Inverness New York, NY
Member since March 23, 2011My favorite books are generally written in French, but I also like contemporary literary fiction, as well.
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Teach Like a Champion: 49 Te...Doug Lemov
Average wait: 23hTeach Like a Champion offers effective teaching techniques to help teachers, especially those in their first few years, become champions in the classroom. These powerful techniques are concrete, specific, and are easy to put into action the… more
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Inverness loaned Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College (K-12) to An anonymous Lendler 1 year ago
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Inverness earned the Right on Queue achievement and is waiting in line. Hey, at least we're not the DMV! 2 years ago
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Inverness earned the Borrower achievement and is now enjoying a great book! 2 years ago
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Inverness earned the Good Samaritan (Level 1) achievement! 2 years ago
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Inverness earned the New Lendler achievement just by signing up for Lendle! 2 years ago
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The Hunger GamesSuzanne Collins
Average wait: 3d, 11hNow in paperback, the book no one can stop talking about …In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps … more
Meredith B. loaned The Hunger Games to Inverness 2 years ago
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The Echo Maker: A NovelRichard Powers
On a winter night on a remote Nebraska road, 27-year-old Mark Schluter flips his truck in a near-fatal accident. His older sister Karin, his only near kin, returns reluctantly to their hometown to nurse Mark back from a traumatic head injur… more
clauer loaned The Echo Maker: A Novel to Inverness 2 years ago
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Generosity: An EnhancementRichard Powers
FROM THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD–WINNING AUTHOR OF THE ECHO MAKER, A PLAYFUL AND PROVOCATIVE NOVEL ABOUT THE DISCOVERY OF THE HAPPINESS GENEWhen Chicagoan Russell Stone finds himself teaching a Creative Nonfiction class, he encounters a young A… more
Spencer R. loaned Generosity: An Enhancement to Inverness 2 years ago
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Madame Bovary, in French, im...Gustave Flaubert
According to Wikipedia: “Madame Bovary is a novel by Gustave Flaubert that was attacked for obscenity by public prosecutors when it was first serialised in La Revue de Paris between 1 October 1856 and 15 December 1856, resulting in a trial … more
Inverness owns Madame Bovary, in French, improved 8/16/2010 (French Edition) 2 years ago
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No god but God (Updated Edit...Reza Aslan
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA finalist for the Guardian First Book Award In No god but God, internationally acclaimed scholar Reza Aslan explains Islam—the origins and evolution of the faith—in all its beauty and complexity. This updated editio… more
Inverness owns No god but God (Updated Edition): The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam 2 years ago
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In Search of Lost Time, Volu...Marcel Proust
‘Flower and plant have no conscious will. They are shameless, exposing their genitals. And so in a sense are Proust’s men and women … shameless. There is no question of right and wrong. Homosexuality … is as devoid of moral implicat… more
Inverness owns In Search of Lost Time, Volume IV: Sodom and Gomorrah (A Modern Library E-Book): 4 2 years ago
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Dreams from My Father: A Sto...Barack Obama
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his … more
Inverness owns Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance 2 years ago
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The Audacity of Hope: Though...Barack Obama
In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in listeners’ minds, a reminder that for all the disco… more
Inverness owns The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream 2 years ago
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The Good High School: Portra...Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
What makes a good school? A prominent Harvard educator looks for the answers in six schools that have earned reputations for excellence: George Washington Carver High School in Atlanta; John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx, New York; Hi… more
Inverness owns The Good High School: Portraits of Character and Culture 2 years ago
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The Flickering Mind: Saving ...Todd Oppenheimer
The Flickering Mind, by National Magazine Award winner Todd Oppenheimer, is a landmark account of the failure of technology to improve our schools and a call for renewed emphasis on what really works.American education faces an unusual mome… more
Inverness owns The Flickering Mind: Saving Education from the False Promise of Technology 2 years ago
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A Quiet Flame: A Bernie Gunt...Philip Kerr
Bernie Gunther returns to trail a serial killer in 1950’s Buenos Aires When he introduced Bernie Gunther in the original Berlin Noir trilogy, Philip Kerr immediately established himself as a thriller writer on par with Raymond Chandler. H… more
Inverness owns A Quiet Flame: A Bernie Gunther Novel 2 years ago
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The Online Student's Survival GuideNick Pelino Jr.
The Online Student’s Survival Guide outlines the considerations that an adult learner must consider when returning to school using the growing trend of online distance learning. This book offers personal insights and experiences as seen t… more
Inverness owns The Online Student's Survival Guide 2 years ago
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: ...Neil Postman
Originally published in 1985, Neil Postman’s groundbreaking polemic about the corrosive effects of television on our politics and public discourse has been hailed as a twenty-first-century book published in the twentieth century. Now, with … more
Inverness owns Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business 2 years ago
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'Where Are You Going, Where ...
Joyce Carol Oates’s prize-winning story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” takes up troubling subjects that continue to occupy her in her fiction: the romantic longings and limited options of adolescent women; the tensions between… more
Inverness owns 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?': Joyce Carol Oates (Women Writers: Texts and Contexts) 2 years ago
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Too Much HappinessAlice Munro
Ten superb new stories by one of our most beloved and admired writers—the winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize. With clarity and ease, Alice Munro once again renders complex, difficult events and emotions into stories about the… more
Inverness owns Too Much Happiness 2 years ago
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