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The Art of Active Listening: How People at Work Feel Heard, Valued, and Understood

Heather R. Younger - ?Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Format: Paperback

Improve communication, engagement, and culture with active listening.When employees, colleagues, and customers are not being heard, organizational culture, employee happiness, and overall organizational success will suffer. How well do you listen?Active listening is the doorway to increased...
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Reading behind Bars: A Memoir of Literature, Law, and Life as a Prison Librarian

Jill Grunenwald - Skyhorse
Format: Hardcover

In December 2008, twentysomething Jill Grunenwald graduated with her master's degree in library science, ready to start living her dream of becoming a librarian. But the economy had a different idea. As the Great Recession reared its ugly head, jobs were scarce. After some searching, however,...
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Make a Zine!: Start Your Own Underground Publishing Revolution

Joe Biel - ?Microcosm Pub
Format: Paperback

In this new edition of Microcosm's popular DIY guide to zine-making, Joe Biel updates the information provided in the first edition (edited by Biel and the late and great Bill Brent) to address zine making in today's digital and social-media-obsessed world. Covering all the bases...
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Educating the Wholehearted Child

Sally Clarkson - Whole Heart Press
Format: Paperback

Since 1994, Educating the WholeHearted Child has provided a trusted roadmap for families on the homeschooling journey. This updated fourth edition will show you how to faithfully and confidently nurture, disciple, and educate your wholehearted child at home. Here's what you'll learn:*...
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Families With Power: Centering Students by Engaging With Families and Community (Visions of Practice Series)

Mary Cowhey - Teachers College Press
Format: Paperback

What if the families of students most impacted by the opportunity gap somehow had the power to organize whatever activities they felt would best help their children succeed? That's the question that began Families with Power/Familias con Poder (FWP) , a grassroots organization of low-income...
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First Little Readers Parent Pack: Guided Reading Level D: 25 Irresistible Books That Are Just the Right Level for Beginning Readers

Liza Charlesworth - Teaching Resources
Format: Paperback

Jumpstart reading success with this big collection of 25 motivating storybooks correlated with Guided Reading Level D. The books features simple text, decodable words, strong picture cues, and two to four lines of text per page to support readers with just a little experience under their...
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Electric Cars For Dummies

Sven Jonasson - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Drive into the 21st century in an electric carWith falling cost of ownership, expanded incentives for purchasing, and more model and body type options than ever, it may finally be time to retire the old gas-guzzler and dive into the world of electric car ownership. Electric Cars For Dummies...
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A Field Guide to Grad School: Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum

Jessica McCrory Calarco - Princeton University Press
Format: Paperback

Some of the most important things you need to know in order to succeed in graduate school -- like how to choose a good advisor, how to get funding for your work, and whether to celebrate or cry when a journal tells you to revise and resubmit an article -- won't be covered in any class....
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Copper, Iron, and Clay: A Smith's Journey

Sara Dahmen - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

A gorgeous, full-color illustrated love letter to our most revered cookware - copper pots, cast-iron skillets, and classic stoneware - and the artistry and workmanship behind them, written by an expert craftsperson, perhaps the only woman coppersmith in America.Today, most people are concerned...
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Justice for Sale: A Wrongful Conviction, a Broken System, and One Lawyer's Fight for the Truth

Jarrett Adams - Convergent Books
Format: Hardcover

Seventeen years old and facing nearly thirty years behind bars, Jarrett Adams sought to figure out the why behind his fate. Sustained by his mother and aunts who brought him back from the edge of despair through letters of prayer and encouragement, Adams became obsessed with our legal system...
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