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  The PD Book - 7 Habits that...

  Elena Aguilar, Lori Cohen

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  Develop transformational professional development programs that build and sustain your school communityIn The PD Book, bestselling author Elena Aguilar and coauthor Lori Cohen offer seven habits—and a wealth of practical tools—that help you transform professional development. In this book, you'll learn how to inspire adult learners, the importance of having clear purpose, and how to navigate power dynamics in a group. You'll also learn a new way to plan PD that allows you to attend to details and be a responsive facilitator. The dozens of tips and tricks, anecdotes and research, and tools and resources will enable you to create the optimal conditions for learning.You'll also: craft effective outcomes for your adult students and design an agenda that aligns with adult learning principles; use storytelling as a tool for effective workshops and trainings; and plan backwards from evaluations and outcomes to create powerful and lasting educational experiences.Ideal for educational leaders and administrators, professional development facilitators, coaches, and positional leaders, The PD Book is an incisive resource offering concrete strategies for educators at all levels.

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  The American Heritage Dictionary...

  Christine Ammer

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  From “all systems go” to “senior moment”—a comprehensive reference to idiomatic English.   The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms explores the meanings and origins of idioms that may not make literal sense but play an important role in the language—including phrasal verbs such as kick back, proverbs such as too many cooks spoil the broth, interjections such as tough beans, and figures of speech such as elephant in the room.   With extensive revisions that reflect new historical scholarship and changes in the English language, this second edition defines over 10,000 idiomatic expressions in greater detail than any other dictionary available today—a remarkable reference for those studying the English language, or anyone who enjoys learning its many wonderful quirks and expressions.   “Invaluable as a teaching tool.” —School Library Journal

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  How to Talk with Anyone about...

  Ph.D. Harville Hendrix, Helen...

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  Relationships everywhere are in crisis due to our inability to talk about "difference" without polarizing. Since objection to difference is the core human problem, we need a skill that helps us connect beyond difference. That's just what New York Times bestselling authors Dr. Harville Hendrix and Dr. Helen LaKelly Hunt offer in their new book: How To Talk With Anyone About Anything. They call it the Safe Conversations Dialogue process, which everyone can learn and teach, that moves all relationships from danger to safety, making connecting possible. 
  For centuries, most of us humans have talked to others in monologues, believing that the world is the way we see it, that what we say about it is the "truth" and we have assumed that everyone sees it "our" way. If they do not, we experience tension and conflict on many levels. On the other hand, few of us have ever listened to others while they are talking and tried to see the world from their point of view while retaining our own perspective. Instead of listening to understand and collaborate about our differences, we tend to replace their perspective with our own. This results in polarization, not only in our personal lives and work environments, but also in the political and religious arenas we inhabit. This has led to anxiety, frustration, anger, violence, and war. Clearly, the world needs a new way to talk that transcends difference and leads to collaboration, co-creation, and cooperation. 
  Getting the Love You Want, teach that the practice of Safe Conversations Dialogue impacts the "physics of the Space Between." Here is what they mean:All of us live in and are a part of an energy field in which everything everywhere is connecting with everything everywhere. This energy field occupies the Space-Between us.When there is safety in the energy field that occupies the Space-Between us, we can connect.When there is anxiety in the Space Between, we defend ourselves. We cannot connect but tend to polarize.Anyone, if they decide to, can restore safety in the Space Between by using a structure conversation skill called the Safe Conversations Dialogue.  
    
  In How to Talk with Anyone about Anything, Harville and Helen share the wisdom of the Safe Conversations process and the four structured and teachable skills that create safety and connection:Dialogue: Dialogue is two or more people taking turns talking and listening. Monologue is one person talking and expecting everyone else to listen. When two or more people shift from Monologue to Dialogue, they can transform any relationship from conflict to safety, connection and collaboration.Zero Negativity: Negativity disrupts safety and is non-negotiable for safe and thriving relationships. When Dialogue is practiced with Zero Negativity, criticism about what one does not have is replaced with a positive request for what one wants. This transforms conflict into safety and connecting.Empathy: Empathy is the capacity to experience or imagine how another person has gone through life. When Dialogue is practiced with empathy, one can more easily accept the different perspective of another person and maintain one's own perspective without polarizing.Affirmation: Affirmation is valuing another person because they exist rather than for what they have done for you. When Dialogue includes affirmation, the other person experiences themselves as human rather than as an "object" that is valued because of what they do. 
    
