Richard Benson

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

South Carolina

All New Awesomely Wrong Test Answers

Will some students ever learn from their mistakes? We hope not! This all-new collection of hilarious, totally wrong, real test answers serves a fresh batch of A+ wit misapplied to F- quiz scores. A little studying would reveal that the most powerful light source known to man isn't "lightsabers," nor do we salt the roads when it snows "to make them taste better." But where's the fun in that? From the same wellspring of failure as the million-selling F in Exams series, this special pop quiz collection will amuse and entertain anyone preparing to face down a test paper as well as those just glad to be far away from a classroom.

F in Exams: Pop Quiz

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Carl Hiaasen

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

The Graduation Speech You'll Never Hear

This is Oh, the Places You'll Never Go--the ultimate hilarious, cynical, but absolutely realistic view of a college graduate's future. And what he or she can or can't do about it. "This commencement address will never be given, because graduation speakers are supposed to offer encouragement and inspiration. That's not what you need. You need a warning." So begins Carl Hiaasen's attempt to prepare young men and women for their future. And who better to warn them about their precarious paths forward than Carl Hiaasen? The answer, after reading Assume the Worst, is: Nobody. And who better to illustrate--and with those illustrations, expand upon and cement Hiaasen's cynical point of view--than Roz Chast, best-selling author/illustrator and National Book Award winner? The answer again is easy: Nobody. Following the format of Anna Quindlen's commencement address (Being Perfect) and George Saunders's commencement address (Congratulations, by the way), the collaboration of Hiaasen and Chast might look typical from the outside, but inside it is anything but. This book is bound to be a classic, sold year after year come graduation time. Although it's also a good gift for anyone starting a job, getting married, or recently released from prison. Because it is not just funny. It is, in its own Hiaasen way, extremely wise and even hopeful. Well, it might not be full of hope, but there are certainly enough slivers of the stuff in there to more than keep us all going.

Assume the Worst

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Harlan Cohen

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

And 107 Other Issues You Might Run into in College

New York Times bestselling advice on everything you ever needed to know about college College can be the best time of your life and the worst time of your life, all in the same day - and everyone needs a little help along the way. Covering everything from sharing a bathroom with forty people to sharing lecture notes, this fully updated edition is packed with expert advice, plus candid, eye-opening tips and stories that could only come from students who've been there.Practical, funny, and always authentic, this must-have guide from the most-trusted expert on college life is just the help students need to have their very best college experience.

The Naked Roommate

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Cary McNeal

1,004 Facts That Will Scare the Crap Out of You

FACT: The use of maggots to clean wounds has proven to be effective for patients who don't respond to traditional treatments. FACT: The Icelandic dish hakarl is beheaded basking shark that is buried in the ground for six to 12 weeks to putrefy before it is eaten. The world is a scary place, and it gets scarier every day. From the creator of the bestselling 1,001 Facts That Will Scare The Sh*t Out Of You (Adams Media, 2010) comes this new collection of 1,004 (count 'em!) truly horrifying and horrifyingly true facts about the world around us.

Are You Sh*tting Me?

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Adrian Lister

Paul Bahn

Jean M. Auel

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Giants of the Ice Age

Contains expert information on the natural history and characteristics of mammoths, telling where and how they lived, what they ate and why they died. Includes information on the latest research and fossil discoveries around the world.

Mammoths

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Lanesha Tabb

Naomi O'Brien

How Two Primary Teachers Ditched Problematic Lessons and Built a Culture-Centered Curriculum

Reimagine social studies through culture, diversity, and inclusivity for all primary students

Primary educators know that little kids can do big things. So why teach the same old lessons when we can expose students to impactful, interesting, and beautiful ideas about the real world? In an era of heightened political tensions and narrowed curricular focus, superstar educators Naomi O'Brien and LaNesha Tabb have found a surprising way to expose our youngest learners to more perspectives, center culture in the primary classroom, and take the need-and potential-for teaching about citizenship seriously: social studies

By laying out their revolutionary approach to teaching social studies, O'Brien and Tabb explain how to provide students with a deep but achievable understanding of global social systems as they're transformed by history, sociology, economics, geography, and civics. And, because the Unpack Your Impact curriculum can be folded into existing lessons for almost any topic, students garner an inclusive and interdisciplinary appreciation for how all learning shapes, and is shaped by, a diverse array of human cultures. Inspiring, optimistic, and empowering, Unpack Your Impact shows that primary teachers can make a positive impact-individually and globally.

