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Call Me Crazy

By: Alyson Drake

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“I’m looking out from inside the chaos. It must be a one-way mirror because no one seems to be able to see back inside to where I am. The looks on their faces, the judgment in their eyes, tells me everything I need to know. The most frustrating part about the whole messed up situation is that even though I’m the one that they stare at in shock, I am just as shocked as they are. I know no more than they do of why I lose control. What they don’t know is that I am more scared of myself than they could ever be.” ~ Tally BakerAfter a devastating turn of events, seventeen-year-old Tally Baker is admitted to Mercy Psychiatric Facility where she is diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. She has come to a place where she honestly believes that her life is over. Her mind tells her that she will never smile or laugh again, that she will never be normal again. It is in this unlikely place that she meets two people, different in every way, yet both critical to helping her realize that she has so much more living to do. Candy, a cantankerous sixty-year-old Mercy Psychiatric patient, is hell-bent on driving everyone as crazy as she is. Candy shows Tally that, regardless of her diagnosis, the ability to push on and live her life to the fullest is her choice and hers alone. In the midst of Tally’s oftentimes humorous, sometimes heart-wrenching, escapades with Candy, a new patient is admitted to Mercy—a native American woman named Lolotea. Along with this new patient comes a daily visitor, her son, Trey Swift. At first glance, it is obvious to Tally that he is incredibly handsome and unbelievably caring. But what she learns through her second glance, and many thereafter, is that there is much more to Trey than he ever lets on. It is during these daily visits that Trey and Tally build a friendship far deeper than either of them truly realize. With Trey, Tally feels for the first time since being admitted that someone is looking at her as a person and not as a disease. Trey begins to make it clear that he wants more than friendship, but she knows that she can never give him more. How can she, when she won’t even give him the truth? Tally doesn’t tell Trey that she is a patient at Mercy, and she doesn't ever plan to. Her plans go up in flames when she finds out that Trey is a new student at her school, the school where her brokenness was found out on the floor of the girl’s bathroom in a pool of her own blood.

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Quinn Loftis Books, LLC

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1301388068

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The Open Road

By: Alyson Drake

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The Open Road

By: Alyson Drake

Like all young couples, Jason O’Neal and his wife, Bethany, imagined a long and happy life with their children. But when Jason loses his family to a tragic accident, his storybook life dies with them on a two-lane highway. Unable to cope with the loss, Jason makes a last-ditch effort to find peace with their deaths. He plans to fulfill Bethany’s dream of visiting all fifty states, leaving mementos of his family along the way.Samantha Showalter knows heartache after being left crying in an empty parking lot at the end of a three-year, abusive relationship. Seven months later, she’s rebuilding her life through sheer force of will, until her ex-fiancé shows up at her doorstep unannounced. But Samantha's best friend has a plan to help Sam let go of her past once and for all ... and finally find herself again.Fate, with a little help from a meddling best friend, will bring two broken souls together. Both have their own valleys to cross before either can hope for a future of happiness. Will Jason and Samantha find peace in each other, or will their past pain be too much to overcome? The answer will be found on the open road.

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Quinn Loftis Books, LLC

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0463235657

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9780463235652

Madonna on Her Back

A Novel

By: Alyson Hagy

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Madonna on Her Back

A Novel

By: Alyson Hagy

Accomplished stories of daring intention by the author of Scribe and Boleto The twin standards of human love and human sexuality, separate but reflective of one another, and indissolubly linked, run like the double helix through Alyson Hagy’s debut story collection, Madonna on Her Back, first published in 1986. Her characters stand convicted of humanity, futile and grand, ripe for disaster and ready for glory. In each of these eight stories, Hagy leads her reader into another field of the human spirit, in locales that vary from the rural south to Michigan to West Africa. She reveals how the rituals of human affection are as mannered, grotesque, silly, and appealing as those of wading birds, and only marginally less predictable in their result. “This first collection by a winner of the Hopwood Award for Short Fiction consists of eight finely crafted and intensely realized stories about people, often women alone or deprived, who must find outlets not only for their sexuality but also for their very being. . . . Hagy gives voice and texture to the passionate intensity with which often dreamy characters face the daily business of their lives.”—Publishers Weekly

