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18 tiny deaths [large print] : the untold story of Frances Glessner Lee and the invention of modern forensics / by Goldfarb, Bruce,author.(CARDINAL)637202; Melinek, Judy,introduction.(CARDINAL)407597;
Includes bibliographical references."Eye-opening biography of Frances Glessner Lee, who brought American medical forensics into the scientific age...genuinely compelling."--Kirkus Reviews "A captivating portrait of a feminist hero and forensic pioneer." --Booklist The story of a woman whose ambition and accomplishments far exceeded the expectations of her time, 18 Tiny Deaths follows the transformation of a young, wealthy socialite into the mother of modern forensics... Frances Glessner Lee, born a socialite to a wealthy and influential Chicago family in the 1870s, was never meant to have a career, let alone one steeped in death and depravity. Yet she developed a fascination with the investigation of violent crimes, and made it her life's work. Best known for creating the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, a series of dollhouses that appear charming--until you notice the macabre little details: an overturned chair, or a blood-spattered comforter. And then, of course, there are the bodies--splayed out on the floor, draped over chairs--clothed in garments that Lee lovingly knit with sewing pins. 18 Tiny Deaths, by official biographer Bruce Goldfarb, delves into Lee's journey from grandmother without a college degree to leading the scientific investigation of unexpected death out of the dark confines of centuries-old techniques and into the light of the modern day. Lee developed a system that used the Nutshells dioramas to train law enforcement officers to investigate violent crimes, and her methods are still used today. 18 Tiny Deaths transports the reader back in time and tells the story of how one woman, who should never have even been allowed into the classrooms she ended up teaching in, changed the face of science forever"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Large print books.; Lee, Frances Glessner, 1878-1962.; Forensic scientists; Forensic sciences; Crime scenes; Criminal investigation;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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Spanish. [sound recording] by Pimsleur (Firm)(CARDINAL)347630;
Instructors, Ray Brown, Eduardo Berinstein ; speakers, Stella Acelas, Jorge Drosten.A self-instruction course presenting thirty Spanish language lessons for English speakers based on the method developed by Dr. Paul Pimsleur. Designed to teach you to understand and speak the essential elements of Spanish in a relatively short time.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Spanish language; Spanish language; Spanish language materials.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mean woman blues : a Skip Langdon novel, book 9 / by Smith, Julie,1944-(CARDINAL)730530;
"A Tom Doherty Associates book.Nemesis: the rival fate never allows you to beat. The nemesis of Skip Langdon, New Orleans police detective, is Errol Jacomine. This evangelical preacher has been leader of his own frenzied army of converts, has run for mayor of New Orleans, and now wants to become president of the United States. His campaign methods are rabble-rousing, theft, kidnapping, and multiple murder. Skip thinks he's as dangerous as Jim Jones. She has chased him for years, no luck. Now Jacomine comes after Skip, her lover, and her friends. She must track him down. But his guise this time is so clever even his own children don't recognize him. In Mean Woman Blues, Edgar Award-winner Julie Smith returns triumphantly to her popular series about hip New Orleans detective Skip Langdon, once again operating in sensual, sexy, exotic New Orleans. This time Skip is able to teach Jacomine that nemesis originally meant the goddess of retributive justice.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Langdon, Skip (Fictitious character); Langdon, Skip (Fictitious character); Police; Policewomen; Evangelists; Politicians; Police.;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 8
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Teen science fair sourcebook : winning school science fairs and national competitions / by Vickers, Tanya M.(CARDINAL)492404;
Includes bibliographical references (page 157) and index.Inspiring stories of young scientists who have won national science competitions are paired with the essential steps for creating a prize-winning project. Learn how to find a mentor, write a research plan, set up the notebook, and present data.
Subjects: Science fairs; Science projects; Science; Science fairs; Science projects; Science;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 5
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Jesus : uncovering the life, teachings, and relevance of a religious revolutionary / by Borg, Marcus J.(CARDINAL)342083; Borg, Marcus J.Jesus, a new vision.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-335) and indexes.Jesus today : telling his story -- The Gospels : memory and testimony -- The Gospels : memory, metaphor, and method -- The shaping of Jesus : Jewish tradition in an imperial world -- The shaping of Jesus : his experience of God -- The big picture : the synoptic profile of Jesus -- God : God's character and passion -- Wisdom : the broad way and the narrow way -- Resistance : the Kingdom and the domination system -- Executed by Rome, vindicated by God -- Jesus and American Christianity today.Almost two thousand years after his death, Jesus continues to be front-page news in the United States. Yet American Christians are deeply divided about what it means to follow him. Bible scholar Borg takes us on a journey to discover who Jesus was, what he taught, and why he still matters today. Borg argues that how we see Jesus affects how we see Christianity and reveals a new way of seeing--a new perspective that can overcome the differences between the literalists and progressives, a path that emphasizes following "the way" of Jesus, the original name of the Jesus movement. Jesus remains the decisive revelation of God, but we now encounter him as both a reality and a role model centered in God, focused on both personal and political transformation, emphasizing practices rather than beliefs, and exemplifying a faith characterized by deep commitment and gentle certitude.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ; Jésus-Christ; Jésus-Christ; Jésus-Christ; Jésus-Christ;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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The teacher's ultimate planning guide : how to achieve a successful school year and thriving teaching career / by Burke, Lisa,1967-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-239) and index.High levels of stress are an occupational hazard of the teaching profession, resulting from inadequate training for the broad scope of teacher responsibilities that extend beyond instruction. This comprehensive guide masterfully fills this void by creating a step-by-step sequence of practical techniques based on research on successful teaching, and grounded in real-life examples guiding teachers toward an effective action plan for successful teaching and classroom management. The manuals concrete suggestions give teachers the skills and tactics they need to manage, control, and enrich their professional lives, with positive impacts and successes following beyond the classroom as well. Tackling major issues from designing effective lesson plans to maximizing limited resources, each chapter of this well-organized book begins with stated objectives and ends with a concise summary, making it easy to read, understand, and implement. It features a myriad of helpful hints that are invaluable in planning for the expected and the unexpected in the classroom, and in invigorating overall performance. Key value-added elements are: 13 easy-to-use resources, including lesson planning worksheets, calendar organizers, a substitute teacher kit, parent-teacher conferences reference, and a listing of professional organizations "Success Tips" sections throughout that highlight proven methods for working efficiently and effectively "True Stories" that punctuate and reinforce the techniques outlined Targeted questions in each chapter that encourage personalized reflection and solutions