Unpack Your Impact delivers a profound and fresh perspective on cultural integration in social studies classrooms. It equips readers with meaningful and tangible methods to have honest discussions while exploring topics that have been desperately missing from traditional textbooks. Personally, my favorite aspect of the book is that LaNesha and Naomi present eye-opening ways to provide historical meaning across various subjects.-Dr. Valerie Camille Jones, mathematics specialist and Presidential Award winner

LaNesha and Naomi have done it again As educators, they understand what steps are needed to help teachers rethink their practices. The duo continues to push educators to do better for ALL kids -Vera Ahiyya, educator and book curator

This is what I wish I had in my early years of teaching. It is practical, inspiring, relevant, and needed I encourage all educators to read this book and learn from two of the best -Shaun Woodly, PhD, author, educator, speaker, and found of the movement Teach Hustle Inspire





Unpack Your Impact

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Caleb Carr

A Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A TNT ORIGINAL SERIES • “A first-rate tale of crime and punishment that will keep readers guessing until the final pages.”—Entertainment Weekly “Caleb Carr’s rich period thriller takes us back to the moment in history when the modern idea of the serial killer became available to us.”—The Detroit News When The Alienist was first published in 1994, it was a major phenomenon, spending six months on the New York Times bestseller list, receiving critical acclaim, and selling millions of copies. This modern classic continues to be a touchstone of historical suspense fiction for readers everywhere. The year is 1896. The city is New York. Newspaper reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned by his friend Dr. Laszlo Kreizler—a psychologist, or “alienist”—to view the horribly mutilated body of an adolescent boy abandoned on the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge. From there the two embark on a revolutionary effort in criminology: creating a psychological profile of the perpetrator based on the details of his crimes. Their dangerous quest takes them into the tortured past and twisted mind of a murderer who will kill again before their hunt is over. Fast-paced and riveting, infused with historical detail, The Alienist conjures up Gilded Age New York, with its tenements and mansions, corrupt cops and flamboyant gangsters, shining opera houses and seamy gin mills. It is an age in which questioning society’s belief that all killers are born, not made, could have unexpected and fatal consequences. Praise for The Alienist “[A] delicious premise . . . Its settings and characterizations are much more sophisticated than the run-of-the-mill thrillers that line the shelves in bookstores.”—The Washington Post Book World “Mesmerizing.”—Detroit Free Press “The method of the hunt and the disparate team of hunters lift the tale beyond the level of a good thriller—way beyond. . . . A remarkable combination of historical novel and psychological thriller.”—The Buffalo News “Engrossing.”—Newsweek “Gripping, atmospheric . . . intelligent and entertaining.”—USA Today “A high-spirited, charged-up and unfailingly smart thriller.”—Los Angeles Times “Keeps readers turning pages well past their bedtime.”—San Francisco Chronicle

The Alienist

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Alain Laurens

Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Vincent Thfoin

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

50 Innovative Designs

Offers 50 innovative treehouses in a wide range of styles, all built without driving a single nail into a tree.

Treehouse Living

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Sy Montgomery

A Memoir in Thirteen Animals

National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery reflects on the personalities and quirks of 13 animals--her friends--who have profoundly affected her in this stunning, poetic, and life-affirming memoir featuring illustrations by Rebecca Green.

How to Be a Good Creature

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Julia Glass

This strong and memorable debut novel draws the reader deeply into the lives of several central characters during three separate Junes spanning ten years.

Three Junes

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Nicki Newton

Math

Guided Math Lessons in Fourth Grade provides detailed lessons to help you bring guided math groups to life. Based on the bestselling Guided Math in Action, this practical book offers 16 lessons, taught in a round of 3-concrete, pictorial and abstract. The lessons are based on the priority standards and cover fluency, word problems, fractions, and place value. Author Dr. Nicki Newton shows you the content as well as the practices and processes that should be worked on in the lessons, so that students not only learn the content but also how to solve problems, reason, communicate their thinking, model, use tools, use precise language, and see structure and patterns. Throughout the book, you'll find tools, templates, and blackline masters so that you can instantly adapt the lesson to your specific needs and use it right away. With the easy-to-follow plans in this book, students can more work effectively in small guided math groups--and have loads of fun along the way!

Guided Math Lessons in Fourth Grade

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40 Weeks of Quick Prompts and Activities

Day-by-Day Math Thinking Routines in Fourth Grade helps you provide students with a review of the foundational ideas in math, every day of the week! Based on the bestselling Daily Math Thinking Routines in Action, the book follows the simple premise that frequent, rigorous, engaging practice leads to mastery and retention of concepts, ideas, and skills. These worksheet-free, academically rigorous routines and prompts follow grade level priority standards and include whole group, individual, and partner work. The book can be used with any math program, or for small groups, workstations, or homework. Inside you will find: 40 weeks of practice 1 activity a day 200 activities total Answer Key For each week, the Anchor Routines cover these key areas: Monday: reasoning; Tuesday: vocabulary; Wednesday: place value; Thursday: fluency; and Friday: problem solving. Get your students' math muscles moving with the easy-to-follow routines in this book!

