New Releases

In The Young Professional’s Playbook, Stephen Teti gives young adults a clear, uplifting roadmap for breaking free from complacency and stepping boldly into a future built on purpose, passion, and character. Through powerful stories and decades of leadership experience, Stephen shows you how to stop counting down to Friday and start building a life you’re excited to wake up to.

A ogni uccello il suo nido è bello—there's no place like home. For millions of Americans, home means Italy, where their roots started years ago. In Finding Your Italian Ancestors, you'll discover the tools you need to trace your ancestors back to the homeland. Learn how and where to find records in the United States and Italy, get practical advice on deciphering those hard-to-read documents, and explore valuable online resources. The guide also includes maps, multiple glossaries, and an extensive bibliography.

Conscious Parenting: Insights and Wisdom from a Veteran Kindergarten Teacher is a heartfelt and practical guide to navigating the joys and challenges of raising young children. Drawing on over 20 years of experience as a kindergarten teacher, John shares invaluable insights into child development, emotional resilience, and positive parenting strategies. This book provides parents and carers with tools to connect deeply with their children, foster emotional intelligence, and navigate challenging behaviours with empathy and confidence.

Grades can measure performance, but they cannot measure the whole person. A report card can tell a student how they performed on a test, an assignment, or a semester of work. But it cannot measure curiosity. It cannot measure courage. It cannot measure integrity, patience, judgment, creativity, self-respect, or love of the work itself. What School Can’t Measure is a thoughtful guide for students, parents, teachers, and lifelong learners who sense that education has become too narrowly focused on measurable achievement.

Dr. Alicia Ramirez can't take it anymore. The district's disconnected decision-making, endless meetings, and reactive processes are robbing her of the success she had envisioned. With operational chaos looming, she hears of another superintendent whose role has been transformed by embracing new processes. Could it be that simple?

Complacency doesn’t announce itself — it waits. And when it strikes, it costs lives. In high-risk industries, people don't get hurt because they don't know the rules — they get hurt when routine replaces awareness. When familiarity becomes confidence. When experience turns into assumption. Safety: The Fight Against Complacency is a powerful and practical guide for leaders, safety professionals, and frontline workers who refuse to accept “good enough” when lives are at stake. Written by U.S.

This essential guide helps teachers refine their approach to fundamental challenges in the classroom. Based on research from cognitive science and formative assessment, it ensures teachers can offer all students the support and challenge they need and can do so sustainably.Written by an...

In this controversial new book, Daisy Christodoulou offers a thought-provoking critique of educational orthodoxy. Drawing on her recent experience of teaching in challenging schools, she shows through a wide range of examples and case studies just how much classroom practice contradicts basic...

Lean Finance for Managers: How to Connect Numbers with Flow Transforming Financial Numbers into Lean Insights for Better Flow and Performance By Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman Most managers struggle with financial reports. The numbers are too complex, too abstract, and often disconnected from real...

Featuring current information and challenging perspectives on the latest issues and forces shaping the American educational system—with scholarship that is often cited as a primary source—Joel Spring introduces readers to the historical, political, social, and legal foundations of education...

This new and expanded edition of the acclaimed and successful book by nationally-recognized student advocate, activist scholar, and contemplative educator, Laura I. Rendón, will surely find new audiences who are eager to create teaching and learning environments where the learner is fully...