Subjects: Effective teaching;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Back to basics : how to learn and enjoy traditional American skills. by Reader's Digest Association.(CARDINAL)145600;
Uses the latest methods to teach crafts and old-fashioned domestic skills and contains projects ranging from planting a kitchen garden to building a hot tub
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Do-it-yourself work; Food crops; Home economics, Rural; Power resources; Do-it-yourself work.; Food crops.; Home economics, Rural.;
Available copies: 23 / Total copies: 33
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Higher expectations : can colleges teach students what they need to know in the twenty-first century? / by Bok, Derek Curtis,author.(CARDINAL)131446;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Over its long history, undergraduate education has gradually evolved from its early years when colleges offered an exacting study of classical texts to the tiny segment of America's young men destined for careers as ministers, teachers, and civic leaders. After the United States began to industrialize during the 19th century, the demand for graduates with practical skills led eventually to the demise of the classical curriculum to make way for more useful and contemporary subjects. As the Gross Domestic Product grew rapidly in the decades following World War II, the need for competent managers and professionals grew with it. In response, the size and variety of vocational programs exploded to accommodate an enormous growth in the number of young men and women seeking to enroll. Today, the undergraduate curriculum may be entering a new phase. The needs of an increasingly sophisticated economy coupled with advances in the cognitive sciences have given rise to intriguing possibilities for helping students to acquire additional competencies and qualities of mind that could enable them to live more successful, useful, and satisfying lives. This book asks a straightforward question: Do colleges and universities have the right curricula and pedagogy to prepare today's students for the future? Former Harvard president Derek Bok examines this question according to the following measures: Preparation for Citizenship; Preparing Students for an Interdependent World; Character; A Purposeful and Meaningful Life; Improving Interpersonal Skills; and Improving Intrapersonal Skills. He then explores Unconventional Methods of Teaching; Prospects for Change; and Reform; and concludes with Reflections on the Future"--
Subjects: Education, Higher; Education, Higher; College teaching; Educational change; Education and globalization.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The politics of autism / by Siegel, Bryna,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The politics of autism -- The politics of autism diagnosis -- The psychiatric diagnosis industry: the APA and its DSM -- Autism education and the illusions of inclusion -- Educating youth with ASDs for their futures -- Autism health economics -- The allure of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) -- The vaccine wars -- False prophets of the human genome.The Politics of Autism investigates the truths and fictions of public understanding about autism, questioning apparent realities too sensitive or impolitic to challenge. Is there really more autism? How has the count expanded by diagnosing autism over other conditions? Have scientific methods in autism diagnosis gone hand-in-hand with autism increases? Are mild autism cases really a 'disorder,' rather than personality variant? Can autism be quiescent in childhood but truly first recognizable in adulthood? Why does popular media often portray people with autism as odd geniuses ignoring the kind of autism most have? Siegel tackles thorny issues and perennial questions: How do we weigh likely treatment gains with treatment costs? Why does our autism education persist in teaching academic subjects some never master? Why do we fail to plan realistically for autistic adulthood? Which parents get caught up in non-mainstream 'treatments' and fear of vaccines? Readers will see an insider's view of controversies in autism research. Siegel's views, sometimes iconoclastic, always frank and informed, challenge broad unexamined assumptions about our understanding of autism. Each chapter addresses different issues, data, and social policy recommendations. A chapter-by-chapter bibliography with URLs provides both popular media and scientific references.
Subjects: Autism; Autism; Autistic people;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Hell before breakfast : America's first war correspondents making history and headlines from the battlefields of the Civil War to the far reaches of the Ottoman Empire / by Patton, Robert H.(Robert Holbrook),1957-(CARDINAL)379123;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Nobody's child: 1854-1866 -- American methods: 1865-1870 -- Wild work: 1870-1871 -- Paris is burning: 1871 -- Primitive people: 1871-1873 -- Pure and savage freedom: 1872-1877 -- Red hands: 1876-1877 -- Green leaves in a furnace flame: 1877 -- The pause of an instant: 1877-1890 -- Our people: 1884-1912.It was the dawn of America's Gilded Age. Thanks to advances in the electric telegraph and the transatlantic cable, the reporters' dispatches were featured in daily newspapers that proliferated as never before on both sides of the Atlantic, driving public opinion and fueling political passions that wouldn't resolve until World War I. Inspired by history's first war correspondent, William H. Russell of The Times of London, they interpreted Russell's heartbreaking account of the Charge of Light Brigade not as tragedy but as grand adventure. Hard experience would teach them otherwise, yet the romance of their profession remained. Said one of them even after he'd lost his health, buried his friends, and seen the terrible truth of combat: "To have lived at the very heart of everything that was most sensational in those sensational days--what joy!" Their editors and newspaper owners treated them like cannon fodder, sending them repeatedly into harm's way to obtain the exclusive battlefield "beat," but the reporters didn't mind. Even in bitter competition they were a brotherhood above all. Hell Before Breakfast is their marvelous story.
Subjects: War correspondents; War;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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