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Indigenous Disability Studies

Edited by John T. Ward ...

This book provides a comprehensive approach to the perspectives, lived experiences, and socio-cultural beliefs of Indigenous scholars regarding disabilities through a distinctions-based approach. Indigenous people demonstrate considerable knowledge in a multitude of capacities in spite of legal, monetary, social, economic, health, and political inequalities that they experience within from ... Read more

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This book provides a comprehensive approach to the perspectives, lived experiences, and socio-cultural beliefs of Indigenous scholars regarding disabilities through a distinctions-based approach. Indigenous people demonstrate considerable knowledge in a multitude of capacities in spite of legal, monetary, social, economic, health, and political inequalities that they experience within from
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Women in the Crossfire

Understanding and Ending Honor Killing

by Robert Paul Churchill ...

Every year, thousands of girls and women die at the hands of blood relatives. These victims are accused of committing honor violations that bring shame upon their families: such 'transgressions' range from walking with a boy in their neighborhood to seeking to marry a man of their own choosing, to being a victim of rape. Women in the Crossfire presents a thorough examination of honor killing, an ... Read more

$100.79 USD

Every year, thousands of girls and women die at the hands of blood relatives. These victims are accused of committing honor violations that bring shame upon their families: such 'transgressions' range from walking with a boy in their neighborhood to seeking to marry a man of their own choosing, to being a victim of rape. Women in the Crossfire presents a thorough examination of honor killing, an
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True Stories of Aviation Disasters & Mysteries

by Shah Rukh ...

"True Stories of Aviation Disasters & Mysteries" provides a riveting exploration of the dark and mysterious corners of aviation history. With meticulous detail and compelling narrative, it unravels the enigmas surrounding vanished flights, catastrophic crashes, and unresolved mysteries. From tales of human error to the resilience of investigation, this book offers a poignant tribute to the lives ... Read more

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"True Stories of Aviation Disasters & Mysteries" provides a riveting exploration of the dark and mysterious corners of aviation history. With meticulous detail and compelling narrative, it unravels the enigmas surrounding vanished flights, catastrophic crashes, and unresolved mysteries. From tales of human error to the resilience of investigation, this book offers a poignant tribute to the lives
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Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills

by Nancy Cushen White, Ed.D. , CALT-QI, BCET, Graham Neuhaus Ph.D., Marilyn C. Beckwith Ed.D., Carolyn DeVito, M.A., Gloria Trabucco, Virginia W. Berninger, Ph.D., Larry E. Hess, Psy.D., Betsy Duffy, M.S. Ed., Jean Freyer Schedler, Ph.D., Colleen Uscianowski, M.S. ...

Keep up with the latest on the highly respected multisensory teaching approach to literacy with this new fourth edition, a complete update of the bestselling textbook adopted in colleges and universities across the country. The most comprehensive text available on multisensory teaching, this book prepares today's educators to use specific evidence-based approaches that improve struggling students' ... Read more

$64.79 USD

Keep up with the latest on the highly respected multisensory teaching approach to literacy with this new fourth edition, a complete update of the bestselling textbook adopted in colleges and universities across the country. The most comprehensive text available on multisensory teaching, this book prepares today's educators to use specific evidence-based approaches that improve struggling students'
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The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals

by Dan Dietz ...

The Broadway musical came of age in the 1950s, a period in which some of the greatest productions made their debuts. Shows produced on Broadway during this decade include such classics as Damn Yankees, Fiorello!, Guys and Dolls, The King and I, Kismet, The Most Happy Fella, My Fair Lady, The Pajama Game, Peter Pan, The Sound of Music, and West Side Story. Among the performers who made their marks ... Read more

$153.89 USD

The Broadway musical came of age in the 1950s, a period in which some of the greatest productions made their debuts. Shows produced on Broadway during this decade include such classics as Damn Yankees, Fiorello!, Guys and Dolls, The King and I, Kismet, The Most Happy Fella, My Fair Lady, The Pajama Game, Peter Pan, The Sound of Music, and West Side Story. Among the performers who made their marks
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The Education Trap

Schools and the Remaking of Inequality in Boston

by Cristina Viviana Groeger ...