Day-By-Day Math Thinking Routines in Fourth Grade

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Jim Fay

David Funk

Taking Control of the Classroom

Presents techniques for teaching based on the "Love and Logic" philosophy of working with children.

Teaching with Love and Logic

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Marine Freibrun

Reading & Language Arts

Ready-To-Use Research-Based Strategies to Develop Learning Intentions, Foster Student Autonomy, and Engage Students

Help elementary school students engage in the learning process and achieve their goals in the classroom with the effective and proven principles of teacher clarity. Clear communication between students and teachers is crucial for effective learning. When students understand the why and how of learning (aka “teacher clarity”), it’s so much easier for them to fully comprehend and engage with the material. But it can be hard to ensure good communication while also juggling curriculums, state standards, grading, and the other elements of teaching in an elementary school classroom. That’s where Getting Started with Teacher Clarity comes in. This friendly, all-in-one guide breaks down the basic elements of teacher clarity, gives advice on how to incorporate those elements into the school day, and even provides classroom-ready activities for busy teachers to implement right away. This book not only explains the importance of the shared learning progressions between the student and the teacher, but also offers effective teaching practices for classroom settings, including: • Deconstructing state standards to develop learning intentions and objectives • Developing success criteria to support new learning • Building student awareness through structured language talk • Embedding self-assessment checks for students to assess their levels of understanding throughout a lesson • And much more! Through the research-based methods of teacher clarity, educators will understand the importance of partnership between students and teachers, which in turn fosters improved student success.

Getting Started with Teacher Clarity

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John T. Almarode

Douglas Fisher

Kateri Thunder

Sara Delano Moore

John Hattie

Nancy Frey

How do you generate that lightbulb “aha” moment of understanding for your students? This book helps to answer that question by showing Visible Learning strategies in action in high-impact mathematics classrooms. Walk in the shoes of teachers as they engage in the countless micro-decisions required to balance strategies, tasks, and assessments, demonstrating that it’s not only what works, but when. A decision-making matrix and grade-leveled examples help you leverage the most effective teaching practices at the most effective time to meet the surface, deep, and transfer learning needs of every student.

Teaching Mathematics in the Visible Learning Classroom, Grades 3-5

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Joan Westley

Grade 8

Puddle Questions for Math: Assessing Mathematical Thinking, Grade 8

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Grade 7

Puddle Questions for Math: Assessing Mathematical Thinking, Grade 7

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Grade 6

Puddle Questions for Math: Assessing Mathematical Thinking, Grade 6

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Mike Anderson

The Key to Student Motivation and Achievement

Offering students choices about their learning, says author Mike Anderson, is one of the most powerful ways teachers can boost student learning, motivation, and achievement. In his latest book, Anderson offers numerous examples of choice in action, ideas to try with different students, and a step-by-step process to help you plan and incorporate choice into your classroom. You’ll explore * What effective student choice looks like in the classroom. * Why it’s important to offer students choices. * How to create learning environments, set the right tone for learning, and teach specific skills that enable choice to work well. When students have more choices about their learning, they can find ways of learning that match their personal needs and be more engaged in their work, building skills and work habits that will serve them well in school and beyond. This teacher-friendly guide offers everything you need to help students who are bored, frustrated, or underperforming come alive to learning through the fundamental power of choice.

Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn

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Colleen Hoover

A "sublimely creepy" psychological thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover (Tarryn Fisher, New York Times bestselling author). Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night her family was forever altered. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents could devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue loving her.

Verity

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Triumph Books

Discusses the rise of the pop music superstar, covering his beginnings as a YouTube artist, the influential people in his life, the reach of his Twitter account, and his upcoming album "Believe."

