An unprecedented leadership challenge for school administratorsToday’s school leaders face the unprecedented challenge of leading five generations: Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and brand-new Generation Z teachers, along with Gen Alpha, today’s youngest students. Based on extensive research and the author’s experience working with thousands of educators and students, 5-Gen Leadership addresses the nuances and expectations implicit with leading e...

From surviving to thriving during constant disruptionThe updated edition of this handbook couldn’t have come at a better time. Focusing on lessons learned from the disruptions of 2020, including the COVID school closures and the renewed pursuit of social justice, the authors show school leaders how to prepare for and respond to disruptions that are leading to a "new normal."Educators are racing to stay ahead of pandemic-scale disruptions and need a...

Winner, 2018 CASETA Publication Award, sponsored by the Center for Advancement and Study of Early Texas ArtRichard Stout’s legacy as an artist is broad, deep, and firmly moored to his Texas Gulf Coast origins. Born in Beaumont in 1934, he has been painting, sculpting, and teaching in Houston since 1957, in the process creating both an influential body of work and a committed national and international following among artists and collectors.Stout’s expressionist oeuvre, poss...

Transformed learning spaces begin with transformed thoughtFor two decades, educators have been told to incorporate skills for the global economy, adapt to diverse learning styles, and employ technology. This requires changing our thinking spaces and our physical spaces. How can or should they change to keep pace with and reflect 21st Century teaching models?In ***What’s in Your Space?***, the group behind one of America’s most recognized school red...

The Detective has been a mainstay of fiction writing ever since we can remember.Their deductive powers, their intuition and fleet-footed grasp of every detail can often turn the unlikeliest situation, or bunch of red herrings, into a breakthrough to capture even the most ingenious and dastardly of criminals.In this series our classic authors explore not only various themes, such as Occult Detectives, Female Detectives, Curious Crimes and a whole host more, but also bring a ...

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be publishe...

SADNESS - XANE Volume 3In the third installment of the XANE series, "SADNESS," author Mark White takes readers on an emotional journey that delves deep into the complexities of human emotions. Xane, a synthetic human, continues her mission to understand and experience the full spectrum of human feelings. This time, she faces the profound and often overwhelming emotion of sadness.As Xane navigates her junior year of high school, she encounters new challenges and ...

LOVE - XANE Volume 4In the fourth installment of the XANE series, Mark White takes readers on an emotional journey through the complexities of love, identity, and self-discovery. Xane, a highly advanced Synth, is on a mission to understand human emotions. This time, she faces her most challenging task yet: learning to love.As Xane navigates the intricacies of romantic relationships,

This book presents an evidence-based approach to landscape planning and design for urban blue spaces that maximises the benefits to human health and well-being while minimising the risks. Based on applied research and evidence from primary and secondary data sources stemming from the EU-funded BlueHealth project, the book presents nature-based solutions to promote sustainable and resilient cities.Numerous cities around the world are located alongside bodies of water in the form of ...

A mouse begs a lion for mercy and, after he is set free, promises that he will help the lion some day in return.

Bartenders not only make fabulous drinks, but also can be great listeners, confidants, and a sounding board to bounce jokes off of. Mark White, a popular bartender for over twenty years, shares a collection of clean jokes, related morals, and practical delivery tips designed to help the joke-teller communicate key life lessons in memorable ways to audiences of all ages and, most importantly, garner laughs. Many of the jokes are tailored for speakers who want to open a presentation with a k...

Retells the fable about an industrious ant that busily prepares for the approaching winter while a grasshopper makes no plans for the cold weather to come.