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The Elements of Skill
A Conscious Approach to Learning
Written by Theodore Dimon, Jr.
Foreword by Larry A. Hickman


Format: eBook, 248 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $9.95

Why do so many beginners, both children and adults, fail to master chosen skills? The Elements of Skill was inspired by—and addresses—that question with a program based on proven techniques. The book, written by a renowned practitioner of the Alexander Technique, outlines an educational system that makes the process of learning... Read more >
Young, Gifted and Black
Promoting High Achievement among African-American Students
Written by Theresa Perry and Claude Steele
Edited by Asa Hilliard, III


Format: eBook
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $16.00

Young, Gifted, and Black is a unique joint effort by three leading African-American scholars to radically reframe the debates swirling around the achievement of African-American students in school.

In three separate but allied essays, Theresa Perry, Claude Steele, and Asa Hilliard place students' social identity as African-Americans at the very center of...

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Your Child's Growing Mind
Your Child's Growing Mind
Written by Jane Healy
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307788948
Our Price: $11.99
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Your Child's Growing Mind
Brain Development and Learning From Birth to Adolescence
Written by Jane Healy


Format: eBook
On Sale: April 20, 2011
Price: $11.99

The completely updated and expanded version of the 1987 classic hailed by parents and educators everywhere.


From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
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Write These Laws on Your Children
Write These Laws on Your Children
Written by Robert Kunzman
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780807032923
Our Price: $20.00
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Write These Laws on Your Children
Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling
Written by Robert Kunzman


Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $20.00

Homeschooling is a large and growing phenomenon in U.S. society—the National Center for Education Statistics recently reported that in the last decade it grew at twelve times the rate of public school enrollments. Yet information about this population is terribly incomplete. In this groundbreaking book, Robert Kunzman uses his unprecedented access...

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Write These Laws on Your Children
Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling
Written by Robert Kunzman


Format: eBook
On Sale: August 1, 2009
Price: $25.95

Homeschooling is a large and growing phenomenon in U.S. society—the National Center for Education Statistics recently reported that in the last decade it grew at twelve times the rate of public school enrollments. Yet information about this population is terribly incomplete. In this groundbreaking book, Robert Kunzman uses his unprecedented access...

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Welcome to Lizard Motel
Welcome to Lizard Motel
Written by Barbara Feinberg
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780807071458
Our Price: $15.00
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Welcome to Lizard Motel
Protecting the Imaginative Lives of Children
Written by Barbara Feinberg


Format: Trade Paperback, 216 pages
On Sale: September 7, 2005
Price: $15.00

Welcome to Lizard Motel is one of the most surprising books about reading and writing to come along in years. Not only does this rich and wonderfully readable memoir explore the world of children and stories, it also asks us to look at how our children are growing up. Barbara Feinberg... Read more >
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Welcome to Lizard Motel
Children, Stories, and the Mystery of Making Things Up
Written by Barbara Feinberg


Format: eBook
On Sale: August 1, 2004
Price: $23.00

Welcome to Lizard Motel is a completely original memoir about the place of stories in children's lives. It began when Barbara Feinberg noticed that her twelve-year-old son, Alex, who otherwise loved to read, hated reading many of the novels assigned to him in school. These stories of abandonment, kidnapping, abuse, and... Read more >
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Your Child's Growing Mind
Your Child's Growing Mind
Written by Jane Healy
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780767916158
Our Price: $14.95
 Quantity: 1 
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Your Child's Growing Mind
Brain Development and Learning From Birth to Adolescence
Written by Jane Healy


Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: May 25, 2004
Price: $14.95

The classic guide to understanding children’s mental development is now updated and better than ever!

Hailed by parents and educators, Your Child’s Growing Mind is a window into the fascinating process of brain development and learning. It looks at the roots of emotion, intelligence, and creativity, translating the most current scientific research... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Young, Gifted, and Black
Young, Gifted, and Black
Written by Theresa Perry and Claude Steele, Edited by Asa Hilliard, III
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780807031056
Our Price: $16.00
 Quantity: 1 
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Young, Gifted, and Black
Promoting High Achievement among African-American Students
Written by Theresa Perry and Claude Steele
Edited by Asa Hilliard, III


Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: February 2, 2004
Price: $16.00

Young, Gifted, and Black is a unique joint effort by three leading African-American scholars to radically reframe the debates swirling around the achievement of African-American students in school.

In three separate but allied essays, Theresa Perry, Claude Steele, and Asa Hilliard place students' social identity as African-Americans at the very center of... Read more >
The Elements of Skill
The Elements of Skill
Written by Theodore Dimon, Jr., Foreword by Larry A. Hickman
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781556434761
Our Price: $12.95
 Quantity: 1 
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The Elements of Skill
A Conscious Approach to Learning
Written by Theodore Dimon, Jr.
Foreword by Larry A. Hickman


Format: Trade Paperback, 248 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2003
Price: $12.95

Why do so many beginners, both children and adults, fail to master chosen skills? The Elements of Skill was inspired by—and addresses—that question with a program based on proven techniques. The book, written by a renowned practitioner of the Alexander Technique, outlines an educational system that makes the process of learning... Read more >
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