William Damon: 13 books
Moral Child
Nurturing Children's Natural Moral Growth
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
William Damon offers the first, much-needed overview of the evolution and nurturance of children's moral understanding and behavior from infancy through adolescence, at home and in school.
Drawing on the best professional research and thinking, Professor William Damon charts pragmatic, workable...
The Path to Purpose
Helping Our Children Find Their Calling in Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2008
Drawing on the revelatory results of a landmark study, William Damon -- one of the country's leading writers on the lives of young people, whose book Greater Expectations won the Parents' Choice Award -- brilliantly investigates the most pressing issue in the lives of youth today: why so many young...
The Moral Advantage
How to Succeed in Business by Doing the Right Thing
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2004
Based on interviews with 48 executives in a variety of industries, The Moral Advantage describes the many distinct ways that morality contributes to business success. Some of these ways are familiar (following ethical codes, for example), whereas others, such as unleashing the powers of moral imagination,...
The Power of Ideals
The Real Story of Moral Choice
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2015
Cynicism often seems a smarter choice than idealism. There are reasons for this. Politicians have disappointed us time and again; trusted institutions have proven to be self-serving and corrupt; hopes for lasting world peace repeatedly have been dashed; and social inequities persist and increase,...
Good Work
When Excellence and Ethics Meet
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
What does it mean to carry out "good work"? What strategies allow people to maintain moral and ethical standards at a time when market forces wield unprecedented power and work life is being radically altered by technological innovation? These are the questions at the heart of this important...
Failing Liberty 101
How We Are Leaving Young Americans Unprepared for Citizenship in a Free Society
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
The author argues that we are failing to prepare today's young people to be responsible American citizens—to the detriment of their life prospects and those of liberty in the United States of the future. He identifies the problems—the declines in civic purpose and patriotism, crises of faith,...
by Anne Colby, William Damon
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
A look at the lives of twenty-three American moral leaders shows how these hometown heroes acquired their moral goals and sustained them in the face of grave risk and sacrifice, working for everything from civil rights to the poor.
Greater Expectations
Nuturing Children's Natural Moral Growth
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Greater Expectations is the book that exposed the low standards that children are confronted with in our homes, our schools, and throughout our culture. It exploded many of the misconceptions about children and how to raise them, including the cult of self-esteem, "child-centered" learning, and other...
Arte y oficio del actor
La técnica Meisner en el aula
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 7, 2018
Muy pocos profesores de interpretación han logrado desarrollar un método detallado que forme actores verdadera-mente creativos: Sanford Meisner, fallecido en 1997, fue uno de ellos. Su técnica toma al artista como materia prima y construye, partiendo de cero, las habilidades que necesita para despuntar...
Space Science Fiction Super Pack
With linked Table of Contents
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2016
'Space Science Fiction' was launched in may of 1952. During it's impressive run it published many of Science Fiction's top writers. Collected here in this massive six hundred-plus page anthology are all of the most important stories that were published during its distinguished run. Included here are:...
The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character
William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
William Esper, one of the most celebrated acting teachers of our time, takes us through his step-by-step approach to the central challenge of advanced acting work: creating and playing a character.
Esper’s first book, The Actor’s Art and Craft, earned praise for describing the basics taught...
The Actor's Art and Craft
William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
William Esper, one of the leading acting teachers of our time, explains and extends Sanford Meisner's legendary technique, offering a clear, concrete, step-by-step approach to becoming a truly creative actor.Esper worked closely with Meisner for seventeen years and has spent decades developing his...
by Leonard A. Brennan, Damon L. Williford, Bart M. Ballard
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Authored by some of the state’s top wildlife scientists, The Upland and Webless Migratory Game Birds of Texas presents the most up-to-date and comprehensive information covering twenty-one species of game birds. Ranging from the most well-known, like the Wild Turkey and Mourning Dove, to the marsh-loving...