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Grit
“A useful guide for parents or teachers looking for confirmation that passion and persistence matter, and for inspiring models of how to cultivate these important qualities.” —The Washington Post In this young readers edition of the instant New York Times bestseller Grit, MacArthur Genius Award–winning professor Angela Duckworth offers insights into who succeeds in life and why the secret to achievement a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” The daughter of a scientist who frequently noted her lack of “genius,” Angela Duckworth is now a celebrated researcher and professor. It was her early eye-opening stints in teaching and neuroscience that led to her h...
Exploring Presence
Exploring Presence: African American Artists in the Upper South showcases a succinct selection of prolific visionaries who create from and are informed by the liminal realms between northeastern art metropolises and the South. Artists include Schroeder Cherry, Linda Day Clark, Oletha DeVane, Espi Frazier, Aziza Claudia Gibson Hunter, Martha Jackson Jarvis, Ed Love, Tom Miller, Joyce J Scott, and Paula Whaley.Curator and Editor: Angela N. Carroll.Foreward by Dr. Leslie King-Hammond.This is a first print limited edition catalog that includes the edition number and signatures from each living artist.
Arlette's Story
“A beautifully written novel . . . which captures life in occupied France during the Second World War” from the author of Magnolia House (That Thing She Reads). One woman’s struggle to protect the ones she loves . . . When Arlette Blaise sees a German plane fly over the family farm in 1940, she’s comforted by the fact that the occupying forces are far away in the north of the country. Surely the war will not reach her family in the idyllic French countryside near the small town of Oradour-sur-Glane? But then Saul Epstein, a young Jewish man driven from his home by the Nazis, arrives at the farm and Arlette begins to realize that her peaceful existence might be gone for good . . . “Absolutely gorgeous . . . an excellent book that really brings home just how horrific [WWII] must have been.”—Donna’s Book Blog
Practical Language Testing
Practical Language Testing equips you with the skills, knowledge and principles necessary to understand and construct language tests. This practical guide offers step-by-step guidelines on the design of assessments within the classroom and provides the necessary tools to analyse and improve assessments, as well as deal with alignment to externally imposed standards. Testing is situated both within the classroom and within the larger social context, and readers are provided with the knowledge necessary to make realistic and fair decisions about the use and implementation of tests. Now in its second edition, this respected text has been substantially revised and updated, including a new chapte...
Reimagining A Raisin in the Sun
This book is a collection of four contemporary plays that reflect the themes of racial and cultural difference of Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 play A Raisin in the Sun.
African Ceremonies
A newly designed, affordable one-volume edition of this definitive work on the traditional rituals of Africa, containing more than half the photos that were in the original edition plus new images that will focus fresh attention on specific ceremonies. The book is accompanied by a CD of African ceremonies. 473 photos.
Seven Steps to Improving Your Relationships
Women and men are not getting what they want out of their relationships. This is because they are caught in one or more Love Traps. This book shows readers how to overcome these complicated problems through wise advice on the seven important steps they can follow. Illustrated.
