Laura Terry: 23 books
by Laura Terry
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Katia and Victoria are sisters and scholarship students at a private boarding school. While Victoria tries to fit in, Katia is unapologetic about her quirks, even though their classmates tease her. After a big fight, Katia runs away from school. And when Victoria goes looking for her, she accidentally...
Everyday Desistance
The Transition to Adulthood Among Formerly Incarcerated Youth
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
In Everyday Desistance, Laura Abrams and Diane J. Terry examine the lives of young people who spent considerable time in and out of correctional institutions as adolescents. These formerly incarcerated youth often struggle with the onset of adult responsibilities at a much earlier age than their more...
Greener than Thou
Are You Really An Environmentalist?
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
In a powerful argument for free market environmentalism, Terry Anderson and Laura Huggins break down liberal and conservative stereotypes of what it means to be an environmentalist. They show that, by forming local coalitions around market principles, stereotypes are replaced by pragmatic solutions that improve environmental quality without necessarily increasing red tape.
The Better Writing Breakthrough
Connecting Student Thinking and Discussion to Inspire Great Writing
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Every teacher knows the challenge of trying to engage reluctant readers and struggling writers—students whose typical response to a writing prompt is a few sentence fragments scribbled on a sheet of paper followed by an elaborate shrug of the shoulders.
The best way to engage less confident...
Teaching Critical Thinking
Using Seminars for 21st Century Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Help students meet today’s literacy demands with this new book from Terry Roberts and Laura Billings. The authors show how a seminar approach can lead students deeper into a text and improve their speaking, listening, and writing skills, as recommended by the Common Core State Standards.
Roberts...
Property Rights
A Practical Guide to Freedom and Prosperity
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Drawing on the thoughts of various philosophers, political thinkers, economists, and lawyers, Terry Anderson and Laura Huggins present a blueprint for the nonexpert-expert on how societies can encourage or discourage freedom and prosperity through their property rights institutions. This Hoover Classic...
Innovations in Child and Family Policy
Multidisciplinary Research and Perspectives on Strengthening Children and Their Families
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2010
Innovations in Child and Family Policy tackles many of the common problems and challenges that are considered to be at the heart of child and family policy: family creation, economic support, childrearing, and family care-giving. Innovations begins by defining child and family policy and discussing...
Unloaded Volume 2
More Crime Writers Writing Without Guns
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2018
The Anthony-nominated collection of crime stories without guns—the collection we didn't want to be necessary—is back for Volume 2.
Two dozen more crime writers have come together to raise their voices and take pen in hand to call for a sensible and reasoned debate about guns in America....
by Annie Roe Carr, Alice Duer Miller, Berthold Auerbach
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2018
This holiday, we proudly presents to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas classics: most beloved novels, tales, legends, poetry & carols - to warm up your heart and rekindle your holiday sparkle: Works by Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter,...
by Laura Billings, Terry Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
With sample lesson plans, student assessment forms (with rubrics), and other practical materials, this book shows how the principles of the Paideia Program can result in student learning and understanding.
Unlock the Power of You
12 Keys to Health, Happiness & Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
You already have the innate ability to unlock the power of you. All you need are the keys. And this book hands them to you. It’s packed full of inspirational and practical advice to challenge old beliefs, robotic behaviors, habits and patterns that no longer serve you. The authors offer you powerful...
by E.D.E. Bell, Z. Ahmad, Kella Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Ordinary objects. Extraordinary tales.
As Told by Things is a lighthearted, multi-genre collection of short stories and flash fiction, each told from the perspective of an inanimate object.
Fun, witty, and full of charm, As Told by Things will capture your imagination—as well as your heart.
What objects do you think have stories to tell?
Inside Out and Outside In
Psychodynamic Clinical Theory and Psychopathology in Contemporary Multicultural Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
Inside Out and Outside In has established itself as a foundational book for mental health practitioners in a variety of disciplines who work with clients in complex social environments. It is unique in its focus on the forces that shape people from within and also from their social worlds, with sensitivity...
by Annie Roe Carr, Alice Duer Miller, Berthold Auerbach
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2018
This holiday, we proudly presents to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas classics: most beloved novels, tales, legends, poetry & carols - to warm up your heart and rekindle your holiday sparkle: Works by Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter,...
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