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  • Why School?

    Reclaiming Education for All of Us

    by Mike Rose ...
    Why School? is a little book driven by big questions. What does it mean to be educated? What is intelligence? How should we think about intelligence, education, and opportunity in an open society? Drawing on forty years of teaching and research and "a profound understanding of the opportunities, both intellectual and economic, that come from education" (Booklist), award-winning author Mike Rose ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Why School?

    Reclaiming Education for All of Us

    by Mike Rose ...
    Why School? is a little book driven by big questions. What does it mean to be educated? What is intelligence? How should we think about intelligence, education, and opportunity in an open society? Drawing on forty years of teaching and research and "a profound understanding of the opportunities, both intellectual and economic, that come from education" (Booklist), award-winning author Mike Rose ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Mind at Work

    Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker

    by Mike Rose ...
    Featuring a new preface for the 10th anniversaryAs did the national bestseller Nickel and Dimed, Mike Rose’s revelatory book demolishes the long-held notion that people who work with their hands make up a less intelligent class. He shows us waitresses making lightning-fast calculations, carpenters handling complex spatial mathematics, and hairdressers, plumbers, and electricians with their ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • HyphenPunk Fall 2021

    HyphenPunk Magazine, #1

    by David McGillveray, Vera Brook, Jennifer Lee Rossman, Celia Neri, Alex Souza, K. Garcia Ley, Joachim Heijndermans, Elyse Russel, J.G. Grimmer, Xan van Rooyen, Eric Raglin, Gustavo Bondoni, Ken McGrath, Mike Douton, Christopher Mark Rose, Jasen Bacon ...
    Series Book 1 - HyphenPunk Magazine
    The premiere issue of HyphenPunk brings you fifteen stories from ten different styles of -punk science fiction.Cyberpunk stories from: David McGillveray, Álex Souza, and Ken McGrathA steampunk story from Gustavo BondoniA steampunk graphic short from the team of Elyse Russel, Dany Rivera, & Miranda LeysonBiopunk from Vera Brook and K. Garcia LeySolarpunk from Jennifer Lee RossmanMythpunk from Celia ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • When the Light Goes On

    The Life-Changing Wonder of Learning in an Age of Metrics, Screens, and Diminished Human Connection

    by Mike Rose ...
    The final work from one of the most beloved voices in American education explores stories and lessons of transformative experiences in educationFor more than a generation, American education has been structured as though it was built of and for concepts, not people. This has transformed education into a vast assessment, scoring, and ranking enterprise; a sales platform for high-tech entrepreneurs; ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • UNTANGLED

    God's good news may be better than you think

    by Mike Rose ...
    Perhaps the title of this book, Untangled, has stirred your curiosity. In most situations, tangles are bothersome at best. In others, they can be downright dangerous! Our Granddaughters, Macy and Peyton, have beautiful long hair. I have witnessed many tears over the years as my wife, Deenie (aka "Mamie"), has combed out the painful tangles. In our Southeast Alaska waters, hungry and curious whales ... Read more

    $10.98 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Back to School

    Why Everyone Deserves a Second Chance at Education

    by Mike Rose ...
    "Shines a light on institutions that are teaching students, young and old, how to rebuild our economy and put America back to work" (President Bill Clinton).It's a statistic that's sure to surprise: Close to forty-five percent of postsecondary students in the United States today did not enroll in college directly out of high school, and many attend only part-time. Following a tradition of self ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 250 Indie Games You Must Play

    by Mike Rose ...
    This book is a guide to the expanding world of indie gaming. It helps readers to understand why indie games are so important to so many people in the entertainment industry. The book covers puzzlers, platformers, beat 'em ups, shoot 'em ups, role-playing, and strategy. ... Read more

    $96.18 CAD

  • The Hard Karma Shuffle

    by Mike Nettleton, Carolyn J. Rose ...
    Portland, Oregon, 1997Back in the 60s he tuned in, turned on, and dropped out into a life without deadlines or documentation. But now the aging flower child known as Paladin has run up against reality.High-tech thugs with guns want a package he didn’t deliver, cops like him for the murder of a low-rent attorney, and the attorney’s secretary wants to jump his bones—or bury them. And what about the ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD

  • Audiobook

    When the Light Goes On

    The Life-Changing Wonder of Learning in an Age of Metrics, Screens, and Diminished Human Connection

    by Mike Rose ...
    Narrated by Tom Mailey ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 37 min

    The final work from one of the most beloved voices in American education explores stories and lessons of transformative experiences in educationFor more than a generation, American education has been structured as though it was built of and for concepts, not people. This has transformed education into a vast assessment, scoring, and ranking enterprise; a sales platform for high-tech entrepreneurs; ... Read more

    $32.00 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Public Education Under Siege

    Edited by Michael B. Katz, Mike Rose ...
    Proponents of education reform are committed to the idea that all children should receive a quality education, and that all of them have a capacity to learn and grow, whatever their ethnicity or economic circumstances. But though recent years have seen numerous reform efforts, the resources available to children in different municipalities still vary enormously, and despite landmark cases of the ... Read more

    $36.79 CAD

  • Public Education Under Siege

    Edited by Michael B. Katz, Mike Rose ...
    Proponents of education reform are committed to the idea that all children should receive a quality education, and that all of them have a capacity to learn and grow, whatever their ethnicity or economic circumstances. But though recent years have seen numerous reform efforts, the resources available to children in different municipalities still vary enormously, and despite landmark cases of the ... Read more

    $45.59 CAD