An inside look at the promise and pitfalls of continuous improvement and design in education—showing why reform sometimes succeeds, sometimes fails, and what leaders can do about it.While the headlines have been consumed by No Child Left Behind, Common Core, charter schools, and battles over DEI, a group of practitioners have been trying to develop a new set of approaches to taking on the perennial problems of schooling. And rather than betting on a new program or ...

A beautiful hardback treasury containing four Winnie-the-Pooh adventures in rhyme, featuring some of the best-loved characters from the Hundred Acre Wood.Join Winnie-the-Pooh for a walk through the Hundred Acre Wood, help him write the name tags for Rabbit’s birthday party, go sledging at the palace, and discover just who is following them through the woods! It includes Winnie-the-Pooh and the Party, Winnie-the-Pooh at the Palace, Winnie-the-Pooh and Me an...

A reluctant medium, an entitled ghost, and a dead body at the bottom of the stairs.Suri Mudge is having a bad day.Plagued by headaches and with an attitude to match, Surly — as she’s known to the odd-ball locals in her Oregon Coast community — stumbles across a murder victim while out for a stroll. Strange things are common in Naghatune Bay, but this is the first murder by magick, though the straight-laced deputy sheriff isn’t convinced. Su...

The remarkable story of how a make-do fighter proved itself indispensable in the harshest theatres of war Fairey Fulmar –The Fleet Air Arm's Unlikely Hero charts, for the first time, the full history of the Fairey Fulmar naval fighter. A hastily converted light bomber, rejected by the RAF and increasingly obsolete against Messerschmitts and Zeroes, somehow the Fulmar became the top-scoring Royal Navy fighter aircraft of World War II. The Fairey Fulmar was the Fleet Air Arm's top-scoring fi...

Science fiction icon Connie Willis brilliantly mixes a speculative plot, the wit of Nora Ephron, and the comedic flair of P. G. Wodehouse in Crosstalk—a genre-bending novel that pushes social media, smartphone technology, and twenty-four-hour availability to hilarious and chilling extremes as one young woman abruptly finds herself with way more connectivity than she ever desired.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPRIn the ...

A remarkable collection, Robots through the Ages includes stories from some of the best writers of science fiction, both old and new.This anthology, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg, offers a sweeping survey of robots as depicted throughout literature. Since the Iliad—in which we are shown golden statues built by Hephaestus “with minds and wisdoms”—humans have been fascinated by the idea of artificial life. From the Argonautica t...

Clay Redmond, a Miami real estate broker living the good life, was all set for early retirement until his business partner screws him out of his interest in a choice piece of real estate. Clay's golden years nest-egg issue goes to court, but even his own attorney and the presiding judge side against him. Cheated again, he felt, by a corrupt justice system. Bitter and dispirited for a time, the broker - a former Marine - begins to plot a strategy of recover. His plan includes, in addition t...

Using the written word as her witness statement, Jessica Willis Fisher gives a lacerating portrait of a girl finding her voice after years of being silenced and an unforgettable story of risk and faith.Growing up the eldest daughter in a large, highly controlled, fundamentalist Christian household, Jessica Willis was groomed to perform, and to conform to her father's disturbing and chaotic teachings. Cut off from anything unapproved by her father, Jessica was persi...

"Twenty Poems of Poetry Vol. 1" is a collection of writings from Patricia Laverne Willis. Patricia's words give the reader an understanding of some of the larger ideas in life such as creativity, gifts, stars, and religion. She touches on subjects that will make you wonder about the special life we live and is certain that we all have a purpose here. This collection of poems will inspire you to write and create your own art. It takes a wistful tone in its considerations of some of the pecu...

FreeCAD 1.1.1: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users is designed for both instructor-led courses and self-paced learning, providing engineers, designers, students, educators, and hobbyists with the tools needed to master FreeCAD for creating 3D mechanical designs. Ideal for newcomers and an excellent resource for classroom training, this 492-page textbook covers 10 comprehensive chapters, exploring essential FreeCAD workbenches such as

Once feared as the kingdom’s legendary assassin, Zach “the Shadow” has abandoned his bloody past and now lives a quiet life as a priest of a rural church. There, he raises orphaned children and teaches them everything he knows: discipline, wisdom, and the combat skills to build a life outside the church walls. When one of his beloved students—Emilia—returns with burdens she can’t conceal, Zach knows he can no longer hide and wait. Stealth and shadow are familiar aides as he begins a secret...

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