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Great Habits, Great Readers: A Practical Guide for K-4 Reading in the Light of Common Core
Paul Bambrick-Santoyo · Jossey-Bass; 1 edition
Pages: 496
Format: Paperback
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A book that brings the habits of reading to lifeGreat readers are not made by genetics or destiny but by the habits they build—habits that are intentionally built by their teachers. The early formal years of education are the key to reversing the reading gap and setting up children... |
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Space Atlas, Second Edition: Mapping the Universe and Beyond
James Trefil · National Geographic
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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Space Atlas combines updated maps, lavish photographs, and elegant illustrations to chart the solar system, the universe, and beyond. For space enthusiasts, science lovers, and star gazers, here is the newly revised edition of National Geographic's enduring guide to space, with a new introduction... |
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Aspiring Adults Adrift: Tentative Transitions of College Graduates
Richard Arum · University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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Few books have ever made their presence felt on college campuses—and newspaper opinion pages—as quickly and thoroughly as Richard Arum and Josipa Roksas 2011 landmark study of undergraduates learning, socialization, and study habits, Academically Adrift Limited Learning on College Campuses.... |
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Change Here Now: Permaculture Solutions for Personal and Community Transformation
Adam Brock · North Atlantic Books
Pages: 376
Format: Paperback
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Award-winning social entrepreneur and permaculturalist Adam Brock draws from ecology, sociology, community economics, social justice, and indigenous practices the world over to present more than eighty proven solutions for building healthy communities. Using the "pattern language"... |
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Machines of Loving Grace: The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots
John Markoff · ECCO
Pages: 378
Format: Print book
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As robots are increasingly integrated into modern society - on the battlefield and the road, in business, education, and health - Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times science writer John Markoff searches for an answer to one of the most important questions of our age: will these machines... |
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Nolo's Quick LLC: All You Need to Know About Limited Liability Companies
Anthony Mancuso Attorney · NOLO
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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Get LLC answers and learn the basics of limited liability companies If you run your own business, you've probably heard about limited liability companies. Business owners who operate LLCs aren't personally liable for business debts, so their personal assets are generally not at risk.... |
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Lit Up: One Reporter. Three Schools. Twenty-Four Books That Can Change Lives.
David Denby · Henry Holt, 2015.
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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A bestselling author and distinguished critic goes back to high school to find out whether books can shape lives It's no secret that millions of American teenagers, caught up in social media, television, movies, and games, don't read seriously-they associate sustained reading with... |
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Small Cattle for Small Farms
Margo Hayes · CSIRO Publishing
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
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* Answers real questions asked by those seeking to make a rural lifestyle change* Deals exclusively with small cattle* Information is provided in a detailed, easy to understand format with simple terminology Small cattle breeds are manageable to control and care for, and perfect for lifestyle... |
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A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
Jennifer A Doudna · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A trailblazing biologist grapples with her role in the biggest scientific discovery of our era: a cheap, easy way of rewriting genetic code, with nearly limitless promise and peril.
Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so alarmed its inventors that they warned the world about... |
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Rebuilding the Foodshed: How to Create Local, Sustainable, and Secure Food Systems
Philip Ackerman-Leist · Chelsea Green Publishing
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback
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Droves of people have turned to local food as a way to retreat from our broken industrial food system. From rural outposts to city streets, they are sowing, growing, selling, and eating food produced close to home—and they are crying out for agricultural reform. All this has made... |
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Notre-Dame: A Short History of the Meaning of Cathedrals
Ken Follett · Viking
Pages: 80
Format: Hardcover
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"The wonderful cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the greatest achievements of European civilization, was on fire. The sight dazed and disturbed us profoundly. I was on the edge of tears. Something priceless was dying in front of our eyes. The feeling was bewildering, as if the earth... |
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