Children’s and teenage literature studies: general

This book combines the work of nine leading teachers and scholars of children's literature from Europe and North America.

This book looks at the changing shape of children's literature in English from the eighteenth to the twentieth century.

The first volume to consider childhood over eight centuries of British writing, this book traces the literary child from medieval to contemporary texts.

The sociology of hazardous waste, risk, and disasters is a relatively new discipline.

Stories are told today through many formats and young interpreters bring multimedia experience to bear on every narrative format they encounter.

Children in Culture, Revisited follows on from the first volume, Children in Culture , and is composed of a range of chapters, newly written for this collection, which offer further fully inter- and multidisciplinary considerations of childhood as a culturally and historically constructed identity rather than a constant psycho-biological entity.

Religion is playing an increasingly central role in African political and developmental life.

This book discusses the political and social presumptions ingrained in the texts of the Harry Potter series and examines the manner in which they have been received in different contexts and media.

This engaging study examines diverse genders and sexualities in a wide range of contemporary fiction for children and young people.

Applying a range of critical approaches to works by authors including Susan Cooper, Catherine Fisher, Geraldine McCaughrean, Anthony Horowitz and Philip Pullman, this book looks at the formative and interrogative relationship between recent children's literature and fashionable but controversial aspects of modern Paganism.

This book reappraises the place of children's literature, showing it to be a creative space where writers and illustrators try out new ideas about books, society, and narratives in an age of instant communication and multi-media.

This book offers a new history of the fairy tale, revealing the creative role of periodical publication in shaping this popular genre.

The essays in this collection use the interpretative lens to interrogate the meanings of Meyer's books, making a compelling case for the cultural relevance of Twilight and providing insights on how we can "e;read"e; popular culture to our best advantage.

A close colleague of Tolkein for many years, Zettersten offers here a personally informed analysis of his fiction.

The Riddles of Harry Potter draws readers into the deeper meanings of these phenomenally successful books, arguing that they launch and pursue interpretive quests in an ongoing effort to understand patterns and their attendant meanings, implications, and consequences.

Esteemed contributors expand the range of possibilities for reading, understanding, and teaching children's literature as ethnic literature rather than children's literature in this ambitious collection.

Gross explores our complex fascination with uncanny children in works of fiction.

The use of different foods, herbs, and spices to treat or prevent disease has been recorded for thousands of years.

This handbook brings together a collection of seminal research on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and investigates the effectiveness of the 17 goals for achieving transformative change toward sustainable development.

Promoting scientific support for the plethora of health benefits related to nutrition and medicine, Nutraceuticals in Health and Disease Prevention delivers a comprehensive and scientifically sound overview of the latest research findings in disease prevention, therapy, and enhanced body function in the revolutionary field of nutraceutical technolo

Presents the latest research on the analysis, metabolism, function, and physicochemical properties of fiber, fiber concentrates, and bioactive isolates--exploring the effect of fiber on chronic disease, cardiovascular health, cancer, and diabetes.

The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Young Audiences offers a comprehensive overview of translation in the context of young audiences.

Primarily intended for physicians and health care professionals who are treating obese patients, this book explores current and future options for drug treatment of obesity puts them into perspective against available alternative treatments.

Nutritional Ergogenic Aids provides an up-to-date review of what is hypothetical and what is known about the most extensively used nutritional ergogenic aids; dietary supplements to enhance physical and athletic performance.

Over the past decade, much has been learned about the damaging effects that moderate to severe alcohol use has on tissue nutrient levels and dietary intake.

Nutrition plays a role in the causes, treatment, and/or management of many chronic diseases, yet the physician's primary responsibility is to treat through medication.

During the past decade, a significant amount of research has been conducted on phytopharmaceuticals.

Inulin and oligofructose are naturally occurring resistant carbohydrates that have a variety of uses as functional food ingredients.

The introduction of parenteral nutrition support has given patients with short bowel syndrome the time they need to achieve maximal intestinal rehabilitation and has allowed these patients to survive.

With contributions from the fields of pharmacy, dietetics, and medicine, Handbook of Food-Drug Interactions serves as an interdisciplinary guide to the prevention and correction of negative food-drug interactions.

Mineral supplements are receiving a great deal of attention and experiencing a tremendous period of growth.

Health professionals are recognizing the major role that nutraceuticals play in health enhancement.

Welcome to the charming world of Avonlea with the "e;Timeless Anne: The Complete Green Gables Collection"e;.

The first source to collect the latest evidence linking carotenoids to human health and disease, this stimulating reference studies the role of carotenoids in the prevention of chronic disease and reviews breakthrough studies from more than 40 field authorities on the latest research.

With contributions from 66 world-renowned authorities on the subject, Genomics And Proteomics In Nutrition focuses on the effect of genetic expression on protein production, establishing links between gene expression and nutrition, the influence of micro- and macronutrients on cellular homeostasis, and the relationship between diet, genetic

Dietary Proteins and Atherosclerosis provides a thorough review of the role of proteins in the development of atherosclerosis.

Food matters, not only as a subject of study in its own right, but also as a medium for conveying critical messages about capitalism, the environment, and social inequality to diverse audiences.

Childhood obesity has become a central concern in many countries and a range of policies have been implemented or proposed to address it.

The story of the birth of the Religious Right is a familiar one.

The story of the birth of the Religious Right is a familiar one.

Risk Factors for Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke address the relationship of a wide variety of vascular risk factors in the spectrum of cerebrovascular diseases.

The religious landscape of the United States has changed dramatically in recent decades.

Peter Slade examines Mission Mississippi's model of racial reconciliation (which stresses one-on-one, individual friendships among religious people of different races) and considers whether it can effectively address the issue of social justice.

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At the height of the Cold War, dozens of radical and progressive writers, illustrators, editors, librarians, booksellers, and teachers cooperated to create and disseminate children's books that challenged the status quo.

Unseasonable Youth examines a range of modernist-era fictions that cast doubt on the ideology of progress through the figure of stunted or endless adolescence.

It seems almost daily we read newspaper articles and watch news reports exposing the growing epidemic of obesity in America.

American literature abounds with orphans who experience adoption or placements that resemble adoption.

This book describes in fascinating detail the variety of experiments sponsored by the U.