Tom Page

Walter Jenkins

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A Simple Story of Achieving Significance

Mentor the Kid and the CEO

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Patricia Clark White

Thomas R. Harvey

Lawrence Kemper

Slight delamination on edges of cover. Embossed page in front. Crease on cover.

Dealing with the Dilemmas of a High-Stakes Educational Environment

The Politically Intelligent Leader will help leaders at all levels understand how to operate ethically during politically volatile times and how to deal with the special groups that are unique to the educational setting elected boards, citizen groups, unions, and volunteers. And when a political crisis arises, there's some advice on how to come out of it "alive."

The Politically Intelligent Leader

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Lawrence Goldstone

Dust cover has slight wear. No markings in the book. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Slavery, Profits, and the Struggle for the Constitution

An eye-opening examination of America's foundation On September 17, 1787, at the State House in Philadelphia, thirty-nine men from twelve states, after months of often bitter debate, signed America’s Constitution. Yet very few of the delegates, at the start, had had any intention of creating a nation that would last. Most were driven more by pragmatic, regional interests than by idealistic vision. Many were meeting for the first time, others after years of contention, and the inevitable clash of personalities would be as intense as the advocacy of ideas or ideals. No issue was of greater concern to the delegates than that of slavery: it resounded through debates on the definition of treason, the disposition of the rich lands west of the Alleghenies and the admission of new states, representation and taxation, the need for a national census, and the very make-up of the legislative and executive branches of the new government. As Lawrence Goldstone provocatively makes clear in Dark Bargain, "to a significant and disquieting degree, America’s most sacred document was molded and shaped by the most notorious institution in its history." Goldstone chronicles the forging of the Constitution through the prism of the crucial compromises made by men consumed with the needs of the slave economy. As the daily debates and backroom conferences in inns and taverns stretched through July and August of that hot summer--and as the philosophical leadership of James Madison waned--Goldstone clearly reveals how tenuous the document was, and how an agreement between unlikely collaborators—John Rutledge of South Carolina, and Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut--got the delegates past their most difficult point. Dark Bargain recounts an event as dramatic and compelling as any in our nation’s history.

Dark Bargain

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N. Scott Momaday

Cover has small amount of wear. One page was dog-earred. No writing in the text.

Stories and poems

In the Presence of the Sun is a celebration of works of extraordinary range by the accomplished author and artist N. Scott Momaday. A glorious testament to our Native American past, this collection of thirty years of work from 1961 through 1991 is a concentration of riches and proof of the persistence of the human spirit. This volume features over seventy poems, sixteen newstories about the great tribal shields that delve into the deeper meaning of legend, love, and loss, as well as a striking section devoted to Billy the Kid. The words, poems, and stories are enhanced by Momaday's own line drawings and paintings. Momaday's voice is ancestral and contemporary, profoundly American and genuinely universal. Here, at his best, is a truly distinguished poet, storyteller, and artist.

In the Presence of the Sun

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Michael Fullan

A small amount of writing in the margins of a few pages as well as a bit of highlighting. See pics. Overall in great shape.

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Philosophy

Over the last few decades there have been attempts at planned educational change. The benefits have not equalled the cost. Fullan distils from these experiences lessons about how to cope with, and influence, educational change.

The New Meaning of Educational Change

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Bent corners on cover, inside pages, and  markings (see pics). Clean text inside.

A treasury of quotes on the past, present, and future of the color line in America

And Don't Call Me Racist!

Alice Sebold

Smudges, stickers, and curved pages. No writing in the book, just the edge. No highlights or internal markings.

The spirit of fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon describes her murder, her surprise at her new home in heaven, and her witness to her family's grief, efforts to find the killer, and attempts to come to terms with what has happened. A first novel. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 750,000 first printing.

The Lovely Bones

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David Bornstein

Backcover has small bend. Inside page has embossing.

Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, Updated Edition

David Bornstein's How to Change the World is the first book to study a remarkable and growing group of individuals around the world - what Bornstein calls social entrepreneurs. These men and women are bringing innovative, and successful, grass-roots approaches to a wide variety of social and economic problems, from rural poverty in India to discrimination against gypsies in Central Europe; from industrial pollution in the United States to child prostitution in Thailand. Like business entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs are creative, driven, and adventurous. The embrace change, exploit new opportunities, and think big. In How to Change the World, Bornstein provides vivid profiles of many such individuals, looking at the personalities, strategies, and techniques they have in common. The book is an In Search of Excellence for social initiatives, intertwining personal stories, anecdotes, and analysis. Readers will see how social entrepreneurs bring about structural changes intheir societies - in other words, how one human being can make a difference. The case studies in the book include Jody Williams, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for the international campaign against landmines she ran by e-mail from her Vermont home; Roberto Baggio, a 31-year old Brazilian who has established eighty computer schools in the slums of Brazil; and Diana Propper, who has used investment banking techniques to make American corporations responsive to environmental dangers.The paperback edition will offer a new foreword by the author that shows how the concept of social entrepreneurship has expanded and unfolded over the last few years, including the Gates-Buffetts charitable partnership, the rise of Google, and the increased mainstream coverage of the subject. The book will also update the stories of individual social entrepreneurs that appeared in the cloth edition.

How to Change the World

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English

A starter strategy for vocabulary learning

The Vocabulary Strategy LINCS

Frank McTeague

Top corner is slightly bent; cover is creased from use; pages are lightly yellowed from storage.

