This one-of-a-kind collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative practices from classrooms, schools, districts, communities, and faraway places in the world. Each of the chapters-organized under six headings-tells an authentic, compelling story of a pioneering and successful initiative that breaks the traditional mold of instructional delivery and time-honored school organization. Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization guides readers thr...

John Walker's ordinary life takes an unexpected turn when his satellite radio becomes possessed by a mysterious demon. Unbeknownst to John, the demon has access to every detail of his life. In a Faustian twist, the demon offers John a deal that promises to transform his existence.Accepting the devilish pact, John soon finds his reality altered beyond his wildest dreams. He's now wealthy, his marriage is blissful, and his son is destined for stardom. However, as the demon collects i...

Few things are as important as the food we eat. Conversations in Food Studies demonstrates the value of interdisciplinary research through the cross-pollination of disciplinary, epistemological, and methodological perspectives. Widely diverse essays, ranging from the meaning of milk, to the bring-your-own-wine movement, to urban household waste, are the product of collaborating teams of interdisciplinary authors. Readers are invited to engage and reflect on the theories and practi...

Imagine that you, Phillip Rolfe, have been sentenced to death for killing your wife, a crime you claim you did not commit. You profess your innocence up until the moment the needle enters your arm and the world turns black. What seems like no more than a second, however, the lights are back on.It was not a second, though. It was forty years into the future. Because the death penalty was put on hold, you have been cryogenically frozen over those forty years. You’re told to sit in a ...

In the mysterious town of Trident, Texas, two enigmatic figures, Jack Coletree and Tina Jean Plumb, find their paths intertwined by extraordinarily peculiar circumstances. Unbeknownst to the unsuspecting residents, Jack and Tina harbor a dark secret—they are both serial killers with an insatiable thirst for blood.As the duo navigate through Trident, the once-quiet backwater town becomes the stage for a gruesome symphony of murder. Bodies begin to accumulate, and the community desce...

James? Eddie? Freddy? Chris P. Bacon? In the ultimate name game between the miller's daughter and the little man behind the spinning wheel, it's anyone's guess who will win. Navigate through three fractured retellings of the classic fairy tale. In this story, YOU CHOOSE how it ends. Will you guess correctly and live happily ever after?

PU DER BÄR – jetzt endlich auch als HÖRSPIELZu den berühmten Erzählungen von Alan A. Milne gibt es jetzt auch neun Hörspiele voll bienenstachligem Witz, voll honigsüßem Charme, voll hinreißend philosophischem Bärengebrummel! Und hier sind sie alle: Winnie-der-Pu, der honigsüchtige Bär von geringem Verstand, das ängstliche Ferkel, der traurige I-Aah, Känga und Klein-Ruh, Eule, Kaninchen, der ungestüme Tiger und natürlich Christoph Robin. Charlotte Niemann hat ihre za...