General Education

Ex-sitcom writer turned substitute teacher discovers the devastating truth behind why Philly's public schools keep failing. In this sometimes humorous, often heartbreaking memoir, the author exposes the link between education underfinancing and the...

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, regarded as one of literature's first counter narratives. As a classic novel written two years before Nigeria's independence, Things...

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on Ice, written during his time in Folsom State Prison in 1965. As a memoir and collection of short stories, Soul on Ice guides the reader through...

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa, one of the last books to come out of British Colonization in Africa. As an autobiographical narrative of the mid-twentieth century, Out of...

Stigma is a corrosive social force by which individuals and communities throughout history have been systematically dehumanised, scapegoated and oppressed. From the literal stigmatizing (tattooing) of criminals in ancient Greece, to modern day...

Since 1868, Florida's oldest continually operating high school has been destroyed, rebuilt, moved, and refocused, existing under several names--Old Stanton High School, New Stanton High School, Stanton Vocational High School, and now Stanton College...

As Squirt goes for a walk in his neighborhood, we meet his friends. They are a very diverse group as they come in all sizes, shapes, and colors as well as from different countries. When Squirt encounters a new dog he doesn't know, he is afraid. But as...

As Squirt goes for a walk in his neighborhood, we meet his friends. They are a very diverse group as they come in all sizes, shapes, and colors as well as from different countries. When Squirt encounters a new dog he doesn't know, he is afraid. But as...

Often spoken at the end of a prayer, a well-known Sioux phrase affirms that "we are all related." Similarly, the Sioux medicine man, Brave Buffalo, came to realize when he was still a boy that "the maker of all was Wakan Tanka (the Great Spirit), and . ...

It's easy to say that racism is wrong. But it's surprisingly hard to agree on what it is. Does a tired stereotype in your favorite movie make it racist? Does watching it anyway mean you're racist? Even among like-minded friends, such discussions can...

Finalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Book PrizeNew York Times Best Seller Four undocumented Mexican American students, two great teachers, one robot-building contest . . . and a major motion picture In 2004, four Latino teenagers arrived at the Marine...

Soulful Colour-Mindset-Money-Matters, is a unique colouring experience. This is the second book of the Soulful Colour brand with pages containing an affirmation, quote or mantra complemented by an original illustration. It focuses on promoting a positive...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERCombining hard-hitting investigative journalism and a sweeping family narrative, this provocative true story reveals a little-known chapter of American history: the period after the Brown v. Board of Education decision when one...

If our planet is going to survive the climate crisis, we need to act rapidly. Taking cues from progressive cities around the world, including Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Oslo, Shenzhen, and Sydney, this book is a summons to every city to make small...

An empowering, timely guide to raising anti-racist, compassionate, and socially conscious children, from a diversity and inclusion educator with more than thirty years of experience.As a global pandemic shuttered schools across the country in 2020,...

Brimming with interesting facts and surprising anecdotes, this scientific and cultural history opens our eyes to the wonders of one of nature's most delicate, delightful, and deadly phenomena: SNOW! Perfect for fans of The Hidden Life of Trees and Rain...