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The classic novel of fly fishing and spirituality republished with a new Afterword by the author. Since its publication in 1983, The River Why has become a classic. David James Duncan's sweeping novel is a coming-of-age comedy about love, nature, and the quest for self-discovery, written in a voice as distinct and powerful as any in American letters. Gus Orviston is a young fly fisherman who leaves behind his comically schizoid family to find his own path. Taking refuge in a remote cabin, he sets out in pursuit of the Pacific Northwest's elusive steelhead. But what begins as a physical quarry becomes a spiritual one as his quest for self-knowledge batters him with unforeseeable experiences. Profoundly reflective about our connection to nature and to one another, The River Why is also a comedic rollercoaster. Like Gus, the reader emerges utterly changed, stripped bare by the journey Duncan so expertly navigates.

A first collection by an award-winning writer features characters at relationship crossroads in such stories as "Lizard Man," in which two men race to save a sick alligator; and "The End of Aaron," in which a girl helps her boyfriend face his greatest fears.

Location, location, location. After a divorce from her husband and business partner, Alex, Amanda Thorne is determined to make it on her own in real estate--despite scorpions, 100-degree heat, and an encounter with a cactus en route to her first big listing. But when she finally arrives at the Mid-century modern manse, a lifeless body in the living room really spoils the ambiance. With the reluctant cooperation of dishy Detective Ken Becker, Amanda sets out to unravel the truth. But after a fellow real estate agent is murdered, some pissed-off Black Widow spiders infest her car, and a body is found floating in her pool, it's clear someone wants Amanda's inquiring mind off the market--permanently. "James's sparkling debut introduces an appealing new sleuth. . .Witty, accident-prone Amanda should attract fans of Laura Levine."--Publishers Weekly David James has not written any screenplays, has never received a Pulitzer, and is not a regular contributor to National Public Radio. He is currently working on his next Amanda Thorne mystery.

SHADOWS WITHIN> Within the darkness of the human mind, beneath the growing layers of chaos, is where love and hope still hide. Look inside yourself to discover the SHADOWS WITHIN.

How many lives can you live in a single lifetime? Most of us barely manage one. But David James isn't like most of us. Born in a small English town in Lancashire in the early '60s, David is a wanderer at heart. Narrated in his own words, 45 Years, 45 Lives is the story of his explorations of his soul as much as of the world around him. Ride pillion with David as his story moves at breakneck speed around the world from Europe to America to Africa, from his teenage to older soul, through his love to heartbreak, friendships to failures. At the book's opening, we dive headlong into Davids' life to witness him being abandoned by his father the event that will alter his life forever. When David meets Brian, everything he has known about himself changes. He depicts with tremendous honesty his issues with his identity and confusion about his sexuality. An impulsive move to San Francisco, the gay capital of the world, brings the sense of freedom David has craved for his whole life. But with the sudden start of the AIDS epidemic, he finds himself at the eye of a storm that he, along with the rest of the world, struggles to understand. Davids' life is a series of crossroads, and a series of reinventions. First a teenage David Bowie wannabe, then a waiter, a butler, a physiotherapist, Tv presenter ,property developer, and now a writer at the age of 45, David traverses many roles and many lives. Yet, this isn't just a story about David. This is also the story of his mother, a constant pillar of support throughout his turbulent journey. This is the story of Brian and his capacity for infinite love. This is the story of Ahmed, the illegal Algerian immigrant who brings hope into Davids' dark life. And this is the story of Colin, the over-the-top gay rights activist whose personal struggles become the inspiration behind this book. Part travelogue, part personal diary, with shades of sexuality, romance, and spirituality, Davids' story will resound with anyone who has ever asked the question, "Who am I?" and striven to find the answer.

