What if the reason why procrastination doesn’t go away is because it’s not supposed to? Just imagine what would happen to your motivation and confidence if you thought of your procrastination as a mark of intelligence rather than a sign of incompetence. Or if you said to yourself while procrastinating, “wow, isn’t this interesting?” rather than “there is something wrong with me!” Procrastinate Now challenges everything we think we know about procrastination by taking a uniq...

Latin America in the 1960s and 1970s underwent a profound and often violent process of social change. From the Cuban Revolution to the massive guerrilla movements in Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Colombia, and most of Central America, to the democratic socialist experiment of Allende in Chile, to the increased popularity of socialist-oriented parties in Uruguay, or para-socialist movements, such as the Juventud Peronista in Argentina, the idea of social change was in the air. Although this top...

Embark on a mesmerizing journey through the enigmatic realms of perception with "Seen and Unseen (Unabridged)" by E. Katharine Bates. This audiobook intricately weaves together the threads of reality and the ethereal, inviting listeners to explore the unseen dimensions that often elude our conscious awareness. Bates, a masterful storyteller, guides us through a labyrinth of mystery, where the tangible and intangible collide. As the narrative unfolds, the listener is drawn into a world wher...

By carefully piecing together musical and documentary evidence, Amateur Musicians in the Nineteenth Century reveals the musicians that have so far been largely invisible in histories of music.Musical amateurs occupy an indistinct, low-status, peripheral place in musical life today. Often defined by what they are not and compared unfavorably to professionals, amateurs are found to lack expertise, qualifications, and status. This book critiques these exclusi...

This book investigates how education and participation shape musical identity across the amateur–professional spectrum, reframing amateurism as a space of passion, dedication and authenticity rather than deficiency. It treats the amateur–professional divide as a social construct—made in pedagogy and institutions—then shows how teaching and learning can unsettle that divide in practice.Once celebrated for their intrinsic love of music, amateurs today are often dismissed as lacking s...

Tracing musicology in Latin American during the twentieth century, this book presents case studies to illustrate how Latin American music has interacted with social and global processes. The book addresses such topics as popular music, post-colonialism, women in Latin American music, tradition and modernity, musical counterculture, globalization, and identity construction through music. It contributes to the development of paradigms of cultural analysis that originated outside of Latin Ame...

Elsie Mae has long treasured summers with her grandparents in the Okefenokee Swamp, so she is devastated to hear that a shipping company plans to build a canal right through it. What will that mean for the people and animals that call the swamp home? So she writes a letter directly to President Franklin Roosevelt himself and sets off to enjoy what may be her last happy summer there with her new dog, Huck. But when she arrives, she discovers a team of hog bandits who have been stealing from...

A collection of audiobooks 17 and 18 in the Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo series!In Write On!, Katie can't wait for her favorite author, Nellie Farrow, to come visit her class and tell them all about her new book. But when Katie starts working on a cool new website with Suzanne, she forgets to read the book! Then Katie turns into Nellie, just when she's about to give her presentation! Will Katie be able to turn things from wrong to write?In *Karate Kati...

Magnolia Grace never wanted to leave Georgia. She never wanted to move with her mama to the farm her daddy owned before he died. But now here she is—in a tiny Vermont town where everybody sings the praises of the father she never knew. Then Maggie meets the Parker family—two moms, six kids, plus a pony. The Parkers are loud and wild, ask lots of questions, and don't follow any of the rules Maggie grew up with in Georgia. Suddenly Maggie has questions too—questions about her father and why ...

A collection of audiobooks 19 and 20 in the Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo series!In Gotcha! Gotcha Back!, Katie and her friend George try to spice up the school day by playing a few practical jokes. Using a special kit full of whoopee cushions, pepper gum, and a water-spraying camera, the two kids make a splash pulling off gag after gag. But then Katie turns into George—just as he gets blamed for all the trouble! How will Katie get out of this one?In Be Nice...

This book assembles into one volume summaries of school-based intervention research that relates to those who deal on a regular basis with the growing body of students having high-incidence learning disabilities and/or behavior disorders: special educators, school psychologists, and clinical child psychologists. Chapter authors begin with an overview of their topic followed by a brief section on historical perspectives before moving on to the main section – a critical discussion of empiric...

In the tradition of Every Soul a Star and Inside Out & Back Again, Just Like Me is a funny, uplifting summer camp story about unlikely friendships and finding your place in the world from the award-winning author of This Journal Belongs to Ratchet. Told through a mix of traditional narrative and journal entries, don't miss this funny, surprisingly sweet summer audiobook!