Roberta: 744 books

Second Generations on the Move in Italy: Children of Immigrants Coming of Age offers—by means of an analytical perspective and in constant comparison with the findings of international research—a view of second–generation immigrants’ life paths in Italy. The focus at city level contributes...

While stories of working-class and minority students overcoming obstacles to attend and graduate from college tend to emphasize the individualistic and meritocratic aspect, this book - based in extensive empirical study of American high school classrooms, and in theories of social and cultural capital...

This book offers the practical, ready-to-use MuSense program. Originally designed for music therapists working with individuals with profound multiple disabilities, the MuSense program provides comprehensive guidance to music therapists on how to effectively work with individuals whose needs can be...

"Tre intrepidi miliziani riusciranno a consegnare una terribile arma segreta? E se Dio fosse un crudele mistificatore? Il mondo di domani sarà guidato da perfidi scienziati neonazisti? I superstiti di una remota colonia sfuggiranno alla caccia di enormi predatori alieni? E se il genere umano...

She Rolled the Dice First Marly Bradshaw welcomed the challenge of spending two months in Thailand installing a computer system for one of Bangkok's newest luxury hotels. She also welcomed the opportunity to set Alex Hamilton, hotel magnate and notorious womanizer, up for a fall. It...

Ellie Tyler’s dreams of going to art college and getting away from life in postwar London’s East End are shattered when she is forced to give up her education and go to work for her father’s boss in a disreputable night club. She has fallen in love with Harry, her foster brother, who is away...

Some are related by blood and some…just take the blood. When the paths of mortality and immortality cross there are expected consequences. The story of a mortal, Sarah, and her immortal husband, Carter, bend the limits of what can be expected. Carter had been given the gift of returning to the mortal...

Teenage computer wizard Andy Roberts lands a job working for a company that builds extreme water parks. From his high-tech home computer cubicle, he begins to design a water slide like none seen anywhere in the world. However, when he uses a remote controlled drone to help with his work, he and his...

In Book III of The Stonebridge Ghost Tales, Stony Manor in Southern Indiana is now filled with ghosts of almost every generation of the Jones family. Christian Jones Arnook and his mom Allison have come to accept living with ghosts. When a secret letter hints of a Jones family treasure yet to be found,...

Tilly Masters loves her work as assistant blacksmith to her father despite the disapproval of her aunt who has ambitions for her beyond their little Sussex village. When Ben Masters takes on an apprentice Tilly is upset, thinking Nathan will take over. As they work alongside each other, she gradually...

Cecilia has loved Will since high school. And that would be fine, except for the fact that he’s been dating her sister for about as long.  Cecilia is a Red Seal Chef and owner of a successful restaurant. In spite of all the material achievements that she could ask for, her life feels...

**Formerly a SkyLight publication. Strategies for Reading in the Content Areas**-excerpted from Reading and Writing Across Content Areas-describes the reading process and suggests strategies that can be used before, during, and after reading. Teachers will find examples for science, social...

In the West End of London in 1913 a multiple murderer prowls the streets. He is nicknamed 'the Gardener' for the ghastly signature of a rose carved into the breast or thigh of his victim. Each night, the Infamous Princess Marie - the stage name of Mari Prince, magician, illusionist and seductive...

Comedy and tragedy have always been the same play staged by the world and each individual both at once and throughout time. This book picks up some of those miscellaneous odds and ends and reminds us that it's mostly odd how our life comes out in the end.