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Book Synopsis''Moving and inspiring, courageous and true: real art. Just reading her is pleasure'' Amy Liptrot, author of The OutrunWhat happens when you realise that you must change your life?When - after years of hiding in routine, shrinking from opportunity, and sleepwalking through your days - you know you want more.How do you remake your life without breaking it?The Cure for Sleep is the stunning memoir of a smalltown wife and mother who returns from sudden near-death determined to live her second life on a larger, braver scale - whatever it takes, or costs.Trade ReviewA sublimely written account of refusing to be defined by social constructs and embracing life-enhancing change, The Cure for Sleep is a poignant and inspiring slice of literary memoir. * WATERSTONES, Non-Fiction Books of 2022 *This hypnotically written debut memoir, all about claiming a bolder, more risk-taking life, reads like a fable. -- Jessie Thompson * EVENING STANDARD, The best non fiction books to look out for in 2022 *A tender but ferocious memoir... to awaken, to see the world with such freshness, to "become an explorer of the everyday and break new ground in it" - we could all do with a bit more of that. -- Marianne Levy * THE I PAPER *Absorbing . . . robust, declarative even, but there is also something disquieting in this memoir . . . for Shadrick, to be a woman, an artist and a mother still seems something not quite of this world: a fairy tale that puzzles her even though - or perhaps because - it came true -- Sheena Joughin * TLS *Thoughtful, poetically articulate . . . ambitious in its scope, a memoir telling her journey from rural working-class Devon to where she is today -- Boudicca Fox-Leonard * THE TELEGRAPH *Absolutely gorgeous. If you like lyrical, beautiful, searching non-fiction, then you'll love The Cure for Sleep -- Melissa Febos, author of GirlhoodSuch a bold, brave, and beautiful story about birth, death, rebirth and building a larger life * Charlie Gilmour, author of Featherhood *I love this book. Tanya's story is moving and inspiring. Her thoughts and writing are well considered, courageous & true: real art. Just reading her is pleasure * Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun *This is a book of women and words; homes and honesty; light and longing. A life laid bare, and given to us as reminder of what it means to choose to live. Shadrick weaves the raw beauty of the day to day with the magic of myth and fairy tale to offer us a way through the darkest woods * Kerri ní Dochartaigh, author of Thin Places *I finished this wonderful book with tears in my eyes. A book about daring to be, daring to head out, to encounter truths and to understand what place desire must have and must not have in a life. It is beautifully written, both careful and passionate, both slight and strong in its gestures like the best of art, and astonishingly, heartrendingly open. Intensity, beauty, subtlety, pain and courage - all are here. * Adam Nicolson, author of Sea Room and The Mighty Dead *In beautiful prose, Tanya Shadrick writes her own fairy tale of becoming. She is fearless in her depiction of female desire - I think many women will find themselves in these pages. * Katherine May, author of Wintering *A daring and enchantingly written blend of memoir and self-help, which urges us to consider, at any age, breaking the spell of our inherited longings for love, approval, safety and rescue, and doing what we are actually called to do with our one wild and precious life. -- Caroline Sanderson * THE BOOKSELLER, Editor's Choice *Such lovely observations on familial love and motherhood - and being alive * Kit de Waal, author of My Name is Leon *A compelling personal memoir that I gulped down greedily. It's a story about struggle, class, opportunity (taken and wasted), art, sex and desire. About how to live, once you've faced down death, and how to love. The writing is direct and meaningful, open and heart-felt; Tanya is fearless in her integrity and honesty. In laying out her life, Tanya has created a book with the capacity to change yours * Jenny Landreth, author of Swell *This book is absolutely magnificent, heartfelt, beautiful. I read it compulsively * Kate Hamer, author of The Girl in the Red Coat *The Cure for Sleep is an extraordinary book, an artistic triumph in its attention to language and rhythm, but also its truth and honesty. It is full of integrity in its exploration of what it is to be a woman, a wife, a mother, but also an artist; and doesn't shy away from those difficult questions of sacrifice, so challenging for the working and desiring woman. But it is also a story of endurance, that with patience, bravery and wisdom, we can all reach new heights in our relationship with ourselves and those we love. * Lily Dunn, author of Sins of My Father *The Cure For Sleep is a book that, from the outset, subverts expectations... The result is a memoir that reads like a fable and invites us, however late in life, to step out of the confines we have made for ourselves... Every woman will see something of herself in the clinical dissection Shadrick performs on her own history, and in the cultivation of the woman she strives to become. -- Anna Galbraith * THE MAIL ON SUNDAY *This brave and beautifully written book describes the painstaking, painful process of transformation... the courageous story of a woman expanding the narrow confines of her old life for a generous, expansive, compassionate future. -- Eithne Farry * DAILY MIRROR *A viscerally honest account of two lives, the second lived more fully, more fearlessly, as wife, mother, friend, feminist, risk-taker, hospice scribe, consummate writer - and completely, impressively her own person. -- Rose Shepherd * SAGA *Honest, raw, powerful - in mesmerising prose Shadrick has produced a profound exposition of how a woman might fully inhabit her own life, even while attending to wider family ties and responsibilities. Personal yet universal, a truly thoughtprovoking read. * SUSSEX LIFE *

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Book SynopsisA fabulous, darkly funny and ultimately devastating novel set between a London film set and a villa in the south of France - a mix of Vertigo and Jonathan Coe.Trade ReviewThis theatrical thriller by actor David Thewlis is darkly comic, beautifully written and full of surprises. -- Sara Lawrence * DAILY MAIL *A riotously good novel, witty and earnest, brimming with sharply drawn characters and creeping suspense. David Thewlis is a fabulous writer. * Anna Bailey, Sunday Times bestselling author of TALL BONES *Really funny. David is a great writer. * Paula Hawkins, Good Housekeeping *A deliciously smart, hilarious human drama with the pace and intrigue of a gripping thriller. One of the year's most memorable novels. * B P Walter, author of the Sunday Times bestseller THE DINNER GUEST *A thriller that Hitchcock fans will love. * SHEERLUXE *PRAISE FOR DAVID THEWLIS'S PREVIOUS NOVEL:'Thewlis has taken the turn-of-the-millennium London art scene and eviscerated it and the resulting gore makes for wonderful entertainment... This is a funny and successful satire of the contemporary art world, but at its core, it is a novel about the over-indulged and fragile artist's ego, about insecurity, about the darker layers of human relationships... Hilarious and horror-filled' Francesca Segal, Observer'Exquisitely written with a warm heart and a wry wit... Stunning' Elle'A fine study in character disintegration and a very funny satire on the contemporary art world' David Baddiel, The Times'A queasily entertaining carnival of art and self-destruction' FT'Thewlis has a driving, spiky prose style and a way with blackly comic scenarios' New Statesman'Thewlis has an eye for grotesque minutiae and, unsurprisingly for an esteemed actor, a real feel for dialogue and wordplay' The List'Thewlis...has successfully transferred his talents to the page, displaying a sharp ear for dialogue and a scabrously satiric prose style' Daily Mail'[Thewlis] great debut novel is a wry account of a spoilt middle-man's collapse' InStyle'This laugh-out-loud, darkly intelligent debut suggests that Thewlis might meet with considerable success should he decide to quit acting and take up the pen full-time... Readers who have mourned the end of Sue Townsend's wonderful, long-running Adrian Mole series will find solace of a sort here, as will anyone who enjoys a thought-provoking skewering of modern art by a knowledgeable writer and an inescapably doomed but appealing hero' Publishers Weekly'This is far more than an actor's vanity project: Thewlis has talent' Kirkus'David Thewlis has written an extraordinarily good novel, which is not only brilliant in its own right, but stands proudly beside his work as an actor, no mean boast' Billy Connolly'I laughed and laughed until I read my own name amongst the carnage of Thewlis's unfortunate characters. This book is a disgrace - it's mean, cruel and refreshingly cynical' Jake Chapman

