 | Development Through the Lifespan (5th Edition)
Publication Date: October 15, 2009| ISBN-10: 0205687938 | ISBN-13: 978-0205687930| Edition: 5 A best-selling text unparalleled in its approach to teaching human development, Berk’s Development Through the Lifespan is relied upon in classrooms worldwide for its clear, engaging writing style, exceptional cross-cultural focus, rich examples, and long-standing commitment to presenting the most up-to-date scholarship while also offering students research-based, practical applications that they can relate to their personal and professional lives. ...
 |  | Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
Release Date: December 27, 2011 "A powerful and penetrating exploration of what separates greatcompanies and great leaders from the rest."-Polly LaBarre, coauthor of Mavericks at Work Why are some people and organizations more innovative, moreinfluential, and more profitable than others? Why do some commandgreater loyalty?In studying the leaders who've had the greatest influence in theworld, Simon Sinek discovered that they all think, act, and communicatein the exact same way-and it's the complete opposite of what everyoneelse does. People like Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, a...
|  | Infinite Jest
Publication Date: November 13, 2006A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in America. Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every ...
|  | Every Day
Release Date: August 28, 2012In his New York Times bestselling novel, David Levithan introduces readers to what Entertainment Weekly calls a "wise, wildly unique" love story about A, a teen who wakes up every morning in a different body, living a different life.Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl. There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere.It’s all fine until the mo...
|  | Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
Release Date: August 12, 1986A story of a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe and his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his father's story and history itself. ...
|  | The Common Core Lesson Book, K-5: Working with Increasingly Complex Literature, Informational Text, and Foundational Reading Skills
Publication Date: April 12, 2012| ISBN-10: 0325042934 | ISBN-13: 978-0325042930| Edition: Spi "To reach their potential, children need an engaging environment and a reason to learn. This book is aimed at helping teachers implement quality Common Core instruction around this principle." -Gretchen OwockiThe quality of instruction is the most important factor in helping students meet the Common Core Standards. That's why Gretchen Owocki's Common Core Lesson Book empowers teachers with a comprehensive framework for implementation that enhances existing curriculum and extends it to meet Com...
|  | I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High
Release Date: September 11, 2012I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had is television, screen and stage star Tony Danza’s absorbing account of a year spent teaching tenth-grade English at Northeast High -- Philadelphia’s largest high school with 3600 students. Entering Northeast’s crowded halls in September of 2009, Tony found his way to a classroom filled with twenty-six students who were determined not to cut him any slack. They cared nothing about “Mr. Danza’s” showbiz credentials, and they immediately put him on the ho...
|  | A Short Guide to Writing About Art (The Short Guide)
Publication Date: January 3, 2010| ISBN-10: 0205708250 | ISBN-13: 978-0205708253| Edition: 10th This best-selling text has guided tens of thousands of art students through the writing process. Students are shown how to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculptures and architecture, and are prepared with the tools they need to present their ideas through effective writing. ...
|  | The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills
Release Date: August 21, 2012The Little Book of Talent is a manual for building a faster brain and a better you. It is an easy-to-use handbook of scientifically proven, field-tested methods to improve skills—your skills, your kids’ skills, your organization’s skills—in sports, music, art, math, and business. The product of five years of reporting from the world’s greatest talent hotbeds and interviews with successful master coaches, it distills the daunting complexity of skill development into 52 clear, concise directives. Whether you’re age 10 or 100, whe...
|  | The Elements of Moral Philosophy
Publication Date: December 1, 2011| ISBN-10: 0078038243 | ISBN-13: 978-0078038242| Edition: 7 Firmly established as the standard text for undergraduate courses in ethics, James Rachels and Stuart Rachels’ The Elements of Moral Philosophy introduces readers to major moral concepts and theories through eloquent explanations and compelling, thought-provoking discussions. ...
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