Judith A Owen

In essays that capture the multiple aspects of urban life, contributors examine European cities through the lenses of history, literature, art, architecture, and music. Covering topics such as governance, performance, high culture and subculture, tourism, and journalism, this volume provides new and...

This new text offers a unique developmental focus on gender. Gender development is examined from infancy through adolescence, integrating biological, socialization, and cognitive perspectives. The book’s current empirical focus is complemented by a lively and readable style that includes anecdotes a...

Sleep disorders have a significant impact on a child’s physical, emotional, cognitive, and social development, and greatly affect the family, as well. Fortunately, today’s health care providers have highly effective medical and behavioral interventions at their disposal for treatment and prevention....

Nine-year old Ade is disgruntled about his sister leaving him to start her own family in a far away village.

Equal parts musicality, personality and wit, Owen's music combines pop, rock, jazz, classical, RandB and theatrical influences. Variety describes her as "a charmer and a seducer, a rocker and a jazz chanteuse." Here are 15 well-crafted gems from this Welsch talent: Best Friend * Blighty * Conway Bay...

Lucy Higgs Nichols, a runaway slave, lives in several states as a child, but is never sold. At twenty-four she joins the 23rd Indiana Regiment and becomes a Civil War nurse. In 1898 Lucy receives a nurse’s pension by a Special Act of Congress. When Lucy dies, in 1915, she is buried with full militar...

Clarissa and her son, George Henry suffer the indignities of bondage––bought, sold, resold, and abused. Although scarred emotionally and physically, Clarissa refuses to accept enslavement. As Clarissa struggles against time, lessons from her grandmother fuel her compulsion to be free. On the trail, ...

The only textbook written for undergraduates by teachers of the course, this bestseller presents the most current concepts in an experimental context, conveying the excitement of scientific discovery, and highlighting important advances while providing unsurpassed pedagogical support for the first-t...