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  • Children of Crisis

    by Robert Coles ...
    In the 1950s Robert Coles began studying, living among, and, above all, listening to American children. The results of his efforts -- revealed in five volumes published between 1967 and 1977 -- constitute one of the most searching and vigorous social studies ever undertaken by one person in the United States.Here, heard often in their own voices, are America's "children of crisis": African ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Spiritual Life of Children

    by Robert Coles ...
    A look at faith through the voices of children from varied religious backgrounds, by the Pulitzer-winning author of The Moral Intelligence of Children.A New York Times Notable BookWhat do children think about when they consider God, Heaven and Hell, the value of life in the here and now, and the inevitability of death? Child psychiatrist, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, and Harvard professor Robert ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Call of Stories

    Teaching and the Moral Imagination

    by Robert Coles ...
    From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Children of Crisis, a profound examination of how listening to stories promotes learning and self-discovery.As a professor emeritus at Harvard University, a renowned child psychiatrist, and the author of more than forty books, including The Moral Intelligence of Children, Robert Coles knows better than anyone the transformative power of learning and ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Moral Life of Children

    by Robert Coles ...
    An in-depth investigation from the renowned child psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author: "Fascinating."— Los Angeles Times Book ReviewIn this searching, vivid inquiry, Robert Coles shows how children struggle with questions of moral choice. Bringing to life the voices of children from a rich diversity of backgrounds, including regions plagued by poverty or social unrest, he explores their ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lives of Moral Leadership

    Men and Women Who Have Made a Difference

    by Robert Coles ...
    In this rich and illuminating book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author Robert Coles creates a portrait of moral leadership--what it is, and how it is achieved--through stories of people who have led and inspired him: Robert Kennedy, Dorothy Day, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Erik Erikson, a Boston bus driver, teachers in college, medical school, and elementary school, among others.Coles tells ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • An Eye for A Dog

    Illustrated Guide To Judging Purebred Dogs

    by Robert Cole ...
    Winner of the DWAA Maxwell Award for 2004 Best Reference Book!Have you ever wondered how dog show judges learn to identify the subtle differences that separate a dog that is merely good from a dog that is outstanding? Now you can develop your own eye for sound movement and structure and learn how markings, size, and even leash position affect the judge’s perception! In An Eye for a Dog - ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Last Portal

    The Mytar, #1

    by Robert Cole ...
    Series Book 1 - The Mytar
    Three ordinary kids.A world in peril.A war between worlds has already begun.Chris Reynolds has always known he was different. Bullied at school and haunted by strange dreams, he never imagined the mysterious key he discovers in a flooded creek would change everything.When Chris and his friends Susie and Joe are pulled through a portal into the world of Cathora, they uncover a terrifying truth: ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Traveller&Amp;Apos;S History Of France

    by Robert Cole ...
    Hundreds of thousands of travellers visit France each year. The glories of the French countryside, the essential harmony of much of French architecture, the wealth of historical remains, the enormous variety of experience that France offers, act as a perennial and irresistible attraction. For these visitors this lively and useful guide provides the essential clues to an understanding of France& ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Story of Ruby Bridges

    by Robert Coles ...
    Illustrated by George Ford ...
    The inspirational true story of Ruby Bridges.The year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a judge orders Ruby to attend first grade at William Frantz Elementary, an all-white school, Ruby must face angry mobs of parents who refuse to send their children to school with her. Told with Robert Coles' ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Call Of Service

    by Robert Coles ...
    In this book, Coles explores the concept of idealism and why it necessary to the individual and society.What are the satisfactions—and the hazards—of a life dedicated to others?Kinds of Service: From social and political struggle in the Civil Rights movement to quiet personal gestures, Coles provides a rich taxonomy of what it means to help.Psychology of Altruism: A compassionate look at the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Simone Weil

    A Modern Pilgrimage

    by Robert Coles ...
    An intriguing introduction to Weil’s quest to integrate faith, philosophy and justice for the oppressed. Details her short, eventful life and shows her profound spiritual influence on thinkers from T. S. Eliot and Flannery O’Connor to Albert Camus. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Political Life of Children

    by Robert Coles ...
    A groundbreaking study of the impact of current events on the lives and minds of children from the Pulitzer Prize-winning child psychiatrist.Most parents teach their children the lessons and skills they need to function in the world while trying to shield them from the harsher realities of life. But long before children are considered ready to face the complications of the real world, they are ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus