Overcoming Student Apathy: Succeeding with All Learners provides a candid look into the hearts and minds of many of today’s struggling learners. Frustrated teachers and administrators typically stop at labeling the symptoms shown by these students: apathetic, unmotivated, lazy. Overcoming Student Apathy clarifies the issues, while proposing solutions to move forward with each student. The second edition has added three additional chapters that focus on critical issues surrounding today’s l...

"The Adventures of Solar Sam" is an exciting children's book series that follows the courageous journey of a young boy named Sam, who is fascinated by science and the power of the sun.Through his travels, Sam learns important lessons about teamwork, problem-solving, and the wonders of the universe.With vibrant illustrations and an educational storyline, "The Adventures of Solar Sam" will ignite your child's imagination and inspire a love of science and discovery. Join Sam o...

Mentoring While White: Culturally Responsive Practices for Sustaining the Lives of Black College Students provides a provocative and illuminating account of the mentoring experiences of Black college and university students based on their racialized and marginalized identities. Bettie Ray Butler, Abiola Farinde-Wu, and Melissa Winchell bring together a diverse group of well-respected leading and emerging scholars to present new and compelling arguments pointing to what white facul...

Who am I any more? All these names, who am I?After three marriages and four last names, Mary, a neurotic woman in her thirties, finds herself struggling to remember her own name and losing her sense of self. But what she does want to forget, she is condemned to remember - the last days of her relationship with Hat Bell, her depressive, alcoholic second husband, and her sense of responsibility for his death.As friends from the past resurface, these unwanted memories...

In René Girard, Theology, and Popular Culture, fifteen contributors consider how Girard’s mimetic theory can be used to uncover and probe the theological depths of popular culture. Creative and critical engagement with Girard’s theory enables the contributors to offer fresh and exciting interpretations of movies (The Devil Wears Prada, Mean Girls, Star Wars), television (Hoarders, Cobra Kai), classical literature and graphic novels, and issues ranging from anorexia to social media. The res...

Originally published in 1984. Many schools are faced with the problem of what to teach the large numbers of below average pupils who are never likely to pass any GCE or CSE examination. These pupils are often troublesome, bored and eager to get out of school into the real world of work. At this time, many schools were planning a new curriculum for these pupils - taking account of limited abilities and concentrating on teaching skills and knowledge which will be useful when they have left s...

In this work, Brian Philip Dunn focuses on the embodiment theology of the South Indian theologian, A. J. Appasamy (1891-1975). Appasamy developed what he called a 'bhakti' (devotional) approach to Christian theology, bringing his own primary text, the Gospel of John, into comparative interaction with the writings of the Hindu philosopher and theologian, Rāmānuja. Dunn's exposition here is of Appasamy's distinctive adaptation of Rāmānuja's 'Body of God' analogy and its application ...

Thomas Berry had a gentle yet mesmerizing and luminescent presence that was evident to anyone who spent time with him. His intellectual scope and erudite manner were compelling, and the breadth, depth, clarity, and elegance of his vision was breathtaking. Berry was an intellectual giant and cultural visionary of extraordinary stature.Thomas Berry’s vast knowledge of history, religions, and cultural histories is a unique blend revealing a genuine, original thinker. The ecological cr...

Dieser Band enthält folgende Romane: Gorian - Der Magier von Nelbar (Alfred Bekker) Wölfe in der einsamen Geisterstadt (Alfred Bekker) Die Erben von Atlantis (J. Allan Dunn) Der Dieb des Heiligen Grals (William Waldorf Astor) Der Zeitreisende und der Letzte der Zehnten Legion (William Waldorf Astor) Yarum und die Wolkenstadt von Zaroon (Alfred Bekker) Burg der Schatten (Alfred Bekker) Sklave des Mondes (Leroy Yerxa) Kriegerinnen von Libyen (Leroy Yerxa) Das grüne Juwel von den Sternen (Bri...

A day in the life of a mad housewife in Manhattan: "One of the truest and most awesome books I have ever read" ( The Scotsman).She was born Mary Dunne. A New York actress in a stalled career, she's previously been known as Maria and Martha. Married three times, she's also been called Mrs. Phelan, Mrs. Bell, and currently, Mrs. Terence Lavery—wife of the esteemed playwright. No wonder Mary Dunne forgot her name this morning at th...

A gripping spy thriller from "one of the most ingenious espionage writers" in the worldIn a botched escape from Russia, MI5 spy Charlie Muffin is seized by the FSB, Russia's intelligence-service successor to the infamous KGB. Charlie is Russia's long-term target in British counter-intelligence, and Moscow is determined to extract, by whatever means necessary, every secret of British—and Western—espionage over Charlie's thirty-year career.Charlie's determine...

Would you like to start investing but you're afraid of putting all your savings in investment tools that you do not really understand? Are you looking for a simple guide to learn about money management that you can directly put into practice in your day-to-day life? Do you ever wonder if you're saving enough money for a good and wealthy retirement? Then you need to keep reading...Here's a preview of what you will discover:The most useful techn...