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Culturally and Socially Responsible Assessment: Theory, Research, and Practice (Multicultural Education Series)

Catherine S. Taylor - Teachers College Press
Format: Paperback

This book addresses a problem that affects the work of all educators: how traditional methods of assessment undermine the capacity of schools to serve students with diverse cultural and social backgrounds and identities. Anchored in a commonsense notion of validity, this book explains how current...
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Each To Their Own: A Mags Munroe Story (The Mags Munroe Series Book 3)

Jean Grainger - ?Gold Harp Media Ltd
Format: Paperback

There are some days when being the Garda Sergeant of a small Irish town really tests me. Having to police my family and friends is a necessary evil, but when I'm faced with arresting half the children in the town, and discovering someone close to me among the offenders, well, those...
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A Miscellany

E E CUMMINGS - Liveright
Format: Hardcover

A Miscellany, confined to a private edition for decades, sheds further light on the prodigious vision and imagination of the most inventive poet of the twentieth century: E.E. Cummings.Formally fractured and yet gleefully alive and whole, E. E. Cummings's groundbreaking modernist poetry...
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What Happened

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

"In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I've often felt I had to be careful in public, like I was up on a wire without a net. Now I'm letting my guard down." - Hillary Rodham Clinton, from the introduction of What HappenedFor the first time, Hillary Rodham Clinton...
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A Life in Light: Meditations on Impermanence

Mary Pipher - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Women Rowing North and Reviving Ophelia-a memoir in essays reflecting on radiance, resilience, and the constantly changing nature of reality. In her luminous new memoir in essays, Mary Pipher-as she did in her New York Times bestseller Women Rowing North-taps...
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A Life of Meaning: Relocating Your Center of Spiritual Gravity

James Hollis Ph.D. - Sounds True
Format: Paperback

A Masterful Author and Jungian Analyst Examines the Qualities That Bring Meaning to Our Human Journey.. What is it that brings meaning to your life? Our culture tells us to seek wealth, power, prestige, or even enrollment in someone else's idea of a worthy cause -- yet where do we turn...
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The Lost Summers of Newport: A Novel

Beatriz Williams - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling team of Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White - a novel of money and secrets set among the famous summer mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, spanning over a century from the Gilded Age to the present day."Three stories elegantly intertwine...
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Under the Starry Skies (Love on the Santa Fe)

Tracie Peterson - Bethany House Publishers
Format: Paperback

Will their faith prove to be stronger than their fear? Sensible and independent, Cassie Barton never anticipated being on her own at thirty-two. But after the death of her father and the marriage of her sister, she's found joy in her work as a seamstress. When a minor accident leaves...
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14 Fresh Ways to Enjoy the Bible

James F. Coakley - ?Moody Publishers
Format: Paperback

The Bible is God's masterpiece and gift to you - claim it for all that it's worth.The Bible is the most read book in all the world. But many of us get stuck in a rut when it comes to approaching it. Rather than feeling inspired and energized, we feel confused, disenchanted, or removed....
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The Primal Gourmet Cookbook: Whole30 Endorsed: It's Not a Diet If It's Delicious

Ronny Joseph Lvovski - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

100 gluten-free, grain-free, and dairy-free recipes based on the popular Cook Primal Gourmet blog, fully endorsed by Whole30 Ronny Joseph Lvovski struggled with a lifetime of obesity, failed diets, and low self-esteem before discovering the Paleo diet. Once he eliminated grains and dairy...
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