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Stuck Improving

Racial Equity and School Leadership

by Decoteau Irby, H. Richard Milner IV ...

Series series Race and Education
An incisive case study of changemaking in action, Stuck Improving analyzes the complex process of racial equity reform within K–12 schools. Scholar Decoteau J. Irby emphasizes that racial equity is dynamic, shifting as our emerging racial consciousness evolves and as racism asserts itself anew. Those who accept the challenge of reform find themselves “stuck improving,” caught in a perpetual ... Read more

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An incisive case study of changemaking in action, Stuck Improving analyzes the complex process of racial equity reform within K–12 schools. Scholar Decoteau J. Irby emphasizes that racial equity is dynamic, shifting as our emerging racial consciousness evolves and as racism asserts itself anew. Those who accept the challenge of reform find themselves “stuck improving,” caught in a perpetual
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Surveillance and Surveillance Detection

A CIA Insider's Guide

by John Kiriakou ...

Have you ever thought you were being followed or watched? Have you ever needed to follow or observe someone and not be seen?In the world of espionage, surveillance and surveillance detection are a way of life. It is the job of every CIA operations officer to make sure he or she is not under surveillance—that is, being followed to the commission of an “operational act.” It is also the job of every ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Have you ever thought you were being followed or watched? Have you ever needed to follow or observe someone and not be seen?In the world of espionage, surveillance and surveillance detection are a way of life. It is the job of every CIA operations officer to make sure he or she is not under surveillance—that is, being followed to the commission of an “operational act.” It is also the job of every
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Hugh Johnson Pocket Wine 2024

by Hugh Johnson, Margaret Rand ...

The world's best-selling annual wine guide.Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book is the essential reference book for everyone who buys wine - in shops, restaurants, or on the internet. Now in its 47th year of publication, it has no rival as the comprehensive, up-to-the-minute annual guide.It provides clear succinct facts and commentary on the wines, growers and wine regions of the whole world. It ... Read more

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The world's best-selling annual wine guide.Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book is the essential reference book for everyone who buys wine - in shops, restaurants, or on the internet. Now in its 47th year of publication, it has no rival as the comprehensive, up-to-the-minute annual guide.It provides clear succinct facts and commentary on the wines, growers and wine regions of the whole world. It
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Captain's Dinner

A Shipwreck, An Act of Cannibalism, and a Murder Trial That Changed Legal History

by Adam Cohen ...

A Barnes & Noble Best History Book of 2025Four men in a lifeboat. Two weeks without food. One impossible choice that would reshape the boundaries between survival and murder. “A perfect enunciation of the classic philosophical conundrum: can you sacrifice one innocent life to save many?" (Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi)On May 19, 1884, the yacht Mignonette set sail from England on what should ... Read more

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A Barnes & Noble Best History Book of 2025Four men in a lifeboat. Two weeks without food. One impossible choice that would reshape the boundaries between survival and murder. “A perfect enunciation of the classic philosophical conundrum: can you sacrifice one innocent life to save many?" (Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi)On May 19, 1884, the yacht Mignonette set sail from England on what should
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On Being a Scholar-Practitioner

Practical Wisdom in Action

by Maria Piantanida, Patricia L McMahon, Marilyn Llewellyn ...

Series series Wisdom of Practice Series
This book challenges the traditional dichotomy between scholars and practitioners and argues that Scholar-Practitioner is a mindset that educators bring to their work. This mindset comprises six qualities that can be cultivated over the course of one's professional life: Pedagogical Wisdom, Theoretical Understanding, Contextual Literacy, Ethical Stewardship, Metacognitive Reflection and Aesthetic ... Read more

$21.99 USD

This book challenges the traditional dichotomy between scholars and practitioners and argues that Scholar-Practitioner is a mindset that educators bring to their work. This mindset comprises six qualities that can be cultivated over the course of one's professional life: Pedagogical Wisdom, Theoretical Understanding, Contextual Literacy, Ethical Stewardship, Metacognitive Reflection and Aesthetic
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Short Stories in English for Beginners

Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn English the fun way!

by Olly Richards ...

Series series Readers
An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners."I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for NumbersShort Stories in English for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most ... Read more

$3.99 USD

An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners."I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for NumbersShort Stories in English for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most
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The Secret Garden

Mandarin Companion Graded Readers: Level 1, Simplified Chinese Edition

by John Pasden, Renjun Yang, Frances Hodgson Burnett ...

