Princess Zoey and Prince Joey and Bud is the delightful story of a wonderful golden retriever, Zoey and her owner Dr. Burton Waisbren (Bud) who have a unique relationship, mostly because Zoey “talks.” Zoey has met a coyote and is struggling with the ups and downs of having a boyfriend, and Grandpa Bud helps her with her problems. We also learn how Zoey gets bathed, eats Bud ́s hearing aid, saves an injured bird, and meets her “cousins,” Bud ́s great-grandchildren. As the author so eloquently writes, “This book is for dog lovers who do talk to their dogs, for parents who as I did, came home after a hard days’ work, and then read to their children before putting them to bed, for Grandparents who want to bond with their grandchildren by tearing them away from television and reading to them, and above all, for children whose horizons are beginning to widen as they read books such as these.”

This book documents the experiences and opinions of a doctor in the management of chronic Lyme disease. It also contains eleven opinionated essays about this challenging disease.

Getting Ready for the 4th Grade Assessment Test: Help Improve Your Child’s Math and English Skills – Many parents are expressing a demand for books that will help their children succeed and excel on the fourth grade assessment tests in math and English –especially in areas where children have limited access to computers. This book will help students practice basic math concepts, i.e., number sense and applications as well as more difficult math, such as patterns, functions, and algebra. English skills will include practice in reading comprehension, writing, and vocabulary. Rubrics are included for self-evaluation.

Includes full descriptions of all Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Pluto, and Goofy cartoons; the story of Mickey's birth; the Disney Channel Premiere films and Disney television shows; the Disney parks; Disney Academy Awards and Emmy Awards; the Mouseketeers throughout the years; and details of Disney company personnel and primary actors.

The Queer Fantasies of the American Family Sitcom examines the evasive depictions of sexuality in domestic and family-friendly sitcoms. Tison Pugh charts the history of increasing sexual depiction in this genre while also unpacking how sitcoms use sexuality as a source of power, as a kind of camouflage, and as a foundation for family building. The book examines how queerness, at first latent, became a vibrant yet continually conflicted part of the family-sitcom tradition. Taking into account elements such as the casting of child actors, the use of and experimentation with plot traditions, the contradictory interpretive valences of comedy, and the subtle subversions of moral standards by writers and directors, Pugh points out how innocence and sexuality conflict on television. As older sitcoms often sit on a pedestal of nostalgia as representative of the Golden Age of the American Family, television history reveals a deeper, queerer vision of family bonds.

2-sprachiger Lektüreband mit einer Erzählung von Jonathan Frantzen und einer Audio-CD mit dem englischen Text; für Lernende mit guten Vorkenntnissen.

The iconic Batman villain’s greatest stories from the past 60 years are collected here for the first time ever! Featuring work from legendary creators, including Peter J. Tomasi (BATMAN AND ROBIN), Doug Moench (SPECTRE), Gardner Fox (FLASH), Bill Finger (DETECTIVE COMICS), Kelley Jones (SWAMP THING), Gene Colan (NIGHT FORCE) and many more! Professor Jonathan Crane has always been obsessed with one thing: fear. Using his twisted experiments to discover people’s darkest phobias, he has become one of the Dark Knight’s deadliest foes. When the Scarecrow decides to commit a crime, the main motivation isn’t money or revenge-it’s to learn his victim’s greatest fear and use it to further his own twisted agenda. In their showdowns, the Caped Crusader must contend not only with the Scarecrow, but his own hidden fears! Collects DETECTIVE COMICS #23.3, #73, #389, #486, #540; BATMAN #189, #296, #373, #523, #524; BATMAN ANNUAL #19; WORLD’S FINEST #3 and JOKER’S ASYLUM: SCARECROW #1.