Dougherty: 175 books

An important goal of teachers is to get all students, especially those in the upper elementary and middle grades who struggle with academic work, engaged in reading. This book examines current research on instructional principles and actions related to engaged reading. It shows how teachers can translate...

A meddling horse, paper bag floors and a flying saucer on the town square. The little town of Mars has it all—including a brand new resident who might spell heartache for one of its own. Twenty-something Penn Davenport yearns for an exciting life in the big city and wants to shed the label of orphan...

The ultimate modern western! Landslide tells the story of four people caught up in events beyond their control in the El Paso – Las Cruces area of the American Southwest.  Set in 1986, the events could have happened yesterday, so little have the issues and problems of the area changed. The...

Few countries boast as long and often proud a history as Iraq. It can be traced back thousands of years and includes high points with Sumer, Babylon and the Assyrians. It later came under Muslim rule, and also achieved considerable progress, only to be conquered by the Mongols, Ottomans, Mamluks and...

Religion is a device used to take the place of spirituality. If slavery didn't exist, we'd never know anything about religion. Religion gave us the act of calling on a "God" publicly through the pain and agony of being abused. While the oppressor had us shackled and bound, we were mentally/...

Enanga Lonnie was a strong and highly determined lady. She was an orphan and all her life she only knew the love of her grandmother. Her grandma was her world and meant everything to her. She had been her rock ever her mom passed away on giving birth to her. And she had never known her father. Her...

I did come to Daytona Beach, Florida, in 1947. My mother woke my brother and me one night and said, We are running far away from your father. He was very abusive and would beat her black and blue many times. Mom was afraid that he would kill her one day when he would come home drunk. She saved us...