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The Resource Revolution. American Plastics Council, 1275 K Street, NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005; tel. (800) 243-6780. 1992. Color. 12:15 min. Video, free single copy, $10.00 each additional copy. Reviewed by N. J. Smith-Sebasto

Community and the Politics of Place, Daniel Kemmis. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. 1990. 150 pp. Paperback. Reviewed by Deborah S. Carr     

Software review

STATISTICA 5.0. StatSoft, 2325 East 13th Street, Tulsa, OK 74104, (918) 583–4149. $995 retail, academic site license—$2,000 for 10 copies. Requirements: 386 or better, 4 Meg RAM, Microsoft Windows 3.1 or 95.     

Language of the gown

Johnson, Wendell; Darley, Frederic L.; Spriestenbach, Duane C., Diagnostic Methods in Speech Pathology. Harper and Row, Inc., 49 E. 33rd Street, New York 16, N. Y., 1963, 337 pp., $7.50.

Reid, Loren, Speaking Well. Artcraft Press, Columbia, Missouri, 1962.

Reid, Loren, First Principles of Public Speaking, 2nd edition, Artcraft Press, Columbia, Missouri, 1962.

Larson, Orvin, American Infidel: Robert G. Ingersoll. The Citadel Press, 222 Park Avenue South, New York 3, New York, 1962.

Huber, Robert B., Influencing Through Argument. David McKay Company, Inc., 119 West 40th Street, New York 18, New York, 1963, $5.00.

Dance, Frank E. X., The Citizen Speaks : Speech Communication for Adults. Wadsworth Publishing Company, Inc., Belmont, California, 1962, text price $3.50, trade price $4.65.

Jolliffe, H. R., Tales from the Greek Drama. Chilton Books, a Division of Chilton Company, Chestnut at 56th Streets, Philadelphia 39, Pennsylvania, 1962, $5.00.     

A Novel Lab Exercise in Ecology

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Outside With Billy B. Nannerb Productions, Inc., 80 West Bowery Street, Akron, OH 44308; tel. 800–424–5592; fax 216–535–5055. 1994. Color; 30 min. $19.95 plus $3.50 shipping and handling.

Vital Signs 1996: The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future , edited by Linda Starke. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, Ltd. 1996. 169 pages. Paperback, $12.00. ISBN 0–393–31426-X.     

Naturalists and the Mass Media: Reaching beyond the Parks

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Earthscope series. Global View Productions, 2901 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite B4, Washington, D.C. 20008; tel. (202) 667–3609. 1991. 13 programs (12 programs are available) × 52 minutes. Individual program, $50.00. Series (12 programs), $495.00. Reviewed by Robert E. Raze, Jr.

The Forest Through the Trees . The Video Project, 5332 College Avenue, Suite 101, Oakland, Calif. 94618; tel. (800) 4PLANET. 1990. 60 minutes. $85.00/$45.00 purchase/rent for institutions. $39.95/$25.00 purchase/rent for individuals. Reviewed by N. J. Smith-Sebasto.     

Book reviews

Randall, Clarence B., Sixty‐five Plus: The Joy and Challenge of the Years of Retirement. Little, Brown and Company, 34 Beacon Street, Boston 6, Massachusetts, 1963.

Molloy, Julia S., Trainable Children. The John Day Company, 62 W. 45th Street, New York 36, N.Y., 1963, $3.50.

Canfield, Curtis, The Craft of Play Directing. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 383 Madison Avenue, New York 17, N.Y., 1963, $6.00.     

Software review

Amos 3.51. Written by James L. Arbuckle. Distributed by SmallWaters Corporation, 1507 East 53rd Street, Suite 452, Chicago, IL 60615. Regular price, $465, educational price, $325, possible upgrade discounts.     

