Katie Thompson: 7 books

There is a perfect storm undermining something important about America: the opportunity for people born into poverty to advance over their lifetimes.This book explores how to unleash opportunity in five key areas: early childhood, the graduation gap, foster care, juvenile justice, and predatory...

Cooking for guests can be tedious and time consuming, but with The Everything Slow Cooking for a Crowd Cookbook your job as host just gotten easier! With a slow cooker, you can create delicious appetizers and sumptuous entrées for lots of people in no time. Packed with 300 tasty recipes, The Everything...

Success stories from the authors' careers and how they attribute it to a life of arts and sports.

Harlequin® Special Edition brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! These are heartwarming, romantic stories about life, love and family. This Special Edition box set includes: Fortune's Prince Charming The Fortunes of Texas: All Fortune's Children by Nancy Robards Thompson Daddy's...

The Maya. The Romans. The great dynasties of ancient China. It is generally believed that these once mighty empires eventually crumbled and disappeared. A recent trend in archaeology, however, focusing on what happened during and after the decline of once powerful societies has found social resilience...

Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life. Countless people around the world harness the affordances of digital media to enable democratic participation,...

This edited volume serves as a place for teachers and scholars to begin seeking ways in which popular culture has been effectively tapped for research and teaching purposes around the country. The contents of the book came together in a way that allowed for a detailed examination of teaching with...