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The inspiring story of how we overcame a history of infectious disease, poisonous environments, and early death and unlocked an explosion in human potential—and a vision for the work ahead to optimize human flourishing in the twenty-first century Public health is an unusual discipline—a...

From the Boardroom to the Bedroom is a perfect guide for high-achieving women that provides a step-by-step blueprint to achieve success in love and life. This empowering book will show you how to develop a strategy and a plan to cultivate connection through a heighten sense of self-awareness, improved communication and respect for the diversity in partnership.

Award-winning author Linda Williams Jackson pulls from her own childhood in the Mississippi Delta to tell the story of Ellis Earl, who dreams of a real house, food enough for the whole family—and to be someone. It’s 1967, and eleven-year-old Ellis Earl Brown has big dreams. He’s going to...

Dr. Williams is a survivor of rape, domestic violence, homelessness, and a 17-year marriage to a man later convicted as a rapist. She knows from experience the courage it takes to face down the past. She is living proof that a lifetime of change is empowered by a single act of courage. She couldn't change the past. So, she decided to take revenge on it by helping others go from pain to power.

From America's leading authorities in childcare comes the definitive guide to having a healthy pregnancy - and a healthy baby. The Healthy Pregnancy Book guides expectant mothers and fathers through all stages of pregnancy from preconception through birth, focusing on how to enhance the health of mother and baby.

The story line is about Mrs. Pickie, who became a teacher after growing up and seeing her parents work like slaves on a plantation, and wanted a better life for herself and her sibling. After being picked by her parents to get an education and have the massa of the plantation pay for her schooling, Mrs. Pickie realized as she met her homeroom teacher at 10 years old, Mrs. Duberry, that she wanted to become a teacher.

Rich tasks, collaborative work, number talks, problem-based learning, direct instruction…with so many possible approaches, how do we know which ones work the best? In Visible Learning for Mathematics, six acclaimed educators assert it’s not about which one—it’s about when—and show you how to design high-impact instruction so all students demonstrate more than a year’s worth of mathematics learning for a year spent in school.

“A splendiferous Halloween story.” —The Horn Book “A great purchase for Halloween or any time of year.” —School Library Journal (starred review) Once upon a time, there was a little old lady who was not afraid of anything! But one autumn night, while walking in the woods, the little...