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Author: Joyce Ostin
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Keywords: moms, hollywood
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2001-05-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0810941570
ISBN-13: 9780810941571

Their names and faces are emblazoned across marquees and magazines—Susan Sarandon, Madonna, Melanie Griffith, Michelle Pfeiffer—and yet these famous women are not mere icons. They are flesh and blood, heart and soul, and mothers and daughters. This remarkable collection of photographs and comments offers inspirational, candid portraits of more than 50 acclaimed actresses, directors, producers, and performers, each one posing with her mother or daughter. From Candice Bergen to Jennifer Lopez, the women in this book bring a wide range of perspectives to the universal theme of motherhood.

Authors:Joyce Ostin, Paul Reiser,
Publisher: Chronicle Book
Keywords: dads, hollywood
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2007-04-26
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0811858375
ISBN-13: 9780811858373

Robin Williams, Michael J. Fox, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg these are just a few of the luminaries featured in Hollywood Dads. Photographer Joyce Ostin, renowned for her New York Times bestseller Hollywood Moms, goes behind the scenes to capture 50 famous fathers with their children. Joyce’s intimate portraits reveal a familial candor seldom seen in a paparazzo’s stolen shot Bruce Willis in a huddle with his daughters and Ashton Kutcher, surfer Laird Hamilton romping with his toddler on the beach, and many more. With an introduction by Paul Reiser and parenting wisdom from these da

Authors:Robert W. Firestone, Joyce Catlett, Joyce Cattlett,
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Keywords: intimacy
Number of Pages: 358
Published: 2000-12
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1557987203
ISBN-13: 9781557987204

Why is it that the relationships we care about most - those with our intimate partners - often seem doomed to fail? Why do we feel compelled to punish those closest to us who love and appreciate our real qualities? In "Fear of Intimacy", the authors bring almost 40 years of clinical experience to bear in challenging the usual ways of thinking about couples and families. They argue that relationships fail not for the commonly cited reasons, but because psychological defences formed in childhood act as a barrier to closeness in adulthood. A wide range of cross-generational case studies and power

Authors:Ernest Joyce, Patrick Spielman, Joyce Ernest, Alan Pe
Publisher: Sterling
Keywords: making, furniture, encyclopedia
Number of Pages: 519
Published: 1987
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0806971428
ISBN-13: 9780806971421

Ernest Joyce, Revised & Expanded by Alan Peters, Technical Consultant, Patrick Spielman It’s been the number-one book on the subject for most of the 20th century; the encyclopedia with the latest information on the tools, techniques, and processes. “This thorough...edition introduces furniture construction, design, and restoration. Choice color photographs accent...abundant black-and-white photographs and drawings...an invaluable reference.”—Booklist.

Authors:Joyce King, Joyce King, Etta R. Hollins, Warren C. Ha
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Keywords: diversity, cultural, teachers, preparing
Number of Pages: 287
Published: 1997-02-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0807736058
ISBN-13: 9780807736050

The editors have gathered together some of the top researchers in teacher education to explore both the theoretical parameters and practical dimensions of transforming teacher education programmes to educate teachers for diversity. The programmes outlined in these chapters address the necessity of providing preservice teachers with learning experiences that will help them facilitate learning in culturally and linguistically diverse school settings. The contributors identify the competence, skills, knowledge and attitude needed to teach diverse populations effectively and equitably, including m

Authors:Joyce Hutchison, Joyce Ru,
Publisher: Ave Maria Pre
Keywords: caregivers, anniversary, comfort, courage, home, walk
Number of Pages: 173
Published: 2009-08-17
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 159471214X
ISBN-13: 9781594712142

Reissued on its tenth anniversary, May I Walk You Home? remains an invaluable resource for professional caregivers and loved ones assisting those on their final journey home. Accompanied by the experience and empathy of hospice educator Joyce Hutchison and the wisdom and inspiration of best-selling author Joyce Rupp, readers will discover the courage necessary to embrace the struggles and rewards of this final companionship.

Authors:Joyce Tombran-Tink, Joyce Tombran-Tink, Colin J. Bar
Publisher: Humana Press
Keywords: therapeutic, modalities, processes, disease, glaucomas, mechanisms
Number of Pages: 758
Published: 2008-06-23
List price: $209.00
ISBN-10: 1588299562
ISBN-13: 9781588299567

The mechanisms of the various forms of glaucoma were unknown at the outset of the twentieth century. Late in the twentieth century, two nascent areas of research were beginning to provide glimpses of what the twenty-first century held in store for the future of glaucoma: the mechanisms of glaucomatous optic neuropathy and the molecular basis of the glaucomas. In Mechanisms of the Glaucomas: Disease Processes and Therapeutic Modalities, the authors review the most current knowledge available in the field and provide a basis in which researchers can effectively study the glaucomas. The intent of
  
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