Corbett: 293 books

Ability grouping. Leveling systems. Streaming. This is the modern way of talking about tracking -- the traditional practice of sorting and selecting students based on test scores and other criteria, and then steering these groups into “the most appropriate” course of study. In 1987, New York’s...

In The Boat Captains Conundrum, author Tom Corbett completes an intellectual journey that reflects on his four-plus decades as a scholar and doer of social policy. That journey starts with Ouch, Now I Remember in which he recounts his early days growing up in a closed, working class, ethnic community...

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Z works within Treasury in a government where knowledge and alliances are power, and people are bought, used and manipulated. Z is blindsided when he learns that he has been “bought” by the highest ranked official of a dangerous government agency, who took advantage of a sinister new law....

The first memoir from a Canadian female Superior Court judge, January follows the deepening friendship of two powerful women during a pivotal time in their lives.   In lucid, compelling prose, January follows the deepening friendship of two powerful women during a pivotal time...

“Akin to the haunting subtleties of Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and Lowry's The Giver, Natalie Corbett Sampson delivers in Aptitude a richly-imagined dystopian world, which seems scarily all too plausible."— Jo Treggiari, author of Ashes, AshesHessa is busy marking her students’...

Tori Baylor, a serious dance student, has begun her final level at the school of Southern Ballet Theatre in Orlando, Florida. Her goal is to be accepted by the Company next year as a trainee, but she still has a problem with balance. She works desperately to overcome it, knowing its now or never for...

Capture great sound in the first place, and spend less time "fixing it in the mix" with Ian Corbett’s Mic It! Microphones, Microphone Techniques, and Their Impact on the Final Mix.With his expert guidance, you’ll quickly understand essential audio concepts as they relate to microphones...

Raw Cookies presents sixty recipes for tasty, superfood-packed raw cookies—ideal for raw foodists, those on a gluten-free diet, and anyone wanting to follow a more health-conscious lifestyle. Using a base of nuts and fruits and incorporating superfoods and adaptogenic herbs such as chaga, chia seeds,...

The power of language is overwhelming and this is shown in the way in which words are used to define, portray and explain people and situations. With this in mind, then, it is interesting to note how the language of "special needs" has always been composed of words and images which foster...

The Adventures of an Ugly Girl written by Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett also known as Mrs. George Corbett, was an English feminist writer This book was published in 1898. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive...

Can a life broken into pieces ever be put back together even if some pieces are missing?Layne Wheeler needs lists. Lists put her life in order and help her come up with a plan when things go off schedule. Stepping on a skateboard to impress her crush wasn't on any of Layne's To Do...

The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A psychologist's gripping, troubling, and moving exploration of the brutal murder of a possibly transgender middle school student by an eighth grade classmate On Feb. 12, 2008, at E. O. Green Junior High in Oxnard, CA, 14-year-old Brandon...

Winner of the 2016 Marfield Prize In 1902, Rainer Maria Rilke—then a struggling poet in Germany—went to Paris to research and write a short book about the sculptor Auguste Rodin. The two were almost polar opposites: Rilke in his twenties, delicate and unknown; Rodin in his sixties, carnal...