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128

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Graywolf Press

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1555978851

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9781555978853

An Introduction to the Foundation Phase

Early Years Curriculum in Wales

By: Amanda Thomas,Alyson Lewis

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An Introduction to the Foundation Phase

Early Years Curriculum in Wales

By: Amanda Thomas,Alyson Lewis

An Introduction to the Foundation Phase provides a practical guide to understanding and implementing the Foundation Phase in any early years setting in Wales. The experienced author team discuss and reflect upon a play based approach to learning and the importance of collaboration between various members in any early years settings. Students are introduced to key topics including: key theories of influential thinkers within early years education, both past and present; international curricula and perspectives on play and how Welsh curriculum compares; effective classroom practice; observational techniques; methods of assessment and how to be a reflective practitioner. Through interviews with different stakeholders, including educational ministers, policy advisors, practitioners and parents, An Introduction to the Foundation Phase concludes by discussing the challenges and complexities of putting policy into practice and considers implications for the future of early years education. Making links between theory, policy and practice is vital for a future workforce and this core text provides a solid foundation for any student within early years. Illustrative case studies, activities, reflective tasks and suggestions for further reading are provided throughout. Online resources for lecturers and students are also included.

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240

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1474264298

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9781474264297

Musical Theater

An Appreciation

By: Alyson McLamore

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Musical Theater

An Appreciation

By: Alyson McLamore

For Surveys of Musical Theater, Music Appreciation courses and Popular Culture Surveys. This unique historical survey illustrates the interaction of multiple artistic and dramatic considerations with an overview of the development of numerous popular musical theater genres. This introduction provides more than a history of musical theater, it studies the music within the shows to provide an understanding of the contributions of musical theater composers as clearly as the artistry of musical theater lyricists and librettists. The familiarity of the musical helps students understand how music functions in a song and a show, while giving them the vocabulary to discuss their perceptions.

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Routledge

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1317346335

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9781317346333

Child Agency and Voice in Therapy

New Ways of Working in the Arts Therapies

By: Phil Jones,Lynn Cedar,Alyson Coleman,Deborah Haythorne,Daniel Mercieca,Emma Ramsden

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Child Agency and Voice in Therapy

New Ways of Working in the Arts Therapies

By: Phil Jones,Lynn Cedar,Alyson Coleman,Deborah Haythorne,Daniel Mercieca,Emma Ramsden

Child Agency and Voice in Therapy offers innovatory ways of thinking about, and working with, children in therapy. The book: considers different practices such as respecting the rights of the child in therapy and recognising and listening to children as ‘active agents’ and ‘experts’; features approaches that: access children’s views of their therapy; engage with them as researchers or co-researchers; and that use play and arts-based methods; draws on arts therapies research in ways that enable insight and learning for all those engaged with children’s therapy and wellbeing; considers how the contexts of the therapy, such as a school or counselling centre, relate to the ways children experience themselves and their therapy in relation to rights, agency and voice. Child Agency and Voice in Therapy will be beneficial for all child therapists and is a good resource for courses concerning childhood welfare, therapy, education, wellbeing and mental health.

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206

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Routledge

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1000224201

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9781000224207

Enhancing Teacher Education, Development, and Evaluation

Lessons Learned from Educational Reform

By: Alyson Lavigne,Thomas Good

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Enhancing Teacher Education, Development, and Evaluation

Lessons Learned from Educational Reform

By: Alyson Lavigne,Thomas Good

Enhancing Teacher Education, Development, and Evaluation examines the complex role that recent educational reforms have played in the teaching profession. The failure of programs like Race to the Top to benefit teaching and learning outcomes has yielded many questions about what went wrong and how a research-based plan for true systemic progress could actually work. Covering inaccurate narratives about schools and student achievement, evidence for teacher effectiveness, and the history and repercussions of Race to the Top, this book culminates with a proposal for future research and policy initiatives that more accurately and more equitably prioritize the measurement and improvement of teaching and learning. Five concise yet comprehensive chapters invite teacher and principal educators, teachers and school leaders in training, district administrators, policymakers, and other stakeholders to better understand the implications of and possible paths beyond misguided reform efforts. An overview of the recent past and an inspiration for the immediate future, this definitive analysis offers insights into how more reasonable, empirically derived strategies will ultimately foster more successful schools.

