This 2nd edition presents strategies and answers questions, based on research and best practices, on how to develop curriculum and instruction, from philosophical base through assessment, to ensure excellence in curriculum beyond boiler plate standards. Current vocabulary describes this process as Value Added. However, since the current political paradigm requires school systems to map the curriculum to state and national assessments, attention is also given to curriculum mapping, pacing g...

"A mix of elevating spirits and fractious politics" this history of the whiskey industry in the rust belt "goes down nice and smooth." —John Allison, Pittsburgh QuarterlyA short history of rye whiskey's founding, floundering, and current flourishing in Pittsburgh. The book takes the reader on a fun tour of the Whiskey Rebellion, the role of Pittsburgh robber barons in developing the rye industry, and the rebirth of craft distillery in the twentieth century...

Are aliens present on our planet in the form of Bigfoot?People from all walks of life have reported contact experiences with aliens, Bigfoot, and other paranormal phenomena. These experiences are often life-changing and can provide a new perspective on the world around us and who we are as human beings.Drawing on extensive research during the filming of multiple series and feature films, the authors provide a compelling new look at what has become known as the Skin Walker R...

AN ENEMY EMERGING FROM THE EAST.The US Secretary of State is abducted while conducting secret negotiations aboard a tanker in the South China Sea. 'Seven days' is her captors' warning. Seven days before she is beheaded, live on the internet. Seven days for Robin Monarch to save her.A TREACHERY TRACING TO THE TOP.The CIA asset and master thief journeys into the underworld of Southeast Asia to locate and extract his target. But as he ...

Victricia Malicia Calamity Barrett may have been born on her family's pirate ship, but this mild-mannered young lady is sick of the sea: she'd much rather be ashore with her nose permanently buried in a book. But when Scylla the Serpent—the scourge of the sea—appears, quick-thinking Vic saves the ship by thunking the serpent on the head with her trunk full of books. For her bravery she is rewarded with the thing she wants most: a home on a little island. She opens a bookstore, and Landlubb...

Nestled near the majestic red rock mesas of Sedona, Arizona, lies the enigmatic Bradshaw Ranch, a place where the ordinary world collides with the inexplicable. Once a bustling film set, this now-abandoned beacon in the desert stands as a testament to uncharted mysteries and unexplained phenomena.In "The High Strangeness of Bradshaw Ranch," you are invited to delve into a riveting exploration of the ranch's veiled secrets. Through a compelling blend of chilling narratives, expert i...

Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in Florida, Missouri on the 30th November 1835 and is far better known by his pen name of Mark Twain. An American writer and humorist of the first order he is perhaps best known for his novels ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ and its sequel ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ which are often described with that mythic line The Great American Novel.Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri which would later provide the backdrop to these great novels. Appre...

School Law for Public, Private, and Parochial Educators serves educators from all types of school systems in preservice or professional development. It is designed as an academic text for master’s and doctoral level, and administrative licensure (postmaster’s). Since educators often work in both the public and the private sector, this text prepares them for a career in either domain. This is a unique feature of the book, since school law books usually concentrate on either the public or th...

Shake Shack’s first-ever cookbook, with 70 recipes and plenty of stories, fun facts, and pro tips for the home cook and ShackFan, as well as 200 photographs.Follow Shake Shack’s journey around the world; make your own ShackBurgers, crinkle-cut fries, and hand-spun frozen custard shakes at home; and get a glimpse into the culture, community, and inner workings of this global phenomenon.

Two thousand years ago, in a hidden cave near Jerusalem, something extraordinary happened—an event so profound it would remain secret until now.Present day: When Sarah Davenport witnesses her father's murder, his dying words leave her with a sequence of numbers and a mystery that will challenge everything she believes about human consciousness, technology, and the very nature of reality.Yale professor Isaac Johns has spent his career studying the Eleusinian Mysteries of anc...

The Detective has been a mainstay of fiction writing ever since we can remember.Their deductive powers, their intuition and fleet-footed grasp of every detail can often turn the unlikeliest situation, or bunch of red herrings, into a breakthrough to capture even the most ingenious and dastardly of criminals.In this series our classic authors explore not only various themes, such as Occult Detectives, Female Detectives, Curious Crimes and a whole host more, but also bring a ...

AMERICA'S GREATEST ASSET.Robin Monarch, the CIA's top field operative, stumbles across a US governmental conspiracy during a mission in Istanbul. What he sees is enough to make him go rogue.IS NOW ITS GREATEST THREAT.Monarch becomes an international fugitive, hunted by the powers wishing to buy his secret, and by those wanting it buried. Yet Robin Monarch is not perturbed: he has plans of his own.THINK BOURNE. THINK BOND. THINK BAUER.THINK BETTER.