The Poetry Center, John Timpane, Maureen Watts, "Poetry For Dummies" Sometimes it seems like there are as many definitions of poetry as there are poems. Coleridge defined poetry as the best words in the best order. St. Augustine called it the Devil’s wine. For Shelley, poetry was the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds. But no matter how you define it, poetry has exercised a hold upon the hearts and minds of people for more than five millennia.
Stephenie Meyer (author of the bestsellers: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn) unabridged read by Kate Reading Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact and continue their lives apparently unchanged. Most of humanity has succumbed.
Mary Horton is a successful career woman in her forties, presenting a determinedly unadorned and self-contained image to the outside world in the belief that she can live without friendship and love. Tim Melville is a young man with the physical beauty, power and grace of the classical ideal, but he has the mind of a child. They are drawn to one another from their first chance meeting, enjoying a growing friendship which, sadly, arouses suspicion in the minds of those who wish to protect Tim. Although threatened...
Discover Your Genius: How to Think Like History's Ten Most Revolutionary Minds(only Audio)
The introduction to Discover Your Genius shows off the double meaning of the book's title in plain language: it is meant to help you find both your own potential for greatness and a meaningful role model to provide focus. In an effort to lead you to both simultaneously, Michael J. Gelb has created a combination workbook, guided journal, and historical biography of 10 outstanding humans.
What do we want schools to accomplish? The only defensible answer, Deanna Kuhn argues, is that they should teach students to use their minds well, in school and beyond.