Umph" seeks to develop the story writing skills of emerging and weak writers. It is a guide, workbook and journal combined. The author developed the box-paragraphing strategy to support weak writers and their teachers. Umph offers a structured approach to story writing. The author uses "box-paragraphing" with Blackboard Configuration, mini workshops and reflective journaling. She coaches instructors as they use this new approach to teaching narrative writing.

Relationships are the best of times and worst of times. There seems to be no getting around the fact we can get stressed out with people we relate to and love. This book will help you understand yourself under relational stress, and guide you through steps that can transform your way of thinking, feeling and behaving. It will also help you put your finger on why other people react the way they do, and help you with new responses to old problems. As you follow the principles on these pages, I sincerely hope you will discover a pathway toward fulfillment in your most important relationships. - Gerry

DIVMore stories of Mr. Chips, the world’s most beloved schoolmaster, as he helps shape young lives through the first half of a tumultuous century/divDIV/divDIVWhen author James Hilton penned his beloved short novel, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, he drew on his own formative experiences at a boarding school in Cambridge. As World War I approached, the camaraderie among students and the faculty’s courage helped Hilton and his classmates face the fear and deprivations of those troubled times./divDIV /divDIVIn this collection, Hilton adds to the legend of Mr. Chipping through exquisite short stories, while also providing a warm autobiographical account of his own experience with the English public school system./div

Three iconic novels about an unforgettable schoolmaster and a timeless utopia by the award-winning, New York Times–bestselling author. Goodbye, Mr. Chips: Throughout his tenure at an English boys’ school, stern Arthur Chipping has shaped many young lives. But Mr. Chips has been inspired as well—by the social changes of his country and, not least, by his students. Based on Hilton’s experiences at the Leys School, Cambridge, this novel is an enduring testament to the difference one good teacher can make. “A tender and gentle story as warming to the heart and as nourishing to the spirit as any I can remember.” —Alexander Woollcott, The New Yorker To You, Mr. Chips: When James Hilton penned his beloved Goodbye, Mr. Chips, he drew on his own formative years at a Cambridge boarding school. In this collection, he adds to the legend of Mr. Chips through exquisite short stories, as well as autobiographical sketches of his experience with the English public school system during the first half of a tumultuous century. Mr. Chips is “one of the most endearing creations of modern fiction” (The Daily Telegraph). Lost Horizon: When British diplomat Hugh Conway’s plane crashes in the Himalayas, he and fellow survivors are led to the hidden valley of Shangri-La, a paradise kept secret for more than two hundred years. In this idyll, where inhabitants live for centuries amid peace and harmony, the visitors must face the daunting prospect of returning home to a world about to be torn open by war. “One of the century’s most enduring literary mysteries.” —The Guardian

A collection of songs and music relating to various topics.