New Releases by Margaret Snyder

Transforming Development is uniquely appropriate reading at a time when civil society and the private sector are popular concepts and foreign aid is under fire. This books shows that given the chance, women are instrumental in expanding and democratizing national economies: they create wealth and family well-being. Through a history of UNIFEM, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, the author shows how the large-scale investments of governments, the World Bank, the United Nations and other organizations can become both more effectively and gender-sensitive.The book includes both a history of UNIFEM with its struggle to survive political and bureaucratic power games, and an examination of some of the activities which UNIFEM has assisted, from village-level projects to national and regional policy interventions.

Celebrate Christmas with Mickey and his friends while you learn the alphabet.

A child in bed hears a number of nighttime sounds, from a foghorn to Dad snoring, in a book that includes six sound effects

Sound effects and surprise songs accompany a look at some of the different kinds of work that people do, from a construction worker to a ballerina

Small children identify the items in a toy box, in a book that includes six sound effects and surprise songs

Six sound effects accompany a look at colors and musical instruments as brightly-dressed children play music

Sound effects and surprise songs accompany a look at the wonderful world of transportation