I Get It! How John Figures It Out, is one boy's triumph over Auditory Processing Disorder. A child with APD often feels alone and misunderstood. This can lead to low self esteem, sadness and confusion. The colorful illustrations bring to life John's journey from confusion to understanding, good self esteem and figuring it out from a child's point of view. Includes valuable resources and strategies.

Pulitzer Prize–winning author John Matteson illuminates three harrowing months of the Civil War and their enduring legacy for America. December 1862 drove the United States toward a breaking point. The Battle of Fredericksburg shattered Union forces and Northern confidence. As Abraham Lincoln’s government threatened to fracture, this critical moment also tested five extraordinary individuals whose lives reflect the soul of a nation. The changes they underwent led to profound repercussions in the country’s law, literature, politics, and popular mythology. Taken together, their stories offer a striking restatement of what it means to be American. Guided by patriotism, driven by desire, all five moved toward singular destinies. A young Harvard intellectual steeped in courageous ideals, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. confronted grave challenges to his concept of duty. The one-eyed army chaplain Arthur Fuller pitted his frail body against the evils of slavery. Walt Whitman, a gay Brooklyn poet condemned by the guardians of propriety, and Louisa May Alcott, a struggling writer seeking an authentic voice and her father’s admiration, tended soldiers’ wracked bodies as nurses. On the other side of the national schism, John Pelham, a West Point cadet from Alabama, achieved a unique excellence in artillery tactics as he served a doomed and misbegotten cause. A Worse Place Than Hell brings together the prodigious forces of war with the intimacy of individual lives. Matteson interweaves the historic and the personal in a work as beautiful as it is powerful.

I Get It! I Get It! Is a beautifully-illustrated book about a boy who feels frustrated–and not smart. He is having difficulty at school, and at home, and begins to feel overwhelmed. The adults in his life think he is inattentive, and not trying hard enough. Children with Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) find the world a confusing, challenging place. Although they do not have a “hearing loss”, they often “mis-hear” and misinterpret directions they receive auditorily. With the support of his family, and his teacher, John learns how to effectively deal with the disorder, for success in school and at home. With modifications and help, John realizes he has a learning problem he can overcome. Colorful, expressive illustrations follow John’s journey from confusion to triumph, good self-esteem, and “figuring it out.” At the end of the story, a Glossary of Terms, Ways You Can Help Your Child at Home and in School, and a Resources List are included.

This lively volume explores the theme of friendship in the lives and works of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Written from diverse perspectives, the essays offer close readings of selected texts and draw on letters and journals to offer a comprehensive view of how Emerson's and Thoreau's friendships took root and bolstered their individual political, social, and ethical projects. This collection explores how Emerson and Thoreau, in their own ways, conceived of friendship as the creation of shared meaning in light of personal differences, tragedy and loss, and changing life circumstances. Emerson and Thoreau presents important reflections on the role of friendship in the lives of individuals and in global culture.

Dual Career to Full Career."Here's a truth I want you to embrace: if I could do it, anyone can. I started with a small investment and turned that into a multi-million dollar plus net worth. That's an incredible return on investment in anyone's book. I used every angle the world gave me to succeed! John ClidyThis book is your guide to create the life that you always wanted but did not know how to achieve. John Clidy provides his plan that you can now make your own. He started with a small real estate investment and turned that into a multi-million dollar net worth. In this book, Clidy shares riveting, life-shattering stories from his days as a New Jersey State Trooper. He shares his journey in a way that is entertaining, illuminating, powerful and useful! His journey serves as a road map for you to follow. This book will help you find the courage to leave your job and get the success that you deserve. John walked away from a 6-figure salary and lifetime government pension, three years shy of vesting. It was a calculated risk. He spent decades working a dual career path to achieve his dream and is ready to show you how to plan your own calculated path to success. As the author of this book, John achieves what he only dreamed of, by using his story to help others create a life by design. If you want to live a life by design, take this journey with John and he will help you navigate your own path. John Clidy walked away from a guaranteed 6 figure government pension-for-life three years shy of vesting. It was a calculated risk. He spent decades working a dual career path to achieve his dream and is ready to show you how to plan your own calculated path to success. In this book, Clidy shares riveting life-shattering stories from his days as a New Jersey State Trooper and shares his journey in a way that is entertaining, illuminating, powerful, and useful! His journey is a road map you can follow to get the courage to leave your job and find the satisfaction and success you want and deserve.

I Get It! I Get It! is a beautifully-illustrated book, published by Stoelting, about a boy who feels frustrated-and not smart. He is having difficulty at school, and at home, and begins to feel overwhelmed. The adults in his life think he is inattentive, and not trying hard enough. Children with Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) find the world a confusing, challenging place. Although they do not have a "hearing loss", they often "mis-hear" and misinterpret directions they receive auditorily.With the support of his family, and his teacher, John learns how to effectively deal with the disorder, for success in school and at home. With modifications and help, John realizes he has a learning problem he can overcome.Colorful, expressive illustrations follow John's journey from confusion to triumph, good self-esteem, and "figuring it out." At the end of the story, a Glossary of Terms, Ways You Can Help Your Child at Home and in School, and a Resources List are included.

"Vaclav Smil is my favorite author… Numbers Don't Lie takes everything that makes his writing great and boils it down into an easy-to-read format. I unabashedly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning."--Bill Gates, GatesNotes From the author of How the World Really Works, an essential guide to understanding how numbers reveal the true state of our world--exploring a wide range of topics including energy, the environment, technology, transportation, and food production. Vaclav Smil's mission is to make facts matter. An environmental scientist, policy analyst, and a hugely prolific author, he is Bill Gates' go-to guy for making sense of our world. In Numbers Don't Lie, Smil answers questions such as: What's worse for the environment--your car or your phone? How much do the world's cows weigh (and what does it matter)? And what makes people happy? From data about our societies and populations, through measures of the fuels and foods that energize them, to the impact of transportation and inventions of our modern world--and how all of this affects the planet itself--in Numbers Don't Lie, Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and illuminating graphs to challenge conventional thinking. Packed with fascinating information and memorable examples, Numbers Don't Lie reveals how the US is leading a rising worldwide trend in chicken consumption, that vaccination yields the best return on investment, and why electric cars aren't as great as we think (yet). Urgent and essential, with a mix of science, history, and wit--all in bite-sized chapters on a broad range of topics--Numbers Don't Lie inspires readers to interrogate what they take to be true.