Higher & Continuing Education

Wiggins and McTighe provide an expanded array of practical tools and strategies for designing curriculum, instruction, and assessments that lead students at all grade levels to genuine understanding.

At the height of Mao's infamous Cultural Revolution, two boys are among hundreds of thousands exiled...

Accessing the higher levels of human genius and motivation in today's new reality requires a sea change in thinking: a new mind-set, a new skill-set, a new tool-set, in short, a whole new habit....

Internationally best-selling author Umberto Eco is a master stylist whose books, including The Name of the Rose and Baudolino, have been savored by millions around the world....

Lifelong learning has become a multibillion-dollar business, with more than 60 million adults currently engaged in webinars, webcasts, in-house training, continuing education classes, and more....

With growing academic responsibilities, family commitments, and inboxes, scholars are struggling to fulfill their writing goals. A finished book - or even steady journal articles - may seem like an impossible dream....

In paying final tribute to his Third Army commander, General Eisenhower said: "He was one of those..."

Sara Ahmed examines what we can learn about power from those who complain about abuses of power. Following a long lineage of Black feminist and feminist of color critiques of the university, Ahmed delivers a timely consideration of how change becomes possible and why it is necessary....

Orrin and Tell Sackett had come to exotic New Orleans looking for answers to their father's disappearance 20 years before....

Tell Sackett was no ladies’ man, but he could spot trouble easily enough. And Dorinda Robiseau was the kind of trouble he wanted to avoid at any time - even more so when he had 30 pounds of gold in his saddlebags and a long way to travel....

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners....

The Dialogues of Plato (427-347 B.C.) rank with the writings of Aristotle as the most important and influential philosophical works in Western thought...

Mindshift reveals how we can overcome stereotypes and preconceived ideas about what is possible for us to learn and become....

The Heart of Higher Education proposes an approach to teaching and learning that honors the whole human being - mind, heart, and spirit - an essential integration if we hope to address the complex issues of our time....

Based on interviews with star students at universities nationwide, from Harvard to the University of Arizona, How to Win at College presents 75 simple rules that will rocket you to the top of your class....

Written in Dava Sobel's characteristically graceful prose, The Planets is a distinctive view of our place in the universe....

From best-selling author Jon Krakauer, a stark, powerful, meticulously reported narrative about a series of sexual assaults at the University of Montana....

In The Lonely Men, Louis L’Amour spins the tale of a man who must elude an Apache trap - only to discover that his greatest enemy might be very close to home....

Despite being immensely popular - and immensely lucrative - education is grossly overrated....

Why does the cinema have the power to move the heart, stimulate the mind, and dazzle the imagination? How did the art of film develop from its origins to the present day....

The Sackett boys weren't out to make a reputation, it just happened that way....

Among the book's many tales we meet Feynman's first wife, Arlene, who taught him of love's irreducible mystery as she lay dying in a hospital bed while he worked nearby on the atomic bomb....

Unleash the transformative power of retreats and turbocharge your business with The Retreat Leaders Playbook....

There, in the high, lonesome country, he came upon a vein of pure gold....

Entering the world of engineering and STEM isn’t just for “brainiacs". Anyone can succeed in this arena, but it does require dedication and attention to critical skills. Jake Ryland shares seven practical steps for good grades and continued success in the world of engineering....

Superkraft "Lernen" - Der Schlüssel zum Erfolg. Ob in der Schule, im Beruf oder als Hobby – Lernen begleitet uns das ganze Leben. Doch warum fällt es uns manchmal so leicht und ein anderes Mal so schwer? In einer Welt, in der Lernen zur entscheidenden Fähigkeit geworden ist, zeigt Lernprofi Scott H. Young, worauf es ankommt, möchte man effizient und mühelos lernen.

Academia is not, by and large, a kind place. Individualism and competition are what count. But without kindness at its core, Catherine Denial suggests, higher education fails students and instructors—and its mission—in critical ways. Part manifesto, part teaching memoir, part how-to guide, A Pedagogy of Kindness urges higher education to get aggressive about instituting kindness, which Denial distinguishes from niceness.

Jackson Pierce goes from hero to zero in four seconds. Despite an amazing comeback performance against the cross-town rival, he can’t get past the last play that ends the season, one game short of state.

How do you Seamlessly Integrate CPD Hours into Your Busy Schedule? EASY you do your CPD while driving, sitting on the train, walking the dog or while you're at the gym! Welcome to a new way to do CPD. Imagine you're racing against a deadline for a project pitch, but your CPD hours are looming large, untouched. Maybe you’re even spending your weekends poring over lengthy texts on building conservation and heritage, wishing there was a way to combine this with your CPD requirements without sacrificing precious downtime - well now there is.

Reimagining classrooms with AI doesn't have to be daunting. Imagine a classroom where AI effortlessly supports your teaching endeavors, boosts student engagement, and promotes equitable access to learning resources. It's not a far-off dream; it could be your classroom reality with the help of this book.