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The Circus of Words: Acrobatic Anagrams, Parading

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lederer, Richard / Morice, Dave, PUBLISHER: Chicago Review Press, Language skills will fly through the air ong>withong> the greatest of ease as kids join in The Circus of ong>Wordsong>. Children of all ages are delighted by anagrams, palindromes, acrostics, alliteration, riddles, and puns, yet few books on wordplay are addressed to middle-schoolers. This creative and challenging activity book shows kids how to juggle letters to become ringmasters of wordplay. "The Shrinking Spotlight" shows how larger ong>wordsong> become smaller ong>wordsong> when certain letters are removed. "Clown Cars" introduces the idea of ong>wordsong> hiding ong>withong>in ong>wordsong>, and "The Acro Bat" and "Silver Spoonerisms" show off letter clusters that change from one word to another. The whole bandwagon is here, enabling kids, who are natural language enthusiasts, to cavort through that endless entertainment, the English language.

Animated Cartoons: Everything You Need to Know to Get

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nunn, Janet, PUBLISHER: HarperCollins UK, Today there is a great and growing interest in 'adult' animation, such as The Simpsons, South Park, Wallace & Gromit and Beavis & Butthead. For every two or three people who enjoy watching animated films there's at least one other who wants to know how it's done and how to do it. Many of those who enjoy cartoon drawing also want to know how to take their drawings a few steps further - in other ong>wordsong>, how to make them move. There are very few basic books on drawing animated cartoons around.

Wise Words by Sean Wise

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wise, Sean, PUBLISHER: Lulu.com, Sean Wise, National Columnist on Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital for the Globe & Mail newspaper, shares ong>withong> you insights on raising capital and growing your business. Collecting the best columns from his first years at the Globe, this book cover topics relevant to: founders, funders and those that service the entrepreneuiral ecosystem. Including: How to create an Elevator Pitch; How to pick a partner; The Art of Business Jui Jitsou; Networking to Survive and 14 questions every investor asks on the first date This tome provides the inside track on funding and growing your business.

The Bird-Lover's Backyard Handbook

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mahnken, Jan / Wiberg, Hugh / Laubach, Rene, PUBLISHER: Thunder Bay Press, The bird lover can attract hummingbirds to the garden or bluebirds to a nesting box ong>withong> this colorful guidebook to understanding backyard birds. ong>Withong> over 275 full color illustrations and photos, including beautiful, detailed paintings, The Bird Lover's Backyard Handbook features a reference section ong>withong> closeups of more than 135 species and their feeding and nesting habits. Also included is a list of birds most likely to handfeed and tips on how to take close-up photographs of birds on the hand. This guide also shows how to attract and house some of North America's most fascinating cavity nesters.

How to Do Everything with MP3 and Digital Music

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Johnson, Dave / Broida, Rick, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media, A hot new release in the extremely popular "How to Do Everything series, this friendly, solutions-oriented book is filled ong>withong> step-by-step details on how to create, download, upload, play--and even remaster--MP3 and digital music files. You'll also get a completely up-to-date survey of peer-to-peer file sharing services like Napster, Aimster, Gnutella, and others, and details on all the latest and best MP3 players, both desktop and portable.

How to Help a Grieving Friend: A Candid Guide for Those Who

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Whitson, Stephanie Grace, PUBLISHER: NavPress Publishing Group, This quick read will help you know how to act and what to say around a grieving friend. Learn to speak healing ong>wordsong> instead of tired cliches, comfort and empathize ong>withong> others, and break down barriers.

The Blessings of Christmas

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ideals Publications Inc, PUBLISHER: Ideals Publications, This over-sized book features beautiful paintings, photographs, poetry, and articles emphasizing the many special blessings of Christmas and its power to heal, to comfort, and to inspire. ong>Withong> its glorious color photographs depicting the many beautiful scenes of Christmas and the awe-inspiring art masterpieces of the Nativity, each page becomes a special blessing all its own. In addition to the wonderful ong>shortong> stories and poems are the ong>wordsong> and music to some of our most memorable Christmas carols and spirituals.

