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Writing Teaching Learning Math

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

On the Functions of the Brain and of Each of Its Parts

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gall, PUBLISHER: General Books, Title: On ong>theong> Functions of ong>theong> Brain and of Each of Its Parts: With Observations on ong>theong> Possibility of Determining ong>theong> Instincts, Propensities, and Talents, or ong>theong> Moral and Intellectual Dispositions of Men and Animals, by ong>theong> Configuration of ong>theong> Brain and Head Volume: 5-6 Publisher: Boston, Marsh, Capen

Umwelt-Lesebuch: Green Issues in Contemporary German Writing

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Goodbody, Axel / Goodbody, PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, ong>Theong> environment plays a central role in contemporary German political culture. Umwelt-Lesebuch provides essential information on ong>theong> key ong>theong>mes of deforestation, nuclear power, endangered species, ong>theong> changing landscape, and ong>theong> darker side of technology and progress, giving an overview of contemporary German responses to ong>theong> global ecological problems of our time. It contains thirty-four German literary texts on environmental issues written in ong>theong> last twenty-five years. ong>Theong>se texts, passages from novels such as Gunter Grass' Die Rattin, essayistic prose such as Christa Wolf's Storfal, and poems, protest songs, and speeches by West and East Germans have been chosen as much for ong>theong>ir literary quality as for ong>theong>ir role in furong>theong>ring public debate on ecological issues and promoting environmental consciousness. ong>Theong>y are introduced in English and accompanied by notes, exercises and a glossary.

Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing: A Novelist Looks at His

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Morrell, David, PUBLISHER: Writers Digest Books, Bestselling novelist David Morrell provides insights and advice learned during thirty years of writing and selling novels--insider secrets that are sure to help writers achieve ong>theong> next level of literary success, wheong>theong>r ong>theong>y're just beginning or already published With captivating anecdotes and thoughtful discussion, Morrell explores ong>theong> basics of ong>theong> writing craft, from structure and character to dialogue and style, allowing readers to look into ong>theong> mind of an internationally-known bestselling novelist. He also examines how to get published, ong>theong> business of writing and ong>theong> steps for getting fiction translated into film. Acquista Ora

Motion Leadership: The Skinny on Becoming Change Savvy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fullan, Michael, PUBLISHER: Corwin Press, Cycling from practice to ong>theong>ory and back again, this concise book provides ong>theong> skinny on motion leadership, or how to "ong>moveong>" individuals, institutions, and whole systems forward.

The Inuit of Canada

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Corriveau, Danielle, PUBLISHER: Lerner Publications, Taking an in-depth look at distinct aboriginal cultures, ong>theong>se comprehensive volumes balance information about both traditional and modern lifeways. From ong>theong>ir history and cultural practices to ong>theong>ir religions and ong>theong> landscapes ong>theong>y call home, discover ong>theong> intricacies of each featured native culture. Supports ong>theong> national curriculum standards Culture; Time, Continuity, and Change; People, Places, and Environments; Individuals, Groups, and Institutions; Power, Authority, and Governance; Production, Distribution, and Consumption; Science Technology and Society; and Global Connections as outlined by ong>theong> National Council for ong>theong> Social Studies.

E-Learning Theory and Practice

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Haythornthwaite, Caroline / Andrews, Richard, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), In" "E-learning ong>Theong>ory and Practice ong>theong> authors set out different perspectives on e-learning. ong>Theong> book deals with ong>theong> social implications of e-learning, its transformative effects, and ong>theong> social and technical interplay that supports and directs e-learning. ong>Theong> authors present new perspectives on ong>theong> subject by exploring ong>theong> way teaching and learning are changing with ong>theong> presence of ong>theong> Internet and participatory media; providing a ong>theong>oretical grounding in new learning practices from education, communication and information science; addressing e-learning in terms of existing learning ong>theong>ories, emerging online learning ong>theong>ories, new literacies, social networks, social worlds, community and virtual communities, and online resources; and emphasizing ong>theong> impact of everyday electronic practices on learning, literacy and ong>theong> classroom, locally and globally.This book is for everyone involved in e-learning including teachers, educators, graduate students and researchers.

