Kathleen W : 78 books
People of the Masks
A Novel of North America's Forgotten Past
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2010
As the prophets have foretold, a child of power has been born unto the Turtle People of the Iroquois Nation. The Elders call him False Face Child, for he is the son of a powerful spirit. A living talisman, the child has inhuman eyes--black mirrors, ageless and deep--and all fear him.
All but...
Star Path
People of Cahokia
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
The fourth novel in the Cahokian story cycle, Star Path is an evocative tale about America’s greatest pre-Columbian city by New York Times bestselling authors W. Michael and Kathleen O’Neal Gear
How do you say no to a god?
Cahokia recovers from a year of chaos following a near civil...
Laboratory Lifestyles
The Construction of Scientific Fictions
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2019
A generously illustrated examination of the boom in luxurious, resort-style scientific laboratories and how this affects scientists' work.
The past decade has seen an extraordinary laboratory-building boom. This new crop of laboratories features spectacular architecture and resort-like amenities....
Liberalism in Neoliberal Times
Dimensions, Contradictions, Limits
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2017
An exploration of the theories, histories, practices, and contradictions of liberalism today.
What does it mean to be a liberal in neoliberal times? This collection of short essays attempts to show how liberals and the wider concept of liberalism remain relevant in what many perceive to be...
The Obama Victory
How Media, Money, and Message Shaped the 2008 Election
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2010
Barack Obama's stunning victory in the 2008 presidential election will go down as one of the more pivotal in American history. Given America's legacy of racism, how could a relatively untested first-term senator with an African father defeat some of the giants of American politics? In The Obama Victory,...
A City of Marble
The Rhetoric of Augustan Rome
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
In A City of Marble, Kathleen Lamp argues that classical rhetorical theory shaped the Augustan cultural campaigns and that in turn the Augustan cultural campaigns functioned rhetorically to help Augustus gain and maintain power and to influence civic identity and participation in the Roman Principate...
Connecting Teaching and Learning
History, Evolution, and Case Studies of Teacher Work Sample Methodology
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
As accountability in education has become an increasingly prominent topic, teacher preparation programs are being asked to provide credible evidence that their teacher candidates can impact student learning.
Teacher Work Samples, first developed 30 years ago, have emerged as an effective method...
Winning Strategies for Test Taking, Grades 3-8
A Practical Guide for Teaching Test Preparation
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Winning Strategies for Test Taking, Grades 38 provides a fun and engaging approach for developing effective test-taking skills in children. Chapters detail the coaching of test thinkers, test-reading strategies, and questionanswer strategies.
Using various examples, planning guides, and...
A Searing Wind
Book Three of Contact: The Battle for America
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Set against the tragic war sparked by Hernando de Soto’s brutal invasion of the American South, A Searing Wind brings to an electrifying climax the intense historical action in the series hailed as “exciting, skillfully crafted, and fast-paced” (Publishers Weekly).
Once exiled by the...
Hotel Angeline: A Novel in 36 Voices
A Novel in 36 Voices
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
Thirty-six of the most interesting writers in the Pacific Northwest came together for a week-long marathon of writing live on stage. The result? Hotel Angeline, a truly inventive novel that surprises at every turn of the page.
Something is amiss at the Hotel Angeline, a rickety former mortuary...
The Visitant
Book I of the Anasazi Mysteries
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
With their bestselling First North Americans series, the Gears have astounded an avid international audience of millions. Now these master storytellers turn to the American Southwest, to one of the most enigmatic people to ever inhabit this continent—the Anasazi. At its pinnacle in A.D. 1150, their...
The Summoning God
Book II of the Anasazi Mysteries
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
The Summoning God is more than a superb murder mystery, it is a psych- ological thriller with blockbuster action, romance and suspense, and best of all a dynamic plot that will have you holding your breath waiting for the nest step down the dark labyrinth of their serial murderers mind. When world-renowned...
by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2006
Sora is the wise, young High Chieftess of the Black Falcon Nation. For many winters her heart belonged to her husband, Flint, a warrior from a neighboring clan. Flint truly loved Sora, and together they explored the world of passion and love. But Flint was very jealous and on more than one occasion...
What Effective Schools Do
Re-Envisioning the Correlates
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
This guide helps educators implement a continuous school improvement system through application of the seven correlates of effective schools. The authors discuss each correlate, update the knowledge base, and incorporate practical ideas from practitioners in the field. A comprehensive description of...