Justin Bieber: Believe

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Charles Seabrook

Appreciating and Protecting the Tidal Marshes of the Southeastern Atlantic Coast

The World of the Salt Marsh is a wide-ranging exploration of the southeastern coast--its natural history, its people and their way of life, and the historic and ongoing threats to its ecological survival. Focusing on areas from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, to Cape Canaveral, Florida, Charles Seabrook examines the ecological importance of the salt marsh, calling it "a biological factory without equal." Twice-daily tides carry in a supply of nutrients that nourish vast meadows of spartina ( Spartina alterniflora )--a crucial habitat for creatures ranging from tiny marine invertebrates to wading birds. The meadows provide vital nurseries for 80 percent of the seafood species, including oysters, crabs, shrimp, and a variety of finfish, and they are invaluable for storm protection, erosion prevention, and pollution filtration. Seabrook is also concerned with the plight of the people who make their living from the coast's bounty and who carry on its unique culture. Among them are Charlie Phillips, a fishmonger whose livelihood is threatened by development in McIntosh County, Georgia, and Vera Manigault of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, a basket maker of Gullah-Geechee descent, who says that the sweetgrass needed to make her culturally significant wares is becoming scarcer. For all of the biodiversity and cultural history of the salt marshes, many still view them as vast wastelands to be drained, diked, or "improved" for development into highways and subdivisions. If people can better understand and appreciate these ecosystems, Seabrook contends, they are more likely to join the growing chorus of scientists, conservationists, fishermen, and coastal visitors and residents calling for protection of these truly amazing places.

The World of the Salt Marsh

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Kate Atkinson

One of the Best Books of 2015--TIME, NPR, Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Christian Science Monitor, The Seattle Times, The Kansas City Star, Kirkus, Bookpage, Hudson Booksellers, AARP The stunning companion to Kate Atkinson's #1 bestseller Life After Life, "one of the best novels I've read this century" (Gillian Flynn). "He had been reconciled to death during the war and then suddenly the war was over and there was a next day and a next day. Part of him never adjusted to having a future." Kate Atkinson's dazzling Life After Life explored the possibility of infinite chances and the power of choices, following Ursula Todd as she lived through the turbulent events of the last century over and over again. A GOD IN RUINS tells the dramatic story of the 20th Century through Ursula's beloved younger brother Teddy--would-be poet, heroic pilot, husband, father, and grandfather-as he navigates the perils and progress of a rapidly changing world. After all that Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge is living in a future he never expected to have. An ingenious and moving exploration of one ordinary man's path through extraordinary times, A GOD IN RUINS proves once again that Kate Atkinson is one of the finest novelists of our age.

A God in Ruins

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Claude M. Steele

How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do

In Whistling Vivaldi, described as a 'beautifully-written account' of the relationship between stereotypes and identity, Claude Steele offers a vivid first-person detailing of the research that brought him to his groundbreaking conclusions. Through the telling of dramatic personal stories, Dr. Steele shares the process of constructing and completing experiments and statistical studies that show that exposing subjects to stereotypes - merely reminding a group of female math majors about to take a math test, for example, that women are considered naturally inferior to men at math - impairs their performance in the area affected by the stereotype. Steele's conclusions shed new light on a host of American social phenomena, from the racial and gender gaps in standardized test scores to the belief in the superior athletic prowess of black men. As Homi Bhabha states, 'Steele's book is both urgent and important in understanding the tyranny of the stereotype and liberating ourselves from its derogatory, one-dimensional vision.' Whistling Vivaldi presents a new way of looking at identity and the way it is shaped by social expectations, and, in Richard Thompson Ford's words, 'offers a clear and compelling analysis and, better still, straightforward and practical solutions.'

Whistling Vivaldi

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Shannon Duffy

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Richard Benson

F in Exams: Pop Quiz

Carl Hiaasen

Assume the Worst

Harlan Cohen

The Naked Roommate

Cary McNeal

Are You Sh*tting Me?

Adrian Lister; Paul Bahn; Jean M. Auel

Mammoths

Lanesha Tabb; Naomi O'Brien

Unpack Your Impact

Caleb Carr

The Alienist

Alain Laurens; Yann Arthus-Bertrand; Vincent Thfoin

Treehouse Living

Sy Montgomery

How to Be a Good Creature

Julia Glass

Three Junes

Nicki Newton

Guided Math Lessons in Fourth Grade

Nicki Newton

Day-By-Day Math Thinking Routines in Fourth Grade

Jim Fay; David Funk

Teaching with Love and Logic

Marine Freibrun

Getting Started with Teacher Clarity

John T. Almarode; Douglas Fisher; Kateri Thunder; Sara Delano Moore; John Hattie; Nancy Frey

Teaching Mathematics in the Visible Learning Classroom, Grades 3-5

Joan Westley

Puddle Questions for Math: Assessing Mathematical Thinking, Grade 8

Joan Westley

Puddle Questions for Math: Assessing Mathematical Thinking, Grade 7

Joan Westley

Puddle Questions for Math: Assessing Mathematical Thinking, Grade 6

Mike Anderson

Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn

Colleen Hoover

Verity

Triumph Books

Justin Bieber: Believe

Charles Seabrook

The World of the Salt Marsh

Kate Atkinson

A God in Ruins

Claude M. Steele

Whistling Vivaldi

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