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Counterpoints eBook Series

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  • A Road Less Traveled

    Critical Literacy and Language Learning in the Classroom, 1964–1996

    by Robert W. Blake, Brett Elizabeth Blake ...
    Series Book 520 - Counterpoints
    A Road Less Traveled: Critical Literacy and Language Learning in the Classroom, 1964–1996 takes us through what Robert W. Blake calls the "jaunty journey" of the English/English Language Arts classroom from its linguistic and literature foundations, to emphases on close reading techniques and structures to composing and responding to literature. A Road Less Traveled heads bumpily into the path of ... Read more

    $65.09 USD

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  • I Is an Other

    The Secret Life of Metaphor and How It Shapes the Way We See the World

    by James Geary ...
    The New York Times bestselling author examines how metaphors influence every aspect of our lives, from art to medicine, psychology to the stock market.Metaphor is much more than a mere literary device. Often hiding in plain sight, it is a critical aspect of how humans think and communicate. Metaphor is at work in all fields of human endeavor, including economics, business, science, and psychology ... Read more

    $15.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Brain Power: Learn to Improve Your Thinking Skills

    by Karl Albrecht ...
    Do you want to expand your mental power? Think more clearly, logically, and creatively? Improve your memory? Solve problems and make decisions more effectively?Brain Power introduces the six functional thinking abilities you need to become an adaptive, innovative thinker. As you develop your ability to think on your feet, to isolate and arrange facts, and to avoid logical pitfalls you will see how ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Pragmatics of Human Communication

    A Study of Interactional Patterns, Pathologies and Paradoxes

    by Paul Watzlawick, Janet Beavin Bavelas, Don D. Jackson ...
    The properties and function of human communication.Called “one of the best books ever about human communication,” and a perennial bestseller, Pragmatics of Human Communication has formed the foundation of much contemporary research into interpersonal communication, in addition to laying the groundwork for context-based approaches to psychotherapy. The authors present the simple but radical idea ... Read more

    $22.59 USD

  • Lord of the Flies: Teacher Lesson Plans

    by LessonCaps ...
    Following Common Core Standards, this lesson plan for William Golding’s, "Lord of the Flies" is the perfect solution for teachers trying to get ideas for getting students excited about a book. BookCaps lesson plans cover five days worth of material. It includes a suggested reading schedule, discussion questions, essay topics, homework assignments, and suggested web resources. A separate book is ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Outsiders: Teacher Lesson Plans

    by LessonCaps ...
    Following Common Core Standards, this lesson plan for S.E. Hinton, "The Outsiders" is the perfect solution for teachers trying to get ideas for getting students excited about a book. BookCaps lesson plans cover five days worth of material. It includes a suggested reading schedule, discussion questions, essay topics, homework assignments, and suggested web resources. A separate book is also ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Core

    Teaching Your Child the Foundations of Classical Education

    by Leigh A. Bortins ...
    In the past, correct spelling, the multiplication tables, the names of the state capitals and the American presidents were basics that all children were taught in school. Today, many children graduate without this essential knowledge. Most curricula today follow a haphazard sampling of topics with a focus on political correctness instead of teaching students how to study. Leigh Bortins, a leading ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Everyone Can Write

    Essays toward a Hopeful Theory of Writing and Teaching Writing

    by Peter Elbow ...
    With Writing without Teachers (OUP 1975) and Writing with Power (OUP 1995) Peter Elbow revolutionized the teaching of writing. His process method--and its now commonplace "free writing" techniques--liberated generations of students and teachers from the emphasis on formal principles of grammar that had dominated composition pedagogy. This new collection of essays brings together the best of Elbow ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • Classical Adlerian Psychology Theme Pack 7: Philosophy - The Meaning of Life

    "The Meaning of Life," by Alfred Adler

    by Alfred Adler ...
    Series series Classical Adlerian Psychology Theme Packs
    Feeling valuable results from a successful contribution to others and is the only direction in which the average inferiority feelings of people experience a successful compensation. To be valuable means to have contributed. Thus, human happiness can be found only in applied social interest. Chapter XXIV from "The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler" - Volume 6 (8 pages). ... Read more

    $8.00 USD

  • Reading the Visual

    An Introduction to Teaching Multimodal Literacy

    by Frank Serafini ...
    Series series Language and Literacy Series
    Today’s teachers need up-to-the-minute information to help their students make sense of the multimodal texts they encounter daily in and out of school. Reading the Visual is an essential introduction that focuses on what teachers should know about multimodal literacy and how to teach it.  This engaging book provides theoretical, curricular, and pedagogical frameworks for teaching a wide-range of ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Essay Writing By Numbers

    by Paul Sylvester ...
    Students and professionals are required to effectively communicate through written means. The aim of this pamphlet is to provide a process in support of writing with greater precision.This pamphlet breaks down the components of an essay in detail in an objective manner that provides a clear step-by-step process. Accessible to essay writers at all levels, this guide supports how to read the essay ... Read more

    $1.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Power of Words

    Unveiling the Speaker and Writer's Hidden Craft

    by David S. Kaufer, Suguru Ishizaki, Brian S. Butler, Jeff Collins ...
    In 1888, Mark Twain reflected on the writer's special feel for words to his correspondent, George Bainton, noting that "the difference between the almost-right word and the right word is really a large matter." We recognize differences between a politician who is "willful" and one who is "willing" even though the difference does not cross word-stems or parts of speech. We recognize that being ... Read more

    $70.99 USD