Martha Smith: 22 books
Spirited Lives
How Nuns Shaped Catholic Culture and American Life, 1836-1920
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2005
Made doubly marginal by their gender and by their religion, American nuns have rarely been granted serious scholarly attention. Instead, their lives and achievements have been obscured by myths or distorted by stereotypes. Placing nuns into the mainstream of American religious and women's history...
by Martha Smith
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2015
Help Your Teen Lose Weight Easily And In A Healthy Way with this book.
You Are About to Discover . . .
What psychological issues overweight teens are facing
How do you go about parenting an overweight teen without creating more problems?
How can teens lose weight safely...
by Liz Knowles Ed.D., Martha Smith
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
You've created a STEAM program in your library, but how do you work literacy into the curriculum? With this collection of resource recommendations, direction for program development, and activities, you'll have students reading proficiently in no time.
• Presents complementary annotated books...
by Martha Smith, Liz Knowles Ed.D.
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Despite the fact that reading and literacy among boys has been an area of concern for years, this issue remains unresolved today. Additionally, the emphasis and focus have changed due to the implementation of the English Language Arts Common Core Standards. How can educators best encourage male students...
Rowing in Eden
Rereading Emily Dickinson
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
Emily Dickinson wrote a "letter to the world" and left it lying in her drawer more than a century ago. This widely admired epistle was her poems, which were never conventionally published in book form during her lifetime. Since the posthumous discovery of her work, general readers and literary scholars...
Our Stories, Our Voices
21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
From Amy Reed, Ellen Hopkins, Amber Smith, Sandhya Menon, and more of your favorite YA authors comes an anthology of essays that explore the diverse experiences of injustice, empowerment, and growing up female in America.
This collection of twenty-one essays from major YA authors—including...
by Philip Fisher, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Martha C. Nussbaum
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2009
How should we live? What do we owe to other people? In Goodness and Advice, the eminent philosopher Judith Jarvis Thomson explores how we should go about answering such fundamental questions. In doing so, she makes major advances in moral philosophy, pointing to some deep problems for influential...
Kentucky Women
Their Lives and Times
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Kentucky Women: Their Lives and Times introduces a history as dynamic and diverse as Kentucky itself. Covering the Appalachian region in the east to the Pennyroyal in the west, the essays highlight women whose aspirations, innovations, activism, and creativity illustrate Kentucky’s role in political...
by Dr. Martha J. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2012
The opposite of love is not hate. The opposite of love is indifference.
Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, Author and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
The predominant attitude over the past 1,700 years among Christians toward Jews has been both indifference and hatred. The decision of the First Nicaean...
The Purposes, Practices, and Professionalism of Teacher Reflectivity
Insights for Twenty-First-Century Teachers and Students
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
Very little information about the impact of reflection on teacher performance, teacher retention, and student learning is available in teacher preparation programs. This book provides practical and research-based chapters that offer greater clarity about the particular kinds of reflection that matter...
by Deborah Smith, Sandra Chastain, Debra Dixon
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
Its a typical summer in the good-hearted mountain town of Mossy Creek Georgia where love laughter and friendship make nostalgia a way of life. Creekites are always ready for a sultry romance a funny feud or a sincere celebration and this summer is no different. Get ready for a comical battle over...
by Deborah Smith, Debra Dixon, Martha Shields
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2000
Six award winning authors have created a poignant, humorous collection of nostalgic tales. Here life's lessons are handed down--liberally sprinkled with hilarity--from eccentric relatives, outrageous pets and unrepentant neighbors, and served up with a generous dollop of that most valued of all Southern...
The People's Victory
Stories from the Front Lines in the Fight for Marriage Equality
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
"“The People’s Victory is a mirror for each of us to see our own power to fight for justice and create the change we want to see in our world.” – Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of California
In 1996, a small group of Americans from all walks of life banded together to create...
Past, Present, and Future Research on Teacher Induction
An Anthology for Researchers, Policy Makers, and Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
This anthology on teacher induction research is intended for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners in the field of teacher induction both nationally and internationally. This book is the final and major project of the Association of Teacher Educators' (ATE) Commission on Teacher Induction...
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