Fisher: 1431 books
Solid Ground
Buddhist Wisdom for Difficult Times
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2007
Solid Ground: Buddhist Wisdom for Difficult Times is a lively and topical book that offers guidance on how to respond to the individual crises that inevitably arise in all of our lives as well as to the political, economic, and social challenges society is currently facing. The issue of difficulty...
All the Dirt
Reflections on Organic Farming
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
New farmers, experienced growers, budding environmentalists, and fans of natural, organic produce alike are sure to love All the Dirt. Filled with beautiful photographs and covering a wide variety of topics, from agrofuels and food sovereignty to practical tips about specific tools, All the Dirt is...
Intentional and Targeted Teaching
A Framework for Teacher Growth and Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2016
What is FIT Teaching? What is a FIT Teacher?
The Framework for Intentional and Targeted Teaching®—or FIT Teaching®—is a research-based, field-tested, and experience-honed process that captures the essentials of the best educational environments. In contrast to restrictive pedagogical...
by Shea Matthew Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2015
Want to have the calm, clarity, and focus of mindfulness without the trappings of formal meditation? This book will provide you with a set of tips and techniques that will guide you to infuse mindfulness into your daily life, as it already exists, and experience the benefits of mindfulness now.
by Kurt Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
A daily journal of natural observations for one year with essays about a canyon's history and recent scientific research about species and geology observed. City Creek Canyon is located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
This book seeks to answer two questions: Can Henry David Thoreau's experience be...
Educating the Urban Race
The Evolution of an American High School
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
For America's children, for students, growing up urban has become a tainted label. By acquiring one simple label, the urban student has become the other, illegitimate, different from the norm. The urban student has indeed been bastardized in America. The constructs of race/ethnicity, socioeconomic...
Performance Corvairs
How to Hotrod the Corvair Engine and Chassis
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Full and complete revision to the original How to Hotrod Covair Engines by Bill Fisher. Everything the engine builder needs to know to rebuild the Corvair for a variety of applications from street to full race. Covers all Corvair Engines from 1960-69.
The Formative Assessment Action Plan
Practical Steps to More Successful Teaching and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Join Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher as they outline a clear-cut, realistic, and rewarding approach to formative assessment. They explain how four discrete steps work in tandem to create a seamless, comprehensive formative assessment system—one that has no beginning and no end. This ongoing approach...
The Purposeful Classroom
How to Structure Lessons with Learning Goals in Mind
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
How can teachers guarantee that what they teach results in students learning what they really need to know? In The Purposeful Classroom: How to Structure Lessons with Learning Goals in Mind, Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey present a variety of strategies that teachers at all levels can use to ensure...
Productive Group Work
How to Engage Students, Build Teamwork, and Promote Understanding
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2009
The benefits of collaborative learning are well documented—and yet, almost every teacher knows how group work can go wrong: restless students, unequal workloads, lack of accountability, and too little learning for all the effort involved. In this book, educators Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and Sandi...
Decoding the Ethics Code
A Practical Guide for Psychologists
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Revised to reflect the current status of scientific and professional theory, practices, and debate across all facets of ethical decision making, this latest edition of Celia B. Fisher’s acclaimed Decoding the Ethics Code: A Practical Guide for Psychologists demystifies the American Psychological...
by Annette A O Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
It suddenly came to me to write this book about how to cope when you first arrive in Nigeria. Having been abroad myself for the past 30 years; re-adjusting to the Nigerian environment was very perplexing, and I thought it must be even more so for foreigners.So this book is targeted not only...
by Richard Blackaby, Rick Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2017
Today's Church faces challenges and crises it can only overcome through prayer. In their latest book, Developing a Powerful Praying Church, Richard Blackaby and Rick Fisher focus on the adjustments pastors and church leaders must make in their prayer life in order to see a rebirth of God-honoring, world-impacting churches across our nation.
Ouija Gone Wild
True Shocking Stories
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
Ouija Gone Wild is the most comprehensive book written about the Ouija board. For more than a century, simple divination devices called “talking boards” have captivated millions of people curious about contacting the spirit world. The most famous is the Ouija, whose trademarked name has become...