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Brought to you by Penguin. ____________ The Sunday Times bestselling novel from the award-winning author of UPROOTED In the start of an all-new trilogy, the bestselling author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver introduces you to a dangerous school for the magically gifted where failure means...

THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 NYT BESTSELLER ‘One for Philip Pullman fans’ THE TIMES ‘This one is an automatic buy’ GLAMOUR ‘Ambitious, sweeping and epic’ EVENING STANDARD ‘Razor-sharp’ DAILY MAIL ‘An ingenious fantasy about empire’ GUARDIAN 'Literary super-stardom doesn't seem...

A well educated population is the cornerstone of a strong society. On the personal level, education contributes to virtue and self-knowledge, the most necessary attributes of the ideal citizen and soldier. It is best achieved through empirical study rather than the exclusive study of books. - Summary by Thomas A. Copeland

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The Cyropaedia (or Cyropedia) is a partly fictional biography of Cyrus the Great, written in the early 4th century BC by the Athenian gentleman-soldier, and student of Socrates, Xenophon of Athens. The title Cyropaedia derives from Greek, meaning "The Education of Cyrus". Aspects of it would become a model for medieval writers of the genre known as mirrors for princes. In turn it was a strong influence upon the most well-known but atypical of these, Machiavelli's The Prince, which was an important influence in the rejection of medieval political thinking, and the development of modern politics...

How do you tell the story of a feminist education, when the work of feminism can never be perfected or completed? In A Sentimental Education, Hannah McGregor, the podcaster behind Witch, Please and Secret Feminist Agenda, explores what podcasting has taught her about doing feminist scholarship not as a methodology but as a way of life.

'A delectable jewel of a tale, shimmering with dark, beautiful prose' Tori Bovalino, author of The Devil Makes Three, on A Dowry of Blood Love is sacrifice. One of us was always going to bleed for the other. Deep in the forgotten hills of Massachusetts stands Saint Perpetua's College. Isolated...

Brought to you by Penguin. A thrilling anthology of short stories from the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Scholomance Trilogy and Uprooted, spanning each of her realms and including a sneak peak into the world of her next series. From the dragon-filled Temeraire series and the gothic...

Chulbuli Tales is a group of grandmas who enjoy the art of storytelling. They are keeping this art alive by sharing fun and interesting stories of all ages. Mrs. Anupama Sabnis will recite stories in Marathi, while Mrs. Sunita Malpani and Mrs. Asha Malu will be reciting stories in Hindi. Listen, share, and relive our wonderful story-oriented childhood memories. Subscribe to the podcast to receive updates about the latest stories. Chulbuli Tales Podcast is an Ep.Log Media productionFor advertising/partnerships reach out to bonjour@eplog.media

ಈ ಪೊಡ್ಕಾಸ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆಸರಾಂತ ಕವಿಗಳ ಕವನಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಕಾವ್ಯದ ತುಣುಕನ್ನು ಕೇಳಬಹುದು. In this podcast, you can listen to poems of famous Kannada poets. ’ಪರ್ಪಂಚ್ ಇರೋ ತನಕ ಮುಂದೆ ಕನ್ನಡ್ ಪದಗೊಳ್ ನುಗ್ಲಿ’ಎಂಬುದಷ್ಟೇ ಉದ್ದೇಶ. ’Until this world exists, Let Kannada Words Rush’ Is the intention.

Sending his daughter off to college is the proudest day of single dad JaQuan Reynolds’s life. Everything took a back seat to raising her - including his career. He has no idea what comes next, but his newfound freedom is quickly curtailed by a crash deadline at work and the uptight, hovering presence of consultant Matthew Donaldson. He’s surly and insufferably sexy, and Jaq’s ready to check him out and write him off - right up until a work assignment forces them together.   

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'A wondrous book' JOHN GREEN 'Funny, devastating, achingly romantic' OLIVIE BLAKE 'The freshest contemporary fantasy I've read in years' LAURA STEVEN 'Wildly creative, very funny, and searingly angry' FREYA MARSKE 'This is dark academia as it should be written' BEA FITZGERALD 'Croucher is a...

Writing advice tends to be full of "rules" and "tips" which are either too broad to be helpful or outright wrong. In On Writing and Worldbuilding, we will discuss specific and applicable ideas to consider, from effective methods of delivering exposition and foreshadowing, to how communication, commerce, and control play into the fall of an empire.

American Libraries editor in chief Leonard Kniffel offers a compelling collection of interviews with prominent figures--all of whom have special connections to libraries. From President Barack Obama to actress Julie Andrews; from basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to former First Lady and librarian Laura Bush and many others, stars of literature, politics, entertainment, and the public arena speak with Kniffel about the ways libraries have been critical in their lives.

An exhilarating manifesto for the future, this book convinces readers to make the shift from reactive leapfrogging to proactive pole-vaulting through radical transformation. The unique '3-4-7 framework' demonstrates how a paralysing mass of problems can be brought down to a formidable formula...

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Discover the transformative power of education in shaping lives and communities. Join us as we delve into inspiring stories, innovative teaching methods, and the critical role education plays in fostering growth and opportunity for all.

Rosemary Chivers is haunted by the choices she made as a teenager—and by those made for her by a controlling mother. Now, in the Cold War era of conformity and suspicion, Rosemary is a modern new teacher at a school for troubled girls, where she challenges the narrow curriculum meant to tame restless young minds. She also keeps a devastating secret. She knows one of the students is the child she gave up. But which one?

Interviews with authors of Harvard Education Press books.