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Bob Cox was 21 years old when he killed his parents with a shotgun and was sentenced to prison under 'the Governor's pleasure.' In 1976, at the age of 33, he converted to Catholicism, and three years later he was released from prison into the care of a Catholic community called Guadalupe House. He became an important member and helped care for others in this community. He eventually moved into a group home as a carer, and later into a flat on his own. He died on January 15, 2008. He wrote this account of his early life and prison experience, as well as his subsequent conversion to Catholicism, which makes for a fascinating and challenging read.

FOR WHERE YOU GO I WILL GO - Destination Coloradois an historical account of the Castello family as they traveled from Spain and Ireland to America during the Revolution. Involved in mining from the beginning, the family ultimatel lived in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Missouri before ending up in Colorado during the Gold Rush of 1859. The story, based on fact, with some imagination included is, as the author says, "e;All fact, except those parts that are made up.

Written by Bob Cox with Leah Crawford, Angela Jenkins and Julie Sargent, Opening Doors to Ambitious Primary Englishprovidesboth big principles and a toolkit of strategies all carefully selected to support the design of a deeper, more creative and more expansive English curriculum.

Opening Doors to a Richer English Curriculum for Ages 6 to 9 takes Bob Cox's award-winning 'Opening Doors' series into bold new territories, providing a treasury of techniques and strategies all carefully selected to support the design of a deeper, more creative and more expansive curriculum.

Opening Doors to a Richer English Curriculum for Ages 10 to 13 takes Bob Cox's award-winning 'Opening Doors' series into bold new territories, providing a treasury of techniques and strategies all carefully selected to support the design of a deeper, more creative and more expansive curriculum.

In Opening Doors to Famous Poetry and Prose, Bob Cox introduced teachers to engaging strategies which use literary heritage texts as the stimulus for excellent learning.

Opening Doors to Famous Poetry and Prose provides 20 units of work covering poetry and prose from our literary heritage. Each unit comes with exciting stimulus material and creative suggestions for ways in which the material can be used for outstanding learning possibilities.