Why—contrary to much expert and popular opinion—more education may not be the answer to skyrocketing inequality.For generations, Americans have looked to education as the solution to economic disadvantage. Yet, although more people are earning degrees, the gap between rich and poor is widening. Cristina Groeger delves into the history of this seeming contradiction, explaining how education came to ... Read more

$30.39 USD

Why—contrary to much expert and popular opinion—more education may not be the answer to skyrocketing inequality.For generations, Americans have looked to education as the solution to economic disadvantage. Yet, although more people are earning degrees, the gap between rich and poor is widening. Cristina Groeger delves into the history of this seeming contradiction, explaining how education came to
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The Scouting Guide to Basic Fishing: An Officially-Licensed Book of the Boy Scouts of America

200 Essential Skills for Selecting Tackle, Tying Knots, Casting, and Catching Fish

by The Boy Scouts of America, Wade Bourne, Colin Moore ...

Series series A BSA Scouting Guide
In The Scouting Guide to Basic Fishing, current Scouts, Scout alumni, and anyone interested in the outdoors are provided with a step-by-step guide that masterfully breaks down the art of fishing with diagrams, vivid photographs, and lessons on everything the beginner needs to know, including:Different types of fishing equipment and how to select the best tackleBaiting techniques for artificial and ... Read more

$12.99 USD

In The Scouting Guide to Basic Fishing, current Scouts, Scout alumni, and anyone interested in the outdoors are provided with a step-by-step guide that masterfully breaks down the art of fishing with diagrams, vivid photographs, and lessons on everything the beginner needs to know, including:Different types of fishing equipment and how to select the best tackleBaiting techniques for artificial and
... Read more
Fascinating Facts for Smart and Inquisitive Teens

Fun Facts, and Exciting Tidbits from Around the World for Teens Who Love to Ask Why

by Thomas J. Anderson ...

Fascinating Facts for Smart and Inquisitive Teens: Unlock a World of Wonder!Are you ready to uncover mind-blowing facts, quirky trivia, and fascinating discoveries that will blow your mind? "Fascinating Facts for Smart and Inquisitive Teens" is the ultimate guide for young explorers who are hungry to learn about the incredible wonders of the world around them. Whether you're into animals with ... Read more

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Fascinating Facts for Smart and Inquisitive Teens: Unlock a World of Wonder!Are you ready to uncover mind-blowing facts, quirky trivia, and fascinating discoveries that will blow your mind? "Fascinating Facts for Smart and Inquisitive Teens" is the ultimate guide for young explorers who are hungry to learn about the incredible wonders of the world around them. Whether you're into animals with
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The Crime Without a Name

Ethnocide and the Erasure of Culture in America

by Barrett Holmes Pitner ...

In this incisive blend of personal narrative and philosophical inquiry, journalist and activist Barrett Holmes Pitner seeks a new way to talk about racism in America.Can new language reshape our understanding of the past and expand the possibilities of the future? The Crime Without a Name follows Pitner’s journey to identify and remedy the linguistic void in how we discuss race and culture in the ... Read more

$12.99 USD

In this incisive blend of personal narrative and philosophical inquiry, journalist and activist Barrett Holmes Pitner seeks a new way to talk about racism in America.Can new language reshape our understanding of the past and expand the possibilities of the future? The Crime Without a Name follows Pitner’s journey to identify and remedy the linguistic void in how we discuss race and culture in the
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Einstein Never Used Flash Cards, Revised Edition

How Our Children Really Learn--And Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less

by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek PhD, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff PhD, Diane Eyer PhD ...

**BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE AWARD WINNER • An enlightening guide to how infants, toddlers, and children learn and why play is the key to enhancing your child’s development—now revised and updated with a new chapter on the impacts of screen time“An authoritative, up-to-date playbook on why we should raise our children to be learn-it-alls, not know-it-alls—plus practical advice on how parents can do ... Read more

$6.99 USD

**BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE AWARD WINNER • An enlightening guide to how infants, toddlers, and children learn and why play is the key to enhancing your child’s development—now revised and updated with a new chapter on the impacts of screen time“An authoritative, up-to-date playbook on why we should raise our children to be learn-it-alls, not know-it-alls—plus practical advice on how parents can do
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Social-Emotional Learning for English Language Educators

by Luis Javier Pentón Herrera, Grazzia Maria Mendoza Chirinos ...

Series series English Language Teacher Development
Strong classrooms start with strong emotional foundations.In today’s multilingual and multicultural classrooms, supporting learners means attending not only to academic development but also to emotional well-being and social connection. Social-Emotional Learning for English Language Educators introduces practical, research-informed strategies for embedding social-emotional learning (SEL) into ... Read more

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Strong classrooms start with strong emotional foundations.In today’s multilingual and multicultural classrooms, supporting learners means attending not only to academic development but also to emotional well-being and social connection. Social-Emotional Learning for English Language Educators introduces practical, research-informed strategies for embedding social-emotional learning (SEL) into
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Understanding Humor through Communication

Why Be Funny, Anyway?

by John C. Meyer ...

