RH for High School Teachers

Win a FREE trip to Antarctica with author and environmentalist, Robert Swan

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:16:20 -0500

This November, join Robert Swan on his International Antarctic Treaty Expedition (IATE). On the trip, 80 teachers, students, corporate leaders and experts will gain first-hand knowledge and observe Antarctica's fragile ecosystems. Robert Swan is the author of the forthcoming book, Antarctica 2041: My Quest to Save the Earth's Last Wilderness, available October 2009.

ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER will win passage for one on IATE November 16-30, 2009 with Robert Swan, roundtrip airfare to Ushuaia, Argentina, a signed copy of Antarctica 2041, and Carbon Offsets to cover the winner's trip related emissions provided by NativeEnergy, plus a personal carbon footprint consolation. Approximate Retail Value is $28,000.

Click here for complete trip details and to enter today! Entries valid through September 4, 2009. Winners alerted by October 1, 2009. Expedition begins on November 16, 2009.

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Free Author Event for NYC Educators

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:09:36 -0500

Are you a teacher in the New York City area or are you going to be in NYC this summer? If so, we would like to invite you to our Free Author Event for NYC Educators. Held at the Random House, Inc. building in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday, August 18th from 3-5pm, the event will feature three fascinating authors: Hannah Tinti (The Good Thief), John Elder Robison (Look Me in the Eye), and Warren St. John (Outcasts United). Each author will speak about their books, and experiences touring schools. Refreshments, prizes, and free signed books will be available.

RSVP necessary. Click here for the official invitation.

Click here to RSVP: (note: under "Book Selection" field, enter "Luncheon")

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John Francis's Earth Day Planetwalk

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:32:16 -0500

Coinciding with Earth Day and the trade paperback release of Planetwalker, author Dr. John Francis, with his nonprofit educational organization Planetwalk, is conducting a 5-day expedition in East Central Ohio, April 22-27, 2009, during which time about 12 participants will continue to develop the environmental curriculum, Planetlines.

The goal of the walk that began from Cape May in 2005 is to raise awareness of the human environment and how each person can make the difference in preserving Planet Earth. On April 23, Dr. Francis will make a live satellite presentation from the road to the Missouri State University Public Affairs Conference on Sustainability in Springfield.

Read more about the Earth Day Planetwalk here.

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Free Book Download

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:48:10 -0500

Random House is offering, for a limited-time-only, a completely free download of the book Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas.

Funny in Farsi is fast becoming a favorite among teachers, librarians and readers everywhere, and continues to be selected for freshman year reading programs, One Book, One Community Programs and reading groups throughout the country. So, we are offering this special download to readers who are looking for a good story for their classroom, community or book group.

In addition to the full text of the book, the free download also includes: a letter and two essays from the author, a Teacher's/Discussion Guide for Funny in Farsi and an excerpt from Firoozeh's latest book Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of an Iranian American, at Home and Abroad.

Click here now to download your free copy!

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Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:38:18 -0500

Two Random House, Inc. titles win 2008 National Book Critics Circle awards: The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul by Patrick French (Biography) and The Forever War by Dexter Filkins (Nonfiction).

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:09:18 -0500

Netherland by Joseph O'Neill wins the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:55:08 -0500

Browse these books by and about our new President: 08, The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama For Beginners, Change We Can Believe In, and Dreams From My Father.

Sandra Day O'Connor Promotes Civic Learning Campaign in Schools

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:48:45 -0500

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has been promoting the importance of civic education in the classroom. She is the co-chair of the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, a coalition of 40 organizations committed to improving the quality and quantity of civic learning in American schools.

The Campaign's goal is to increase and improve civic learning in grades K-12 by working for policies that implement the recommendations of the Civic Mission of Schools report. This includes efforts to bring about changes in national, state, and local education policy.

Click here for a list of titles by Sandra Day O'Connor
Click here to visit the CMS website
Click here to browse RHI magazine Vol. 2, Promoting Active Citizenship: Critical Literacy & Civic Responsibility

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Watchmen Books In Time For The New Movie

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:52:44 -0500

Have your students read the graphic novel that inspired the new Watchmen movie, opening March 6?

It is available in trade paper and hardcover.

A book by Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons features exclusive art and the account of his role in the creation of the ultimate graphic novel.

Also available are behind-the-scenes books about the film from Titan Books:

Watchmen: The Official Film Companion
Watchmen: Portraits
Watchmen: The Art of the Film

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Michio Kaku's Physics of the Impossible

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:24:15 -0500

Join theoretical physicist Michio Kaku on a journey to the far reaches of time and space. His videos and webinars on The Science Channel can be found here.

Michio Kaku's new book, Physics of the Impossible will be published by Anchor in paperback in April 2009. The book is a fascinating exploration of the science of the impossible—from death rays and force fields to invisibility cloaks—revealing to what extent such technologies might be achievable decades or millennia into the future.

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Announcing The Bantam Classics Literary Quotation of the Week

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:27:56 -0500

Subscribe today to this weekly blog of memorable quotations from the Bantam Classics Library of great novels. Each week you'll receive a new selection from one of literature's great books, as well as a few "fun facts" about the book and author.

Click here to visit the site.
Click here to add the application to your Facebook page.

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New Graphic Novels Catalog

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:47:46 -0500

According to a recent article in PW, demand for graphic novels and their use in the classroom is growing all over the country. So, we're happy to share with you our new and comprehensive company-wide graphic novel catalog! Featuring titles from leading graphic novel publishers such as DC Comics, Pantheon, Del Rey, Vertical and Titan, this resource is designed to help librarians build or expand substantial graphic novel collections in their school libraries.

Click here to download a free copy of the catalog.

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2009 Alex Award Winners

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:08:52 -0500

Random House, Inc. is pleased to announce that The Oxford Project, by Stephen G. Bloom, photographed by Peter Feldstein, Three Girls and Their Brother, by Theresa Rebeck, and The Good Thief, by Hannah Tinti, have been selected as recipients of the 2009 Alex Award.

Each year, the Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing.

Click here for a full listing of Random House, Inc. titles that have previously won the award.

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Literature to Life program

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:50:21 -0500

The American Place Theatre's Literature to Life is an arts and literacy outreach program serving tens of thousands young people and educators in New York City and across the country. Literature to Life develops students' engagement and academic achievement by fostering personal connections to their classroom curriculum through theatre.

Ray Bradbury's classic American novel, Fahrenheit 451, is the newest Literature to Life adaptation now available as a presentation for students and educational audiences.

Click here to learn more about The American Place Theatre's Literature to Life program. And visit joinproject451.org to learn about free programs for under-served schools.

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Firoozeh Dumas Wins 2008 Spirit of America Award

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:32:49 -0500

Firoozeh Dumas, author of Funny in Farsi, has received the 2008 Spirit of America Award. Awarded by the National Council for the Social Studies, this honor is given to an individual in or out of the social studies profession who has made a significant or special contribution which exemplifies the "American Democratic Spirit." Such a person has followed their conscience and acted against current thinking in order to stand up for equity, freedom, and the American spirit of justice.

Prior recipients include Jimmy Carter, Rosa Parks, Jim Lehrer, and Mr. (Fred) Rogers.

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