Russell Webster: 10 books

On February 18, 1952, off the coast of Cape Cod, a fierce nor'easter snapped in half two 503-foot oil tankers, the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer. Human grace and grit, leadership and endurance prevail as Theresa Mitchell Barbo and Captain W. Russell Webster (Ret.) recount the historic, heroic rescue...

On March 22, 1990, local fishermen Hokey Hokanson and his teenage son, Billy, set sail for Cape Cod in the "Sol e Mar." When disaster struck three days later, Billy transmitted a brief, heavily garbled radio distress call. A hoax call immediately followed Billy's cry for help, and believing that the...

Do you find it hard to get people to take notice of you? Do you find that you are saying a lot, but not actually making any impression? Would you like to be better at making and keeping friends? Has your career suffered because you can't seem to communicate properly? This book aims to show how the skills...

This is a book about the power of love. It chronicles, via short stories, the joys, stress, and pain that make up a strong and successful relationship that has lasted over a half century. Collectively these stories accentuate the obvious, that the us and we approach to marriage can be far more...

For the last decade and a half I have been researching the future of healthcare and the effect of that future on the leadership environment and more importantly on the interconnectivity that these changes will bring to the patient This wave like transformation started quietly with the onset...

They both had broken hearts. They each had lost a loved one, not instantaneously like the novels purport, but slowly and agonizingly over time. By both accounts it was a terribly difficult time mentally and physically. It was bad enough to see your loved one lose identity, spirit, and vitality, especially...

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...

Over the last decade, teaching assistants (TAs) have become an established part of everyday classroom life. TAs are often used by schools to help low-attaining pupils and those with special educational needs. Yet despite the huge rise in the number of TAs working in UK classrooms, very little is known...

Teaching assistants are an integral part of classroom life, yet pioneering research by the authors has shown schools are not making the most of this valued resource. Evidence shows the more support pupils receive from TAs, the less academic progress they made. Yet the reason for this has little to...

Technology has stealthily seeped into almost every aspect of our lives through smartphones, tablets, and laptops. Over the last decade it has even moved into our love life in the form of Internet dating sites. According to a recent Pew Research Center study, 15% of adults have used online dating sites...