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The Writing Life

by Annie Dillard, Janet Stevens ...

Narrated by Tavia Gilbert ...

Unabridged

2 hours 38 min

With color, irony, and sensitivity, Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Dillard illuminates the dedication, absurdity, and daring that is the writer's life. As it probes and exposes, examines and analyzes,The Writing Lifeoffers deeper insight into one of the most mysterious of professions.A gregarious recluse, Dillard has passed many days, weeks, and months in remote locations doing something she claims ... Read more

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With color, irony, and sensitivity, Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Dillard illuminates the dedication, absurdity, and daring that is the writer's life. As it probes and exposes, examines and analyzes,The Writing Lifeoffers deeper insight into one of the most mysterious of professions.A gregarious recluse, Dillard has passed many days, weeks, and months in remote locations doing something she claims
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An American Childhood

by Annie Dillard, Janet Stevens ...

Narrated by Tavia Gilbert ...

Unabridged

8 hours 29 min

A memoir about parents, the world of science, and consciousnessA book that instantly captured the hearts of readers across the country, An American Childhood is Pulitzer Prize–winning author Annie Dillard’s poignant, vivid memoir of growing up in Pittsburgh in the 1950s.“Dillard’s luminous prose painlessly captures the pain of growing up in this wonderful evocation of childhood. Her memoir is ... Read more

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A memoir about parents, the world of science, and consciousnessA book that instantly captured the hearts of readers across the country, An American Childhood is Pulitzer Prize–winning author Annie Dillard’s poignant, vivid memoir of growing up in Pittsburgh in the 1950s.“Dillard’s luminous prose painlessly captures the pain of growing up in this wonderful evocation of childhood. Her memoir is
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Health and Well-being in Early Childhood

by Janet Rose, Louise Gilbert, Val Richards ...

The health and well-being of children is integral to learning and development but what does it actually mean in practice?This textbook draws on contemporary research on the brain and mind to provide an up-to-date overview of the central aspects of young children’s health and well-being – a key component of the revised EYFS curriculum.Critically engaging with a range of current debates, coverage ... Read more

$56.69 USD

The health and well-being of children is integral to learning and development but what does it actually mean in practice?This textbook draws on contemporary research on the brain and mind to provide an up-to-date overview of the central aspects of young children’s health and well-being – a key component of the revised EYFS curriculum.Critically engaging with a range of current debates, coverage
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Wuthering Heights (Educational Edition)

by Emily Brontë, Francis Gilbert, Janet McTeer, David Timson, Nicholas Boulton ...

Narrated by Janet McTeer, David Timson, Nicholas Boulton ...

Unabridged

15 hours 35 min

Contains the unabridged audiobook and an educational audio guide.The ‘Educational Editions’ from Naxos AudioBooks allow listeners to enjoy important works of fiction and learn about their key elements. Each ‘Educational Edition’ combines the unabridged audiobook with an indispensable audio guide that gives background and author detail and explores the book’s themes, structure, key passages and ... Read more

$21.50 USD

Contains the unabridged audiobook and an educational audio guide.The ‘Educational Editions’ from Naxos AudioBooks allow listeners to enjoy important works of fiction and learn about their key elements. Each ‘Educational Edition’ combines the unabridged audiobook with an indispensable audio guide that gives background and author detail and explores the book’s themes, structure, key passages and
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Emotion Coaching with Children and Young People in Schools

Promoting Positive Behavior, Wellbeing and Resilience

by Louise Gilbert, Licette Gus, Janet Rose ...

Emotion Coaching (EC) is a universal communication strategy which supports children and young people to self-regulate and manage their stress responses. Originally noticed as an effective way parents communicated with their children around challenging behaviours, Emotion Coaching has been shown to be highly successful in educational settings too. This is why the authors pioneered the research and ... Read more

$20.49 USD

Emotion Coaching (EC) is a universal communication strategy which supports children and young people to self-regulate and manage their stress responses. Originally noticed as an effective way parents communicated with their children around challenging behaviours, Emotion Coaching has been shown to be highly successful in educational settings too. This is why the authors pioneered the research and
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The Resilient School Leader

20 Ways to Manage Stress and Build Resilience

by Bryan Harris, Janet Gilbert ...

Learn practical ways to manage the stress of being a school leader so you can get the most out of your career. In this follow up to the bestseller 17 Things Resilient Teachers Do (and Four Things They Hardly Ever Do), Bryan Harris and Janet Gilbert present strategies to help school leaders build resilience on a daily basis. Topics covered include focusing on purpose, prioritizing relationships, ... Read more

$30.99 USD

Learn practical ways to manage the stress of being a school leader so you can get the most out of your career. In this follow up to the bestseller 17 Things Resilient Teachers Do (and Four Things They Hardly Ever Do), Bryan Harris and Janet Gilbert present strategies to help school leaders build resilience on a daily basis. Topics covered include focusing on purpose, prioritizing relationships,
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Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island (Unabridged)

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by Janet D. Wheeler ...

