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So What Do They Really Know?: Assessment That Informs Teaching and Learning

by Cris Tovani

Published: 2011-07-15

Paperback: 184 pages

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In So What Do They Really Know? Cris Tovani explores the complex issue of monitoring, assessing, and grading students' thinking and performance with fairness and fidelity. Like all teachers, Cris struggles to balance her student-centered instruction with school system mandates. Her recom...

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Cop Without a Badge: The Extraordinary Undercover Life of Kevin Maher

by Charles Kipps

Published: 2009-08-04

Paperback: 336 pages

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WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COP AND KEVIN MAHER? KEVIN DOESN'T HAVE A BADGE. AND HE DOESN'T PLAY BY THE RULES. Cop Without a Badge tracks confidential informant Kevin Maher as he helps the NYPD, the FBI, and many other law enforcement agencies solve cases that range from robbery to...

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Lilly: Palm Beach, Tropical Glamour, and the Birth of a Fashion Legend

by Kathryn Livingston

Published: 2012-09-24

Paperback: 256 pages

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The real story behind a very private American fashion icon—Lilly PulitzerToday, Lilly Pulitzer's iconic brand of clean-cut, vibrantly printed clothes called ""Lillys"" can be spotted everywhere. What began decades ago as a snob uniform in Palm Beach became a general fashion craze and, la...

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The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

by Andrew G. McCabe

Published: 2019-02-19

Hardcover: 288 pages

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On March 16, 2018, just twenty-six hours before his scheduled retirement from the organization he had served with distinction for more than two decades, Andrew G. McCabe was fired from his position as deputy director of the FBI. President Donald Trump celebrated on Twitter: "Andrew McCabe ...

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We Must Be Brave

by Frances Liardet

Published: 2019-02-26

Hardcover: 464 pages

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THE NATIONAL BESTSELLERSpanning the sweep of the twentieth century, We Must Be Brave explores the fierce love that we feel for our children and the power of that love to endure. Beyond distance, beyond time, beyond life itself."This stirring debut will work its way indelibly into your hear...

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Trailblazer: A Pioneering Journalist's Fight to Make the Media Look More Like America

by Dorothy Butler Gilliam

Published: 2019-01-08

Hardcover: 368 pages

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Dorothy Butler Gilliam, whose 50-year-career as a journalist put her in the forefront of the fight for social justice, offers a comprehensive view of racial relations and the media in the U.S.Most civil rights victories are achieved behind the scenes, and this riveting, beautifully writte...

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Resistance Women: A Novel

by Jennifer Chiaverini

Published: 2019-05-14

Hardcover: 608 pages

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One of BookBub's best historical novels of the year and Oprah magazine's buzziest books of the month. From the New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker, an enthralling historical saga that recreates the danger, romance, and sacrifice of an era and brings to life on...

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Good Neighbors: A Novel

by Ryan David Jahn

Published: 2011-05-31

Paperback: 280 pages

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A compulsively readable debut crime novel inspired by the legendary real-life murder of Kitty Genovese At 4:00 A.M. on March 13, 1964, a young woman returning home from her shift at a local bar is attacked in the courtyard of her Queens apartment building. Her neighbors hear her cries; no ...

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Too Close: A Novel

by Natalie Daniels

Published: 2019-07-30

Kindle Edition: 272 pages

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A haunting, edge-of-your-seat debut psychological thriller about a woman who has been institutionalized for a heinous crime, and the psychiatrist assigned to her case who must uncover the truth beneath the madness.How close do you get before it’s too late…?Working as a dedicated forens...

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Ten Restaurants That Changed America

by Paul Freedman

Published: 2016-09-20

Hardcover: 560 pages

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From Delmonico’s to Sylvia’s to Chez Panisse, a daring and original history of dining out in America as told through ten legendary restaurants. Combining a historian’s rigor with a foodie ’s palate, Ten Restaurants That Changed America reveals how the history of our restaurants ref...