Olson: 602 books

More than fifty specific women are introduced in the New Testament, with countless others numbered among the Savior's followers. Female disciples were frequently described as devout believers who eagerly served and sacrificed as they followed Christ. Amid repressive traditions that so often marginalized...

Improving student learning with the tools of neuroscience and mindfulness. How is expanding students’ strengths more effective than improving their weaknesses? Why is creating a school where staff and students feel safe necessary for learning? How can anchoring with simple mindfulness practices...

Governments around the world were realizing the disproportionate advantages Great Britain were taking by imposing trade restriction on the American colonies. These restrictions were also affecting their economies in a negative way. British have made it known they want a piece of us. Our defiance of...

In Constitutive Visions, Christa Olson presents the rhetorical history of republican Ecuador as punctuated by repeated arguments over national identity. Those arguments—as they advanced theories of citizenship, popular sovereignty, and republican modernity—struggled to reconcile the presence of...

Jerome Bruner is the vanguard of "the cognitive revolution†? in psychology and the predominant spokesman for the role of culture and education in the making of the modern mind. In this text Olson encourages the reader to think about children as Bruner did, not as bundles of traits and dispositions...

A child's sensory system affects their ability to learn, play, socialize, and function. Maybe a child isn't able to sit still in class because his shirt tag is bothering him, or isn't able to play with other children because his balance is off and other kids make him feel dizzy. Britt Collins,...

Inspired by real life events, Julia Pastrana is the shocking story of a young woman who, because of her physical appearance, is hurled into the circus sideshows of the 1850's. She soon finds herself rescued from this miserable existence by the handsome and charismatic Theodor Lent. Is this her dream come true or the beginning of her worst nightmare?

Packed with color photos, this newly updated guide offers dozens of itineraries that show you how to see the best of "Stumptown" in a short time—with bulleted maps that lead the way from sight to sight. Featuring a full range of thematic and neighborhood tours, plus dining, lodging, shopping,...

Twists and turns in every story of this flash fiction collection! If you crave suspense, twisted romance, or adventure you can find it in small dose stories.

Written by leading education experts and by university presidents, provosts, and other leaders nationally recognized for their innovations, the 22 original and provocative chapters in this new book comprise a wide-ranging examination of the many challenges faced in fashioning the university of tomorrow....

Although the importance of literacy is widely acknowledged in society and remains at the top of the political agenda, writing has been slow to establish a place in the cognitive sciences. Olson argues that to understand the cognitive implications of literacy, it is necessary to see reading and writing...

It was early in March,1999 when Randy hears the death sentence, when the doctor tells him he had two deadly forms of cancer.Both he and his wife, Sally are stunned. They don't know what to do. Randy becomes depressed. He had previously had four of his siblings succumb to deadly cancers. He felt he...

In the first book in this series I told some of the stories of my youth and childhood, especially experiences of my father’s love and how that became a doorway into the heavenly Father’s love. The Road to Eden is the journey into knowing God our Father, as we were created to know him. This book...

Are you carrying a burden or facing a challenge that defies resolution? Challenges are an inescapable fact of mortality. But do we make our burdens heavier by trying to carry them alone? The Lord has promised us His help if we will turn to Him. Author Camille Fronk Olson writes, “Each of...