Alternative Education

Fearless Teaching is a stirring and audacious jaunt around the world that peeks - with the eyes of one of America's most seasoned educators - into places you will surely never see on your own. Some are disappearing. It is a bit like playing hooky from school. You will travel to the Swiss Alps, Korea, Navajo territory, an abandoned factory in Missouri, the Holy Land, the Great Rift Valley, the schools of Cuba, the ocean waves, and the human subconscious - oh, and Disneyland.

Ken Robinson is one of the world's most influential voices in education, and his 2006 TED Talk on the subject is the most viewed in the organization's history. Now, the internationally recognized leader on creativity and human potential focuses on one of the most critical issues of our time: how to transform the nation's troubled educational system.

For decades, college has been the only respectable way to access the world of work, despite paralyzing tuition and a dire lack of practical skills that has left 40 percent of college graduates underemployed, unfulfilled, and struggling to repay student-loan debt. Fortunately, college is not America’s only option. In Apprentice Nation, education and workforce expert Ryan Craig explores how a modern apprenticeship system will allow students and job seekers to jumpstart their careers by learning while they earn.

As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers.

In this newly revised and expanded edition of The Emotion Code, renowned holistic physician and lecturer Dr. Bradley Nelson skillfully lays bare the inner workings of the subconscious mind. He reveals how emotionally charged events from your past can still be haunting you in the form of "trapped emotions"—emotional energies that literally inhabit your body. These trapped emotions can fester in your life and body, creating pain, malfunction, and eventual disease.

Many look at unschooling as a viable option for their younger children. What about high school? Can you unschool the teen years and prepare young adults for their future? Absolutely! In this sequel to Homeschool Gone Wild, Karla shares how she continued unschooling through highschool with magnificent results. As the mom of six teens/preteens, her desire is to unleash and ignite the dreams and interests that lead to their passionate pursuits. Karla walks you through their journey and how to approach deep, meaningful learning. She will help you forge your very own path with your teens as they...

Mindful Teaching and Teaching Mindfulness emphasizes how the teacher's personal familiarity with mindfulness plants the seed for an education infused with attention, awareness, kindness, empathy, compassion, and gratitude. The book follows a teacher from morning to night on a typical school day, at home, during the commute, and before, during, and after class.

This audiobook meditation will take you on a relaxing journey by train along Spain's beautiful coastline. You will meet some helpful and calming characters along the way and also pick up some Spanish. This first audiobook in the series will start making you familiar with Spanish numbers and is for total beginners, assuming no prior knowledge of the language.

Molly Moon has spent her entire life in a miserable orphanage run by the hairy, snaggletoothed Miss Adderson. But when she finds a mysterious book, Molly discovers an extraordinary talent, she can hypnotize anyone! Accompanied by Petula the pug, Molly hypnotizes her way to New York and Broadway stardom. But hot on her trail is the sinister professor, who is determined to use Molly to stage the crime of the century.

Are you planning a trip to Asia? Or sharpening your skills for work? Just press play on this audiobook when you’re sleeping, meditating, or doing chores around the house.Learn new vocabulary while actively listening or passively while you’re doing other things. This audiobook contains more than 1,000 common Japanese words and phrases and all original music (composed and performed by South African DJ and producer Spirante Beat), specifically to relax your mind.

I'm sure your first question is: Can you actually learn a foreign language while you’re asleep? The answer is unassailably, yes! Just press play on this audiobook when you’re sleeping, meditating, or doing chores around the house. Learn new vocabulary while actively listening, or passively while you’re doing other things. This audiobook contain more than 1000 common Mandarin words and phrases, and original music specifically to relax your mind.

Short Stories in Japanese for Intermediate Learners has been written especially for students from low-mid intermediate (ACTFL) level of Japanese. Mapped to B1 and approaching B2 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories are designed to give you a sense of achievement and a feeling of progress when listening, and most importantly, enjoyment!

Are you planning a trip to France? Or sharpening your skills for work? Just press play on this audiobook when you’re sleeping, meditating, or doing chores around the house. Learn new vocabulary while actively listening, or passively while you’re doing other things.

CBD has emerged as a popular health product, but what's all the fuss about? CBD for Dummies reveals the reasons for the surge in interest about cannabidiol (CBD) and explains how to buy and use this remarkable product safely and responsibly. In an accessible, no-nonsense manner, author Blair Lauren Brown lays out the facts about CBD and outlines the many health conditions that may be helped by using CBD oil.

Are you planning a trip to a Italy? Or sharpening your skills for work? Just press play on this audiobook when you’re sleeping, meditating, or doing chores around the house. Learn new vocabulary while actively listening, or passively while you’re doing other things.

Are you planning a trip to a Spanish-speaking destination? Or sharpening your skills for work? Just press play on this audiobook when you’re sleeping, meditating or doing chores around the house. Learn new vocabulary while actively listening, or passively while you’re doing other things.

In Eat to Love, nutritionist Jenna Hollenstein leads a spiritual revolution against pervasive attitudes towards food and dieting, and demonstrates how to free your mind from the fear, frustration, and shame often associated with eating. Through a series of revelatory exercises, along with simple instructions for time-proven mindfulness and meditation techniques, you'll learn to identify prejudices around eating and reset your relationship with food. Eat to Love is not a diet book, not a "clean eating" manual, and not a guide to "being your best self."

Ancient Mexican spiritual practices are almost lost to the world, yet they contain powerful techniques that can heal and bring resolution to some of life's most important aspects: health, emotions, abundance, and the quest for enlightenment. Here, world-renowned Mexican healer Sergio Magaña guides listeners through four exercises that will introduce them to the power of these ancient practices.

Want to expand your Korean vocabulary with almost no effort? Are you planning a trip to Asia? Or sharpening your skills for work? Just press play on this audiobook when you’re sleeping, meditating, or doing chores around the house. Learn new vocabulary while actively listening, or passively while you’re doing other things.

In an unsettled world full of conflict and unrest, comprehensive peace education is needed now more than ever. Written by AMI Diploma holder Mary Da Prato, The Peace Table outlines peace education practices introduced and reinforced in the Montessori Primary prepared environment for three through six year old children. Learn how freedom of work choice within natural limits and respect for personal space in the prepared environment lay the foundation for positive human relations in the Casa, at home, and the wider world. Implement the principles of The Peace Table in your lives as a first ...