Carti New American Library

Lloyd Jones

Mister Pip

Editura: Trei

Anul aparitiei: 2009

Poetica, surprinzatoare, te tine cu sufletul la gura... O carte extraordinara! Isabel AllendeMatilda este o copila dintr-o insula tropicala peste care s-a instalat oroarea razboiului civil. Mr. Watts, singurul alb care nu a parasit comunitatea, decide sa fie profesor intr-o scoala mica, unicul text pe care il are la dispozitie fiind Marile sperante de Charles Dickens.Fascinata de lectura, Matilda accede la o noua lume in care fantezia incearca sa suplineasca realitatea dura traita pe insula. O lume care pare a se opune credintelor religioase solide impartasite de mama sa si care va crea un conflict intre cele doua. Din pacate insa, atat imaginatia fetei, cat si habotnicia mamei sunt spulberate de vocea distrugatoare a armelor care vor scalda comunitatea in sange.Peste ani, Matilda va descoperi ca faptele si oamenii pot fi masti ale unor adevaruri gaunoase. Faptele din carte se bazeaza pe experienta autorului, care a fost nevoit sa consemneze, ca jurnalist, imagini infioratoare ale blocadei impuse in 1990 de Papua Noua Guinee unei insule din Pacific.Aceasta carte a fost:• castigatoare a Commonwealth Writer’s Prize• finalista a Man Booker Prize, 2007• The ...

James R. Lewis

Enciclopedia visului

Editura: Trei

Anul aparitiei: 2006

Te-ai trezit vreodata dintr-un vis intens, tremurand ca si cand o intreaga lume a ramas in spate? Crezi ca a fost doar un „rest din ziua ce a trecut sau poate este ceva mult mai semnificativ?O treime din viata o petrecem dormind si visand. Unii cred ca visele au puterea de a vindeca, de a inspira sau de a prevedea viitorul. Enciclopedia visului analizeaza aceste idei si ceea ce se ascunde in spatele lor.A fost doar un vis?Explorand 250 de subiecte controversate de la arta si vise pana la teroare nocturna, „Enciclopedia visului ilustreaza modul in care visele influenteaza cultura, religia, istoria, arta, literatura si viata noastra personala.Interpretari pentru 700 de simboluri din vis…O sectiune speciala a cartii interpreteaza sute de simboluri care te pot ajuta sa intelegi VISUL:Iepure de casa. Iepurele este un bogat simbol al magiei, vitezei si fertilitatii. Poate cel ce viseaza este in situatia de a face pe neasteptate o mare afacere asa cum scoate magicianul iepurele din palarie sau poate este vorba de o sarcina pe cale de a fi anuntata.Crima. Crima simbolizeaza agresiunea si furia reprimata. Daca cel ce viseaza este omorat, aceasta poate indica disparitia unor obstacole ...

Ken Follett

Hornet Flight

Editura: New American Library

Anul aparitiei: 2007

Ken Follett and the intrigue of World War II--"a winning formula" (Entertainment Weekly) if ever there was one. With his riveting prose and unerring instinct for suspense, the #1 New York Times bestselling author takes to the skies over Europe during the early days of the war in a most extraordinary novel. . . . It is June 1941, and the war is not going well for England. Somehow, the Germans are anticipating the RAF's flight paths and shooting down British bombers with impunity. Meanwhile, across the North Sea, eighteen-year-old Harald Olufsen takes a shortcut on the German-occupied Danish island of Sande and discovers an astonishing sight. He doesn't know what it is, but he knows he must tell someone. And when he learns the truth, it will fall upon him to deliver word to England--except that he has no way to get there. He has only an old derelict Hornet Moth biplane rusting away in a ruined church--a plane so decrepit that it is unlikely to ever get off the ground . . . even if Harald knew how to fly it.

Ruth Toor, Hilda K. Weisburg

Being Indispensable: A School Librarian's Guide to Becoming an Invaluable Leader

Editura: American Library Association

Anul aparitiei: 2010

In New on the Job, experts Toor and Weisburg helped newbies make the transition to real-world school librarianship. Being Indispensable is all about staying one: without a proactive approach, school librarians, facing a severe economic downturn and budget cuts, run the risk of becoming an endangered species. In clear, simple, and practical language, this book empowers school librarians by helping them - Understand what other stakeholders in a school need and want - Demonstrate their importance to administrators, teachers, and parents - Plan strategically in both their personal and professional lives - Master important tools like advocacy and marketing Making the case for the vital role school librarians play in learning, this book gives readers all the strategies they need to become the kind of leader their school can't do without.

