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Far too often, our students attain only a superficial level of knowledge that fails to prepare them for deeper challenges in school and beyond. In Teaching for Deeper Learning, renowned educators and best-selling authors, Jay McTighe and Harvey F. Silver propose a solution: teaching students to make meaning for themselves.

In The Assistant Principal 50, award-winning, four-time principal Baruti Kafele presents reflective questions that encompass the breadth and depth of the assistant principalship—from finding your leadership lane to thriving and being an asset to your principal.

As Faye Wilderpath enters her second year at Thornhaven, she delves deeper into magical studies, excelling in some disciplines while struggling with others. A series of mysterious attacks within Thornhaven leads Faye and her friends to uncover a plot involving a mysterious infiltrator, while her relationships with both Callum and Ren reach unexpected heights. Balancing her studies, two potential romances, and a deadly conspiracy, Faye must dig deep if she has any hopes of surviving the harrowing Ordeal of Shadows.

Some secrets hide in plain sight. Others are stolen in the dead of night... Flora Maguire has everything she could wish for—a beautiful Belgravia home, a devoted husband, and baby Arthur to dote on. But her perfect world is shattered when she accepts an invitation to tour St Philomena’s Children’s Hospital in poverty-stricken Southwark. The conditions are appalling, but the real horror lies in a chilling discovery: children are vanishing from the hospital.

Even the most glamorous stately homes hide secrets and lies from the past... When Flora receives a shocking telegram about her father’s sudden death in a riding accident, she rushes back to her childhood home, Cleeve Abbey. Once a governess to young Eddy, Viscount Trent, and daughter of the Earl’s trusted butler, Flora finds the house steeped in unease. Her plans to lay her father to rest beside her mother, Lily, are upended when mystery surrounds Lily’s final resting place.

Faye Wilderpath's third year sees her venturing beyond Thornhaven's walls on supervised missions. When a routine wellspring protection mission goes awry, Faye and her friends are forced to face new and horrifying challenges, gaining a small glimpse into the Netherkin's home dimension—and discovering unsettling truths about the true extent of their invasion. The experience leaves Faye changed, with new powers and a deeper understanding of the enemy, but also grappling with the trauma of what she's witnessed.

Faye Wilderpath, age 20, leaves her grandmother and village behind to attend Thornhaven, a magical academy set in a dangerous jungle compound that trains students to combat the Netherkin, invaders intent on terraforming the continent with dark magic. As Faye struggles to adapt to the academy’s brutal training regimen and treacherous environment, she finds herself making enemies and friends alike—and torn between her affections for the prodigious hunter Callum, and the charming, magically-tattooed Ren.

1940, England: Clementine Churchill is standing alone on a rooftop in London as bombs rain down on the city when a nearby explosion almost knocks her off her feet. Shaking, she rushes homewards to 10 Downing Street and breathes a sigh of relief when she sees the famous building is still there. It means the Prime Minister–her husband–is still alive.

Madame Guyon is generally credited, even by her enemies, as being one of the best-known women in church history. Will Durant, in his Story of Civilization, recounts the impact of Jeanne Guyon's life and writings on French history. At one time this book was publicly burned in France and yet it has also been received by seeking Christians as one of the most helpful and powerful Christian books ever written. Penned by one of Christianity's most famous saints, Jeanne Guyon, it has played a major part in the lives of more famous Christians than perhaps any other Christian book.