Download or read book Hey Quit Pushing written by Larry Garf and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-18 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's parents and teachers find themselves under extreme pressure to drive their children academically at ever-younger ages. The current educational climate can make us feel as though we're not giving our children "all the advantages" if we don't start academics early on. Using concrete examples, approachable language, and a generous dose of humor, HEY, QUIT PUSHING reveals how, contrary to what current trends and fashions in education are promising us, this push can actually be highly counterproductive, resulting in increased levels of anxiety, self-esteem issues, inaccurate diagnoses of learning disabilities, but not higher academic achievement. If you're a parent or teacher who believes that the notion of pushing academic work onto younger and younger children seems misguided, this book was written for you. If you know a child who seems bright but just cannot "measure up" academically, one whose struggles are mystifying, this book might well illuminate that puzzle.

Download or read book Don t Push the Button written by Bill Cotter and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's only one rule in Larry's book: don't push the button. (Seriously, don't even think about it!) Even if it does look kind of nice, you must never push the button. Who knows what would happen? Okay, quick. No one is looking... push the button. Uh, oh.

Download or read book The Last Lecture written by Randy Pausch and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Download or read book Born to Rock written by Gordon Korman and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leo Caraway-high school senior, president of the Young Republicans club, 4.0 GPA, future Harvard student-had his entire future perfectly planned out. That was, until the X factor. As in Marion X. McMurphy, aka King Maggot, the lead singer of Purge, the most popular, most destructive band punk rock has ever seen. He's also Leo's biological father. When Leo discovers that his real father is a punk rock legend, he is disgusted. Not only is Leo not a punk rock fan, but he believes the X factor (the Maggot blood that is running through his veins) is a dangerous time bomb just waiting to explode. And sure enough it does-Leo stubbornly defends the unlikeliest of people, thereby getting himself falsely accused of cheating on a test. Because of the blemish on his record, the once star pupil finds his scholarship to Harvard taken away. So he hatches the crazy plan of going on tour with King Maggot for Purge's summer revival tour, all the while secretly hoping to convince Maggot to pay for his tuition. But life on the road is even crazier than Leo ever bargained for, and before the summer is out, he will finally discover the surprising truth about his dad, his friends, and most important, himself.

Download or read book Unexpected Opportunities written by Jon R. W. Thomas and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes "Togetherness" transcends dying - Talent appears when least expected while people quietly struggle with their lives. This story is about a group of young women who were brought together unexpectedly and given the opportunity to perform. What begins as training ends up as "life-transforming."

Download or read book I Am Pusheen the Cat written by Claire Belton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of kitty comics featuring the chubby, tubby tabby who has taken the Internet by storm will fill you in on all the basics.

Download or read book Big Mouth written by Deborah Halverson and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2008-06-10 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD SHERMIE THUFF is a Big Guy with a Big Dream— to become the most famous competitive eater in the world. But every big dream has to start somewhere, and Shermie’s determined to start his in the spotlight. If he can take first place in Nathan’s World Famous International hot dog eating competition, fame will be his. The catch? The current record is 53-1/2 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes. Shermie’s personal best? Seven. Clearly, Shermie has some training to do. . . . Only, no matter how hard he tries, he can’t get past nine measly wieners. Then, just when Shermie’s about to crack under the pressure, he gets his biggest shake-up of all: news that the 53-1/2 record holder is an itty-bitty, 130-pound guy. So Shermie vows to lose his restrictive Fat Belt the only way he knows how—with the help of Gardo, a weight-cutting fanatic determined to turn Big Shermie into a lean, mean eating-machine.

Download or read book J R written by William Gaddis and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A National Book Award-winning satire about the unchecked power of American capitalism, written more than three decades before the 2008 financial crisis. At the center of J R is J R Vansant, a very average sixth grader from Long Island with torn sneakers, a runny nose, and a juvenile fascination with junk-mail get-rich-quick offers. Responding to one, he sees a small return; soon, he is running a paper empire out of a phone booth in the school hallway. Everyone from the school staff to the municipal government to the squabbling heirs of a player-piano company to the titans of Wall Street and the politicians in Washington will be caught up in the endlessly ballooning bubble of the J R Family of Companies. First published in 1975 and winner of the National Book Award in 1976, J R is an appallingly funny and all-too-prophetic depiction of America’s romance with finance. It is also a book about suburban development and urban decay, divorce proceedings and disputed wills, the crumbling facade of Western civilization and the impossible demands of love and art, with characters ranging from the earnest young composer Edward Bast to the berserk publicist Davidoff. Told almost entirely through dialogue, William Gaddis’s novel is both a literary tour de force and an unsurpassed reckoning with the way we live now.

Download or read book The White Guard written by Mikhail Bulgakov and published by Everyman's Library. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bulgakov's brilliant novel, first published in 1925, portrays his beloved city of Kiev as it is torn apart during a few crucial weeks in 1918, seen through the eyes of a family fleeing the Russian revolution. With cinematic vividness, Bulgakov puts us on the streets of a gracious, historic city as it is successively besieged by invading Germans, Ukrainian nationalists, the Red Guard of the Bolsheviks, and the White Guard loyal to the recently executed tsar. The Turbin siblings, once wealthy and secure in Russia, have fled to Kiev to escape the ongoing civil war, but find themselves surrounded by chaos and danger. As Bulgakov depicts their devotion to a doomed cause and the surreal horrors they face, he provides a view of history that is both grandly panoramic and movingly intimate. Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket.