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Book Synopsis''Exactly the novel we need right here, right now'' TAYARI JONES''Astonishing'' JODI PICOULT''Exhilarating'' CHARMAINE WILKERSON A woman learns the astonishing truth of her family''s ties to a vanished American Kingdom in this riveting new novel from the bestselling and award-winning author of Take My Hand Nikki Berry hasn''t seen her grandmother Rita in years. When she calls out of the blue asking Nikki to visit her urgently in the hills of North Carolina, Nikki hesitates only for a moment. Her mother and grandmother have long been estranged, and after years of silence in her family, Nikki is determined to learn the truth while she still can. But instead of answers about the recent past, Mother Rita tells Nikki the incredible story of a kingdom on this very mountain, and of her great-great-great grandmother, Luella, who became its queen. It sounds like the makings of a fairy tale - royalty among a community of freed people. But the more Nikki learns about the Kingdom of the Happy Land, the more she realizes how much of her identity and her family''s secrets are contained in these hills. Because this land is their legacy, and it is up to her to protect it before - like so much else - it is stolen away. Inspired by true events, Happy Land is a transporting multi-generational novel about the stories that shape us and the dazzling courage it takes to dream.

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Book Synopsis''Every person - parent or not - ought to read this . . . beautifully written and searingly honest''iLike grief or falling in love, becoming a mother is an experience both ordinary and transformative - one that not only turns your world upside-down, but your inner self, too.In this frank, funny and fearless memoir, Marianne Levy writes with heart-wrenching honesty about love and loss, rage and pain, fear and joy. She breaks the silence around the emotional turmoil of raising a child and asks why motherhood is at once so venerated and so undervalued.Here is the real story of being a mother in the modern world, voicing the unspoken truths that everyone needs to hear.''I''ve never read a book about motherhood that captures so perfectly the impossible complexity of it all . . . genius''Irish IndependentTrade ReviewI loved these sharp, unusual essays about motherhood and cried my way through much of the book. Childbirth, desire, consumerism and marketing of baby stuff, deciding to have a second child, goldfish. Recommended * Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun *Don't Forget To Scream is funny and heartbreaking - a powerful portrayal of all that makes up motherhood. It feels both intimate and profoundly universal * Catherine Cho, author of Inferno *Marianne Levy's Don't Forget to Scream tells the truth of modern motherhood like nothing else I've read. Bold, brave and brilliant, it is also full of humour, joy and warmth. I loved it * Cathy Rentzenbrink *How I wish this book existed when I was a mother of young children. Each essay executes a brilliant swallow-dive from the enervating everyday of parenting into deep waters of profound and unorthodox thought. This is exciting, emboldening writing * Tanya Shadrick, author of The Cure for Sleep *I read Marianne's book with a constricted throat and welling eyes. Her writing cuts to the quick - so deep, direct, and moving but also wry and funny, often provoking a choked laugh. These essays tug and prod at what it means to be a mother - the 'messy cat's cradle of womanhood' - in the most intimate, powerful and painfully honest way, leaving me ravaged, occasionally enraged, but also feeling profoundly seen * Beth Morrey, author of Saving Missy *Honest, witty, powerful and moving . . . an important book brimming with hard-won wisdom * Robert Webb, author of How Not To Be a Boy *A brave, unflinching, utterly necessary book. I'm in awe of what it must have taken to write these searing and all too recognisable essays * Tammy Cohen, author of The Wedding Party *I laughed, I cried and I haven't stopped thinking about it since. A brave, moving, brilliantly-written and often funny exploration of what it means to be a mother. I want everyone to read it * Anna Mazzola, author of The Clockwork Girl *A remarkable book, cutting to the quick of what motherhood really feels like - the terror and the rage and the joy of it. The mundane rubs shoulders with the life-changing, the damply humdrum is shot through with calamitous love. I've read so much about motherhood, but I've never read anything as sharply honest as this; mothers will find themselves here * Shelley Harris, author of Jubilee *Brilliant, funny, heartbreaking, and true, Marianne Levy's Don't Forget to Scream had me exploring my own experience of motherhood in an entirely new way. I simply can't stop thinking about it. * Deidre Mask, author of The Address Book *An excellent book . . . elegant, funny, raw and beautiful. It made me angry with myself and the world but it also made laugh. Compulsive reading * Emma Beddington, author of We’ll Always Have Paris *A gut-punch of recollections about early motherhood . . . Incredible, honest writing that gets to the heart of the experience. It's wonderful * Julia Raeside *A remarkable memoir, threaded with humour and tenderness, and yet exposing the often crushing loneliness and unfairness of motherhood. A must-read for fathers and prospective fathers, this book made me wish I could go back in time and do parenting differently * Alex Reeve, author of The House on Half Moon Street *Don't Forget to Scream is a work of painful genius. Exquisitely written, totally honest, insightful and alternately hilarious and moving. I don't have or want children and might not have picked the book up, thinking it's not "for" me. Which would have been a big mistake. Huge. The beauty of reading is in allowing a skilful writer to not only lead you into their world but picture yourself there. This is what Don't Forget To Scream achieves, and it's utterly compelling * Jo Harkin, author of Tell Me An Ending *A beautifully, and at times agonisingly, honest confessional. Moving, funny, poignant and inciteful: Marianne's reflections shine a light on both the joys and lies about parenthood with which we're all complicit. This is This is Going To Hurt from the other side of the bed * Dr Keir Shiels, Consultant Paediatrician, Great Ormond Street Hospital *Brilliant, brave, honest (and sometimes very funny) . . . Don't Forget To Scream should be read by anyone who has a mother * Lev Parikian *A staggeringly, ferociously good book - unflinching but humane, real and funny and courageous, and vitally questioning. I wish we lived in a world where it didn't need to be written * Piers Torday *The contradictions and complexities of motherhood dissected in a painfully accurate and extraordinarily funny way. Don't Forget to Scream is a must-read for anyone, not just mothers * Ania Bas, author of Odd Hours *Don't Forget To Scream is a stunning, urgent, feminist masterpiece. Many of the essays brought me to tears, and I had to give myself breaks between them to digest their beauty and wisdom and insight before moving onto the next. In a world where motherhood is simultaneously deified and scorned, Levy expertly stitches together what this jarring juxtaposition means for the internal lives of women navigating this. She's brave enough to tell the truth about the daily conflicts between overwhelming love and overwhelming grief at the loss of self - conflicts that are rarely allowed to sit alongside each other, let alone felt within a five minute period. She's angry enough to speak out about the depraved normalisation of gynaecological violence, and the endless other ways mothers are failed by the government and societal expectations. And yet she also writes so beautifully about the overwhelming wonder of having children - the joys, the love, the laughter, and the true magic. So many mothers will see themselves in this book. And anyone who has ever rolled their eyes while a mother struggles to get a buggy onto the bus needs to read it too. A masterclass in empathy. I'm buying copies for everyone I know * Holly Bourne *Funny, honest, courageous and brilliant . . . I really recommend it * Brian Bilston *A terrific collection of bracing and often darkly funny personal pieces about the transformative experience