Writing Desk Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Made by cabinetmaker Alex Martin in . This writing desk for Walter Blackie, for ong>Theong> Hill House, Helensburgh, is considered to be one of Mackintosh's most accomplished pieces of furniture design. Three working designs exist for this piece (all in ong>theong> collection of Glasgow University), showing ong>theong> desk's evolution and reflecting discussions that must have taken place between Mackintosh and Blackie. ong>Theong> ebonised wood is inlaid with luxurious materials that reflect ong>theong> composite shapes of ong>theong> desk: squares of moong>theong>r-of-pearl on ong>theong> doors, and dotted lines of ivory along ong>theong> top curves. ong>Theong> result is a piece of furniture with proportional and musical harmony.

Society in Space: Colonialism, Nationalism and Post-Colonial

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Perera, Nihal, PUBLISHER: Westview Press, "Society and Space" traces ong>theong> historical construction of social space in Sri Lanka. Utilizing a world-systems perspective, landscape interpretation, and ong>theong>ories of colonial architecture and urbanism, Nihal Perera looks at colonized, decolonized, and postcolonial Sri Lanka through ong>theong> lens of successive spatial transformations. ong>Theong> author skillfully reveals ong>theong> importance of construction, occupation, and ong>theong> fashioning of territories, urban landscapes, and built forms, pointing out ong>theong> interconnections and meanings of ong>theong>se spatial aspects as part of changing political, economic, and cultural systems.This book treats space and ong>theong> built environment of Sri Lanka's place in ong>theong> world system at different points in history. Yet, it also maintains an awareness of specific issues of local politics and culture. Writing from a position in ong>theong> "postcolonial periphery," Perera argues that ong>theong> politics governing ong>theong> construction of space and spatial structures is of primary importance for those seeking to understand a particular society and culture.

Japanese Language, Life & Culture

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gilhooly, Helen, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Companies, Teach Yourself Language, Life, and Culture titles delve into ong>theong> customs and ways of ong>theong>ir featured countries, taking a respectful yet lively point of view. Topics include government, arts, language, work, leisure, education, festivals, and food. Each title explains ong>theong> role of language in shaping culture and provides practical information for travelers. Find out about traditional Chinese medicine, English fish and chips, ong>theong> Welsh red dragon, and even Christmas in Japan.

Cliffsquickreview Writing: Grammar, Usage, and Style

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Eggenschwiler, Jean, PUBLISHER: Cliffs Notes, CliffsQuickReview course guides cover ong>theong> essentials of your toughest classes. Get a firm grip on core concepts and key material, and test your newfound knowledge with review questions. Wheong>theong>r you're new to nouns, verbs, and prepositions or just brushing up on your grammar, "CliffsQuickReview Writing: Grammar, Usage, and Style" can help. This guide not only helps you understand grammar concepts, but it also gives you clear explanations of sentence structure, as well as advice on how to write well. As you work your way through this guide, you'll find out aboutNouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbsPropositions, conjunctions, and interjectionsSentence construction and variety, as well as punctuationWords: compound words, idioms, cliches, and jargonong>Theong> different types of writing and organizing a writing assignment "CliffsQuickReview Writing: Grammar, Usage, and Style" is an invaluable reference for those who want to improve ong>theong>ir writing, wheong>theong>r at ong>theong> high school level or in college. Here are just a few of ong>theong> things you'll learn about how to bring your writing up to snuff: Understanding your writing assignmentWriting a ong>theong>sis statementQuoting and paraphrasing, and avoiding plagiarismCreating an outline for your paperWriting your first draft, and polishing up your final draft With titles available for all ong>theong> most popular high school and college courses, CliffsQuickReview guides are a comprehensive resource that can help you get ong>theong> best possible grades.

The Fremont Culture: A Study in Culture Dynamics on the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: James H Gunnerson, PUBLISHER: University of Utah Press, NA

Suri's Burn Book: Well-Dressed Commentary from Hollywood's

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hagan, Allie, PUBLISHER: Running Press Book Publishers, Based on ong>theong> popular blog of ong>theong> same name, "Suri's Burn Book "is told from ong>theong> harsh yet clever perspective of "Suri Cruise," Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' five-year-old daughter--and one of ong>theong> youngest fashionistas in America today. Suri's snarky and clever wit will cover everything celeb obsessed, from celebrity culture and fashion mistakes to celebs who are annoying pregnant. Also included is Suri's very best advice and essays on topics ranging from pop culture to politics, accompanied by approximately 100 full-color photos throughout.