Download or read book Rupert s Journey written by Rupert Michael and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rupert's Journey is a curious tale about a purported adventure experienced by one Rupert Michael. By all appearances Mr. Michael does not claim this to be a work of fiction. Certainly something happened to the once unpleasant Mr. Michael, so that he did seem to change for the better. If Rupert Michael is a name invented by the actual author, his or her true identity is not now known. All of this said, Rupert's Journey has its own unique charm and is reminiscent at times of Gulliver's Travels and Alice in Wonderland. Some might call it a tightly written work, while others might say that it lacks somewhat in volume. If you are short on time or are in the mood for a relatively brief adventure story, Rupert's Journey might well be just what you are looking for. There is much within these pages that will appeal to a younger audience, or those who believe it is better to grow up than to grow old.

Download or read book Vinnie and Me written by Fiorella De Luca Calce and published by Guernica Editions. This book was released on 1996 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Fiorella De Luca Calce's second novel and could be considered the second part of her on-going exploration of cultural and family tensions in the Italian-Canadian community. In this work the author writers about friendship between a young boy and girl and how what seems overt meanness turns out to be a wonderful manifestation of love.

Download or read book Surviving Haley written by Brenda Baker and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lauren Werthman struggles with guilt and depression. Even moving to another state and into a new home doesn't help her overcome the life-altering aftermath of losing her sister.Memories of the tragic accident reverberate through her life as her family tries to cope, but Lauren's life spirals out of control. Her mother criticizes her choices every day, her father continues to work later and later, and people at her new school seem to know the family secret. Lauren binge-eats, has nightmares, and doubts the existence of a God Who didn't intervene to prevent the senseless tragedy.As Lauren's family and friends work through the pain and guilt, will they find that even though the void will always remain, the power of forgiveness brings peace and hope and a bright future, or will Lauren forever be lost to the pain and guilt?

Download or read book Never Entertain During Watermelon Season written by Joe Dyson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Never Entertain During Watermelon Season' is the story of an ordinary guy who attempts to become a standup comedian in the San Francisco bay area during the comedy scene of the nineteen-seventies. While told in a fictional format, it actually does follow the real attempt of the author to fulfill his dream. In the process, you will be brought on stage with the author for over a hundred performances, including the actual scripts and real audience reactions. Follow the author, through his secret identity of Tom Icing, for a hilarious romp through the late nineteen-seventies as you discover why you should, 'Never Entertain During Watermelon Season."

Download or read book What to Do When You Feel Like Hitting written by Cara Goodwin PhD and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teach toddlers safe ways to express big feelings Toddlers are still learning how to speak, socialize, and understand their emotions. It's common for them to react with their hands when they get frustrated—but hitting is never okay. What to Do When You Feel Like Hitting helps toddlers understand why hitting is not allowed and shows them how to react to their feelings with actions that are safe and kind. This illustrated entry into no hitting books for toddlers features: Alternatives to hitting—Kids will learn how to use "gentle hands" to squeeze a stuffed animal when they feel upset, scribble a picture to get out their frustration, and practice taking deep breaths to calm down. A light touch—The language is kid-friendly and positive, encouraging toddlers to understand and communicate their feelings, not just keep their hands to themselves. Engaging illustrations—Big, beautiful pictures help kids see the ideas in action and keep their attention on the page. Get the best in no hitting books for toddlers with a storybook that helps them learn empathy and compassion.

Download or read book Fear Familiar Romantic Suspense Collection written by Caroline Burnes and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 3760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Re-discover 12 romantic suspense stories from the Fear Familiar series, in one collection for the first time by reader-favorite author Caroline Burnes! This special Fear Familiar Collection includes: Familiar Heart Familiar Fire Familiar Valentine Familiar Christmas Familiar Lullaby Familiar Mirage Familiar Oasis Familiar Double Familiar Texas Familiar Escape Familiar Vows Familiar Showdown

Download or read book The Chicken Made of Rags written by Nina Serrano and published by Estuary Press. This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chicken Made of Rags is an old family tale handed down through generations. As children in New York City in the 1930's and 40's, my younger brother, Philip Serrano, and I went to sleep listening to our Uncle Paul's tale of the raggedy Chicken on her way to the big fiesta. Our Uncle Paul heard the story as a child in Cuba at the turn of the twentieth century from his nanny, a former slave. Cuba abolished slavery in 1886, ten years before Uncle Paul was born. Following the story's Afro-Caribbean origins, each generation of my family changed elements of the story adding other cultural layers. The Chicken Made of Rags immigrated across continents and generations landing in this script that we present here. The Chicken Made of Rags is set in San Francisco, California. Influenced by the civil rights movement of the 60's and 70's, I changed the ending so the characters worked together to achieve their own freedom amidst flying feathers. "A ragged, hardworking chicken receives an invitation to an upscale banquet and generously invites her motley flock of feathered friends to join in the festivities. The catch is, they’re not dinner guests—they’re dinner! How the poultry eventually escape the villain chef’s pot is a charming lesson in teamwork, showing that even in the urban jungle, good can triumph over evil. And that’s a nice bit or reassurance for children.” Parent's Magazine.

Download or read book Cookie Love written by Chico and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-06 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cookie Love: The Cookie Love Chronicles By: Chico In this collection of short stories, set in different time periods and genres, all feature the elegant and gorgeous Cookie Love. No matter where, no matter what, you will fall under her spell – and you won’t want to escape! In the mythical Kingdom of Fantasia, Cookie Love is under a dangerous curse that can only be broken with true love’s kiss. In South Carolina in the 1990s, she is a young woman preparing to compete in a music competition. In the future, she is an ancient goddess, frozen until she is needed to save her people. In space, she is a warrior, rescuing a kidnapped princess and fighting the Dark Lord Vega. In each story, Cookie Love realizes her destiny as the Goddess of Love, saving and inspiring people, and always destined to be with her handsome hero, Mark Eric. Filled with action, magic, adventure, and passion, these stories feature powerful women saving the day and being rewarded true love.