New Releases by Pamela Allen

An exciting new Mr McGee adventure, published in Pamela Allen''s 90th year - a fitting celebration of more than fifty classic stories for children published by Pamela Allen OAM over more than forty years. In a return to this classic picture book series, Mr McGee is getting ready to go and play when a strong wind blows him, his hat, his cat and his bed high up in the air. When they finally come down again, Mr McGee''s hat is mysteriously missing.

Mr McGee when out to play, down to the beach one windy day... When along comes a jumping, biting flea. ''OOOO! OWWW! EEEEE! cries Mr McGee. Told in Pamela Allen''s famously irresistible rhyme, she portrays the hilarious sequence of events as Mr McGee tries to rid himself of the biting flea, one article of clothing at a time!

The Diva''s Gift traces the far-reaching impact of the first female stars on the playwrights and players of the all-male stage. When Shakespeare entered the scene, women had been acting in Italian troupes for two decades, traveling in Italy and beyond and performing in all genres, including tragedy. The ambitious actress reinvented the innamorata, making her more charismatic and autonomous, thrilling audiences with her skills. Despite fervent attacks, some actresses became the first international stars, winning royal and noble patrons and literary admirers in France and Spain. After Elizabeth and her court caught wind of their success in Paris, Italian troupes with actresses crossed the Channel to perform. The Italians'' repeat visits and growing fame posed a radical challenge to English professionals just as they were building their first paying theaters. Some writers treated the actress as a whorish threat to their stage, which had long minimized female roles. Others saw a vital new model full of promise. Lyly, Marlowe, and Kyd endowed innamorata parts with hot-blooded, racialized passions, but made them self-aware agents, not counters traded between men. Shakespeare, Jonson, Webster and others followed, ringing changes on the new type in comedy, tragedy, and romance. Like the comici they recycled actress-linked theatergrams and star scenes, such as cross-dressing, the mad scene, and the sung lament. In this way, the diva''s prodigious virtuosity and stardom altered the horizons of playmaking even on the womanless stage. Capitalizing on the talents of boy players, the best playwrights created bold new roles endowed with her alien glamour, such as Lyly''s Sapho and Pandora, Marlowe''s Dido, Kyd''s Bel-Imperia, Webster''s Vittoria, and Shakespeare''s Beatrice, Viola, Portia, Juliet, and Ophelia. Cleopatra is not alone in her superb theatricality and dazzling strangeness. As this book demonstrates, the diva''s gifts mark them all.

This is a story of a plastic bag and a bird - a cautionary tale about taking care of our environment as well as being a wonderful showcase of some of the famous sights of Sydney. ''One day, a long time ago when I lived in Kirribilli, Sydney, I packed a lunch and set out to walk to the Botanic Gardens ... I crossed the harbour bridge then climbed down to Circular Quay. I walked beside the sea wall, past the Opera House until I reached the Botanic Gardens.

In a study that explodes the assumption that early modern comic culture was created by men for men, Pamela Allen Brown shows that jest books, plays, and ballads represented women as laugh-getters and sought out the laughter of ordinary women. Disputing the claim that non-elite women had little access to popular culture because of their low literacy and social marginality, Brown demonstrates that women often bested all comers in the arenas of jesting, gaining a few heady moments of agency. Juxtaposing the literature of jest against court records, sermons, and conduct books, Brown employs a witty, entertaining style to propose that non-elite women used jests to test the limits of their subjection. She also shows how women''s mocking laughter could function as a means of social control in closely watched neighborhoods. While official culture beatified the sheep-like wife and disciplined the scold, jesting culture often applauded the satiric shrew, whether her target was priest, cuckold, or rapist. Brown argues that listening for women''s laughter can shed light on both the dramas of the street and those of the stage: plays from The Massacre of the Innocents to The Merry Wives of Windsor to The Woman''s Prize taught audiences the importance of gossips'' alliances as protection against slanderers, lechers, tyrants, and wife-beaters. Other jests, ballads, jigs, and plays show women reveling in tales of female roguery or scoffing at the perverse patience of Griselda. As Brown points out, some women found Griselda types annoying and even foolish: better be a shrew than a sheep.

