Preowned. Printed in 1992 - cover has normal wear. 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Missouri

Reading & Language Arts

The Learner As a Writer

Discusses New Zealand's beliefs about literacy learning and teaching.

Dancing with the Pen

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Ohio

The cool story of volcanoes will intrigue kids and adults alike. Hot melted rock from the middle of our planet forces its way up through cracks in the Earth’s crusts, exploding violently and sometimes unexpectedly in volcanic fury that can terrorize populations for months, even years. Anne Schreiber’s narrative gives readers a little of the science, a little of the history, and a lot of the action. National Geographic photography fires the imagination on dramatic spreads alive with vivid images of lava, ash, molten rock, weird rocks, and steaming seawater.

National Geographic Readers: Volcanoes!

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Volcanoes!





Get the inside scoop on the world's most explosive mountains!

 * Meet a volcanologist
 * Discover why volcanoes erupt
 * Visit the world's hot spots
 * Learn more than forty fun facts about volcanoes

Time for Kids

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Chris DeRose

Noel M. Tichy

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

New Jersey

How Smart Companies Win by Trusting Their People

Front-line employees can be the greatest asset--here's how to tap their rich vein of insight and leadership. Management experts DeRose and Tichy explain that most organizations don't know how to evaluate the risk of giving employees more autonomy.

Judgment on the Front Line

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Maxine McClintock

I very conscientiously took NO NOTES in the book. Used Post-It Notes instead, and then removed them all. The book is probably “Like New,” but I went with “Excellent” because you can tell the book was read due to the slight creasing of the cover parallel to the paperback spine.

Pennsylvania

Here is an antidote to the talk about failing schools, education reform, test scores, teacher-value, curricular controversies, school choice. It is about what counts-a young person's self-formation and a teacher's work to support it. It's a quiet book, an illustration of what happens as thoughtful students interact with sensitive adults. Its title, Letters of Recommendation, hints at the angst felt about getting accepted by college, employer, and the world at large. But that angst hides the real challenge-forming an aware, purposeful sense of self. Letters of Recommendation shows this pedagogical problem when all the externals are right. Emilia, a girl who seemingly has it all, asks an admired teacher, Doc, for a letter of recommendation supporting early admission to a top college. Emilia withdraws the request, beginning to doubt what she's doing, and why, and what she really wants in life. Doc senses her unease. Letters result, back and forth through the school year, with subtle attention to the girl's emerging sense of self and the teacher's presence, both humane and professional. The year ends, the exchange stops; life's externals appear settled for now, with the larger questions deepened, but still open, as they always are. Letters offers no easy steps, no how-to's, no magic methods. Instead, it heightens awareness of what goes on as good education takes place. It affirms a student's self-reliance in the face of felt uncertainties and a teacher's trust that her presence as a full, human person has value and meaning in the work of education. The letters themselves do not exemplify an instructional method, but serve to direct attention to the inner lives of a student and her teacher. The letters create a thought-provoking book, a pedagogical dialogue. And the dialogue's privileged setting does not celebrate the rich and famous. It is a way to set aside the material complications, which intrude in our lives and make it difficult to concentrate on what is essential, not only for the few, but for each and all.

Letters of Recommendation

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Susan Verde

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Maryland

A Book of Action

Discover the power of activism in this companion to New York Times bestsellers I Am Human and I Am Love!



One seed to start a garden, one note to start a melody, one brick to start breaking down walls: Every movement and moment of change starts with purpose, with intention, with one. With me. With you.



From the #1 New York Times bestselling team behind I Am Yoga, I Am Peace, I Am Human, and I Am Love comes a powerful call to action, encouraging each reader to raise their voice, extend a hand, and take that one first step to start something beautiful and move toward a better world.



Includes a guided mediation and self-reflection activity.





I Am One

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#family #parenting #education #skills #help #love #children 

Oklahoma

When Time-Out, Doesn't Work

This book will appeal to parents who have felt frustrated, helpless, or angry when traditional parenting tools didn't work. The Time-In process is an overall approach that teaches children to be competent, to think, and to succeed using four tools-ask, act, attend, and amend. Parents can use Time-In when they want children to listen and think (ask), change behaviour (act), pay attention to the needs of others (attend), or to right a wrong they have done (amend).

Time-In

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Jessica Lander

Colorado

Stories of Historic Struggles, New Ideas, and Inspiration in Immigrant Education

A landmark work that weaves captivating stories about the past, present, and personal into an inspiring vision for how America can educate immigrant students

Setting out from her classroom, Jessica Lander takes the reader on a powerful and urgent journey to understand what it takes for immigrant students to become Americans. A compelling read for everyone who cares about America's future, Making Americans brims with innovative ideas for educators and policy makers across the country.

Lander brings to life the history of America's efforts to educate immigrants through rich stories, including these:
-The Nebraska teacher arrested for teaching an eleven-year-old boy in German who took his case to the Supreme Court
-The California families who overturned school segregation for Mexican American children
-The Texas families who risked deportation to establish the right for undocumented children to attend public schools

She visits innovative classrooms across the country that work with immigrant-origin students, such as these:
-A school in Georgia for refugee girls who have been kept from school by violence, poverty, and natural disaster
-Five schools in Aurora, Colorado, that came together to collaborate with community groups, businesses, a hospital, and families to support newcomer children.
-A North Carolina school district of more than 100 schools who rethought how they teach their immigrant-origin students

She shares inspiring stories of how seven of her own immigrant students created new homes in America, including the following:
-The boy who escaped Baghdad and found a home in his school's ROTC program
-The daughter of Cambodian genocide survivors who dreamed of becoming a computer scientist
-The orphaned boy who escaped violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and created a new community here

Making Americans is an exploration of immigrant education across the country told through key historical moments, current experiments to improve immigrant education, and profiles of immigrant students. Making Americans is a remarkable book that will reshape how we all think about nurturing one of America's greatest assets: the newcomers who enrich this country with their energy, talents, and drive.

