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  100 Amazing Facts about...

  Marc Dresgui

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  Dive into the mysteries of a fascinating and untamed continent, where each fact reveals the incredible magic of Antarctica! 🇦🇶 
  Have you ever wondered:Which incredible animals survive Antarctica’s harsh winters?What hidden treasures lie beneath miles of ice?Why is Antarctic ice so pure and transparent?What geological wonders are buried under the ancient ice?Why is Antarctica protected by an international treaty? 
  Here’s why 100 Amazing Facts About Antarctica is the perfect gift for young explorers:Captivating and accessible content: Tailored for readers aged 10 and up, the book features clear, precise, and fascinating facts, offering a comprehensive glimpse into Antarctica. Each fact is written in an engaging and straightforward style, making reading enjoyable and easy to follow.A fascinating exploration of the South Pole: From rare wildlife to extreme weather phenomena, this book covers many lesser-known aspects of Antarctica. Young readers will discover surprising anecdotes that bring them closer to this mysterious continent.An educational journey around the world: By learning about Antarctica, children also gain insight into the importance of ecosystems and biodiversity in preserving our planet. A valuable introduction to tomorrow’s environmental challenges.Accessible scientific knowledge: The book delves into diverse scientific topics – geology, biology, climatology – in a clear and educational manner. Perfect for sparking young readers’ interest in natural sciences. 
  Whether as a gift, a school resource, or a way to nurture young minds, 100 Amazing Facts About Antarctica is more than a book—it’s an invitation to explore, learn, and dream big.

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  Siddhartha

  Hermann Hesse

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  Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse is a timeless and profound novel that takes readers on an introspective journey of self-discovery and spiritual enlightenment. Set in ancient India, the story follows the titular character, Siddhartha, a young Brahmin who embarks on a quest to unravel the mysteries of existence and find ultimate meaning in life. Driven by a restless spirit and a deep yearning for truth, Siddhartha rejects the traditional path of his upbringing and embarks on a relentless pursuit of spiritual wisdom. Leaving behind his comfortable life, he traverses various realms of existence, seeking guidance and enlightenment from spiritual teachers, ascetics, and even courtesans. Read in English, unabridged.

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  Roadblocked - Joe Biden's Rocky...

  Heath Brown

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  Joe Biden and Kamala Harris began their transition to the White House in the most unusual of circumstances: a global pandemic, a sitting president violently refusing to accept the results of the election, and a historic racial reckoning all posed profound questions about how they would staff large parts of the government and articulate policy remedies to pressing problems in just eleven weeks. 
   
   
   
  Heath Brown's Roadblocked is a revelatory look at the seventy days between the election and the inauguration with a focus on the ways the Biden-Harris transition team sought help and advice to overcome these obstacles. More than that, Roadblocked is also a gripping history of US presidential transitions over the past half-century that compares the transition teams of the last four administrations. 
   
   
   
  Biden-Harris transition leaders had a massive team with a stated aim to promote coordination, encourage teamwork, and avoid siloing staff. In the end, however, these aims were foiled by the conditions of the pandemic and steep hierarchies, which both reduced collaboration and information sharing. In the end, despite substantial changes in the Democratic coalition, newly influential groups armed with novel tactics, and great shifts in their political agenda, the Biden-Harris transition did not lead to transformation. Roadblocked explains why.

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  Powerful Questioning -...