Donna Niday, Jean Boreen, Mary K. Johnson

Mentoring Beginning Teachers: Guiding, Reflecting, Coaching

Editura: Stenhouse Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2009

The first edition of Mentoring Beginning Teachers was named an Outstanding Academic Title by the American Library Association's Choice magazine in 2000. The expanded second edition -- packed with insights, anecdotes, and updated research -- provides mentors with a road map for helping new teachers become confident, reflective educators. The collaborative model outlined in the book is enlightening and rewarding for the mentor and the novice alike.The authors have incorporated the latest findings on all aspects of mentoring --from preparing to be a mentoring guide or coach to school culture and parent outreach. Teachers will find five new chapters on working with ELL students, working with parents, curriculum mapping, school culture, and the role of administrators within an effective mentoring system.Organized around a series of questions, the book allows mentors to quickly locate practical advice to match any mentoring situation. The range of resources includes: recommendations for pairing mentors and teachers, questions to jump-start conversations, ideas for teacher reflection, and answers to the most commonly asked mentor questions.Mentoring Beginning Teachers, Second Edition ...

Jane Hardy, Helena Dittman

Learn Library of Congress Classification, Second North American Edition (Library Education Series)

Editura: Total Recall Publications Inc.

Anul aparitiei: 2007

A Practical Workbook For Learning Every Aspect of Library of Congress Classification Plentiful, clear explanations and practice exercises illustrate every aspect of Library of Congress Classification and help students master creating LCC numbers. This 2007 revision of the first edition, published in 2000, includes updated text; examples and exercises that correspond with the latest print schedules and tables; a new chapter on Classification Web; a glossary that defines technical terms in simple language; and an index. Both professionals and paraprofessionals can brush up their classification skills.The authors offer a lesson-by-lesson approach with exercises to practice and test your skills. They cover the structure of the LC classification system, how to build a call number, classification tables, the electronic version of the schedules and shelving. American Libraries review of the first edition Recommended for professionals and paraprofessionals seeking professional development, students wanting to supplement their courses with practical applications, and library schools offering distance learning courses in cataloging. Library Journal review of first edition Learn Library ...

Sharon Rose Sugar

The Silent Crisis Destroying America's Brightest Minds

Editura: Tree of Knowledge Press

Anul aparitiei: 2009

"THE EDUCATION BIBLE" THE SILENT CRISIS DESTROYING AMERICA'S BRIGHTEST MINDS ANNUAL CONTEST "DEDICATION QUOTE" CASH PRIZE Teacher Tested Parent Approved Parent Endorsed "BOOK OF THE MONTH" Alma Public Library, Wisconsin THIS BOOK SAVES LIVES More Than One Third of the Best Students in the Best Public and Private American Schools Are in Crisis: Disconnected, Depressed, Disillusioned, Deviant, Drugged, and Disgruntled 1. The Summery of the National Crisis in Education 2. The 15 Stumbling Blocks of Academic Failure 3. The 15 Stepping Stones to Academic Success 4. SMARTGRADES New Learning Strategy 5. The Learning Processing Education System 6. Intrapersonal Integration Therapy 7. 40 Universal Gold Standards of Education

Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Editura: Yale Nota Bene

Anul aparitiei: 2003

A classic of eighteenth-century American history and literature, Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography has had an influence perhaps unequaled by any other book by an American writer. Written ostensibly as a letter to his son William, Franklin's Autobiography offers his reflections on philosophy and religion, politics, war, education, material success, and the status of women. Prepared by the editors of The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, this edition is drawn with scrupulous care from the original manuscript in Franklin's handwriting now in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. The introduction by Leonard W. Labaree places the autobiography in literary and historical contexts. In a new foreword, Edmund S. Morgan writes about Franklin's dual allegiance as an American and a subject of an English king--and his emergence as a leader of the American Revolution. This edition also includes biographical notes, a chronology of Franklin's life, and an updated bibliography.

Life Stories: Profiles from the New Yorker

Editura: Modern Library

Anul aparitiei: 2001

One of art's purest challenges is to translate a human being into words. The New Yorker has met this challenge more successfully and more originally than any other modern American journal. It has indelibly shaped the genre known as the Profile. Starting with light-fantastic evocations of glamorous and idiosyncratic figures of the twenties and thirties, such as Henry Luce and Isadora Duncan, and continuing to the present, with complex pictures of such contemporaries as Mikhail Baryshnikov and Richard Pryor, this collection of New Yorker Profiles presents readers with a portrait gallery of some of the most prominent figures of the twentieth century. These Profiles are literary-journalistic investigations into character and accomplishment, motive and madness, beauty and ugliness, and are unrivalled in their range, their variety of style, and their embrace of humanity. Including these twenty-eight profiles: "Mr. Hunter's Grave" by Joseph Mitchell "Secrets of the Magus" by Mark Singer "Isadora" by Janet Flanner "The Soloist" by Joan Acocella "Time . . . Fortune . . . Life . . . Luce" by Walcott Gibbs "Nobody Better, Better Than Nobody" by Ian Frazier "The Mountains of Pi" by Richard ...

