by J. Picoult The difficult choices a family must make when a child is diagnosed with a serious disease are explored with pathos and understanding in this 11th novel by Picoult. The author, who has taken on such controversial subjects as euthanasia, teen suicide and sterilization laws, turns her gaze on genetic planning, the prospect of creating babies for health purposes and the ethical and moral fallout that results. Picoult ably explores a complex subject with bravado and clarity, and comes up with a heart-wrenching, unexpected plot twist at the book's conclusion.
With these instructions and color photographs showing the complete process for making 30 unique card designs, anyone can achieve professional-looking results at home. Design themes range from holidays (White Christmas, Cheery Easter Chicken) to romantic (Dove Love, Hawaiian Holiday, and Heart's Delight) and specialty cards for all occasions (Sail Away, Home Sweet Home, Sunny Days). Topics include using papers, beads, sequins, rubber stamps, wire and other materials, as well as folding, tearing, detail cutting, embossing and stenciling. Every step in the card-making process is explained and pictured, so crafters can achieve outstanding results every time.
Transferring Learning to Behavior: Using the Four Levels to Improve Performance
Since its creation in 1959, Donald Kirkpatrick's four-level model for evaluating training programs - reaction, learning, behavior, and results - has become the most widely used approach to training evaluation in the corporate, government, and academic worlds. However, trainers today are feeling increased pressure to prove whether instruction is worth its cost. And calculating and presenting results (Step 4) becomes tricky when, despite training, workers aren't fulfilling Step 3: applying what they've learned to their behavior. This book takes on this age-old challenge, first examining why learned concepts don't make it into practice, then offering solutions that will work in the real world.
Leading Change in Your School: How to Conquer Myths, Build Commitment, and Get Results
Using real examples of elementary and secondary schools that have moved change from rhetoric to reality, a giant in the field of school leadership explains how teachers and administrators everywhere can make sure change efforts lead to better results. Whether your school needs to improve literacy, inspire great teaching, increase attendance, reduce dropout rates, reform grading, or reach any other accountability, let Douglas Reeves equip you with what you need to succeed.
Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth
Despite promises of “fast and easy” results from slick marketers, real personal growth is neither fast nor easy. The truth is that hard work, courage, and self-discipline are required to achieve meaningful results—results that are not attained by those who cling to the fantasy of achievement without effort.