Words to Rhyme with

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Espy, Willard R., PUBLISHER: Facts on File, What rhymes ong>withong> hasenpfeffer? This source details rhyming ong>wordsong> and includes a glossary that defines of the more eccentric ones.

Recession-Proof Your Life

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Johnson, Lynelle, PUBLISHER: Wrightbooks, If you had the chance to recession-proof your life -- everything from your finances and career to your relationships -- wouldn't you take it? "Recession-Proof Your Life" will help you plan for those inevitable downturns, and give you the knowledge that you need to get through them. Packed ong>withong> tips and real-life examples, this comprehensive 'how-to' guide offers practical measures you can take to prepare your career, finances, investments, relationships and business for a recession -- and to capitalise on the recovery. Inside you'll discover how to: bulletproof your job manage your career deal ong>withong> stress at work and in your relationships prosper financially keep your business afloat. This inspiring book is essential reading for anyone seeking to survive -- and thrive in -- tough times. Acquista Ora

Big-Small

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Doudna, Kelly, PUBLISHER: SandCastle, A variety of comparisons made ong>withong> common objects and experiences -- Large type; ample spacing between lines -- Easy-to-follow layout; text appears at same place on every page -- Print separated from photos -- Simple sentences -- Digraphs, consonant blends -- Long and ong>shortong> vowel sounds -- Introduces multisyllabic and compound ong>wordsong>, simple adjectives, and inflectional endings -- Common "picture ong>wordsong>" list helps reader decode text -- Word repetition reinforces learning -- Photos assist reader ong>withong> word recognition and reflect multicultural diversity

Statistics for Dummies

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rumsey, Deborah, PUBLISHER: For Dummies, The fun and easy way to get down to business ong>withong> statistics Stymied by statistics? No fear ? this friendly guide offers clear, practical explanations of statistical ideas, techniques, formulas, and calculations, ong>withong> lots of examples that show you how these concepts apply to your everyday life. "Statistics For Dummies" shows you how to interpret and critique graphs and charts, determine the odds ong>withong> probability, guesstimate ong>withong> confidence using confidence intervals, set up and carry out a hypothesis test, compute statistical formulas, and more. Tracks to a typical first semester statistics ong>courseong> Updated examples resonate ong>withong> today's students Explanations mirror teaching methods and classroom protocol Packed ong>withong> practical advice and real-world problems, "Statistics For Dummies" gives you everything you need to analyze and interpret data for improved classroom or on-the-job performance.

Can You Say a Few Words?: How to Prepare and Deliver Award

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Detz, Joan, PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Griffin, -Your alma mater asks you to say a few ong>wordsong> at an upcoming fundraising dinner -You've won an employee award and will have to give a ong>shortong> acceptance speech at the ceremony -Your parents are celebrating their 50th anniversary, and you'd like to make a toast at their party Everyone's counting on you to sound polished, to be prepared, to speak ong>withong> savvy-in ong>shortong>, to give a speech that's as memorable as the occasion itself. Don't dread these invitations to speak. Instead, learn to prepare clear, concise, and engaging speeches that will live up to your audience's expectations and match the mood of the occasion. Award-winning corporate speechwriter Joan Detz offers solid advice for tackling this nerve-racking task-ong>withong> pointers, tips, and trade secrets that will help you make the most of every speaking opportunity. Clearly written and fun to read, this invaluable guide provides all the practical advice and encouragement you need to deliver a winning speech.

Writing Teaching Learning Math

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Meier, John / Rishel, Thomas / Rishel, Thoams, PUBLISHER: Mathematical Association of America (MAA), Meier and Rishel explore the hows and whys of writing in mathematics. How to get started? How to grade assignments? How to introduce good writing into a maths ong>courseong>, and why you should care to do this? And most importantly, why is it so important to get students speaking and writing about mathematics anyway? This book should provide anybody involved in the teaching of mathematics ong>withong> useful and constructive tools to examine the assignments they are using and the goals they hope to accomplish ong>withong> them.