of becoming a mother and the extent to which it derails your sense of self. I know I would have fallen upon it with immense gratitude and relief when I had my first child * The Bookseller *Extraordinary. Levy brings to life so many feelings and thoughts that have lurked around my subconscious but are hard to look at clearly, let alone articulate. I wanted to read it slowly because it made me feel so many things, but ended up devouring it because it's so damn good * Emily Itami *I finished this book in tears. It perfectly articulates the contradictions of motherhood, the breath-stealing, heart-aching, painful intensity - and, above all, the love. What a book * Emylia Hall *Fierce, funny, frightening . . . Marianne Levy offers the unvarnished truth about motherhood, charting both its blisses and its many challenges. Rarely is writing this raw yet also this readable: Don't Forget to Scream digs deep, and the results are can't-look-away compelling. Essential reading for anyone who has kids, is thinking about having kids, knows someone who has kids, was once a kid - basically, for everyone * Holly Williams *A paean to the messy, confounding, chaotic, beautiful, heartbreaking soup that is motherhood - I loved it * Kate Maxwell, author of Hush *These brilliant essays are filled with the visceral, contradictory emotions of early motherhood. Filled with righteous anger at a society which still hasn't addressed how we mother in the modern world, they'll make you both cry and laugh. Everyone should read these words * Araminta Hall *Fascinating . . . Although full of love and written in glittering prose, the domestic world the essays present is chaotic and at times full of rage * Irish Independent *It's fabulous -- Eva WisemanI devoured this book about motherhood in all its complex, beautiful, ugly reality. It felt like seeing myself reflected on the page for the first time in the better part of a year. Like shouting out and finally hearing an echo in the darkness . . . I gobbled it up like something delicious and forbidden, something selfishly and exclusively mine . . . When I picked up this book it felt like being seen and heard . . . Reading and writing about mothering in such raw, searing, beautiful honesty is a radical act . . . hearing that my feelings are shared by even one other person - that the bittersweet, aching, love-pain of it all, the good tears and the bad tears, the inertia and the wonder, were not mine alone after all - felt like a revolutionary act of self-care * Metro *Courageous . . . bursting with urgency, both pocket therapy for parents and a keen appraisal of the desperate bind of contemporary motherhood. Levy tells her story with a light touch, an exhausted heart and bright rage. She notes the pleasure, humour and sackfuls of love that exist alongside the sleep deprivation and fury, but more weight is given to the gruelling aspects of motherhood, the hidden spaces . . . If you are a mother, read this book to know you are not alone, to find vindication in your fury. If you are not a mother, read it to empathise with the mothers in your life * i newspaper *Marianne's memoir, sometimes poignant, sometimes funny, unflinchingly frank, gives voice to the maelstrom of fear, rage, love and joy, the loss of identity and independence, and the pain that motherhood entails . . . will strike a chord with all parents * Camden New Journal *Some serious thinking about feminism and its intersection with women's health policy, the environment, employment and the philosophy of everyday life . . . flashes of brilliance . . . She's quite right to point about that women's pain, from the first period cramps to later-life illnesses, is treated differently to men's. And her prose can be lovely . . . Levy comes alive as a writer musing on her own mother, or her daughter's first, poignant questions about the Holocaust, or just her own rather interesting psychological make-up . . . clearly a good writer * The Times *Stands apart from the populous pack of recent books about motherhood for a number of reasons . . . tremendous wit, warmth and acuity . . . humorous observations . . . compelling discussions on childcare challenges and the gender pay gap . . . colourful, charming . . . truly, it's the sort of book that should be pushed into every new parent's hands . . . courageous truth-telling can be found on every page * Irish Independent *With wry wit and blistering honesty, her collection of essays shines a light on the untold stories of modern motherhood * Woman’s Own *Brings humour to everyday pain . . . a heartfelt attempt to break the discourse about motherhood out of this silo and bring it to a wider and more diverse audience. It's an unvarnished look at the grimy, lonely, frightening, alienating side of pregnancy and motherhood, spanning birth phobia and physical trauma, the erosion of Levy's sense of self and self-worth in the early months and years, and the structural, social, economic bind in which so many mothers find themselves . . . Levy is an engaging, often funny author . . . There's virtuoso swearing, pet fish psychodrama and a revoltingly accurate taxonomy of the various kinds of filth motherhood involved . . . Don't Forget to Scream seeks to challenge the way we minimalise and deny how hard the ordinary business of mothering is * Observer *I recognise it all. And I welcome her urge to "invite other women backstage". Levy is as aware as anyone that motherhood is an ordinary miracle, but she also knows that it is still a miracle . . . I also enjoyed her incredulous anger . . . Don't Forget To Scream becomes really interesting when Levy wonders - usefully, intensely - why we don't talk about such aspects of motherhood . . . Amid all the rage and the wit, Levy writes with great tenderness about her children and the "whole minutes of honeyed joy" she has with them, however hard-won and conflicted that joy might be * Daily Telegraph *You must read this . . . a hilarious reflection on being a mother . . . I've never read a book about motherhood that captures so perfectly the impossible complexity of it all and the massive shift that women experience in the process as Marianne Levy's Don't Forget to Scream . . . Straight-talking and hilarious . . . to say her work is genius would be an understatement. Each essay is a masterpiece, a snippet of deep - and often hilarious - reflection on being a mother in today's society . . . I found many of her observations profound . . . and she revels in the joy of it all too . . . Everything about the book has stuck with me, and though it is a memoir and ultimately Levy's experience, so much of it is universal and all of it is important * Irish Independent *Perceptive . . . honest and necessary writing . . . visceral * BBC Culture *Beautifully written . . . Insightful and funny, too * Francesca Steele, i newspaper *A terrific collection of bracing and often darkly funny personal pieces about the transformative experience of becoming a mother and the extent to which it derails your sense of self. I know I would have fallen upon it with immense gratitude and relief when I had my first child * The Bookseller *I've never read a book about motherhood that captures so perfectly the impossible complexity of it all . . . universal and important * Irish Independent *To describe this book as honest, brave, empathetic and powerful doesn't do it justice - it is all these things in abundance, but also funny and beautiful * Adam Kay *Phenomenal. Words like 'searing' and 'extraordinary' and 'blistering' will be used about this book, and they will not convey one tenth of the strength of it, nor the honesty nor the bravery in writing it * Emma Flint, author of Little Deaths *'A stunning, urgent, feminist masterpiece' * Holly Bourne *I've never read a book about motherhood that captures so perfectly the impossible complexity of it all . . . universal and important * Irish Independent *To describe this book as honest, brave, empathetic and powerful doesn't do it justice - it is all these things in abundance, but also funny and beautiful * Adam Kay *

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Book SynopsisNow breatheand relax. This write-in activity book is all about taking a little time to breathe, focus and be calm, with the help of some friendly sloths. Try a spot of yoga, colour in soothing squiggles or go on a sense safari take a quiet moment, just for you.

