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Hoffert, Barbara – Library Journal, 1997
Examines why editors publish certain books and trends in book publishing: memoir, business, management, history, spirituality, religion, science, self-help, and fiction. Provides an annotated bibliography of 21 books predicted to do well in the fall of 1997. (PEN)
Descriptors: Administration, Annotated Bibliographies, Autobiographies, Books
Mrazek, Patricia J.; Mrazek, David A. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1987
Life stories of three child maltreatment survivors illustrate how resilience is fostered by various protective factors. Protective factors include personal characteristics or skills (e.g., precocious maturity, dissociation of affect), generic life circumstances (e.g., good health, social welfare services), and abuse-specific factors (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Coping, High Risk Persons, Individual Development
Brooks, Phillips V. – 1980
An interdisciplinary futures program was established as part of the core curriculum at Davis and Elkins College to prepare students for the variety of personal and social changes they are likely to experience during their lifetimes. Courses in the program are taught sequentially during each of the undergraduate years. At the freshmen, sophomore,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Students, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Design