Highly practical and accessible, this indispensable book provides clear-cut strategies for improving K-12 writing instruction. The contributors are leading authorities who demonstrate proven ways to teach different aspects of writing, with chapters on planning, revision, sentence construction, handwriting, spelling, and motivation. The use of the ...
First published in 1939, Clark's Positioning in Radiography is the definitive text on patient positioning for the diagnostic radiography student and practitioner. This fully-revised 12th edition will ensure that the title retains its pre-eminence in the field, with hundreds of new positioning photographs and brand new explanatory line diagrams, a ...
Designed to enable the reader to read financial statements correctly. Every business person and investor is expected to understand these corporate statements, and the ability to know what the figures mean provides a sound basis for good business judgement. The authors of this book introduce the typical elements of a typical balance sheet and ...
Graham Storey explores Dickens's vital engagement with some of the most intractable social and political issues of his day, and shows how these are reflected in the plot and characterization of Bleak House. In his detailed analysis of the novel's principal themes and unique structure, he shows why it occupies a pivotal position in Dickens's career ...
This comprehensive resource highlights the most recent practices and trends in blended learning from a global perspective and provides targeted information for specific blended learning situations. You'll find examples of learning options that combine face to face instruction with online learning in the workplace, more formal academic settings, ...
This authoritative volume synthesizes current knowledge on writing development in children and adolescents and the processes underlying successful learning and teaching. The most comprehensive work of its kind, the volume encompasses both cognitive and sociocultural perspectives. Leading investigators present salient theoretical models; describe ...
In this illustrated and accessible title, the author describes more than 250 differenct species or genera and their natural habitats. Whether you have just acquired your first cacti or are an experienced grower, this book aims to offer a useful source of reference to these remarkable plants. Topics covered include the unique nature of succulents; ...
Beginning with follow-up coverage of the drug scandals that rocked 1998's race, this book follows the 1999 Tour de France from start to finish. It gives an overview of the course and the contenders, and covers every stage of the race. It includes a course map, descriptions and anecdotes of events, a diary page, and a list of the finishers. A 16 ...
1909. Illustrated with nine plates and nearly 800 other designs. Contents: The Origin of Armory; The Status and the Meaning of a Coat of Arms in Great Britain; The Heralds and Officers of Arms; Heraldic Brasses; The Component Parts of an Achievement; The Shield; The Field of a Shield; The Field of a Shield and the Heraldic Tinctures; The Rules of ...
A book of 30 devotions that offer hope and encouragement to the reader, "Finding God's Peace in Perilous Times" deals with such topics as grief, sadness, loss, and fear. Each devotion includes a related scripture verse, a daily prayer, and journal space. A bonus CD features six songs from various Christian musical artists.
'This posthumous publication on the War with Spain is a generally straightforward, often amusing, frequently colorful, and occasionally gripping narrative of a New York artist-volunteer who landed with the Fifth Army Corps at Siboney, rushed to aid the Rough Riders at Las Guasimas, fought through the horrors of Bloody Ford and Hell's Pocket, ...
Charles Darwin's notes from his voyage on the "Beagle" brought about the reinvention of the natural sciences and irrevocably altered the way humanity saw itself. This anthology encapsulates the grand arc of Darwin's thoughts on the origin of species, natural history, "savage" man and child psychology. This book contains five chapters on "The ...
As part of the ongoing Dark Horse celebration of Hellboy in 2004, Christopher Golden (author of the Hellboy novels The Lost Army and The Bones of Giants) has brought together a stellar array of talents to further the Hellboy canon. Included in this illustrious group are filmmakers Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The ...
Target Score Second edition is a preparatory course for the new TOEIC(r) Test (Test of English for International Communication (r)). Fully revised to meet the needs of the new TOEIC(r) Test, this Second edition also provides effective, classroom-friendly lessons for active, communicative English. Each of the twelve units focuses on one of the ...
This remarkable book presents a modern photographic panorama of the River Thames by Charles Craig, Graham Diprose and Mike Seaborne, alongside one created by the Port of London Authority in 1937. Thames Panorama is a fascinating study of how the twentieth century has changed the face of the Thames. First published in 1988 and updated for the ...
This eleventh volume presents 1158 letters, many previously unpublished or published only in part, for the years 1865 to 1867. Dickens's main work in the period is the completion of the monthly parts of Our Mutual Friend (final part 31 October 1865, for November); unusually, it comes out in two volumes (January and November 1865) during the period ...
This ninth volume presents about 1,100 letters, many unpublished, from the years 1859 to 1861. It records Dickens's writing of two major novels, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations, both published weekly in All the Year Round: the letters give an unusual insight into the inspiration for both. It also shows him planning planning and writing ...
On a summer morning in 1958 Esquire magazine assembled the greatest jazz luminaries of the day on a door stoop in Harlem to illustrate with living proof The Golden Age of Jazz. This portrait has since become the most famous, most recognized and most collected jazz picture ever. It also became the focus for the 1995 Oscar-nominated film A Great Day ...
This is the most comprehensive, efficient, flexible, and student-friendly A+ study kit on the market. It is intended for any level of user, and can be used in any way: both for self-study and in conjunction with instructor-led classroom study. It supports all three A+ certification paths, so students can use it immediately to gain A+ certification ...
Using black newspapers, archives, interviews with living professional golfers and other informants, and black club records, the authors of this work reconstruct the world of segregated African American golf from the 1890s onward.
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