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  Magical Combustible Words

  Phil Cousineau

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  You'll love Cousineau's stories of the long journeys his favorite words have taken to find their way into our lives, and the provocative nuances hidden in the origins of others. You'll even find clues to how you can stop procrastinating, and finally finish that novel you've been working on, if only you can find the words.

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  High Performers - Secrets of...

  Alistair Smith

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  Alistair Smith - trainer, author and consultant, and described as the UK's leading trainer in modern learning methods - has identified and visited the top performing schools to find out what makes them successful. This timely book is aimed at decision makers in schools and gives sound, evidence-based guidance on how to embark on the learning journey and where to head once the journey has begun. For classroom practitioners there is also a great deal of practical guidance. It focuses on: Core Purpose; Outcomes; Independent Learning; Classroom Learning; Curriculum; Professional Development; The school as a Community; and Parents and Carers. This is not intended to be a book of tips. Rather, it is a sound 'how to' guide based on the findings of a detailed study of the best of the best schools and how they have achieved their success.

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  ADHD - Raising an Explosive...

  Olivia I. Thigpen

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  Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) affects nearly one in ten children. Yet, many parents do not recognize the symptoms in their child and continue to struggle with managing their child. Other parents have had their child diagnosed with ADHD but are unsure what they can do to help. If you are like this, there’s a new book that can dramatically change your life. ADHD, Raising an Explosive Child by Olivia I. Thigpen guides parents who need help understanding and supervising their child diagnosed with ADHD. 
  In the book, you will first learn how to recognize symptoms of the disorder and how to get your child properly evaluated by a pediatrician, psychiatrist, or psychologist.The three major types of ADHD areprimarily inattentive,primarily hyperactive & impulsive, anda combination. 
  Thigpen then takes you through the next steps in setting up and implementing an effective treatment plan. You will find common sense positive parenting strategies for managing your child. Thigpen points out why you are not at fault for your child’s ADHD symptoms. There is no evidence to support that bad parenting causes ADHD. 
  She has organized the book so parents can use it as a reference. It describes the major childhood developmental stages and how ADHD symptoms will evolve. A chapter is devoted to understanding and managing this age group if you are parenting a toddler or preschooler. 
  You will also find extensive discussion of drug use, its efficacy, and its potential side effects. The book details how stimulants and non-stimulants are used to treat ADHD and the controversy over the years about overmedication. 
  ADHD in a developing child presents a host of complex challenges for parents. If you are a parent seeking help with this, this is the book for you.

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  Backyard Chickens For Beginners...

  Tom Lee

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  Learn How to Raise Healthy Chickens at Your Backyard 
  When starting a backyard chicken coop, one of the first decisions you'll have to make is which breed of chicken you will raise. Each breed has specific characteristics and can be used for different purposes. In general, though, chicken breeds break down into three groups: egg layers, meat chickens, and dual-purpose chickens. 
  Egg layers produce both a nice quantity and quality of egg. Egg color can also be a factor here. Despite what you have seen in the market, not all chicken eggs are white or brown! Some chickens lay blue, green or pink eggs which may be less desirable. 
  The Leghorn chicken is the best egg layer that is commonly used by beginners. A mature hen can lay up to 280 eggs in one year. The eggs are large, and white to off-white in color. Leghorns tend to be smaller than other backyard chickens, and have a good nature suitable for a backyard flock. Many commercial farms use the Leghorn as their egg layer of choice. 
  WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO LEARN IN THIS BOOK 
  Ø What Are the Best Backyard Chicken Breeds? 
  Ø Should you Raise Meat Chickens? 
  Ø Introducing New Chickens to Your Existing Flock 
  Ø Hidden Costs of Raising Chickens 
  Ø Problems You Should Expect with Raising Backyard Chickens 
  Meat chickens, sometimes called fryers or broilers, are raised for the meat they can provide. If meat is what you want from your flock, then size and weight matter. Some good meat chickens, like the New Hampshire Red, can grow up to 9 pounds. You'll also want to make sure the skin color and shape of the chicken breed is suitable for cooking. In general, a nice rounded chicken with yellow skin (under the feathers) is preferred.

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  The Happy Child - Changing the...

  Steven Harrison

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  The author of The Shimmering World proposes allowing children to follow their own educational path, thus enabling their curiosity to fuel their learning.   In this thought-provoking new book, bestselling author Steven Harrison ventures far outside the box of traditional thinking about education. His radical proposal? Children naturally want to learn, he asserts, so let them direct their own education in democratic learning communities where they can interact seamlessly with their neighborhoods, their towns, and the world at large. Most learning systems apply external motivation through grades, rankings, teacher direction, and approval. The Happy Child suggests that a self-motivated child who is interdependent within a community can develop the full human potential to live a creative and fulfilling life. Harrison focuses on the integration of the whole child, the learning environment, and the non-coercive spirit of curiosity-driven education.   Part social-critic, part humanistic visionary, Harrison not only focuses on a reorientation of education, but the possibility of rethinking our families, communities and workplaces, and ultimately what gives our children, and all of us, real happiness. Harrison adds his voice to those of A. S. Neil, John Holt, and John Gatto, all who believe that contemporary schools can never be reformed sufficiently, but must be abandoned entirely for something new and vital to emerge.  Praise for The Happy Child  “A clarion call for our culture to wise up and re-think what education—and the soul of a child—are really all about. Steven Harrison offers us something sorely lacking in today’s educational policy: a vision of true human potential and a practical philosophy for attaining it. Read this book and envision possibility.” —Jane M. Healy, Ph, author of Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children’s Minds  “Harrison's hard-biting social critique of the plight children and education are in should wake us up to our atrocious treatment of our young, that we might actually address their critical needs rather than simply ignoring them as usual.” —Joseph Chilton Pearce, author of The Crack in the Cosmic Egg  “Such a nobly simple idea, that the true purpose of education should be happiness, and so clearly reasoned.” —Chris Mercogliano, author of Making It Up As We Go Along

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  Bipolar Disorder - A Guide to...

  Amanda Allan

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  BIPOLAR DISORDER 
  Bipolar Disorder is an often severe, greatly misunderstood, and lifelong mental condition that is in simple terms considered to be an emotional rollercoaster of ups and downs. 
  The ups and downs on this roller coaster are called mania and depression. The extreme mood swings and the toll that they take can affect every part of someone’s life. They affect their quality of sleep and their energy levels. They affect their attention and focus while causing the inability to think clearly, and consequently, affect their behavior and judgment. 
  This book aims to educate the reader on the basics of Bipolar Disorder, including what the signs and symptoms are, how it’s diagnosed, what the different treatment methods are, and what the outlook for someone with Bipolar Disorder is like. 
  A Bipolar diagnosis is not at all a death sentence – with proper treatment as well as support and understanding from loved ones, people with Bipolar Disorder are typically able to live successfully, productive, and happy lives.

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