INDEX No adjunct faculty left behind: emerging trends in online learning for the 21st Century Pamela Allen, Carlos Tasso De Aquino Institutional actions vs. factors influencing distance learning faculty: a Delphi approach Robert Armbrust, Edythe Mcnickle, Richard LaMontagne, Johnny Morris Strategies for success: helping online students with time management and technology concerns Stacey Atiyeh, Donna Busarow, Deanna Lauer The use of the website (odontoweb) and Facebook (new terminology) for the diffusion of international histological and embryological terminology Rodolfo Esteban Avila, María Elena Samar Part-time faculty''s full-time commitment. Enhancing faculty development Ajamu Banjoko Students'' perception of online, blended or face to face instruction in technical education Raquel C. Bethel Prioritizing critical success factors for higher education: a cost program design perspective for non-traditional North Carolina students Catherine Burr An andragogical approach to blended learning at the university graduate level Audrey Ellison, Patricia D''Urso Online adjunct higher education teachers'' perceptions of using social media sites as instructional approaches Barbara Fedock, Melissa McCartney, Jack Avella, Doug Neeley Delivering government funded personalized pathways: a blended learning solution Mark Griffiths 360 degree videos as a tool of virtual reality Ali Kirksekiz, Mübin Kiyici, Talha Kantaroglu Net generations'' profiles of net generation teachers Mubin Kiyici, Ali Kirksekiz Preschool teacher candidates'' views regarding web based instruction Suat Kol Embracing values: from online education to community impact Catherine Lovett

"Here''s another adventure of Mr McGee, this time with elephants, one, two and three. A chance to perform and share the fun, so come and join in everyone. From the one-and-only Pamela Allen comes a new adventure in the life of loveable Mr McGee. With its jaunty rhyme and lively illustrations, this is Pam at her classic best."

"Fat Ferdie is a scary beast because of what he likes to eat.Read the book and you will see that his dinner climbs a tree! Scary but fun. Another Pamela Allen book for you to share with the very young."

"A beautiful collection of nine classic stories by celebrated author and illustrator Pamela Allen. Gather the children together and be captivated by this collection of classic stories by award-winning writer and illustrator Pamela Allen. Full of imagination and with moments of hilarity, this treasury contains nine popular stories by one of New Zealand and Australia''s best-loved picture book creators. Inside, you will meet playful characters facing all sorts of situations. Stories included are Who Sank the Boat?, My Cat Maisie, Belinda, Alexander''s Outing, Brown Bread and Honey, Daisy All-Sorts, Cuthbert''s Babies, Grandpa and Thomas and Share Said the Rooster.Truly to be treasured, Who Sank the Boat? and other stories is the perfect collection to share with children, and to read over and over again."

Once upon a time a little old man, a little old woman, a small boy and a small girl went to spend the day by the river. The little old man wanted to catch a big fish and soon there was a tug-tug-tug on his line . . . Find out what happens next? From much-loved picture-book creator comes another delightfully playful story for all to share.

There was a man with messy hair. He liked the mess. He didn''t care. But his messy hair soon got him into all sorts of trouble! Perfect for acting and reading aloud, here is a fabulous new story from the inimitable Pamela Allen that children, their parents and their teachers will turn to time and time again.

The Authentic Spiritual Leadership model encourages development of leaders who demonstrate a combination of authentic and spiritual leadership behaviors. This book has practical implications for leaders and organizations interested in confronting the current crisis in leadership regarding leadership ethics and leadership accountability. Diverse organizations require leaders who actually demonstrate how this unique approach contributes to a renewed focus on the well-being of people, psychological well-being, ethical well-being, sense of purpose, meaning, calling, and spiritual, moral, authentic, transparent and socially responsible behaviors. Organizations seeking to provide spiritual leadership development training could incorporate spiritual leadership into the design. But combining spiritual, authentic, ethical, and transformational leadership models into the training would also determine if other leadership styles exist within the organizational framework. Additional value should include study of spiritual leadership in one of the fastest-growing and sustainable corporations in the twenty-first century: The Mega Church. This book encourages development of a mega church corporate model as the new organizational form that includes authentic spiritual leadership and other leadership styles. The mega church is the new corporation of the twenty-first century, challenging leaders to join what Scharmer (2009) describes as a cultural-spiritual shift toward the rise of a new consciousness in models of leadership.

Benjamin Russel Hanby was a Civil War era composer of hymns, anti-slavery and temperance songs. Ben grew up in a household where his father was a Bishop of the United Brethren Church and operated their home as a stop on the Underground. Later Ben worked in Chicago for Root and Cady, a leading Civil War era music publisher. In his short life, Ben published over 80 songs including the Christmas favorite "Up on the Housetop." This biography of Benjamin Hanby was originally written and self-published by his son Brainerd Hanby. Brainerd did extensive family history research and collected information and letters from people who had known his father. This edition has been indexed and republished by the Westerville (Ohio) Historical Society, managers of Hanby House Historic Site.

