A Stanislaus County Community Novel "A community of writers, a community of readers!" A young couple stumbles across an abandoned teardrop trailer during a weekend bike ride along the Tuolumne River. What's inside leads them on a mysterious journey filled with suspense, danger, and more questions than answers. Set against the familiar landscape of Stanislaus County, Ashes in a Teardrop follows the couple on their adventure to discover the surprising origins of the artifacts found inside. Written by 15 individual authors, you will be surprised by the seamless narrative, the artful prose, and the suspenseful mystery at the heart of Stanislaus County's first community novel. "Written for our community, by our community! Readers will enjoy this suspenseful mystery, set against the familiar landscape of Stanislaus County." —Jim De Martini, Stanislaus County Supervisor "Fifteen authors, one goal: to create a collaborative work that would become Stanislaus County’s first community novel. It begins with a bike ride along the Tuolumne River. What follows is a fascinating tale, with some intense moments that will keep you captivated." —Patricia H. Portwood, Stanislaus Library Foundation "Readers will enjoy the unique writing styles of 15 local authors, each contributing a chapter. Ashes in a Teardrop is inspired by a shared vision to create this unique collective work." —Diane McDonnell, Stanislaus County Library Director

Ashes in a Teardrop: A Stanislaus County Community Novel

Johnson, Kent

Maxwell, Micheal

Scully, Tally

Wilson, R. Garrett

Ardis, Dana

Authors, 15 Stanislaus County

Kantro, Louise

Bass, Jennie

Deabler, Alexandra

Washington, Julia

Literature & Fiction

Quercus Review Press

Basic Model Railroading Getting Started in the Hobby

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Kalmbach

Kalmbach Publishing presents "The New Scenery Tips &amp; Techniques" A Model Railroader Kent Johnson.FEATURES: Paperback book with glossy-type pages. Scenery projects and ideas that will bring your layout to life! A collection of helpful scenery stories from the pages of "Model Railroader" Magazine. Numerous feature articles, organized by topic, that are compiled to help you develop proven techniques and new ideas for creating realistic scenery on a layout of any size or scale. Easy-to-follow projects that show you exactly how to: -Add depth to your layout with background scenery -Apply groundcover appropriate for all four seasons -Build trees and forests just as Mother Nature intended -Simulate a variety of waterways, including open surf Colored photographs accompany instructions throughout the book.INCLUDES: 104 PagesSPECS: Size: 8-1/4" x 10-3/4" (209mm x 273mm)Kalm

The New Scenery Tips & Techniques

Kalmbach Pub. Co

These simple, tabletop plans feature O gauge sectional track and are perfect for small or medium-sized first layouts. Each plan includes construction details and a complete list of the components required to build the layout.

