The Carpenter S Children

Author : Alison Gopnik
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781429944335

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The Gardener and the Carpenter by Alison Gopnik Pdf

One of the world's leading child psychologists shatters the myth of "good parenting" Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call "parenting" is a surprisingly new invention. In the past thirty years, the concept of parenting and the multibillion dollar industry surrounding it have transformed child care into obsessive, controlling, and goal-oriented labor intended to create a particular kind of child and therefore a particular kind of adult. In The Gardener and the Carpenter, the pioneering developmental psychologist and philosopher Alison Gopnik argues that the familiar twenty-first-century picture of parents and children is profoundly wrong--it's not just based on bad science, it's bad for kids and parents, too. Drawing on the study of human evolution and her own cutting-edge scientific research into how children learn, Gopnik shows that although caring for children is profoundly important, it is not a matter of shaping them to turn out a particular way. Children are designed to be messy and unpredictable, playful and imaginative, and to be very different both from their parents and from each other. The variability and flexibility of childhood lets them innovate, create, and survive in an unpredictable world. “Parenting" won't make children learn—but caring parents let children learn by creating a secure, loving environment.

Author : Maggie Bennett
Publisher : Allison & Busby
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749014124

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The Carpenter's Children by Maggie Bennett Pdf

Ernest, Isabel and Grace Munday were blessed with childhoods full of fun and laughter, but the coming of the First World War will change their lives forever. Tom Munday, a skilled carpenter, is more than content with his lot in life: he's been blessed with a fine wife and three wonderful children. But when war breaks out, his firstborn, Ernest, is called upon to join the army. Tom's eighteen-year-old daughter Isabel finds the path of true love does not run smoothly in London's poor East End. And the youngest, fifteen-year-old Grace, wilful and headstrong, finds herself drawn down a path she never wished to embark on, and the consequences are far worse than she could ever have imagined.

Author : Randy Schmidt
Publisher : Omnibus Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780857127693

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Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter by Randy Schmidt Pdf

Karen Carpenter was the instantly recognisable lead singer of the Carpenters. The top-selling American musical act of the 1970s, they delivered the love songs that defined a generation. Karen's velvety voice on a string of 16 consecutive Top 20 hits from 1970 to 1976 – including Close to You, We've Only Just Begun, Rainy Days and Mondays, Superstar, and Hurting Each Other – propelled the duo to worldwide stardom and record sales of over 100 million. Karen's musical career was short – only 13 years. During that time, the Carpenters released 10 studio albums, toured more than 200 days a year, taped five television specials, and won three Grammys and an American Music Award. But that's only part of Karen's story. As the world received news of her death at 32 years of age in 1983, she became the proverbial poster child for anorexia nervosa. Little Girl Blue is an intimate profile of Karen Carpenter, a girl from a modest Connecticut upbringing who became a Superstar. Based on exclusive interviews with nearly 100 friends and associates, including record producers, studio musicians, songwriters, television directors, photographers, radio personalities, classmates, childhood friends, neighbours, personal assistants, romantic interests, hairdressers, and housekeepers.'...thorough and affectionate biography of a singer who's been constantly undervalued by the music industry.' MOJO 'Schmidt cannot be faulted... carefully factual, sensitively pitched book.' The Word 'The first truly convincing account of her nightmarish story.' The Guardian

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385127364

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The Carpenter's Children by Anonymous Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.

Author : David Rubel
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780375989339

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The Carpenter's Gift by David Rubel Pdf

Family, friendship, and the spirit of giving are at the heart of this inspiring picture book. Opening in Depression-era New York, The Carpenter's Gift tells the story of eight-year-old Henry and his out-of-work father selling Christmas trees in Manhattan. They give one of their leftover trees to construction workers building Rockefeller Center. That tree becomes the first Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, the finest Henry has seen when adorned with homemade decorations. Henry wishes on the tree for a nice, warm house to replace his family's drafty, one-room shack. Through the kindness of new friends and old neighbors, Henry's wish is granted, and he plants a pinecone to commemorate the event. As an old man, Henry repays the gift by donating to Rockefeller Center the enormous tree that has grown from that pinecone. After bringing joy to thousands as a beautiful Christmas tree, its wood will be used to build a home for a family in need. Written by children's nonfiction author David Rubel, in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity, The Carpenter's Gift features charming, full-color illustrations by Jim LaMarche.

Author : Baby Professor
Publisher : Speedy Publishing LLC
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-15
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9781541905917

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A Carpenter’s Son: The Early Life of Jesus | Children’s Jesus Book by Baby Professor Pdf

Faith isn't something your child learns by himself when he’s all grown up, it must be taught the earliest time possible. This book will help your child understand Christianity, Jesus’ teachings and yes faith through an interesting bible story about the Carpenter’s Son. Introduce them to the early life of Jesus by buying them a copy now.