The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bigsby, Christopher, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, ong>Theong> Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture offers a comprehensive, authoritative and accessible overview of ong>theong> cultural ong>theong>mes and intellectual issues that drive ong>theong> dominant culture of ong>theong> twentieth century. This companion explores ong>theong> social, political and economic forces that have made America what it is today. It shows how ong>theong>se contexts impact upon twentieth-century American literature, cinema and art. An international team of contributors examines ong>theong> special contribution of African Americans and of immigrant communities to ong>theong> variety and vibrancy of modern America. ong>Theong> essays range from art to politics, popular culture to sport, immigration and race to religion and war. Varied, extensive and challenging, this Companion is essential reading for students and teachers of American studies around ong>theong> world. It is ong>theong> most accessible and useful introduction available to an exciting range of topics in modern American culture.

African-American Athletes

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Aaseng, Nathan, PUBLISHER: Facts on File, "Writing is clear... a] useful source...recommended for school and public libraries." Booklist "ong>Theong> range of entries is impressive...ong>Theong> writing is clear...valuable for brief student reports. Recommended." Library Media Connection African-American Athletes, Revised Edition highlights athletes who have competed at ong>theong> highest levels in one or more sports. Each entry provides an exciting and enlightening biographical profile, concentrating on ong>theong> events in that person's life related to his or her accomplishments in sports, followed by an up-to-date furong>theong>r reading list on that individual.

The Many Faces of Islam: Perspectives on a Resurgent

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rejwan, Nissim, PUBLISHER: University Press of Florida, Written in a style easily accessible to both students and general readers, ong>Theong> Many Faces of Islam offers a wide range of perspectives on modern Islamic culture and religious practice. Seeking to dispel ong>theong> perception that Islamic fundamentalism and extremism represent Islam in its entirety, Nissim Rejwan surveys ong>theong> issues and provides numerous excerpts from modern writers and scholars, Muslim and non-Muslim, summarizing ong>theong> many problems and dilemmas facing contemporary Muslims. Rejwan argues that to view Islam as uniform and all of a piece invites confusion and miscomprehension. ong>Theong> rich sampling of readings amplifies ong>theong> summary discussion and demonstrates ong>theong> surprising variety of Islamic concepts and practices. Issues include ong>theong> uniqueness of Islam, ong>theong> decline of ong>theong> Islamic establishment, ong>theong> impact of modernity, misunderstandings of Islam, Islam and ong>theong> Dhimmis, ong>theong> fundamentalist revival, and more. With a novel, topical approach to his subject, Rejwan widens ong>theong> view of Islam from radicalism to ong>theong> culture as a whole. His combination of topical summary and illuminating, balanced texts will provide a useful resource for students of Islamic culture and, for general readers, an insightful, balanced, and engaging introduction to a poorly understood but increasingly important civilization.

6 + 1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide: Grades 3 & Up:

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Culham, Ruth, PUBLISHER: Scholastic Teaching Resources, Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Conventions, and Presentation. Look at good writing in any genre, and you'll find ong>theong>se traits. Think of ong>theong>m as ong>theong> fuel that stokes ong>theong> engine of writing. With this book, teachers will learn how to assess student work for ong>theong>se traits and plan instruction. And ong>theong>y'll be amazed at how ong>theong> writing in ong>theong>ir classroom improves. Includes scoring guides, focus lessons, and activities for teaching each trait. For use with Grades 3 & Up.

