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Not Light, but Fire
Do you know how to initiate and facilitate productive dialogues about race in your classroom? Are you prepared to handle complex topics while keeping your students engaged?Inspired by Frederick Douglass's abolitionist call to action, it is not light that is needed, but fire-, author Matthew Kay demonstrateshow to move beyond surface-level discussionsand lead students through the most difficult race conversations. In Not Light, But Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom, Kay recognizes we often never graduate to the harder conversations,so he offers a method for getting them right, providing candid guidance on: How torecognize the difference between meaningful and inconsequential race conversations.How tobuild conversational safe spaces,- not merely declare them.How toinfuse race conversations with urgency and purpose.How tothrive in the face of unexpected challenges.How administrators mightequip teachers to thoughtfully engage in these conversations.With the right blend of reflection and humility, Kay assertsteachers can make school one of the best venues for young people to discuss race.
Prompting Deeper Discussions
"Classroom teacher Matthew R. Kay offers guidance and exercises to help teachers across grades and content areas craft and refine vital discussion prompts"--
Black Light
On the rocky northern shores of Massachusetts, a dark power is quickly building strength. It feeds off of darkness. It strengthens with fear. It is evil incarnate. Kay and Matthew McManus are trying to rebuild their lives by moving to the small town of Burns Bay, Massachusetts, in the hope of starting anew. The abandoned lighthouse that they now call home seems like a dream come true...at first. Kay McManus begins having nightmares that are shockingly real. Voices echo through the hallways at night. Something is in the lighthouse with her, feeding off of her fear. Fate and destiny have brought Kay to this place to solve a centuries old mystery, one that could destroy her. With pulse-pounding intensity and a breathtaking finale, Black Light is a new breed of thriller that has to be read to be believed.
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
Claire Kennedy has a talent for sex ... on paper. But while she enjoys writing steamy scenes for her creative writing class, in reality her love life is an arid wasteland. The boy she's crushed on all year has ditched her after a one-night stand, and her gorgeous tutor (aka Dr Hottie) is strictly off-limits. So Claire pours her energy into writing an erotic story that fulfills all her fantasies - featuring a bookish student, a hot professor and plenty of sizzling sex when her fictional alter ego turns a hilarious misunderstanding to her advantage. Soon Claire discovers that spicing things up in the bedroom is easy. All it takes is a little imagination... Scenes of a Sexual Nature is a prequel novella to Clodagh Murphy's Some Girls Do.
Tell Me Everything
'Glorious, hilarious and life affirming . . . I absolutely loved it' EMMA HUGHES, author of No Such Thing As Perfect 'A captivating read from a truly exciting talent' JUSTIN MYERS, author of The Fake-Up Would you entrust your life choices to someone hell-bent on avoiding theirs? Natasha has everything under control, at least that's what her clients think. As a therapist, she has all the answers but when it comes to her personal life, she seriously needs to start taking her own advice. Still living with her ex-girlfriend, Natasha's messy love life is made up of dates and one-night stands. After all, why would you commit to one person, when there is an endless stream of people waiting for you ...
Fortune's Mistress
A smuggler's spirited daughter and the dashing illegitimate son of King Charles II find they have more in common than meets the eye. . . Chained together to prevent escape from the gallows, accused witch Lacy Bennett and pirate James Black appear destined for the noose. Only their quick wit and good looks save them from the violence of a hostile crowd. And thanks to a timely distraction, they are soon on a ship bound for the Caribbean--headed toward a hidden treasure. But false friends, treacherous greed, and danger at every turn only serve to bring them closer, and in each other they will find more to live for than gold. . . 150,000 Words
Critical
Journey into the world of intensive care medicine and the lives of people who have forever been changed by it. 'A very special book filled with stories of survival, hope and loss.' Adam Kay '[Morgan's] wit and compassion are everywhere evident in this enlightening book, and he makes a welcome contribution to our understanding of these extraordinary times.' Sunday Times There is no room for error in the ICU. Full focus is required at all times. It can be the difference between life and death. Through the remarkable stories of his patients, Dr. Matt Morgan guides you through the body and its organs. He explains how various critical conditions arise, and all that goes into treating them - from ...
Teach Me, Teacher
The Power to Save a Life Jacob Chastain grew up in an environment filled with drugs and violence. Inside the home that should have felt safe, fear and anxiety were the desperate norm. Stability and security eluded him as he was shuffled between family and friends that would take him in. But at school, things were different. There, day after day, year after year, Chastain's teachers saved him. Teach Me, Teacher is the true story of a childhood marked by heartache--a story that may be similar to that of the children sitting in your classroom. It's the story that shaped Jacob Chastain into the educator he is today. Lessons learned from his experiences as a child and as a growing educator offer ...
Same as It Never Was
After a decade as an education professor, Greg Michie decided to return to his teaching roots. He went back to the same Chicago neighborhood, the same public school, and the same grade level and subject he taught in the 1990s. But much had changed—both in schools and in the world outside them. Same As It Never Was chronicles Michie’s efforts to navigate the new realities of public schooling while also trying to rediscover himself as a teacher. Against a backdrop of teacher strikes and anti-testing protests, the movement for Black lives and the deepening of anti-immigrant sentiment, this book invites readers into an award-winning teacher’s classroom as he struggles to teach toward equit...
"What Does Injustice Have to Do with Me?"
Why should we care about the education of privileged white students? Conversations about education in America focus near-exclusively on underprivileged, majority-minority schools for many important reasons. What Does Injustice Have to Do With Me? , however, argues that such efforts cannot succeed in creating a more just and equitable society without also addressing the students who benefit from America’s educational, economic and racial inequities. These young people grow up to wield disproportionate power and influence, yet emerge undereducated and poorly prepared to navigate, let alone shape, our increasingly diverse country. David Nurenberg weaves together narrative from his twenty year...
