Excavations: A Novel

"A smart tale sparkling with wit...laugh out loud funny and an ode to feminist triumph. The dazzling Greek island setting, four intriguing women, and a shady mystery&nbsp;come together for an irresistible read. Don't miss this one."&nbsp; --LIV CONSTANTINE, internationally bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish, a Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick Over a summer in sun-drenched Greece, four incompatible women digging into the past may just find the answers to their futures. On a remote archeological site in Greece, the mythic home of the first Olympics, four women discover an unusual artifact. It's a piece of history that definitely shouldn't exist. And for the head archaeologist in charge, a relic himself, it means something's gone horribly wrong. Elise, Kara, Z and Patty all find themselves digging here together, but they couldn't be farther apart. Kara's a polished conservator calling off her wedding. Patty and her bowl cut are desperate for love. Millennial Z just got dumped and fired yet again. And Elise, their star excavator, is a lone wolf about to go rogue.&nbsp; To figure out what they're really digging for, and to topple the man who wants to hide their history, these dirt-crusted colleagues have to become what they've avoided for years--friends. If they put their own messes aside for one summer, they might just make the discovery of a lifetime.

Humor & Entertainment

Myers, Kate

Humor

HarperVia

USA TODAY BESTSELLER • BEST SUMMER READS OF 2023: The New York Post • Oprah Book Club • Oprah Daily • USA Today • Good Housekeeping • Brit + Co • The Good Trade • Parade • Zibby Mag • O Quaterly 
“Funny, smart and deeply delicious.” —Amy Poehler 
“Witty and acerbic, Myers’ debut is humorous and sharply written, as if Aubrey Plaza’s April Ludgate from Parks and Recreation decided to write a sun-drenched novel about feminism, friendship, and archeology.” —Booklist 
Over a summer in sun-drenched Greece, four incompatible women digging into the past may just find the answers to their futures. An "academic satire with a feminist bent... Fresh, funny, intelligent, and deeply satisfying.”—Kirkus (Starred Review) 
On a remote archeological site in Greece, the mythic home of the first Olympics, four women discover an unusual artifact. It’s a piece of history that definitely shouldn’t exist. And for the head archaeologist in charge, a relic himself, it means something’s gone horribly wrong. 
Elise, Kara, Z and Patty all find themselves digging here together, but they couldn’t be farther apart. Kara’s a polished conservator calling off her wedding. Patty and her bowl cut are desperate for love. Millennial Z just got dumped and fired yet again. And Elise, their star excavator, is a lone wolf about to go rogue. 
To figure out what they’re really digging for, and to topple the man who wants to hide their history, these dirt-crusted colleagues have to become what they’ve avoided for years—friends. If they put their own messes aside for one summer, they might just make the discovery of a lifetime.

Salty: A Hilarious Caribbean Page-Turner―Your Next Great Beach Read

Literature & Fiction

Humor & Satire

Teachers Behaving Badly? is concerned about sexual behaviour that may occur between adults working in and connected to the school, and teacher/older pupil relations, initiated by both parties. Leaders faced with trying to sort out these issues find that they are not always clear-cut. Often there are no easy resolutions and the consequences may be potentially explosive for the individuals concerned, for the school, and for the community.

Teacher's Behaving Badly?: Dilemmas For School Managers

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Falmer Pr

Genderwatch is an in-service training pack for teachers which shows how to assess a school's existing situation, perform a needs analysis, devise strategies and monitor outcomes with regard to equal opportunities. The book aims to be practical and relevant to the national curriculum. It demonstrates how to set about removing barriers of gender, race and special needs.

Genderwatch!: After the Education Reform Act

Cambridge University Press

The Intelligent School

In writing The Intelligent School, the authors offer a practical resource to schools to help them maximize their improvement efforts. The aim is to help schools to be intelligent organizations; to be the type of school that can synthesize different kinds of knowledge, experience and ideas in order to be confident about current achievements, and be able to decide what to do next.

MacGilchrist, Barbara

Reed, Jane

Sage Publications Ltd.

This is a comparative study of approaches to the challenge of improving achievement, which focuses on two pairs of schools, in London and Singapore. They were chosen because they seemed to be achieving 'against the odds', with pupils who were relatively disadvantaged in their society. It is the schools' successes and achievements in the face of adversity, the strategies that enabled them to improve, and the continuing challenges that they face that are described in this book by a research team comprising educational researchers, business people and other professionals. The book first explores the context of schooling in Singapore and London, showing the differences and similarities between the two education systems. The research is presented as a series of case studies in the book's central chapters, and it concludes with a discussion of the improvement strategies adopted by the schools in relation to their different cultural contexts. The team found that many similar strategies were adopted by the principals of the four schools, but the different contexts in which they were operating meant that similar actions did not always lead to similar results. They conclude that there is no single way of achieving school improvement, no simple recipe for turning round the kinds of schools exemplified in these case studies. While common factors in improvement include motivating staff, focusing on teaching and learning, enhancing the physical environment and changing the culture of the school, change cannot be imposed from outside: the will and the effort to change must come from within.

The Culture of Change: Case Studies of Improving Schools in Singapore and London (Bedford Way Papers, 10)

Stoll, Louise

Mortimore, Peter

Mortimore, Jo

Gopinathan, Saravanan

Leo, Elizabeth

Sharpe, Leslie

UCL IOE Press

Max has graduation on the brain, not a deadly plague. 
All was going according to plan, when an unknown virus hits his hometown and symptoms quickly change from “flu-like” to erratic and violent. 
With only minimal belongings, a gun, and his untested conscience, Max and his dad leave the city with their neighbor Wiley, and Wiley’s niece Skylar—the girl who, as of yesterday, hasn’t spoken to him since the third grade. 
Max embarks on a harrowing journey where he will be forced to decide who lives and who dies in his attempt to stay alive and save those he loves. 
Unputdownable, The Deranged is an action-packed, bio-weapon gone wrong, teenage romance and incredible debut. 
✯✯✯✯✯REVIEWS 
 "From the beginning, I was completely enthralledby this story. The angsty, teenage loveand the father-son banter made these characters totally believable and relatable. With suspenseful, action packed chapters set in the woods of rural, smalltown Ohio, The Deranged was unputdownable. The mysterious ending didn't leave me unsatisfied but rather even more excited for a sequel. You won't want to miss out on this debut novel by Kate Myers." 
"I haven’t picked up a book in years and I couldn’t put this one down! Full of action from the first chapter and at the end I was left wanting more! I’m really hoping that this is just the beginning of a series."
"I haven’t finished a book in one sitting in a few year but I could not put this down! I can not wait to see what happens next in this world and from this author."
Don't miss this new young adult dystopian romance!

The Deranged

Teen & Young Adult

Kate Myers

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