In Powerful Learning, Linda Darling-Hammond and an impressive list of co-authors offer a clear, comprehensive, and engaging exploration of the most effective classroom practices. They review, in practical terms, teaching strategies that generate meaningful K–2 student understanding, and occur both within the classroom walls and beyond. The book includes rich stories, as well as online videos of innovative classrooms and schools, that show how students who are taught well are able ...

Marketing has changed dramatically since the four classic Ps of the marketing mix (price, product, promotion and place) were proposed. The new marketing landscape is characterized by the demand for constant innovation, rising pressure on budgets, the growth of social media and the impact of issues of sustainability and ethics. As the business landscape has transformed so have the fundamental areas marketers need to master to succeed.The 20 Ps of Marketing ...

In this volume, two notable scholars trace the monumental shifts in theory, research, and practice related to reading education and literacy, with particular attention to what they consider the central goal of literacy—making meaning. Each section describes a specific epoch, including a brief snapshot of how the reader of that period is envisioned and characterized by researchers and teachers, as well as a deep discussion of the ideas and contextual events of that era. These developmental ...

At the dawn of the 1990s, as the United States celebrated its victory in the Cold War and sole superpower status by waging war on Iraq and proclaiming democratic capitalism as the best possible society, the 1990s underground punk renaissance transformed the punk scene into a site of radical opposition to American empire. Nazi skinheads were ejected from the punk scene; apathetic attitudes were challenged; women, Latino, and LGBTQ participants asserted their identities and perspectives with...

This collection of scholarly essays analyzes how NOFX's aesthetics of punk provocation and discomfort provokes the band's listeners to confront contradictions and conflicts in society concerning politics, identity, authenticity, and decorum.This collection of scholarly essays analyzes how NOFX's aesthetics of punk provocation and discomfort push the band's listeners to confront contradictions and conflicts in society concerning politics, identity, authenticity, and...

HIGHLY COMMENDED for the British Medical Awards book prize for Popular MedicineMost of us have some behaviours which are not fully under our control but when those start interfering with our lives and with who we want to be, we need this book. When we turn away from opportunity and excitement in case it makes us anxious, we lose the joy in our lives and can experience misery and depression as well as, oddly, even more anxiety.Get Your Life Back hel...

Change is inevitable-but growth is intentional.Navigating Change - How to Adapt and Succeed in Uncertain Times is your trusted guide to staying grounded, resilient, and forward-focused when the world around you feels anything but stable. Whether you're facing personal transitions, professional upheaval, or global uncertainty, this book equips you with the tools and mindset to not only weather change-but thrive through it.Drawing from the latest resea...

Here is another miscellany of over forty short stories. As in volume one, there are a few tales for children, some futuristic ones, some science-fiction, the odd murder mysteries, but for most there is usually human nature shining through, for good or for ill.

Here is another miscellany of fifty short stories. As in volume one & two, there are a few tales for children, some futuristic ones, some science-fiction, the odd murder mysteries, but for most there is usually human nature shining through, for good or for ill.

Here is a miscellany of fifty short stories. Amongst them there are a few tales for children, some futuristic ones, some science-fiction, the odd murder mysteries, but for most there is usually human nature shining through, for good or for ill.

The daily antics of a young boy, learning about himself as he takes on the world one fart at a time, eventually realizing flatulence can have a downside. A humorous children's story aimed at 5 - 8 year olds.

Many Catholics spend time in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. David Pearson reports in a detailed interview the remarkable and inspiring stories of Catholics whose lives were transformed through their experience of Christ in Eucharistic adoration.