New Releases by David Kirk

On Heartwood Day in Sunny Patch, all the bugs have a big party and give and receive gifts, except for Dragon, who needs to learn how to share.

"Based on the TV episode A cloudy day in Sunny Patch, written by Steven Sullivan, from the animated TV series Miss Spider''s Sunny Patch friends"--T.p. verso.

Hoping to be with other dragonflies, Dragon joins the Flying Aces, but he finds that he misses his insect friends and family.

Dragon learns a lesson when he pretends to be sick.

On Bug Your Mom Day in Sunny Patch, all the bugs get Miss Spider the best presents. When the gifts are ruined in an accident, the bugs must devise an alternative plan quickly.

Miss Spider invites you to meet her family! Pick a tab to find out all about each new friend.

Miss Spider worries that she is not a good mother when one of her recently hatched spiderlings goes off to find where an egg belongs.

Offers abridged versions of three of Miss Spider''s best-loved adventures.

Little Mouse, Biddle mouse has the run of the house.

Cecil G. Foster was born in Midland County, Michigan, on August 30, 1925. He endured economic and emotional hardship during his youth, living in a poor environment, losing his mother before he was six, and being separated from his brothers, sisters, and father. He joined the Army Air Force in 1943 as a private at the height of the World War II buildup and retired in 1975 as a lieutenant colonel. During his 32 years with the Air Force, Foster served in several different capacities--pilot, celestial navigator, radar-navigator-bombardier, intercept director, and squadron commander. A major focus of this work is Foster''s Air Force career in the Korean War where he was one of the highest-scoring aces of the air war. His record of nine MiGs destroyed places him twelfth on a list of 38 aces. Every one of the aircraft he destroyed was shot down in the area known as "MiG Alley," a small section of airspace along the Yalu River, which separated North Korea from China.

Miss Spider and her husband go shopping for a car.

This is an up-to-date reference source on prostate, providing case histories, key points, questions, answers and practical tips for overcoming problems. It includes the latest advances in diagnosis and treatment as well as practical self-help advice and preventive measures. The book is one of a series on a wide range of medical and health issues which covers common complaints and illnesses, such as asthma and heart disease as well as more general health topics, such as nutrition and travel health. Addresses of useful organisations appear at the end of each book.

Recounts the author''s pilot experiences from his days as a scared rookie to his eventual promotion to flight trainer during the Vietnam War. Including an account of the aerial resupply of the Marine base at Khe Sanh during the height of the Tet offensive, his narrative encompasses airfields and actions throughout Southeast Asia. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Draws on letters and other sources to trace the experience of Bostonians George and Gerard Hughes as they progressed from apprentice pilots to flight instructors and combat pilots in the fledgling American Air Service during World War I. George was sent to France where he flew observation planes over the front lines. Gerard spent the war in Texas as an instructor, but joined his brother in France as the war ended. About a dozen photographs are included, and short sketches of people mentioned. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This book explores the social construction of children''s bodies in Australian and British schools between 1870 and 1950, focusing on practices within physical training, medical inspection, and sport. The key argument is that there was a process of constructing the body in accordance with that phase of modernity Foucault calls ''disciplinary society''. The docile body produced was pliable, yet economically productive, a body that could, through close scrutiny and careful measurement, be regulated to ensure the healthy propagation of the race and a ready supply of economically productive citizens. Until 1915, a matrix of precise, meticulous and ponderous discursive practices to achieve this end was employed in Australian and British schools. The inter-war years saw a process of reconstruction, and by 1945, more liberalized forms of physical education had been introduced, which form the basis of contemporary practices that are only in the 1990s beginning to be challenged.

When lonely Miss Spider tries to host a tea party, the other bugs refuse to come for fear of being eaten!

Tertiary text introducing the socio-cultural dimensions of exercise, physical education, physical recreation and sport. Covers psychological, pedagogical, philosophical, sociological and historical aspects. Includes Australian and NZ examples, ideas for assessment tasks, a bibliography and an index. May be used with the companion volume, ''The Biophysical Foundations of Human Movement''. Also available in hardback. The authors teach in the department of human movement studies at the University of Qld.

Prepared for course ECS813 presented by Deakin University School of Education Open Campus Program.