Education:

How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare

Written by Ken Ludwig

Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $12.99

A foolproof, enormously fun method of teaching your children the classic works of William Shakespeare
 
Williams Shakespeare’s plays are among the great bedrocks of Western civilization and contain the finest writing of the past 450 years. Many of the best novels, plays, poetry, and films in the English language produced since Shakespeare’s... Read more >

How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare

Written by Ken Ludwig

Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $25.00

A foolproof, enormously fun method of teaching your children the classic works of William Shakespeare
 
Williams Shakespeare’s plays are among the great bedrocks of Western civilization and contain the finest writing of the past 450 years. Many of the best novels, plays, poetry, and films in the English language produced since Shakespeare’s... Read more >

Rethinking America
A New Game Plan from the American Innovators: Schools, Business, People, Work
Written by Hedrick Smith

Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2013
Price: $11.99

The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Russians, The Power Game, and The New Russians shows how America has lost ground, and reveals how innovators are creating new strategies to win in the new global game. Read more >

The Eastern Frontier

Written by Charles Clark

Format: eBook
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $24.99

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Light without Fire
The Making of America's First Muslim College
Written by Scott Korb

Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $25.95

The story of America’s first Muslim institution of higher education, Zaytuna College
 
In the fall of 2010, anti-Muslim furor in the United States reached a breaking point, capping a decade in which such sentiment had surged. Loud, angry crowds gathered near New York’s Ground Zero to protest plans to build...

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Light without Fire
The Making of America's First Muslim College
Written by Scott Korb

Format: eBook
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $25.95

The story of America’s first Muslim institution of higher education, Zaytuna College
 
In the fall of 2010, anti-Muslim furor in the United States reached a breaking point, capping a decade in which such sentiment had surged. Loud, angry crowds gathered near New York’s Ground Zero to protest plans to build...

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Teaching Montessori In the Home

Written by Elizabeth Hainstock

Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2013
Price: $11.99

Claim quality togetherness with your child and fully enjoy the sensitive and formative years from two to five by adopting proven teaching techniques in your own home. This acclaimed guide puts the entire range of the Montessori system within your reach, so you can make the most of your child's vital... Read more >

Leap Write In!
Adventures in Creative Writing to Stretch and Surprise Your One-of-a-Kind Mind
Translated by Karen Benke

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $14.95

Invite your jittery mind into quiet slips of timed or untimed writing experiments that are designed to encourage your timid heart to forge forgotten feelings and entice your shy-self to make friends with emerging emotions. With a bounty of prompts to select from, you’ll be inspired to explore all the wacky... Read more >

The Essential Writings of Rousseau

Written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Edited by Leo Damrosch
Translated by Peter Constantine

Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $13.99

Newly translated by Peter Constantine
Edited and with an Introduction by Leo Damrosch
 
The Essential Writings of Rousseau collects the best and most indispensable work of one of the world’s most influential writers. A towering figure of Enlightenment thought, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was also one of that movement’s most passionate and... Read more >

The Essential Writings of Rousseau

Written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Edited by Leo Damrosch
Translated by Peter Constantine

Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $18.00

Newly translated by Peter Constantine
Edited and with an Introduction by Leo Damrosch
 
The Essential Writings of Rousseau collects the best and most indispensable work of one of the world’s most influential writers. A towering figure of Enlightenment thought, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was also one of that movement’s most passionate and... Read more >

Sticks and Stones
Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy
Written by Emily Bazelon

Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $27.00

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Being a teenager has never been easy, but in recent years, with the rise of the Internet and social media, it has become exponentially more challenging. Bullying, once thought of as the province of queen bees and goons, has taken on new, complex, and insidious forms, as parents and educators... Read more >

Sticks and Stones
Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy
Written by Emily Bazelon

Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $13.99

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Being a teenager has never been easy, but in recent years, with the rise of the Internet and social media, it has become exponentially more challenging. Bullying, once thought of as the province of queen bees and goons, has taken on new, complex, and insidious forms, as parents and educators... Read more >

Sticks and Stones
Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy
Written by Emily Bazelon
Read by Rebecca Lowman

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $40.00

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Being a teenager has never been easy, but in recent years, with the rise of the Internet and social media, it has become exponentially more challenging. Bullying, once thought of as the province of queen bees and goons, has taken on new, complex, and insidious forms, as parents and educators... Read more >

Sticks and Stones
Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy
Written by Emily Bazelon
Read by Rebecca Lowman

Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $20.00

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Being a teenager has never been easy, but in recent years, with the rise of the Internet and social media, it has become exponentially more challenging. Bullying, once thought of as the province of queen bees and goons, has taken on new, complex, and insidious forms, as parents and educators... Read more >

