180 Creative Ideas

180 Creative Ideas 

By: Luisa Gerasimo and Sally Walker 

With so much clamoring for students’ attention, it can be a battle to have them “tune in” to the lesson at hand or to you.With 180 Creative Ideas for Getting Students Involved, Engaged, and Excited, we’ve tried to offer inspirational resources in a range of subject areas for you, the teacher, for each day of the typical school year (and some ideas for summer school). Some of these 180 ideas have appeared as “Curriculum Connections” in The Teacher’s Calendar, an annual reference listing interesting holidays, events, anniversaries, and more that would be of interest in your classroom.We’ve selected the best of these “Curriculum Connections” from the last five years and added lots of other ideas to create this new book that can be used year after year. [download]

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1001 Ways to Stay Young Naturally

1001 Ways to Stay Young Naturally 

By: Susannah Marriott 

We are the generations who are determined to stay young forever. Whether you were part of the youth movements that createdWoodstockand theGlastonburyfestival, punk rock and rave culture, hip hop and the first and second summers of love or are simply facing up to your first gray hairs and wondering how to live a greener life, you probably feel as I do. How can we possibly grow old? Our role models are still living the life writing classic tunes, designing showstopping collections, becoming the face of global cosmetics companies so why shouldn’t we? We have fought to do it our way. Believing individuals could make a difference, we campaigned for women’s and gay rights and against wars and the establishment. A worldwide study suggests this makes us more likely to be sexually satisfied into our 80s and beyond. [download]

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A Dark Sicilian Secret

A Dark Sicilian Secret 

By: Jane Porter 

Jillian Smith drew a deep breath as she walked along the jagged cliff overlooking the stormyPacific Ocean, relishing the fresh air, stunning scenery and a rare moment of freedom. Things were definitely looking up. She hadn’t seen Vittorio’s men in over nine months and she was certain that if she was careful, they’d never find her here, in this small, private coastal town just a few miles outsideCarmel,California. For one, she didn’t use her name, Jillian Smith, anymore. She had a new identity, April Holliday, and a new look blonde, tan, as if she were a Californianative instead of a striking brunette from Detroit. Not that Vitt knew she was from Detroit. Nor could he know. It was imperative she keep Vittorio, the father of her baby, as far away from her as possible. [download]

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7th Heaven

7^th Heaven 

By: James Patterson and Maxine Paetro 

TINY LIGHTS WINKED on the Douglas fir standing tall and full in front of the picture window. Swags of Christmas greenery and dozens of cards decked the well-appointed living room, and apple logs crackled in the fireplace, scenting the air as they burned. A digitized Bing Crosby crooned “The Christmas Song.” “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Jack Frost nipping at your nose . . .” Henry Jablonsky couldn’t see the boys clearly. The one called Hawk had snatched off his glasses and put them a mile away on the fireplace mantel, a good thing, Jablonsky had reasoned at the time. It meant that the boys didn’t want to be identified, that they were planning to let them go. Please, God, please let us live and I’ll serve you all the days of my life. Jablonsky watched the two shapes moving around the tree, knew that the gun was in Hawk’s waistband. [download]

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A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors

A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors 

By: Lizzie Collingham 

In 1994 I drank my first lassi at Dipti’s Pure Drinks in the Colaba area of Bombay. Its thick, velvety sweetness was seductive. During my stay in the city I kept on returning for more. I also ate my first vegetarian thali in a workingman’s eatery, and wondered about the state of the kitchens when a rat sat on my foot. At the home of John and Susan Gnanasundaram in MadrasI discovered the delights of Indian home cooking: spongy idlis with freshly made, bright green, sharp, coriander chutney for breakfast and rich chicken curries for dinner. None of it tasted like the Indian food I was used to in British Indian restaurants. A few months later I became very ill with cholera. While I was recovering I could only manage to eat tea and toast. I also discovered that tourist hotels still served the food of the Raj and recuperated on a diet of yellow omelettes. [download]

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