New Releases by Jane Chapman

Comparative Media History is a unique thematic textbook which introduces students to the key ideas underpinning media development. It is an essential first step to a better understanding of both the media industry today and the way in which it evolved over time. The textbook compares developments and influences from a broad perspective, highlighting and contrasting different countries, industries and periods of history in order to encourage an understanding of cause and effect. In a style which is clear, accessible and provocative, Jane Chapman argues that most of the roots of today''s media - even the globalizing impulse - lie in the late 18th and 19th centuries. The book emphasises continuity and certain decisive factors such as the social use of technology, the character of the institutions in which it is applied and the political approach of the specific countries involved. The comparative element to this book, both across countries and industries, will enable students to reflect on key issues in media studies, including those of diversity, form, method and choice, both past and present. It will become an essential text for any student of the media and its history. For more information about the book and the author, please see www.janechapman.co.uk

Caneton se promène avec ses frères au bord de la rivière. Tout à coup, le vent emporte une plume de son duvet. - Attends-moi ! s''écrie-t-il. Mais la petite plume suit sa course folle...

Small children mesmerized by vehicles and big machines will find more than their fill in this bright, bustling board book with lengthening pages. LET''S BUILD! It takes a lot of building trucks to put up a house! A forklift carries bricks, a steamroller squashes the ground, a bulldozer pushes and scoops, a cement mixer churns, a digger makes holes, a flatbed trailer carries materials, and a crane lifts them up and down. Now here’s a huge excavator to start building another house!

Paulette part à la recherche de ses six poussins à travers la campagne.

Le blizzard peut toujours rugir, les bourrasques ont beau mugir, monsieur l''ours dort comme une souche. Le souriceau, le lièvre blanc, le blaireau, le rat des champs ont beau faire la fête à tue-tête au fond du terrier, rien ne semble pouvoir réveiller leur compagnon au sommeil de plomb... et pourtant une surprise les attend !

Little Bear longs to be as big and as fast as his mother. In the cold Arctic snow, Mother Bear shows the little polar bear cub what it''s like to be grown up. At the end of the day Little Bear decides he isn''t quite ready to be a big bear yet

Dora the hen is proud of her batch of eggs and longs to show them off to her friends. But Penny Pig is playing with her piglets and Clarissa Cow is snuggling her newborn calf. As Dora watches all the animals with their young, she can''t help but think their babies are much nicer than per plain brown eggs. So, off she goes back to her hen house feeling very sad, unaware of the surprises that are about to take place! Readers can touch and feel the texture of Dora''s eggs through embossing on the cover and throughout the book!

Little Mouse feels scared when he lies in bed. What is that huffing and puffing? Is it a ghost? Little Mouse asks if he can come into Big Mouse''s bed. But Big Mouse is determined that Little Mouse should sleep alone.

Mama Hen goes in search of her lost egg, looking in the dog''s kennel, the cat''s bed and the donkey''s straw. Under every flap, there is a little egg, but none of them are Mama Hen''s. But, just as she''s given up and started to cry, she comes across her hatched chick.

A galinha Dora está orgulhosa de seus ovos e deseja mostrá-los às amigas. Mas a pata Paula está ensinando seus patinhos a nadar e a porca Pepa está brincando com seus porquinhos. Ao observar os filhotes dos outros animais, Dora não consegue deixar de achar que eles são muito mais lindos do que seus ovos marrons e lisos. Então ela volta para o galinheiro sentindo uma enorme tristeza.

Aujourd''hui, le fermier rentre d''Australie. Il est accompagné d''un kangourou. Les animaux de la ferme sont très inquiets. A quoi ça sert, un kangourou ? Et si le fermier décidait désormais de se passer de leurs services ?

The Carter and Fulcher families came to America from England. William Carter was baptized 24 January 1770 in Folkestone, England. He married Sarah Harrold on 24 Mar 1798. Henry Harrold Carter who was third generation Carter was the grandfather of Harriet Elizabeth Carter Chapman of Biloxi, Mississippi. The author, Jane Elizabeth Chapman Whitt was born 4 Mar 1923 in Biloxi, Ms. and married Samuel Sullivan Whitt on 6 Feb. 1942.