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This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life

David Foster Wallace

Price:   Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Hardcover: 144 pages Language: English

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Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College... More

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Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology: The Digital Revolution and Schooling in America (Technology, Education--Connections (Tec)) (Technology, Education-Connections, the Tec Series)

Allan Collins, Richard Halverson

Price: $14.93   Publisher: Teachers College Press Hardcover: 192 pages Language: English

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''The most convincing account I've read about how education will change in the decades ahead the authors' analyses are impressive, fair-minded, and useful... More

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Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56

Rafe Esquith

Price: $10.08   Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) Hardcover: 256 pages Language: English

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The New York Times bestseller that is revolutionizing the way Americans educate their kids-"Rafe Esquith is a genius and a saint" (The New York Times) Perhaps the most famous fifth-grade teacher in America, Rafe Esquith has won numerous awards and even honorary citizenship in the British Empire for his outstandingly successful methods... More

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The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future(Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30)

Mark Bauerlein

Price:   Publisher: Tarcher Hardcover: 272 pages Language: English

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This shocking, surprisingly entertaining romp into the intellectual nether regions of today-s underthirty set reveals the disturbing and, ultimately, incontrovertible truth: cyberculture is turning us into a society of know-nothings... More

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The Power of Body Language: How to Succeed in Every Business and Social Encounter

Tonya Reiman

Price: $10.20   Publisher: Pocket Hardcover: 352 pages Language: English

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Nationally renowned body language expert Tonya Reiman illuminates what until now has been a gray area in interpersonal communication: harnessing the power of your nonverbal cues to get what you want out of every aspect of life, from professional encounters to personal relationships... More

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Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Educational Issues

James Noll

Price: $33.64   Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin Hardcover: 400 pages Language: English

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Taking Sides volumes present current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills... More

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