The Development of Giftedness and Talent Across the Life Span. Horowitz,F. D., Subotnik,R. F., & Matthews,D. J. (2009)

Doll, B. and Doll, C. (1997). Bibliotherapy With Young People: Librarians and Mental Health Professionals Working Together. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., (124 pp., $23.00 Pb, ISBN: 1–56308–407–4)

Ford, D. Y. (1996). Reversing Underachievement Among Gifted Black Students: Promising Practices and Programs. New York, NY: Teachers College Press (236 pp.,$24.95, ISBN‐0–8077–3535–3).

Harris, V.J. (1997). Using Multiethnic Literature in the K‐8 Classroom. Norwood, MA: Christopher‐Gordon Publishers, Inc. (300 pp., SBN 0–926842–60–9).

Ellis, A. and Llewellyn, M. (1997). Dealing with Differences: Taking Action on Class, Race, Gender and Disability. Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin Press, Inc. (158 pp., $24.95 paper, ISBN‐0–8039–6430–7).

Delisle, R. (1997). How to Use Problem‐Based Learning in the Classroom. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (107 pp., $12.95 paper, ISBN 0–87120–291–3).

Torp, L., &; Sage, S. (1998). Problems as Possibilities: Problem‐based learning for K‐12 education. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (102 pp., $15.95 paper, ISBN 0–87120–297–2)     

Book reviews

Lee, Irving J. and Lee, Laura L., Handling Barriers in Communication. Harper and Brothers, 49 East 33 Street, New York 16, New York. 1957, $5. Paper.

Auer, J. Jeffery, An Introduction to Research in Speech. Harper and Brothers, 49 East 33 Street, New York 16, New York. 1959, $5.

Brown, Charles T., Introduction to Speech. Houghton Mifflin Company, 432 Park Avenue South, New York 16, New York. 1955.

Uris, Dorothy, Everybody's Book of Better Speaking. David McKay Company, Inc., 119 West 40 Street, New York 18, New York. 1960, $4.95.

Braden, Waldo W., Speech Methods and Resources: A Textbook for the Teacher of Speech. Harper and Brothers, 49 East 33 Street, New York 16, New York. 1961, $6.50.

Marra, Waldo J., How to Streamline Your Letters. National Retail Credit Association, 375 Jackson Avenue, St. Louis 30, Missouri. Multilithed, paper.

Windes, Russell R. and Kruger, Arthur N., Championship Debating. J. Weston Walch, Box 1075, Portland, Maine. 1961 ; paper cover, $3.50 ; plastic cover, $4.50.     

Classroom materials

Social Studies for the Young Child Science for the Young Child Creative Movement for the Developing Child Telling Stories Through Movement by Dorian and Gulland Fearon Pitman Publishers, Inc. 6 Davis Drive Belmont, CA 94002

Friendly Dragons, From the Best In Children's Literature — Level 3, Edited by Dr. Walter Loban and Lillian M. Watklns, Bowmar/Noble Publications Inc., 4563 Colorado, Los Angeles, CA 90039

“Discovering Nature” “Earth Science” Published by Educational Insights. Inc., 20435 S. Tillman Ave., Carson, California 90746

Nutrition: Food and Health, Science and Mankind, Inc., Communications Park, Box 200, White Plains, New York, 10802     

Book reviews

Streznewski, M. K. (1999). Gifted grownups: The mixed blessings of extraordinary potential . New York: John Wiley & Sons (292 pp., $24.95 hb, ISBN‐0–471–29580–9).

Johnson, N.G., Roberts, M.C., & Worell, J., Eds.(1999). Beyond appearance: A new look at adolescent girls . Washington, DC: American Psychological Association (464 pp., ISBN‐1–55798–582–0).

Smutny, J.F. (1998). The young gifted child: Potential and promise, an anthology . Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, Inc. (582 pp. $35.00, paperback, ISBN 1–57273–108–7).

Elias, M. J., Zins, J. E., Weissberg, R. P., Frey, K. S., Green‐berg, M. T., Haynes, N. M., Kessler, R., Schwab‐Stone, M. E., & Shriver, T. P. (1997). Promoting social and emotional learning . Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. (164 pp., $22.95 pb, ISBN‐0–87120–288–3).