  How to Talk with Anyone about Anything offers the keys to unlocking your ability to connect with others in a new and profoundly different way. And, as more of us hone that ability, together, we can bring about a fundamental shift in society away from our current focus on the "self" and polarization about difference towards safety and true connection tha

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  Respark - Igniting hope and Joy...

  Dr. Graham Music

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  How can we respark joy and hope after trauma or depression? Acclaimed psychotherapist and trauma expert, Graham Music, delivers a roadmap for reigniting zest and passion in adults and children. 
  Many are unmotivated, have lost their mojo, listless, retreating inwards or addicted to screens or meaningless activities. 
  Music outlines how to heal from a wide range of emotionally blunted states such as dissociation, depression, or helplessness, using cutting-edge science, profound personal stories, therapeutic wisdom, and deep humanity. 
  Whether you are a therapist, a professional, a parent, or anyone looking to find personal inspiration, this book offers a captivating journey, showing how people can live richer lives. 
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  "This book is absolutely brilliant, beautifully written,' ."Dr Karen Treisman MBE – TedX speaker, author 
  This book is so good, so full of real insight and kindness . I want to scream OMG OMG OMG several times whilst reading it. BUY IT. Graham Music is frankly a genius', Annalisa Barbieri, Guardian Columnist 
  "This wonderful book beautifully tackles an important but neglected subject," , Dr Anne Alvarez – Tavistock Clinic 
  'This book is wonderful. I couldnt put it down!! '  , Dily Daws, author and psychotherapist 
  'It’s a brilliant book .. ', Sue Stewart Smith, author , The Well Gardened Mind 
  "Music stylishly combines wonderful clinical stories with new science and compelling autobiographical touches,", Sue Gerhardt – author of Why Love Matters 
  "A fascinating accessible invaluable book by one of the world's experts on attachment theory, is ", Prof. Paul Gilbert OBE – Founder Compassion Focused Therapy; 
  "Respark cements Music's place as one of the most influential psychotherapists of his generation.", Jane O'Rourke – Founder MINDinMIND; , 
  "Respark is engaging, informative, and moving.." Daniela Sieff, – trauma author

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  Learn Indonesian: Must-Know...

  Innovative Language Learning

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  Want to speak Indonesian like a native, understand daily conversations......and graduate from ""knowing just a few basic textbook phrases""?Then this the Audiobook is for you.You're about to learn 100+ Indonesian slang words and phrases used in daily life. With the ""Learn Indonesian: Must-Know Indonesian Slang Words & Phrases (Extended Version) by IndonesianPod101"" Audiobook, our teachers explain and break down each word and phrase across 25 lessons!And all YOU have to do is listen and repeat.What you get with this Audiobook:- 25+ Audio-based Lessons & Review Tracks- 169 Minutes (2.5+ Hours) in Total - Includes a 100+ Page eBook- BONUS! Indonesian Slang Conversation Cheat SheetResults you can expect:- Master 100+ New Words & Phrases- Improve Your Speaking & Listening Skills- Become a Better Indonesian Speaker

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  Unwelcome Guests - A History of...

  Harold S. Wechsler, Steven J. Diner

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  In Unwelcome Guests, Harold S. Wechsler and Steven J. Diner argue that discrimination in college admissions has a long and troubling history in the US. Institutions of higher learning have vigorously sought to shape their mission and the experiences of their undergraduate students by paying careful attention to race and religion in admissions decisions. Wechsler and Diner explore how American colleges and universities sought to restrict enrollment of students they considered undesirable. How, they ask, did these practices change over time? And how did underrepresented students cope with this discrimination—and with the indifference, bare tolerance, or outright hostility of some of their professors and peers?Tracing the efforts of people from underrepresented racial, ethnic, and religious groups to attend mainstream colleges, Wechsler and Diner also look at how these students fared after graduation, paying particular attention to Black women and men. Unwelcome Guests illuminates a critically important aspect of the history of American colleges and universities but also addresses policy debates about affirmative action and racial/ethnic diversity in colleges today. This profound history of the limits on college access over decades of discrimination helps listeners recognize and understand the role of race in the history of American higher education.

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