Alma: 236 books

The benefits of distributed leadership are yours with this research-based change process. Distributed leadership—engaging the many rather than the few in school improvement—has long been a promising theory. It’s time to make it a reality. This book shows why harnessing educators’ collective...

First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

In this collection of twenty-two short stories by twenty emerging writers, Zimbell House has brought together a unique experience all relating to a lost door. From whimsical to tragic, from science-fiction to tales of fairies, these writers have stretched their imaginations to deliver stories set to intrigue you.

Dawn of Lackmagic Thea is now at the Ivy League school, Amford, but she senses something isn’t quite right. It has put her in a bad mood – and soon she learns what it is. Something has gone terribly wrong.  Thea and other mages sense it – magic is slowly draining away from the world. Faced...

Going vegan can seem like a daunting commitment -- no milk? No eggs? No butter? But, thankfully, there is one thing you definitely don't have to give up on as a vegan: BAKED GOODIES, they are still all very possible & 100 percent delicious on this animal-friendly diet. EXPLORE THE WORLD OF VEGAN...

The author of The Hunger delivers a vivid and stunning conclusion to her critically acclaimed Taker trilogy, bringing Lanore McIlvrae to a final encounter with Adair, her powerful nemesis. Dismayed by Adair’s otherworldly powers and afraid of his passionate temper, Lanore has run from him...

Fans of the Taker trilogy will love this original novella featuring the series’ immortal heroine, Lanny...and Edgar Allen Poe! In this short story from the author of The Hunger and the Taker trilogy, Lanore McIlvrae returns to America for the first time in twenty years—after decades of...

Xochiquetzal and Javier meet at a resort near Puerto Vallarta and begin a highly erotic love affair of 12 years, which extends beyond, into the Mayan Sixth World. There’s a weaving of dreams as they meet crucial people on their travels: Ai from Tokyo, traveling the world to plant peace crystals...

What if all the princesses out of all the fairy tales of your childhood... were refugees? What if they didn't live lives of happily ever after but their true stories involve far greater strength, far greater loss, far greater courage than you ever knew? Here are four of those stories. Sometimes, the greatest fairy tales... are real.

Avoiding the easy traps of politics and blame, Lazarevska reveals a world full of incidents and worries so similar to our own, and yet always under the shadow of the snipers and the bombs that we know are out there and that occasionally impinge on the story in shocking ways. One of the finest works...

A group of women, the jin-shei sisterhood, form a uniquely powerful circle that transcends class and social custom. They are bound together by a declaration of loyalty that transcends all other vows, even those with the gods, by their own secret language, passed from mother to daughter, by the knowledge...

Liberation Theology in Chicana/o Literature looks at the ways in which Chicana/o authors who have experienced cultural disconnection or marginalization because of their gender, gender politics and sexual orientation attempt to forge a connection back to Chicana/o culture through their use of liberation theology.

About The Book The poems in this book are a reflection of the writer hearts cry to know the lover of her soul JESUS, her God and her Redeemer in an more intimate and personal way. It's a journey that will take the reader through a wide range of human experince: Joy, fear, love, lametation, struggles, victories and eternal hope in the only answer to all of lifes challenges.

Some of the poems in this book will bring you to tears. Others will make you erupt in laughter. Whatever your reasons may be for reading my book, you will be moved and you will find yourself picking up W.O.W. created w.o.w. often. It is my hope that it garners hope within your breast and reminds you...