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Book SynopsisParents and early childhood teachers know that reading aloud to children is important, but the specific things that adults do while reading with children that make reading a powerful way to improve children's language, vocabulary, and early literacy skills can remain a mystery. Read with Me makes those behaviors clear and easy to implement for parents and teachers by outlining the ABCs of Active Reading (Ask Questions, Build Vocabulary, and Connect to the Child's World). Active Reading is an approach to reading aloud with young children that is supported by decades of research. Read With Me provides parents and teachers with the knowledge and skills to engage young children (age 2 to 5) in Active Reading with examples, clear explanations, and ideas for making one-on-one or small group read aloud sessions a powerful way to build children's early literacy and language skills, all while creating a lifelong love of reading.Trade ReviewEveryone can read with young children like a pro and this book will show to the easy steps. This simple, fun approach really can make reading the amazing experience every family wants it to be. -- Jeff Conyers, President, The Dollywood FoundationEqually valuable for parents and teachers, Read With Me lays out a set of very clear daily practices (ABC’s of Active Reading) for creating not just young readers, but joyful, engaged, life-long learners. The authors translate the research science of literacy into clear explanations and practical examples of the Why, How, What, and even the Where of reading with young children. Most importantly, Read With Me emphasizes what we know to be most important in supporting a young child’s brain development and learning: caring interactions and relationships between a child and loving adult. -- Kathleen Gallagher, Ph.D., Director of Research and Evaluation, Buffett Early Childhood Institute, University of NebraskaThis immensely practical book will make every teacher, parent, and caregiver want to put the ABCs of active reading into action. Read With Me: Engaging Your Young Child in Active Reading is brimming with evidence-based activities for making reading engaging and effective. As a scholar of literacy and a father of three young children, I know active reading works. I hope the ABCs of active reading – asking questions, building vocabulary, and connecting ideas to children’s worlds – will be put into practice in schools, homes, libraries, and community centers across the country. -- James Kim, Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of EducationRead With Me: Engaging Your Young Child in Active Reading is a powerful compilation of tools to help the children in your world develop a lifelong love of reading. This indispensable book both beautifully captures the undeniable importance of introducing books and reading early in life and skillfully explains how to lay the foundation for reading success. Read With Me is a must-read for every parent, grandparent, teacher, or caregiver. -- Jonah Edelman, Chief Executive Officer, Stand for ChildrenTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Power of Active Reading Chapter 1: Reading “With” versus Reading “To” Active Reading: Raising Readers Using Decades of Research The ABCs of Active Reading When to do Active Reading: Taking Advantage of Child Development Learning to Love Books Chapter 2: Learning to Read: Joint Attention, Print Concepts, and Print Knowledge Learning to Read vs. Reading to Learn How Children Learn to Read Learning to Read: The Early Years Sharing a Story: Joint Attention Teaching the Basics of Books Learning to Read Chapter 3: How to Read a Book: Repeated Reading, Fill-in-the-Blank, Picture Walks, and Talk More Early Language and Active Reading How Children Develop Language Repeated Reading Picture Walks Fill-in-the-Blank Prompts Talk More Reading Together Chapter 4: How to Talk about a Book: Asking Questions Ask Questions Setting the Foundation for Reading Comprehension: How Children Learn to Understand what they Read Asking and Answering Questions: The Foundation for Reading Comprehension Talk about a Book Chapter 5: Building Vocabulary: How to Teach Words in Books Building Vocabulary: A Powerful Tool Finding Rare Words in Books Building Vocabulary from Books: Repeated Reading and Conversation Building Vocabulary through Active Reading Building Vocabulary after Reading: Talking Beyond Books Building Vocabulary as Children Grow Chapter 6: Make Books Bigger: Connect to the Child’s World Make Connections to Build Meaning Connect to Experiences Connect to Stories Build Background Knowledge Connect to your Child’s World Chapter 7: How to Talk about Sounds: Building Phonemic Awareness and Letter Knowledge through Active Reading What is Phonemic Awareness? Active Reading to Build Phonemic Awareness Teaching Letters through Active Reading How do Kids Learn to Read Words? From Singing to Reading Chapter 8: The Active Reading Bookshelf: Building a Library for Active Reading Access to Books How to Build an Active Reading Library Active Reading and Informational Text The Active Reading Bookshelf Chapter 9: Time to Read: Doing Active Reading One book at a Time: Answering Questions about Active Reading Is e-Reading Active Reading? Raising Kids who Love to Read Read with Me Appendix A: Books for Active Reading Great for Pointing and Labeling Great for Letting your Child take over Story Telling Great for Asking Questions Great for Building Vocabulary Great for Connecting to Everyday Experiences Great Fiction Picture Books for Building Background Knowledge Great Nonfiction Picture Books for Building Background Knowledge Great for Picture Walks Great for Fill-in-the-Blank Great for Rhyming and Alliteration Great for Learning Letters and ABCs Wordless Picture Books Diverse Books for Active Reading Appendix B: Active Reading Guides Llama Llama Red Pajama Maisy Goes to Preschool Noisy Nora The Gruffalo’s Child A Seed is Sleepy Owl Babies Where the Wild Things Are Rosie’s Hat Bunny Money Rumble in the Jungle Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend Little Blue Truck Leads the Way 10 Minutes til Bedtime Appendix C: Building a Coordinated System of Active Reading in Your Community Glossary

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Book SynopsisThis book offers clear, actionable ways for parents and educators to create and strengthen relationships with teens during a key time of growth and development. With an emphasis on mindfulness, non-violent communication, and rooted in what we know about brain and social development during the adolescent years, this book is a great resource for anyone who is struggling to understand how to support and connect with young people. It includes practical information and activities designed to help spur adults to reflect on their goals as well as unearth their hidden biases about teens and how to direct them. Happy, Healthy Teens focuses on small ways to make a big difference in how teens see themselves and experience their interactions with us and it will help you be more intentional in your choices as you navigate the challenges of the adolescent years. Creating strong, foundational relationships with young people during these years has an enormous, lasting impact on their ability to becTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Important Information about Adolescent Brain & Social DevelopmentChapter 2: Mindful Parenting and TeachingChapter 3: Trusting RelationshipsChapter 4: CompassionChapter 5: Shared GoalsChapter 6: ConflictChapter 7: Helping Adolescents Deal with Stress & Anxiety

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Book Synopsis In this book, we describe the online world that youth begin to encounter, often without adult oversight. It is a critical time where they are first getting to know both the outside world and form their own identity. We explain the social forces and sways that influence kids' attitudes and choices, from peers in social apps to influencers. We show how the online world suggests answers that may or may not be right for individuals. Each chapter we supplies lessons that teachers, parents, counselors, and others can use to make youth aware of these online sways. Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionCH. 1 New World, Old ProblemCH. 2 Getting the Lay of the Virtual LandCH. 3 Nudges & Sways in the Online WorldCH. 4. Stubborn Things (fact checking online)CH. 5 Chat TalkCH. 6 How Influencers Hold SwayCH. 7 The Parasocial RelationshipAfterwordAbout the AuthorsGlossary & IndexBibliography

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Book Synopsis Those in the throes of grief may find this work a comforting companion. It reassures the readers that they are not alone, and provides guidance to process bereavement and to reassure that life, though different, can be fulfilling again. The book is written to support those mourning for a vast range of reasons and relationships, and includes helpful information for those close to mourners who seek to be supportive. Chapters discuss the language surrounding grief, strategies for moving forward, methods of decompression and acceptance, and how other cultures view and mourn the death of their loved ones.Trade ReviewThe human encounter with death evokes complex and intense emotions for bereaved individuals and families. This is made all the more problematic within our society that denies death, and resists speaking openly about grief and loss. But in We Who Grieve: Understanding Our Most Painful Emotion, Richard A. Stack delineates an intricate understanding of the complexity of grief, presented in a profoundly clear and lucid manner. Part memoir, part psychological inquiry into the nuances of the grief journey, this book is a treasure house for anyone wrestling with death and grief. You will discover in this book a viable roadmap explicating that most basic human experience that we are all destined to encounter throughout our lives."—Rabbi Simcha Raphael, Ph.D., founding director, Da'at Institute for Death Awareness, Advocacy and Training, author of Jewish Views of the AfterlifeTable of Contents Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Part I. Meeting Grief ­Head-On  1. Taking the Shovel  2. A History of Homeless Love  3. When the Sad News Hits: Fight, Flight, or Freeze  4. Vocabulary: The Language of Grief  5. Discussing Grief  6. Two Distinct Coping Styles  7. The Power of Prayer  8. Many Modes of Grief  9. Grieving in Times of Quarantine Part II. The ABCs of Moving Forward 10. Accept: Entering the Valley 11. Breathe 12. Continue Connection 13. Decompress 14. Empathize Part III. Pivoting to Support Others 15. Heart Work 16. Lessons Learned from Professionals 17. Taking Care to Care for the Caregiver 18. A Final Thought on Final Thoughts: An Ethical Will Is a Legacy of Love Part IV. How Various Cultures Comfort Their Mourners 19. Indigenous Australians: Humankind's Original Instincts 20. Death and Mourning in Japan 21. Chinese Views of Death 22. Islamic Mourning Rituals 23. Hindu Mourning Rituals Epilogue Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhat if everything you knew about the biology of body weight is wrong? According to compelling, leading-edge science, being overweight isn''t just the result of too many cheeseburgers and not enough cardio. Another silent factor is contributing mightily to our obesity epidemic: obesogens.These toxins--which are everywhere, from our food containers to furniture--sabotage our efforts to lose weight by disrupting our endocrine system, altering how we metabolize fat and permanently changing our fat cells, despite our efforts to count calories, exercise, and lose weight. Even scarier: lab tests have proven that these chemicals can irreversibly re-program the expression of our genes, which means that obesity can become an inherited trait. The chemicals we''re exposed to will not just meaningfully affect our health, but our children''s health, and future generations as well.Sound like science fiction? Dr. Blumberg was the first to coin the term obesogens in 2006 when the ir

