Download or read book The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything written by Linda Williams and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1986-09-25 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘A clever reworking of a classic story. The little old lady’s fearless attitude and her clever solution as to what to do with the lively shoes, pants, shirt and pumpkin head that are chasing her will enchant young audiences. With brilliantly colored, detailed folk art illustrations. A great purchase.’ —SLJ. Children's Choices for 1987 (IRA/CBC) Notable 1986 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) Children's Books of 1986 (Library of Congress) 1988 Keystone to Reading Book Award (Pennsylvania Reading Association)

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 The Music Teacher written by Barbara Hall and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accepting the limitations of her musical ability, a violinist seeks fulfillment by instilling her passion for music in others, in which role she encounters Hallie, a young girl of prodigious talent, but in her goal to shape Hallie into the artist she cannot be, she makes a terrible mistake that forces her to reevaluate her entire life.

Download or read book The Smart Classroom Management Way written by Michael Linsin and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Smart Classroom Management Way is a collection of the very best writing from ten years of Smart Classroom Management (SCM). It isn't, however, simply a random mix of popular articles. It's a comprehensive work that encompasses every principle, theme, and methodology of the SCM approach. The book is laid out across six major areas of classroom management and includes the most pressing issues, problems, and concerns shared by all teachers. The underlying SCM themes of accountability, maturity, independence, personal responsibility, and intrinsic motivation are all there and weave their way throughout the entirety of the book. Together, they form a simple, unique, and sometimes contrarian approach to classroom management that anyone can do. Whether you're an elementary, middle, or high school teacher, The Smart Classroom Management Way will give you the strategies, skills, and know-how to turn any group of students into the motivated, well-behaved class you love teaching.

Download or read book The Music Teacher written by Barbara Hall and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2009-02-10 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Music Teacher, a penetrating and richly entertaining look into the heart and mind of a woman who has failed both as an artist and as a wife, Barbara Hall, award-winning creator and writer of such hit television series as Judging Amy and Joan of Arcadia, tells the story of a violinist who has accepted the limitations of her talent and looks for the casual satisfaction of trying to instill her passion for music in others. She gets more than she bargains for, however, when a young girl named Hallie enters her life. For here at last is the real thing: someone with the talent and potential to be truly great. In her drive to shape this young girl into the artist the teacher could never be, she makes one terrible mistake. As a result she is forced to reevaluate her whole life and come to terms with her future. Hall has crafted a thoroughly engrossing novel that examines the pitfalls of failure and holds up a mirror to the face of a culture that places success and achievement above all else.

Download or read book Athena in the Rathole written by Demi K and published by Demitra Kapsanis. This book was released on 2020-12-03 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Athena is born at the wrong time, to the wrong parents, . Her parents are Greek immigrants trying to find their way in America. Athena bounces between two countries, two cultures, eating Greek eyeball stew and lamb’s brain on the one hand, and ice cream cones with sprinkles on the other. Humorously told, Athena must survive her vicious mother, a shaming nun, bullying classmates, and an abusive babysitter. Her mother blames Athena for the family's troubles and Athena comforts herself by sneaking Greek delicacies. In Greek culture you’re supposed to be pretty and skinny, basically perfect. She is neither of these things. Things go from bad to worse and Athena is sent away to a school for disturbed kids. Athena’s only hope is to break free from her mother’s explosive volatility and smothering vice grip. She finds support along the way from an unlikely lot of total strangers, including a Portuguese family, an art teacher, a psychic granny, gang members, and a hooker. Without them Athena doesn’t stand a chance. But will she take the final leap and flee up north before her mother destroys her?

Download or read book One Step From Insanity written by Lady Charmaine Day and published by Lady Charmaine Day. This book was released on 2008-02-06 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People often say I almost lost my mind, or I'm about to lose my mind. You make me feel crazy or insane. Yet few people have actually lost it...went crazy. What does an insane person think about? What do you contemplate as your mind recovers from being insane,what thoughts flow through it? These are the actual words that I wrote while insane. Welcome to the inside of my brain : )

Download or read book The Time of Our Singing written by Richard Powers and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The last novel where I rooted for every character, and the last to make me cry.” - Marlon James, Elle From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Overstory and the Oprah's Book Club selection Bewilderment comes Richard Powers's magnificent, multifaceted novel about a supremely gifted—and divided—family, set against the backdrop of postwar America. On Easter day, 1939, at Marian Anderson’s epochal concert on the Washington Mall, David Strom, a German Jewish émigré scientist, meets Delia Daley, a young Black Philadelphian studying to be a singer. Their mutual love of music draws them together, and—against all odds and their better judgment—they marry. They vow to raise their children beyond time, beyond identity, steeped only in song. Jonah, Joseph, and Ruth grow up, however, during the civil rights era, coming of age in the violent 1960s, and living out adulthood in the racially retrenched late century. Jonah, the eldest, “whose voice could make heads of state repent,” follows a life in his parents’ beloved classical music. Ruth, the youngest, devotes herself to community activism and repudiates the white culture her brother represents. Joseph, the middle child and the narrator of this generation-bridging tale, struggles to find himself and remain connected to them both. Richard Powers's The Time of Our Singing is a story of self-invention, allegiance, race, cultural ownership, the compromised power of music, and the tangled loops of time that rewrite all belonging.

