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  Why Don't Students Like School?...

  Daniel T. Willingham

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  Kids are naturally curious, but when it comes to school it seems like their minds are turned off. Why is it that they can remember the smallest details from their favorite television programs, yet miss the most obvious questions on their history test? 
   
  Cognitive scientist Dan Willingham has focused his acclaimed research on the biological and cognitive basis of learning and has a deep understanding of the daily challenges faced by classroom teachers. This book will help teachers improve their practice by explaining how they and their students think and learn—revealing the importance of story, emotion, memory, context, and routine in building knowledge and creating lasting learning experiences. 
   
  In this breakthrough book, Willingham has distilled his knowledge of cognitive science into a set of nine principles that are easy to understand and have clear applications for the classroom. Some examples of his surprising findings are: 
   
  —"Learning styles" don't exist. The processes by which different children think and learn are more similar than different. 
   
  —Intelligence is malleable. Intelligence contributes to school performance and children do differ, but intelligence can be increased through sustained hard work. 
   
  —You cannot develop "thinking skills" in the absence of facts. We encourage students to think critically, not just memorize facts. However, thinking skills depend on factual knowledge for their operation. 
   
  Why Don't Students Like School is a basic primer for every teacher who wants to know how their brains and their students' brains work and how that knowledge can help them hone their teaching skills.

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  The Odyssey of Texas Ranger...

  Joseph Luther

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  James Callahan entered Texas armed, a quixotic young man enlisted in the Georgia Battalion for the cause of independence. He barely survived the 1836 Battle of Refugio and the Goliad Massacre. Undaunted by the perils of his adopted home, he remained in the line of fire for the next twenty-one years, fighting to protect Texas settlers from Apaches, Comanches, Seminoles, Kickapoos, outlaws, mavericks and the Mexican army. As a Texas Ranger, he rode with the legendary men of Seguin and San Antonio. In 1855, he commanded the punitive expedition into Mexico that bears his name, a fiasco that has been shrouded by mystery and shadowed by controversy ever since. In this first-ever biography, Joseph Luther traces the tragic course of the wayfarer who crossed so much of the Texas frontier and created so much of its story.

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  Mythology - Myths and Stories...

  Harper van Stalen, Birker Leif

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  There are 2 titles in this book, which are: 
  Book 1: Historical and mythological anecdotes are given in this fascinating compilation of stories and facts. 
    
  Some of the things you will read about or listen to, concern the following: 
    
  - The meaning of the word Viking. 
  - How Vikings in Norway were, in particular. 
  - Stories about the creation of the Cosmos. 
  - The famous tale of Ask and Embla. 
  - The War of Aesir-Vanir. 
  - Thor’s hammer and its background story. 
  - Asgard and its significance in Norse mythology. 
    
  Book 2: There are many gods and goddesses the ancient Egyptians believed in. Today, we will explore some of the most important ones, as well as expand on the stories of some heroes and characters that haven’t been forgotten through the ages. 
    
  First, you will learn more about the story of Re. After that, you will learn about Se-Osiris and the sealed letter. And lastly, the story of the prince and the sphinx will be highlighted and explained.

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  Practicing Catholic

  James Carroll

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  A personal examination of the Catholic faith, its leaders, and its complicated history by a National Book Award–winning, New York Times-bestselling author. 
  James Carroll turns to the notion of practice—both as a way to learn and a means of improvement—as a lens for this thoughtful and frank look at what it means to be Catholic. He acknowledges the slow and steady transformation of the Church from its darker medieval roots to a more pluralist and inclusive institution, charting along the way stories of powerful Catholic leaders (Pope John XXIII, Thomas Merton, John F. Kennedy) and historical milestones like Vatican II. 
  These individuals and events represent progress for Carroll, a former priest, and as he considers the new meaning of belief in a world that is increasingly as secular as it is fundamentalist, he shows why the world needs a Church that is committed to faith and renewal. 
  “Carroll, a former Catholic priest who wrote of his conflict with his father over the Vietnam War in An American Requiem, revisits and expands on that tension in this spiritual memoir infused with church history . . . Readers who, like Carroll, remain Catholic but wrestle with their church’s positions on moral issues will most appreciate his story.” —Publishers Weekly 
  “Thought-provoking.” —San Francisco Chronicle 
  “[An] engrossing faith memoir . . . a page-turner.” —Kirkus Reviews

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  Making War to Keep Peace -...

  Jeane J. Kirkpatrick

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  With the powerful words that marked her long and distinguished career, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick explores where America has gone wrong—and raises lingering questions about what perils tomorrow might hold. In Making War to Keep Peace, the former U.S. Ambassador to the UN traces the course of diplomatic initiatives and armed conflict in Iraq, Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo to illuminate the dangerous shift from the first Bush administration's ambitious vision of a New World Order to the overambitious nation-building efforts of the Clinton administration. Kirkpatrick questions when, how, and why the United States should resort to military solutions—especially in light of the George W. Bush administration's challenging war in Iraq, about which Kirkpatrick shares her "grave reservations" for the first time.

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  Done - A rich portrait of visual...

  Alex Kashevaroff, Bethany Dalton

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  "Done." is a self help tool, led by a psychologist to complete something in your life like a divorce, a project, or making decisions and moving forward to completion. 
  Alex Kash is a healing musician, vocalist, songwriter, performer, music publisher and member of the consciousness movement. 
  Bethany Dalton is a leader in the consciousness movement, who was educated at the California Institute of Integral studies, the Hakomi Institute, Portland State University and more.

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