Books with author Michael Bennett

Michael Bennett is a Super Bowl Champion, a three-time Pro Bowl defensive end, a fearless activist, a feminist, an organizer, and a change maker. He's also one of the most humorous athletes on the planet, and he wants to make you uncomfortable. Bennett adds his voice to discussions of racism and police violence, Black athletes and their relationship to powerful institutions like the NCAA and the NFL, the role of protest in history, and the responsibilities of athletes as role models to speak out against injustice. Following in the footsteps of activist-athletes from Muhammad Ali to Colin Kaepernick, Bennett demonstrates his outspoken leadership both on and off the field. Written with award-winning sportswriter and author Dave Zirin, Things That Make White People Uncomfortable is a sports book for young people who want to make a difference, a memoir, and a book as hilarious and engaging as it is illuminating.

Explore the fascinating prehistoric world of the dinosaur with this fully illustrated guide to over 130 dinosaurs. Each description includes clear, up-to-date notes on where, how, and when the animal lived, a precise and colorful illustration, and a complete description of its size, diet, habits, and ecological significance. Also include as special features of this unique pocket reference are: An extensive time chart A list of museums and sites to visit around the world Projects and hints on how to further your interest in dinosaurs And a comprehensive glossary and index. Everything a dinosaur lover wants and needs, in a handy, take-along pocket size for home and school use!

IF I STAY is one of our contemporary classic young adult novels. With this new guide you will have an even greater understanding of this amazing novel. Included in this guide is a look at the book's context, literary elements, chapter summaries, analysis, suggestions for essays and some quick Q&As. This is the definitive guide to IF I STAY, concise, easy to understand and guaranteed to add to your enjoyment of this modern classic, now a major motion picture.

So you think you're smarter than a fifth grader? Well, as many contestants have already discovered on the smash hit TV show hosted by Jeff Foxworthy, you may have either forgotten more than you realize about "the three R's" or simply never learned in the first place! How much do you really know about third grade math? Fourth grade social studies? Fifth grade science? First grade spelling?You may have a high school diploma or a college degree hanging on your wall, but are you smarter than a fifth grader? You'll find out in this book, which includes brain-teasing ten-question quizzes (including million-dollar bonus questions) on information the average eleven-year-old is expected to know—plus there are great bits of fun and fascinating trivia sprinkled throughout. Go ahead—we dare you to prove you're as bright as that gum-chewing kid with the backpack who's waiting on the corner for that yellow bus every morning. School is back in session. And maybe you'll even learn a thing or two that you missed by not paying attention the first time around.

This is the classic soprano recorder method book for both a college level music methods course using an Orff Schulwerk methodology and also a step-by-step guide for teaching the recorder within an Orff primary grade classroom. After Chapter 1, one pitch per chapter is added. Clear process, warm-ups, teaching visuals and carefully selected folk, traditional and composed music guarantee successful performance technique and musical literacy.

Michael Bennett is a Super Bowl Champion, a three-time Pro Bowl defensive end, a fearless activist, a feminist, an organizer, and a change maker. He's also one of the most humorous athletes on the planet, and he wants to make you uncomfortable. Bennett adds his voice to discussions of racism and police violence, Black athletes and their relationship to powerful institutions like the NCAA and the NFL, the role of protest in history, and the responsibilities of athletes as role models to speak out against injustice. Following in the footsteps of activist-athletes from Muhammad Ali to Colin Kaepernick, Bennett demonstrates his outspoken leadership both on and off the field. Written with award-winning sportswriter and author Dave Zirin, Sitting Down to Stand Up is a sports book for young people who want to make a difference, a memoir, and a book as hilarious and engaging as it is illuminating.

