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Cave’s only novel to date takes on the southern gothic in this bizarre baroque tale. Born mute to a drunken mother and a demented father, tortured Euchrid Eucrow finds more compassion in the family mule than in his fellow men. But he alone will grasp the cruel fate of Cosey Mo, the beautiful young prostitute in the pink caravan on Hooper’s Hill. And it is Euchrid, spiraling ever deeper into his mad angelic vision, who will ultimately redeem both the town and its people. “Surprising, remarkable.” — The Atlanta Journal
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Great, grand, dark, atmospheric.......2007-05-04
Do not think that this book is an example of yet another muso jumping on the publishing bandwagon. It seems Nick Cave is indeed a writer, the eeriness of his music permeating his fiction.
This is a work probably best associated with the Southern Gothic genre, telling the story of one particular misfit born to hellish, abusive, inbred, violent parents in a hellish, inbred, abusive town. There are scourges of God, religious fanatics (a cult particular to the book's setting), hobos, violence, cruelty and all you'd expect. And all is told with an almost prophetic Biblical tone, with infinite foreboding and dark overtones. A great first novel from Nick Cave!
The only reason there aren't 5 stars is that his language is a bit too poetic. Most of the story is in first person, and the narrator is not all quite there - great premise and execution but it sometimes makes it hard to know what actually happened. Perhaps Cave was aiming for this - he certainly aims to unsettle - and succeeds spectacularly.
In any case, not to be missed by anyone with a dark side...
An Awe-Inspiring, Soulful, Horrowing and Tragic Odyssey.......2006-08-04
Mr. Cave's writting is southern gothic at it's best. Sublimely written in graphic and poetic detail. My psyche was left feeling raped and scarred by his grotesque, yet beautiful prose. An utterly fascinating read. Instantly indulgent and mezmorizing. ATASTA is Faulkner on Angel Dust infused with a moonshine soaked dogma that haunts the soul. Euchrid's mind and visions are nothing less than pure and tragic "pulchritude"!!!!
Further Reading: Anything by Flannery O'Connor, Harry Crews or Larry Brown. If your into lyrical read Leonard Cohen's, Beautiful Loser's, and an absolute must read Nabokov's, Lolita!!!
Wonderfully dark and tragic.......2006-05-15
Unlike many who have reviewed here, this was my first ever concious introduction to Nick Cave (I had unkowingly heard his stuff before) so I had no allegience to him as a musical artist. For all I knew his music was [...]and nothing I would ever listen to (which turned out to be the farthest from th etruth you can get).
Anyway, on to my point. The book is great...if. IF you like dark, gothic, and gory, then you will love it. Some have said it is pretentious...well, yes of course, but it works somehow, I can't explain it. This has been one of my all-time favorite fiction books. I always reccommend it to people, and havn't had anyone throw it back at me in disgust yet. Some have been less-than thrilled with it, of course, as it isnt everyones cup of tea.
In short, for a musician trying on the hat of an author this book succeeds wonderfully. If only other artists who dabble in the written word were as good. **cough** JEWELL **cough**
Saint Nick Cave .......2006-04-23
If Nick had any epitaph that he would rather have more than any other, it would be to say that he had disturbed the sleep of his generation ...
Anything this guy touches turns into soulful stuff! Read between the lines as he is definitely a writer you have been waiting for ...
Nick Cave can write... no honestly.......2006-03-29
I bought this simply because I was a fan of Cave. I did not expect much from it as musicians trying to be writers are especially bad. There is nothing worse than a musician trying to write prose unless it is a musician trying to write poetry. Imagine my surprise when I found this to be a great read and something that I will return to in a couple of years. It reminds me of James and Garcia. You would not feel cheated by this.
