Author: Trevor Shaw
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Through Ebony Eyes
Author: Trevor Shaw
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Ebony Eyes
Author: Kei Swanson
Publisher: Genesis Press, Inc.
ISBN: 1585715360
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Corie Rickman's parents have always indulged her, but chafing under their protective care, she chooses to marry a man from the wrong side of the tracks. After one too many beatings from her husband, she leaves him and starts her life over. Unfortunately for her, she knows too much about her ex's illegal activities, and now he's gunning for her. Undercover cop Laine Tanizaki is out to avenge his partner's death. He meets Corie while trying to bring down a ring of drug dealers. The attraction is instant, but the deceptions begin almost as quickly. Can they survive both Corie's murderous ex and the weight of their own lies?
Publisher: Genesis Press, Inc.
ISBN: 1585715360
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Corie Rickman's parents have always indulged her, but chafing under their protective care, she chooses to marry a man from the wrong side of the tracks. After one too many beatings from her husband, she leaves him and starts her life over. Unfortunately for her, she knows too much about her ex's illegal activities, and now he's gunning for her. Undercover cop Laine Tanizaki is out to avenge his partner's death. He meets Corie while trying to bring down a ring of drug dealers. The attraction is instant, but the deceptions begin almost as quickly. Can they survive both Corie's murderous ex and the weight of their own lies?
The Dreamkeepers
Author: Gloria Ladson-Billings
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118622987
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
In the second edition of her critically acclaimed book The Dreamkeepers, Gloria Ladson-Billings revisits the eight teachers who were profiled in the first edition and introduces us to new teachers who are current exemplars of good teaching. She shows that culturally relevant teaching is not a matter of race, gender, or teaching style. What matters most is a teacher's efforts to work with the unique strengths a child brings to the classroom. A brilliant mixture of scholarship and storytelling, The Dreamkeepers challenges us to envision intellectually rigorous and culturally relevant classrooms that have the power to improve the lives of not just African American students, but all children. This new edition also includes questions for reflection
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118622987
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
In the second edition of her critically acclaimed book The Dreamkeepers, Gloria Ladson-Billings revisits the eight teachers who were profiled in the first edition and introduces us to new teachers who are current exemplars of good teaching. She shows that culturally relevant teaching is not a matter of race, gender, or teaching style. What matters most is a teacher's efforts to work with the unique strengths a child brings to the classroom. A brilliant mixture of scholarship and storytelling, The Dreamkeepers challenges us to envision intellectually rigorous and culturally relevant classrooms that have the power to improve the lives of not just African American students, but all children. This new edition also includes questions for reflection
The Ebony Eye
Author: Jeff Sampson
Publisher: Mirrorstone
ISBN: 9780786942558
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
"Now that Sinddri knows who has been trying to kill him, he sets off on a mission to find out why. But the friends who accompany him have confusing motivations. The black robed wizard Maddoc has lied to Sindri one too many times. And the renegade hunter who once vowed to imprison Sindri now acts like a true friend. As Sindri and his friends break into a mechanical maze guarded by a frightening gorgon, the kender apprentice must tackle a grave lesson: how not to trust."--Cover.
Publisher: Mirrorstone
ISBN: 9780786942558
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
"Now that Sinddri knows who has been trying to kill him, he sets off on a mission to find out why. But the friends who accompany him have confusing motivations. The black robed wizard Maddoc has lied to Sindri one too many times. And the renegade hunter who once vowed to imprison Sindri now acts like a true friend. As Sindri and his friends break into a mechanical maze guarded by a frightening gorgon, the kender apprentice must tackle a grave lesson: how not to trust."--Cover.
Ebony
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.
Author:
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302482300
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302482300
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The Power of One
Author: Gail L. Thompson
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1412976766
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Combining first-person narratives, personal growth exercises, and informational text, this staff development resource helps educators address the mind-sets that can impede their progress with African American students.
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1412976766
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Combining first-person narratives, personal growth exercises, and informational text, this staff development resource helps educators address the mind-sets that can impede their progress with African American students.
