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In "Reclaiming the Rural: Essays on Literacy, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy," editors Kim Donehower, Charlotte Hogg, and Eileen E. Schell bring together a diverse collection of essays that consider literacy, rhetoric, and pedagogy in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The essays move beyond the typical arguments for preserving, abandoning, or modernizing by analyzing how rural communities sustain themselves through literate action. The contributors explore the rhetorics of water disputes in the western United States, the histories and influences of religious rhetoricsin Mexico, agricultural and...

Applying to college can make you crazy. Don't let it Read this book instead. College Admissions Without the Crazy helps students understand why they get stuck as they search for, apply to, and decide which college to attend, then provides the tools and detailed practical advice students need to get unstuck. The author, a former dean of admissions and director of college counseling, has over thirty years experience helping students and families understand and successfully navigate the college admissions process. In this book, Dr. Donehower shares time-tested insights and strategies that...

Now in its fifth edition, Current Cancer Therapeutics represents the combined efforts of dozens of renowned experts in pharmacologic oncology treatment. Fully updated to include the most recent findings in cancer treatment, this book features summaries and charts of important topics such as pharmacokinetics, drug indications, and toxicities. Current Cancer Therapeutics also provides protocols for treatment and supportive care of cancer patients, making it a comprehensive reference and an invaluable tool for oncologists and all professionals involved in the treatment of cancer.

In this innovative volume, a multidisciplinary team of scholars challenge Appalachian stereotypes through an examination of language and rhetoric. Together, the contributors offer a new perspective on Appalachia and its literacy, hoping to counteract essentialist or class-based arguments about the region's people, and reexamine past research in the context of researcher bias.

Rural Literacies identifies the problems inherent in trying to understand rural literacy, addresses the lack of substantive research on literacy in rural areas, and reviews traditional misrepresentations of rural literacy.
This innovative volume frames debates over literacy in relation to larger social, political, and economic forces, such as the impact of the No Child Left Behind Act on rural schools and the effects of out-migration, globalization, and the loss of small family farms on rural communities.
Drawing upon traditional literacy and composition research and employing...