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Blind Lake
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Robert Charles Wilson, says The New York Times, "writes superior science fiction thrillers." His Darwinia won Canada's Aurora Award; his most recent novel, The Chronoliths, won the prestigious John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Now he tells a gripping tale of alien contact and human love in a mysterious but hopeful universe.At Blind Lake, a large federal research installation in northern Minnesota, scientists are using a technology they barely understand to watch everyday life in a city of lobster like aliens upon a distant planet. They can't contact the aliens in any way or understand their language. All they can do is watch.Then, without warning, a military cordon is imposed on the Blind Lake site. All communication with the outside world is cut off. Food and other vital supplies are delivered by remote control. No one knows why.The scientists, nevertheless, go on with their research. Among them are Nerissa Iverson and the man she recently divorced, Raymond Scutter. They continue to work together despite the difficult conditions and the bitterness between them. Ray believes their efforts are doomed; that culture is arbitrary, and the aliens will forever be an enigma.Nerissa believes there is a commonality of sentient thought, and that our failure to understand is our own ignorance, not a fact of nature. The behavior of the alien she has been tracking seems to be developing an elusive narrative logic--and she comes to feel that the alien is somehow, impossibly, aware of the project's observers.But her time is running out. Ray is turning hostile, stalking her. The military cordon is tightening. Understanding had better come soon......
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Compelling read.......2007-08-27
Robert Charles Wilson has a knack for combining sci-fi concepts with real human drama and decent characterizations - a rare skill. I found it hard to put this book down once I started reading. Not sure if the ending quite satisfied my expectations from the initial set-up, but it was a good read overall. Recommended.
Good.......2007-08-23
It was a nice book, some nice scifi stuff. Not as good as the spin!
Wilson is a Master.......2007-08-16
Blind Lake is a typical Robert Charles Wilson novel, and I mean that in the most positive way. It is a masterful blend of hard sci-fi and human interest, of cosmic ideas playing out in the lives of real, accessible people. It is a balancing act few writers can pull off, but Wilson has honed the art to perfection.
The story is set in the near future. Blind Lake is a government research lab devoted to processing images captured by a space-based interferometric telescope array powerful enough to see the surface of planets around neighboring stars. A set of self-evolving quantum computers called "O/BECs" are brought in to enhance the signal. They succeed to the point where scientists on Earth use "the Eye" to follow the day to day life of a sentient alien, "the Subject," who lives on a planet in Ursa Majoris. However, the code has evolved beyond human comprehension. Things take a spooky turn when the telescopic array breaks down beyond repair, but the images from Ursa Majoris continue to flow... Without warning or explanation, all contact is severed between Blind Lake and the outside world. Why? What is happening outside? And what, if anything, does it have to do with the Eye?
What makes Wilson so successful is his ability to wrap big ideas like this into a genuine, human story. We view the events at Blind Lake through the eyes of Chris, a journalist with baggage; Marguerite, a mid-level researcher; Ray, her obsessive ex-husband, now chief administrator of the facility; and Tessa, their daughter, a quiet girl who seems to be hearing voices. Their stories provide the canvas on which the larger events take place. The characters are rounded and natural, with quirks, viewpoints, and histories all their own. And the same goes for the Subject and his world. You understand these people, and you go through the experience with them.
The best part, though, is the writing. Admit it: science fiction writers are great with ideas, but when it comes to aesthetics, most are merely adequate. Wilson, however, is amazing. His effortless prose can capture the subtleties of mood or emotion, or even the weather, in compact but exquisite detail. I often found myself rereading paragraphs just to savor his lyrical use of language.
I highly recommend Blind Lake. There's not a lot of action, but you will enjoy a story that is intelligent and nuanced.
Consciousness As Story.......2007-08-07
A consistent theme that runs through Robert Charles Wilson's novels is that people carry on. Inexplicable events occur but people must still get by from day to day, and their struggles for normalcy actually lend even greater credence to the speculative science that Wilson explores.
Consciousness is at the core of "Blind Lake": is consciousness a self-organizing manifestation of the quantum foam, able to tunnel instantly below time and space? And if it is, how would we perceive it? The characters in "Blind Lake" perceive it as an accidental discovery, the ability of powerful computers to extrapolate and refine data from telescopes into images of clarity from the surfaces of worlds thousands of light years away. How the computers do this is not understood, but the images are there nonetheless.