  Michael Chiles

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  Foreword by John Hattie.
  Questioning is a staple feature of a teacher's toolkit across all phases of education. Classrooms are awash with explanation, modelling and feedback, but of all the pedagogical strategies at a teacher's disposal, questioning is one of the most important. It is the heartbeat of a classroom. While the art of asking a question seems relatively straightforward, to what extent do teachers consider the types of questions they're using? Are the questions they ask students actually helping to support learning? InPowerful Questioning,Michael Chiles delves into the complexity of asking questions and how best to use this pedagogical tool as a powerful springboard to support learning in the classroom.
  Teachers are described by many as 'professional question-askers' and the use of questioning in the teaching and learning process dates back to one of the most influential users and developers of questions, the Greek philosopher Socrates. Socrates believed that by asking questions we encourage reflection, and that their use is most effective when we create a continual loop of dialogue between the asker and the receiver, to allow movement from surface to deeper level thinking.Powerful Questioningtakes inspiration from this, providing original theory that relates back to the historical use of questioning in the classroom throughout.
  Offering a fresh perspective on how questioning can be engineered to support effective learning,Powerful Questioningexamines the reasons behind the questions we ask and reveals the power of asking the right questions, in the right way, at the right time. It details a set of core principles, recommendations and classroom-based practical examples that can be used to implement powerful questioning both in the classroom and wider school.
  Michael's aim is to help teachers become research-informed on the theories around the use of questioning in the classroom, whilst also providing a wide range of practical classroom-based strategies. Readers will take away specific examples from a broad range of case studies in which teachers at different phases of education (from Key Stages one to five) share how they use questioning to improve learning and retention.
  Essential reading for all teachers and school leaders.

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  George Soros - A Life In Full

  Peter L. W. Osnos

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  The name George Soros is recognized around the world. Universally known for his decades of philanthropy, progressive politics, and investment success, he is equally well known as the nemesis of the far right—the target of sustained attacks from nationalists, populists, authoritarian regimes, and anti-Semites—because of his commitment to open society, freedom of the press, and liberal democracy. At age ninety-one, Soros still looms large on the global stage, and yet the man himself is surprisingly little understood. 
   
   
   
  Biographers have attempted to tell the story of George Soros, but no single account of his life can capture his extraordinary, multifaceted character. Now, in this ambitious and revealing new book, Soros's longtime publisher, Peter L. W. Osnos, has assembled an intriguing set of contributors from a variety of different perspectives—public intellectuals (Eva Hoffman, Michael Ignatieff), journalists (Sebastian Mallaby, Orville Schell), scholars (Leon Botstein, Ivan Krastev), and nonprofit leaders (Gara LaMarche, Darren Walker)—to paint a full picture of the man beyond the media portrayals. 
   
    
   
  Through this kaleidoscope of viewpoints emerges a vivid and compelling portrait of this remarkable man's unique and consequential impact. It has truly been a life in full.

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  April 1865: The Tumultuous...

  Editors Charles River

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  By the close of 1864, Abraham Lincoln had been reelected, the Union army had taken Nashville from General Hood, and Sherman had concluded his total war, “slash-and-burn” march of destruction to Savannah, Georgia, offering it as a Christmas present to Lincoln. Nevertheless, with everything seemingly falling to pieces, the South still held out hope of some sort of miracle, and Davis even attempted to send a peace delegation to meet with Lincoln in the early months of 1865. On January 28, 1865 as Union General Ulysses S. Grant was continuing to lay siege to Lee’s army at Petersburg, Virginia, Davis sent three commissioners headed by Vice-President Stephens to initiate informal peace talks with Lincoln. By February 3, however, the talks, known as the Hampton Roads Conference, came to a stalemate as Lincoln would accept nothing less than total union, while Davis would only accept Southern independence.  
  	Even at that point, the South was clearly on its last legs. General George H. Thomas destroyed John Bell Hood’s Confederate army at the battles of Nashville and Franklin, leaving only two large Confederate armies still in the field. Lee's army was weakened by desertion, lack of supplies and casualties, and Joseph E. Johnston’s army could barely resist against Sherman’s army as it was advancing north toward Virginia.  
  	To most observers, the South was clearly reaching its end, but Davis had no intention of quitting the war. Even while he was fleeing, he attempted to order Confederate generals in the field to keep fighting. On April 9, 1865, Lee formally surrendered his weary army to Grant at Appomattox. Appomattox is frequently cited as the end of the Civil War, but there still remained several Confederate armies across the country, mostly under the command of General Joseph E. Johnston.

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