A powerful book for readers aiming to support trans youth that Booklist calls a "warm and generous book [that] will help a wide range of readers" and Publishers Weekly says is "a pragmatic program for parenting beyond the gender ......
The Art of Long-Form Improvisation for Stage and Screen
Improvisational comedy has exploded over the last several decades, a wildly popular genre that can be found everywhere from venues like The Second City and Upright Citizen's Brigade to college campuses and corporate retreats. But there's more to improv than the short, jokey, and game-based version that has become familiar to audiences. In fact, ......
This volume gives you the basic tools to transition from "pebble pup" to expert rockhound and explains everything from geology basics, identification tips, tools of the trade, how to record your findings, and how to set up a lab or gem shop. Before you know it, you'll be driving the open roads and traveling home with dusty pockets full of rocks, ......
Constructing a Self in the Twilight of Western Culture
In The Marginal Self, Rene J. Muller characterized what he saw as the phenomenon of marginality. Using existential anthropology, he argued that the Judeo-Christian tradition and the tradition of rationality, the bedrock of Western culture for over 2,000 years, no longer provided a satisfactory context for living. He showed how maginalizing choices ......
In a world without rain, the desert sands are controlled by the only group with the technology and infrastructure to give water to the thirsty: The Distributor. When Friedrich, a nerdy engineer, discovers a bug in the Distributor's systems, he realizes this is a chance to overthrow their oppressive regime. With his technology, Friedrich can offer ......
Inheritance and Speculation in Victorian Fiction: Finance, Family, and the Law investigates how Victorian fiction reconfigures the narrative and social conventions of inheritance. While recent criticism has concentrated on this fiction's engagement with newer financial forms, this book contends that Victorian novels both attest to the persistence ......
Hiking Waterfalls Ohio includes detailed hike descriptions, maps, and color photos for approximately 40 of the most scenic waterfall hikes in the area. Hike descriptions also include history, local trivia, an GPS coordinates. Hiking Waterfalls Ohio will take you through state parks, forests, monuments and wilderness areas to view the most ......
Distilling decades of research, this practical manual presents an innovative intervention for families of 6- to 10-year-olds (grades 1–5) with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Tress of the Northern Pacific Coast is a photographic guidebook that identifies over sixty of the most prominent native and naturalized tree species of the coastal region spanning from California, Oregon and Washington, to British Columbia and Southern Alaska. Entires for each species contains a full descriptions that details shape and form, ......