Exploring College Writing: Reading, Writing and Researching

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Melzer, Dan, PUBLISHER: Equinox Publishing (UK), Exploring College Writing: Reading, Writing and Researching across ong>theong> Curriculum is a rhetoric for first-year and sophomore composition courses that uses a constructivist, ethnographic approach to introducing students to academic reading, writing, and researching. This text will be especially useful to composition instructors who wish to provide students with both a general overview of academic discourse and an introduction to ong>theong> purposes, audiences, and genres of writing across disciplines. This textbook works from ong>theong> premise that ong>theong> best way to initiate students to academic discourse is to have ong>theong>m explore academic literacies using an ethnographic, fieldwork approach to ong>theong>ir own institution. Students are cast in ong>theong> role of researchers, exploring ong>theong>ir own experiences as college writers and investigating writing in General Education and in ong>theong>ir prospective majors. ong>Theong> book provides instructors and students sequences of engaging and exploratory "Writing to Learn" and "Learn by Doing" activities and formal, extended writing projects that ask students to interview professors, analyze writing assignments, and reflect on ong>theong>ir own reading, writing, and researching processes and histories. ong>Theong>se writing projects connect to students' interests, experiences, and goals and provide ong>theong>m with a sense of purpose and audience for writing. ong>Theong> organization of Exploring College Writing ong>moveong>s students from reflection to investigation. Part I of ong>theong> book provides a broad introduction to academic reading, writing, and researching and introduces students to ong>theong> rhetorical situations, genres, and common college thinking and writing strategies. Part I presents students with prompts that ask ong>theong>m to explore ong>theong> similarities and differences between high school and college literacy and reflect on ong>theong>ir own literacy histories. Part II asks students to think critically about ong>theong>ir reading, writing, and researching processes and to explore strategies for college reading, writing, and researching processes. Part II includes prompts that ask students to explore college reading, writing, and researching processes and practice academic research and making academic arguments. Part III introduces students to writing across ong>theong> curriculum and ong>theong> idea of disciplines and discourse communities. Part IV asks students to investigate ong>theong> reading, writing, and researching assigned in ong>theong> General Education and major courses at ong>theong>ir campus and to consider discipline-specific ways of writing and thinking. Unlike oong>theong>r textbooks Exploring College Writing uses auong>theong>ntic student and professional texts from across disciplines in a variety of genres such as lab reports, scholarly book reviews, ethnographies and case studies to guide and inspire ong>theong> writing process.

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The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Benjamin, Walter / Adorno, ong>Theong>odor Wiesengrund / Scholem, Gershom Gerhard, PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press, Called "ong>theong> most important critic of his time" by Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin has emerged as one of ong>theong> most compelling thinkers of our time as well, his work assuming a crucial place in current debates over ong>theong> interactions of art, culture, and meaning. A "natural and extraordinary talent for letter writing was one of ong>theong> most captivating facets of his nature," writes Gershom Scholem in his Foreword; and indeed, Benjamin's correspondence reveals ong>theong> evolution of some of his most powerful ideas. Published here in English for ong>theong> first time, ong>theong>se letters offer an intimate picture of Benjamin himself and ong>theong> times in which he lived. Written in a day when letters were an important vehicle for ong>theong> presentation and development of intellectual matters, Benjamin's correspondence is rich in insight into ong>theong> circumstances behind his often difficult work. Writing at length to Scholem and ong>Theong>odor Adorno, and exchanging letters with Rainer Maria Rilke, Hannah Arendt, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Max Horkheimer, Max Brod, Bertolt Brecht, and Kafka's friend Felix Weltsch, Benjamin elaborates his ideas about metaphor and language. He reflects on literary figures from Kafka to Karl Kraus, ong>theong> "Jewish Question" and anti-Semitism, Marxism and Zionism. And he expounds his personal attitudes toward such subjects as ong>theong> role of quotations in criticism, history, and tradition; ong>theong> meaning of being a "collector"; and French culture and ong>theong> national character.

The Self and Others: Positioning Individuals and Groups in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harre, Rom / Moghaddam, Fathali M. / Harr?, Rom, PUBLISHER: Praeger, This volume focuses on relations between ong>theong> self and oong>theong>r individuals, ong>theong> self and groups, and ong>theong> self and context. Leading scholars in ong>theong> field of positioning ong>theong>ory present ong>theong> newest developments from this field on human social relations. ong>Theong> discussion is international, multidisciplinary, and multi-method, aiming to achieve a more dynamic and powerful account of human social relations, and to break disciplinary boundaries. Four features in this work are prominent. ong>Theong> book is culturally oriented and international. ong>Theong>re is a push to ong>moveong> across disciplines, particularly across psychology and linguistics, and psychology and microsociology. ong>Theong>re is a focus on language and social construction of ong>theong> world through discourse. Finally, ong>theong> book represents a multi-method approach that reflects discursive methods.

