A collection of advice on how to live a happy and rewarding life.

Originally written as a gift from a father to a son, the book's simple message--to be understanding, thoughtful, and appreciative--has been enjoyed by men and women of all ages. This edition with all three volumes has been redesigned for a new generation.

In this collection of quotes and stories, the authors draw on those that bestpoint to understanding the key elements in a life well lived.

A few years ago, Jack Brown jotted down a list of fatherly advice for his son as Adam left home to begin a new life as a college freshman. That list became Life's Little Instruction Book™, the phenomenal book that has sold more than five million copies in less than two years and has been translated into 13 languages."But within a few days of presenting Adam with Life's Little Instruction Book™," says Brown, "I began to think of many other entries I wished I had included. How could I have forgotten to mention, 'Rake a big pile of leaves every Fall and jump in it with someone you love,' or 'Be gentle with the earth,' or something as practical as 'Get a Flu Shot' and 'Never drive while holding a hot cup of coffee between your knees'?"Obviously, there was only one thing to do: start another list. It took Jack Brown more than two years to complete the list, and Adam says "It's more useful than the first one." Since its debut in 1991, Life's Little Instruction Book™ has revolutionized the publishing industry. This little plaid book, which has been embraced the world over, has sold more than nine million copies, spent more than two years atop the New York Times bestseller list, and has been translated into 33 languages. Though originally written as a gift from a father to a son, its simple message has been enjoyed by men and women of all ages around the world.

Traveling Directions is a self-help guide to support women in their coping response to a variety of challenging life-cycle events and issues. The focus is on holistic, self-directed healing and recovery, using experiential exercises; "guideposts" and "roadside tips"; poetry; essays and a rich array of lessons learned. Opening the book begins the journey and engages the reader to stay open to developing the skill of self-awareness about where they are at all times. The book unfolds with a variety of brief, descriptive chapters giving glimpses of where the journey can lead and how to keep one's bearings. The ultimate goal is to help women secure a durable understanding about the importance of being "awake" in their lives and taking that awareness to the heights of positive personal development.

Learn how you can work more effectively with your staff to improve your school. In this unique book, Jeffrey Zoul and Spiri Diamantis Howard reveal how a powerful tool, “Friday Focus” emails or newsletters, can help school principals communicate more proactively and consistently with their teachers while improving instruction and morale. The chapters cover 37 “Friday Focus” memos, which are organized around the school year and which cover topics such as student behavior, teacher observations, parent-teacher conferences, and more. This updated second edition offers suggestions for additional areas including artificial intelligence and equity, hope, microlearning, universal design for learning, engaging the families of ELLs, online relationship building, and gamification. Whether you’re a new or veteran school leader, these inspiring messages will help you work alongside your staff as change agents for school improvement.

Pity, disgust, fear, cure, and prevention--all are words that Americans have used to make sense of what today we call intellectual disability. Inventing the Feeble Mind explores the history of this disability from its several identifications over the past 200 years: idiocy, imbecility, feeblemindedness, mental defect, mental deficiency, mental retardation, and most recently intellectual disability. Using institutional records, private correspondence, personal memories, and rare photographs, James Trent argues that the economic vulnerability of intellectually disabled people (and often their families), more than the claims made for their intellectual and social limitations, has shaped meaning, services, and policies in United States history.

A guidebook to help educators teach middle school or high school students in formal instructional courses and to teach all students about the prophets in an informal setting.