Authors:Amy M. Clarke, Marijane Osborn, Amy M. Clarke, Marija
Publisher: McFarland
Keywords: critical, science, fiction, explorations, fantasy, novels, mystique, essays, twilight, films
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2010-11-21
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0786449985
ISBN-13: 9780786449989

The 13 essays in this volume explore Stephenie Meyer’s wildly popular Twilight series in the contexts of literature, religion, fairy tales, film, and the gothic. Several contributors examine Meyer’s emphasis on abstinence, considering how, why, and if the author’s Mormon faith has influenced the series’ worldview. Others look at fan involvement in the Twilight world, focusing on how the series’ avid following has led to an economic transformation in Forks, Washington, the real town where the fictional series is set. Other topics include Meyer’s use of Quileu

Authors:Michael Osborn, Suzanne Osborn, Randall Osbor,
Publisher: Allyn & Baco
Keywords: speaking, public
Number of Pages: 544
Published: 2008-01-06
List price: $102.40
ISBN-10: 020558456X
ISBN-13: 9780205584567

Centered around three core objectives -- helping readers develop vital communication skills, encouraging speaker adaptability to diverse audiences, and sensitizing speakers to the ethical impact of their words -- Public Speaking offers both practical advice and an understanding of why such advice works. The eighth edition concentrates on greater simplicity, clarity, and accessibility. The book offers a functional approach to informative speaking and emphasizes the ethics of persuasive speaking. These ideas come to life through examples from real, student, and professional speeches, Exploration

Author: Marijane Meaker
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Keywords: skate, sydney, shockproof
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2002-12-01
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0060087919
ISBN-13: 9780060087913

Sydney Skate has dubbed himself "Shockproof": He decoded his mother’s gossip with her glamorous lesbian girlfriends at age eight (but has never let on to her that he knows she’s gay). He easily shrugs off his father’s demands to skip college and join him in the exciting world of swimming pool sales for suburbanites. During his summer days, he deftly cares for snakes at the local pet shop. And he has memorized the sex scenes of every book he’s ever read in order to better seduce women. Nothing, however, has prepared Sydney for his mother sweeping Alison Gray, the girl of

Authors:Patricia Osborn, Osborn,
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: guide, survival, adviser, newspaper, school
Number of Pages: 408
Published: 1998
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 078796624X
ISBN-13: 9780787966249

Packed with tested tips, techniques and time-savers--including over 100 reproducible exercises, forms and letters--School Newspaper Adviser’s Survival Guide helps you in all aspects of the job--from organizing staff and workspace, and handling production details, to training students in good newswriting style and the journalistic approach. Four sections cover staff organization and mission, newswriting, layout, and time management.

Author: A. S. Osborn
Publisher: Tufts Press
Keywords: revised, spelling, lessons, seventy
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2010-04-03
List price: $27.45
ISBN-10: 1445569906
ISBN-13: 9781445569901

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author: A. M. Osborn
Publisher: BIOS Scientific Publ
Keywords: advancedmethods, ecology, microbial, molecular
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2005-09-29
List price: $81.00
ISBN-10: 1859962831
ISBN-13: 9781859962831

Microoganisms are distributed across every ecosystem, and microbial transformations are fundamental to the operation of the biosphere. Microbial ecology is the study of this interaction between microorganisms and their environment, and arguably represents one of the most important areas of biological research. Yet for many years our study of microbial flora was severely limited: the primary method of culturing microorganisms on media allowed us to study only between 0.1 and 10% of the total microbial flora in any given environment.Molecular Microbial Ecology gives a comprehensive guide to the

Author: Claudia L. Osborn
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Keywords: head, inside, looking, injury, own, doctor, over, story
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2000-03-15
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0740705989
ISBN-13: 9780740705984

Locked inside a brain-injured head looking out at a challenging world is the premise of this extraordinary autobiography. Over My Head is an inspiring story of how one woman comes to terms with the loss of her identity and the courageous steps (and hilarious missteps) she takes while learning to rebuild her life. The author, a 45-year-old doctor and clinical professor of medicine, describes the aftermath of a brain injury eleven years ago which stripped her of her beloved profession. For years she was deprived of her intellectual companionship and the ability to handle the simplest undertaking