Italy Today: At the Crossroads of the New Millenium

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mignone, Mario B. / Coppa, Frank J., PUBLISHER: Peter Lang Publishing, Italy Today is a concise and fascinating story of ong>theong> stunning transformation of a nation. Detailing ong>theong> period from ong>theong> Second World War to ong>theong> present, ong>theong> book provides unique insights into ong>theong> dynamics of country which emerged from a ravaged, post-war agrarian society to become a technological leader competing with France to become ong>theong> fourth largest industrialized country in ong>theong> Western World. This volume examines ong>theong> influence of a broad range of subjects such as political institutions, parliament, women, youth, ong>theong> media, ong>theong> Church, and trade unions on Italian history and culture. Divided into three major sections devoted to an analysis of politics, society and ong>theong> economy, ong>theong> organization allows for a lively discussion of contemporary Italy. ong>Theong> style of ong>theong> writing will appeal to a broad range of scholars, students, and general readers.

Source Material on the History and Ethnology of the Caddo

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Swanton, John R. / Tanner, Helen H. / Tanner, Helen Hornbeck, PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press, First published in , John R. Swanton's "Source Material on ong>theong> History and Ethnology of ong>theong> Caddo Indians" is a classic reference on ong>theong> Caddos. Long regarded as ong>theong> dean of souong>theong>astern Native American studies, Swanton worked for decades as an ethnographer, ethnohistorian, folklorist, and linguist. In this volume he presents ong>theong> history and culture of ong>theong> Caddos according to ong>theong> principal French, Spanish, and English sources. In ong>theong> seventeenth century, French and Spanish explorers encountered four regional alliances -- Cahinnio, Cadohadacho, Hasinai, and Natchitoches -- within ong>theong> boundaries of ong>theong> present-day states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma. ong>Theong>ir descriptions of Caddo culture are ong>theong> earliest sources available, and Swanton weaves ong>theong> information from ong>theong>se primary documents into a narrative, translated into English, for ong>theong> benefit of ong>theong> modern reader. For ong>theong> scholar, he includes in an appendix ong>theong> entire text of three principal documents in ong>theong>ir original Spanish. ong>Theong> first half of ong>theong> book is devoted to an extensive history of ong>theong> Caddos, from De Soto's encounters in to ong>theong> Caddos' involvement in ong>theong> Ghost Dance Religion of . ong>Theong> second haft discusses Caddo culture, including origin legends and religious beliefs, material culture, social relations, government, warfare, leisure, and trade. For this edition, Helen Hornbeck Tanner also provides a new foreword surveying ong>theong> scholarship published on ong>theong> Caddos since Swanton's time.

Real Stories: The All-Inclusive Text Book for Developmental

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ortner, Toni, PUBLISHER: Backinprint.com, "Real Stories" is writing and reading text that works. ong>Theong> method is classroom-tested and designed to meet ong>theong> needs of multi-cultural high school students. It contains three sections: "ong>Theong> Process of Writing" covers ong>theong> basic building blocks of writing. "Time Savers for Grammar and Punctuation" includes types of sentences, how to find and eliminate run-ons, comma splices and fragments, comma use, nouns, capitalization, direct quotes, verb tenses, and irregular verbs, practice exercises, an answer key, and tests. "ong>Theong> Reader" contains students' personal stories for analysis and discussion. "Real Stories" helps students use words to empower and enrich ong>theong>ir lives. Acquista Ora

Creeks

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Green, Michael / Porter, Frank W., PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publications, -- Presents comprehensive and honest accounts of ong>theong> life and culture of American Indians -- Examines ong>theong> issues and conflicts involving Native Americans today -- Discusses many lesser-known but equally important tribes -- Packed with photographs, paintings, and maps -- 8-page full-color photo essay on Indian art and relics

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