Narrated by Gilbert Swain, Paul Jackson, Michelle Holmes, Monica Stone ...

Unabridged

4 hours 28 min

One of Billie’s friends owned a summer bungalow on Lighthouse Island, near the coast. The school girls made up a party and visited the Island. There was a storm and a wreck, and three little children were washed ashore. They could tell nothing of themselves, and Billie and her chums set to work to solve the mystery of their identity. ... Read more

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One of Billie’s friends owned a summer bungalow on Lighthouse Island, near the coast. The school girls made up a party and visited the Island. There was a storm and a wreck, and three little children were washed ashore. They could tell nothing of themselves, and Billie and her chums set to work to solve the mystery of their identity.
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The Abundance

Narrative Essays Old and New

by Annie Dillard ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins, Maggi-Meg Reed ...

Unabridged

7 hours 45 min

In recognition of her long and lauded career as a master essayist, a landmark collection including her most beloved pieces and some rarely seen work, rigorously curated by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author herself. With a foreword by Geoff Dyer.“A writer who never seems tired, who has never plodded her way through a page or sentence, Dillard can only be enjoyed by a wide-awake reader,” warns Geoff ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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In recognition of her long and lauded career as a master essayist, a landmark collection including her most beloved pieces and some rarely seen work, rigorously curated by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author herself. With a foreword by Geoff Dyer.“A writer who never seems tired, who has never plodded her way through a page or sentence, Dillard can only be enjoyed by a wide-awake reader,” warns Geoff
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

by Annie Dillard ...

Narrated by Nan McNamara ...

Unabridged

10 hours 31 min

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize“The book is a form of meditation, written with headlong urgency, about seeing. . . . There is an ambition about [Dillard's] book that I like. . . . It is the ambition to feel.” — Eudora Welty, New York Times Book ReviewPilgrim at Tinker Creek is the story of a dramatic year in Virginia's Roanoke Valley, where Annie Dillard set out to chronicle incidents of ""beauty ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize“The book is a form of meditation, written with headlong urgency, about seeing. . . . There is an ambition about [Dillard's] book that I like. . . . It is the ambition to feel.” — Eudora Welty, New York Times Book ReviewPilgrim at Tinker Creek is the story of a dramatic year in Virginia's Roanoke Valley, where Annie Dillard set out to chronicle incidents of ""beauty
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The Fortress

A Love Story

by Danielle Trussoni ...

Narrated by Danielle Trussoni ...

Unabridged

10 hours 1 min

The critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of Falling Through the Earth and Angelology returns with this much-anticipated memoir of love and transformation in the South of France. The Fortress is A Year in Provence meets Eat, Pray, Love by way of The Shining, a riveting account of one woman’s journey to the other side of the romantic fairy tale.“If I had been another woman, I ... Read more

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The critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of Falling Through the Earth and Angelology returns with this much-anticipated memoir of love and transformation in the South of France. The Fortress is A Year in Provence meets Eat, Pray, Love by way of The Shining, a riveting account of one woman’s journey to the other side of the romantic fairy tale.“If I had been another woman, I
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Wicked River

The Mississippi When It Last Ran Wild

by Lee Sandlin ...

Narrated by Jeff McCarthy ...

Unabridged

17 hours 44 min

Acclaimed journalist and author Lee Sandlin delivers a riveting glimpse of a dangerous and colorful place in America's historical landscape-the Mississippi River of the 19th century. Long before it was dredged into a shipping channel or romanticized into myth, the untamed Mississippi-the lifeblood of communities that rose and fell along its banks-spawned a motley array of pirates and dignitaries, ... Read more

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Acclaimed journalist and author Lee Sandlin delivers a riveting glimpse of a dangerous and colorful place in America's historical landscape-the Mississippi River of the 19th century. Long before it was dredged into a shipping channel or romanticized into myth, the untamed Mississippi-the lifeblood of communities that rose and fell along its banks-spawned a motley array of pirates and dignitaries,
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Writing to Learn

How to Write - And Think - Clearly About Any Subject at All

by William Zinsser ...

Narrated by Charles Constant ...

Unabridged

7 hours 32 min

William Zinsser’s Writing to Learn shows students how to write clearly about any subject—from mathematics, physics and chemistry to art and music-and how to use writing as a means of learning.In his warm and engaging style, Zinsser dispels students’ fear of writing, and he shows them that the process of writing can help them understand a subject that they always thought they had no aptitude for. ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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William Zinsser’s Writing to Learn shows students how to write clearly about any subject—from mathematics, physics and chemistry to art and music-and how to use writing as a means of learning.In his warm and engaging style, Zinsser dispels students’ fear of writing, and he shows them that the process of writing can help them understand a subject that they always thought they had no aptitude for.
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