Download or read book The New Humans written by Jonathan G. Loree and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-06-29 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Humans reveals the very real possibility that we as a people are already evolving into the next higher species of hominids. The lives of the most advanced humans on Earth are portrayed as they struggle to survive in a post cold war, government run institution designed with dark secrets. Each member of this unique brotherhood is carrying a special ability that sets them apart from our world. The recorded life of the most powerful man in existence is examined as he discovers when he is a boy that he has an advanced brain. Tim Walker’s evolved brain gives him the ability for higher cognitive thinking, perceiving without the use of eyes and psychokinesis. He realizes at a young age that he is superior to us in every way. This knowledge coupled with his abilities makes Tim extremely dangerous to us as we try to cope with his existence. Also as we learn and understand why nature created such superior humans we start to realize that we are not the true heirs of the planet Earth after all ...

Download or read book FATED written by Tera Clausen and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-12-21 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through this autobiographical piece of writing, the author takes the reader back into childhood to remind them all how lonely being a child can be, and how hard it is to grow up. As a girl, Tera had to live through the adversity of divorce, sexual exploitation, an abusive step father, and then as she became older she continued the pattern through horrible relationships. As she became an adult she started to keep secrets of her own and live a life that she didn’t want her family a part of. Come with her down the downward spiral as she tries to make sense of life, and stop the world wind that seems to rule her actions.

Download or read book Sharks Are Scary Aren t They written by Christine Edwards and published by Book Guild Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-28 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sharks Are Scary Aren’t They? depicts the emotional journey of Charlie Parker, a fearful twelve-year-old boy, and Jane Jones, a retired dentist and scuba diver, who meet by chance on a beach. Despite the years that separate them, they discover they are more alike than they could have imagined.

Download or read book Music Teaching Made Profitable written by Wendy Brentnall-Wood and published by Global Publishing Group. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turn your music teaching into a profit machine. With 40 years experience operating her own music teaching business, Wendy was the obvious choice for others to go to when they were looking for help with their own music school. Now international author, music teacher, trainer, examiner, speaker and mentor Wendy Brentnall-Wood shares the strategies she has learnt and developed for creating a profitable and inspiring music school. This book is for those just starting their journey as a music teacher, or those wanting to grow, succeed and profit from their passion. You'll learn:- The 8 key management areas to achieve a sustainable income- Essential 21st century strategies to attract your ideal students- How to attract the best teachers for your music school or studio- Expert tips from a 40 year experienced and successful music school owner to increase your income and success- Key habits to efficiently organise your time for a stress free lifestyle- Proven and persuasive strategies to guarantee your students keep coming back for years to come- How to avoid the pitfalls and stress of unreliable income The purchase of this book will provide an underprivileged or disabled child with the gift of music. Take action now to achieve your dream lifestyle!

Download or read book Scared Selfless written by Michelle Stevens, PhD and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A riveting memoir that takes readers on a roller coaster ride from the depths of hell to triumphant success.”—Dave Pelzer, author of A Child Called “It” Michelle Stevens has a photo of the exact moment her childhood was stolen from her: She’s only eight years old, posing for her mother’s boyfriend, Gary Lundquist—an elementary school teacher, neighborhood stalwart, and brutal pedophile. Later that night, Gary locks Michelle in a cage, tortures her repeatedly, and uses her to quench his voracious and deviant sexual whims. Little does she know that this will become her new reality for the next six years. Michelle can also pinpoint the moment she reconstituted the splintered pieces of her life: She’s in cap and gown, receiving her PhD in psychology—and the university’s award for best dissertation. The distance between these two points is the improbable journey from torture, loss, and mental illness to healing, recovery, and triumph that is Michelle’s powerful memoir, Scared Selfless. Michelle suffered from post‐traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression, and made multiple suicide attempts. She also developed multiple personalities. There was “Chelsey,” the rebellious teenager; “Viscous,” a tween with homicidal rage; and “Sarah,” a sweet little girl who brought her teddy bear on a first date. In this harrowing tale, Michelle, who was inspired to help others heal by becoming a psychotherapist, sheds light on the all-too-real threat of child sexual abuse, its subsequent psychological effects, and the best methods for victims to overcome their ordeals and, ultimately, thrive. Scared Selfless is both an examination of the extraordinary feats of the mind that are possible in the face of horrific trauma as well as Michelle’s courageous testament to their power.

Download or read book Imagination from Fantasy to Delusion written by Lois Oppenheim and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2013. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Download or read book The Music Teacher written by David Cato-Evans and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-04-28 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Juliette, a young mother of two, teaches piano and flute whilst also helping with the family antique business. Needing extra income, Juliette is drawn into a dangerous money laundering operation where she begins to lead a life filled with secrets and lies. Her father, a professional criminal, is in hiding from a rival crook, who threatens Juliette and her children, to force him out of hiding. Desperate to protect her family and traumatised by past events, she becomes obsessed by the need for justice – or is it revenge? Juliette’s mental health becomes more and more unstable and when her actions lead her to a confrontation with a ruthless gang, who are involved in several illegal activities, she becomes the prime suspect for a murder. In a desperate effort to survive, can Juliette outwit the police and the forces intent on bringing her down?

Download or read book Shimmering Details Volume II written by Péter Nádas and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The magnum opus of one of Europe’s greatest living writers. In Shimmering Details, Volume II, Péter Nádas delves deeper into his and his parents’ lives during the tumultuous years spanning the rise of Hungarian communism in 1948 to the brutal suppression of the 1956 uprising. Zeroing in on this critical period—which overlapped with the formative years of his childhood—Nádas concludes his monumental history of a family whose own experiences and fortunes are deeply intertwined with two centuries of Hungarian history. This second volume is a composite portrait of life lived at the nexus of world-historical forces—a jewel-like study that holds up different facets of the human experience to the light of Nádas’s singular prose style. What emerges is a memoir of unusual insight and exceptional power. Hailed by Deborah Eisenberg as an “extraordinary writer,” Nádas has confirmed his place among Europe’s greatest living authors.

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