This text demystifies critical reading, thinking, and writing, using practical, class-tested strategies. Students will hone their thinking skills through a series of exercises that relate to the composition course. Numerous examples, case studies, and ten enjoyable readings demonstrate in a clear, direct way how to use the techniques.

Practical Strategies for Critical Thinking

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Rehner, Jan

Psychology & Counseling

Wadsworth Publishing

With sensitivity and direct language, Jan Rehner, a woman who herself is infertile, presents an insightful examination of the problem of infertility and how to deal with it. Focusing on the feeling, insecurities and experiences of women faced with the condition, she discusses the options available, technologies prescribed and approaches taken.

Infertility: Old Myths New Meanings

Women's Health

Sumach Pr

Fiction. Women's Studies. ALMOST TRUE is the story of an extraordinary friendship among four women living in a small village in Burgundy during World War II. Madeleine, the eccentric village beauty, is a spinner of stories and dreams. Léa, the doctor's daughter, is brave and resourceful. Simone, the outsider from Paris, has a secret of her own to hide, and the hardworking and practical Eugénie struggles to keep her vineyard alive. When Eugénie's younger brother, the reckless and handsome Gaston, is suddenly missing, the village buzzes with rumour. All four women think they know the true story of Gaston's fate, and each of them is wrong. But the truth will bind them together forever.

Almost True (Inanna Poetry & Fiction Series)

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Inanna Publications

Trapped in Paris during the German Occupation, Canadian Sorbonne student Juliette Benoit finds her life in tatters. She has had to abandon her Canadian identity for fear of arrest, her lover has disappeared without a trace, and a good Jewish friend has been taken away to Drancy, a German transit camp, leaving her little sister behind in Juliette's care. Only one step ahead of the Gestapo, Juliette obtains a new identity and joins an escape network of the French Resistance to bring the young girl out of France to safety. Meanwhile, in the village of St-Léger, Gabrielle Aubin's husband is wrongfully executed for the murder of a German soldier. Hoping to find the true killer, Gabrielle joins the Resistance. The two women's lives become inalterably intertwined when they find each other while hiding out in a nunnery in Beaune. When they flee to the hills to work with a Resistance group in the Morvan forest, they discover they share a common link to the past, a secret that eventually leads to a shocking revelation. With consummate skill, Rehner keeps the reader wholly in her grip as she interweaves the stories of the two women through harrowing plot twists. Born of Rehner's intimate knowledge of the period and setting, On Pain of Death is redolent with rich historical detail. She vividly brings to life the harsh realities of France under the German Occupation, as well as the courageous achievements of those who fought in the lines of the Resistance.

On Pain of Death (A Sumach Mystery)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Fiction. MISSING MATISSE is a novel with a puzzle, set in the contemporary world of art theft and the historical reality of World War II, France. The heart of the story is the enigmatic and complex Lydia Delectorskaya, a Russian orphan who became Matisse's muse, model, caregiver, administrator, and companion for twenty years. Lydia Delectorskaya is a fascinating figure, though little is known about her life after Matisse's death. Jan Rehner gives Lydia a voice, and pays tribute to her remarkable contribution to some of Matisse's greatest paintings.

Missing Matisse (Inanna Poetry & Fiction Series)

Genre Fiction