This is an audiobook version of the paperback title published by Corwin Press.”Today’s classrooms reimaginedIf you’re looking for a book on how to “control” your students, this isn’t it! Instead, this is a book on what classroom learning could be if we aspire to co-create more culturally responsive and equitable environments—environments that are safe, affirming, learner-centered, intellectually challenging, and engaging. If we create the kind of places where our students wa...

Today’s classrooms reimaginedIf you’re looking for a book on how to "control" your students, this isn’t it! Instead, this is a book on what classroom learning could be if we aspire to co-create more culturally responsive and equitable environments—environments that are safe, affirming, learner-centered, intellectually challenging, and engaging. If we create the kind of places where our students want to be . . ....

A terrifying near-future medical thriller debut from a prominent doctorAli O'Day, a dedicated young neurosurgeon, might have a Nobel Prize in her future—if she can survive the next eleven hours.Under the glare of live television cameras—and with her lover, Dr. Richard Helvelius, and her estranged husband, Kevin, both looking on—Ali is about to implant a revolutionary minicomputer into the brain of a blind boy. If it works, he will see again. But someone wants to stop her tr...

Gender, Communication, and the Leadership Gap is the sixth volume in the Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and Practice series. This cross-disciplinary series, from the International Leadership Association, enhances leadership knowledge and improves leadership development of women around the world. The purpose of this volume is to highlight connections between the fields of communication and leadership to help address the problem of underrepresentation of women in leadership. Readers...

From podiums on international stages to mainstream media coverage, from crowds of youth marching in streets, to social media feeds, everywhere we look we can see girls rising in the climate justice movement. Carolyn M. Cunningham and Heather M. Crandall examine these climate activists from the intersection of gender studies, new media studies, and environmental activism. Chapters include cases about iconic climate girls such as Greta Thunberg, Mari Copeny, and Autumn Peltier (Wiikwemkoong ...

The Cynja is an illustrated story introducing kids to the awesome world of cybersecurity and technology.Hidden deep inside our planet’s virtual world, lurking in the darkened cyber alleys of our digital neighborhoods, a new generation of bad guys has risen. Zombies, worms, botnets – all threaten our happiness and future. But there is hope. A lone warrior battles this new sinister cyber evil. He is the Cynsei.The Cynsei is trying to keep us safe. But the guardian of all thin...

The Botmaster is back. He’s about to unleash the most perilous malware the cyber world has ever known. If he wins, darkness will fall across the land, ruining our life, as we know it. Can the sinister leader of digital danger be stopped before all is lost? Our cyberhero is ready to face down his archenemy once again. But this time the battlefield has changed. As malicious code threatens to wipe out our Cynja, Grant Wiley must remember the lessons of the Cynsei. Will one boy be able to save...

Vengeance fills the void in Lara’s desolate heart. Will it sharpen her focus or cloud her judgement? Lara wanders Frenrir forest in search of the Witch Cambria who is responsible for her parents’ death and the destruction of her village. For years nightmarish memories have fueled her anger toward Cambria. Will her anger finally deliver revenge on Cambria or will it lead her into a deep abyss of her own ruin? 

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Part how-to, part girl-empowerment, and all fun, from the leader of the movement championed by Sheryl Sandberg, Malala Yousafzai, and John Legend.**Since 2012, the organization Girls Who Code has taught computing skills to and inspired over 40,000 girls across America. Now its founder, and author Brave Not Perfect, Reshma Saujani, wants to inspire you to be a girl who codes! Bursting with dynamic artwork, down-to-earth ...

The story begins after Return 2 Earth, the Planetary Alliance has requested the services of intergalactic detective Da'Quan to find the rouge Deltorian warriors Dajus & Mallobo who must answer for their crimes.Before Da'Quan can begin he is trapped on Akanon, also called Planet Doom. He learns that Akanon is controlled by humanoid killer robots. Will he escape to complete his mission in time

What exactly is a computer? How does it work? What is it made of? Learn all this and more with Ruby!In Ruby's world anything is possible if you put your mind to it—even fixing her father's broken computer! Join Ruby and her new friend, Mouse, on an imaginative journey through the insides of a computer in search of the missing Cursor.From bits and logic gates to computer hardware, in Journey Inside the Computer, Ruby (and her readers!) will learn th...

"Twas the night before Christmas, and so it is time for a tale to be told, a reading in rhyme. A children's story about a girl and a boy, and their night of mischief before Christmas joy." In the follow-up to their first book The Witchy-Po, Henry and Abbey's adventures continue in Cookies & Milk: A Christmas Story, a wonderfully illustrated children's book. On the night of Christmas Eve, Abbey makes a wish and leaves...