reader

    by Allen Peterkin, Arthur W. Frank, David H. Flood, Rhonda L. Soricelli, Lisa Keränen, Michael Sappol, Shelley Wall, Martha Stoddard Holmes, Joseph N. Straus, Martin F. Norden, Felicia Cohn, Martha Montello, John Lantos, Amy Haddad, Rebecca Garden, Mark Clark, Howard Brody, Jack Coulehan, Rosemarie Tong, Sander L. Gilman, Gretchen A. Case, Alice Dreger, Marjorie Levine-Clark, Susan M. Squier, Rafael Campo, Sayantani DasGupta, Jonathan M. Metzl, Daniel Goldberg, Maren Grainger-Monsen, Thomas R. Cole, Benjamin Saxton, E. Ann Kaplan, Jerald Winakur, Bradley Lewis, Anne Hudson Jones, Michael Rowe, Ian Williams, Tod Chambers, Raymond C. Barfield, Lucy Selman, Jeffrey P. Bishop, Audrey Shafer, Catherine Belling, Paul Root Wolpe, Jeff Nisker, Julie M. Aultman, Michael Blackie, Erin Gentry Lamb, Alan Bleakley, Jay Baruch, Lisa I. Iezzoni, Bernice Hausman, Allison B. Kavey, Rebecca J. Hester ...
    Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice.In ... Read more

    $50.39 USD

  • Posthuman Bliss?

    The Failed Promise of Transhumanism

    by Susan B. Levin ...
    A tightly argued and expansive examination of the pitfalls of transhumanism that reacquaints us with what it means to live well. Advocates of transhumanism, or "radical" enhancement, urge us to pursue the biotechnological heightening of select capacities -- above all, cognitive ability -- so far beyond any human limit that the beings with those capacities would exist on a higher ontological plane. ... Read more

    $79.19 USD

  • Dignity Matters

    Psychoanalytic and Psychosocial Perspectives

    by Susan S. Levine ...
    This book explores an ethical value central to all mental health professions. Although "dignity" appears near the beginning of many codes of ethics, it has been largely unexamined in the professional literature. Potter Stewart famously declared about pornography that we can't define it but we know it when we see it. Likewise with dignity. This book addresses that gap. The book considers the role ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Undead TV

    Essays on Buffy the Vampire Slayer

    by Mary Celeste Kearney, Susan Murray ...
    When the final episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired in 2003, fans mourned the death of the hit television series. Yet the show has lived on through syndication, global distribution, DVD release, and merchandising, as well as in the memories of its devoted viewers. Buffy stands out from much entertainment television by offering sharp, provocative commentaries on gender, sexuality, race, ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • A School of Our Own

    The Story of the First Student-Run High School and a New Vision for American Education

    by Samuel Levin, Susan Engel ...
    The remarkable true story of the high school junior who started his own school—and earned acclaim nationwide—" will make you laugh, cry and cheer" (John Merrow, author of The Influence of Teachers).Samuel Levin, a teenager who had already achieved international fame for creating Project Sprout—the first farm-to-school lunch program in the United States—was frustrated with his own education, and ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Cancer Survivor's Guide, Updated Edition

    Foods That Help You Fight Back!

    by Barnard, Neal D., Reilly, Jennifer K., Levin, Susan ...
    The links between diet and cancer are nothing short of dramatic. Researchers have been investigating how food choices can help prevent cancer and, when cancer has been diagnosed, how nutrition can improve survival. Neal Barnard, MD, explains how foods influence hormones that can fuel cancer growth and how changing to a low-fat, plant-based diet can be beneficial to anyone diagnosed with cancer. ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • I Jump and I Jump

    by Susan Lyn Levine ...
    Illustrated by John Michael Schramm ...
    What this author wants more than anything in the world is for people to realize how important it is to love, and be loved, as it states in Corinthians 13:13. "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love". ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Understanding Community Colleges

    Edited by John S. Levin, Susan T. Kater ...
    Series series Core Concepts in Higher Education
    Understanding Community Colleges provides a critical examination of contemporary issues and practices and policy of community colleges. This contributed volume brings together highly respected scholars as well as new scholars for a comprehensive analysis of the community college landscape, including management and governance, finance, student demographics and development, teaching and learning, ... Read more

    $68.99 USD