Help Students select better literary works, read more widely, and deepen their enjoyment of literature -- use personal response, explore collaborative approaches, present poetry, work with reluctant readers, and explore peer tutoring.

Shared Reading in the Middle and High School Years

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Karen Bromley

Marcia Modlo

Linda Irwin-DeVitis

Visual strategies for active learning

A guide for teachers which shows how to use different styles of graphic organizers--visual representations of knowledge--for teaching and learning, planning, instruction, and assessment in kindergarten through eighth grade classrooms.

Graphic Organizers

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Carol Jago

Non-creased jacket. Autographed by author. Excellect resource for English writing instructors.

An English Teacher's Survival Guide

You're reading as fast as you can, but the pile of unread essays grows taller and taller. Guilt mounts. Students want to know when their papers will come back. Grading begins consuming all your energy, your weekends, your life. Grading papers is a fact of life, especially in English classrooms, and the paper load is a leading cause of teacher burnout. Fortunately, Carl Jago's here to help, and in Papers, Papers, Papers, she offers you advice honed from thirty-one years in the English classroom and forty-five thousand papers worth of grading. You'll not only get through stacks of papers, but you'll do so accurately, completely, and with the time you need to give each and every student in your classes the attention they deserve. Ever practical and always professional, Jago suggests techniques that can be implemented right away to turn your mountain of essays into a foothill. She covers every aspect of attentive grading, including: responding to student drafts commenting rather than correcting using scoring guides and rubrics for common expectations fostering improvement from one paper to the next effective peer- and self-editing suggestions for alternatives to essays. With all this and her Ten Tips for Handling the Paper Load, Carol Jago gives you everything you need to keep on top of student papers.

Papers, Papers, Papers

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Curled corners on cover. Previous writen on coverpage and later erased.

Why Concept Is Not Enough

To write cohesively means doing many things at once-wrestling with ideas, balancing form and function, pushing words this way and that, attending to syntax and diction, and employing imagery and metaphor until a coherent message emerges. Though full of promise, student writing typically lacks cohesion. But does the fault lie in students or does the method of teaching writing lack the cohesion it expounds? Carol Jago offers an approach that is the very example of the kind of cohesion she expects from her students' writing. Neither a lock-step lesson plan nor a simple recipe, it is an organized, coherent method that works by offering clear and complete guidelines for the most common types of writing: informational and persuasive writing, narrative writing, and writing about literature. Jago's method centers on her core beliefs: In order to learn to write, students must write. Authentic tasks and topics generate the most cohesive student writing. Students need both supportive and critical feedback. There is no cohesive writing without revision. Complete with worksheets, rubrics, and graphic organizers, plus student samples and stories that are both engaging and familiar, Jago's book provides the strategies for teaching writing that result in significant student growth. Send a message to students that cohesive writing matters not only as preparation for high-stakes tests, but also as a tool for life. Teach them cohesively and cohesive writing will follow.

Cohesive Writing

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Carol Ann Tomlinson

Enbossed on cover and writing on the coverpage. The third page has a crease from printer/manufacturer. Unread and no creases. Small mark on bottom edge of the book.

Offers proven ideas for how to match instructional approaches to the readiness, interests, and talents of all students.

How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms, 2nd Edition

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Melvin Delgado

The cover corners are slightly bent. Book has no creasing.

Revitalizing and Broadening Youth Development

-- Steven R. Rose, Social Work with Groups.

New Frontiers for Youth Development in the Twenty-First Century

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Roger Fisher

William Ury

Waterstained or yellowed with age. It's fully readable. One page is dog-eared. No writing or highlights.

Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

Describes a method of negotiation that isolates problems, focuses on interests, creates new options, and uses objective criteria to help two parties reach an agreement

Getting to Yes

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Shared experiences designing school environments from a "lessons learned" perspective. The book is intended to be a resource for communities and districts as they explore the many options and innovations in education and how they impact learning environments. 

Aligning Architecture and Education 

Schools that Fit

Small stain on external edge. Never opened, no creasing or markings.

Science

An educator's guide to celebrating birds

Flying Wild

Jeffrey D. Wilhelm

Teaching Engaged and Reflective Reading with Adolescents

Through textured case studies of engaged and reluctant readers, "You Gotta Be the Book" addresses the following issues: What do highly engaged, adolescent readers DO as they read? What is it about traditional schooling, reading instruction, and literary instruction that deters engaged reading and serves to disenfranchise young readers? How can interventions like dramatic and artistic responses to literature be used in classrooms to help all readers, especially reluctant ones, to take on the strategies and stances of more expert readers - and to reconceive of reading as a personally meaningful, pleasurable and productive pursuit? This ground-breaking work will serve as an excellent supplemental text in graduate and undergraduate courses in language arts, reading and writing methods, and remedial reading; it will appeal to teacher educators, pre- and inservice teachers, special educators, and parents.

You Gotta Be the Book

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Tom Jackson

Stained cover and some corners on half the book. Doesn't interfere with the text. The preface page is tore out. No writing or highlights in the book

Electives

A collection of sixty creative, innovative, and user-friendly Active Learning lesson plans which will influence student behavior and attitudes for a lifetime.

Activities That Teach

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Paperback collection of stories about celebrating food, love, and family.

Food and Love

Chicken Soup for the Soul

Gallup

Some minor writing (numbers) in the book and front cover. The jacket cover is in good shape, as is the book.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

An updated version of the StrengthsFinder program developed by Gallup experts to help readers discover their distinct talents and strengths and how they can be translated into personal and career successes.

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