Understanding Humor through Communication explores theories of humor origin as well as humor functions in human groups and societies through communication. A model of humor decision by individuals is detailed, followed by humor’s emergence in communication. Elements of humor sources (incongruity, superiority, and relief), humor intent (comic or tragic perspectives), and humor perception (ego ... Read more

$44.59 USD

Understanding Humor through Communication explores theories of humor origin as well as humor functions in human groups and societies through communication. A model of humor decision by individuals is detailed, followed by humor’s emergence in communication. Elements of humor sources (incongruity, superiority, and relief), humor intent (comic or tragic perspectives), and humor perception (ego
... Read more
German : Biography of a Language

Biography of a Language

by Ruth H. Sanders ...

Thousands of years ago seafront clans in Denmark began speaking the earliest form of Germanic language--the first of six "signal events" that Ruth Sanders highlights in this marvelous history of the German language. Blending linguistic anthropological and historical research Sanders presents a brilliant biography of the language as it evolved across the millennia. She sheds light on the influence ... Read more

$28.79 USD

Thousands of years ago seafront clans in Denmark began speaking the earliest form of Germanic language--the first of six "signal events" that Ruth Sanders highlights in this marvelous history of the German language. Blending linguistic anthropological and historical research Sanders presents a brilliant biography of the language as it evolved across the millennia. She sheds light on the influence
... Read more
The Routledge Introductory Course in Modern Hebrew

Hebrew in Israel

by Giore Etzion ...

The Routledge Introductory Course in Modern Hebrew is an integrated language course designed ideally for classroom–based learners. Adopting an eclectic approach, the course contains 90 lessons combining authentic texts, grammar explanations, and exercises with audiovisual materials to guide and support the student through the key skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening.Features include ... Read more

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The Routledge Introductory Course in Modern Hebrew is an integrated language course designed ideally for classroom–based learners. Adopting an eclectic approach, the course contains 90 lessons combining authentic texts, grammar explanations, and exercises with audiovisual materials to guide and support the student through the key skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening.Features include
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See Your Story

How to Write a Screenplay That's Already a Movie

by Kimberly Snow ...

Your script has a problem: it reads like a script. Let’s fix that.You have a movie in your head—vivid, emotional, cinematic. But when you write it down, the magic evaporates. The action turns mechanical. The emotion gets explained in dialogue. The descriptions feel like stage directions instead of images. What you end up with is a document… not a film on the page.See Your Story closes that gap. It ... Read more

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Your script has a problem: it reads like a script. Let’s fix that.You have a movie in your head—vivid, emotional, cinematic. But when you write it down, the magic evaporates. The action turns mechanical. The emotion gets explained in dialogue. The descriptions feel like stage directions instead of images. What you end up with is a document… not a film on the page.See Your Story closes that gap. It
... Read more
The Dirty Dozen

How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom

by Robert A. Levy, William Mellor ...

Alexander Hamilton wrote that “the judiciary, from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution.” If only that were true. The Founding Fathers wanted the judicial branch to serve as a check on the power of the legislative and executive, and gave the Supreme Court the responsibility of interpreting the Constitution in a way that would ... Read more

$6.29 USD

Alexander Hamilton wrote that “the judiciary, from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution.” If only that were true. The Founding Fathers wanted the judicial branch to serve as a check on the power of the legislative and executive, and gave the Supreme Court the responsibility of interpreting the Constitution in a way that would
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Gay Seattle

Stories of Exile and Belonging

by Gary L. Atkins ...

Winner of a 2004 Washington State Book AwardWinner of a 2004 Alpha Sigma Nu (ASN) Jesuit Book AwardIn 1893, the Washington State legislature quietly began passing a set of laws that essentially made homosexuality, and eventually even the discussion of homosexuality, a crime. A century later Mike Lowry became the first governor of the state to address the annual lesbian and gay pride rally in ... Read more

$23.79 USD

Winner of a 2004 Washington State Book AwardWinner of a 2004 Alpha Sigma Nu (ASN) Jesuit Book AwardIn 1893, the Washington State legislature quietly began passing a set of laws that essentially made homosexuality, and eventually even the discussion of homosexuality, a crime. A century later Mike Lowry became the first governor of the state to address the annual lesbian and gay pride rally in
... Read more
A Gift of Wings

by Richard Bach ...

