Product Description
First published in 1955, this acclaimed novel tells the true story of a young Quaker teacher named Prudence Crandall. In 1855, Crandall opened a school for African-American women in Connecticut, creating a firestorm. Accused of defying God, Crandall is subjected to imprisonment. But she wouldn't yield her belief that we are all equal in the eyes of God. ... Read more

Product Description
Get the most from great literature with CliffsNotes, the original study guides.

Written exclusively by experienced teachers and educators, CliffsNotes are the resource of choice for today’s students. These user-friendly guides make studying a snap–by highlighting key themes, literary devices, and more. With hundreds of titles available in an easy-to-use format, CliffsNotes has the right guide for you.

Inside you’ll find valuable insights on Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, including:

Plot

• Brief overall synopsis
• Chapter-by-chapter summaries
• Clear explanations and analysis

Characters

• Description of major characters–who’s who at a glance
• Analysis of Twain’s method of characterization

Themes

• Concise discussion of major themes
• Overview of Twain’s life and work

Study Aids

• Review questions
• Selected bibliography

Product Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

thoroughly enjoyable
It's really too bad this book is out of print!If you are looking for a book on bibliophilia this is the one for you.The tone is light but the commentary is extremely meaningful.It is always enlightening to be privy to the reading lists of others, but Pickering's choices and rejections, with defenses and objections, are more germane to those of us with a literary bent than most.It is personal without being confessional, and intellectual without being political.It is an excellent starting point for building one's own serious, yet non-pretentious reading list. ... Read more

Product Description
Dearborn's Practice and Law supplements are the premier source for current and detailed information about state real estate license laws and regulations.These state specific supplements work in conjunction with any of Dearborn's best selling principles texts, including: Modern Real Estate Practice, Real Estate Fundamentals, or Mastering Real Estate Principles. ... Read more

Product Description
This volume chronicles the history of service and volunteer efforts through personal recollections, newspaper accounts, personal letters, documents and 26 pages of photos that capture Sacred Heart University's commitment to community service. Answering the Call includes chapters on the early years, the El Salvador connection, the 30,000 Hours project, the start of service-learning programs, and current service initiatives in Bridgeport. The book illustrates the University's preferential treatment for the poor and captures its passionate commitment to community service ... Read more

Product Description
This state series, for Grades 2 and above, is designed for elementary students' first study of the United States. Each volume is a colorful, comprehensive portrait that features state facts and symbols and uses clear, vivid text to describe the history, people, land, eceonomy, and government of each state. Young readers will enjoy the "fun facts" sprinkled throughout the text and the chapter on "things to see and do." Each title includes a time line, biographies of notable people, and numerous maps and charts. Grades: 2 + Manufacturer:Weekly Reader ... Read more

Product Description
Each of the 52 volumes in the World Almanac Library of the States is filled with the most up-to-date information, including the latest Census results. Full-color photos bring to life the story of each state, as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other outlying areas. In addition to an in-depth factual profile of each state in the form of a state Almanac, each book offers fascinating and lively discussions of the state's history, people, geography, government, economy, culture, and lifestyles. Each title also includes a section on notable people, a calendar of events, and enough primary source documents, time lines, maps, and other tools to make this unquestionably the best young adult reference material on the United States of America available anywhere. Grades: 3 + Manufacturer:Weekly Reader ... Read more

Product Description
First published in 1980 and now considered a classic, School Power was the first book to demonstrate the positive effect of applying powerful psychological, social, and institutional forces on the performance of administrators, teachers, parents, and students. It shows how a university, a public school system, and parents worked together to move problem schools to an exceptional level of social and academic achievement. Now, reissued with a new preface and epilogue and a foreword by Marian Wright Edelman, School Power describes in detail the way that educators can use the knowledge of social and behavioral science, and education to overcome poor motivation, low self-esteem, discipline problems, and serious learning disabilities. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

Comer is the modern day father of school reform.
This book argues for a synergy between child and adolescent development, systems thinking, action research, and professional ethics as Comer helps us to understand how various social institutions must be connected for school reform to be comprehensive and lasting. Much of what is written about school reform fails to consider the impact of institutions beyond the school. American school reform has been like the blind men and the elephant,with pieces of the school being identified as needing reform rather than the whole system and the institutions that support it.There is a common sense about Comer's ideas that seem so obvious. One wonders why his ideas have not become standard operating procedure. Ironically, almost any of the curriculum reforms can fit under the Comer umbrella. ... Read more

Product Description
Connecticut has long been called "The Land of Steady Habits," a nickname resulting from the strict morals of its inhabitants, who in the colony's earliest days were governed by rigid Blue Laws regulating public morality. Although Blue Laws no longer exist, this term is still recognized across the state. "Red Bricks," a British term, refers to six universities in England's industrial cities during the late nineteenth century. Unlike the elite Oxford and Cambridge, "Red Bricks" admitted students without regard to class or religion and concentrated on practical skills.

University of Connecticut, rooted in the Storrs Agricultural School (founded in 1881) to teach the farming trade, was more Red Brick than Oxbridge in its origins. In contrast to established private institutions such as Yale, Wesleyan, and Trinity, state-supported UConn was accessible at comparatively low cost to a wide variety of students.

Written in celebration of UConn's 125th anniversary, this volume traces how the university emerged from its foundation as a tiny agricultural college to become the leading public university in New England. Organized chronologically by the administrations of the University of Connecticut's thirteen presidents, Red Brick in the Land of Steady Habits discusses internal developments such as the creation of a major research library, the founding of professional schools, student life, athletics, and national research funding, within the broad historical context of particular presidential eras. The author traces the impact of the Great Depression, World War II and the postwar G.I. Bill, the McCarthy and cold war eras, Vietnam and other protests, diversity and curriculum reform, NCAA athletics, and the economic boom of the 1990s. Throughout, Stave shows how the national and international scene shaped events as Connecticut leaders transformed a serene, rural campus -- a provincial "safety school" -- into a competitive national research university. ... Read more

Product Description
Chapters: Quinnipiac University. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 47. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Quinnipiac University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational university located in Hamden, Connecticut, at the foot of Sleeping Giant State Park. The university grants undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees through its College of Arts and Sciences; School of Business; School of Communications; School of Health Sciences; School of Law; and School of Education. U.S. News ... Read more