Author: Robert McCrum
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393051599
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
He had an extraordinary Broadway career, wrote 90 novels and story collections, and among his immortal characters are Jeeves and the Empress of Blandings. McCrum's magisterial biography chronicles the achievements and shadows of a gilded life.
The Broken Compass
Author: Keith Robinson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674727428
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
It seems like common sense that children do better when parents are actively involved in their schooling. But how well does the evidence stack up? The Broken Compass puts this question to the test in the most thorough scientific investigation to date of how parents across socioeconomic and ethnic groups contribute to the academic performance of K-12 children. The study's surprising discovery is that no clear connection exists between parental involvement and improved student performance. Keith Robinson and Angel Harris assessed over sixty measures of parental participation, at home and in school. Some of the associations they found between socioeconomic status and educational involvement were consistent with past studies. Yet other results ran contrary to previous research and popular perceptions. It is not the case that Hispanic and African American parents are less concerned with education than other ethnic groups--or that "tiger parenting" among Asian Americans gets the desired results. In fact, many low-income parents across a wide spectrum want to be involved in their children's school lives, but they often receive little support from the school system. And for immigrant families, language barriers only worsen the problem. While Robinson and Harris do not wish to discourage parents' interest, they believe that the time has come to seriously reconsider whether greater parental involvement can make much of a dent in the basic problems facing their children's education today. This provocative study challenges some of our most cherished beliefs about the role of family in educational success.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674727428
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
It seems like common sense that children do better when parents are actively involved in their schooling. But how well does the evidence stack up? The Broken Compass puts this question to the test in the most thorough scientific investigation to date of how parents across socioeconomic and ethnic groups contribute to the academic performance of K-12 children. The study's surprising discovery is that no clear connection exists between parental involvement and improved student performance. Keith Robinson and Angel Harris assessed over sixty measures of parental participation, at home and in school. Some of the associations they found between socioeconomic status and educational involvement were consistent with past studies. Yet other results ran contrary to previous research and popular perceptions. It is not the case that Hispanic and African American parents are less concerned with education than other ethnic groups--or that "tiger parenting" among Asian Americans gets the desired results. In fact, many low-income parents across a wide spectrum want to be involved in their children's school lives, but they often receive little support from the school system. And for immigrant families, language barriers only worsen the problem. While Robinson and Harris do not wish to discourage parents' interest, they believe that the time has come to seriously reconsider whether greater parental involvement can make much of a dent in the basic problems facing their children's education today. This provocative study challenges some of our most cherished beliefs about the role of family in educational success.
The Broken Compass
Author: Peter Hitchens
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1847064051
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
The main enemy of conservatism in Britain is the Conservative Party.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1847064051
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
The main enemy of conservatism in Britain is the Conservative Party.
Broken Compass
Author: Jaymin Eve
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781537154701
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
From USA Today Bestselling Author, Jaymin Eve, comes a new chapter in the Supernatural Prison World ... Maximus Compass is a vampire without direction. Without heart. And without soul. He lost his true mate in the great battle against the dragon king, and now must face life alone. And yet ... something is happening to his agony. It's fading away, leaving him with barely a memory of the female he believed to be his one and only. As his mind clears he starts to wonder if the mate bond had been nothing more than a manufactured ploy? This suspicion explodes within him right around the time he runs back into a certain wolf shifter. Mischa Lebron is a complication he doesn't need in his life. He can't erase her from his mind though, and while memories of his supposed true mate continue to fade into mere shadows, his one night with Mischa is blazingly strong. But they're not of the same supernatural race, so there's no way for a true bond to exist between them. Right? When an old threat rips apart their pack, Maximus will come to realize that he would do anything to save Mischa. That the mate he thought was perfect and precious was nothing on the shifter he walked away from. Now Maximus truly has everything to lose. Note from author: Broken Compass is a spinoff set within the Supernatural Prison World. Told in dual POVs from Maximus Compass and Mischa Lebron. This is full length and standalone with a HEA. You do not need to read the Supernatural Prison trilogy first.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781537154701
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
From USA Today Bestselling Author, Jaymin Eve, comes a new chapter in the Supernatural Prison World ... Maximus Compass is a vampire without direction. Without heart. And without soul. He lost his true mate in the great battle against the dragon king, and now must face life alone. And yet ... something is happening to his agony. It's fading away, leaving him with barely a memory of the female he believed to be his one and only. As his mind clears he starts to wonder if the mate bond had been nothing more than a manufactured ploy? This suspicion explodes within him right around the time he runs back into a certain wolf shifter. Mischa Lebron is a complication he doesn't need in his life. He can't erase her from his mind though, and while memories of his supposed true mate continue to fade into mere shadows, his one night with Mischa is blazingly strong. But they're not of the same supernatural race, so there's no way for a true bond to exist between them. Right? When an old threat rips apart their pack, Maximus will come to realize that he would do anything to save Mischa. That the mate he thought was perfect and precious was nothing on the shifter he walked away from. Now Maximus truly has everything to lose. Note from author: Broken Compass is a spinoff set within the Supernatural Prison World. Told in dual POVs from Maximus Compass and Mischa Lebron. This is full length and standalone with a HEA. You do not need to read the Supernatural Prison trilogy first.
