This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz veteran who's proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat!
Five-year-old Matilda lives with her parents and older brother Michael. Neither of her beastly parents notice that Matilda is a genius. Kind Miss Honey, Matilda's teacher, notices at once that Matilda is special, which finally makes her happy. But she encounters further problems from the cruel headmistress, Miss Trunchbull. It takes a child genius ...
As we wrote the first edition of "The McGraw-Hill Handbook", our students were in our minds, acting as our chief consultants. We knew that their perspectives on college life were different from those of previous generations of students, and so were their expectations. We understood that they needed a handbook for the twenty-first century, with ...
Engaging your child in creative play isn't just fun: it gives him or her the tools to succeed in life. In everything they do, from drawing and playing, to seeing and understanding the world, solving problems, and developing deeper relationships, children use their creativity. It's how they learn to understand the world around them. It's no wonder, ...
Whatever you're now doing with Microsoft Excel there's much more you could be doing. The world's most popular spreadsheet program, Excel grows richer in features with each new release. Excel For Dummies puts at your disposal all the powerful capabilities of version 5 -- capabilities for everything from manipulating databases to creating three ...
This leading mathematics text for elementary and middle school educators helps you quickly develop a true understanding of mathematical concepts. It integrates rich problem solving strategies with relevant topics and extensive opportunities for hands on experience. By progressing from the concrete to the pictorial to the abstract, Musser captures ...
The year is 1958, and British spy Spencer Blake, aka "Agent K," is on an undercover mission to expose a deadly criminal organization. He reveals startling secrets in this diary featuring such novelties as a codex Crytotron to decipher clues, a red-tinted magnifying glass on the cover, a secret compartment in the spine, and more.
Writing and research have changed dramatically since the first hardcover handbooks appeared. Today's students don't just write papers: they create multimedia presentations. They don't just do research: they find their way through a maze of online information. They don't just read print: they analyze visuals. They don't just come to class: they ...
This is the long-awaited update to the bestselling "Piano For Dummies" - featuring a new audio CD. Have you always wanted to play piano? This revised edition of the popular "Piano for Dummies" makes it easier and more fun than ever. If you don't know how to read music, this book explains in friendly, uncomplicated language all the basics of music ...
He was her first: the first man she longed for, the first man she truly desired. Then he betrayed her and broke her heart. Now her revenge will be oh-so-sweet . . . and hot! Trish Henderson has returned home to Eden to take care of some family business . . . and some personal business, as well. Though she's achieved remarkable success as a high ...
From an interoffice memo to a fifty-page proposal, this is the definitive guide to business writing. Anyone who has ever had to write any business document will find "The Elements of Business Writing" the single most effective tool for producing clear, concise, and persuasive prose. Equally useful to executives and support staff, it shows how to: ...
Nutrition and You incorporates a personalized approach to students' nutritional concerns and interests in a readable, engaging, and motivating style. The photos, illustrations, and text present each vitamin and mineral in self-contained spreads, called Visual Summary Tables, that appeal to students' propensity for visual learning. This format ...
An American soldier is sent to a remote outpost on the frontier. He lives alone with a horse and wolf for company until he encounters a neighbouring Sioux tribe. Slowly he becomes absorbed into the tribe - learning the language and customs of the Sioux - until his old persona is transformed.
The romance of the American South is brought to life in this anthology written by three of today's most popular romance writers. These distinctly Southern tales are set in Louisiana, Florida, and Georgia. Jennifer Blake's story features a new hero from her highly successful Louisiana Gentlemen series. (June)
Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales" series includes the novels "The Pioneers", "The Last of the Mohicans", "The Prairie", "The Pathfinder", and "The Deerslayer".
The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as the "finest-looking, longest-lasting editions ever made" (The New Republic), Library of America volumes make a fine gift for any occasion. Now, with exactly one hundred volumes to ...
"Perception, 5e", by Randolph Blake and Robert Sekuler, helps students appreciate the complexity of perception, while giving them a fresh perspective on their own seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, and tasting. This thoroughly revised fifth edition includes updated research on cognitive influences on perception, two additional chapters, and a ...
In 2004, James Blake's world was getting more perfect by the day. As a rising young tennis star, his life and his game were constantly gathering new momentum while he travelled the world and rose through the international tennis rankings - eventually climbing as high as number twenty-two. With a tournament victory and many great matches under his ...
Some children start asking questions about sex by the time they are three, and this book is designed to aid parents in their answers, without going into technical detail or being too graphic. The illustrations are accurate without being overly explicit.
No work has challenged its readers like Blake's "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell". His "Proverbs of Hell" have been culled for the slogans of student protest and become axioms of modern thought. Iconoclastic, bizarre, unprecedented, it is all of these. Most extraordinary is the revolutionary method of its making. The "Bodleian Library" copy is one ...
The essential guide to writing clear, concise proposals, reports, manuals, letters, memos, and other documents in every technical field. Includes a section with examples and text that address the specialized writing problems of systems analysts and software engineers.
The white-hot author of "The Red Diary" and this no-holds-barred novel shows exactly why erotica is one of the fastest growing segments in romance and women's fiction.
In this sequel to DANCES WITH WOLVES, John Dunbar, now a member of the Comanche tribe, joins a band of warriors to fight the white men who have encroached on his territory and kidnapped his wife and children.
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