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Book SynopsisA compelling examination of the social and legal experiences of lesbian, bisexual, and queer stepparent familiesLesbian, bisexual, and queer families formed after the dissolution of a marriage face a range of obstacles. In Queer Stepfamilies, Katie L. Acosta offers a wealth of insight into their complex experiences as they negotiate parenting among multiple parents and family-building in a world not designed to meet their needs. Drawing on in-depth interviews, Acosta follows the journeys of more than forty families as they navigate a legal and social landscape that fails to recognize their existence. Acosta contextualizes the legal realities of LGBTQ stepparent families and considers the actions these parents take to protect their families in the absence of comprehensive policies or laws geared to meet their needs. Queer Stepfamilies reveals the obstacles these families face in family courts during divorce proceedings and custody cases, and highlights their distrust of courts when it cTrade ReviewThis is a fantastic and important book. Putting forth profound and often heartbreaking narratives about the struggles and strengths of LBQ stepparent families, Katie L. Acosta advocates for family forms that resist the limited—and limiting—terms used to describe them today. Queer Stepfamilies offers the reader useful roadmaps and pathways for better understanding these complexities. -- Carla A. Pfeffer, author of Queering Families: The Postmodern Partnerships of Cisgender Women and Transgender MenWhile grounded in academic research, the book generally avoids jargon, quotes extensively from the family interviews, and feels readable for anyone interested in the subject ... Those engaged in plural parenting will likely value this book for sharing the stories, solutions, and struggles of others in similar situations. Others involved with supporting, advocating for, or writing about LGBTQ families in general should read it, too, in order to better understand the full range of what being part of a queer family may encompass. * Mombian *Drawing on in-depth interviews with more than forty US families, Acosta contextualizes the legal realities of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer stepparent families and considers the actions that these parents take to protect their families in the absence of comprehensive policies or laws geared to meet their needs. * Law and Social Inquiry *

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Book SynopsisHow can we learn to notice the signs of disability?We see indications of disability everywhere: yellow diamond-shaped deaf person in area road signs, the telltale shapes of hearing aids, or white-tipped canes sweeping across footpaths. But even though the signs are ubiquitous, Stephanie L. Kerschbaum argues that disability may still not be perceived due to a process she terms dis-attention.To tell better stories of disability, this multidisciplinary work turns to rhetoric, communications, sociology, and phenomenology to understand the processes by which the material world becomes sensory input that then passes through perceptual apparatuses to materialize phenomenaincluding disability. By adding perception to the understanding of disability's materialization, Kerschbaum significantly expands our understanding of disability, accounting for its fluctuations and transformations in the semiotics of everyday life.Drawing on a set of thirty-three research iTrade ReviewThis engaging, accessible book builds on Stephanie Kerschbaum’s already-award- winning scholarship on difference and discourse, constructing new research methods and approaches, but also building community on these pages. Signs of Disability offers an incredibly generative vocabulary for understanding the ways that disability matters: how we mark and signal it, how we ignore and hide it, how we powerfully inhabit and embody it through stories. Signs of Disability is a transformative book. * Jay Dolmage, University of Waterloo *A lovely, powerful read, Signs of Disability makes consequential, engaging, and evocative contributions to scholarship in disability studies and in rhetorical studies. The book’s theoretical and methodological interventions are significant and it offers cogent readings of texts, material culture, bodies, and more. Stephanie Kerschbaum tells powerful stories and draws readers deeply into the material life of disability and its signs. * Christa J. Olson, University of Wisconsin-Madison *

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Book SynopsisWinner, 2018 Donald W. Light Award for Applied Medical Sociology, American Sociological Association Medical Sociology SectionWinner, 2018 Distinguished Scholarship Award presented by the Pacific Sociology AssociationHonorable Mention, 2017 ESS Mirra Komarovsky Book Award presented by the Eastern Sociological SocietyOutstanding Book Award for the Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity presented by the American Sociological AssociationA rich, multi-faceted examination into the attitudes and beliefs of parents who choose not to immunize their childrenThe measles outbreak at Disneyland in December 2014 spread to a half-dozen U.S. states and sickened 147 people. It is just one recent incident that the medical community blames on the nation's falling vaccination rates. Still, many parents continue to claim that the risks that vaccines pose to their children are far greater than their benefits. Given the research and the unanimity of opinion within the medical community, many asTrade ReviewSeveral recent books have delved into the history and science of vaccines and immunity, and the anxieties that accompany them. Jennifer Reich … brings meticulousness and sensitivity to this emotional issue. … It is Reich’s book that may prove the most convincing to anti-vaxxers. -- New York Review of BooksRisk is one of the operative words central to sociologist Jennifer Reichs remarkably calm book on current vaccination practices in North America. Risk is what parents, paediatricians and policymakers must evaluate in their roles as caregivers, primary-care doctors and advisers The group of parents Reich interviewed over a 10-year period that has informed this book are the university-educated ubermoms who favour organic food and have a tendency to avoid gluten and dairy productsThe doctors Reich interviewed recognise that some vaccination is better than none and that being patronising, bossy or confrontational is not in the best interest of the child or the wider community. It is a stance Reich shares. * Times Higher Education *Recent outbreaks of preventable diseases such as measles and whooping cough are focusing attention on this issue, making Reich's able contribution especially pertinent. * Kirkus Reviews *In her engaging book,Calling the Shots: Why Parents Reject Vaccines, Jennifer Reich focuses on this last group of privileged, vocal parents, a group with the potential to disrupt the balance of infectious disease control across the country. This exceptionally timely book also confronts the challenges posed by science skepticism amid a declining sense of public obligation and the increasing dictate that health is each familys personal responsibility. * Contemporary Sociology *Jennifer Reichs new book, Calling the Shots: Why Parents Reject Vaccines, is an essential contribution to the story of vaccines in contemporary U.S. society that should make it impossible to tell such simple stories about vaccine resisters any longer. * American Journal of Sociology *A timely intervention into recent anti-vaccination controversies, Jennifer Reich’s Calling the Shots unpacks the logics behind vaccine refusal through interviews and ethnographic studies of parents who refuse vaccinations. -- Science, Medicine, and AnthropologyCalling the Shots is intellectually rigorous and politically engaged scholarship of the highest quality. Jennifer Reich illuminates the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors surrounding childhood immunization, one of the most important and contested public health policy issues of our day. Debates about vaccine refusal have too often been marked by over-simplification and unfounded assumptions, and Reichs thorough, meticulous analysis provides a much-needed corrective.-James Colgrove,author of State of Immunity: The Politics of Vaccination in Twentieth * Century America *Calling the Shots treads confidently into the explosive terrain of vaccine refusal. In this must-read exploration of the burdens of modern mothering, Reich takes seriously the desires of mothers to make their own decisions to protect their children from risks. But she also shows how anti-vaccine stances by the privileged few may undermine the social compact and threaten the public good. This is a well-written, important, and very timely book. -- Steven Epstein,author of Inclusion: The Politics of Difference in Medical ResearchIn this gripping book, Reich illumines the processes through which (mostly affluent) parents reject vaccines. The book impressively situates these anti-vaccine parents in a broader context. Reich carefully documents how a range of organizations including medical offices, drug companies, and child protective servicesare all players in this social drama. Reichs concept of & individualistic parenting is valuable. Since parents decisions can have dire consequences for other children, the book is not only interesting, but it is of enormous social significance.Highly recommended! -- Annette Lareau,author of Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life

