Tony Wagner

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need--And What We Can Do about It

Examines problems of the American educational system and offers solutions for preparing students to compete and work in a global economy.

The Global Achievement Gap

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Chantal V. Johnson

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A Novel

In this "deeply original" (Elif Batuman) and "violently funny" (Myriam Gurba) story, a young lawyer finally confronts her dark past so she can live in a more peaceful future.

To the outside observer, Vivian is a success story--a dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients at a New York City psychiatric hospital. Privately, Vivian contends with the memories and aftereffects of her bad childhood--compounded by the everyday stresses of being a Black Latinx woman in America. She lives in a constant state of hypervigilant awareness that makes even a simple subway ride into a heart-pounding drama.



For years, Vivian has self-medicated with a mix of dating, dieting, dark humor and smoking weed with her BFF, Jane. But after a family reunion prompts Vivian to take a bold step, she finds herself alone in new and terrifying ways, without even Jane to confide in, and she starts to unravel. Will she find a way to repair what matters most to her?



A debut from a stunning talent, Post-traumatic is a new kind of survivor narrative, featuring a complex heroine who is blazingly, indelibly alive. With razor-sharp prose and mordant wit, Chantal V. Johnson performs an extraordinary feat, delivering a psychologically astute story about the aftermath of trauma that somehow manages to brim with warmth, laughter, and hope.

 

Post-Traumatic

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

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Japanese for Beginners 

Daisuki! Nihongo: Mastering Conversational Japanese

Gene Nishi

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Build your knowledge of Japanese one step at a time!

Using a clear, step-by-step approach, Japanese Step by Step teaches you how to construct Japanese sentences from the simplest to the most complex. Innovative features make this method the easiest and most effective way to learn to speak and read formal Japanese--the Japanese spoken by educated adults both socially and professionally.


 * Presents a building-block approach based on five sentence patterns.
 * Flow charts simplify verb conjugations and derivations.
 * Kanji and kana characters vertically aligned with romaji accent symbols.
 * Key points compared with English make understanding concepts easier.
 * Gives you access to free 20-minute download of Chapter 1, Syllables and Accent.

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--Sir Hugh Cortazzi, former British Ambassador to Japan

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