Author : Betty Lynn Schwab
Publisher : CSS Publishing
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1995-06-02
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780788005701

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The Carpenter's Child by Betty Lynn Schwab Pdf

Experience a story of seeming despair, tragedy, and restored hope -- of a loving daughter, her carpenter father, and the trials they face when he is branded a leper. A full order of worship, staging instructions, a children's moment, and production and lighting suggestions are included.

Author : Karen Tongson
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781477318867

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Why Karen Carpenter Matters by Karen Tongson Pdf

In the '60s and '70s, America's music scene was marked by raucous excess, reflected in the tragic overdoses of young superstars such as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. At the same time, the uplifting harmonies and sunny lyrics that propelled Karen Carpenter and her brother, Richard, to international fame belied a different sort of tragedy—the underconsumption that led to Karen's death at age thirty-two from the effects of an eating disorder. In Why Karen Carpenter Matters, Karen Tongson (whose Filipino musician parents named her after the pop icon) interweaves the story of the singer’s rise to fame with her own trans-Pacific journey between the Philippines—where imitations of American pop styles flourished—and Karen Carpenter’s home ground of Southern California. Tongson reveals why the Carpenters' chart-topping, seemingly whitewashed musical fantasies of "normal love" can now have profound significance for her—as well as for other people of color, LGBT+ communities, and anyone outside the mainstream culture usually associated with Karen Carpenter’s legacy. This hybrid of memoir and biography excavates the destructive perfectionism at the root of the Carpenters’ sound, while finding the beauty in the singer's all too brief life.

Author : Carpenter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1843
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590204804

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The carpenter's children by Carpenter Pdf

Author : Sybil Rosen
Publisher : Anne Schwartz Books
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780593123201

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Carpenter's Helper by Sybil Rosen Pdf

A warm, wonderful picture book that gently reminds us of the importance of respecting our natural world and highlights the joys and rewards of helping others. Join a girl as she helps a mama and papa bird build a nest in her bathroom, hatch their eggs, and teach their babies to fly away. Renata and her Papi are hard at work at renovating their bathroom. Renata can't wait to build castles of bubbles in the deep, old-fashioned bathtub. But one morning, she finds dried leaves and pine needles heaped on a shelf in the corner. How did they get there? She soon realizes that a bird has built a nest on the shelf, and inside it are four rosy eggs! Weeks pass, and Renata watches as the wrens come and go, building a home in her bathroom... until, one day, with a little help from Renata, the birds are ready to fly.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385127357

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The Carpenter's Children by Anonymous Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.

Author : Jerome E. Leavitt
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780486319445

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Easy Carpentry Projects for Children by Jerome E. Leavitt Pdf

Teaches boys and girls ages 8 and up basic carpentry skills through easy-to-make projects: bird feeder, sailboat, tie rack, flower box, and 11 more. Over 100 black-and-white illustrations.

Author : Charli Carpenter
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231151306

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Forgetting Children Born of War by Charli Carpenter Pdf

"Excellent, well-documented, thoughtful, and comprehensive, Forgetting Children Born of War challenges the prevailing discourse on human rights and humanitarian intervention."-ALISON BRYSK, University of California, Irvine.

Author : Ray Coleman
Publisher : Perennial
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1995-03-01
Category : Anorexia nervosa
ISBN : 0060925868

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The Carpenters by Ray Coleman Pdf

Music journalist Coleman, the author of Lennon and Clapton!, with the full cooperation of Richard and the Carpenter famiy, explores the public and private lives of the Carpenters, portraying Richard and Karen's dynamic pop music career as well as Karen's descent into anorexia nervosa and untimely death. 32 pages of photos.

Author : R. Charli Carpenter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317116592

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'Innocent Women and Children' by R. Charli Carpenter Pdf

Examining the influence of gender constructs on the international regime protecting war-affected civilians, R. Charli Carpenter examines how in practice belligerents, advocates and humanitarian players interpret civilian immunity so as to leave adult civilian men and older boys at grave risk in conflict zones. Providing a wealth of ground-breaking case studies, the author argues that in order to understand the way in which laws of war are implemented and promoted in international society we must understand how gender ideas affect the principle of civilian immunity. Each case study demonstrates the importance of assumptions about gender relations in shaping international politics, and in developing a framework for incorporating an attention to gender into the often gender-blind scholarship on international norms. As such, this book will be of interest to international relations theorists and to human rights scholars, students and activists alike.