This is a great book about preparing for short-term societal or environmental crises - how to conserve water when the water's not running (after a hurricane, say), how to stay warm and safe when the ice-storm of the century wipes out your natural gas and electricity, or an earthquake shakes your house down around your ears in the middle of the night.
Technology, too, is given its due - renewable energy sources like solar and wind are discussed and the best water filters on the market.

This book takes the view, shared by many professionals, that teaching history and English should be related. History provides an ideal context for learning and reinforcing language skills, through the reading of historical sources and in the creative act of recreating the past in writing.

This innovative and user-friendly workbook is designed to guide students and instructors through the ideas and methods of the growing field of world history. Useful as either a supplement or a core text, this hands-on book provides all the elements necessary to conduct a full-fledged world history course, including narrative, projects, primary sources, and a glossary of terms. Within a unifying argument that world history is the history of a single humanity, David Hertzel uses the comparative method and an array of primary sources to teach critical thinking skills using primary sources. Students become active learners, not only observers but participants in and heirs to world history.

Presenting cutting edge research on media discourse in one compact volume, this book takes a detailed look at spoken interactions in the media. Featuring data from a variety of sources, the book includes interviews with Tony Blair and George W. Bush.

The public school system in the United States faces a perpetual challenge in attracting and retaining well-qualified teachers. In Teachers Wanted: Attracting and Retaining Good Teachers, Daniel A. Heller provides an insider's view of the sources of this ongoing problem--and powerful suggestions for resolving it.