Create a culture and climate that produces real heroes The future of our schools depends on leaders who can foster every day heroism in others. This doesn’t require supernatural powers. It requires a willingness to be intentional in building heroes in our communities who are ready to get things done and take on the demands of the future. You Don’t Need Superpowers to Be a Kid’s Hero will help you create the climate that produces these heroes. Hero-building work will help you look deeply into your school culture and see yourself and your students and staff in a fresh, powerful way. Readers will find: · Training ideas for leadership teams · Instruments for gauging progress · Practical steps for building courage into practices · Practical strategies to help navigate the complexities of creating an extraordinary school · Hero-building stories from the field Written with an inspiring tone, this book will empower school leaders to lead in a way that unleashes staff and students to be superheroes in their communities.
Sifting factual information from among the lies, legends, and tall tales, the lives and battles of gunfighters on both sides of the law are presented in a who's who of the violent West
The bestselling author ofThe O'Reilly Factor, The No Spin Zone, and Who's Looking Out for You? talks straight to kids this time. He is as demanding, direct, and wry asever—but he's also more revealing too, sharing candid snapshots of his own childhood throughout. Bill O'Reilly, a former schoolteacher, now an award-winning broadcast news journalist, husband, and father of two, joins forces with an experienced educator to bring you, America's youth, a code of ethics by which to live.In this latest book, Bill takes to task bullies, cheaters, advertisers who target you irresponsibly, and parents who fight for their children to win undeserved honors instead of earning them on their own merit. He lays bare the unvarnished truths about sex, money, smoking, drugs, alcohol, and friends. What he has to say about these issues may very well surprise you. He offers coping devices for those enduring a divorce, struggling with teacher, parent, or sibling relationships, and planning their futures. He also shares wisdom on such subjects as death, politics, and God. Whether you take the tests he's provided, take the advice he doles out, or just take a cue from the personal stories he shares, you're bound to make smarter choices in your life, and that's all Bill asks for.
This biography reveals the lost history of the life of the 1920s Black female international superstar. Mills was lionized by the crowned heads in Europe and opened doors for generations of Black female stars from Lena Horne to Diana Ross. Although her career and shows changed the nature of Black entertainment, and thereby the wider American popular culture, she was largely forgotten in later years. Anyone who wants to understand the history of Black entertainment from Bert Williams to Michael Jackson and, by implication, the history of American popular culture, needs to understand the ways in which Florence Mills changed the rules forever.
Who was the biggest, baddest outlaw in the Old West? Billy the Kid or Jesse James? Which outlaw did the most to wreak havoc across the frontier? And which outlaw left behind the biggest legacy? Author Bill Markley takes on those questions and more in this thoughtful and entertaining examination of these legendary lives.
The Parents' Guide to Dirty Tricks gets a new title and a new look for the '90s. Parents can find out how to trick kids into eating nutritious green vegetables, how to get kids to clear the table and wash the dishes, how to get kids to stop whining, and more. Illustrated.
Culled from youthful entries sent by parents, grandparents, school teachers, Sunday school teachers, and children themselves comes this rich harvest of wisdom, insight and humor. This original material sometimes will amaze readers, and always remind them of the joyous simplicity of childhood.
Using information drawn from a survey of 7,500 students, Bill Sanders helps parents better understand what their teens face in a school system often opposed to Judeo-Christian values. He suggests many useful ways moms and dads can get involved with both teens and schools to make a difference.
Wyatt Earp. Billy the Kid. Calamity Jane. Crazy Horse. In a land where justice was a gun and liberty knew no bounds, men and women such as these forged their lives into a legacy of heroism, villainy, and honor. With blood and courage, with passion and violence, they became Legends of the Wild West.
A new era begins for the Justice Society of America as writers Bill Willingham (FABLES) and Matthew Sturges (BLUE BEETLE) take over the series with new artist Jesus Merino (SUPERMAN ANNUAL). The JSA feels the strain when battling a monstrous collection of villains who've mounted an all-out war on the team to collect a bounty placed on the head of everyone in the group except Stargirl. The rift between members continues to deepen as suspicions of a traitor are revealed.
This book offers a lively and entertaining look at the American West and the characters and events that made it memorable. Colorful anecdotes, quotations, fun facts, and stories celebrate life in the Wild West.
From acclaimed Western author Bill Brooks, the first two books of his captivating “The Journey of Jim Glass” trilogy, now collected in one volume for the first time RIDES A STRANGER Coffin Flats, New Mexico, is a nothing town in the middle of nowhere—which suits Jim Glass just fine. Looking for any job, he’s courted by the local brothel owner—because Jim is good with his fists as well as his gun—but instead he is hired by Marshal Chalk Bronson. A hothead named Johnny Waco is threatening to burn Coffin Flats down if his runaway wife isn’t returned to him. Now Glass has a plan that could either make things right or pull the drifter into a world of killers and heartbreak. A BULLET FOR BILLY Captain Gus Rodgers of the Texas Rangers is dying—and before he goes, he needs Jim Glass’s help to free his grandson from a Mexican prison. Trouble is, the Federale general holding him wants the head of the boy’s brother, Billy, who has already confessed to murdering the general’s daughter. Gus believes Billy deserves to die. The old ranger is just worried he won’t live long enough to do the deed—which is where Jim Glass comes in.
The "Microsoft Movie Maker Handbook" makes it easy to create and share movies over the Web. The companion CD-ROM comes loaded with ready-to-use audio, still images and video content, providing everything the next desktop director needs to make movies on a home PC.
A collection of twenty-six stories ranging from high adventure and romance to the ridiculous, and carrying the reader from the Pacific Islands to Greenwich Village. The finest compliment one can say of these stories is that they make you laugh out loud, although a few will bring tears to your eyes, tears worthy of shedding
Bill Plympton, the Oscar-nominated creator of Your Face, whose animated shorts are featured regularly on MTV, here invites readers into the creative process with this graphic novel version of his forthcoming animated feature. A goofy take on '50s teen horror movies replete with bouffant hairdos and dead teens returning as skeleton zombies, Hair High is the story of Cheri and Spud, the prom queen and the nerd who serves as her slave, narrated by the neighbourhood soda jerk. Plympton fans can currently view the making of the film every day on www.hairhigh.com. In b/w throughout.
A vibrant exhibition of adventurous yet meticulously crafted writing.—Donna Seaman, Booklist The Pushcart Prize XXVII continues as a testament to the flourishing of American literature in our small presses. Edited with the assistance of over 200 distinguished contributing editors—including Philip Levine, Rick Bass, Rosellen Brown, Joyce Carol Oates, Billy Collins, and Stephen Dunn—this edition includes over sixty stories, essays, and poems from scores of little magazines and small presses, both print and online. As the consolidation of commercial publishers continues, the small presses capture and encourage what is truly lasting and important in our literary culture. For new writers, the small presses are where they will almost always get their start. The Pushcart Prize serves as their inspiration and source book, with listings of hundreds of presses. Among writers discovered in the Pushcart editions are John Irving, Mary Gordon, Rick Moody, and many more.
The town of Deadwood was home to violence and evil, where the elusive killer of three prostitutes still roamed free--and one man was about to discover more than he ever wanted to know about murder, treachery, love and death. This is the unforgettable story of a man, a town and the people who made the West.
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