Outside the wind blew. Ooooh! The trees groaned. Ahhhhh! And the tiny wooden house creaked. Eeeeeek! Inside, a delicious roast dinner was cooking. The little old man was expecting visitors. The little old woman said no one would come. Who was right? Come inside where it''s cosy and warm, and wait . . . You might get a big surprise. Here is a gentle story about home and hearth, about the comfort of ritual, and about opening your heart to the possibilities of life. From the one and only Pamela Allen.

In a little house in a dark forest, a toymaker lives all alone. One day, a small brown bird bears the magic sounds of the toymaker''s violin, and flies down to him. Together they make music so enchanting that even the trees shiver and murmur in wonder. From one of Australia''s favourite picture-book creators comes a hauntingly beautiful tale of freedom and love.

With all Pam''s trademark simplicity of line and characterisation, this is the perfect book to share with the littleies in your life. Together you can choose... are you happy or grumpy? Will you cry or will you sing? Straightforward comparative text about feelings with clean, clear art.

''Wow - if you asked me to choose ten fabulous and favourite New Zealand children''s picture books, I would present you with this anthology'' --Magpies In The Puffin New Zealand Children''s Treasury are ten favourite stories from some of New Zealand''s best-loved authors and illustrators. These enduring tales have stood the test of time, enchanting readers large and small with their colourful characters and memorable lines. They belong on every Kiwi kid''s bookshelf. Between these covers you will find: My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes - Eve Sutton and Lynley Dodd Who Sank the Boat? - Pamela Allen The Kuia and the Spider - Patricia Grace and Robyn Kahukiwa A Summery Saturday Morning - Margaret Mahy and Selena Young The Tree Witches - Gwenda Turner A Booming in the Night - Ben Brown and Helen Taylor My Brown Bear Barney - Dorothy Butler and Elizabeth Fuller A Dragon in a Wagon - Lynley Dodd Mrs Wishy Washy''''s Farm - Joy Cowley and Elizabeth Fuller A Pukeko in a Ponga Tree - Kingi M. Ihaka and Dick Frizzell

The little old man looked up at the moon. ''Does the sky go on forever and ever?'' he asked. ''Where do we come from? Where do we go? Why are we here?''In this touching story, one of Australia''s most celebrated author-illustrators takes young readers on a journey that asks some of life''s big questions. Playful and thought-provoking by turns, The Little Old Man Who Looked Up at the Moontouches on universal themes and will spark many a conversation between young and old

In the winter, we love to visit Uncle Peter and his dog Millie at the beach. But the day we took our dog Danny with us, everything went wrong! Until Toby had a good idea . . . From the one-and-only Pamela Allen comes this delightful dog tale - full of fun and energy.

A selection of gorgeous, illustrated animals, from bestselling author Pamela Allen. Clip it to the cot, highchair or buggy!

It''s Nana''s birthday and all the children are bringing her a present. Each one is a different colour. What colours do you see? From the much-loved creator of children''s books comes a charming introduction to the world of colours.

Psychological theory of social cognition and Buddhist philosophy of cognition suggest that people''s actions should determine their impressions of future events. In psychology, several studies have shown that behavior can activate constructs and thereby influence one''s perception. However, they do not address prosocial behavior, a specific concern of Buddhist philosophy and the theory of karma. Two experiments examined the ability of prosocial behavior to influence perceptions of other people using a single round prisoner''s dilemma game (PD). In the first study, cooperative (prosocial) behavior in the PD was manipulated by first priming undergraduate psychology student participants with selfless or selfish thoughts through a paragraph-reading task. PD game and priming control conditions were included. After the PD game, participants read a description of a target person that was ambiguously relevant to prosocial traits. Then they rated the target on fourteen positive, neutral or negative personality traits that were either related or unrelated to the primed construct, cooperativeness. As predicted, compared to those who competed, cooperators in the PD rated the target significantly higher on the four positive valence traits related to cooperativeness. Due to inadequate manipulation of cooperative behavior, results of experiment 1 provided only correlational support for the hypothesis. When this limitation was addressed in experiment 2, trends in the data suggested support for the hypothesis but results failed to reach significance. Methodological limitations of the current work as well as directions for future research are discussed.

Hetty the cat wakes up, yawns, washes behind her ears, and pops through her cat flap into the bright sunlight. And what does she find in the big wide world? One plate of baked beans, two pork pies, three lamb chops - and that''s just the beginning! This charming counting book follows Hetty on her big day out.