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The Classroom
Stories
Dana Diehl

Fiction writers Dana Diehl and Melissa Goodrich collaborate to produce this sly, edgy short story collection.


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Teaching with Tension
Race, Resistance, and Reality in the Classroom
Edited by Philathia Bolton, Cassander L. Smith, Lee Bebout

"Teaching with Tension" is a collection of 17 original essays that address the extent to which attitudes about race, impacted by the current ...


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The Translational Turn
Latinx Literature into the Mainstream
Marta E. Sanchez

No contemporary development underscores the transnational linkage between the United States and Spanish-language America today more than the ...


Films From the Future


Films from the Future
The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies
Andrew Maynard

Learn how movies reveal the future of technology.

Science, technology and society: In "Films from the Future," former physicist Andrew ...


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Atlas of Men
David Sklar

Dr. Robert Thames is an infectious disease specialist who travels the world in search of new antibiotics. Just as he learns his job is about to be ...




Critical Leadership Theory
Integrating Transdisciplinary Perspectives
Jennifer L. S. Chandler and Robert E. Kirsch

This book contributes five novel tenets for building a critical theory of leadership studies. Drawing from transdisciplinary insights, these  ...


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Jack Rabbit
Book Two of the Arizona Series
Jan Kelly

Navajo monster-slayer myths are threaded through the story of the runaway Rose, now 16, and Jack Rawlings’ cattle ranching family who live near ...


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Creating Literacy Communities as Pathways to Student Success
Equity and Access for Latina Students in STEM
Jessica Singer Early

"Creating Literacy Communities as Pathways to Student Success" offers a model for using literacy as a pathway for secondary students to explore ...

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