"When his dream of the perfect marriage, the perfect son, and the perfect life implodes, a Wall Street millionaire takes a cross-country bus trip in search of his college sweetheart and ideals of youth. Myopic, narcissistic, hilariously self-deluded and divorced from the real world as most of us know it, hedge fund manager Barry Cohen oversees $2.4 billion in assets. Deeply stressed by an SEC investigation and by his 3 year-old-son's diagnosis of...

By integrating formative assessment practices into daily activities, educators can substantially increase the rate of student learning. The second edition of this best-selling resource presents new research, insights, and techniques teachers can immediately apply in their classrooms. Updated examples and templates are included to help teachers elicit evidence of learning, provide meaningful feedback, and empower students to take ownership of their...

This leading-edge holistic health handbook was designed for the classroom and speaks directly to counselors, teachers, parents and students of life. It is a nonreligious educational appellation of mind-body-spirit awareness that provides a road map to health for any student in any setting. All professionals, as well as the general public, would benefit from this resource-rich and easy-to-follow handbook that draws on the healing wisdom of many cultures....

The book features such people as Frank Lloyd Wright, of Guggenheim fame, Madam Curie with two Nobel Prizes, Bog Dylan a musical philosopher and ends with Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook fame.

The book explains the confusion between a nation, state, province, county and a country. How nations and countries are made who made them and why. From the time of colonialism and why the colonial masters amalgamate nations into countries because of the fear of the unknown and for the reason of the bigger the better. So that any attack on any of the nations is an attack on all. This amalgamation because of the lack of proper understanding of the various...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • From one of America’s iconic writers, a stunning book of electric honesty and passion that explores an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a marriage—and a life, in good times and bad—that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child.
Several days before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne and Joan

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"Franny Chapman just wants some peace. But that's hard to get when her best friend is feuding with her, her sister has disappeared, and her uncle is fighting an old war in his head. Her saintly younger brother is no help, and the cute boy across the street only complicates things. Worst of all, everyone is walking around just waiting for a bomb to fall. It's 1962, and it seems the whole country is living in fear."--Dust jacket flap.

John Tilden reexamines the successes of his youth as his twentieth high school reunion approaches, which brings his old girlfriend--newly single--into town and the chance to play an exhibition basketball game with his old team, and he begins to wonder how he ended up with a dysfunctional family and a boring job.

Examines the 12 most amazing facts about the Cuban missile crisis. Full-color spreads provide information about the event's critical moments, key players, and lasting effects paired with interesting sidebars, questions to consider, and a timeline.