<I>Disabling Characters</I> provides detailed analyses of selected young adult (YA) novels and short stories. It looks at the relative agency of the disabled character, the behavior of the other characters, the environment in which the character must live, the assumptions that seem to be underly[...]
Lucky Strikes and a Three Martini Lunch: Thinking About Television's Mad Men explores the attributes of the AMC series that allow it to be such a popular and vital contribution to contemporary cultural discourse. Set in the 1960s in New York, the Emmy and Peabody-winning series Mad Men follows the c[...]
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After a lifetime of travel and experiences, widow Eleanor Trewynn is more than happy to retire to the sleepy village of Port Mabyn in Cornwall - but unfortunately, excitement seems to follow her around! Her friend and neighbour, artist Nick Gresham, discovers several of his paintings in his shop hav[...]
With dashing Scotland Yard detective at her side, Daisy Dalrymple is enjoying a splendid performance of Verdi's "Requiem" featuring her neighbour Muriel Westlea's celebrated sister, Bettina. The show comes to an abrupt end when what emerges from the star's gifted vocal chords is literally a dying ga[...]
The inimitable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher and her husband Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher seem to get a reprieve from their sleuthing duties when they are invited to the wedding of their friend, Lucy Fotheringay. Lucy's grandfather is hosting the ceremony at his beautiful estate and so it prom[...]
For Daisy and her husband Alec, a long-awaited break by the sea becomes a busman's holiday when a local ladies' man turns up murdered on the beach... Yet in the coastal town of Westcombe it's hard to find someone who wouldn't have wanted George Enderby dead.[...]
Children with autism spectrum disorders are increasingly being educated in inclusive general education classrooms. For optimal results, teachers need to know as much as possible about autism and the teaching methods and modifications that work best for these students. This is a huge undertaking for [...]
This unique hands-on activity helps students who are highly anxious cope with their stress by systematizing social and emotional information. Using this self-contained product, the student literally sorts cards describing highly stressful situations into colorful pockets designating stress levels, r[...]
En "5:a" kan få mig att tappa kontrollen! En praktisk metod för att identifiera stressfaktorer och hjälpa elever som är stressade. Författare Kari Dunn Buron. Översatt till svenska av Pedagogiskt Perspektiv. Det här är ett material som talar för sig själv! Att kunna lära någon att först[...]