Current characters in children's entertainment media illustrate a growing trend of representations that challenge or subvert traditional notions of gender and sexuality. From films to picture books to animated television series, children's entertainment media around the world has consistently depicted stereotypically traditional gender roles and heterosexual relationships as the normal way that people act and engage with one another. Heroes, Heroines, and Everything in Between: Challenging Gender and Sexuality Stereotypes in Children's Entertainment Media examines how this media ecology now includes a presence for nonheteronormative genders and sexualities. It considers representations of such identities in various media products (e.g., comic books, television shows, animated films, films, children's literature) meant for children (e.g., toddlers to teenagers). The contributors seek to identify and understand characterizations that go beyond these traditional understandings of gender and sexuality. By doing so, they explore these nontraditional representations and consider what they say about the current state of children's entertainment media, popular culture, and global acceptance of these gender identities and sexualities.

Current characters in children's entertainment media illustrate a growing trend of representations that challenge or subvert traditional notions of gender and sexuality. From films to picture books to animated television series, children's entertainment media around the world has consistently depicted stereotypically traditional gender roles and heterosexual relationships as the normal way that people act and engage with one another. Heroes, Heroines, and Everything in Between: Challenging Gender and Sexuality Stereotypes in Children's Entertainment Media examines how this media ecology now includes a presence for nonheteronormative genders and sexualities. It considers representations of such identities in various media products (e.g., comic books, television shows, animated films, films, children's literature) meant for children (e.g., toddlers to teenagers). The contributors seek to identify and understand characterizations that go beyond these traditional understandings of gender and sexuality. By doing so, they explore these nontraditional representations and consider what they say about the current state of children's entertainment media, popular culture, and global acceptance of these gender identities and sexualities.

In 1972-73, Barney Childs embarked on an ambitious attempt to survey the landscape of new American concert music. He recorded freewheeling conversations with fellow composers, most of them under forty, all of them important but most not yet famous. Though unable to publish the interviews in his lifetime, Childs had gathered invaluable dialogues with the likes of Robert Ashley, Olly Wilson, Harold Budd, Christian Wolff, and others. Virginia Anderson edits the first published collection of these conversations. She pairs each interview with a contextual essay by a contemporary expert that shows how the composer's discussion with Childs fits into his life and work. Together, the interviewees cover a broad range of ideas and concerns around topics like education, notation, developments in electronic music, changing demands on performers, and tonal music. Innovative and revealing, Interviews with American Composers is an artistic and historical snapshot of American music at an important crossroads.

There are many legends of the Old West. From Billy the Kid to Doc Holliday, Jesse James, Pat Garrett, and a host of others, the western expansion of the United States is filled with more colorful characters than any era following the American Revolution. Add to that list Logan Vandeveer, a man whose life was far too big to be lost in the annals of history. Following the life of one of Texas' unsung heroes, author Austin Thomas investigates the key moments of Vandeveer's life in a fascinating work of historical fiction. While few people outside of his own descendants remember or have even heard of him, without Vandeveer, central Texas would have a much different history-and likely a more troubled one as well. A rousing tale of adventure, the events of his life and exploits with best friend/cousin Will Magill read like a manifesto embodying the American spirit: he fought at the pivotal Battle of San Jacinto, where he was severely wounded; he was one of the first members of the Texas Rangers, serving the Republic of Texas for ten years; he was a loving husband and father of seven; he worked as the first Postmaster in Burnet, Texas; he built the first schoolhouse in the area-and hired an Oxford graduate to teach; he built a 2,500 acre cattle ranch long before icons Richard King or Charlie Goodnight began their empires; and he forged close friendships/kinships with the Comanche war chief Yellow Wolf as well as the Kiowa and Apache tribes. In an era of violence and danger, Logan was a man of action and empathy far ahead of his time. A living legend among Native Americans and settlers alike, Thomas follows the key moments of Vandeveer's life in a fascinating work of historical fiction that is as mesmerizing as it is informative and brings the forgotten name of Logan Vandeveer back to life with a visceral vengeance. Brimming with authenticity and vibrant details, his work captures the true color of the West and the men who inhabited it. A riveting blend of fact and fiction, Logan is one of the most extraordinary stories you will ever read.

A Reference Book For The Use Of Inspectors, Superintendents, And Others Engaged In Construction Of Public And Private Works.

A Reference Book For The Use Of Inspectors, Superintendents, And Others Engaged In Construction Of Public And Private Works.

A Reference Book For The Use Of Inspectors, Superintendents, And Others Engaged In Construction Of Public And Private Works.

The New York Times bestseller for over 9 months....The inspirational sequel to In Search of Excellence!

A Passion for Excellence

Cutting through traditional "data-based" dogmas about management, A Passion for Excellence champions the innovative, people-oriented spirit that made In Search of Excellence the bestselling business book of all time. Now, through hundreds of concrete, real-world examples, Tom Peters and Nancy Austin zero in on the key areas of competence that add up to excellence, offering scores of anecdotes and practical insights to help all business people on their road to leadership, success, and most of all...excellence.

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"A succession of imaginative management practices and techniques." -Wall Street Journal

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[b]Each issue of Carrier Pigeon #18 Volume 5 Issue 2 includes 1 of 4 limited edition embossed prints from an edition of 250 as well as a paper sculpture by Armando Guiller.[/b][br] In keeping with Carrier Pigeon tradition, this issue is complete with six illustrated works of short fiction including [i](Soma)tic Poetry[/i] by CAConrad with illustrations by Roberto Visani; [i]The Diner [/i]by Benjamin Sheppard, illustrated by Bruno Nadalin; [i]Our Last Show[/i] by Chris Tsakis, illustrated by Carlos DeMedeiros; [i]The Last Redemption of Bill [/i]by Nick Kolakowski, illustrated by Hartwick Hanson; [i]After the Wish[/i] by Sarah Abbot, illustrated by Aubrey Caroll and [i]The American HOmeland Preservation Society[/i] by Aaron Garretson, illustrated by Yuqi Pan. This issue also includes six fine art portfolios by artists Tuukka Peltonen, Austin Thomas, Armando Guiller, Gerlad Slota, Otecki Wojciech Kotacz and France Ashforth.