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The importance of science fiction to undergraduate literary studies
cannot be underestimated. Its capacity to challenge students'
social, political and cultural perspectives makes it invaluable in
highlighting the contingent nature of contemporary society and the
potential for change. "Teaching Science Fiction" is the first book
in thirty years to address how science fiction might be taught to
this effect. It presents comprehensive treatments of the major
phases in the development of the genre including the scientific
romance, Golden Age science fiction, the New Wave and science
fiction's engagement with the postmodern. The book identifies and
explores innovative teaching strategies which will both engage and
challenge students whilst providing practical advice on how an sf
course can be designed, delivered and evaluated. Sample syllabuses,
a detailed chronology, a compact history of the genre and an
extensive bibliography make this an invaluable guide for anyone
teaching, or considering teaching, science fiction at undergraduate
level.
In Mississippian Culture Heroes, Ritual Regalia, and Sacred
Bundles, archaeologists analyze evidence of the religious beliefs
and ritual practices of Mississippian people through the lens of
indigenous ontologies and material culture. Employing
archaeological, ethnographic, and ethnohistoric evidence, the
contributors explore the recent emphasis on iconography as an
important component for interpreting eastern North America's
ancient past. The research in this volume emphasizes the animistic
nature of animals and objects, erasing the false divide between
people and other-than-human beings. Drawing on an array of
empirical approaches, the contributors demonstrate the importance
of understanding beliefs and ritual and the significance of
investigating how people in the past practiced religion and ritual
by crafting, circulating, using, and ultimately decommissioning
material items and spaces, including ceramic effigies, rock art,
sacred bundles, shell gorgets, stone figurines, and symbolic
weaponry.
The importance of science fiction to undergraduate literary studies
cannot be underestimated. Its capacity to challenge students'
social, political and cultural perspectives makes it invaluable in
highlighting the contingent nature of contemporary society and the
potential for change. "Teaching Science Fiction" is the first book
in thirty years to address how science fiction might be taught to
this effect. It presents comprehensive treatments of the major
phases in the development of the genre including the scientific
romance, Golden Age science fiction, the New Wave and science
fiction's engagement with the postmodern. The book identifies and
explores innovative teaching strategies which will both engage and
challenge students whilst providing practical advice on how an sf
course can be designed, delivered and evaluated. Sample syllabuses,
a detailed chronology, a compact history of the genre and an
extensive bibliography make this an invaluable guide for anyone
teaching, or considering teaching, science fiction at undergraduate
level.
They say that nice guys finish last. Not this time. Jan 'Jesse'
Schild is the quintessential nice guy who lost his wife and
daughter when their California home exploded in a chain reaction
caused by a drug lab explosion. The lab, operated by the infamous
Nikitin drug cartel was being raided by the DEA at the time of the
explosion. To ease his pain and begin the process of rebuilding his
life, Jesse moved halfway across the country at the behest of his
best friend, Piet Raat, M.D. In a most unconventional manner, he
met a homeless Marjorie 'Maggie' Collins. Maggie was in the wrong
place at the wrong time because she was sleeping in a warehouse and
became a witness to some of Nikitin's activities. As a result, she
was pursued by Nikitin's thugs because she knew too much. Jesse,
with a soft spot for a damsel in distress, took Maggie 'under his
wing' as it were because he swore to himself that Nikitin would
never take another innocent life. Frank Price is the team leader
for the Metro Police drug task force. As a twist of fate, Frank was
part of the very raid on that California drug lab where he first
met Jesse. Frank also vowed not to retire until Nikitin was either
behind bars or occupied a slab at the county morgue. Frank is
always looking for that one break; that one tidbit of information
that could eventually bring the cartel down, but Nikitin is so
careful with his operation that it seems to be ever elusive. With
twists and turns, cops 'on the take', bad guys turned informant, an
attorney with questionable ethics topped off with some unexpected
romance and good-natured humor, this is the novel that you won't
want to put down.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
In 1958 the Canadian Political Science Association established a
committee to look into ways and means of improving statistical
research in the Social Sciences in Canada. One of the ways in which
the committee thought this could be done was by establishing an
annual forum where papers could be presented and discussed. The
papers given at the first in 1960 have already appeared, and the
second volume contains six of the ten papers given at Sir George
Williams University, Montreal, in 1961. The papers are diverse
alike in subject and statistical method, but most are concerned
with recent population and labour movements. The papers are:
"Regional Aspects of Labour Mobility in Canada, 1956-1959" by H.F.
Greenway and G.W. Wheatley; "The Flow of Migration among the
Provinces of Canada, 1951-1961" by Yoshiko Kasashara; "La
Determination des zones agricoles sous-marginates" by Gerald
Fortin; "Some Calculations Relating to Trends and Fluctuations in
the Post-War Canadian Labour Market" by Frank T. Denton;
"Inter-Industry Estimates of Canadian Imports, 1949-1958" by T.I.
Matuszewski, Paul R. Pitts, and John A. Swayer; and "Population
Migration in the Atlantic Provinces" by Kari Levitt.
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