As time goes by, though, there are perturbations and glitches in the computers; aliens on distant worlds seem to know that they are being observed, and these observations seem to take on the need to fall back from the scientific method and into narrative for interpretation--where science seeks to explain, narrative embeds memory as a means of communication across time and space.
These concepts are deep, but Wilson leads the reader in step by step through the normal struggles and trials of his characters. This keeps "Blind Lake" from running away with itself, and provides a story that is fast-paced and entertaining. But the story ends too quickly. Even though Wilson's concepts come across clearly by the end of the book, the emotional need for narrative fulfillment is cut short. There was just a bit more story to tell.
Intelligent, well written.......2007-06-14
The scientists in the Blind Lake research facility monitor life on another planet. Using technology they do not truly understand, they watch a being on a world fifty light years distant as it goes through its daily life. When the facility suddenly goes into a strict lockdown mode, things begin to change.
This story centers on a scientist, her controlling, violent ex-husband, her troubled daughter and a boarder in her home.
While none of Wilson's books are what I would call 'typical' science fiction, they are thoughtful,intelligent and interesting. In it, he examined the role of humanity among the stars, the way one culture interprets another and does a good job with the characters.
While I did not consider this his best, I did enjoy reading this one.
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The Lake Is on Fire
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I remember reading this almost 23 years ago!.......2004-09-22
I read this book when I was in 7th grade, 23 years ago and have always wanted to share it with my daughter, now 12. It's one of those books that you can't put down. I remember crying for a good hour when I finished the book! I can't wait to get it and read it again. If you love man's best friend, and books like Where the Red Fern Grows, this is a great book!
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Orisa is the indigenous earth-centered religion of the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria. Its central tenet is for people to live intimately with the sacred, working toward an awareness of the divine in all things. The author introduces the basic teachings and metaphysical underpinnings of Orisa and explores its history, branches, and stories. Correal also covers rites of initiation, relationships with ancestors, and how to integrate the principles into daily living. These in-depth, easily grasped explanations of Orisa's basic concepts are offered here in a personal approach that brings the African spiritual path of Orisa into daily life.
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Spiritual Growth and Development.......2007-01-12
This book was so interesting, I could not put it down. Most of the content directly related to my personal experiences with Yoruba, and in addition, it sheds insight into the various levels of spiritual growth and development so that you can better understand yourself and others and most importantly, how God works within humans. I found the book to be remarkably well written, concise and to the point and refreshing for the mind. Thank you for having it available at a time when I needed it the most and could not find it anywhere else.
Truth & Tradition.......2007-01-01
Reading "Finding Soul" gave me a great sense of priorities. As a Yogi, my practice is to go inside first and outside next. Tobe took me inside of her journey of Yoruba, and I appreciate it greatly. My Guru, Yogananda, teaches that external ritual is moot without an inner attempt to commune with the Divine. I think Finding Soul teaches us that same truth. I think that the author took her her tradition and enhanced it without compromising it, and then she invited us in much as a friend might invite us into her living room. Thank you.
Finding Soul on the Path of Orisa.......2006-09-13
I found what I've been looking for. The book explains well in detail the aspects of the path or looking for God as we see her/him. Great for anybody who wants to know more about the path of the orisa and the spirituality within ourself and everithing around us and God. Thank you for reccommending this book. I will buuy more of them to pass on to my family and friends or anybody who wants to know more about my spiritual path.
Finding Soul.......2006-09-12
Finding Soul on the path of Orisa is truly one of the great books available on the market today. Out of all the books written about Traditional African Religion available, this one truly has something special that speaks to the self, to the soul of the reader. I have barely begun my own journey finding soul, but I feel this book helps one to be better able to make that journey. There is a true blessing in this book, much respect to the author.
A message people of all faiths can embrace.......2006-09-11
As a new initiate I found the book both informative and inspirational. I believe in my heart that all faiths are designed to elevate us to our higher selves and ultimately to God. 'Finding Soul on the Path of Orisa' provides some powerful insights that will help you on that journey. I recommend this book to anyone, regardless of faith, you wont regret it.