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1317248406

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9781317248408

Contemporary American Indian Writing

Unsettling Literature

By: Dee Alyson Horne

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Contemporary American Indian Writing

Unsettling Literature

By: Dee Alyson Horne

Starting with the premise that American Indians have been colonized, Horne outlines the dangers of colonial mimicry. She proposes a theory of subversive mimicry through which writers can use the language of the colonial power to subvert it and inscribe diverse First Nations voices. Drawing on select works by Thomas King, Beatrice Culleton, Ruby Slipperjack, Jeannette Armstrong, Lee Maracle, and Tomson Highway, the study also elucidates decolonizing strategies with which readers can collaborate.

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252

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Peter Lang

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0820442984

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9780820442983

Treatment Planning for the Developing Dentition

By: Alyson P. Wray,Helen D. Rodd

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Treatment Planning for the Developing Dentition

By: Alyson P. Wray,Helen D. Rodd

This book presents the basic principles underlying sound treatment planning for the young patient, whose early experiences can significantly affect future behavior and attitudes. Treatment planning is not merely a sequence of procedures, but should address the individual social, medical, and dental needs of each child.

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Quintessenz Verlag

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1850973423

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9781850973423

Plant Biochemistry

By: Caroline Bowsher,Alyson Tobin

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Plant Biochemistry

By: Caroline Bowsher,Alyson Tobin

Plant Biochemistry focuses on the molecular and cellular aspects of each major metabolic pathway and sets these within the context of the whole plant. Using examples from biomedical, environmental, industrial and agricultural applications, it shows how a fundamental understanding of plant biochemistry can be used to address real-world issues. It illustrates how plants impact human activity and success, in terms of their importance as a food supply and as raw materials for industrial and pharmaceutical products, and considers how humans can benefit from exploiting plant biochemical pathways. All chapters in this second edition have been substantially revised to incorporate the latest research developments, and case studies include updates on progress in developing novel plants and plant products. The artwork, now in full color, superbly illustrates the key concepts and mechanisms presented throughout. Key features: Presents each topic from the cellular level to the ecological and environmental levels, placing it in the context of the whole plant. Biochemical pathways are represented as route maps, showing how one reaction interacts with another both within and across pathways. Includes comprehensive reading lists with descriptive notes to enable students to conduct their own research into topics they wish to explore further The wide-ranging approach of this book emphasizes the importance of teaching and learning plant biochemical pathways within the framework of what the pathway does and why it is needed. Illustrates the fundamental significance of plants, in terms of their importance as a food supply, as raw materials and as sources of novel products. Plant Biochemistry is invaluable to undergraduate students who wish to gain insight into the relevance of plant metabolism in relation to current research questions and world challenges. It should also prove to be a suitable reference text for graduates and researchers who are new to the topic or who wish to broaden their understanding of the range of biochemical pathways in plants.

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Garland Science

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1000327957

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9781000327953

Call Me Crazy

By: Alyson Drake

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Call Me Crazy

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The Open Road

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The Open Road

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Book's by Alyson Drake

Call Me Crazy

Call Me Crazy

The Open Road

The Open Road

Madonna on Her Back

Madonna on Her Back

An Introduction to the Foundation Phase

An Introduction to the Foundation Phase

Musical Theater

Musical Theater

Child Agency and Voice in Therapy

Child Agency and Voice in Therapy

Enhancing Teacher Education, Development, and Evaluation

Enhancing Teacher Education, Development, and Evaluation

Contemporary American Indian Writing

Contemporary American Indian Writing

Treatment Planning for the Developing Dentition

Treatment Planning for the Developing Dentition

Plant Biochemistry

Plant Biochemistry

Call Me Crazy

Call Me Crazy

The Open Road

The Open Road

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