Wodehouse
Author: Robert McCrum
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393051599
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
He had an extraordinary Broadway career, wrote 90 novels and story collections, and among his immortal characters are Jeeves and the Empress of Blandings. McCrum's magisterial biography chronicles the achievements and shadows of a gilded life.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393051599
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
He had an extraordinary Broadway career, wrote 90 novels and story collections, and among his immortal characters are Jeeves and the Empress of Blandings. McCrum's magisterial biography chronicles the achievements and shadows of a gilded life.
Hiker and the Stranger
Author: C. E. Young
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491709200
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Boaz Hikercalled Bo by his friendsenjoys the trappings of success: a large home in suburban Pennsylvania, a beautiful wife and daughter, and a job controlling other peoples money. Even so, something is missing. Before he can figure out what it is, the world descends into darkness, and Bo begins a perilous journey in the attempt to reunite with his family. Traveling through a bizarre new world, Hiker meets prophets, priests, and pilgrimsand eventually encounters a mysterious, unnamed Stranger with tremendous powers. His only guides are a compass of unsurpassed craftsmanship and his own moral compass. These guides will determine whether he can save his wife, his daughter, and the rest of humanity. In this dramatic, post-apocalyptic tale of good versus evil, one good man must make the right decisions and overcome obstacles to save the world. If he doesnt, a fallen angel will rule over a dark and evil world. Cover illustration by Billie Michael
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491709200
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Boaz Hikercalled Bo by his friendsenjoys the trappings of success: a large home in suburban Pennsylvania, a beautiful wife and daughter, and a job controlling other peoples money. Even so, something is missing. Before he can figure out what it is, the world descends into darkness, and Bo begins a perilous journey in the attempt to reunite with his family. Traveling through a bizarre new world, Hiker meets prophets, priests, and pilgrimsand eventually encounters a mysterious, unnamed Stranger with tremendous powers. His only guides are a compass of unsurpassed craftsmanship and his own moral compass. These guides will determine whether he can save his wife, his daughter, and the rest of humanity. In this dramatic, post-apocalyptic tale of good versus evil, one good man must make the right decisions and overcome obstacles to save the world. If he doesnt, a fallen angel will rule over a dark and evil world. Cover illustration by Billie Michael
Nothing Happened and Then It Did: A Chronicle in Fact and Fiction
Author: Jake Silverstein
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393079333
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
“The road novel—or the road half-novel—has rarely been funnier or more appealing.”—Benjamin Moser, Harper’s In the great American tradition of funny road narratives— from Mark Twain to Hunter S. Thompson—a young journalist searches for his first big break down the lonesome highways of the Southwest and northern Mexico. Alternating chapters of fiction and nonfiction provide a hilarious account of Jake Silverstein’s misadventures on the hunt for an elusive magazine article—a journey that becomes a quest to understand the purpose of journalism and the nature of storytelling.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393079333
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
“The road novel—or the road half-novel—has rarely been funnier or more appealing.”—Benjamin Moser, Harper’s In the great American tradition of funny road narratives— from Mark Twain to Hunter S. Thompson—a young journalist searches for his first big break down the lonesome highways of the Southwest and northern Mexico. Alternating chapters of fiction and nonfiction provide a hilarious account of Jake Silverstein’s misadventures on the hunt for an elusive magazine article—a journey that becomes a quest to understand the purpose of journalism and the nature of storytelling.
