New Releases by Susan Green

Drama is a hard habit to break, and besides, life is awfully dull when it''s naked and truthful. Glamorous, charismatic Bliss Henderson as led a flawed, fascinating life; from country Australia to the art world of 1960s London; from lust to love and loss. Now, in her last days, she is reliving it all. But as she excavates her past, deeper layers emerge. Secrets she still can''t reveal, not even to herself. As her stepchildren hover around her, she wants them to judge her fairly. But how can they when they don''t really know who she is? Susan Green has created a charming, lyrical novel of secrets, art and love.

I have attempted to integrate several of psychologist and professor Carol Gilligans ideas and psychological concepts to literally write through a black lens. My book, Through a Black Lens, is a nonfictional novel that psychologically describes the life experiences of black women through a black historical lens. Considering the psychological effects of the sociopolitical climate blacks wrote under, I describe why I believe black female authors left a literary legacy for their black daughters through their writing. It was the intention of outstanding black female authors to preserve their historical experiences in their written works and to create historical literature that can be remembered through the relational experiences of their daughters lives. This is what creates the commonality in the language, the content of their literature, and the lives of black women. And I believe it is this legacy that establishes the underpinnings of the black feminine criticism that will best frame the black womans standpoint epistemology.

The first in an exciting new Victorian mystery series, perfect for fans of Robin Stevens'' Murder Most Unladylike and Katherine Woodfine''s The Clockwork Sparrow. London, 1878. Verity Sparks has an extraordinary talent: she can find lost things just by thinking about them. When she joins a Confidential Inquiry Agency, she discovers there is a mystery lurking in her own past and that unknown forces are working against her. It soon becomes clear that Verity and her friends are in great danger. Who wants to stop them from learning the truth about Verity Sparks?

Debuting in its first edition News Now: Visual Storytelling in the Digital Age helps today''s broadcast journalism students prepare for a mobile, interactive, and highly competitive workplace. The authors, all faculty members of the prestigious Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, bring their real-world expertise to a book designed to be a trusted reference for the next generation of broadcast journalists.

Verity Sparks is good at finding lost things, but will she be able to uncover the truth about her own past? London. 1878. Verity Sparks has an extraordinary talent: she can find lost things just by thinking about them. When she joins a Confidential Inquiry Agency, she discovers there is a mystery lurking in her own past and that unknown forces are working against her. It soon becomes clear that Verity and her friends are in great danger. Who doesn’t want them to learn the truth about Verity Sparks?

Melbourne, 1879. Verity Sparks has found her father, but lost her psychic power – the ability to find things. Papa Savinov, eager for Verity to become a proper lady, sends her to an exclusive boarding school. But Verity is more interested in solving the mystery of the missing Ecclethorpe heiress. As the investigation deepens, danger and intrigue grow closer. Will Verity’s gift return before it’s too late? Verity Sparks, Lost and Found is a historical junior fiction novel by award-winning Australian author Susan Green. The prequel, The Truth About Verity Sparks, was Honour Book in the 2012 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards.Read more of Verity’s investigations into the paranormal in Verity Sparks and the Scarlet Hand. “A lively and funny melodrama, full of twists and turns, suitably evil villains, confusions and misunderstandings. Verity is a delightfully self-reliant character … An entertaining read.” Magpies magazine “This series has a fantastic leading character and a splendid supporting cast. The storylines are riveting and fast-paced, intelligent and extremely absorbing.” Buzz Words Books “This is another exciting novel by Susan Green; Verity Sparks is a dynamic character with a real sense of adventure. Highly recommended.” ReadPlus “A fantastic new detective adventure story from Australian author Susan Green. Verity Sparks is a likable and charismatic character who young boys and girls with a taste for history and adventure will love to read about.” Cereal Readers

A collection of thirty-seven short activities to help children cope with bullying.

Assessment is Essential offers a novel approach for educational assessment courses. Stressing a practical approach that encourages students to think critically about designing the appropriate assessment for a wide range of situations, Green provides students with tools they can use in their future classrooms.