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Book SynopsisPROSE Award Winner for Biography and AutobiographyNamed one of Library Journal's Best Books of 2023Winner, Next Generation Indie Book Awards - Women's NonfictionOffers thought-provoking theories and life-transforming ways to deal with painWhat can we ask of pain? How can we be more creative and courageous in carrying pain in our lives? In this genre-bending work that is equal parts memoir and scholarly criticism, L. Ayu Saraswati provides thought-provoking theories and life-transforming ways to understand pain, specifically in relation to feminism. Arguing that pain is not merely a state we are in, Scarred reframes pain as a transnational feminist object, something that we can carry across international borders. Drawing on her own experience traveling across twenty countries within just over a year, Saraswati aims to bring readers along on her journey so that they might ask themselves, How can I live with pain differently?By using pain as a lens of feminist analysis, Scarred allows us Trade ReviewSaraswati applies a feminist analytic lens in her approach to pain in this transformative work. She believes that everyone carries pain, and offers provocative theories about how to manage it. Part memoir, this book examines Saraswati’s own pain in addition to her scholarly critique, which enhances and supports her findings and conclusions. * Library Journal, Best Books of 2023 *With her latest book, L. Ayu Saraswati offers readers an original, inclusive and intimate examination of pain through a feminist lens. As rigorous as it is readable, Scarred seeks to reframe our relationships to pain, healing, embodiment and enchantment. -- Karla Strand * Ms. Magazine *Drawing on her travels across 20 countries in just over a year, Saraswati, a professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies, shines a feminist light on pain. Her book fuses several modes of storytelling, including memoir, academic theory, ethnography, and criticism, and aims to reframe the reader’s understanding of pain and the female body. * Publishers Weekly *Theoretically astute yet intensely readable, this book suggests that all of us carry pain—and that everyone also inherently possesses the ability to work with pain instead of fighting against it. The book emphasizes that pain is integral to people; it’s not an incidental feature of circumstances. An exceptional discussion of strategies for processing pain with and through the body. * Library Journal (starred review) *How do we create new conversations with and about pain–conversations that are humane, enchanting, and subversive? How do we cultivate new, life-sustaining relationships with pain–rather than reject, repress, or in other ways deny it? (And why would we even want to do so?) How do we address both the private/personal and the social/systemic/political dimensions of pain? Traveling with and through pain, L. Ayu Saraswati explores these and related questions. She risks the personal, offering invaluable lessons and additional perspectives into the complex entanglement of feminist theory/praxis, healing, embodiment, enchantment, and pain. * AnaLouise Keating, author of The Anzaldúan Theory Handbook *An intimate tour de force. Scarred is a necessary intervention into the human quest to understand pain and its im/possibilities. Indeed, even more so in this neoliberal world that encourages pain's suppression and elimination. From yoga retreats in Costa Rica, to the feminist practice of ‘gibberish’ in the mountains of Nepal, to experiences of ‘feminist enchantment’ in Ecuador, Iceland, and Catalonia, this book—part memoir, part ethnographic analysis—is a transdisciplinary and transcontinental fete of feminist cultural studies scholarship. Its theoretical insights, display of feminist autoethnographic fieldwork, and writing craft will have a lasting influence. * Devika Chawla, author of Home, Uprooted: Oral Histories of India’s Partition *Saraswati artfully weaves memoir and auto-ethnography; theorizing and storytelling; and self-reflection and critical analysis to create a beautiful meditation on her feminist journey through pain. This methodologically innovative and theoretically provocative text is a must-read for anyone seeking insight into how we can live with pain differently. * Tanya Maria Golash-Boza, author of Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach *

