Juvenile Ebooks

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:26:39 -0500

Juvenile Ebooks - Just in Time for Love by Michael Bracken. His father writes confessions and jokes, and the biggest joke of all is his name--Justin Tyme. But Jay, as he prefers to be called, hasn't had much to laugh about in the years since his mother died. His father retreats into an alcohol-hazed world of denial and self-pity, reversing their care-giver roles, and forcing Jay to grow up virtually on his own. Then, they move to O'Shea, where his father manages a mobile home park, and Jay begins yet another year as the "new kid" in school. He has a lot to learn--about life, his father, and himself, but most of all, about love. And it all begins the day Jay meets Cindy Hamilton... Purchase At: http://www.booksonboard.com/index.php?BODY=viewbook&BOOK=47504

Juvenile Ebooks

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:25:58 -0500

Juvenile Ebooks - Flora Tristan by Susan Grogan. Flora Tristan is best known as a nineteenth century French social critic and reformer. Her writings can be seen as a precursor to Marxism and Feminism. Flora Tristan: Life Sories by Susan Grogan, investigates the life of Flora Tristan through an exploration of the way she represented herself in her own writings. The author also examines the portrayal of Flora Tristan in paintings and literature. Rather than adopting a chronological approach, the author surveys the personae of Flora Tristan through thematic chapters on her roles as author, socialist, traveller and "Mother of the Workers". She places Flora Tristan in the context of contemporary debates and ideas, adding to our understanding of the times in which Flora Tristan lived. Flora Tristan: Life Stories argues that Flora Tristan's self-representations were attempts to claim a role of authority and significance not open to women in the nineteenth century. This authoritative study also engages with attempts to re-evaluate the writing of biography and to explore the meaning of an individual life in historical context. Purchase At: http://www.booksonboard.com/index.php?BODY=viewbook&BOOK=32502

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Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:24:51 -0500

Juvenile Ebooks - Youth, The `Underclass' and Social Exclusion Editor: Robert MacDonald. Purchase At: http://www.booksonboard.com/index.php?BODY=viewbook&BOOK=129127

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Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:02:22 -0500

Juvenile Ebooks - A Better World for Children? by Michael King. By exploring such diverse issues as the management of child abuse, legal reforms following sex abuse enquiries, moral explanations for child murderers' actions, the impossible task faced by social workers and the limitations of children's rights campaigns, Michael King examines the revolutionary ideas of the social theorist, Niklas Luhmann, and demonstrates how his theory of authopoietic systems compels readers to re-examine exactly what they mean by society. Questioning the relationship between personal morality and political will, this book challenges the assumption that changing society is merely a matter of changing attitudes and highlightsd the pitfalls associated with formulating social reform. A Better World for Children? will be valuable reading for undergraduates in social policy, social administration and socio-legal studies and to all professionals in training and practice whose work brings them into close daily contact with children. Purchase At: http://www.booksonboard.com/index.php?BODY=viewbook&BOOK=1007

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Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:01:40 -0500

Juvenile Ebooks - Shaping Childhood. What part has religion played in the history of child-rearing? How do we persuade children to behave rationally and how should we exercise adult authority? What use do we make of their innocence and how do we cope with their sexuality? Has history left us with ideas about the child which make no sense in the prevailing conditions of the late twentieth century? In Shaping Childhood these questions are explored through themes from the history of childhood. The myth of the repressive Puritan parent is explored by looking at Puritan ideals of child-rearing. Treating the child as if it were rational seemed to Locke the best way to approach child-rearing, but Rousseau was sceptical of adult manipulation and Romanticism could be subversive of both religion and reason as sources of discipline in child-rearing. The Victorians inherited many of the contradictions these approaches gave rise to, and they added a complication of their own through an aesthetic response to childhood's beauty. Currently, with instability in household formation and with the child exposed to ever more sophisticated means of communication, parents, teachers and others struggle to make sense of this ambiguous historical legacy. Shaping Childhood examines the ways in which broad cultural forces such as religion, literature and mass consumption influence contemporary parenting and locates child professionals, within the context of these forces. Purchase At: http://www.booksonboard.com/index.php?BODY=viewbook&BOOK=75781

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Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:00:56 -0500