The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Unofficial Companion is a comprehensive guide covering the first 10 seasons and includes a synopsis and an objective analysis for each episode, as well as commentaries or recollections from the people involved in crafting the one-hour tale. It goes after the heart of SVU through interviews with actors, writers, producers, casting agents, location scouts and others. The authors peek behind the scenes of the bicoastal operation, observing the progress of an entire episode shot in New York City and a script fine-tuned in Los Angeles. The book provides fascinating insight, delighting SVU devotees who love on-screen and backstage trivia. In addition, creator Dick Wolf offers readers a gripping foreword to the book.

Reading Geography is written specifically for geography students who struggle with the high reading level and concept overload of textbooks. Each consumable unit in the series is concise, focused, and written below grade-level. Students are encouraged to jot notes in the margin, and underline or highlight important information within the text.Each lesson includes:* A reading strategy to help students navigate the text;* A think-aloud that models the reading strategy; * A brief summary of the key concept;* Charts, diagrams, and graphic organizers that help make complex geography concepts more accessible to students; and* A real-world connection activity.

The Reading Geography: Teacher''s Guide provides just the right amount of easy-to-use grade-level support materials. Designed to save you time, this guide will help you individualize and enhance instruction for your diverse learners.The Teacher''s Guide includes:suggestions on how to use this program practical ideas for using reading strategies practical ideas for using graphic organizers blackline masters a section on vocabulary and concept development unit tests

Starting with just a few basic principles of probabilityand the distribution of energy, this book takes students (and faculty!) on anadventure into the inner workings of the molecular world like no other. “I wish I had learned thermodynamics this way!” That’s what the authors hear all the time from instructors using Introduction to Molecular Thermodynamics. Starting with just a few basic principles of probability and the distribution of energy, the book takes students (and faculty!) on an adventure into the inner workings of the molecular world like no other. Made to fit into a standard second-semester of a traditional first-year chemistry course, or as a supplement for more advanced learners, the book takes the reader from probability to Gibbs energy and beyond, following a logical step-by-step progression of ideas, each just a slight expansion of the previous. Filled with examples ranging from casinos to lasers, from the “high energy bonds” of ATP to endangered coral reefs, Introduction to Molecular Thermodynamics hits the mark for students and faculty alike who have an interest in understanding the world around them in molecular terms.

Based on the Ontario Social Studies Curriculum, 2004Lessons in this unit:Immigration and New France The Red River Rebellion Treaties and the Indian Act Settlement of the West The Canadian Pacific Railway The North-West Rebellion The Yukon Gold Rush Immigration on the Prairies The Reading History series is written specifically for history students who struggle with the high reading level and concept overload of history textbooks. Each 32-page unit in the series is concise, focused, and written below grade-level. Students are encouraged to jot notes in the margin, and underline or highlight important information within the text.Each lesson includes:a reading strategy to help students navigate the text a think aloud that models the reading strategy a brief summary of the key concept helpful review questions

Based on the Ontario Social Studies Curriculum, 2004Lessons in this unit:Immigration and New France The Red River Rebellion Treaties and the Indian Act Settlement of the West The Canadian Pacific Railway The North-West Rebellion The Yukon Gold Rush Immigration on the Prairies The Reading History series is written specifically for history students who struggle with the high reading level and concept overload of history textbooks. Each 32-page unit in the series is concise, focused, and written below grade-level. Students are encouraged to jot notes in the margin, and underline or highlight important information within the text.Each lesson includes:a reading strategy to help students navigate the text a think aloud that models the reading strategy a brief summary of the key concept helpful review questions

The Reading History series is written specifically for history students who struggle with the high reading level and concept overload of history textbooks. Through short, concise readings that are well below grade-level, the series presents the information students need to be successful.A consistent format is used to allow students to understand the organizational structure of each lesson and of the unit. Charts, diagrams, and graphic organizers are incorporated to help make complex history concepts more accessible to students. Each lesson also scaffolds students by introducing an appropriate reading strategy for the text.Each lesson includes:a reading strategy to help students navigate the text a think-aloud that models the reading strategy a brief summary of the key concept helpful review questions The Teacher''s Guide provides just the right amount of easy-to-use grade-level support materials.The Reading History series, Grade 7 set includes:Teacher''s Guide (1 copy) Unit 1: New France (4 copies) Unit 2: British North America (4 copies) Unit 3: Conflict and Change (4 copies) Note: Four copies of each unit (consumable student workbooks) and one teacher guide are included in the set.

