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The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher

by Harry K Wong, Rosemary T Wong

This collection of tips for teachers is applicable to teachers of kindergarten through the 12th grade.

Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary

by Donald Venes (Editor)

Taber's 19th defines approximately 56,000 terms in all, including 2200 new to this edition. It offers detailed illustrations, from anatomical drawings to radiologic images, all cross-referenced from... read more

The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed.

by Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig

The classic bestseller by Benjamin Graham, "The Intelligent Investor" has taught and inspired hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Since its original publication in 1949, Benjamin Graham's book... read more

Outliers: The Story of Success

by Malcolm Gladwell

In this landmark work, the author of "Blink" and "The Tipping Point" asks what makes high-achievers different? Brilliant and entertaining, "Outliers" is a landmark work that will simultaneously... read more

The Shadow of the Wind

by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

This best-selling Spanish novel (translated into English by Lucia Graves) begins with a young boy named Daniel, who discovers a strange, forgotten novel in a bookstore: it's called THE SHADOW OF THE... read more

Butterfield 8 (1960)

directed by Daniel Mann
featuring Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher, Dina Merrill, Mildred Dunnock

A woman who has long been short on feelings falls in love with a married man in this emotional drama. Gloria Wondrous (Elizabeth Taylor) is a model and party girl who lives for pleasure and is... read more

Willow (1988)

directed by Ron Howard
featuring Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis, Patricia Hayes, Jean Marsh

Though Willow was one of director Ron Howard's few box-office disappointments, it definitely deserves a second look. At once an epic celebration and a gentle spoof of the sword-and-sorcery genre, the... read more

Don't Mess With a Big Band (2010)

by Brian Setzer Orchestra

The Aristocats (1970)

directed by John Lounsbery, Milt Kahl, Wolfgang Reitherman
featuring Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Sterling Holloway, Scatman Crothers

The Aristocats was the first Disney Studios animated feature to be produced after Walt Disney's death. A wealthy woman leaves her vast fortune to her four cats: the well-bred Duchess and her kittens,... read more