Download or read book Good Toys Bad Toys written by Andrew McClary and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-02-18 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early America, most children had only a few toys and parents received advice from family and friends on the best ways to make and use toys. By the early 1900s the Industrial Revolution was producing a new world of toys and giving more parents the wealth to buy them. Mass media also sang the praises of these new factory-made, store-bought toys, but that began to change as early as the mid-1900s when the mass media was used to inform parents of the many dangers of children's toys. Many encourage violence, sexism, racism, and some are actually unsafe and unhealthy. The development of children's toys from early America to the present time and the shifting opinions of them expressed by parents and the mass media throughout this time are the main subjects of this book. The first section discusses the many problems with toys, while the second puts these problems in historical perspective. How have these problems changed, and are still changing today? Might today's toys be about to enter a time when they will be better than ever? The third section argues that many media toy watchers are biased toward the negative, giving toys more of a black eye than they deserve, and considers the challenges that face today's parents as they try to choose the best toys for their children.
Download or read book Curious Toys written by Elizabeth Hand and published by Mulholland Books. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intrepid young woman stalks a murderer through turn-of-the-century Chicago in "this rich, spooky, and atmospheric thriller that will appeal to fans of Henry Darger and Erik Larson alike." (Sarah McCarry) In the sweltering summer of 1915, Pin, the fourteen-year-old daughter of a carnival fortune-teller, dresses as a boy and joins a teenage gang that roams the famous Riverview amusement park, looking for trouble. Unbeknownst to the well-heeled city-dwellers and visitors who come to enjoy the midway, the park is also host to a ruthless killer who uses the shadows of the dark carnival attractions to conduct his crimes. When Pin sees a man enter the Hell Gate ride with a young girl, and emerge alone, she knows that something horrific has occurred. The crime will lead her to the iconic outsider artist Henry Darger, a brilliant but seemingly mad man. Together, the two navigate the seedy underbelly of a changing city to uncover a murderer few even know to look for.
Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dangerous Boys and Their Toy written by Shayla Black and published by . This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trading orgasms for information isn't their usual way of doing business, but when a missing criminal-turned-star-witness and fifty grand are on the line, bounty hunter R. A. Thorn and Detective Cameron Martinez are prepared to put their bodies to the task and give gorgeous Brenna Sheridan everything she needs. An exchange they never anticipated becomes an experience none can forget-or walk away from. Sexual hunger sizzles the threesome, but the stakes and danger rise as a mafia bad-ass stalks Brenna. Soon, their "deal" is no longer about information-or sex. Emotions bind Brenna, Cam and Thorn together more tightly than they ever imagined as the men protect-and serve-the beloved woman neither can live without.
Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1971-11-12 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Download or read book Schall on Chesterton written by James V. Schall and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book of essays, Father James V. Schall, a prolific author himself and a prominent Catholic writer, brings readers to Chesterton through a witty series of original reflections prompted by something Chesterton wrote--timely essays on timeless issues.
Download or read book The Collected Works of G K Chesterton written by Gilbert Keith Chesterton and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the topics of the 130 columns in the volume include "The Fashion of Psychoanalysts", "Doubts about Darwinism", "Liberty and Self Government", "Errors About Detective Stories", "The Settling of America", "Popular Literature and Popular Science", "Marxism and History", "The Threat of Novelty", "The Infinite Variety of Woman", "The Soul of the Modern Peasant", "Gilbert and the Jingoists", "Socialist Order and Democracy". Volumes 27 through 37 are collected columns from The Illustrated London News Most of the weekly articles Chesterton wrote for The Illustrated London News have never been printed in book form until Ignatius Press undertook to do the collected works. These volumes contain all of Chesterton's columns in The Illustrated London News, beginning in 1905. The great majority have never appeared in book form. Chesterton lovers will be delighted to find this treasure filled with jewels quite the match of his best writing.
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 1300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Consumer News written by United States. Executive Office of the President. Office of Consumer Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book You Bet Your Life Your Guide to Deadly Risk written by Sheila Buff and published by WW Norton. This book was released on 2022-08-09 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gritty and granular truth behind the wagers we make with our lives every single day—and, if we’re unlucky, just once in a lifetime. What are your chances of living through the next 24 hours? This week? This month? This decade? Will your job kill you? Your car kill you? Your spouse kill you? Will your own bad habits kill you? Or will a rogue asteroid just kill us all? Each time you lay your head on the pillow at night or set your feet on the floor come morning, you bet your life. Exactly what odds do you face 24/7? You Bet Your Life applies to you, the individual, the analytical approach insurance companies use to calculate risk: actuarial science. The result is a comprehensive, encyclopedic, real world assessment of more than 1,000 of the risks we take every day of our all-too-finite lives, from boarding an airplane to tempting a shark attack by dipping a toe in the ocean. You Bet Your Life is introduced by an authoritative essay explaining how professional actuaries calculate risk and how less objective entities—in government, finance, science, technology, and religion—apply their own competing calculi of risk and reward.
Download or read book Toy Safety Act of 1969 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Consumer Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Committee Serial No. 91-11. Considers. S. 1590, to amend the Product Safety Act to extend the life of the National Commission on Product Safety. S. 1689, to amend the Federal Hazardous Substances Act to establish protection and safety standards for toys and other children's' articles.
Download or read book Toy Safety Act of 1969 Hearing Before the Consumer Subcommittee 91 1 on S 1590 and S 1689 April 16 1969 Serial No 91 11 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book National Commission on Product Safety Extension and Child Protection Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce and Finance and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hearings Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 1284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book National Commission on Product Safety Extension and Child Protection Act Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Commerce and Finance 91 1 on H R 10987 H R 7621 H R 7509 May 20 22 1969 Serial No 91 15 written by United States. Congress. House. Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What to Expect the Second Year written by Heidi Eisenberg Murkoff and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first birthday to the second, everything you need to know about caring for, nurturing, understanding, and keeping up with your incredible 1 year old.--Provided by publisher.