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  The Creative Process in the...

  Warren Hilton

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  The Creative Process in the Individual by Warren Hilton presented by M-Y Books.

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  Literacy Moves Outdoors -...

  Valerie Bang-Jensen

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  Why is outdoor learning important? Research shows nature-based education can boost academic performance and support physical, mental, and emotional health. Providing outdoor learning experiences allows students to expand knowledge and apply concepts. Inviting students to connect with nature offers a chance to use their senses to explore, leading to better engagement and focus. 
    
  How to get started teaching literacy outdoors? Literacy Moves Outdoors provides rationale, resources, and information to help you get started and is organized to maximize learning and connect what you do outside to what you teach inside. Discover practical strategies for supporting literacy development outside the traditional classroom, as well as varied entry points, logistics, literacy connections, resources, and relevant book lists. 
    
  Outdoors can mean many things—a playground, a park, sidewalk, or perhaps a patch of woods—your school setting will shape how you approach outdoor learning. Learn ways to adapt to just about any environment, including indoor spaces when you just can’t get outside. You will also find beginning universal design guidelines, including ways to make learning experiences accessible to all students, enabling them to be independent and participate while still considering space, safety, and a wide range of literacy skills. 
    
  Explore practices that engage students, meet their interests and needs, and give them tools to communicate and discover themselves and the world around them. Pick one thing that will work for you and start moving literacy outdoors! 

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  Violins of Hope - Violins of the...

  James A. Grymes

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  The violin has formed an important aspect of Jewish culture for centuries, both as a popular instrument with classical Jewish musicians—Jascha Heifetz, Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman—and also a central factor of social life as part of the enduring Klezmer tradition. But during the Holocaust, the violin assumed extraordinary new roles within the Jewish community. For some musicians, the instrument was a liberator; for others, it was a savior that spared their lives. For many, the violin provided comfort in mankind's darkest hour, and, in at least one case, helped avenge murdered family members. Above all, the violins of the Holocaust represented strength and optimism for the future. 
   
   
   
  In Violins of Hope, music historian James A. Grymes tells the amazing, horrifying, and inspiring story of the violins of the Holocaust, and of Amnon Weinstein, the renowned Israeli violinmaker who has devoted the past twenty years to restoring these instruments in tribute to those who were lost, including 400 members of his own family. Juxtaposing tales of individual violins with one man's harrowing struggle to reconcile his own family's history and the history of his people, it is a poignant, affecting, and ultimately uplifting look at the Holocaust and its enduring impact.

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  Hobbies - Learn about Bird...

  Sophie Henner

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  This book contains 6 titles of different hobbies to explore: 
  Bird Watching - Bird watching, also known as birding, is a recreational activity where individuals observe and study birds in their natural habitats. It can range from casual observation in one's backyard to more serious pursuits involving travel to specific locations to see rare or interesting bird species. 
  Genealogy - Genealogy delves into the complex web of family relationships and historical contexts that shape individual and collective identities. It often begins with an inquiry into one's own family background, such as understanding the origins and branches of one’s family tree. Researchers use various resources, including birth, marriage, and death records, census data, military records, and immigration documents, to trace the lineage and connections of family members across generations. 
  Larping - Live Action Role Playing, commonly known as LARP, is a form of role-playing game where participants embody their characters physically and interact within a structured narrative. Unlike traditional tabletop role-playing games, LARP involves players dressing in costumes, using props, and engaging in live-action scenarios that unfold in real-time. 
  Metal Detecting - Metal detecting involves using a metal detector, an electronic device designed to find metal objects nearby. These devices vary in form, from handheld wands to large industrial machines. 
  Podcasting - Podcasting has revolutionized the way we consume content, offering a platform for voices from all walks of life to share their stories, expertise, and passions with a global audience. 
  Stand-up Comedy - Stand-up comedy, as a form of entertainment, has deep roots that trace back through various historical and cultural practices of humor and performance.

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  Coping with Chronic Illness - 7...

  Julie Boyle

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  Managing chronic illness is no laughing matter. It often hurts more than just physically, and that fact can have far-reaching consequences. 
  Feelings of frustration with ongoing pain and fatigue can be difficult for those who are "not in your boat" to understand. 
  Through fifty years of trial and error, I have discovered a combination of 7 simple habits that truly help me, and those closest to me, cope and find some balance as I manage daily, with illnesses such as type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and more recently, fibromyalgia. 
  Perhaps you picked up this book because you have been a long-time sufferer of a chronic illness or two, and you are feeling worn down by your illness symptoms. 
  Perhaps you looked at this book because you, or someone you care about, has recently been diagnosed with a chronic illness, and you are searching for ways to help manage this new health consideration. 
  If so, Coping with Chronic Illness is a book written for you. 
  It details 7 simple habits that when done in isolation, are certainly helpful. 
  BUT… done in combination and practised regularly, have the power to turn your life around! 
  If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you are going to keep getting what you’ve always got. –Henry Ford 
  The addition of chronic illness to your life necessitates changes in how you will manage each day. Make those changes work to your advantage. In this book, you will find my "tried and true" game plan for doing just that. 
  By sharing the essential 7 habits I have in my "Coping Toolkit," it is my sincerest hope, that you too may rediscover the joy of living a life that is not always dominated by illness. 
  Give yourself a gift of hope and 
  Listen to a copy of Coping with Chronic Illness today!

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  The Elements of Style

  William Strunk Jr.

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  The first edition of the famous writing style guide for American authors. Written in 1918 by Cornell professor, William Strunk Jr., this “little book” has been the companion to many well-known authors over the last century. This audiobook version contains the original text with a few modifications for audio, such as punctuation spoken out loud, whenever needed, for clarity. 

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