Dolnik Barrie

Karmababe Deciphering Your Karmic Code for Your Best Possible Life

Editura: New American Library

Anul aparitiei: 2005

Page dim. 178 x 127 x 15 Weight: 0 grams

Rhodes Linda

Caregiving as Your Parents Age The Complete Guide to Helping Your Parents Age Gracefully, Happily and Healthfully

Editura: New American Library

Anul aparitiei: 2005

Page dim. 228 x 185 x 24 Weight: 1 grams

Arnold V. I.

Experimental Mathematics

Editura: American Mathematical Society

Anul aparitiei: 2015

Presents several new directions of mathematical research. All of these directions are based on numerical experiments conducted by the author, which led to new hypotheses that currently remain open. The hypotheses range from geometry and topology to combinatorics to algebra and number theory. Page dim. 147 x 219 x 14 Series: MSRI Mathematical Circles Library Weight: 210 grams

Guttmacher Alan Frank, Lichtman Ronnie, Simpson Lynn

Dr. Guttmacher's Pregnancy, Birth and Family Planning The Most Comprehensive Guide for Pregnancy and Childbirth

Editura: New American Library

Anul aparitiei: 2003

Page dim. 155 x 227 x 40 Weight: 958 grams

Mobile Technology and Academic Libraries Innovative Services for Research and Learning

Editura: American Library Association

Anul aparitiei: 2017

Explores how librarians around the world are working to adapt their spaces, collections, teaching, and services to the new possibilities presented by mobile technology. This is a detailed and thorough examination of technology that's emerging now and how to incorporate it into your library to help the students and researchers of both today and tomorrow. Page dim. 229 x 156 x 20 Series: ACRL Publications in Librarianship Weight: 478 grams

Bagley Caitlin A.

Fundamentals for the Instruction Coordinator

Editura: American Library Association

Anul aparitiei: 2020

In a concise, straightforward manner this volume outlines exactly what you need to know as a new instruction coordinator, including an overview of library instruction and the primary stakeholders; guidance on key duties; instruction coordinator best practices; technology management; and tips on how to integrate what you've learned into your program. Page dim. 229 x 152 Weight: 630 grams

Campana Kathleen, Mills J. Elizabeth

Create, Innovate, and Serve A Radical Approach to Children's and Youth Programming

Editura: American Library Association

Anul aparitiei: 2020

Library services are transforming to emphasize interactive, innovative, participatory, and production-centered programming. This text brings together a range of perspectives to survey this new landscape of programming for children and youth, providing in-depth information crucial to those who will encounter these programs. Page dim. 254 x 178 Weight: 249 grams

Carson Jenn

Get Your Community Moving Physical Literacy Programs for All Ages

Editura: American Library Association

Anul aparitiei: 2018

Movement-based programs bring new people into libraries, help promote community health, and stimulate literacy for children and adults alike. This is a guidebook for serving library patrons of all ages, both mind and the body together. It is essential reading for any programming librarian, administrator, or community coordinator. Page dim. 254 x 178 Weight: 249 grams

Gisolfi Peter

Collaborative Library Design From Planning to Impact

Editura: American Library Association

Anul aparitiei: 2018

Talking about why collaboration is so important is one thing - but taking an in-depth look at the ways it works (and sometimes doesn't work) in real-world design projects is both more revealing and instructive. Award-winning architect Gisolfi does exactly that in this essential new book, presenting detailed case studies of ten design projects. Page dim. 279 x 216 Weight: 290 grams

Mediavilla Cindy

Creating & Managing the Full-Service Homework Center

Editura: American Library Association

Anul aparitiei: 2017

Public libraries that take a proactive approach - by setting up organised homework centres - have the potential to become catalysts for better performance, improved self-esteem, and engaged learning. Whether readers are investigating the possibility of setting up a new centre or are revamping an existing centre, this book shows the way forward. Page dim. 280 x 216 Weight: 1196 grams

Roncevic Mirela, Stafford Peyton

No Shelf Required 3 The New Era for E-Books and Digital Content

Editura: American Library Association

Anul aparitiei: 2019

Delving into the latest developments among the varied players in the e-book marketplace, including publishers, libraries, and vendors, the latest volume in the best-selling No Shelf Required series is written from a strong international perspective. Page dim. 229 x 152 Weight: 162 grams