Layout Plans for Toy Trains

Epigramititis: 118 Living American Poets by Kent Johnson

Epigramititis: 118 Living American Poets

History & Criticism

BlazeVOX Books

"At the end of last year, an extraordinary work of detective criticism briefly appeared, despite legal threats. Kent Johnson's A Question Mark Above the Sun (Punch Press) movingly speculates that Kenneth Koch forged one of Frank O'Hara's greatest poems as a posthumous tribute to his friend. A noir-ish middle also recounts some very funny run-ins with the English avant-garde. Shame on the poets who forced its redaction and suppression." Jeremy Noel-Tod, The Times Literary Supplement, including a previous edition of A Question Mark Above the Sun as one of its 2011 Books of the Year
What you have in your hands is a kind of thought-experiment. It proffers the idea that a radical, secret gesture of poetic mourning and love was carried out by Kenneth Koch in memory of his close friend Frank O'Hara. I present the hypothesis as my own very personal expression of homage for the two great poets. The proposal I set forward here, nevertheless, is likely to make some readers annoyed, perhaps even indignant. Some already are. A few fellow writers, even, have worked hard through legal courses to block this book's publication. The forced redaction of key quotations herein (replaced by paraphrase) is one result of their efforts.
In this self-described "thought experiment"part fiction, part literary detective work, and always daringKent Johnson proposes a stunning rewrite of literary history. Suppressed upon initial release, this is a one-of-a-kind book by one of our most provocative contemporary authors.
 "This book of experimental criticism is, at the least, of forensic interest to readers of poetry and, at the most, a study in extremes of generosity and stinginess. Whether it is Johnson (Homage to the Last Avant-Garde) who is generous and his detractors stingyor vice versais another question altogether. The author delights in "thought experiment[s]" and provocation: his book offers readers, among other things, an unfinished "critical novella" containing a startling hypothesis about poets Frank O'Hara and Kenneth Koch: Is it possible that O'Hara's last poem, "A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island," was authored, in truth, by his friend Koch in the wake of O'Hara's sudden death by dune buggy on Fire Island? The author argues that the poem may have been written by Koch and deliberately attributed to O'Hara in an act of egoless munificence. Unfortunately, because Johnson was denied permission to quote from the (conceivably elegiac) poem under discussion, the text is full of odd elisions. As if to make up for this deficiency, the book is padded with essays by the author's partisans, who defend his critical methods, some with eloquence. Though this rarefied text will likely appeal to a similarly niche audience, Johnson's work is admirable for its imagination and inventiveness."--Publishers Weekly
 Kent Johnson is the author, translator, or editor of nearly 30 books of poetry and criticism, including Beneath a Single Moon: Buddhism in Contemporary American Poetry (Shambhala, 1991), Doubled Flowering: From the Notebooks of Araki Yasusada (Roof Books, 1998), and the collection of poems, Homage to the Last Avant-Garde (Shearsman Books, 2008). Johnson lives in Illinois, where he has been a faculty member in English and Spanish at Highland Community College. In 2005, he was named State Teacher of the Year” by the Illinois Community College Board of Trustees. Johnson has also received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship for his translation of Bolivian poet Jaime Saenz's The Night.

A Question Mark Above the Sun: Documents on the Mystery Surrounding a Famous Poem "By" Frank O'Hara

United States

Starcherone Books

This book presents a schoolwide model of instructional support designed to make the most of available time, resources, and personnel—one that is also fully compatible with other problem-solving models, such as response to intervention. The authors provide a comprehensive and cohesive framework for linking assessment and intervention. They show how to interweave evidence-based instruction with targeted professional development and other components that support improved learning outcomes for all K–8 students. Helpful tables describe dozens of research-based assessments and interventions in reading, writing, and math. In a large-size format with lay-flat binding to facilitate photocopying, the volume includes more than 20 reproducible worksheets and forms. The companion website features additional reproducibles and supplemental materials for use in conjunction with the book. This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by T. Chris Riley-Tillman.

Enhancing Instructional Problem Solving: An Efficient System for Assisting Struggling Learners (The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series)

Business & Money

Schulte, Ann C.

Begeny, John C.

Management & Leadership

The Guilford Press

Response to Intervention and Precision Teaching: Creating Synergy in the Classroom

Successful implementation of response to intervention (RTI) for academic skills problems requires rigorous progress monitoring. This book shows how the proven instructional technology known as precision teaching (PT) can facilitate progress monitoring while building K-12 students' fluency in reading, writing, math, and the content areas. Detailed instructions help general and special education teachers use PT to target specific skills at all three tiers of RTI, and incorporate it into project-based learning. Of crucial importance for RTI implementers, the book provides explicit procedures for measuring and charting learning outcomes during each PT session, and using the data to fine-tune instruction. Reproducible charts and other useful tools can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

Politics & Social Sciences

Street, Elizabeth M.

Social Sciences

Successful implementation of response to intervention (RTI) for academic skills problems requires rigorous progress monitoring. This book shows how the proven instructional technology known as precision teaching (PT) can facilitate progress monitoring while building K-12 students' fluency in reading, writing, math, and the content areas. Detailed instructions help general and special education teachers use PT to target specific skills at all three tiers of RTI, and incorporate it into project-based learning. Of crucial importance for RTI implementers, the book provides explicit procedures for measuring and charting learning outcomes during each PT session, and using the data to fine-tune instruction. Reproducible charts and other useful tools can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

Beneath a Single Moon is an extraordinary collection of the work of forty-five contemporary American poets-with over 250 poems and thirty essays on the influence of spiritual practice on the practice of poetry. Included are works by John Cage, Diane di Prima, Allen Ginsberg, Jane Hirshfield, Andrew Schelling, Gary Snyder, Anne Waldman, and others.

Beneath a Single Moon: Buddhism in Contemporary American Poetry

Shambhala

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