Best Selling Books by Frank Cottrell Boyce

Jurybegründung: Im Schlagschatten eines grossen Berges leben die Bewohner des walisischen Städtchens Manod. Doch die verträumte Kleinstadtatmosphäre wird gestört, als die wertvollen Kunstwerke der National Gallery im Bauch des Berges eingelagert werden sollen. Frank Cottrell Boyce greift diese "wahre" historische Begebenheit auf, verschiebt sie in die Gegenwart und entwickelt daraus einen fulminant ersonnenen Roman. Dabei zeichnet er ein liebevolles Porträt eines kleinen Tagebuchschreibers und dessen Familie, die den Anforderungen ihres nicht immer einfachen Alltags mit viel Charme und Erfindungsgeist trotzen. Boyce schafft eine klug erdachte Familiensaga, eine heitere Schelmengeschichte und surft gleichzeitig durch die Kunsthistorie, ironisiert den bildungsbürgerlichen Umgang mit dem wertvollen Erbe. Schwungvoll erzählt, mit Liebe zum Detail und mit viel Humor und literarischem Verstand, schafft der Autor ein wunderbar verregnetes Meisterwerk. Die Übersetzung aus dem Englischen von Salah Naoura lässt das walisische Schiefergrau des Schauplatzes Manod in Sonnenblumengelb leuchten. (Quelle: www.jugendliteratur.org).

A Bible Study book for individuals or groups, which explores how the Bible today can help us better to understand themes of forgiveness. Why should we forgive? What if the subject of our forgiveness is underserving? What is Jesus'' scandal of grace? What difference will being able to forgive make to our lives? Forgiveness is part of the all new series, How the Bible can Help us Understand. These short books are aimed at ordinary people committed in their faith and wanting to live Christianly, but not brought up in a Bible-studying tradition. They prompt intelligent thought, reflection and guidance on issues that really matter to people, using illustrations from life and popular culture as well as studies of Bible passages. They are not ''The Bible has all the answers'', but ''How can the Bible contribute to my understanding?''.

Nearly a century ago, famed educator John Dewey said that "if we teach today''sstudents as we taught yesterday''s, we rob them of tomorrow." That wisdom resonates more strongly than ever today, and that maxim underlies this insightful look at the present and future of education in the digital age. As Darrell West makes clear, today''s educational institutions must reinvent themselves to engage students successfully and provide them with the skills needed to compete in an increasingly global, technological, and online world. Otherwise the American education system will continue to fall woefully short in its mission to prepare the population to survive and thrive in a rapidly changing world. West examines new models of education made possible by enhanced information technology, new approaches that will make public education in the post-industrial age more relevant, efficient, and ultimately more productive. Innovative pilot programs are popping up all over the nation, experimenting with different forms of organizationand delivery systems. Digital Schools surveys this promising new landscape, examining in particular personalized learning; realtime student assessment; ways to enhance teacher evaluation; the untapped potential of distance learning; and the ways in which technology canimprove the effectiveness of special education and foreign language instruction. West illustrates the potential contributions of blogs, wikis, social media, and video games and augmented reality in K-12 and higher education. Technology by itself will not remake education. But if today''s schools combine increased digitization with needed improvements in organization, operations, and culture, we can overcome current barriers, produce better results, and improve the manner in which schools function. And we can get back to teaching for tomorrow, rather than for yesterday.

Passionné par les Tortues Ninja, Dylan préfère les héros de sa série favorite aux peintres de la Renaissance è qui ils doivent leurs noms ! Mais l''arrivée d''un conservateur du plus grand musée de Londres et les plans machiavéliques de sa jeune soeur Minnie vont le faire changer d''avis. Le garage familial est menacé de faillite, et un chef-d''œuvre pourrait bien être la solution è tous leurs problèmes... Quand un jeune héros plein de ressources devient l''homme de la maison... Un roman désopilant et émouvant, les hauts et les bas d''une famille inoubliable!

Je m''appelle Liam Digby, j''ai douze ans. Je suis du genre très grand et j''ai du poil au menton, alors on me prend souvent pour un adulte. C''est comme ça que je me suis retrouvé à l''autre bout du monde pour faire un tour de fusée. Sauf que partir dans l''espace, ça n''a rien à voir avec un jeu vidéo. Mais impossible de revenir en arrière... on avait déjà décollé !