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Book SynopsisMeaningful school reform starts with your most powerful partneryour students! Students have plenty of opinions when it comes to school, and they're not all about free ice cream in the cafeteria. When you take time to listen, you'll find that students' aspirations can drive your school toward exciting new goals. And when students know they're being heard, they develop self-worth, engage meaningfully in their own academic success, and become purposeful in their educations. This groundbreaking book presents a blueprint for enacting a successful partnership between educators and students. You'll discover how to Ask the right questionsand understand how to build from the answers you get Engage students in decision-making and improvement-related processes Implement the Aspirations Framework to guide students toward achieving their full potential Filled with examTrade Review"Student voice is an often missed element of promoting a positive school climate, where students take ownership of their learning experience. This books sheds light on the importance of this topic and provides practical advice on how to let student voice take a central role in promoting learning at school." -- Pablo Zoido, Analyst"This book speaks to a movement that many people talk about but few act upon, Student Voice. Russell Quaglia and Michael Corso have lived their professional careers listening to students and acting on what they have heard. Now they share what it takes for education to truly become student-centered." -- Raymond J. McNulty, Dean of the School of Education"I just finished reading Student Voice. Words cannot accurately capture my impression. It is simply the best education book I′ve ever read. I′m blown away by the quality, humility, simplicity and complexity, and call to action." -- Robert Neu, Superintendent"Schools have long told students to have goals and aspirations. But when it comes down to it, test scores and Adequate Yearly Progress stand in the paths of schools and students. This book lays out clearly that what students desire and what states require do not have to be mutually exclusive. I can’t wait to share Student Voice with my colleagues." -- Lisa Brewster-Cook, English Teacher "Students routinely achieving their full potential, high performing schools becoming the new normal – Student Voice makes the compelling case that we can’t get there from here without fundamentally changing the culture of schools to listen and act on what students say about their schools, their lives, and their aspirations. Refreshingly straightforward, this book provides a unique mix of profound truths and practical guidance for transforming education." -- Anthony Jackson, Vice President for Education"If you haven’t considered student voice, then this book is a must read with great ideas and insightful stories that should engage you further and might just influence your practice. If you’re already committed to student voice, then this book provides compelling evidence and vital structure that place student voice and aspirations front and center in education, a must-read aid to planning and implementation. As we seek to increase schools’ relevance in an ever more rapidly changing world, this book outlines and details a model for the way forward. Quaglia and Corso combine evidence from students, guiding principles, and conditions for their implementation in schools, stories from practice and practical notes to assist reflection and development. Written in an accessible and easy-to-read style, they together form powerful positive guidance for teaching and learning, and for change in schools." -- Gavin Dykes, Director"Student Voice not only captures the urgency of our professional, societal, and moral imperatives to transform the educational system, but it also provides a thoughtful, thought-provoking, and well-researched framework for ensuring that all of our students can and will pursue and attain their aspirations. With moving stories and insights from students and teachers, heartfelt personal anecdotes, extensive analyses of data, and a deep understanding of the power of shared leadership, Dr. Quaglia and Dr. Corso have crafted a roadmap for the journey all of us as learners seek to travel—the road on which the voices of our students are the instruments of change in creating the future. Student Voice connects the dots of what too often seem to be disparate research about and facets of the elements of student achievement of academic, social, and personal aspirations and offers a comprehensive and coherent road to actualizing deep, meaningful, and sustainable change." -- Beth Havens, Educational Consultant for Innovation and Special Projects"Student Voice is the result of many years of experience working with students and teachers around the world – and it shows. Drs. Quaglia and Corso have stuffed every nook and cranny of this book with practical ways to understand young people that are both sensible and profound. This is your go-to field guide for student aspirations." -- Adam Ray, Pearson Foundation"This book captures the essence of what has been missing in educational reform for the past several decades, in that it highlights the perspectives that matter most—the students’. Having witnessed the transformational potential of inculcating the Aspirations Framework into a school, "student voice" will forever serve as the lodestar in the development of curriculum, instruction, and policy in my professional practice. The Aspirations Framework opens the door to this new era in education; in fact, student voice is the "McLuhanian" medium that will transform education in the 21st century, only if we, educators and society as a whole, take the time to listen." -- David E. Reilly, Assistant Superintendent"Quaglia and Corso champion student voice in this beautiful and inspirational narrative. This book provides a career-changing framework for educators to listen, learn, and lead; driven by the most important voice of all. My personal Aspiration is now to dream and do more to elevate student voice. Student Voice is a MUST READ for every educator seeking to meaningfully impact the lives of students." -- Dr. Lisa Kinnaman, Co-Director"Student Voice reveals the secret to turning schools into vibrant communities of engaged learners – simply and profoundly – giving students a voice in their own learning. It offers a hopeful, poignant and elegant vision for closing the gap for the alarming number of students who are disconnected from school. Quaglia challenges educators to value student voice through intentional listening and responsive action and tells them how to create meaningful partnerships that keep students engaged, excited, and achieving. This is a must-read roadmap for reform-weary educators who will be inspired to take the less traveled path of listening to and responding to the voice of each of their students." -- Gail Connelly, Executive Director"In this book, Dr. Quaglia and Dr. Corso offer a successfully tested framework designed to empower students by giving them a meaningful voice in the educational process. It starts with a conversation that leads to an understanding of student perceptions of their educational experience and ultimately creates a trusting partnership between students and educators. The partnership guides the educational process, positively influences school climate and creates an environment in which students can successfully achieve their aspirations. Student Voice is a professional investment every school community should make." -- Steve York, Assistant Superintendent"In this magnificent book, Quaglia and Corso have unearthed a deep missing piece in learning. The elephant in the room, ironically turns out to be Student Voice! And now we have it-their aspirations, the 8 conditions of deep learning relating to self-worth, engagement, and purpose. Thanks to the authors we have a whole new set of strategies where change, learning, educators and students merge.This is innovation at its best." -- Michael Fullan, Professor Emeritus"Deliberate Optimism is what every teacher needs before the start of school, in the midst of the longest months of teaching, and at the end of the academic year. The work of Silver, Berckemeyer and Baenen is insightful, uplifting and engaging! The book is inspiring and reminds all educators they are in control of their own happiness and can transfer that happiness and optimism to students." -- Dr. Russell J. Quaglia, FounderTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: It′s Time to Listen I. Listening 1. Student Aspirations Dreaming and Doing The Aspirations Profile 2. The Aspirations Framework Guiding Principles Conditions in Schools Learning to Listen II. Learning 3. Reality is Not the Enemy Listening to Learn Ignorance of Reality is the Enemy Listening Broadly 4. Students Speak About Self-Worth Condition 1: Belonging Condition 2: Heroes Condition 3: Sense of Accomplishment 5. Students Speak About Engagement Condition 4: Fun & Excitement Condition 5: Curiosity & Creativity Condition 6: Spirit of Adventure 6. Students Speak About Purpose Condition 7: Leadership & Responsibility Condition 8: Confidence to Take Action III. Leading 7. Students as Co-Leaders The Current Cacophony 8. The Context of Leadership Aspirations and the Whole Child Aspirations and Maslow′s Hierarchy of Needs Aspirations as Curriculum Aspirations in the 21st Century 9. From Student Voice to Our Choice

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Book SynopsisA Survival Kit for Doctoral Students and Their Supervisors offers a hands-on guide to both students and supervisors on the doctoral journey, helping make the process as enjoyable as it is productive. Drawing on research from peer learning groups, contributed narratives, and their own programs, the authors emphasize the value of the doctoral partnership and the ways in which shared knowledge can facilitate a rewarding journey for students and their advisors. Grounded in theoretical and empirical material, the book helps participants navigate the doctoral process with personal stories and examples from a variety of researchers. A discussion of common challenges and the inclusion of practical tips further enhance the book's diverse range of helpful resources.Trade Review"I see this text as different in the sense of looking at the audience, the process, and the adviser relationship from a much more positive perspective. This text takes a more personal, softer look at the dissertation process and serves more to inspire and motivate rather than instill fear." -- George W. Semich"…[S]uggestions for both the student and guide at the end of each chapter offer some practical ideas that faculty members and doctoral students will find extremely useful." -- LaVerne L. Ludden"This is a quality piece of work, and I believe many future scholars will benefit from this for years to come." -- Algerian Hart"I believe [this book] offers a broad coverage of topics that doctoral students need for research direction." -- William FiggTable of ContentsChapter 1: Theoretical Basis of the Book An Apprenticeship Perspective Why Apprenticeship? Things Elites Can Teach Us What Is Apprenticeship In Research And What Can Be Learn From It? The PhD Endeavour as a Journey A Pedagogy of Doing Moving Away From Pure Learning Good Advice for the PhD Student Good Advice for the Supervisor Conclusion Chapter 2: Matching Student and Research Community Successful and Unsuccessful Matching Why Research Talent Is Relationally Defined and Achieved Relational Talents Finding the Right Match What Is Needed To Find The Match? Mismatch Finishing On Time? Why Matching Can Be Difficult Good Advice for the PhD Student Good Advice for the Supervisor Conclusion Chapter 3: Originality and Contribution Making an Impact We Have To Work It Out Ourselves – But How? Developing Voice An Experiment of Disarmament Dismantling Pretentious Scientific Language Complying and Adjustment Questioning the Research Question Good Advice for the PhD Student Good Advice for the Supervisor Conclusion Chapter 4: Making the Most of Obstacles Research as a Creative Endeavor How Can I Contribute and Do Creative Research? Data on Deviations and Research in Everyday Life How Can We Stumble Creatively? Absorption and Deadlines Forced Incubation Apprenticeships and Quick Learning The McDonaldisation of Research Good Advice for the PhD Student Good Advice for the Supervisor Conclusion Chapter 5: Peers and Masters Are Everywhere Distributed Masters Apprenticeship Writing Writing and Identity Formation in Peer Groups Writing Throughout the Journey Networks Writing Groups Do I Have The Time … And The Courage? Life Itself Is a Master Be a Master Yourself Good Advice for the PhD Student Good Advice for the Supervisor Conclusion Chapter 6: Doing Supervision Supervision as Process and Production Co-Authorship as a Pedagogic Practice The Co-Author Study Inviting In—Unconditionally Accepting Idea Testing and Getting the Student to Work Theoretical Framing Focused Asking For Advice and Making Structural Adjustments Fine Tuning and Some Deletions Sharing Completion Extending the Radius of the Research Community A Pedagogy of Doing Good Advice for the PhD Student Good Advice for the Supervisor Conclusion Chapter 7: Feedback – Part of Making It Work A Range Of Options A Good Writer Is Not Necessarily a Good Writing Teacher Feed-Back from an Apprenticeship Perspective Formative Apprenticeship Writing for ‘Real’ and ‘Blind’ Reviewers The Necessity of Untidy Texts The Circularity of Knowing ‘People Think by Acting’ Retrospective Preparation? Learning from Giving Feedback Good Advice for the PhD Student Good Advice for the Supervisor Conclusion Chapter 8: ‘Get a Life’ or Simply ‘Live Your Life’ Putting an End to Uncertainty? Moving Fast or Learning to Live a Researcher’s Life? In Search Of a Researcher Identity Always In the Middle It Is Good To Be Part of Something There Is Always Work To Do Always Heading Somewhere ‘Let’s Start Before We’re Ready’ Stepping Stones for a Future Career Good Advice for the PhD Student Good Advice for the Supervisor Conclusion

