The Best American Essays 2010

10 best books like The Best American Essays 2010 (Robert Atwan): Conversations With God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 3, Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife, Birth of a Nation, In the Middle: New Understandings about Writing, Reading, and Learning, Reading Nonfiction: Notice & Note Stances, Signposts, and Strategies, Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood, Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction, 13th Gen: Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?, A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers

Conversations With God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 3

Author	Neale Donald Walsch
ISBN	1571741038

The Free Love Movement is Still Alive and Kicking

She put her pen to the piece of paper that was lying on the table in front of her, and she waited. And waited. The pen began to move, to even write, and what it wrote frightened her: “You are going to go to hell for this.” She never practiced automatic...

Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife

Author	Eben Alexander
ISBN	1451695195

Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that NDEs feel real, but are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress.

Then,...

Birth of a Nation

Author	Aaron McGruder
ISBN	1400083168

If this were a movie (as Hudlin and McGruder originally intended), it'd be the most entertaining Hollywood movie I've seen since 1977; and maybe now someone will make a movie in which East St Louis secedes from the Union and renames itself Blackland and prints up currency featuring the likenesses of...

In the Middle: New Understandings about Writing, Reading, and Learning

Author	Nancie Atwell
ISBN	0867093749

The best way to teach is to learn together with the students. One of the rare breed of teachers who do know this is Nancie Atwell.
- The New York TimesReading this book can be revolutionary. . . . Atwell leads us to new understandings of teaching and learning in a workshop classroom.
- Voices from...

Reading Nonfiction: Notice & Note Stances, Signposts, and Strategies

Author	Kylene Beers
ISBN	0325050805

Visit www.heinemann.com/ReadingNonfiction for special previews, videos, and more.

Also available: Reading Nonfiction Student Bookmarks and Notice & Note/Reading Nonfiction Signpost Student Bookmarks

"When students recognize that nonfiction ought to challenge us,...

Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood

Author	Jim Fay
ISBN	1930429002

Practical Parenting from Birth to Six Years Let Jim Fay and Charles Fay, Ph.D., help you start your child off on the right foot. The tools in Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood will give you the building blocks you need to create children who grow up to be responsible, successful teens and adults....

Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society

Author	Peter Trudgill
ISBN	0140289216

This is a classic book on a fascinating subject. Peter Trudgill examines the close link between language and society and the many factors that influence the way we speak. These range from gender, environment, age, race, class, region and politics. Trudgill's book surveys languages and societies...

Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction

Author	William D. O'Grady
ISBN	0312419368

Overall, a horrible choice for an intro course.

Chapter One is decent. It gives a general overview of the field of Linguistics, and what I can expect in my studies. It's easy to follow, and gave me high hopes for this unexpected (and largely unwanted) post-baccalaureate class choice.

Chapter...

13th Gen: Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?

Author	Neil Howe
ISBN	0679743650

This week’s headline? Boomers analyze GenX

Why this book? more nineties nostalgia

Which book format? used old textbook

Primary reading environment? beside swimming hole

Any preconceived notions? wannabe definitive text

Identify most with? um…my...

A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers

Author	Lee A. Jacobus
ISBN	0312434448

The most successful reader of its kind, A World of Ideas is ideal for composition instructors who want to introduce their students to some of the world's most important thinkers and their ideas: for example, Niccolo Machiavelli on government, Sigmund Freud on the mind, and Virginia Woolf on feminism....

Lives on the Boundary: A Moving Account of the Struggles and Achievements of America's Educationally Un Derprepared

Author	Mike Rose
ISBN	0143035460

The award-winning account of how America's educational system fails it students and what can be done about it

Remedial, illiterate, intellectually deficient--these are the stigmas that define America's educationally underprepared. Having grown up poor and been labeled this way, nationally...