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| Author | : Andrew Barkley |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 179 |
| Release | : 2022-02-20 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1475862083 |
Imperfect Heroes is intended to help teachers flourish during challenging times. The book is written for all educators, but especially those who seek renewal in their ability to help students learn and grow. Included are the inspiring and motivational stories of twelve “Teaching Heroes.” Successful leaders, writers, and artists face challenges strikingly similar to obstacles faced by teachers. Iconic individuals often use life hardships as a springboard to achieve higher levels of effectiveness. Teachers can do this, too. Personal, career, and relational roadblocks are universal, and much can be learned from how heroes have turned trials into successes. The main idea of this book is that learning about the lives of people different from ourselves can provide large benefits. The application of ideas from new and divergent sources to our teaching practices can result in transformative growth in our ability to help others learn. Teachers can use the hero stories intertwined with classroom examples to gain confidence, motivate students, and renew their commitment to making a positive contribution to the world.
| Author | : Ronald L. Goldfarb |
| Publisher | : Capital Books |
| Total Pages | : 404 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9781931868068 |
..."a compelling piece of work, strongly evocative of an era that seems, more and more, to have been one of the most extraordinary periods in our history . The unions, the mobs, the plots, the characters."Don DeLillo
| Author | : Garry Jenkins |
| Publisher | : Birch Lane Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Motion picture actors and actresses |
| ISBN | : 9781559724432 |
Drawing on more than 100 interviews with family, friends, and colleagues, portrays the life and career of Harry Ford.
| Author | : Alex S. Romagnoli |
| Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
| Total Pages | : 247 |
| Release | : 2013-06-20 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0810891727 |
Ever since the first appearances of Superman and Batman in comic books of the late 1930s, superheroes have been a staple of the popular culture landscape. Though initially created for younger audiences, superhero characters have evolved over the years, becoming complex figures that appeal to more sophisticated readers. While superhero stories have grown ever more popular within broader society, however, comics and graphic novels have been largely ignored by the world of academia. In Enter the Superheroes:American Values, Culture, and the Canon of Superhero Literature, Alex S. Romagnoli and Gian S. Pagnucci arguethat superheroes merit serious study, both within the academy and beyond. By examining the kinds of graphic novels that are embraced by the academy, this book explains how superhero stories are just as significant. Structured around key themes within superhero literature, the book delves into the features that make superhero stories a unique genre. The book also draws upon examples in comics and other media to illustrate the sociohistorical importance of superheroes—from the interplay of fans and creators to unique narrative elements that are brought to their richest fulfillment within the world of superheroes. A list of noteworthy superhero texts that readers can look to for future study is also provided. In addition to exploring the important roles that superheroes play in children’s learning, the book also offers an excellent starting point for discussions of how literature is evolving and why it is necessary to expand the traditional realms of literary study. Enter the Superheroes will be of particular interest to English and composition teachers but also to scholars of popular culture and fans of superhero and comic book literature.
| Author | : Rebecca Stevens |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 105 |
| Release | : 2021-03-04 |
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Yes, God can use YOU!! Do you thrill to the stories of the heroes and heroines of Scripture but think "I could never be used by God like that?" Do you think that all of the Biblical giants were perfect people? Scripture is very clear that nobody (except Christ, of course!) was perfect, but God still chose the men and women in this book to do important work in furthering His Kingdom. 1 Corinthians 1:27 tells us that "God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise and God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong." Let the character studies of these fifteen giants of the faith, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments, convince you that God can use you too! Each character study is followed by thought-provoking Questions for Reflection making this a perfect resource for Sunday School teachers and Bible Study leaders.