This critically acclaimed memoir chronicles the greatest social engineering experiment in American history. At the time, none of its participants were remotely aware of their status as lab rats. They were kids living behind walls, often ringed with barbed wire---ubiquitous signs warning of entry to government property that subjected them to rules and regulations unheard of in the general population. Military brats are a special subculture in America that one could easily argue is its own ethnicity. The author's experience inside the military bubble led to periods of intense confusion as to his own racial identity, alienation within the black community, and unease among white classmates---all compounded by parents who never had "the talk." His survival depended on gut instinct and observations he was forced to put into context without guidance.

If Archie Bunker had TiVo, he'd be the Kid from Brooklyn. -VH1 The perpetually pissed off and potty-mouthed Kid from Brooklyn, famous for classic video rants like "Starbucks" and "Bat Day", is back for more, spewing contempt for virtually everything in twenty-first-century American culture, unabashedly letting you know why "the world is comin' to a f*ckin' end". Now in his second book of unedited outraged observations, the Kid mouths off on all that America holds dear-or not: The Kid On Marriage: "I been married and I been in prison. There's no f*ckin' difference. Except sometimes the food is better in prison". The Kid On Men Versus Women: "I'd rather be a man than a woman any day. Guys in hockey masks don't attack you, all your orgasms are real, and if you retain water, it's in a canteen". The Kid On Gun Control: "The liberals are crying, '100,000 people were killed by handguns last year.' Would it make the liberals feel any better if them 100,000 people were pushed out of friggin' windows" The Kid On Men Wearing Sandals: "I don't even wanna look at my own feet, and I sure as hell don't wanna look at someone else's. What we need is Foot Police-you got ugly feet and wear sandals in public, it's a $250 fine". The Kid On Britney Spears: "She's like the chick you had the hots for in high school and see at the ten-year reunion. She's gained sixty pounds, smokes unfiltered Camels, she's divorced with two bratty kids, and works at a take-out joint". The Kid On This Book: "Buy it or don't buy it, what the hell do I care" And a buttload more about the good old days of growing up in Canarsie and the cast of screwballs, crazies, perverts, gangsters, retards, losers, and whack-jobs who made Brooklyn the garden spot of the world. Anyway, think about it, you mook. Mike Caracciolo, aka the Kid From Brooklyn, was born in Canarsie, a tough-as-nails blue-collar neighborhood. He's worked at number of professions, most notably as a

New Novel Depicts an Enchanted Magical World in a Vampire Fantasy with Mystical Creatures by Arizona Author C. Michael Bennis.Ridiculed in school because of her intelligence, Melissa takes comfort only inher ailing parents, who she cares for daily. As they approach death,they introduce her to a land full of mysterious creatures andexperiences that children can only enter through their dreams.Melissa grows to become a professor at the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, where she teaches mathematics. Despite her success, shecan't forget her childhood and continues to seek the physical locationof Ralph's Place. Eventually, a magician with the ability to teleportpeople decides to help Melissa with her search. And together, they areable to turn Ralph's Place into an enchanted experience for a familywith an only child.Ralph Creston, a fourteen-year-old boy, moves with his parents outside of the city after his dad accepts a new job.Ralph is heartbroken as the only life he has ever known disappears inthe rearview mirror. He and his family are off to a remote Victorianmansion, where his father has taken a new job.There he meetsanother boy named Ralph, who has an unusual request: tell thethree-legged dog-named Sam that he will be missed. And with that, Ralphis propelled into a series of adventures as he moves into a mansion full of possibility and promise.Soon, Ralph will befriend apie-thieving beaver, a fugitive vampire, and other mysterious creaturesin a wondrous fantasy world--all thanks to a determined collegeprofessor who also explored Ralph's Place as a child.Both children and adults will love Ralph's Place, a coming-of-age fantasy by author C. Michael BennisFormer toy and advertising executive C. Michael Bennis again turns hisattention to writing with the coming-of-age adventure Ralph's Place, his fourth book. Ralph's Place, is a rich fantasy inspired by the dailybedtime stories he first created for his son Alex, who succumbed tocancer at six-years old, and later for Daniel who was a fan for manyyears. Ralph's Place: A Magical Experience.