Friedman, R. C., & Rogers, K. B. (Eds.). (1998). Talent in context: Historical and social perspectives on giftedness . Washington, DC: American Psychological Association (218 pp., $29.95 Hardback, ISBN 1–55798–493).     

On a Violence Unseen: The Womanly Object and Sacrificed Man

EXAMINING FOR APHASIA: A MANUAL FOR THE EXAMINATION OF APHASIA AND RELATED DISTURBANCES. By Jon Eisenson (Rev. ed.) New York: Psychological Corp., 1954; pp. 78. $3.50.

HANDBOOK FOR DISCUSSION LEADERS. By J. Jeffery Auer and Henry Lee Ewbank. (Rev. ed.) New York: Harper &; Brothers, 1954; pp. 153. $2.50.

THE CHILD'S BOOK OF SPEECH SOUNDS. By Sylvia Chipman. Magnolia, Massachusetts: Expression Co., 1954; pp. 43. $1.25.

RHETORIC AT ROME: A HISTORICAL SURVEY. By M. L. Clarke. London: Cohen and West Ltd., 1953; pp. 203. 21s.

HUGH ROY CULLEN: A STORY OF AMERICAN OPPORTUNITY. By Ed Kilman and Theon Wright. New York: Prentice‐Hall, Inc., 1954: pp. viii+376. $4.00.

MASTERS OF THE DRAMA. By John Gassner. (Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged). New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1954; pp. xxii+890. $5.95.

THE TRAGEDIES OF GEORGE CHAPMAN: RENAISSANCE ETHICS IN ACTION. By Ennis Rees. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1954; pp. 235. $4.50.

EDWARD ARLINGTON ROBINSON: THE LITERARY BACKGROUND OF A TRADITIONAL POET. By Edwin S. Fussell. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1954; pp. 221. $3.50.

THE MODERN IRISH WRITERS: Cross Currents of Criticism. By Estella Ruth Taylor. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, 1954; pp. 176. $3.50.

THE ANGLICAN PULPIT TODAY: REPRESENTATIVE SERMONS BY LEADING PREACHERS OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION. Edited by Frank D. Gifford. New York: Morehouse‐Gorham Co., 1953; pp. 235. $3.50.

THE PROCESS AND EFFECTS OF MASS COMMUNICATION. Edited by Wilbur Schramm. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1954; pp. x+586. $6.00.

THE MENTAL HOSPITAL. By Alfred H. Stanton and Morris S. Schwartz. New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1954; pp. vii+484. $7.50.

STAGING TV PROGRAMS AND COMMERCIALS. By Robert J. Wade. New York: Hastings House, 1954; pp. xiii+216. $6.50.     

Talcott mountain science center

What are You going to do about Alcohol? What are You going to do about Tobacco? Marijiuana: What can You Believe? Guidance Associates Communications Park P.O. Box 300 White Plains, New York 10602

Scholastic Scope Activity Kits Advertising; Frauds &; Hoaxes Scholastic Book Services 50 West 44th Street New York, New York 10036

Yoga: Beginning techniques for youth and exceptional children Mary M. Martin Kimbo Educational P.O. Box 477 Long Branch, New Jersey 07740

The Good Apple Spelling Book Gary Grimm and Don Mitchell Good Apple Inc. Box 299 Carthage, Illinois 62321     

A University for Nigeria,West Africa

The Purposes of Higher Education by a Huston Smith, Harper &; Brothers. New York. 1955. $3.50.

Administering Community Education by Ernest O. Melby, Prentice Hall, Inc. 314 pp., $6.00.

Education at Amherst: The New Program by Gail Kennedy (ed.) Harper and Brothers, 330 pp. $4.00.

Guidance Policy and Practice (Revised Edition) by Robert Hendry Mathewson. Harper and Brothers. 401 pp. $4.50.

Principles of Elementary Education (Revised Edition) by Henry J. Otto, Hazel Floyd, and Margaret Rouse. Rinehart and Company. 455 pp. $5.00.