The Reading History: Teacher''s Guide provides just the right amount of easy-to-use grade-level support materials. Designed to save you time, this guide will help you individualize and enhance instruction for your diverse learners.The Teacher''s Guide includes:suggestions on how to use this program practical ideas for using reading strategies practical ideas for using graphic organizers blackline masters a section on vocabulary and concept development unit tests

All the technical articles on all kinds of folding tops for horse drawn vehicles. Very detailed and illustrated.

This program includes: Stories that relate to children''s experiences Large print to help emergent readers see the words clearly Limited text on each line to avoid reader confusion Colorful illustrations that support hte text Ideal for one-on-one instruction

Pssst! It''s True! This is the best book on FASHION you''ll ever read! Are you dying to be trendy? Would you kill to be cool? Warning! Fashion can give you blisters and break your ribs; it might even be the death of you. Which dancer was strangled by her own scarf and why did King George wear a corset? Why did women want bigger bums, and what do you do with a codpiece? Read this book to find out about the victims of fashion crazes through the ages: the silly, the scary and the suffocated. Roll your eyes at these freaky fads and toe-crunching trends

Warning! Fashion can give you blisters and break your ribs, it might even be the death of you. Which dancer was strangled by her own scarf and what do you do with a codpiece? Read this book to find out about the victims of fashion crazes through the ages - the silly, the scary and the suffocated. -- P. [4] of cover.

Now back in print, this book published by the Carriage Museum of America, is a must have resource. The purpose of this book is to help the owner of a horse drawn vehicle conserve and/or restore his vehicle in order to enhance its value or conserve an irreplaceable historical artifact. Conserving and restoring a horse drawn vehicle is a complex undertaking that requires the skills of a wide variety of artisans and craftsman knowledgeable in crafts that are no longer widely practiced or well understood. Any deviation from the materials or structures used in the original design drastically reduce the monetary and historical value of the vehicle. This book, therefore, sets out to define the levels of conservation and restoration, the specific steps involved in restoration, the sources for materials and special tools necessary for the work, and most important, names of some of the craftsmen and artisans skilled in the special talents required to produce excellent results. In addition to the steps involved in conservation and restoration, the book provides some historical background on the design, engineering and manufacture of horse drawn vehicles to help the present owner understand the value of proper conservation or restoration, and gain an appreciation for the ingenuity and brilliant skills the original builders excercised in producing his vehicle. Topics include: Research and Recording; Guidelines for Selecting a Conservator; Conservation Treatment of Horse Drawn Vehicles; Pitfalls of Restoration; Conservation Ethics; Stable and Reversable Materials; Documentation; Carriage Technology; Causes/Prevention of Deterioration; Paint Stabilization; Varnish Cleaning; Varnish Removal; Overpainting; Metal Components; Upholstery; Routine Maintenance; Dusting; Dust Covers; Varnish/Paint Maintenance; Supply Resource List; Technical Examination and Microscopic Analysis of Painted Horse Drawn Vehicles; Recipes for Varnishes; Axles; Wooden Axles; Inspecting the Axles Before Buying and Restoration; Wheels; Patent Wheels; Dish in Wheels; Hubs; Spokes; Rims; Fellowes; Color of Rubber Tires; Springs; Having New Springs Made; Faults in Spring Fixing; Spring Manufacturing; Panels; Natural Wood panels; Brass Bead Molding; Laminating Thin Layers; Painting; Preparing for Painting; Tip for Removing Rusty Screws; Gluing; Sanding; Brush Painting; Striping; Spray Painting; Colors; Scrolling; Ornamenting; Trimming and Stuffing; Floor Coverings; Upholstery; Lamps; Wicker and Cane Work; Imitation Cane Work; Sham-Caning; Drafting; Museums; etc.A preview of the chapters is available demonstrating the comprehensive nature of this publication. Click the link above the list photo.

CHILDREN''S BOOKS/AGES 9-12