Smart Guide Mutual Funds

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Karp, Susan / Cader, Michael / Karp, David, PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, An all-you-need-to-know introduction to mutual funds--ideal for tentative beginners as well as veterans looking for a brush-up on the fundamentals of "wealth building" Smart Definitions of blended funds, balanced funds, and closed-end funds Smart Strategies for college savings, tax-free funds, and retirement plans Smart Tips on how to find reliable fund families and managers, and how to ride a volatile market Smart Advice on diversifying your investments, capitalizing on "bull" and "bear" market cycles, committing to aggressive growth funds, knowing when to "sell ong>shortong>," and much more Smart Tips on calculating interest-rate risk, choosing between taxable and tax-exempt funds, analyzing a fund's performance history, and matching your fund family's goals and style ong>withong> your own Smart Insights into how mutual funds perform against CDs, individual stocks and bonds, and treasury securities Quick reading and easy referencing ong>withong> a comprehensive index and loads of sidebars and tables Smart Guides take readers seriously. They satisfy even the most curious person's desire to know the essentials about any of a wide range of topics--from vitamins to mutual funds to stress relief. It's all about good reading and expert information. The choice is yours.

How to Help Your Child Overcome Your Divorce: A Support

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Benedek, Elissa P. / Brown, Catherine F., PUBLISHER: William Morrow & Company, This book offers parents the latest information and advice, ong>withong> numerous case examples, on support groups and answers to some of the most common questions on which divorced parents seek guidance. This book counsels: -- how to help children adjust to separation and divorce -- how to tell them the news, and reassure them of their parents' love and care for them -- and how to do just that, -- ways to keep the relationship between ex-spouses as free of conflict as possible, -- how to help childr feel good about themselves and grow as individuals, -- and, much more.

People, a Collection of Poetry

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fardella, Anastasia, PUBLISHER: American Literary Press, Sharp contrasts and jolting images mark this engaging collection of poems by Anastasia Fardella. This young poet captures in ong>wordsong> and photographs the paradoxically isolating commonalities of human struggle. The inner turmoil whispered throughout her work, contrasted ong>withong> sometimes contented expressions on the faces of her photo subjects, challenge readers to take a deeper and harder look at their own facades.

C# Game Programming: For Serious Game Creation [With CDROM]

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schuller, Daniel, PUBLISHER: ong>Courseong> Technology, Even experienced game developers sometimes have a hard time making their vision for a great game a reality. The number of available programming languages, libraries, and production methods can make the development process overwhelming and result in complicated, unreliable game code. C# Game Programming: For Serious Game Creation shows programmers how to write simple, clean, and reliable code step-by-step through the creation of a basic game. The game is built using C#, a high-level programming language, and OpenGL, an industry favorite for graphics display. You'll get an overview of the methods and libraries used to build good games, learn how to use those libraries and create your own, and finally build your own scrolling shooter game. You'll even find tips and information on how to develop your own game ideas and you'll have an excellent code base to work ong>withong>. C# Game Programming: For Serious Game Creation provides you ong>withong> all the information you need to take your game ideas from concept to completion.

Elizabethan Women and the Poetry of Courtship

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bell, Ilona, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, During Elizabeth I's reign, love poetry acquired a popularity and brilliance unparalleled in English literary history. Ilona Bell shows how the tropes and rhetoric of love poetry were used to court Elizabethan women (at court, in the great houses, and in society at large) and how the women responded to being wooed, in prose, poetry and speech. Juxtaposing canonical male poets and recently discovered women writers, she investigates texts addressed to, written by, read, or heard by Elizabethan women, and charts the beginnings of a female lyric tradition.

Meandering Toward Maturity... in Poetry

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stephani, E. P., PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, This collection of poetry ong>withong> colored illustrations is all about Everyone, their hometown; their family; their life experiences. The ong>wordsong> and thoughts therein can be easily understood by mom and dad; the kids; as well as grandpa and grandma. The poems and pictures are thought provoking and playful. Family members will enjoy reading these poems together. For teachers and others who count the syllables and lines, who like their poetry in good form, there is variety not limited to Haiku, English Sonnet, Acrostic, and Prose Poetry.

