Alisa: 184 books

Educators know that teachers are a school’s most essential strength. In Building Teachers’ Capacity for Success, authors Pete Hall (winner of the 2004 ASCD Outstanding Young Educator Award) and Alisa Simeral offer a straightforward plan to help site-based administrators and instructional coaches...

Examining nineteenth-century British hymns for children, Alisa Clapp-Itnyre argues that the unique qualities of children's hymnody created a space for children's empowerment. Unlike other literature of the era, hymn books were often compilations of many writers' hymns, presenting the discerning child...

During the 1990s, films such as sex, lies, and videotape, The Crying Game, Pulp Fiction, Good Will Hunting, and Shakespeare in Love earned substantial sums at the box office along with extensive critical acclaim. A disproportionate number of these hits came from one company: Miramax. Indie, Inc. surveys...

Book One in the Ghosts of Golden series. Coronado Prep student Maria Ochoa, 16, is near death after crashing her car on an isolated stretch of New Mexico Highway 14 during a blizzard. When the only person to show up to help her is a teen gangbanger named Demetrio Vigil, Maria fears she’s...

The followup to the literate and action-packed historical thriller Speakeasy, Doublespeak finds plucky protagonist Lena on a journey back to her past. Lieutenant Lena Stillman has been left, nearly alone, on her code-breaking mission in remote Alaska. World War II has been over for a month,...

Are you struggling with modern day Christianity that plays the game of duplicity where it is supposed to be one way, yet acts another or do you find yourself frustrated in a religious cycle from Sunday to Sunday? No matter where you are on your journey with Godwhether just born again or a Christian...

If you are looking for some new ideas for your new employee orientation program, here are 90 ideas you can use right now before your next new hire quits.With all the demands and ever changing priorities in Human Resources today, it can be difficult to dedicate the time to focus on the new employee...

As a school administrator, instructional coach, or teacher leader, you know that reflective teachers are effective teachers. But how can you help teachers become self-reflective practitioners whose thoughtful approach translates into real gains for student achievement? In Creating a Culture...

“It’s not the doing that matters; it’s the thinking about the doing,” said John Dewey. As a teacher, you work hard to make a positive difference in the lives of your students. But this kind of progress doesn’t happen overnight, and it doesn’t happen accidentally. It’s the result...

Kora has a secret. She's had an obsessive crush on her gorgeous roommate, Zach, from the first day they met. But while they've maintained a strong friendship, she's never managed to turn his head from the stream of beautiful women who share his bed. When finally, she breaks up with her boring boyfriend...

Megan Garcia returns to New Mexico after years away, to tend to Mama Bryant, the loving (and now dying) ranch owner who took Megan in as one of her own after she was orphaned. Heartbroken by Mama's illness, and haunted by the ghost of her father, Megan finds herself still deeply in love with Mama's...

The second installment in Valdes' monthly ebook "novelita" erotica series explores infidelity, art, and passion. Barton Chavez has been good all his life. He's been a good son, a good husband, a good Catholic and a good member of his Santa Fe, New Mexico, community. But where has being good...

Born under the omen of a falling star, Erzebet Bizecka is a child of prophecy. The only heir of a powerful Hungarian count, she was predicted to die young or to live forever. Determined to survive despite the grim prophecy, Erzebet becomes obsessed with preserving her youth and beauty. Not even her...

The debut novel! A provocative, sexy, sometimes sad, and witty all-night-read about three women and Beau, their gay male roommate. The four friends call themselves Cohorts, and believe their friendship is near perfect...until one of the women betrays beautiful, buff Beau, by cavorting with his man....