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A riveting and stylish saga set in Paris during World War II, The Art Spy uncovers how an unlikely heroine infiltrated the Nazi leadership to save the world's most treasured masterpieces.On August 25, 1944, Rose Valland, a woman of quiet daring, found herself in a desperate position. From the windows of her beloved Jeu de Paume museum, where she had worked and ultimately spied, she could see the battle to liberate Paris thundering around her. The Jeu de Paume, co-opted by Nazi leadership, was now the Germans’ final line of defense. Would the museum curator be killed before she could tell the truth—a story that would mean nothing less than saving humanity’s cultural inheritance?Based on troves of previously undiscovered documents, The Art Spy chronicles the brave actions of the key Resistance spy in the heart of the Nazi’s art looting headquarters in the French capital. A veritable female Monuments Man, Valland has, until now, been written out of the annals, despite bearing witness to history’s largest art theft. While Hitler was amassing stolen art for his future Führermuseum, Valland, his undercover adversary, secretly worked to stop him.At every stage of World War II, Valland was front and center. She came face to face with Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, passed crucial information to the Resistance network, put herself deliberately in harm’s way to protect the museum and her staff, and faced death during the last hours of Liberation Day.At the same time, a young Free French soldier, Alexandre Rosenberg , was fighting his way to Paris with the Allied forces battling to liberate France. Alexandre's father was the exclusive art dealer for Picasso, Matisse, George Braque, and Fernand Léger. The Nazis had taken everything from their family—their art collection, their nationality, their gallery, and their home in Paris. Vivid and atmospheric, The Art Spy moves from the glittering days of pre-War Paris, home to geniuses of modern culture, including Picasso, Josephine Baker, Coco Chanel, Le Corbusier, and Frida Kahlo, through the tension-riddled cities and resorts of Europe on the eve of war, to the harrowing years of the Nazi occupation of France when brave people such as Valland and Rosenberg risked everything to fight monstrous evil.In the spirit of Hidden Figures, with the sweeping narrative of The Rape of Europa and the depth of The Resistance Quartet, The Art Spy is an extraordinary tale of a female hero whose courage and tenacity in a time of violence and terror is an inspiration for us all.

This inspirational book provides a concrete model of why university-district partnerships are essential to preparing justice-focused school leaders, and how these partnerships can thrive. Readers will find details of one such partnership, Leadership Education for Anaheim Districts (LEAD), which incorporated high-impact practices for equity, self-knowledge, and system change. Using the LEAD partnership as an example, this accessible text provides supports for launching a similar radical partnership, including converging goals, a student-centered theory of action, and key resources. It offers guidance for sustaining a radical partnership through the inevitable questions and conflicts that will arise, including coteaching of all content by university and district partners, and the mutual respect needed for successful joint work. The text includes core pieces of LEAD's leadership preparation curriculum and instruction that encourage new forms of leaders and leadership, including strategic inquiry, multilingual-learner shadowing, and one-on-one coaching and mentoring. Radical University-District Partnerships is a call for universities and school districts to work together toward preparing educational leaders who will bring greater justice for all children.Book Features:A focus on preparing principals to lead schools in ways that change outcomes for historically underserved students (K-12).A framework for radical partnerships that is horizontal, authentic, and engaged in justice.Chapters coauthored by a team of university faculty, district administrators, and program graduates. Voices of program graduates who share their experiences in LEAD and how it impacted their leadership learning.A look forward to next steps for practicing and theorizing, including ways to adjust LEAD programming based on the editors' research findings and successful expansion to a second school district.

This inspirational book provides a concrete model of why university-district partnerships are essential to preparing justice-focused school leaders, and how these partnerships can thrive. Readers will find details of one such partnership, Leadership Education for Anaheim Districts (LEAD), which incorporated high-impact practices for equity, self-knowledge, and system change. Using the LEAD partnership as an example, this accessible text provides supports for launching a similar radical partnership, including converging goals, a student-centered theory of action, and key resources. It offers guidance for sustaining a radical partnership through the inevitable questions and conflicts that will arise, including coteaching of all content by university and district partners, and the mutual respect needed for successful joint work. The text includes core pieces of LEAD's leadership preparation curriculum and instruction that encourage new forms of leaders and leadership, including strategic inquiry, multilingual-learner shadowing, and one-on-one coaching and mentoring. Radical University-District Partnerships is a call for universities and school districts to work together toward preparing educational leaders who will bring greater justice for all children.Book Features:A focus on preparing principals to lead schools in ways that change outcomes for historically underserved students (K–12).A framework for radical partnerships that is horizontal, authentic, and engaged in justice.Chapters coauthored by a team of university faculty, district administrators, and program graduates. Voices of program graduates who share their experiences in LEAD and how it impacted their leadership learning.A look forward to next steps for practicing and theorizing, including ways to adjust LEAD programming based on the editors' research findings and successful expansion to a second school district.

