This revised edition features six new chapters on genres, evaluation, and the teacher as writer. There are also several hundred mini-lessons, and scripts and examples for teaching them.
"Fundamental Managerial Accounting Concepts 4e" by Edmonds/Edmonds/Tsay/Olds focuses on concepts that are isolated and introduced in a logical sequence. The authors intentionally limit the scope of the material to help students build a solid foundation of the most important concepts in managerial accounting. "Fundamental Managerial Accounting ...
A major June film release from Touchstone Films, this movie tie-in is a sure seller. Starring Robin Williams, this is the poignant story of an eccentric and charismatic English teacher who brings new life to a conservative boys' prep school in Vermont.
"When Love is Not Enough: A Guide to Parenting Children with RAD-Reactive Attachment Disorder" brings hope and healing tools to parents and professionals working to help challenging children. Effective interventions, a full step by step plan, clearer insight and understanding make a powerful difference in helping children heal. If you want to make ...
Students are often overwhelmed by the amount of information presented in the introductory financial accounting course. "Fundamental Financial and Managerial Accounting Concepts" gives students the big picture, by focusing on fundamental concepts in a logical sequence. The authors intentionally limit the scope of the material to help students build ...
From America's oldest yarn company comes two new practical, portable titles packed with classic and contemporary patterns for 35 hats and 42 scarves for knitting and crocheting hobbyists. Full-color photos. Line drawings.
Within these pages are living portraits of fifteen Native American groups of Arizona and northern Mexico. The Navajos, the Western Apaches, the Hualapais, Yavapais, and Havasupais, the Yaquis, the Oaodham, the Tarahumaras, the Southern Paiutes, the Seris, the Colorado River Yumans--Quechan, Mohaves, Cocopas, and Maricopas--and the Hopis. Literally ...
Dr. Segal brings together cutting-edge information and illustrative case histories of twins and their families to explore ways in which twins enhance our knowledge of human behavior and physical development, while shedding new light on evolutionary psychology. Foreword by Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr., Ph.D.
This book comprises five poems dating from the height of the Babylonian civilisation in the second millennium BC. They include "The New Babylonian Creation", which was recited at the new year festival in honour of the god Marduk and his conquest of Tiamat, "Inanna's Journey to Hell", in which the goddess of fertility descends into a gloomy ...
In this sequel to "In Search of Excellence", the authors divulge the three secrets of long-term business excellence: superior customer or client service, constant innovation, and full use of the abilities of every company employee. But the one element linking these three together is leadership, and the heart and soul of the whole concept is ...
A groundbreaking paperback original offers advice, charts, and checklists for fostering wellness through home furnishing placement and design. 30 illustrations.
This book examines four medical innovations that epitomize the pitfalls of progress: DES, a synthetic estrogen prescribed to millions of women to prevent miscarriages, which produced devastating side effects; the artificial heart; the 1976 swine flu immunization program; and genetic engineering. Dutton and the contributors trace the human choices ...
In this study of the behavioral development of twins raised together vs. those raised apart, a professor of developmental psychology reports that a genetic influence affects all human traits, including intelligence, personality, and life span. In addition, she discusses the complex relationships between twins, the impact of a twin's death, and ...
This practical guide for new knitters covers not only the basics of the craft but the ways in which knitting can be a stress-reducer and a way of interacting with others. Providing clear, illustrated instructions for learning knitting stitches and techniques, the book culminates in the successful creation of a sweater or scarf.
Telling stories awakens wonder and creates special occasions with children, whether it's bedtime, sitting around a campfire or merely a rainy day. Nancy Mellon shows how to tell stories to children using a variety of methods and techniques. The book offers tips and resources for: creating a listening space; using the day's events and rhythms to ...
This useful guide outlines methods of properly ventilating a workshop or studio for students, artists, and craftspeople who work with potentially dangerous materials.
Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto is renowned for his elegant photographic series of seascapes, theaters, museum dioramas, and Buddhist statuary. His new series presents life-size, black-and-white portraits of historical figures -- Henry VIII and each of his wives, Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin, Oscar Wilde, and Emperor Hirohito, among others -- ...
A young girl and her mother try to discover where the night hides by looking in such dark places a tunnel, the inside of the mother's purse, and the places between buildings. Chalk drawings illustrate the poetic text.
Developed in India more than 6,000 years ago, the practice of Ayurvedic healing is a holistic system that gently brings the entire being--mental, physical, and spiritual--into harmony. From a delicious tonic for sore throats to breathing exercises to combat back pain, "Ayurveda" contains a complete ayurvedic approach to over 60 common health and ...
This incredible book retells the true-life account of three American missionaries who, while serving in the jungles of Panama, were kidnapped in January 1993 by leftist rebels. The hostages' wives worked together to create a complete account of their story.
The author of the Declaration of Independence and a two-term president, Jefferson was influential in charting the course of America. But he was also an architect, an inventor, and a farmer, a man of great learning who lived his life with a remarkable energy and optimism. Included in this volume are excerpts from the works of prominent historians ...
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