Volpone
Author: Ben Jonson
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719051821
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This Revels Student Edition, with a carefully modernized text, presents new material about Volpone 's debt to the popular Reynard beast epic and Italian commedia dell 'art and discusses its mockery of greed in relation to two Renaissance perversions of the myth of a Golden Age. Referring to famous productions, it pays particular attention to decisions that must be made whenever the play is performed.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719051821
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This Revels Student Edition, with a carefully modernized text, presents new material about Volpone 's debt to the popular Reynard beast epic and Italian commedia dell 'art and discusses its mockery of greed in relation to two Renaissance perversions of the myth of a Golden Age. Referring to famous productions, it pays particular attention to decisions that must be made whenever the play is performed.
The Ancient Omen
Author: Lena Wood
Publisher: Standard Publishing
ISBN: 9780784715901
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The discovery of the belt of truth draws Elijah and his friends back into the forbidden haunts of Telanoo, where they discover an old mystery which leads Elijah into trouble--and new understandings of his relationship with God.
Publisher: Standard Publishing
ISBN: 9780784715901
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The discovery of the belt of truth draws Elijah and his friends back into the forbidden haunts of Telanoo, where they discover an old mystery which leads Elijah into trouble--and new understandings of his relationship with God.
More Lost Than Found
Author: Jared Herd
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 1400203031
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
More Lost Than Found helps readers reconnect with a faith worth believing. If you look at the statistics about people raised in the church who are now leaving it, you'll realize that something has gone horribly wrong. Has God's truth lost relevance? The answer to this question, says Jared Herd, director of XP3 college ministries, is an absolute no. Next-generation Christians are drifting from the institutional faith because they no longer see their very real struggles or their need for deep connection with God adequately addressed there. In More Lost Than Found, youth expert Jared Herd comes alongside anyone who has drifted from faith to reengage them with the truth they long to hear. With amusing anecdotes and brilliant insight, he gives readers the permission to struggle with their faith while, deep down, knowing they still believe it and want to believe it. In this refreshing, true-to-life message, readers find a companion for their faith journey, rediscover the truth they grew up believing, and are invigorated to lay hold of it once again.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 1400203031
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
More Lost Than Found helps readers reconnect with a faith worth believing. If you look at the statistics about people raised in the church who are now leaving it, you'll realize that something has gone horribly wrong. Has God's truth lost relevance? The answer to this question, says Jared Herd, director of XP3 college ministries, is an absolute no. Next-generation Christians are drifting from the institutional faith because they no longer see their very real struggles or their need for deep connection with God adequately addressed there. In More Lost Than Found, youth expert Jared Herd comes alongside anyone who has drifted from faith to reengage them with the truth they long to hear. With amusing anecdotes and brilliant insight, he gives readers the permission to struggle with their faith while, deep down, knowing they still believe it and want to believe it. In this refreshing, true-to-life message, readers find a companion for their faith journey, rediscover the truth they grew up believing, and are invigorated to lay hold of it once again.
Critical Analyses in English Renaissance Drama
Author: Brownell Salomon
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879721251
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
This bibliographic guide directs the reader to a prize selection of the best modern, analytical studies of every play, anonymous play, masque, pageant, and "entertainment" written by more than two dozen contemporaries of Shakespeare in the years between 1580 and 1642. Together with Shakespeare's plays, these works comprise the most illustrious body of drama in the English language.
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879721251
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
This bibliographic guide directs the reader to a prize selection of the best modern, analytical studies of every play, anonymous play, masque, pageant, and "entertainment" written by more than two dozen contemporaries of Shakespeare in the years between 1580 and 1642. Together with Shakespeare's plays, these works comprise the most illustrious body of drama in the English language.