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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time
by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
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In 1993 Greg Mortenson was the exhausted survivor of a failed attempt to ascend K2, an American climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram Himalaya. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of an... (read more)

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Learning Disabilities
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Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most Out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder
Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most Out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder
by Edward M Hallowell
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In 1994, Driven to Distraction sparked a revolution in our understanding of attention deficit disorder. Widely recognized as the classic in the field, the book has sold more than a million copies. Now a second revolution is under way in the approach to... (read more)

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Classroom Resources
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Enhancing Professional Practice : Framework for Teaching (2ND 07 Edition)
Enhancing Professional Practice : Framework for Teaching (2ND 07 Edition)
by Charlotte Danielson
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Educational consultant Danielson presents a framework for effective teaching in grades K-12. Based on the Praxis III: Classroom Performance Assessment criteria developed by Educational Testing Service, this framework identifies 22 aspects of a teacher'... (read more)

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Conflict Resolution
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Nonviolent Communication 2ND Edition
Nonviolent Communication 2ND Edition
by Marshall Rosenberg
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Do you hunger for skills to improve the quality of your relationships, to deepen your sense of personal empowerment or to simply communicate more effectively? Unfortunately, for centuries our culture has taught us to think and speak in ways that can... (read more)

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Teaching Math and Science
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The Everything Kids' Math Puzzles Book: Brain Teasers, Games, and Activites for Hours of Fun (Everything Kids')
The Everything Kids' Math Puzzles Book: Brain Teasers, Games, and Activites for Hours of Fun (Everything Kids')
by Meg Clemens
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Crammed with games, puzzles, and trivia, this collection of math puzzles puts the fun back into playing with numbers. Games include decoding hidden messages using Roman numerals and connecting the dots using simple addition and subtraction.... (read more)

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Teaching Social Studies
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
by James W. Loewen
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Winner of the American Book Award and the Oliver C. CoxAnti-Racism Award of The American Sociological Association Americans have lost touch with their history, and in Lies My Teacher Told Me Professor James Loewen shows why. After surveying eighteen... (read more)

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Children's Literature
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Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children's Book: Life Lessons from Notable People from All Walks of Life
Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children's Book: Life Lessons from Notable People from All Walks of Life
by Anita (edt) Silvey
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Silvey asked more than 100 of the most respected and admired leaders in society this simple question: What children's book changed the way you see the world? Here, she shares their surprising, intriguing answers.... (read more)

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Assessment
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The Water is Wide
The Water is Wide
by Pat Conroy
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The island is nearly deserted, haunting, beautiful. Across a slip of ocean lies South Carolina. But for the handful of families on Yamacraw island, America is a world away. For years the people here lived proudly from the sea, but now its waters are not... (read more)

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The Absorbent Mind
The Absorbent Mind
by Maria Montessori
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In response to the crisis in American education, more than five thousand public and private schools across the nation have adopted the timeless Montessori Method of teaching, of which this book is the cornerstone. Written by the women whose name is... (read more)

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My Freshman Year : What a Professor Learned By Becoming a Student (05 Edition)
My Freshman Year : What a Professor Learned By Becoming a Student (05 Edition)
by Rebekah Nathan
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An anthropology teacher at a large university tells what happens when, after 15 years of teaching, she decides to do what anthropologists do when confused by a different culture (in this case, her students): she enrolls as a freshman, moves into the dorm,... (read more)

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