Making Americans

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Indiana

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

Basics of Profitable Management 

The Bar and Beverage Book

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A Traveler's Introduction to Chinese Characters

This unique approach to learning characters features dozens of the most commonly used words and phrases encountered daily. By using photographs of actual street scenes, it differentiates between various styles of characters used in public places, and guides the reader through numbers, names, common words, money, directions and much more. An ideal reference for tourists and students.

I Can Read That!

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Thich Nhat Hanh

An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation

One of the best available introductions to the wisdom and beauty of meditation practice. --New Age Journal

In this beautiful and lucid guide, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh offers gentle anecdotes and practical exercise as a means of learning the skills of mindfulness--being awake and fully aware. From washing the dishes to answering the phone to peeling an orange, he reminds us that each moment holds within it an opportunity to work toward greater self-understanding and peacefulness.

The Miracle of Mindfulness

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#hardcover #nonfiction #fiction #shortstories #nativeamericanliterature #teaching #education #literature #ela #english

New York

Glencoe's new collection of ethnic anthologies gives students access to a wealth of literature written by some of the best classic authors and the finest contemporary voices. Each anthology, organized thematically into five relevant themes, combines literature and art as powerful expressions of the group's cultural story. Glencoe Native American Literature features the works of writers like William Least Heat-Moon, Leslie Marmon Silko, Michael Dorris, N. Scott Momaday, and many more!

Glencoe Native American Literature

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Florida

Goldie Duck and the Three Beavers
Little Birdie Books Red Reader Levels 12 Paperback

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California

Gilbert wants to be a Martian Space Pilot at the school costume parade, but a mix-up leaves him with nothing but his little sister's ballerina tutu to wear! In this hilarious follow-up to the best-selling Roses are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink, everyone's favorite porcupine learns all about the ups and downs of being different. Here is a madcap masquerade that will leave school-age children in stitches.

Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet

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A Guide to Success, or, Failing That, Happiness

Oh, the Things I Know!

Richard Benson

New Hampshire

Features humorous but incorrect answers to challenging test questions in biology, physics, chemistry, psychology, English, history, business, geography, and technology.

F in Exams: the Very Best Totally Wrong Test Answers (Unique Books, Humor Books, Funny Books for Teachers)

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Helen Keller's autobiography and letters with a few photographs of her. 

New Mexico

with her letters

The Story of My Life

Kent Nerburn

Richard Carlson

Alaska

A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love

In an attempt to gather what wisdom he could to guide his son into adulthood, Kent Nerburn published a powerful collection of essays that touched the hearts of parents and children everywhere. In this beautiful revised edition, Nerburn refines his advice and expands his thoughts.

Letters to My Son

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Karin L. Swisher

Texas

Opposing Viewpoints

Present differing opinions on the cause of drug abuse, the effectiveness of the war on drugs, drug testing, and other related issues.

Drug Abuse

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David A. Adler

Small crease on cover and front page. Please see images.

Separating truth from tall tales, this easy-to-read biography details the life of a great American frontiersman. Legends say Davy Crockett weighed two hundred pounds when he was born, and leapt right out of his cradle ready to fight. Though those stories are an exagerration, Crockett's life was anything but boring. Farmer, soldier, sharp-shooter and politician, he was a well-known figure in the early 1800s—and even after his death, his reputation as an American folk hero grew and grew. In this illustrated biography, David Adler retells the true story of David Crockett's life—from his birth in Tennessee to his death at the Alamo. Using contemporary primary sources, Adler distinguishes between fact and legend, providing details about Crockett's family life and political career, as well as a note about the historical origins of many of the famed tall tales. A timeline of important dates is included. For almost thirty years, David Adler’s Picture Book Biography series has profiled famous people who changed the world. Colorful, kid-friendly illustrations combine with Adler’s “expert mixtures of facts and personality” (Booklist) to introduce young readers to history through compelling biographies of presidents, heroes, inventors, explorers, and adventurers. These books are ideal for first and second graders interested in history or who need reliable sources for school book reports.

A Picture Book of Davy Crockett

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Kentucky

Star Wars Guru’s Galaxy

Slight wear around the edges. Pages crisp and clean. Ships same or next day. SKU 51922005 #nonfiction #education #paperback 

A Handbook

On Teaching Writing

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From the back cover:

A Student's Grammar of the English Language is a shorter and revised version of A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language, the widely acclaimed definitive grammar of modern English on which the authors worked in collaboration with Geoffrey Leech and Jan Svartvik.

The structure of the parent book has been preserved so that reference to it can easily be made, but this version takes particular account of the needs of students who require depth of treatment and also clear presentation with detailed exemplification. A Student's Grammar of the English Language draws on the most recent research, including new findings not only in grammar but also in the neighbouring fields of semantics, pragmatics, and text linguistics. Discourse features are dealt with throughout, as well as being the theme of a major chapter entitled: 'From Sentence to Text."

The authors are careful to point out those features of grammar which distinguish spoken from written, formal from informal, and British from American English.

A Student's Grammar of the English Language will be a standard work and an indispensable text book for all those who need an advanced and authoritative description of contemporary English.

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I donate all money made from these book sales to local non-profits (SE Pennsylvania) that help people facing a wide range of crises. 


English

A Student's Grammar of the English Language

John Gribbin

Mary Gribbin

The Universe, Life and Everything

Discusses the major issues in science, including the structure of particles within the atom, origins of species, and the birth of the universe.

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