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An excellent acquisition any library serious about world architectural styles will want........2007-08-07
Any college-level holding specializing in world architectural history should have Classical Swedish Architecture & Interiors as part of its collection: art historian John Cederlund covers the foundations of Swedish architecture and interiors and covers the major sites and representations of Swedish style, from stoves to architecture for the monarchy. An excellent acquisition any library serious about world architectural styles will want.
Classical Swedish Architecture gets a rave review from me........2007-03-12
This is an excellent survey of Swedish architecture and interiors of the most influential historical period and the photographs are splendid.
An amazingly beautiful book. Full of great information and pictures........2007-02-20
I have bought several books on Swedish architecture and design. This book truly is an important addition to any fan of neoclassical design, although the segments on the baroque, rococco and empire periods are also outstanding.
The sketches, floorplans, photographs and engravings are of an extremely high quality, and the sheer breadth of buildings covered is astounding.
Highly, highly, highly recommended. A beautiful book that is a necessity for anyone with an interest in architecture or interior design.
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The Decorative Arts of Sweden
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Ironware, textiles, pottery, glass, furniture, wood, rosemaling, folk art from 12th century to present, much modern design. 406 photographs.
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Re-enactors take note!.......2000-06-14
I was thrilled to find so much primary documentation in such an easy to understand format! In this book I found not the one or two useful pieces of firsthand evidence that most books include, but page after page of photographs of actual objects from the time period I am interested in. Anyone who is looking to add small details to their re-enactment gear will find this book an invaluable resource and inspiration.
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This follow-up to Meditations on Design shows readers how to work with their homes as living spaces that change and evolve as their lives do. Organized around six activities people conduct in their homes — sleeping, bathing, working, cooking, dining, and playing — the book suggests ideas for creating spaces that are both functional and beautiful. Each chapter features an introductory essay, lush photographs, and a discussion of a particular design technique. "Wheatman's words and wisdom will guide you through the process ... making your house ... a place of inspiration, beauty, and vitality." — Sarah Susanka
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Good House--Great Ideas!!.......2004-03-27
This book had so many great ideas and new ways to think about arranging and ordering your home. I really liked the way he wrote about sleeping, bathing, working, cooking, dining, and playing areas and not bedrooms, bathrooms, etc. I read this while out of town and came home and rearranged my living room. I can't stop looking at the space in my house in quite different ways. I want to move everything around based on the ideas I got from this book. It is actually a fun read too.
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Counterpunch is both an explanation of the 16th-century method of?cutting metal type and an impassioned plea for contemporary designers to incorporate the lessons of history as a means of creating typography in our digital age. Smeijers sees the counterpunch technique as essential for ensuring the regularity of form, repeatability, and speed of production necessary for rational design.?
?Smeijers traces the history of letterform design to discover how technique influenced the shape of type, whether the metal punches of the past or today's computer-generated forms. Counterpunch is generously?illustrated with drawings by the author, examples of early type specimens, and detailed photographs of punches.
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Honest historical reconstructions.......2005-01-22
This is an exceptional contribution to the history of printing. The book centers on the punch, that unique object that is eventually copied into the matrices, movable type, and printed results that are more familiar. Smeijers started by studying the literature, printing tools, and printed artifacts that are still available. That wasn't enough - he taught himself the craft of making (or "cutting") the punches, learning a lot from the tool and die machinists who preserve much of the skill that Smeijers needed. After his eye became trained to the marks of tool on steel, he realized that a whole craft existed and had nearly vanished without a trace. That was the skill of making the tools to make the tool, creation and use of the counter-punch.
Along the way, he fell in love with the metal that he shaped into punches. He became quite lyrical about it: "... you feel nothing but delight in this substance, with such a strong and fine substance, which we call steel." He even became jealous of the old-timers, who remember alloys of the past that yielded even more gracefully to the punchcutter's caress. I have to admit, I've worked metal (though not steel), and I know just how that passion developed.
