Sara Bernhardt was een Franse toneelspeelster die speelde in enkele van de populairste Franse toneelstukken van de late 19e en vroege 20e eeuw, waaronder La Dame aux Camélias van Alexandre Dumas fils , Ruy Blas van Victor Hugo , Fédora en La Tosca van Victorien Sardou , en L'Aiglon van Edmond Rostand . Ze speelde zowel vrouwelijke als mannelijke rollen, waaronder Shakespeare's Hamlet . Rostand noemde haar "de koningin van de pose en de prinses van het gebaar", en Hugo prees haar "gouden st...

The School Portfolio Toolkit is a book that includes over 300 tools, strategies, templates, and examples for use in building school portfolios and for planning, implementing, and evaluating continuous school improvement. The Toolkit was written to support school personnel with the mechanics of putting together a school portfolio, as well as to offer processes and strategies to move whole school staffs into and through continuous improvement. The tools in the Toolkit will help staffs create...

This book presents a prototype school portfolio, along with annotated explanations and suggestions. Although this book describes a hypothetical elementary school, the data and examples come from real schools at which the authors worked, and the recommendations can be applied to any level school engaged in systemic reform.

In this story, William Bernhardt sends his crusading attorney Kenzi Rivera (Splitsville) to solve the mystery of a missing family heirloom—with several lives hanging in the balance. Pull up a chair by the Christmas tree, put on your holiday music, grab a glass of eggnog, and get the Christmas spirit with Kenzi Rivera.

A lawyer investigates the murder of an aspiring adoptive father: "A climax that will take most readers by surprise" ( Chicago Tribune).It's Ben Kincaid's first day as an associate at corporate giant Raven, Tucker & Tubb, and he's ready to start the long climb up the ladder to partnership. But he's barely cleared the first rung when a body trips him up.Ben's first task is to arrange an adoption for one of the firm's biggest clients—a bit of grunt wo...

From "a first-rate storyteller": An ex-corporate lawyer in Oklahoma starts a new career defending the innocent ( Tulsa World).Ben Kincaid is too honest for corporate law. When his refusal to compromise his ideals gets him tossed out of Tulsa's largest, most corrupt firm, he hangs out his shingle on the rough side of town. He works for peanuts—and occasionally chickens—but is safe in the knowledge that he is helping people who have nowhere else to turn. His...

Lawyer and former senator Ben Kincaid is meeting with the president when Washington suddenly explodes into chaos. A fanatical foreign dictator has hacked into the U.S. nuclear defense system and now has a finger on the trigger of America’s most dangerous weapons. Kincaid is whisked, along with the president and his advisors, to an underground bunker, but the president seems to be falling apart under the pressure—and the vice president wants to strip him of his powers. While Kincaid scrambl...

Retired from law, Ben Kincaid is forced to return to the bar when a case—and a corpse—fall in his lapAfter years of struggling, Ben Kincaid shuts down his small legal office and decides to make a living doing something that—compared to practicing law in Tulsa—is easy money: playing jazz piano. He buys a minivan to haul his gear, and gets steady gigs playing in a combo at Uncle Earl's Jazz Emporium. His new career is just starting to take off when a body falls from t...

Getting his client off death row could save his career… or make him the next victim.Daniel Pike would rather fight for justice than follow the rules. His unique ability to "connect the dots," to observe what others do not, has made him the most notorious criminal lawyer in St. Petersburg. But when his courtroom career goes up in smoke, he fears his lifelong purpose is a lost cause. A mysterious job offer from a secretive boss gives him a second chance but lands him...

William Bernhardt’s powerful series of legal thrillers featuring crusading attorney Ben Kincaid have won him a die-hard following and widespread critical acclaim as a “master of the courtroom drama” (Library Journal). Now, on the heels of his national bestseller Criminal Intent, William Bernhardt returns with his most electrifying novel to date.Oklahoma attorney Ben Kincaid put his reputation on the line when he represented Ray Goldman. The seemingly mild-mannered...

"Nous autres, les vibrants, nous avons besoin de croire pour faire croire. Notre vraie vie, c’est là-bas, dans le foyer incandescent de toutes les passions vécues ou rêvées." La vie de Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) a donné lieu à toutes les inventions. On l’a dite allemande, hongroise, algérienne, américaine, trouvée sur un banc des Tuileries ; on a fait des choux gras de son type sémite et brocardé ses origines incertaines. Star avant la lettre, contrôlant son image et sachant la monnayer, ...

Oklahoma defense attorney Ben Kincaid has found himself smack in the middle of more than a few controversies and deadly predicaments–and the unexpected leap from his modest Tulsa law offices to Washington, D.C.’s Senate chamber hasn’t taken the edge off Ben’s knack for stepping into the line of fire. Now the idealistic junior senator is plunged into the thick of lethal intrigue when a shocking campaign of terror against key government officials rocks the nation’s capital.The nightm...