Letters Home from World War II: St. Louis captures the experiences of St. Louisans who served in World War II, sharing their struggles, fears, and hopes through letters sent home. Scattered across battlefields, remote bases, and ships at sea, these men and women endured the hardships of war, finding solace in the letters they received from loved ones. Meanwhile, families in St. Louis anxiously awaited any news confirming their safety. This book tells the war’s story through firsth...

If you need a break from the toxic and negative information and energy that greets you at the crack of down each day, this book is a great escape. Whether you're down on your luck and need a jump start, or you're considering your next conquest and need a little more assurance, this book is for you. One quote each day may just be the pick me up you need to activate your power.

"Unlocking the Power of Social Interaction" is your key to mastering the art of connection, offering practical insights and actionable strategies to elevate your social skills and thrive in diverse social settings. This comprehensive guide empowers you to cultivate authentic relationships, enhance communication, and leave a positive impact in both personal and professional spheres.Effective Communication Techniques: Learn to express yourself with clarity, act...

Follow Timothy as he shares his lessons in good values! He transforms into the Warrior of Good Values to defeat his enemies and stands up for what is right and just. He shows his audience that they too, can be a Warrior of Good Values! This book is an interactive Children's Book, that consist of three stories about Obedience, Responsibility and Kindness. At the end of each story, there is a question and answer section, where teachers can educate their students, or parents can educate their...

Proper presentations have the power to persuade and transform people and organizations. This is a book about the art of presenting. Using current knowledge about learning, this book describes best practices for designing, delivering, debriefing, and growing from the presenting experience. Some highlights include how to give a two minute speech, getting comfortable in your own skin, overcoming resistance and audience fatigue, and how to de-demonize the personal digital devices in training r...

In this greatly expanded and extensively updated edition of a widely popular resource you see how teachers' individual and collective capacities for continuing self-improvement are strengthened over time through Cognitive Coaching. You gain essential skills, protocols, guidance, research and resources to use when implementing Cognitive Coaching principles and values in your own school setting.Working toward the goals of making school better places where more students succeed and sa...

This 3rd edition of the award winning Adaptive Schools Sourcebook provides both a theoretical and practical guide for groups and teams to develop and focus their collaborative energies to improve teaching practices and enhance student-learning outcomes.In five sections: Becoming Adaptive, Collaboration Matters, Meetings are Teachers’ Work, Resources for Inquiry, and Conflict, Change and Community, the authors draw on decades of personal experiences in schools and research ...

Action Research: An Educational Leader’s Guide to School Improvement, Third Edition, is a clear and practical guide to conducting action research in schools. Although it offers neither a cookbook nor a quick-fix approach, this book does outline the process of designing and reporting an action research project. Useful as a classroom text as well as a self-teaching tool, Action Research: An Educational Leader’s Guide to School Improvement is a comprehensive training manual. It can be used by...

Still Their Dad: 101 Reasons is a deeply personal, faith-centered nonfiction book about fatherhood, loss, resilience, and enduring love.Written by Christopher G. Dyck, this book tells the story of a father who never stopped being Dad, even when distance, silence, and circumstances tried to redefine his place in his children's lives. Told through 101 reflective reasons, each chapter captures moments of connection, sacrifice, heartbreak, and hope that shaped his identity as a father ...

From the cells of Death Row come the chilling, true-life accounts of the most heinous, cruel and depraved killers of modern times. Meet grisly killers such as Bill Joe Benefiel, the 'Superglue Monster', who glued his victims eyes and noses shut, causing them to suffocate. Or Willie Crain, the deviant fisherman, who put his victim into a lobster pot, where it was eaten by sea creatures.Many prisoners on ' the Row' have carried out serial murder, mass murder, spree killing and the des...

The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction.Content:The Harvard Classics:V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & PennV. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus AureliusV. 3: Bacon, Milton, BrowneV. 4: John Milton

Missouri lies at a regional crossroads where the Midwest meets the South and the West begins. The contemporary dialect picture of the state reflects this blend of influences. Depending on their backgrounds, Missourians may share speech features with Chicagoans, Kentuckians, or Californians. The authors explore the history behind this current linguistic variation by listening to the voices of Missourians born between the 1880s and the 1930s. Drawing on a corpus of archival recordings, this ...