Books with author David Myers

When dark forces threaten the fates of Gods and men, a troubled psychic may be their only hope.Shilpy Chopra finally has the ordinary life she always dreamed of: a quiet job at a Sydney bookstore, good friends, and then there's Dusk - her perfect and devoted boyfriend. Except Shilpy is a seer, and able to see things that are far from ordinary.When a figure from Dusk's past visits she discovers that her safe and ordinary life is more fragile than she thought. She finds herself stuck in the middle of a secret war between two families, and an older feud between the forgotten goddesses of Fate and Discord. She will risk everything to rescue Dusk, but can she save him from himself? If you like edge of your seat suspense, complex characters and urban fantasy fiction, you'll love the Gifts of Fate.

When Vladimir Nabokov was up for a chair in literature at Harvard, the linguist Roman Jakobson protested: “What’s next? Shall we appoint elephants to teach zoology?” That anecdote, with which D. G. Myers begins The Elephants Teach, perfectly frames the issues this book tackles. Myers explores more than a century of debate over how writing should be taught and whether it can or should be taught in a classroom at all. Along the way, he incorporates insights from a host of poets and teachers, including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Frost, John Berryman, John Dewey, Lionel Trilling, Robert Lowell, Ezra Pound, and Saul Bellow. And from his exhaustive research, Myers extracts relevant background information on nineteenth-century educational theory; shifts in technology, publishing, and marketing; the growth of critical theory in this country; and the politics of higher education. While he shows how creative writing has become a machine for creating more creative writing programs, Myers also suggests that its history supplies a precedent for something different—a way for creativity and criticism, poetry and scholarship, to join together to produce not just writing programs but good writers. Updated with fresh commentary on what’s happened to creative writing in the academy since the first edition was published ten years ago, The Elephants Teach will be indispensable for students and teachers of writing, literature, and literary history.

Peter Gray's Psychology has become a favorite of instructors with its exploration of psychology's major theories, and the evidence that supports and refutes these theories. Each edition incorporates an exceptional amount of contemporary research, encouraging students to probe for the purposes and biological origins of behavior--the "whys" and "hows" of human psychology. Peter Gray's engaging, readable writing style makes the science of psychology, and its interactions with biology, accessible and meaningful. With the new edition, Gray has taken care to ensure that his comprehensive, thought-provoking, and contemporary coverage is well-attuned to the needs and interests of today's students.

When a gift from the gods goes missing, there will be hell to pay! Lando Bailey's life changed the moment he touched the Star of Fate. After months of disappointment and misfortune, strange forces begin to shape his life for the better. But this change of fate comes at a price. Plagued with dreams and visions of impending death and destruction, he comes to realize that returning to his ordinary life may no longer be possible. As he scrambles to understand what the Star is and what it has done to him, dark forces are closing in. He will confront monsters, terrorists, and forgotten gods. Each willing to kill those who stand in their way. Can Lando stop them from getting the Star, or has his fate already been decided? If you like urban fantasy laced with Greek mythology, you won't want to miss the Star of Fate.

This title introduces readers to the Green Bay Packers, providing exciting details about today's stars and going deep inside the key moments of the team's history. The title also features informative "fast facts," a timeline, and a glossary. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.

Lando Bailey has made many mistakes. Bankrupt and heavily in debt to some shady characters, he yearns to regain control of his life and redeem himself in the eyes of his ex-girlfriend. However, a chance encounter with a young woman finds him in possession of a mysterious crystal ball, the Star of Fate. It turns his world upside down, and a series of random incidents will sweep him into a secret and dangerous world full of religious cults, terrorists, bizarre computer games, shadow monsters, and forgotten gods. Can he escape fate or are the events in his life no longer under his control?