Books by Publisher: Krieger Publishing Company
Tale of Two Navies
By Anthony Wells
Presents an analysis of the unique relationship between the United States Navy and the Royal Navy from 1960 to present. This loosely chronological study examines the histories, strategies, operations, technology,and intelligence activities of both navies. A Tale of Two Navies probes selective key themes and offers a discourse between the...
Lives of Community Health Workers
By Kenneth Maes
The importance of community health workers is increasingly recognized within many of today's most high-profile global health programs, including campaigns focused on specific diseases and broader efforts to strengthen health systems and achieve universal health care. Based on ethnographic work with Ethiopian women and men who provided home-based care in...
Movie Comics
By Blair Davis
Adaptations of comics have been an integral part of American cinema from its very inception. Movie Comics is the first book to study the long history of both comics-to-film and film-to-comics adaptations. With a special focus on the Classical Hollywood era, Blair Davis investigates the factors that spurred this media...
Extraordinary Image
By Robert Phillip Kolker
The Extraordinary Image takes readers on a fascinating journey through the lives and films of Welles, Hitchcock and Kubrick identifying the qualities that made them cinematic visionaries.
Learning and Teaching Together
By Michele Tanaka
An inspirational account of how a group of pre-service teachers, working alongside indigenous wisdom keepers in British Columbia, developed an indigenist approach to education that can be applied in a wide variety of classrooms.
Vanishing Bees
By Daniel Lee Kleinman
Takes us inside the debates over widespread honeybee deaths, introducing the various groups with a stake in solving the mystery of Colony Collapse Disorder CCD. Drawing from extensive interviews and first-hand observations, Sainath Suryanarayanan and Daniel Lee Kleinman examine how members of each group have acquired, disseminated, and evaluated knowledge...
Hard World
By Thomas Hauser
Each year, readers, writers, and critics alike look forward to Thomas Hauser's annual collection of articles about the contemporary boxing scene. A Hard World continues this tradition of excellence with dressing-room reports from big fights, a behind-the-scenes look at Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao, and a foray into the world...
The X-Files
By Theresa L. Geller
A social and cultural analysis of The X-Files focusing on the genres the program employed in its interrogation of American history, politics, and identity.
Understanding Contemporary Irish Fiction and Drama
By Margaret Hallissy
Examines the work of a cross-section of important Irish writers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries who are representative of essential issues and themes in the canon of contemporary Irish literature. Each chapter focuses on one significant representative piece of contemporary Irish fiction or drama by filling in...
Loose Parts 2
Loose parts capture children's curiosity, give free reign to their imagination, and encourage creativity. A variety of new and innovative loose parts ideas are paired with beautiful photography to inspire safe loose parts play in your infant and toddler environments. Captivating classroom stories and proven science provide the context for...