Principles of Secondary Education (Third Edition) by Rudyard K. Bent and Henry H. Kronenberg. McGraw-Hill Book Company. 542 pp. $5.50.

School Superintendent in Action in Five Cities by Frank E. Spaulding. Richard R. Smith Publisher, Inc., (Rindge, New Hampshire.) 693 pp. $6.50.

Special Education for the Exceptional edited by Merele E. Frampton and Elena D. Gall, Vols. I, II, III. Porter Sargent, Publisher, II Beacon Street, Boston 8, Massachusetts. Vol. I, 453 pp. $5.50; Vol. II, 677 pp. $5.50; Vol. III, 700 pp. $5.50.

Supervising Instruction in Secondary Schools by Robert C. Hammock and Ralph S. Owings. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. 316 pp. $4.75.

Philosophies of Education in Cultural Perspective by Theodore Brameld. The Dryden Press, Inc. 414 pp., $4.50.

This World of Ours by Abram Glaser. Philosophical Library, 492 pp. $5.00.

Counseling Psychology (New Second Edition) by Milton E. Hahn and Malcolm S. MacLean, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 302 pp., $4.75.

Educational Psychology by Garrison, Karl C., and Gray, J. Stanley. Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 505 pp., $5.00.

Human Development and Learning by Lester D. Crow and Alice Crow. American Book Company. 578 pp. $5.50.

Making the Most of Marriage by Paul H. Landis. Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. 532 pp. $5.50.

1,000,000 Delinquents by Benjamin Fine. The World Publishing Company. 377 pp. $4.00.     

Book Reviews

Dealing with Dyslexia (Second Edition) Pat Heaton & Patrick Winterson July 1996 London Whurr Publishers Ltd $40.00 (approx.)

Dyslexia ‐ How Would I Cope? Michael Ryden 1989 London Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 13 Brunswick Centre, London WC1 N1AK $18.00

Paperback, Size 21cm. x 13.5cm., 64pp.

‘This book doesn't make sens cens sns scens sense’ ‐ Living and Learning with Dyslexia Jean Augur First printed 1981, Reprinted 1995 London Whurr Publishers Ltd June Pollard, 2 St. Lois Street, Toowoomba Qld $25.00

Paperback, Size 21cm. x 14cm., 127pp.

Psychological Assessment of Dyslexia Martin Turner 1997 London, UK Whurr Publishers Ltd $52.00

Soft cover, well bound, 15 x 23cm, 364 pages with black and white tables throughout, ISBN 1–897635–53–2.

Dyslexia: Parents in Need Pat Heaton 1996 London, UK Whurr Publishers Ltd $38.50

Dyslexia, Speech and Language: A Practitioner's Handbook Margaret Snowling & Joy Stackhouse (Eds.) 1996 London, UK Whurr Publishers $48.00

Soft cover, well bound, 15 x 23cm, 267 pages, ISBN 1–897635–48–6.     

“Our speech”;

Stage Scenery and Lighting. By Samuel Selden and Hunton D. Sellman. New York: F. S. Crofts &; Co., 1934; pp. xvii+398. $4.50.

Modern Theatre Practice—A Handbook for Non‐Professionals. By Hubert C. Heffner, Samuel Selden, and Hunton D. Sellman. New York : F. S. Crofts &; Co., 1935 ; pp. xviii+378. $3.00.

A Companion to Shakespeare Studies. Edited by Harley Granville‐Barker and G. B. Harrison. New York : The Macmillan Company, 1934 ; pp. x+408. $3.

Shakespeare and the Audience. By Arthur Colby Sprague. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1935; pp. xi+327. $2.50.

Comparative Comedies Present and Past. By Rowena Keith Keyes and Helen M. Roth. New York: Noble and Noble, Inc., 1935; pp. viii+628.

Behind the Footlights. By Charles Chambers Mather, Alice Howard Spaulding and Melita Hamilton Skillen. New York: Silver, Burdett, 1935; pp. 495. $1.72.

The Theatre. By Malcolm Morley. New York: Pitman Publishing Corp., 1935; pp. xiii+204. $1.50.