Benjamin Fritz is an online Vlogger known for ridiculing and critiquing religions. He doesn't enjoy his work, but it is what pays his bills. After having a crazy run in with a cult in Istanbul he finds himself being drawn into their practices from one odd event to the next. The only question is, how long can he keep himself from being consumed by their rituals?

When young Kristina is so close to finishing school, she decides to get a job anywhere to get away from her pressing mother. A small music shop that is locally owned accepts her application, and from strange event to strange event she finds herself falling in love with one of the most unique people she has ever met. Will she have a chance to get away from her home town and controlling mother and realize her live as an artist or will she be stuck in the warm embrace of love and accept her life as it is?

Salt & Light is a book of prose and poetry, shedding light onto invisible struggles and journeys through mental illness, abuse and infertility. The book is divided in two parts, Salt; representing darkness of the past and Light; representing the hopefulness of the future. Salt & Light takes readers through a journey of pain and ends with emotional healing and self-worth.

Without Fear is a book of prose and poetry about the up and down journey of healing. It's about transforming your pain into something beautiful. Without Fear helps readers see that their struggles can make them stronger, like a well-tended garden, they can blossom. It's about owning your past, instead of letting it control you.

Claire Martel learned long ago that even people close to you can't be trusted. She's built a comfortable life for herself while keeping everyone at a distance. When she comes home one day and realizes that someone has been in her apartment, she knows that she is no longer safe and that her deepest secret has been discovered. Nothing is missing, but the message is clear. Who would believe her? Who can she trust? Feeling the walls closing in, Claire finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation as a person of interest. Her home is no longer safe. Her best option is to disappear-again. She leaves her life behind, only to wind up running into danger, not away from it. Claire must push through her fears and find strength within herself as she ends up in a battle for her life.

''The story pulled me in straight off the bat and just consumed me. I was so invested in it and its characters, I lost time and could not bring myself to put it down.'' - Amazon Review''Un-PutDownable Keep You Up All Night Read '' - Amazon Review''Full of twists and turns, parts where I was left speechless and in shock at where the author was taking the story.'' - Arti Manani, AuthorGripping suspense and shocking secrets lurk around every corner in this twisted story of revenge and friendship.Quinn Miller moves across the province to pursue her husband's lifelong dream of becoming a helicopter pilot, but the move only serves to heighten her postpartum depression. Desperate for help, Quinn turns to her elderly neighbour, Mrs. Westover. But what secrets does Mrs. Westover hold? And how far is Quinn willing to go to keep her own secret hidden?If you enjoyed the psychological thrillers of Gillian Flynn or the suspenseful stories of Mary Kubica, you'll love this nail-biting story full of horror and suspense.''A nail-biting story, full of suspense and horror.'' - Readers' Favorite Review''A very powerful, twisted read.'' - Krista Walsh, Author

Laurel Gervais wakes up to her roommate knocking frantically on her bedroom door, insisting she be allowed inside. Standing in the middle of her bed, Laurel takes in a scene of destruction; shredded sheets, unhinged curtains and feathers floating aimlessly all around her. She had done this and yet, she had no memory of it. Discovering she'd suffered from night terrors as a child Laurel quickly books a sleep study in the hopes of coming up with strategies to cope with her sudden and violent reactions. The Salter Square sleep clinic comes highly recommended to help people suffering from sleep disorders, but instead of helping, Laurel can't help but feel trapped. With ancient architecture and strange design, this place frightens more than it soothes. A group of patients booked for a sleep study that very night are about to discover just how terrifying this place truly is. When a threat appears, Laurel must let down her guard and is forced to trust strangers with her life.

She saw something and it might just change everything. People often overlook what's right in front of their eyes, preferring the fake version of things rather than the truth. Hiding beneath the image of what everyone else expects you to be will end up hurting them all in the long term.The members of the Richardson family are experts at pretending. They've all been doing it for years. How long will they get away with it? How far are they willing to go to maintain their flawless standing in the community? A family vacation to Lake Clear might seem like a good idea at first, but it might just be the biggest mistake they ever make.