Juvenile Ebooks - Childhood by Chris Jenks. The sociology of childhood has a relatively short history, yet it has grown as an area of academic and policy interest in recent years. The social sciences previously handled childhood either through theories of socialization or through developmental psychology - both of which approaches have lead to children being considered as a natural rather than social phenomenon. Childhood offers a greater appreciation of the social factors that make up our knowledge of children and childhood. It gives us a critical framework through which to understand private attitudes and public policy in relation to the child, viewing childhood from a social constructionist perspective. The basic assumption that childhood is a social construct reveals that our understandings of childhood and the meanings that we place upon children vary considerably from culture to culture, but also quite radically within the history of any one culture such as our own. Purchase At: http://www.booksonboard.com/index.php?BODY=viewbook&BOOK=16589

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Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:59:12 -0500

Juvenile Ebooks - It's a Jungle Out There by Ron Snell. Author Ron Snell, an American, grew up in a missionary's home in the rainforests in Peru. "I wouldn't trade my childhood for any other," he says in this first of three books in his popular Jungle Series. "Conceived in the Amazon fairforest, I learned to walk and talk among the Machiguenga Indians, who , to this day, call me 'Rani'. "The 'Machis' were my first babysitters and friends. From them I learned to tie a house together, eat monkeys and macaws, and make dugout canoes. They laughed at my log rides down rampaging rivers and caught exotic pets for me. Life was one great adventure after another. After all, what could be more fun than perching in thorn trees at night to escape a herd of stampeding pigs? "The Machiguengas adopted me and my family into theirs. As they touched our lives, we discovered what touching theirs would cost us. 'I hope this first book of the 'Rani Adventures' will bring you laughter, tears, and a new perspective on the old cliche; It's a jungle out there!" Purchase At: http://www.booksonboard.com/index.php?BODY=viewbook&BOOK=45936

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Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:45:37 -0500

Juvenile Ebooks - Greyfriars Bobby by Eleanor Atkinson. Follow Bobby the smallest and scruffiest of Skye Terriers through his day to day life as an "amazing" dog and companion. Enjoy this classic tale of courage and love by Eleanore Atkinson. Purchase At: http://www.booksonboard.com/index.php?BODY=viewbook&BOOK=37306

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Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:44:54 -0500

Juvenile Ebooks - Treasure Island by Robert Lewis Stevenson. Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey with the boy, Jim Hawkins, charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island. Unfortunately, a large number of Flint's old pirate crew are aboard the ship, including Long John Silver. Purchase At: http://www.booksonboard.com/index.php?BODY=viewbook&BOOK=121308

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Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:43:40 -0500

Juvenile Ebooks - Unauthorized Harry Potter Book Seven News: Half-Blood Prince Analysis and Speculation by W. Frederick Zimmerman. This "nimble" guide to the work of best-selling author J. K. Rowling takes advantage of the unique capabilities of electronic publishing technology to provide the latest news about the author and her works, updated whenever there are significant developments. Unlike a conventional book, for which editions are printed in quantity every couple of years, this "living book" goes through frequent "mini-editions" and is printed fresh whenever customers place an order. This version was most recently updated May 5, 2006. As research for this book, I read: * Every on-line chat that J. K. Rowling has ever done. * Hundreds of news articles mentioning the quoted phrase "Half-Blood Prince" in a leading news warehouse and more hundreds of articles identified by Google News as mentioning the quoted phrase "Half-Blood Prince." * Hundreds of blogs mentioning the quoted phrase "Half-Blood Prince" in the blog search engine Feedster. * Hundreds of posts on dozens of Potter-related websites. * Dozens of trademark applications at the UK and US patent offices. * Numerous biographies and critical works about J. K. Rowling. * And, of course, the entire series to date! This book contains the results of my research. Over the years and especially after publication of "Half-Blood Prince", J. K. Rowling and others have let slip quite a bit of information about the series. I think I was able to pull together a lot of interesting information. You will notice that there are many quotations and that wherever possible I have provided an "attribution"?that is, I have identified author, title, date, and place of publication (often Internet). That way, you can judge for yourself whether my sources are solid. Purchase At: http://www.booksonboard.com/index.php?BODY=viewbook&BOOK=122355