Series Book 1 - Mandarin Companion
Mandarin Companion: New graded readers for a new generation of Chinese learners. Now you can read book in Chinese that are fun and accelerate your language learning. Every book in the Mandarin Companion series is carefully written to use characters, words, and grammar that a learner is likely to know.Level 1 is written using approximately 300 unique Chinese characters and intended for Chinese ... Read more

$7.99 USD

Mandarin Companion: New graded readers for a new generation of Chinese learners. Now you can read book in Chinese that are fun and accelerate your language learning. Every book in the Mandarin Companion series is carefully written to use characters, words, and grammar that a learner is likely to know.Level 1 is written using approximately 300 unique Chinese characters and intended for Chinese
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Above All, Be Kind

Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times

by Zoe Weil ...

A pioneer in the humane education movement shares an essential guide for new parents who want to raise their children with genuine compassion.In Above All, Be Kind, Zoe Weil teaches parents how to raise their children to be humane in the broadest sense. This includes being more compassionate in their interactions with family and friends, also means growing up to make life choices that demonstrate ... Read more

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A pioneer in the humane education movement shares an essential guide for new parents who want to raise their children with genuine compassion.In Above All, Be Kind, Zoe Weil teaches parents how to raise their children to be humane in the broadest sense. This includes being more compassionate in their interactions with family and friends, also means growing up to make life choices that demonstrate
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Oeconomicus

Household, Husbandry, and Leadership - Xenophon's Lessons on Economics, Ethics, and Domestic Management

by Xenophon ...

Translated by Tim Zengerink ...

Series Book 389 - The Library of Alexandria
What if managing a home well was the first step to mastering leadership and life?In Oeconomicus, Xenophon delivers one of the earliest surviving texts on economics-not as a study of money, but as a guide to virtue in action. Through a thoughtful dialogue between Socrates and Ischomachus, the work outlines how personal discipline, ethical stewardship, and cooperative household roles contribute to ... Read more

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What if managing a home well was the first step to mastering leadership and life?In Oeconomicus, Xenophon delivers one of the earliest surviving texts on economics-not as a study of money, but as a guide to virtue in action. Through a thoughtful dialogue between Socrates and Ischomachus, the work outlines how personal discipline, ethical stewardship, and cooperative household roles contribute to
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The Rule of Laws

A 4,000-Year Quest to Order the World

by Fernanda Pirie ...

From ancient Mesopotamia to today, an “exceptionally rich narrative” (Wall Street Journal) of how humans have used laws to forge civilizationsRulers throughout history have used laws to impose order. But laws were not simply instruments of power and social control. They also offered ordinary people a way to express their diverse visions for a better world. In The Rule of Laws, Oxford scholar ... Read more

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From ancient Mesopotamia to today, an “exceptionally rich narrative” (Wall Street Journal) of how humans have used laws to forge civilizationsRulers throughout history have used laws to impose order. But laws were not simply instruments of power and social control. They also offered ordinary people a way to express their diverse visions for a better world. In The Rule of Laws, Oxford scholar
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How to Create History

An Author’s Guide to Creating Histories, Myths, and Monsters

by A Trevena ...

Series Book 4 - Author Guides
Want to create a rich history for your world, but don’t know where to start?Need help creating a past that impacts on your characters and their stories?How to Create History breaks the process down into easy-to-follow steps. By completing a series of creative prompts, this book will guide you from your present world, back through its deep history.This workbook will help you to:Create a historic ... Read more

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Want to create a rich history for your world, but don’t know where to start?Need help creating a past that impacts on your characters and their stories?How to Create History breaks the process down into easy-to-follow steps. By completing a series of creative prompts, this book will guide you from your present world, back through its deep history.This workbook will help you to:Create a historic
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《云龙白曲残本》文字整理与研究

by 韦韧 ...

方块白文是古代白族在长期使用汉语文的过程中，仿照汉字创制的一种民族文字，是一种既借用汉字又自造拼合字的意音文字。本书以目前已释读方块白文文献中自造拼合字数量最多的《云龙白曲残本》为基本研究材料，采用“结构-功能”分析法和现代系统论，利用Oracle Database数据库，运用语料库语言学知识，对研究材料《云龙白曲残本》进行数字化处理，并构建方块白文数据库系统，详细描写了方块白文的文字属性，细致分析、考释了《云龙白曲残本》中记录的每一个方块白文。 ... Read more

$21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

方块白文是古代白族在长期使用汉语文的过程中，仿照汉字创制的一种民族文字，是一种既借用汉字又自造拼合字的意音文字。本书以目前已释读方块白文文献中自造拼合字数量最多的《云龙白曲残本》为基本研究材料，采用“结构-功能”分析法和现代系统论，利用Oracle Database数据库，运用语料库语言学知识，对研究材料《云龙白曲残本》进行数字化处理，并构建方块白文数据库系统，详细描写了方块白文的文字属性，细致分析、考释了《云龙白曲残本》中记录的每一个方块白文。
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Incognito

The Secret Lives of the Brain

by David Eagleman ...