There's more about the history of letterforms and the punchcutters that brought them to life, and about the pleasures there are in being an amateur historian. There's more, too, about current and future practice in type design. This brings us to the one point where I disagree with Smeijers, a statement that I just can't believe he made. He mentions letters on screens, objects that he lumps together as "anything that can carry information and which is able to refresh itself." Earlier, he gave lengthy descriptions of the difference between letterpress and laser printer results, in sharpness of edge and many other dimensions. All those same differences, and more, distinguish CRTs from plasma panels or LCDs, and all the different LCDs from wall displays to cell phones. Perhaps he has since learned to look at modern displays the same way he looks at the older media, or maybe another writer will need to make the distinctions.
The only real reason to criticize this book would come from incorrect expectations. It's not directly about how a modern typographer can use modern tools to get the daily jobs done. It's about the practices of times past - they do bear on today's work, but only in subtle and indirect ways.
Highly recommended for the serious typographer or historian of western technology.
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The most important book a type designer will ever read........2002-03-31
I've read a lot of books on type and this is the only one with a practical guide on how to create your own typefaces. I'm sure more people who read this book aren't going to start making their own metal type but the lessons learned in this book easily translate to the world of creating digital typefaces. After reading this it changed the way I design typefaces, completely. Now, instean of merely moving bezier control points, I imagine myself cutting metal and re-using counterpunches. Sometimes I "oversize" my counters a bit, as if I were hammering them in a bit more. If you're a type designer, or just interested in type, put this one in your shopping cart immediately.
Things only a punchcutter could tell us.......2002-01-17
This is a wonderful book. To write it, Fred Smeijers looked closely at printed books and type punches in museums. He read contemporary accounts of sixteenth century type making. And, informed by his experience as a digital type designer, he understood the problems the sixteenth century type makers faced and how they solved them. Some of these problems, like readability, economy and visual texture, are still with us.
Most remarkably, he also taught himself to make his own steel type punches - his practical experiments shone new light on the subject and showed the implausibility of some accepted accounts of how things were done.
The book is engagingly written. It's a visual delight too, with text set in the author's `Renard' type and illustrated with his pencil sketches.
About the cover.......2000-07-29
Mr Smeijers has crafted a fine book, as all three other reviews have noted. Incisive, insightful, instructive.
Look closely at the cover of this volume. After you've read it, and understand the counterpunch/punch process, you see that the entire story is told on the cover in a bit of brilliant graphic design.
Perfect for students and type designers.......1998-07-25
I was surprised by Mr. Smeijers ability to speak volumes of relevance about the digital era. As a student interested in typography and type design I was enthralled. I couldn't put it down.
This book is a must read.
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Just right for the coffee table.......2005-12-17
I was tempted by the online excerpt from the book, so you can imagine my disappointment that what i had read was pretty much it - no depth, no probing, no analysis. If you wish that Parade magazine had a type column then this is your dream come true. Peppy short bio-interviews drawing a few pithy comments and then on to a spashy but mostly pointless sprinkle of images.
Not a serious read or look. Save your money.
Good Insight.......2005-10-31
This isn't a "How you can do it" book, but rather a "How they do it" book, or perhaps even more precisely, "Why they do it".
This book profiles 12 contemporary type designers and shows on a personal level, why each typographer chose to do what he/she does and how they approach their work. Earls does what few other have in giving us personal insight (though be it brief) into the lives, minds and personal influences of well-known, and not-so-well-known, contemporary typographers--like Zuzanna Licko, Matthew Carter and Johnathan Hoefler.
A few people missing that I would like to have seen included are: Neville Brody, Sumner Stone, Elliot Earls and the group at House Industries.
If you're interested in learning something behind the surface of today's typography design, this book does have something to offer with a decent selection of typographers and (very brief) samples of their work.