From the bestselling author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, comes an inspiring collection of short stories of being a pilot.With perfect insight, Richard Bach captures the true esssence of flying and the magic of being in the air. Philosophical and adventurous, each story will grab you and make you want to soar. Once again Richard Bach has written a masterpiece to help you touch that part of your ... Read more

$5.99 USD

From the bestselling author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, comes an inspiring collection of short stories of being a pilot.With perfect insight, Richard Bach captures the true esssence of flying and the magic of being in the air. Philosophical and adventurous, each story will grab you and make you want to soar. Once again Richard Bach has written a masterpiece to help you touch that part of your
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Mathematics for Human Flourishing

by Francis Su, Christopher Jackson ...

An inclusive vision of mathematics—its beauty, its humanity, and its power to build virtues that help us all flourishFor mathematician Francis Su, a society without mathematical affection is like a city without concerts, parks, or museums. To miss out on mathematics is to live without experiencing some of humanity’s most beautiful ideas.In this profound book, written for a wide audience but ... Read more

$18.79 USD

An inclusive vision of mathematics—its beauty, its humanity, and its power to build virtues that help us all flourishFor mathematician Francis Su, a society without mathematical affection is like a city without concerts, parks, or museums. To miss out on mathematics is to live without experiencing some of humanity’s most beautiful ideas.In this profound book, written for a wide audience but
... Read more
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

by Alan Jacobs ...

In recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers, reading is alive and well in America. There are millions of devoted readers supporting hundreds of enormous bookstores and online ... Read more

$15.19 USD

In recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers, reading is alive and well in America. There are millions of devoted readers supporting hundreds of enormous bookstores and online
... Read more
Beginner English Conversations: Daily Life ESL/EFL Dialogues

by Jackie Bolen ...

Speak English with Daily Life Conversations for Beginners.You'll improve your English with Beginner English Conversations by Jackie Bolen quickly and easily!Pick up a copy of the book today if you want to...Learn some new English words and phrasesHave beginner dialogues at your fingertipsImprove your American English at the A1/A2 levelSpeak English fluently and confidentlyHave some fun while lea.. ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Speak English with Daily Life Conversations for Beginners.You'll improve your English with Beginner English Conversations by Jackie Bolen quickly and easily!Pick up a copy of the book today if you want to...Learn some new English words and phrasesHave beginner dialogues at your fingertipsImprove your American English at the A1/A2 levelSpeak English fluently and confidentlyHave some fun while lea..
... Read more
PETA's Vegan College Cookbook

275 Easy, Cheap, and Delicious Recipes to Keep You Vegan at School

by PETA ...

If you're a student on a budget, you can still have the simplest, tastiest vegan recipes ? and the best part is, the most complicated kitchenware you'll ever need is a microwave!PETA's Vegan College Cookbook is the essential companion for every veggie-loving student, packed with a diverse selection of 275 scrumptious recipes to keep you fueled and thriving throughout your academic journey.Stay ... Read more

$13.09 USD

If you're a student on a budget, you can still have the simplest, tastiest vegan recipes ? and the best part is, the most complicated kitchenware you'll ever need is a microwave!PETA's Vegan College Cookbook is the essential companion for every veggie-loving student, packed with a diverse selection of 275 scrumptious recipes to keep you fueled and thriving throughout your academic journey.Stay
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The Unlikely Ballerina

A Daring Adventure with Cerebral Palsy

by Denise Lance ...

Denise Lance’s parents were told that their daughter would never walk, never talk, never write her name. Calvin and Jean Lance never believed their bright-eyed little girl had severe cognitive disabilities, though her physical and speech impairments from cerebral palsy were obvious. They enabled Denise to live a typical, happy childhood, learning and playing alongside her peers without ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Denise Lance’s parents were told that their daughter would never walk, never talk, never write her name. Calvin and Jean Lance never believed their bright-eyed little girl had severe cognitive disabilities, though her physical and speech impairments from cerebral palsy were obvious. They enabled Denise to live a typical, happy childhood, learning and playing alongside her peers without
... Read more
The Art of Fiction

Notes on Craft for Young Writers

by John Gardner ...

This classic guide, from the renowned novelist and professor, has helped transform generations of aspiring writers into masterful writers—and will continue to do so for many years to come.John Gardner was almost as famous as a teacher of creative writing as he was for his own works. In this practical, instructive handbook, based on the courses and seminars that he gave, he explains, simply and ... Read more

$7.99 USD

This classic guide, from the renowned novelist and professor, has helped transform generations of aspiring writers into masterful writers—and will continue to do so for many years to come.John Gardner was almost as famous as a teacher of creative writing as he was for his own works. In this practical, instructive handbook, based on the courses and seminars that he gave, he explains, simply and
... Read more

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