Melissa: 3186 books
Crossing the Vocabulary Bridge
Differentiated Strategies for Diverse Secondary Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In her new book, nationally known professional development consultant and literacy expert Socorro Herrera is joined by two colleagues to provide a framework for academic vocabulary and language instruction in today’s diverse classrooms. The authors present a set of strategies and tools that work...
by Erick Suárez, Cynthia M. Pérez, Roberto Rivera
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2017
A one-stop guide for public health students and practitioners learning the applications of classical regression models in epidemiology
This book is written for public health professionals and students interested in applying regression models in the field of epidemiology. The academic material...
''Excuse Me Doctor! I've Got What?''
Taking Ownership of Your Health and Making Healthcare Reform Work for You
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
Excuse Me, Doctor, Ive Got What? The Complete Guide to Taking Ownership of Your Health and Making Health-Care Reform Work for You by Melissa E. Clarke, MD Excuse me, Doctor. Ive got what? When the shock wears off, when reality settles in, when someone is diagnosed with a chronic illness, what do they...
Designing a Motivational Syllabus
Creating a Learning Path for Student Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
A thoughtfully constructed syllabus can be transformative for your students’ learning, communicating the path they can take to succeed.
This book demonstrates how, rather than being a mundane document to convey policies, you can construct your syllabus to be a motivating resource that conveys...
by David Magida, Melissa Rodriguez
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2016
Scaling walls, crawling through mud, climbing ropes, and sprinting across rugged terrain. Obstacle course racing is one of the fastest-growing sports in the United States, and it’s gaining popularity around the world. The sport is grueling, demanding, and intensely satisfying if you prepare, train,...
Rigor in the 6–12 ELA and Social Studies Classroom
A Teacher Toolkit
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Learn how to incorporate rigorous activities in your English language arts or social studies classroom and help students reach higher levels of learning. Expert educators and consultants Barbara R. Blackburn and Melissa Miles offer a practical framework for understanding rigor and provide specialized...
Living Faithfully in an Unjust World
Compassionate Care in Russia
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
What does it mean to be a compassionate, caring person in Russia, which has become a country of stark income inequalities and political restrictions? How might ethics and practices of kindness constitute a mode of civic participation in which “doing good”—helping, caring for, and loving one...
Networking Is Dead
Making Connections That Matter
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Are you
hoping your next networking event will be the one”?
collecting mountains of business cards?
having countless breakfasts and lunches?
thinking about what you give and get?Then your way of networking is
dead.With social networks, teleconferencing, and webinars, you are able to meet...
Life Lessons
The Case for a National Education Service
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
A radical agenda to make our education system fit for the twenty-first century
Our education system has been damaged by politicians who have arrogantly imposed a regime of market-driven reforms. It is time to reframe education as an essential public good, one arising from a hunger to find more...
The Experiment Must Continue
Medical Research and Ethics in East Africa, 1940–2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015
The Experiment Must Continue is a beautifully articulated ethnographic history of medical experimentation in East Africa from 1940 through 2014. In it, Melissa Graboyes combines her training in public health and in history to treat her subject with the dual sensitivities of a medical ethicist and...
by Frank R. Spellman, Melissa L. Stoudt
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Environmental issues, global warming, pollution, and chemical dumping, are ever present in the news. But what about the health problems these issues pose? Frank Spellman and Melissa Stoudt identify the hazardous environmental issues and explain the science behind the dangers to our health.
The...
The Caregiver's Training Program
What You Need to Know to Take Care of Your Parents in Their Golden Years
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2011
The Caregiver's Training Program gives you practical, immediately useful tactics for caring for your aging parent. This book provides the step by step instruction you need to understand what to do, who to call and how to find help when you need it. With the staggering increase in the population of those...
Do You Have a Tipped Uterus
69 Things Your Gynecologist Wishes You Knew
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Did you know, every woman has a tipped uterus, and ovarian cysts are usually normal (even when they burst)? Have you ever wondered how to balance your hormones, why you have to repeat yourself at the doctor’s office or why your yeast infection keeps coming back? Have you agonized about your pap smear...
Earth Frequency
Sacred Sites, Vortexes, Earth Chakras, and Other Transformational Places
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2019
Connect with Spiritual Energy in the Natural World
Deepen your connection to the world around you, expand your consciousness, and grow spiritually by actively engaging with the earth's energy. This groundbreaking book presents the various forms of earth frequency and how working with this energy...