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“ernest walker”

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  • The Folklore of Orkney & Shetland

    by Ernest Walker Marwick ...
    This comprehensive volume of folkloric traditions in Scotland's Northern Isles is a treasure trove of stories, history, and cultural legacy.The two island groups of Orkney and Shetland have much in common. In each the grey stone houses and treeless landscapes are scoured in winter by stinging gales, and in summer lie under the endless days of the 'simmer din'.Originally Norwegian, they have been ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Leading for Diversity

    How School Leaders Promote Positive Interethnic Relations

    Edited by Ernest Walker, Edmundo Norte, Anne Katz, Rosemary C. Henze, Susan E. Sather ...
    "I strongly endorse this book and feel that it holds great promise for the field."Ray TerrellCoauthor of Cultural ProficiencyProactive leadership fosters strong interethnic communities!This timely volume provides powerful models of leadership that are effective in developing schools where positive interethnic relations can flourish. Countering the often-heard belief that troubled race relations ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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  • The Anthology of Scottish Folk Tales

    by Folk Tales Folk Tales Authors, History Press UK ...
    This enchanting collection of stories gathers together legends from across Scotland in one special volume. Drawn from The History Press' popular Folk Tales series, herein lies a treasure trove of tales from a wealth of talented storytellers. From the Spaeman's peculiar advice and a laird who is transformed into a frog, to a fugitive hiding in a dark cave and the stoor worm battling with Assipattle ... Read more

    $10.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Strange Tales of Scotland

    by Jack Strange ...
    Series Book 1 - Jack's Strange Tales
    Strange Tales of Scotland all deal with a particular aspect of Scottish mysteries.You'll learn of the ghost that appeared at the wedding of King Alexander II, and of monsters such as the Shellycoat and Water-horse that were thought to inhabit Scotland's lochs.Another part deals exclusively with Loch Ness, and the strange happenings at that mysterious body of water. Later, we have a look at the odd ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Women and Educational Leadership

    by Margaret Grogan, Charol Shakeshaft ...
    Series Book 10 - Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education
    This groundbreaking book presents a new way of looking at leadership that is anchored in research on women leaders in education. The authors examine how successful women in education lead and offer suggestions and ideas for developing and honing these exemplary leadership practices.Women and Educational Leadership shows how the qualities that characterize women's approaches to leadership differ ... Read more

    $24.00 USD

  • More Strange Scotland

    by Jack Strange ...
    Series Book 6 - Jack's Strange Tales
    More Strange Scotland is a collection of anecdotes, facts, folklore and legends about the strangeness of that little nation on the western fringe of Europe.From fairies to witches and the frightening water horses, Scotland has a host of legends. Add haunted castles, strange pub names and devilish people to the mix, sprinkle with Aberlour spirits and the mists of Skye and then open the book.If ... Read more

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  • Diversity at Work

    The Practice of Inclusion

    by Barbara R. Deane ...
    Series Book 33 - J-B SIOP Professional Practice Series
    Diversity at Work: The Practice of InclusionHow can organizations, their leaders, and their people benefit from diversity? The answer, according to this cutting-edge book, is the practice of inclusion. Diversity at Work: The Practice of Inclusion (a volume in SIOP’s Professional Practice Series) presents detailed solutions for the challenge of inclusion—how to fully connect with, engage, and ... Read more

    $82.00 USD

  • The Silver Bough Volume 1

    Scottish Folklore and Folk-Belief

    by F. Marian McNeill ...
    Series Book 1 - Silver Bough
    The Silver Bough is an indispensable treasury of Scottish culture, universally acknowledged as a classic of literature. The author, F Marian McNeill, succeeded in capturing and bringing to life many traditions and customs of old before they died out or were influenced by the modern era.The Silver Branch of the sacred apple tree, laden with crystal blossoms of golden fruit, is in Celtic mythology ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The People of the Sea

    Celtic Tales of the Seal-Folk

    by David Thomson ...
    Series Book 8 - Canons
    "Readers will be carried away on successive waves of pleasure [and] irresistible holistic beauty" in this journey to uncover myths of Selchies (Seamus Heaney, from the introduction).When author David Thomson travelled across the coasts of Scotland and Ireland to seek out the legend of the selchies—mythological creatures who transform from seals into humans—a magical world emerged before him. ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Educational Leadership at 2050

    Conjectures, Challenges, and Promises

    by Rosemary Papa, Fenwick W. English, Theodore Creighton ...
    This is a practical, bold, no-holds barred look at challenges facing educational leaders and the university programs that prepare them through mid-century. It examines key continuities and discontinuities of current times for school, education, and society. Both practice and preparation occur in contested social space, the implications of which are explored in a post industrial, digital age.The ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Way of the Wanderers

    The Story of Travellers in Scotland

    by Jess Smith ...
    'Jess reveals a way of life that leaves the reader full of admiration' - Mary HornerScottish Gypsies, known as Travellers or Tinkers, have wandered Scotland's roads and byways for centuries. Their turbulent history is captured in this passionate new book by Jess Smith, the bestselling author of Jessie's Journey and a Traveller herself. Her quest for the truth takes her on a personal journey of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Extending Educational Reform

    From One School to Many

    by Amanda Datnow, Lea Hubbard, Hugh Mehan ...
    In an effort to improve student achievement, thousands of US schools have adopted school reform models devised externally by universities and other organizations. Such models have been successful in improving individual schools or groups of schools, but what happens when educational reform attempts to extend from one school to many?Through qualitative data from several studies, this book explores ... Read more

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