An epic comedy about the quest for transcendence in an anything-but-transcendent America, set amid the gorgeous landscapes of the American west: A “spiritual journey” full of “fun, joy, love, courage and compassion” (Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Powers) from the author of the perennial cult bestsellers The River Why and The Brothers K. A random bolt from a DC-8 falls from the sky, killing a child and throwing the faith of a young Jesuit into crisis. A boy’s mother dies on his fifth birthday, sparking a lifetime of repressed anger that he unleashes once a year in reckless duels with the Fate, God, or Power who let the coincidence happen. A young woman on a run in Seattle experiences a shooting star moment that pierces her with a love that will eventually help heal the Jesuit, the angry young man, and innumerable others. The journeys of this unintentional menagerie carry them to the healing lands of Montana and a newly founded community—where nothing tastes better than Maker's Mark mixed with glacier ice, and nothing seems less likely than the soul-filling delight a troupe of spiritual refugees, urban sophisticates, road-weary musicians, and local cowboys begin to find in each other's company. With Sun House, David James Duncan continues exploring the American search for meaning and love that he began in his acclaimed novels The River Why and The Brothers K.

An accessible guide to creating schedules that amplify school and district priorities, support best practices in teaching and learning, heighten student engagement, and enhance equity. A school’s schedule can be as important to education outcomes as its budget or strategic plan. The secret to making the schedule a tool for school improvement is to approach schedule design not as a technical task, centered on making everything fit like Tetris blocks, but as a strategic one. In this book, informed by research and their work with hundreds of schools, scheduling experts Nathan Levenson and David James explore how strategic scheduling can turn a "good enough" schedule into one that supercharges learning and engagement without additional costs or more FTEs. If you are ready to * Figure out which schedule type is best for your students and staff; * Disrupt harmful tracking and ensure every student has access to highly skilled teachers and rigorous curriculum; * Deliver optimum hours of core instruction while expanding electives and providing opportunities for student voice and choice; * Precisely match staffing to course enrollment to free up personnel and funds for other purposes * Find time for critical intervention and enrichment blocks; and * Communicate scheduling decisions more effectively to parents, families, and district leaders ... then it’s time for strategic scheduling. Offering targeted advice for best-practice scheduling at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, this book will help school and district leaders—and the teachers and students they serve—make the most of every school day and every school year.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Psychoanalytic Cultural Criticism and the Soul -- Towards a Psychoanalytic Understanding of Fascism and Anti-Semitism: Perceptions From the 1940's -- On Parenting and Playing -- The Relationship and Debates Between Bruno Bettelheim and Rudolf Ekstein -- In Memoriam: Rudolf Ekstein (1912-2005) -- A Final Conversation With Bruno Bettelheim -- The Suicide of a Survivor: Some Intimate Perceptions of Bettelheim's Suicide -- Homage to Bettelheim -- An Open Letter to Newsweek -- Concerning Bruno Bettelheim: A Reply To Former Patients From The Orthogenic School -- Two Letters From Bettelheim To The Author -- About the Author -- References -- Index -- Acknowledgements.

Centuries passed, Jason Worthing slept. His children lived - and changed from year to year - on some strange farm, located deep in the Forest of Waters. Some of these stories were told in The Chronicle of Worthing, but that was a brief retelling. This is how they will be remembered by future generations. And here are the stories in their entirety.

"Ten-Headed Alien draws from sci-fi and poli-sci, prog rock and politics, climate fiction and ancient mythology to create poems that are at once global and personal. The opening sections of the book take the reader on a harrowing sea-to-sky epic, from a drunken plane crash in the BC interior to the quiet beaches of Crete. Mythological creatures battle for the attention of an inverted mermaid, bionic pigeons flee their creators, barflies conjure soulmates, balloon farms exist on the moon and pigs, of course, fly. From Lake Nipissing to the moons of Jupiter, these poems travel around the world (and off it) united by the language of human fragility, and a sense of the body as engineered, temporary and exquisitely sad. The book's final section brings an uncanny ten-headed alien to Earth and the apocalypse that unfolds is complex and devastating. Ten-Headed Alien, broad in scope, revels in strange, protean imagery to explore the swamps between our natural and technological worlds."--