All Men Are Liars
About All Men Are Liars In this gorgeously imagined novel, a journalist interviews those who knew—or thought they knew—Alejandro Bevilacqua, a brilliant, infuriatingly elusive South American writer and author of the masterpiece, In Praise of Lying . But the accounts of those in his circle of friends, lovers, and enemies become increasingly contradictory, murky, and suspect. Is everyone lying, or just telling their own subjective version of the truth? As the literary investigation unfolds and a chorus of Bevilacqua’s peers piece together the fractured reality of his life, thirty years after his death, only the reader holds the power of…
How to Make Marbled Paper with Shaving Cream & Paint – Crafty Morning
Learn how to make marbled paper using shaving cream and acrylic paint. The designs are so pretty and we made butterflies out of them!
The Art of the Lie ebook by Marcel Danesi, University of Toronto – Rakuten Kobo
This book shows how language can be used strategically to manipulate beliefs. From Machiavelli to P. T. Barnum to Donald Trump, many have perfected the art of strategically using language to gain the upper hand, set a tone, change the subject, or influence people's beliefs and behaviors. Language--both words themselves and rhetorical tactics such as metaphor, irony, slang, and humor--can effectively manipulate the minds of the listener. In this book, Marcel Danesi, a renowned linguistic anthropologist and semiotician, looks at language that is used not to present arguments logically or rationally, but to "move" audiences in order to gain their…
Power Lesson: Note-Taking Stations
To take quality notes, students need to be taught how. This fantastic station-rotation lesson gets the job done, and it can be used with all kinds of other content as well.
Get Inspired to Start Your Next Painting with These 6 Color Palettes
Take the guesswork out of painting with these six gorgeous painting palettes so you can focus more on your subject and less on what color triad to use.
11 Free Reading Websites for Kids
Bring reading to life with these 11 free reading websites for kids! Great resources for preschool through middle school. Find more at ReallyGoodTeachers.com
William Hough – Stiff Life of Peaches, Plums, and Grapes
The Victorian still-life painter William Hough began his career working in Coventry and later moved to London. He exhibited flower and fruit still lifes at the Royal Academy and at the New Watercolour Society between 1857 and 1894. He also exhibited at the Royal Society of Artists, Coventry; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; and the Manchester City Art Gallery. Although he specialized in still lifes, Hough was also known to have painted landscapes. Hough was a follower of William Henry “Birds Nest” Hunt (1790-1864), an artist primarily remembered for his meticulously executed still lifes, and for his nickname — “Bird’s Nest,”…