Public Speaking — As Listeners Like It! By Richard C. Borden. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1935; pp. 111. $1.50.

Principles and Types of Speech. By Alan H. Monroe. Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Co., 1935 ; pp. 410.

Good Speech Primer. By Fannie E. Daniels. New York: E. P. Dutton &; Co., 1935; pp. x + 83: together with Teachers’ Manual for same, separately bound; pp. x + 65.

The Psychology of Wants, Interests and Attitudes. By Edward L. Thorndike and others. New York: D. Appleton‐Century Company, 1935; pp. 301.

The Psychology of Radio. By Hadley Cantril and Gordon W. Allport. New York: Harper &; Bros., 1935; pp. 276.     

Book reviews

Schwandt, Thomas A. (1997) Qualitative Inquiry: a Dictionary of Terms. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. 183 pp. $ 23.95 ISBN‐0–7619–0254–6

VanTassel‐Baska, J. (1998). Excellence in Educating Gifted and Talented Learners, Third Edition with chapters by Camilla Persson Benbow, John F. Feldhusen, Kenneth Seeley, and Linda Kreger Silverman. Denver, CO: Love Publishing Co. (532pp., $58.00 hb, ISBN 0–89108–255–7.

Moore, D.P. and Buttner, E.H. (1997). Women entrepreneurs: Moving beyond the glass ceiling. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. (262 pp., $19.95 pb, ISBN 0–7619–0464–6)

Tomlinson, C. A. (1999). The differentiated classroom: Responding to the needs of all learners. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (132 pp., $21.95 pb, ISBN 0–87120–342–1).     

Principles and Techniques of Guidance,by D. W. Lefever,A. M. Turrell,and H. I. Weitzel. The Ronald Press. 1950. 577 pp. $4.25

Comparative Education: Education in Tokugawa Japan by R. P. Dore. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1965. xiv + 346 pp. $6.00.

Children in Collectives edited by Peter Neubauer. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C Thomas, 1965. 383 pp. $11.50.

Growing Up in the Kibbutz by A. I. Rabin. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 1965. 230 pp. $5.00, $2.95 paper.

Foreign Language Teaching. By J. Wesley Childers. New York: Library of Education of the Center for Applied Research in Education, Inc., 1964. 120 pp. $3.95 to subscribers to the Library of Education.

Bilingualism in Education. Report on an International Seminar, Aberystwyth, Wales, 20 August-2 September, 1960. Department of Education and Science, United Kingdom National Commission for UNESCO. London, England: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1965. v + 233 pp. $3.60.

History and Philosophy: The Educated Man: Studies in the History of Educational Thought edited by Paul Nash, Andreas M. Kazamias, and Henry J. Perkinson. New York: John Wiley &; Sons, Inc., 1965. x + 421 pp. $795.

Education in Western Culture by Robert Ulich. New York: Harcourt, Brace &; World, Inc., 1965. 136 pp. $1.75 paper.

The Public School and the Private Vision by Maxine Greene. New York: Random House, 1965. 177 pp. $1.95 paper.

Mathematics: Understanding Arithmetic (revised ed.) by Robert L. Swain and Eugene D. Nichols. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1965. 364 pp. $5.95.

Organization and Conduct of Guidance Services by Lester D. Crow and Alice Crow. New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1965. 692 pp. $6.95.

Social Foundations: Culture in American Education by Ruth Landes. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1965. 330 pp. $7.95.

Teacher Education: Interpreting Educational Research by Armand J. Galfo and Earl Miller. Dubuque, Iowa: William C. Brown Company, 1965. 369 pp. $6.50.

Teacher Education in America edited by Merle L. Borrowman. New York: Teachers College Press, 1965. 251 pp.

Creative Teaching in the Elementary School by Abraham Shumsky. New York: Meredith Publishing Company, 1965. 403 pp. $5.00.

Vocational Education: Vocational and Practical Arts Education—History Development and Principles (2d ed.) by Roy W. Roberts. New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1965. 596 pp. $8.50.