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Book SynopsisYoga is more popular now than ever. The benefits are recognized worldwide, and athletes and therapists rely on the practice. Yet its appeal is as varied as those who practice it. Regardless of your activity level and fitness background, yoga is truly for you. Yoga Therapy: A Personalized Approach for Your Active Lifestyle will help you see your daily activities in a new light by giving you a new understanding of movement. Whether playing sports or exercising for fitness, you'll recognize your movement and identify the poses to make them more efficient. With detailed instructions and photos, you'll be guided through the exercises, breathing, and visualization techniques to improve your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Comprehensive and accessible, Yoga Therapy demonstrates the most effective poses for mobility, strength, recovery, and balance as well as techniques to aid relaxation and help with stress management. No matter your age, experience, or desired goal, YogaTrade Review"If you are looking for a recipe for that specific ache or ailment, this isn't the book for you. If you are looking to enliven and keep fresh your long-term yoga practice, then dive deep into this unique trove of insights. The authors draw from their varied experiences and expertise to share many ways of sustaining a robust yoga program that addresses your whole person. Many of the strategies won't be found in other "yoga" books, but are consistent with with what yoga has to offer in our modern lifestyle. The strategies are also beautifully simple in design, but powerful in effect. An alternative title could well have been "Yoga to Avoid Therapy in Your Active Lifestyle." Matthew J. Taylor, PT, PhD, C-IAYT Author and researcher Past president of the International Association of Yoga Therapists Director of Smart Safe Yoga Table of ContentsPart I: Fundamentals of Yoga Therapy Chapter 1: What Is Yoga Therapy? Chapter 2: Training Movements Chapter 3: Connecting Brain to Body Chapter 4: Developing Focus Part II: Foundations of Practice Chapter 5: Basic Practices and Props Chapter 6: Breathing and Relaxation Chapter 7: Preventing Injury Part III: Poses for Lifelong Fitness Chapter 8: Intentions and Connections Chapter 9: Spinal Movement Poses Chapter 10: Stability Poses Chapter 11: Maintaining Fitness and Activity Levels

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Book SynopsisA New York Times bestseller! The perfect Father''s Day gift, birthday present for dad, Valentine''s Day book, or sweet keepsake for a daughter of any age!A sweet picture book showcasing all the ways a father will help his daughter grow, this is the gift for every girl dad and little girl to celebrate their special bond. Featuring charming animal illustrations and heartwarming rhymes about the moments fathers and daughters share, Why a Daughter Needs a Dad is the perfect story to connect father and daughter together.From the first time I held you, so perfect and new,I promised to do everything that I could doTo help you become your most wonderful YOU,My darling, my daughter, my girl.For new dads, fathers-to-be, or for that perfect father-daughter moment, this sweet storybook celebrates how a father is always there for his little girl. reminding her to be artistic, thoughtful, honest, and smart, but most of all, true to h

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Book SynopsisWhat''s the secret to extraordinary?Being stuck in mediocrity sucks. It''s easy to identify the symptoms of this disease in your life: are you chronically bored? Do you wake up knowing today is going to suck? Are you constantly fighting off feelings of emptiness, exhaustion, and knowing you''re wasting your life?Well, eff that! Every moment of every day, you can choose to be extraordinary. You can choose to become someone you''re incredibly proud to be, who accomplishes amazing goals and achieves greatness. What Extraordinary People Know guides you through how to be free of the mediocrity trap: starting with the inspiration, tools, and kick in the ass you need to get your life going in high gearfrom behavioral change and personal growth expert Anthony Moore. As someone who took his own life from ordinary to extraordinary, Moore has created a three-step path to breaking free of Mediocrity and becoming the hero of your own life.Are you ready to win?

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Book SynopsisA soldier''s level of physical fitness has a direct impact on his combat readiness. The many battles in which American troops have fought underscore the important role physical fitness plays on the battlefield. The renewed nationwide interest in fitness has been accompanied by many research studies on the effects of regular participation in sound physical fitness programs. The overwhelming conclusion is that such programs enhance a person''s quality of life, improve productivity, and bring about positive physical and mental changes. Not only are physically fit soldiers essential to the Army, they are also more likely to lead enjoyable, productive lives.This manual is primarily concerned with issues relating directly to the development and maintenance of the five components of physical fitness:ØCardiorespiratory (CR) endurance--the efficiency with which the body delivers oxygen and nutrients needed for muscular activity and transports waste products from the cells.ØMuscular strength--th

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Book SynopsisIf you're tired of chasing the latest diet fad only to find that you've gained weight, it's time to try an entirely different approach. The Daniel Fast for Weight Loss succeeds where other programs fail because it focuses on your relationship with God as well as on your relationship with food. Once you discover the pleasures of eating the food God has provided for optimum health, you will not want to turn back. The Daniel Fast for Weight Loss offers a strategic, biblically based plan backed by solid research that will eliminate your cravings and help you to drop those unwanted pounds once and for all.Susan Gregory, The Daniel Fast Blogger and bestselling author of The Daniel Fast, is back with a spiritual and practical roadmap to this wildly popular 21-day fast for anyone who wants to lose weight and develop a lifestyle of health in a way that honors God. Way beyond a diet plan, The Daniel Fast for Weight Loss includes more than 90 new recipes, mul

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Book SynopsisHave you ever looked into the faces of the people who call you mom and wondered what in the world you got yourself into?If you're like many Christian moms today, you've been reading the headlines and watching the rapid-fire changes in our culture with frustration and fear. Let's face it: Moms today are facing questions that previous generations didn't even see coming, and even our right to determine what is best for our own children is under fire. Popular speaker and blogger Heidi St. John (The Busy Mom) believes that today's mothers need a special kind of strength. We need to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. We dare not rely on human strength for the battles we're facing right now. In Becoming MomStrong, Heidi has a powerful message just for youthe mom in the midst of it all. Through encouragement, practical prayer points, and authentic me-too moments, Heidi equips you for a job that only you can do: to train your children to hear God's voice and

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Book SynopsisOver 100,000 copies sold! In the wise and soulful tradition of teachers like Shauna Niequist and Brene Brown, therapist Aundi Kolber debuts with?Try Softer helping us align our mind, body, and soul to live the life God created for us. In a world that preaches a try harder gospel?just keep going, keep hustling, keep pretending we''re all fine?we''re left exhausted, overwhelmed, anxious, and numb to our lives. If we''re honest, we''ve been overfunctioning and hurtling toward burnout for so long, we can''t even imagine another way. How else will things get done? How else will we survive? It doesn''t have to be this way. Aundi Kolber believes we don''t have to white-knuckle our way through life, stuck in survival mode and stressed. In her debut book,?Try Softer, she''ll show us how God specifically designed our bodies and minds to work together to process our stories and work through obstacl

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