Quinn: 1482 books
Teaching Toward Democracy
Educators as Agents of Change
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
"Teaching Toward Democracy" examines the contested space of schooling and school reform with a focus on the unique challenges and opportunities that teaching in a democratic society provides. Teaching in and for democracy involves developing particular qualities of mind that teachers explore...
Because of Miss Bridgerton
A Bridgertons Prequel
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Sometimes you find love in the most unexpected of places...
This is not one of those times.
Everyone expects Billie Bridgerton to marry one of the Rokesby brothers. The two families have been neighbors for centuries, and as a child the tomboyish Billie ran wild with Edward and Andrew....
by Peter Quinn
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
It’s just another murder, one of the hundreds of simple homicides in 1939, a spinster nurse is killed in her apartment; a suspect is caught with the murder weapon and convicted. Fintan Dunne, the P.I. lured onto the case; and coerced by conscience into unraveling the complex setup that has put an...
by Anthony Quinn
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
On the Irish border, Inspector Celcius Daly investigates human trafficking and a scorched corpse
The border between Northern Ireland and the Republic is a rugged place: cold, windswept, and dark. For the girls brought here from Eastern Europe, it may as well be a war zone. Put to work in a...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eating Paleo
Discover the Health and Weight Loss Benefits of Eating Like Our Ancestors
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Explains the diet of our hunter/gather ancestors, as well as the long-term benefits associated with it.
-Includes key diet guidance as well as over 100 delicious recipes
by Julia Quinn
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
This book is the outcome of an idea, and the idea is very simple. It is that the best way to understand the dramatic transformation any idea can bring and to successfully bring ideas across, is to think of them as profound insights and moments of clarity often disguised as wit, captured in one single...
Whole Child, Whole School
Applying Theory to Practice in a Community School
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
This book provides a unique examination on the ways in which educating the whole child in the community school serves to ameliorate the conditions of poverty and obstacles to learning faced by students. Using a case study approach the book will highlight the successful journey of one school that transformed...
A Newcomer's Guide to the Afterlife
On the Other Side Known Commonly as The Little Book
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2009
The guide of choice for anyone who plans to die someday--are YOU ready for the AFTERLIFE?
To find out, take this simple quiz:
1. Like Earth, the Afterlife has celebrities, outcasts, deadheads, losers, and busybodies.
True
False
2. Is there an Afterlife after the...
Star Wars Journey to the Force Awakens: The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku
Tales From a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a cruiser transporting precious cargo for the traitorous Count Dooku's during the Clone Wars crashed into the Sea of Sand on the planet Ponemah, leaving its treasures buried. Years later, Captain Sidon Ithano, known as the Crimson Corsair, and his pirate...
Star Wars Journey to the Force Awakens: High Noon on Jakku
Tales From a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
In a galaxy far, far away, on the harsh and remote world of Jakku, an explosion rocks Niima Outpost—a banking ship has been robbed! When Constable Zuvio investigates the scene and realizes his trusty secretary droid CZ-1G5 may be involved, Zuvio is determined to find out why his friend has turned...
Star Wars Journey to the Force Awakens: All Creatures Great and Small
Tales From a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
In a galaxy far, far away, on the desert planet of Jakku, the quiet town of Reestkii is raided by a band of slavers. As the slavers pillage the settlement, a traveling merchant—Bobbajo the Crittermonger—calms the frightened villagers with a story of the tiniest creatures...facing the greatest...
Star Wars Journey to the Force Awakens: The Face of Evil
Tales From a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
In a galaxy far, far away, during a storm-torn night on the planet Takodana, Specimen Nine has escaped from the dungeon—which means the Frigosian cryptosurgeons have lost their latest test subject! So when a thief on the run lands on the planet, desperate to hide, what price will the Frigosians...
by Brigitte Quinn
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
How do you stay anchored when you’re attracted to your co-anchor?
Barbara King’s dream is to become the next Barbara Walters. But for now, she’s anchoring at the fledgling Phoenix news channel, covering car chases and interviewing drunken showbiz has-beens. If...
Figures of Speech
60 Ways To Turn A Phrase
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1995
Writing is not like chemical engineering. The figures of speech should not be learned the same way as the periodic table of elements. This is because figures of speech are not about hypothetical structures in things, but about real potentialities within language and within ourselves. The "figurings" of speech reveal the apparently limitless plastic