If the conscious mind—the part you consider to be you—is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing?In this sparkling and provocative new book, the renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries: Why can your foot move halfway to the brake pedal before you become consciously aware of danger ahead? Why do you hear ... Read more

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If the conscious mind—the part you consider to be you—is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing?In this sparkling and provocative new book, the renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries: Why can your foot move halfway to the brake pedal before you become consciously aware of danger ahead? Why do you hear
... Read more
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

The Last Book On Novel Writing You'll Ever Need

by Jessica Brody ...

Series series Save the Cat!
The first novel-writing guide from the best-selling Save the Cat! story-structure series, which reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any novel a success.Novelist Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story-structure guide for novelists that applies the famed Save the Cat! screenwriting methodology to the world of novel writing. Revealing the 15 "beats" (plot points) that comprise a ... Read more

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The first novel-writing guide from the best-selling Save the Cat! story-structure series, which reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any novel a success.Novelist Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story-structure guide for novelists that applies the famed Save the Cat! screenwriting methodology to the world of novel writing. Revealing the 15 "beats" (plot points) that comprise a
... Read more
Wonderbook

The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction

by Jeff VanderMeer ...

Now expanded: The definitive visual guide to writing science fiction and fantasy—with exercises, diagrams, essays by superstar authors, and more.From the New York Times-bestselling, Nebula Award-winning author, Wonderbook has become the definitive guide to writing science fiction and fantasy by offering an accessible, example-rich approach that emphasizes the importance of playfulness as well as ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Now expanded: The definitive visual guide to writing science fiction and fantasy—with exercises, diagrams, essays by superstar authors, and more.From the New York Times-bestselling, Nebula Award-winning author, Wonderbook has become the definitive guide to writing science fiction and fantasy by offering an accessible, example-rich approach that emphasizes the importance of playfulness as well as
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Complete Worldbuilding: An Author’s Step-by-Step Guide to Building Fictional Worlds

by A Trevena ...

Overwhelmed by creating fantasy worlds?Lost in your world? Unsure where to go next?This box set of worldbuilding guides breaks the task into manageable chunks. By following a series of creative prompts, these books will guide you from idea, to full world.These guidebooks will help you to:Break the epic task of worldbuilding into easy stepsBuild a full and complete world with prompts you may not ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Overwhelmed by creating fantasy worlds?Lost in your world? Unsure where to go next?This box set of worldbuilding guides breaks the task into manageable chunks. By following a series of creative prompts, these books will guide you from idea, to full world.These guidebooks will help you to:Break the epic task of worldbuilding into easy stepsBuild a full and complete world with prompts you may not
... Read more
And Then? And Then? What Else?

by Daniel Handler, Lemony Snicket ...

You never love a book the way you love a book when you are ten.Writing as Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler has led several generations of young readers into that special and curious space of being hopelessly lost, and joyfully finding yourself, in the essential strangeness of literature. The wondrous and perilous journey of the Baudelaire orphans sprung from the author’s own path, from his childhood ... Read more

$12.99 USD

You never love a book the way you love a book when you are ten.Writing as Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler has led several generations of young readers into that special and curious space of being hopelessly lost, and joyfully finding yourself, in the essential strangeness of literature. The wondrous and perilous journey of the Baudelaire orphans sprung from the author’s own path, from his childhood
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How to Rule the World

An Education in Power at Stanford University

by Theo Baker ...

**The instant New York Times bestseller • Named a Best Book of the Year (So Far) by New York Times, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Apple Books“A rigorous, self-assured, propulsive, at times terrifying portrait of a dweebocracy that ‘sets the agenda for the planet’ . . . in the tradition of Michael Lewis’s Wall Street chronicle Liar’s Poker.” —The New York Times“A romp and rollick of a read.” —Andrew ... Read more

$13.99 USD

**The instant New York Times bestseller • Named a Best Book of the Year (So Far) by New York Times, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Apple Books“A rigorous, self-assured, propulsive, at times terrifying portrait of a dweebocracy that ‘sets the agenda for the planet’ . . . in the tradition of Michael Lewis’s Wall Street chronicle Liar’s Poker.” —The New York Times“A romp and rollick of a read.” —Andrew
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World War II in Simple Spanish

by Olly Richards ...

