Praise for Welcome to College! From your college ID to your digital identity, the next four years will strongly define your life. This book will help you decide how you want that definition to read. Eric Stoller, Inside Higher Ed Dayna has a simple yet effective way of teaching success. From orientation to graduation, you will find 101 success principles in this book no student should be without. Rick Sherrll, Pro Speakers Bureau: College Speakers and Trainers It is no secret that heading ...

Authors Dayna Steele, PGA Pro Aram Hudson and Cathy ArroyoIllustrated by Tim GriggsOffering advice for golfers of all levels to improve their game immediately, On the Golf Course: 101 Ways to Rock Your World presents a host of tips and quotes from author-turned-golfer Dayna Steele and golf experts. Filled with humorous anecdotes, illustrations, and Steele's snappy narrative, this guide entertains as well as instructs in ways to improve a golf game. Whether it's in a golf bag...

The bestselling author of Pledged returns with a groundbreaking look at the pressure to achieve faced by America's teensIn Pledged, Alexandra Robbins followed four college girls to produce a riveting narrative that read like fiction. Now, in The Overachievers, Robbins uses the same captivating style to explore how our high-stakes educational culture has spiraled out of control. During the year of her ten-year reunion, Robbins goes back to...

A sports hero seeks a comeback in this wildly funny and ultimately redemptive novel.His name, as we all know, is Herbert X. “Tree” Tremont, and he’s the richest and most celebrated athlete of our time—a multicultural golfing icon with fifty-three Tour wins, thirteen major victories, a smoking hot wife, and two adorable kids. But when a reporter uncovers evidence that Tree’s sexual appetites are as prodigious as his tee shots, his public and private lives collide, p...

From handling studying and dorm life to parties and campus safety, this guide gives you straight answers to help you survive college life.Will your college classes be as fun and exciting as they sound in the course catalog? Will you need to take advantage of your professors' office hours in order to keep up? Will ramen become your only meal? Will you get along with your roommate?Experts Susan Fitzgerald and J. Lee Peters have the answers. The Everything...

Over the course of ten years, this extensive qualitative study focused on the academic resilience phenomenon. The research delves into the educational resilience experiences of fifty low socioeconomic students of color from a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds. In addition to chronicling specific protective factors and processes active in the students' lives, several symbiotic relationships between groups of protective factors are documented and explored. A Resilience Cycle ...

When people begin to search for religions, they may start with talking to friends and family, people that they know and trust. They may have heard of them going to church, and might want to try that out. Others that are looking into more eastern traditions such as Confucianism, Buddhism or Taoism may decide to travel to the Far East, go to the many Holy Places in order to have a better grasp on what they are supposed to be doing with their life. Their search for that perfect religion may b...

“I don’t play the sport for fame. I don’t try to win tournaments for fame. I don’t do any of that. It’s just me. I’m just Bubba. I goof around. I joke around. I just want to be me and play golf.” —Bubba WatsonWidely recognized as one of the game’s longest hitters for the better part of a decade, Bubba Watson has successfully reinvented himself since picking up his first PGA Tour victory in the summer of 2010.In this ...

Leaving home and going to university is one of the most exciting challenges you can face. But there are bound to be questions, fears and worries in the back of your mind, and this book sets out to address all of these issues. Packed with practical advice from real students, this step-by-step guide will take you through the entire process: from deciding what to pack and choosing accommodation to making the most of freshers’ week and settling into your course. Sex, relatio...

Why do some students make the most of college, while others struggle and look back on years of missed deadlines and missed opportunities? What choices can students make, and what can teachers and university leaders do, to improve more students’ experiences and help them achieve the most from their time and money? Most important, how is the increasing diversity on campus—cultural, racial, and religious—affecting education? What can students and faculty do to benefit from differences, and ev...

There has never been a golfer to rival Arnold Palmer. He's the most aggressive, most exciting player the game has ever known, a dynamo famous for coming from behind to make bold last-minute charges to victory. To the legions of golf fans known around the world as "Arnie's Army," Palmer is a charismatic hero, the winner of sixty-one tournaments on the PGA Tour and still going strong on the Senior PGA Tour. But behind the legend, there is the private Palmer--a man of wit, compassion, loyalty...

When it comes to learning, is smaller really better? There is a growing body of evidence to support the notion that smaller, more personalized schools are better for both students and teachers. Bringing together the combined knowledge and experience of more than two dozen teachers, administrators, and researchers, this book provides a roadmap for educators embarking on the journey to create a more personalized environment for high school students.Features include:· Highlight...