Broadsides from the Other Orders

Broadsides from the Other Orders
Author: Sue Hubbell
Publisher: Mariner Books
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1998
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

A mix of nature facts and reflection from the author of A Book of Bees--further proof that "the real masterwork that Sue Hubbell has created is her life" (New York Times Book Review). Covers everything from blackflies and gypsy moths to silverfish and ladybugs (the one insect for which "bug-hating" humans have an inordinate fondness). Line drawings.

Ballads and Broadsides in Britain, 1500-1800

Ballads and Broadsides in Britain, 1500-1800
Author: Patricia Fumerton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1317176375

Bringing together diverse scholars to represent the full historical breadth of the early modern period, and a wide range of disciplines (literature, women's studies, folklore, ethnomusicology, art history, media studies, the history of science, and history), Ballads and Broadsides in Britain, 1500-1800 offers an unprecedented perspective on the development and cultural practice of popular print in early modern Britain. Fifteen essays explore major issues raised by the broadside genre in the early modern period: the different methods by which contemporaries of the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries collected and "appreciated" such early modern popular forms; the preoccupation in the early modern period with news and especially monsters; the concomitant fascination with and representation of crime and the criminal subject; the technology and formal features of early modern broadside print together with its bearing on gender, class, and authority/authorship; and, finally, the nationalizing and internationalizing of popular culture through crossings against (and sometimes with) cultural Others in ballads and broadsides of the time.

Shrinking the Cat

Shrinking the Cat
Author: Sue Hubbell
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2002-12-12
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780618257485

In this timely and controversial work, Sue Hubbell contends that the concept of genetic engineering is anything but new, for humans have been tinkering with genetics for centuries. Focusing on four specific examples -- corn, silkworms, domestic cats, and apples -- she traces the histories of species that have been fundamentally altered over the centuries by the whims and needs of people.

Broadsides from the Other Orders

Broadsides from the Other Orders
Author: Sue Hubbell
Publisher: Random House (NY)
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1993
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

It's a big love poem to creepy-crawlies. Over 13 endearing, graceful, and witty essays, Hubbel delves into different orders of insects.

Waiting for Aphrodite

Waiting for Aphrodite
Author: Sue Hubbell
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2000-05-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780618056842

In this fascinating book, Hubbell journeys into the remarkable lives of the little-known creatures that really run the world--the animals without backbones, including one of the most elusive and enigmatic of all, "Aphrodite" the sea mouse.

A Country Year

A Country Year
Author: Sue Hubbell
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780395967010

When her 30-year marriage broke up, Hubbell retreated to the country where she found solace in the natural world.

Red Dust and Broadsides

Red Dust and Broadsides
Author: Sis Cunningham
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781558492103

The engrossing story of two prominent American radicals

Twisting Title IX

Twisting Title IX
Author: Robert L. Shibley
Publisher: Encounter Books
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2016-09-27
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1594039224

This is the story of how Title IX, a 1972 law intended to ban sex discrimination in education, became a monster that both the federal government and many college administrators treat as though it supersedes both the U.S. Constitution and hundreds of years of common law. It's a story about the victims of this law—men and women both—and of the unaccountable government bureaucrats at the Departments of Education and Justice who repeatedly prioritize an extreme brand of politics over free speech, fundamental fairness, and basic human decency. But while help may come too late for many of the present victims of Title IX abuse, there are still measures that colleges and courts can take to curb these abuses until Congress acts—or we see a Presidential administration that cares more about restoring justice and the rule of law than it does about sex and gender politics.

Losing South Korea

Losing South Korea
Author: Gordon G. Chang
Publisher: Encounter Books
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2019-03-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1641770694

What would happen if the maniacal tyranny in Pyongyang took over the vibrant democracy of South Korea? Today, there is a real possibility that the destitute North Korean regime will soon dominate its thriving southern neighbor, with help from the government in Seoul itself. More than any South Korean president before him, Moon Jae-in is intent on achieving Korean union, even if it’s done on Pyongyang’s terms. To that end, he has been making South Korea compatible with the totalitarian North, and distinctly less free. He is also removing defenses to infiltration and invasion and taking steps to end his country’s only real guarantee of security, the alliance with the United States. If Moon’s policy results in handing Kim Jong Un a “final victory” and South Korea falls to despotism, America will lose the anchor of its western defense perimeter, and the free world will be at risk.

How Medicaid Fails the Poor

How Medicaid Fails the Poor
Author: Avik Roy
Publisher: Encounter Books
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2013-11-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1594037531

Medicaid, America’s government-run health insurance program for the poor, should be a lifeline that provides needed health care to Americans with no other options. Surprisingly, however, it doesn’t. The medical literature reveals a $450 billion-a-year scandal: that people on Medicaid have far worse health outcomes than those with private insurance, and no better outcomes than those with no insurance at all. Why is this so? In How Medicaid Fails the Poor, Avik Roy explains how Medicaid’s clumsy design and perverse incentives make it hard for people on Medicaid to get the medical care they need. Medicaid doesn’t reimburse doctors or hospitals for the cost of caring for Medicaid enrollees, forcing many doctors to opt out of the program. The Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, doubles down on this broken system. Roy shows us that there are better ways, using private insurance, to provide needed care to our poorest citizens.