*****FOR LOW- TO HIGH-INTERMEDIATE LEARNERS******Black and White Interior Edition****Improve your Spanish and expand your vocabulary with topics that matter.When it comes to mastering a foreign language, reading around your interests makes all the difference. But finding books designed for language learners can be hard! This book fixes that. For the first time, you'll learn to improve your Spanish ... Read more

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*****FOR LOW- TO HIGH-INTERMEDIATE LEARNERS******Black and White Interior Edition****Improve your Spanish and expand your vocabulary with topics that matter.When it comes to mastering a foreign language, reading around your interests makes all the difference. But finding books designed for language learners can be hard! This book fixes that. For the first time, you'll learn to improve your Spanish
... Read more
Cribsheet

A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool

by Emily Oster ...

Series Book 2 - The ParentData Series
**From the author of Expecting Better, The Family Firm, and The Unexpected an economist's guide to the early years of parenting.“Both refreshing and useful. With so many parenting theories driving us all a bit batty, this is the type of book that we need to help calm things down.” —LA Times**“The book is jampacked with information, but it’s also a delightful read because Oster is such a good ... Read more

$7.99 USD

**From the author of Expecting Better, The Family Firm, and The Unexpected an economist's guide to the early years of parenting.“Both refreshing and useful. With so many parenting theories driving us all a bit batty, this is the type of book that we need to help calm things down.” —LA Times**“The book is jampacked with information, but it’s also a delightful read because Oster is such a good
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The Montessori Child

A Parent's Guide to Raising Capable Children with Creative Minds and Compassionate Hearts

by Simone Davies, Junnifa Uzodike ...

Series Book 3 - The Parents' Guide to Montessori
From the bestselling authors of The Montessori Toddler and The Montessori Baby**, this book guides parents through the principles of Montessori to enhance their children's development and foster respectful relationships with their families and the world.** * Nautilus Book Award Winner *When children are given independence, the tools to succeed, and the en... ... Read more

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From the bestselling authors of The Montessori Toddler and The Montessori Baby**, this book guides parents through the principles of Montessori to enhance their children's development and foster respectful relationships with their families and the world.** * Nautilus Book Award Winner *When children are given independence, the tools to succeed, and the en...
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Universal Design for Learning

Principles, Framework, and Practice

by Anne Meyer, David H Rose ...

The Third Edition of Anne Meyer and David Rose's foundational text, featuring new chapters on CAST UDL Guidelines 3.0!Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a practical, research-based framework that enables all educators to respond to individual learning differences through the design of inclusive goals, methods, materials, assessments, and environments.Universal Design for Learning: Principles, ... Read more

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The Third Edition of Anne Meyer and David Rose's foundational text, featuring new chapters on CAST UDL Guidelines 3.0!Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a practical, research-based framework that enables all educators to respond to individual learning differences through the design of inclusive goals, methods, materials, assessments, and environments.Universal Design for Learning: Principles,
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The Wreck of the Mentor

A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail

by Eric Jay Dolin ...

**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“An exciting and at times almost unbelievably dramatic story.” —Michael O’Donnell, Wall Street JournalNew York Times • “The Nonfiction Everyone Will Be Talking About in 2026”Goodreads • "Readers’ Most Anticipated Books of Summer… and the Rest of the Year!"Kirkus Reviews • "40 Hottest Reads for Summer of 2026"Book Riot • Best New Nonfiction Releases of 2026An ... Read more

$19.19 USD

**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“An exciting and at times almost unbelievably dramatic story.” —Michael O’Donnell, Wall Street JournalNew York Times • “The Nonfiction Everyone Will Be Talking About in 2026”Goodreads • "Readers’ Most Anticipated Books of Summer… and the Rest of the Year!"Kirkus Reviews • "40 Hottest Reads for Summer of 2026"Book Riot • Best New Nonfiction Releases of 2026An
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The Second Estate

How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy

by Ray D. Madoff ...

Named by The New Yorker as one of the Best Books of 2025A revelatory book that lifts the curtain on America’s most consequential public deception: how the rich get richer using tools the government gave them.Amid conflicting narratives about the drivers of wealth and inequality in the United States, one constant hovers in the background: the US tax code. No political force has been more ... Read more

$13.69 USD

Named by The New Yorker as one of the Best Books of 2025A revelatory book that lifts the curtain on America’s most consequential public deception: how the rich get richer using tools the government gave them.Amid conflicting narratives about the drivers of wealth and inequality in the United States, one constant hovers in the background: the US tax code. No political force has been more
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