Narrowing the Achievement Gap
Author: Susan J. Paik
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387446117
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
This book provides effective strategies that can be used to improve academic achievement and well-being of minority students. It examines, collectively, three cultural groups on themes related to diverse families, immigration issues, and teaching and learning. The book conceptualizes opportunities and challenges in working with minority children in the context of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. It is a must-have reference for anyone who works with children.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387446117
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
This book provides effective strategies that can be used to improve academic achievement and well-being of minority students. It examines, collectively, three cultural groups on themes related to diverse families, immigration issues, and teaching and learning. The book conceptualizes opportunities and challenges in working with minority children in the context of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. It is a must-have reference for anyone who works with children.
The Five
Author: Robert McCammon
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1466820853
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
Robert McCammon's first contemporary novel in nearly two decades, The Five tells the story of an eponymous rock band struggling to survive on the margins of the music business. As they move through the American Southwest on what might be their final tour together, the band members come to the attention of a damaged Iraq war veteran, and their lives are changed forever. This is a riveting account of violence, terror, and pursuit set against a credible, immensely detailed rock and roll backdrop. It is also a moving meditation on loyalty and friendship. Written with wit, elegance, and passionate conviction, The Five reaffirms McCammon's position as one of the finest, most unpredictable storytellers of our time. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1466820853
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
Robert McCammon's first contemporary novel in nearly two decades, The Five tells the story of an eponymous rock band struggling to survive on the margins of the music business. As they move through the American Southwest on what might be their final tour together, the band members come to the attention of a damaged Iraq war veteran, and their lives are changed forever. This is a riveting account of violence, terror, and pursuit set against a credible, immensely detailed rock and roll backdrop. It is also a moving meditation on loyalty and friendship. Written with wit, elegance, and passionate conviction, The Five reaffirms McCammon's position as one of the finest, most unpredictable storytellers of our time. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Hourglass Factory
Author: Lucy Ribchester
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681771101
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Amid the drama of the suffragette movement in Edwardian London, the disappearance of a famous trapeze artist in the middle of her act leads a young Fleet Street reporter to an underworld of circus performers, fetishists, and society columnists. London, 1912. The suffragette movement is reaching a fever pitch, and Inspector Frederick Primrose is hunting a murderer on his beat. Across town, Fleet Street reporter Frances “Frankie” George is chasing an interview with trapeze artist Ebony Diamond. Frankie finds herself fascinated by the tightly-laced acrobat and follows her to a Bond Street corset shop that seems to be hiding secrets of its own. When Ebony Diamond mysteriously disappears in the middle of a performance, Frankie and Primrose are both drawn into the shadowy world of a secret society with ties to both London's criminal underworld and its glittering socialites. How did Ebony vanish, who was she afraid of, and what goes on behind the doors of the mysterious Hourglass Factory? From newsrooms to the drawing rooms of high society, the investigation leads Frankie and Primrose to a murderous villain with a plot more deadly than anyone could have imagined.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681771101
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Amid the drama of the suffragette movement in Edwardian London, the disappearance of a famous trapeze artist in the middle of her act leads a young Fleet Street reporter to an underworld of circus performers, fetishists, and society columnists. London, 1912. The suffragette movement is reaching a fever pitch, and Inspector Frederick Primrose is hunting a murderer on his beat. Across town, Fleet Street reporter Frances “Frankie” George is chasing an interview with trapeze artist Ebony Diamond. Frankie finds herself fascinated by the tightly-laced acrobat and follows her to a Bond Street corset shop that seems to be hiding secrets of its own. When Ebony Diamond mysteriously disappears in the middle of a performance, Frankie and Primrose are both drawn into the shadowy world of a secret society with ties to both London's criminal underworld and its glittering socialites. How did Ebony vanish, who was she afraid of, and what goes on behind the doors of the mysterious Hourglass Factory? From newsrooms to the drawing rooms of high society, the investigation leads Frankie and Primrose to a murderous villain with a plot more deadly than anyone could have imagined.