Working with Your Sixth Sense: Practical Ways to Develop

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cheung, Christina / Cheung, Theresa, PUBLISHER: Godsfield Press (UK), Call it intuition or gut feeling, we all have a sixth sense, but are we really making the most of our extra-sensory abilities? Working ong>withong> your Sixth Sense shows you how to build on and develop your intuition or "inner knowing." Theresa Cheung explores the different levels of consciousness and explains how meditation, trance and self-hypnosis can all help to develop new degrees of awareness. You will discover how to communicate psychically ong>withong> others, how to develop divination skills through scrying and dreamwork and how to see beyond physical barriers to other dimensions.

The Short Stories and Random Mumblings of Jamie Mitchell

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wren, Edward, PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, aItas always funny to think about, but in so many ways weare all comedians.a These are the opening ong>wordsong> of The ong>Shortong> Stories and Random Mumblings of Jamie Mitchell, and in no way will they prepare you for what followsa] Have you ever found yourself wondering how the mind of a man descending into madness works? Or perhaps how one can be brought to the point of suicide? Come join Edward Wren as he takes you through the journey in the first person. Allow yourself to jump into the mind of Jamie Mitchell and take a bone-chilling ride you soon wonat forget.

The Unexpected Letter

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stahl, Hilda, PUBLISHER: Tyndale Kids, This series has been popular ong>withong> young girls for over two decades, and the updated series is sure to be a favorite of this generation too. Elizabeth Gail Dobbs ("Libby") is a foster child and the newest member of the Johnson family. Libby's new Christian family leads her to a relationship ong>withong> God and teaches her about love. Throughout the series Libby learns about the power of prayer, how to love her enemies, and how to rely on God. In #10 "The Unexpected Letter," Libby learns that her birth mother is coming to take her away from the Johnsons, and she panics. How could God let this happen to her?

The Poetry of Ibn Khafajah: A Literary Analysis

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Al-Nowaihi, Magda M., PUBLISHER: Brill Academic Publishers, This study is an attempt to identify and describe the distinctive features of the poetic style of the acclaimed medieval Andalusian poet Ibn Khafa?jah, who has been credited ong>withong> starting a new school of poetry, in Andalus and elsewhere. It offers a close reading of his poetry, concentrating on the three basic elements of style - imagery, rhetorical devices, and structural patterns. It shows how Ibn Khaf?jah creatively uses the poetic tradition available to him to form new images and scenes, create multi-layered poems, and bestow different levels of unity and coherence on his poems. The study demonstrates some of the ways by which the various elements of style are combined and interrelated, to produce original, meaningful, and highly moving poems in the Khafajian style.

In the Course of a Lifetime: Tracing Religious Belief,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dillon, Michele / Wink, Paul, PUBLISHER: University of California Press, "In the ong>Courseong> of a Lifetime "provides an unprecedented portrait of the dynamic role religion plays in the everyday experiences of Americans over the ong>courseong> of their lives. The book draws from a unique sixty-year-long study of close to two hundred mostly Protestant and Catholic men and women who were born in the s and interviewed in adolescence, and again in the s, s, s, and late s. Woven throughout ong>withong> rich, intimate life stories, the book presents and analyzes a wide range of data from this study on the participants' religious and spiritual journeys. A testament to the vibrancy of religion in the United States, "In the ong>Courseong> of a Lifetime "provides an illuminating and sometimes surprising perspective on how individual lives have intersected ong>withong> cultural change throughout the decades of the twentieth century. Acquista Ora

Christmas Story

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tebbs, Victoria / Mitchell, Melanie, PUBLISHER: Lion Children's Books, See and Say are simple retellings of Bible stories ong>withong> bright and appealing pictures-and lots of ong>wordsong> for young children to join in ong>withong>. In the Christmas Story, they will clip-clop ong>withong> the donkey, sing ong>withong> the angels, and gasp ong>withong> the shepherds. In the Creation Story, they will crash ong>withong> the seas, slish splosh ong>withong> the fish, and zzz on the seventh day. In the Lost Sheep Story, they will count ong>withong> the shepherd and baa, baa, baa ong>withong> the sheep And in the Noah's Ark Story, kids will splish ong>withong> the rain, coo ong>withong> the dove, and cheer ong>withong> Noah ong>Withong> simple concepts and familiar ong>wordsong> for repetition, young children will come to learn the story for themselves.

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