Search results for ""author susan fisher""
University of Toronto Press Boys and Girls in No Man's Land: English-Canadian Children and the First World War
Boys and Girls in No Man's Land examines how the First World War entered the lives and imaginations of Canadian children. Drawing on educational materials, textbooks, adventure tales, plays, and Sunday-school papers, this study explores the role of children in the nation's war effort. Susan R. Fisher also considers how the representation of the war has changed in Canadian children's literature. During the war, the conflict was invariably presented as noble and thrilling, but recent Canadian children's books paint a very different picture. What once was regarded a morally uplifting struggle, rich in lessons of service and sacrifice, is now presented as pointless slaughter. This shift in tone and content reveals profound changes in Canadian attitudes not only towards the First World War but also towards patriotism, duty, and the shaping of the moral citizen.
£53.99
Skyhorse Publishing The Holistic Dog: Inside the Canine Mind, Body, Spirit, Space
People love their pets—especially their dogs. They treat them as children, as part of the family. They want to do everything they can for them, including making them feel loved, welcomed, and appreciated around the house. By delving into dogs’ worlds holistically through their mind, body, spirit, and space, The Holistic Dog delivers a thorough understanding of our canine friends. The mind portion covers their habits and personalities. The body addresses their breeds and physical characteristics. Spirit represents the dogs’ dispositions and the many ways they enhance the home atmosphere. Space captures the dogs’ connections to the beauty of the unique environments they call home.Lifestyle expert Laura Benko interviews various holistic care practitioners such as holistic veterinarians, a canine masseuse, a canine behaviorist, an animal communicator, and more. Photographs and step-by-step instructions enable readers to gain helpful tips and insights into holistic pet care and teach readers how to implement them on their own dogs. From pug to greyhound, purebred to winning mix, these dogs jump off the pages of The Holistic Dog and into our laps, warming our hearts with their charming stories by Benko and photographs by Susan Fisher Plotner, inviting us into their spaces, and introducing us to the trajectory of holistic pet care.
£20.76
Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation Positive Fragmentation: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation
£30.59
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy: The New Science for a Safe Birth and a Healthy Baby
An acclaimed OB-GYN reveals the latest discoveries in prenatal care and the critical takeaways for expecting parents. This book is an indispensable guide to the revolutionary advances in the understanding of pregnancy and birth. For decades, Susan Fisher, PhD, and her team at the University of California, San Francisco, have been at the forefront of research into how babies develop in the womb. Fisher traces prenatal development, which proceeds at breakneck speed during the first eight weeks. She unlocks the secrets of the placenta, which steers the course of pregnancy and can affect childhood health. Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy contains the trailblazing science needed to help expectant parents understand: . Which prenatal vitamins are essential and when to take each . Which prenatal genetic tests are risk-free and which are a waste of money . Why mothers-to-be should decline store receipts and avoid flame retardants . When to be concerned about nausea . Why expectant mothers should listen to their own mother's birth stories AUTHOR: Susan Fisher, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences in the School of Medicine of the University of California, San Francisco. She lives in San Francisco.
£20.67
