John Thompson gives us a partial answer to that question. In Books in the Digital Age, he systematically examines the changing economics of academic and textbook publishing and the social role that books play for publishers and scholars today.Thompson, a professor of sociology at Cambridge and a founder of Polity Press, brings great credentials to the job, and he has done prodigious homework.
Dec 29, 2014Kyle Zimmer sits on a tiny chair surrounded by 4-year-olds at the National Children's Center in Washington, D.C. Zimmer is the president and CEO of First Book, an organization that has forged an ...
"We look around and feel as if book culture as we know it is crumbling to dust, but there's one important thing to keep in mind: as we know it."What happens if we separate the idea of "the book" from the experience it has traditionally provided? Lynn Coady challenges booklovers addicted to the physical book to confront their darkest fears about the digital world and the future of reading.
Ask the publishers to restore access to 500,000+ books. An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. ... different needs by Boyd, Charles F. (Charles Franklin), 1954-Publication date 2004 Topics Child psychology, Child rearing, Individual differences in children, Typology (Psychology), Parenting Publisher
ASSESSING CHILDREN'S NEEDS AND CIRCUMSTANCES: THE IMPACT OF THE ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK by HEDY CLEAVER, Hedy Cleaver, Steven Walker, Pamela Meadows, April 2004, Jessica Kingsley Publishers edition, Paperback in English
Now she tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a passionate love that triumphs over human weakness. Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age 13 she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her ...
THE BACKSTORYRewind to 2004, Pratham, an NGO, was setting up libraries for children across the country and they needed books in local Indian languages. The publishing market in India back then ...
Carol Paasche has been an executive on the board of a nonprofit community-based, parent-participating, inclusive child care centre; and is the author of the book Children with Special Needs in Early Childhood Settings (New York: Delmar, 2004), a resource book for teachers of young children with special needs.
Lavender's Blue (OUP, £14.99) first appeared in 1954, exquisitely illustrated in colour and black and white by Harold Jones. Now reissued in a facsimile edition, this remains one of the finest of ...
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