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2017
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Blackwater is the saga of a small town, Perdido, Alabama, and Elinor Dammert, the stranger who arrives there under mysterious circumstances on Easter Sunday, 1919. On the surface, Elinor is gracious, charming, anxious to belong in Perdido, and eager to marry Oscar Caskey, the eldest son of Perdido’s first family. But her beautiful exterior hides a shocking secret. Beneath the waters of the Perdido River, she turns into something terrifying, a creature whispered about in stories that have c...
2014
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"The finest writer of paperback originals in America." - Stephen King"Surely one of the most terrifying novels ever written." - Poppy Z. Brite"Beyond any trace of doubt, one of the best writers of horror in this or any other country." - Peter Straub"Readers of weak constitution should beware!" - Publishers Weekly"McDowell has a flair for the gruesome." - Washington PostAfter a bizarre and disturbing incident at the funeral of matriarch Marian Savage,...
2020
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One hundred and fifty years have passed since Allen Chandliss discovered an "alien" signal.Earth is once again looking to the stars and the Unified Space Survey is busy exploring as well as establishing contact with lost human colonies.Merritt Thackery has dreamed of joining the Survey since childhood and prepared himself well for when the call comes.But when he is called to service, will he be ready for his final mission...to go farther than anyone has travelled be...
2022
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1990 Nebular Nominee"There is a glad tale-telling energy about the book–just as there was about James Tiptree Jr.'s best stories–that carries one on, as though to joy."—Los Angeles Times"A fast-paced adventure that explores man's place in the universe as well as the nature of the human spirit."—Chicago TribuneThe city-sized starships taking shape in Earth orbit are humanity's most ambitious endeavor. Each is to carry ten thousand people on the boldest adventure in h...
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- Jack & Susan
2013
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In this unique romance series debut, two timeless young lovers find each other amid the madcap antics of the silent film industry.Regardless of what the calendar says, Jack and Susan are always, eternally, twenty-seven years old. They are destined for each other like Hepburn and Tracy, Dagwood and Blondie, Nick and Nora. And somehow, they always acquire a shaggy white dog on the way to falling in love.In 1913, the world is thrilling to that fabulous inventi...
2015
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"The finest writer of paperback originals in America." - Stephen King"Readers of weak constitution should beware." - Publishers Weekly"McDowell has a flair for the gruesome." - Washington PostWelcome to Babylon, a typical sleepy Alabama small town, where years earlier the Larkin family suffered a terrible tragedy. Now they are about to endure another: fourteen-year-old Margaret Larkin will be robbed of her innocence and her life by a killer who is beyond the reach o...
2019
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"Fiction that satisfies as much at the story level as it does at the idea level"—Orson Scott CardThe survivors of the next great war live in isolated farming communities, disdaining technological innovations and creating a deadly mythology around the use of science.People considered to be pursuing the old, evil art of science are burned at the stake because it has become like the witchcraft of old.Yet, there are people who defy the odds and secretly pursue the old a...
The Attention Gap
Instructional Routines That Heighten Focus, Boost Engagement, and Deepen Learning
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- Corwin Literacy
2026
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Reclaim student attention with interval-based instructionStruggling with student disengagement and dwindling attention spans in your classroom? You′re not alone. To meet the needs of today’s learners, teachers must find ways to transform instruction into a more dynamic and engaging experience.In The Attention Gap, author Michael McDowell tackles these urgent challenges head-on, proposing a new, actionable framework—the Interval Instruction Approach...
2014
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"[O]ne of the best writers of horror in this or any other country." - Peter Straub"One of the genre's most underrated writers . . . enjoyably nasty." - Poppy Z. Brite"A must-read for horror fiction fans. . . . Obtain The Amulet by any means necessary." - Too Much Horror Fiction"McDowell has a flair for the gruesome." - Washington PostWhen a rifle range accident leaves Dean Howell disfigured and in a vegetative state, his wife Sarah finds her dreary life in P...
A Visual, Step-By-Step Guide for Re-Envisioning Rigor
Powerful Routines for Promoting Rigorous Problem- and Project-Based Learning
2025
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A Visual, Step-by-Step Guide to Re-Envisioning Rigor: Powerful Routines for Promoting Rigorous Problem and Project Based Learning offers a practical roadmap for teachers who want to make every day of learning count-no matter if they're leading full-scale projects or embedding high-level thinking into daily lessons. Designed to support meaningful learning from launch to final reflection, this book provides clear, actionable routines that elevate instruction and empower students. Th...
2011
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In the wake of a shattered alliance, the New Republic fights a relentless new enemy in an all-new adventure in the bestselling Star Wars saga...Faced with an alarming image of Han as a battered hostage of the Yevetha, Chewbacca takes on an urgent mission. Meanwhile, Leia calls upon the Senate to take a stand and eliminate the Yevetha threat--even at the cost of Han's life. As a former Imperial governor takes his battle to the runaway Qella spaceship, Luke's continuing sear...
2011
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As Leia must deal with a new threat to the fragile alliance that binds the New Republic, Lando becomes a prisoner aboard a runaway spacecraft of unknown origin. The ship is following an unstoppable path to its homeworld, destroyed by Imperial forces. Luke continues his quest to learn more about his mother among the Fallanassi, where his every belief about the use of the Force is about to be challenged. And while Leia ponders a diplomatic solution to the aggression of the fierce Yevetha rac...