Raising Global IQ
Preparing Our Students for a Shrinking Planet
Written by Carl Hobert

Format: Hardcover, 232 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $26.95

A groundbreaking roadmap for improving global literacy and conflict-resolution skills in middle and high schools across the United States
 
In Raising Global IQ, Carl Hobert calls on K–12 teachers, administrators, parents, and students alike to transform the educational system by giving students the tools they need to become responsible citizens in a shrinking, increasingly... Read more >

Raising Global IQ
Preparing Our Students for a Shrinking Planet
Written by Carl Hobert

Format: eBook
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $26.95

A groundbreaking roadmap for improving global literacy and conflict-resolution skills in middle and high schools across the United States
 
In Raising Global IQ, Carl Hobert calls on K–12 teachers, administrators, parents, and students alike to transform the educational system by giving students the tools they need to become responsible citizens in a shrinking, increasingly... Read more >

100 Places That Can Change Your Child's Life
From Your Backyard to the Ends of the Earth
Written by Keith Bellows
Foreword by Natalie Morales

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: February 5, 2013
Price: $18.95

Kids who learn to travel will travel to learn. National Geographic Traveler Editor Keith Bellows sends you and your children globetrotting for life-changing vacations that will expand their horizons and shape their perspectives. What youwon’t find inside: predictable itineraries and lists of landmarks and events. Instead, you’ll get evocative, slice-of-life experiences and age-appropriate ideas... Read more >

The Best Value Colleges, 2013 Edition
The 150 Best-Buy Schools and What It Takes to Get In
Written by Princeton Review

Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: February 5, 2013
Price: $21.99

With college costs rising, it's important to make every dollar count.

That's why we at The Princeton Review have worked to expand our wildly-popular "Best Value Colleges" list—published annually in partnership with USA TODAY—into this comprehensive guidebook! Inside, you'll find detailed profiles of the 150 best-buy schools and learn what it takes to get... Read more >

Divided We Fail
The Story of an African American Community That Ended the Era of School Desegregation
Written by Sarah Garland

Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $26.95

Examines why school desegregation, despite its success in closing the achievement gap, was never embraced wholeheartedly in the black community as a remedy for racial inequality
 
In 2007, a court case originally filed in Louisville, Kentucky, was argued before the Supreme Court and officially ended the era of school desegregation— both changing...

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Divided We Fail
The Story of an African American Community That Ended the Era of School Desegregation
Written by Sarah Garland

Format: eBook
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $26.95

Examines why school desegregation, despite its success in closing the achievement gap, was never embraced wholeheartedly in the black community as a remedy for racial inequality
 
In 2007, a court case originally filed in Louisville, Kentucky, was argued before the Supreme Court and officially ended the era of school desegregation— both changing...

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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 >

Aristocracy of Everyone

Written by Benjamin Barber

Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: November 21, 2012
Price: $11.99

In this brilliant, controversial, and profoundly original book, Benjamin R. Barber fundamentally alters the terms of the current debate over the value of opportunity in American education, politics, and culture.
Barber argues that the fashionable rallying cries of cultural literacy and political correctness completely miss the point of what is wrong with... Read more >

Push Has Come to Shove
Getting Our Kids the Education They Deserve--Even If It Means Picking a Fight
Written by Dr. Steve Perry

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $15.00

When we ask our kids, “What’d you do in school today?” and they mumble, “Nothin',” they’re telling the truth.

Steve Perry gets it. He understands why some parents are panicked about what’s going on in their kids’ classrooms, and how other parents, whose kids supposedly attend the “good” schools, still fear that...

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Beyond Baby Talk
From Speaking to Spelling: A Guide to Language and Literacy Development for Parents and Caregivers
Written by Kenn Apel, Ph.D. and Julie Masterson, Ph.D.

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $15.00

Guide your child to effective communication with this fully updated handbook.

Language is about so much more than just words, and healthy communication is the foundation of your child’s ability to succeed emotionally, socially, and academically. The first eight years of life are a critical period of language and literacy development... Read more >

Beyond Baby Talk
From Speaking to Spelling: A Guide to Language and Literacy Development for Parents and Caregivers
Written by Kenn Apel, Ph.D. and Julie Masterson, Ph.D.

Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $11.99

From "Goo" to Gab — Guiding Your Child to Effective Communication
The first five years of a child's life are the most critical for speech and language development, and, as a parent, you are your child's primary language role model. So what are the best ways to help your child develop the... Read more >