books by James S. Leonard
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James S. Leonard
Satire or Evasion?: Black Perspectives on Huckleberry Finn
Duke University Press
, 1992
MANDATORY for teachers of HUCK
As a high school teacher in NYC I never attempted Huck without first having the students read from this book. The essays are (largely) insightful and cogent in their arguments pro and con. The places where logic is faulty or Huck is poorly quoted to serve a political ...
Anthology of American Literature, Vol. 1
George McMichael
, James S. Leonard, ...
Prentice Hall
, 2003
Seller and product wonderful!
Seller was wonderful. Seller answered questions quickly and delivered on her promise. Would purchase from her any time!!!
Children Should Be Seen: The Image of the Child in American Picture Book Art
Leonard S. Marcus
,
Jane Bayard Curley
, ...
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
, 2007
From Acknowledgments ; by H. Nichols B. Clark, Director: "Children Should be Seen brings together eighty-three works of original illustration art by eighty-four artists in a comprehensive survey of the best American picture-book art for the years 1997-2007. The exhibition is organized around the theme of the changing image of the child in the ...
The Health Care Industry
James Balog
,
Paul A. Brooke
, ...
AIMR (CFA Institute)
, 1993
Notwithstanding the explosive growth of many pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies during the 1980s, health care industries today face radically changed financial and political landscape. This proceedings examines the situation with a special eye toward companies that provide new products and services while operating within an environment of ...
Anthology of American Literature Volume II (Anthology of American Literature)
George McMichael
, James S. Leonard
Prentice Hall
, 2004
For the second part of American Literature survey courses. This classic textbook has been a leader in its discipline for so long due to the authors' five original principles: choose selections primarily for their literary value, include as many complete works as possible, provide the very best available scholarly texts and annotate them fully, ...
Crossing the Class and Color Lines: From Public Housing to White Suburbia
Leonard S. Rubinowitz
,
James E. Rosenbaum
University Of Chicago Press
, 2000
The American Dream: Deferred no longer
The effect of environmental influences on individuals has long been debated by social theorists and is also a popular topic for literature (cf. Conrad's "Heart of Darkness"). These debates persist because it is usually impossible to decouple the effect of environment ...
A Tramp Abroad (1880) (Oxford Mark Twain)
Mark Twain
Oxford University Press, USA
, 1996
Mark Twain: Always a pleasure...
A Tramp Abroad, Mark Twain's tongue-in-cheek, semi-fictionalized account of his second European trek, is, despite it's 600+ pages, a lightning quick read. Twain's singular wit is on full display engaging the reader to such an extent that pages swiftly fly by. Though ...
Health Politics and Policy
James A. Morone
,
Theodor J. Litman
, ...
Delmar Cengage Learning
, 2008
A must for students of health care policy
This is an absolute buy for students of health policy in all its aspects. It takes the reader through all areas of health care and policy, from its legislative process to its impact on society. It discusses the socio-economic costs of health care policies adopted by ...
Making Mark Twain Work in the Classroom
Duke University Press
, 1999
How does one teach Mark Twain?s Huckleberry Finn , a book as controversial as it is central to the American literary canon? This collection of essays edited by James S. Leonard offers practical classroom methods for instructors dealing with the racism, the casual violence, and the role of women, as well as with structural and thematic ...
Concise Anthology of American Literature
George McMichael
, James S. Leonard
Pearson Prentice Hall
, 2006
A pretty good anthology
Let's face it, most people won't be buying this volume by choice--they'll buy it for a class. Still, it's good to know what you're getting into. This is a pretty good anthology of American literature, starting all the way back with Native American myths and ...
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