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Bill Cosby for Real
Caroline Latham
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Bill Cosby-For Real.......2000-01-26
Bill Cosby-For Real is a book about his life growing up all the way to manhood and then how he became so famious. He was born in Philadelphia to a poor black family. His dad left his family and went into the navy when things got tough. After his father left, it was put apon Bill to be the man of the house watching agter his brothers while his mother was a work. In school he was the class clown always looking to make someone laugh. That's how he grew up. When he was older and in college he found a job in a night club telling jokes. He found that he was bery good at it and from there his career sprang. Overall, I thought that the book was good, as it told hwo someone of Bill Cosby's fame came from nothing to something. It shows anybody can do it.
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Letters to the Next President: What We Can Do About the Real, 2008 Election
Manufacturer: Teachers College Press
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0807748099 |
Product Description
This 2008 election edition reopens today's critical issues in public education. Once again speaking to the next president, this stellar collection of more than thirty letters speaks to the future of American students and the need for an educated and engaged citizenry. Top education experts, elected officials, business and community leaders, teachers, principals, students, and parents discuss the dangerous shortcomings of current state and federal policies and offer suggestions for what can be done about it.
Table of Contents:
Note on the 2008 Election Edition
Foreword: Where Do We Start to Sweep?, Bill Cosby
Acknowledgments
Introduction, Carl Glickman
Part One
Schools for All
Journey to a New Life, Rosa Fernández
Helping Me to Raise My Hand, Vance Rawles
Creating Schools We Can Trust, Deborah Meier
If We Had the Will to See It Happen, Asa G. Hilliard III
Getting Our Responsibilities Right, Sophie Sa
It s Past Time to Fund What We Mandate, Former U.S. Senator Jim Jeffords
Financing America s Future How Money Counts, William J. Mathis
Why We Need Public Education, John I. Goodlad
Part Two
Learning for All
Broken Roads and the Great Mother Earth, Derrick Attakai, Evalena Joey, Britta Mitchell, Melody Riggs, & Manuel Thompson with Mark Sorensen
In Struggle and Hope, Lisa Delpit
Nine Million Voices, Rachel Tompkins
How Our High School Makes a Difference, George Wood
Putting the Arts Back in America s ABC's, Reynold Levy
When Does $1.00 Equal $7.00?, Lilian Katz
What They Do With the Other 73 Percent of Their Time, Louis B. Casagrande
Part Three
Teaching for All
My Students, My School, Karen Hale Hankins
Teaching Darius to Dream, Jacqueline Jordan Irvine
Why We Continue to Stay, Jane Ross
The Gap Between What We Say and What We Do, Arturo Pacheco
Revolving Doors and Leaky Buckets, Richard Ingersoll
Part Four
Standards for All
Choking the Life Out of Classrooms, Sylvia Bruni
What My Students Need to Know, Edward C. Montgomery
The No-Win Accountability Game, W. James Popham
Going Beyond the Slogans and Rhetoric, Pedro Noguera
. . . And Equal Education for All, Jeannie Oakes & Martin Lipton
A President Who Gets It, Thomas Sobol
Part Five
Education for All
The Civic Mission of Schools, U.S. Senator John Glenn & Leslie F. Hergert
What We All Want for Each of Our Children, Theodore R. Sizer
Postcards from America, Michelle Fine, April Burns, & María Elena Torre
Learning to Come Alive, Maxine Greene
Voices Closest to the Ones We Love, Ken Rolling & Sandra Halladey
A Nation of Learners, Pam Solo
Crafting Legislation, Elizabeth DeBray-Pelot
Conclusion: Schools That Work for All Children, Linda Darling-Hammond
Organizations for Parents, Educators, and Activists
Organizational Statement on the No Child Left Behind Act
Books:
- Beauty and Sadness
- Big Breasts & Wide Hips: A Novel
- BLING: A NOVEL
- Bloody Mary: A Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Mystery
- Borges and the Eternal Orangutans
- Cage's Bend
- Cagebird
- CARTER BEATS THE DEVIL
- Cassandra at the Wedding
- Cavedweller: A Novel
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