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Books Parker, D. (2017). ABC’s for the little g’s. Dunedin, FL: LGGS, LLC,. David Parker, designer illustration for Complex, wanted to create a book to reach kids at their level. Parker teaches the alphabet and a series of words by using designer labels. Such as D is for Dolce. Parker’s inspiration came from the growing trends he’s seen from children in the media. Parker believes that with the success of kid actors, such like the Stranger Things cast, parents will be even more inclined to…

The first banned book was Thomas Morton’s New English Canaan. Now, According to the American Library Association, more than 11,300 books have been challenged since 1982. Why are people so against books? The reason lies in the “ideological threats” that books contain. People will ban books if there is sexual content, violence, contrasts to religious beliefs, vulgar language, or contrasts to beliefs in general. For example, The Art of Racing in the Rain, about a dog with a dream of reincarnating…

Wringer by Jerry Spinelli Wringer is the story about Palmer LaRue, a boy from a small town called Waymer. Weymar has an annual Family Fest that has a rather odd tradition: a Pigeon shoot. Every year at the Fest, five thousand pigeons are shot for fundraising for the city’s park. The book gets its title from the name the boys receive who wring the necks of hurt, not dead, pigeons from gunshots. Palmer first sees this happen when he is just four-years-old and the thought of the birds being killed…

According to priceonomics.com the College Board recently estimated that the average student spends upwards of $1,200 per year on textbooks. (This figure is much higher for students at for-profit colleges and trade schools.) Between 2002 and 2013, the price of college textbooks rose 82 percent — nearly three times the rate of inflation, according to a recent study by the Government Accountability Office. That is a lot of money for a college student but what makes it even a hard spent money is you…

With the constantly changing trends of the rise of printed books and stagnant growth of ebooks, the fields for both books and ebooks’ capitals remain the same as it always have been, “A field is a structured space of social position which can be occupied by agents and organizations, and in which the position of any agent or organization depends on the type and quantity of resources or ‘capital’ they have at their disposal.” (Thompson 3-4). The field is the specific structure of a publishing…

Many popular books have been banned throughout time. The reasons vary but usually include the explicitness of the topics or language within the books. Controversy is all around us and books are not excluded from it. Many states, schools and communities rise up to get books banned. The intentions in doing this may come from a good place but is questionable whether it is truly necessary. Available research can demonstrate whether it is or not. Due to the lessons they teach, viewpoints they…

Believed to have been published in Amsterdam in 1642, is the work of Flemish cartographer and engraver Hendrik Hondius. Hondius was apprenticed to Godfried van Ghelder in Brussels, studied drawing with the engraver Jan Wierix of Antwerp, and he also studied engraving along the way, to which he dedicated himself as a practice. In 1599, he became the first publisher to be granted a national privilege by the States General of the Netherlands, allowing protection against the circulation of…

issue to whether the Publications (Immigration Issues) Bill 2014 (Cth) ( 'Publications Bill ') , as it’s currently drafted would be able to operate retrospectively in Australia. This legal issue needs to act retrospectively so publications made before and after the commencement of the Act are to be classified illegal. II. Relevant Law: (a) Statutory Analysis of the Bill (450 words) The Publications Bill main issue is whether it can operate retrospectively. The Publications Bill is clear and…

Archetype Publications/IAP (International Academic Projects) Brief outline of your main responsibilities (Max 250 words) Main responsibilities at Archetype & IAP were assisting with the editing and translation of art conservation books which were being translated into Portuguese and Spanish; assisting with the organizing and running of courses in England and South America; receiving book orders and helping packing up books; working at conferences where Archetype had a book stand, and assisting…

Qualitative Research Publication Critique Time spent as a patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) can be scary for both patients and their families (Johansson, Bergbom, & Lindahl, 2012). Clukey, Weyant, Roberts, and Henderson (2014) conducted a qualitative study focused on the experiences of patients and their families, specifically related to the time the patient was intubated and sedated. The authors separated the research findings into two different articles, one presenting the families…