Author: Lois Lowry
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547345062
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 181
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Going to the park to broaden his horizons, fourteen-year-old babysitter Enid enjoys unexpected friendships with a bag lady and a black saxophonist.
Author: Lisa Whelchel
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
ISBN: 1591454352
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 201
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"Encouragement for Moms to nourish their body, soul and spirit"--Provided by publisher.
Author: John Rosemond
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780836228113
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Rosemond guides parents through the steps of establishing an effective disciplinary style and a tried-and-true recipe for bringing out the very best in young children.
Author: Wally Lamb
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780060391621
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 884
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With his stunning debut novel, She's Come Undone, Wally Lamb won the adulation of critics and readers with his mesmerizing tale of one woman's painful yet triumphant journey of self-discovery. Now, this brilliantly talented writer returns with I Know This Much Is True, a heartbreaking and poignant multigenerational saga of the reproductive bonds of destruction and the powerful force of forgiveness. A masterpiece that breathtakingly tells a story of alienation and connection, power and abuse, devastation and renewal--this novel is a contemporary retelling of an ancient Hindu myth. A proud king must confront his demons to achieve salvation. Change yourself, the myth instructs, and you will inhabit a renovated world. When you're the same brother of a schizophrenic identical twin, the tricky thing about saving yourself is the blood it leaves on your bands--the little inconvenience of the look-alike corpse at your feet. And if you're into both survival of the fittest and being your brother's keeper--if you've promised your dying mother--then say so long to sleep and hello to the middle of the night. Grab a book or a beer. Get used to Letterman's gap-toothed smile of the absurd, or the view of the bedroom ceiling, or the influence of random selection. Take it from a godless insomniac. Take it from the uncrazy twin--the guy who beat the biochemical rap. Dominick Birdsey's entire life has been compromised and constricted by anger and fear, by the paranoid schizophrenic twin brother he both deeply loves and resents, and by the past they shared with their adoptive father, Ray, a spit-and-polish ex-Navy man (the five-foot-six-inch sleeping giant who snoozed upstairs weekdays in the spare room and built submarines at night), and their long-suffering mother, Concettina, a timid woman with a harelip that made her shy and self-conscious: She holds a loose fist to her face to cover her defective mouth--her perpetual apology to the world for a birth defect over which she'd had no control. Born in the waning moments of 1949 and the opening minutes of 1950, the twins are physical mirror images who grow into separate yet connected entities: the seemingly strong and protective yet fearful Dominick, his mother's watchful "monkey"; and the seemingly weak and sweet yet noble Thomas, his mother's gentle "bunny." From childhood, Dominick fights for both separation and wholeness--and ultimately self-protection--in a house of fear dominated by Ray, a bully who abuses his power over these stepsons whose biological father is a mystery. I was still afraid of his anger but saw how he punished weakness--pounced on it. Out of self-preservation I hid my fear, Dominick confesses. As for Thomas, he just never knew how to play defense. He just didn't get it. But Dominick's talent for survival comes at an enormous cost, including the breakup of his marriage to the warm, beautiful Dessa, whom he still loves. And it will be put to the ultimate test when Thomas, a Bible-spouting zealot, commits an unthinkable act that threatens the tenuous balance of both his and Dominick's lives. To save himself, Dominick must confront not only the pain of his past but the dark secrets he has locked deep within himself, and the sins of his ancestors--a quest that will lead him beyond the confines of his blue-collar New England town to the volcanic foothills of Sicily 's Mount Etna, where his ambitious and vengefully proud grandfather and a namesake Domenico Tempesta, the sostegno del famiglia, was born. Each of the stories Ma told us about Papa reinforced the message that he was the boss, that he ruled the roost, that what he said went. Searching for answers, Dominick turns to the whispers of the dead, to the pages of his grandfather's handwritten memoir, The History of Domenico Onofrio Tempesta, a Great Man from Humble Beginnings. Rendered with touches of magic realism, Domenico's fablelike tale--in which monkeys enchant and religious statues weep--becomes the old man's confession--an unwitting legacy of contrition that reveals the truth's of Domenico's life, Dominick learns that power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed, and now, picking through the humble shards of his deconstructed life, he will search for the courage and love to forgive, to expiate his and his ancestors' transgressions, and finally to rebuild himself beyond the haunted shadow of his twin. Set against the vivid panoply of twentieth-century America and filled with richly drawn, memorable characters, this deeply moving and thoroughly satisfying novel brings to light humanity's deepest needs and fears, our aloneness, our desire for love and acceptance, our struggle to survive at all costs. Joyous, mystical, and exquisitely written, I Know This Much Is True is an extraordinary reading experience that will leave no reader untouched.
Author: Ruth Charney
Publisher: Center for Responsive Schools, Inc.
ISBN: 1892989085
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 449
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"Ruth Charney gives teachers help on things that really matter. She wants children to learn how to care for themselves, their fellow students, their environment, and their work. Her book is loaded with practical wisdom. Using Charney's positive approach to classroom management will make the whole school day go better." - Nel Noddings, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, and author of Caring This definitive work about classroom management will show teachers how to turn their vision of respectful, friendly, academically rigorous classrooms into reality. The new edition includes: More information on teaching middle-school students Additional strategies for helping children with challenging behavior Updated stories and examples from real classrooms. "Teaching Children to Care offers educators a practical guide to one of the most effective social and emotional learning programs I know of. The Responsive Classroom approach creates an ideal environment for learning—a pioneering program every teacher should know about." - Daniel Goleman, Author of Emotional Intelligence "I spent one whole summer reading Teaching Children to Care. It was like a rebirth for me. This book helped direct my professional development. After reading it, I had a path to follow. I now look forward to rereading this book each August to refresh and reinforce my ability to effectively manage a social curriculum in my classroom." - Gail Zimmerman, second-grade teacher, Jackson Mann Elementary School, Boston, MA
Author: Caitlin Rother
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 0786032553
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 447
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A seductive woman turns dangerous after making the fateful promise: "I'll take care of you." Original.
Author: James Poisant
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313004781
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Poisant reveals the secrets of superior customer service organizations. He redefines the role of management and organizations, taking the reader on a journey and discovering the true nature of superior managers and organizations. Those in management positions who seek to understand how to better motivate their employees and better serve their customers will find the answers they are searching for in these pages. Managers will relearn nearly everything they have been taught about the profession of management. Redefining the criteria of power and success, Poisant supplies a blueprint for survival in a competitive environment. Anyone charged with the management of others will find the approach valuable, as will students and scholars of management.
Author: Charlene Joy Talbot
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abandoned children
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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A Puerto Rican boy finds a place to live on New York City's lower east side and a way to support himself and his sister after their father disappears. Grades 5-6.
Author: Cornelia Maude Spelman
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN: 0807593427
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
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In today's society, perhaps more than ever, young children need to develop empathy. In this simple book, the author begins by helping children see that when they are sick, hurt, or unhappy, others care about them. Children can then begin to see that others need to be cared about as well. Common situations will further a child’s appreciation for and understanding of what others feel and need.
Author: Nicholas Faulkner
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1499462719
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Satisfying part of the Common Core English Language Arts Standard in writing, this book looks into the life of one of the most revered children’s authors today: Lois Lowry. This book brings readers into her captivating world. They learn about the Newbery Medal–winner’s upbringing and how she writes. They also see how she comes up with her plots that so often address human connections and relationships, which are so important not only to her writing but to her life. This thoughtful biography may inspire readers and writers to become authors themselves.