| Author | : A. J. Swoboda |
| Publisher | : Baker Books |
| Total Pages | : 247 |
| Release | : 2015-01-27 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1441222421 |
On Thursday as they ate the Passover meal with Jesus, the disciples believed that the kingdom was coming and they were on the front end of a revolution. Then came the tragedy of Friday and, somehow even worse, the silence of Saturday. They ran. They doubted. They despaired. Yet, within the grave, God's power was still flowing like a mighty river beneath the ice of winter. And then there was Sunday morning. Real, raw, and achingly honest, A Glorious Dark meets readers in the ambiguity, doubt, and uncertainty we feel when our beliefs about the world don't match up to reality. Tackling tough questions like Why is faith so hard? Why do I doubt? Why does God allow me to suffer? and Is God really with me in the midst of my pain? A. J. Swoboda puts into sharp focus a faith that is greater than our personal comfort or fulfilment. He invites readers to develop a faith that embraces the tension between what we believe and what we experience, showing that the very tension we seek to eliminate is where God meets us.
| Author | : Sebastian Faulks |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Total Pages | : 2060 |
| Release | : 2011-01-27 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1446416267 |
The publication of Robinson Crusoe in London in 1719 marked the arrival of a revolutionary art form: the novel. British writers were prominent in shaping the new type of storytelling - one which reflected the experiences of ordinary people, with characters in whom readers could find not only an escape, but a deeper understanding of their own lives. But the novel was more than just a reflection of British life. As Sebastian Faulks explains in this engaging literary and social history, it also helped invent the British. By focusing not on writers but on the people they gave us, Faulks not only celebrates the recently neglected act of novelistic creation baplaudsut shows how the most enduring fictional characters over the centuries have helped map the British psyche. In this ebook, Sebastian celebrates the greatest heroes in fiction - from Tom Jones to Sherlock Holmes. Also included are three classic novels: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe: The legendary story of a shipwreck on a desert island. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray: The story of a young woman's spectacular rise and fall as she gambles, manipulates and seduces her way through high society and the Napoleonic wars. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes' most famous case as he uncovers the truth behind the terrifying legend of a supernatural hound which preys upon the cursed Baskerville family.
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| Total Pages | : 492 |
| Release | : 1898 |
| Genre | : Apologetics |
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| Author | : Art Silverblatt |
| Publisher | : M.E. Sharpe |
| Total Pages | : 278 |
| Release | : 2015-05-18 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 9780765628244 |
The study of various types of programming is essential for critical analysis of the media and also offers revealing perspectives on society's cultural values, preoccupations, behavior, and myths. This handbook provides a systematic, in-depth approach to the study of media genres - including reality programs, game shows, situation comedies, soap operas, film noir, news programs, and more. The author addresses such questions as: Have there been shifts in the formula of particular genres over time? What do these shifts reveal about changes in culture? How and why do new genres - such as reality TV shows - appear? Are there differences in genres from one country to another? Combining theoretical approaches with concrete examples, the book reinforces one's understanding of the importance of genre to the creation, evolution, and consumption of media content. Each chapter in this reader-friendly book contains a detailed discussion of one of the theoretical approaches to genre studies, followed by Lines of Inquiry, which summarizes the major points of the discussion and suggests directions for analysis and further study. Each chapter also includes an example that illustrates how the particular theoretical approach can be applied in the analysis of genre. The author's careful linkage of different genres to the real world makes the book widely useful for those interested in genre study as well as media and culture, television studies, film studies, and media literacy.
| Author | : Dan Berger |
| Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
| Total Pages | : 421 |
| Release | : 2014-11-14 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1469618257 |
In this pathbreaking book, Dan Berger offers a bold reconsideration of twentieth century black activism, the prison system, and the origins of mass incarceration. Throughout the civil rights era, black activists thrust the prison into public view, turning prisoners into symbols of racial oppression while arguing that confinement was an inescapable part of black life in the United States. Black prisoners became global political icons at a time when notions of race and nation were in flux. Showing that the prison was a central focus of the black radical imagination from the 1950s through the 1980s, Berger traces the dynamic and dramatic history of this political struggle. The prison shaped the rise and spread of black activism, from civil rights demonstrators willfully risking arrests to the many current and former prisoners that built or joined organizations such as the Black Panther Party. Grounded in extensive research, Berger engagingly demonstrates that such organizing made prison walls porous and influenced generations of activists that followed.
