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Facilitating Preschool Literacy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Campbell, Robin, PUBLISHER: International Reading Association, ong>Theong> contributors to this volume -- representing Australia, ong>theong> United Kingdom, and ong>theong> United States, and including both university educators and preschool teachers -- present ways to provide for, support, and guide children as ong>theong>y gain a greater understanding of reading and writing. ong>Theong> book considers ong>theong> notion of children constructing literacy, looks at literacy in ong>theong> context of ong>theong> home and family, and looks more directly at literacy learning in preschool settings. ong>Theong> chapters discuss ong>theong> role of parents and caregivers in supporting a child's literacy development, ong>theong>n explain how ong>theong> preschool educator can build on and continue to link with ong>theong> home literacy provision.

All Over the Map Writing on Buildings and Cities

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Michael Sorkin, PUBLISHER: Verso Books, NA

The Saloon on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: West, Elliott, PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press, Elliott West's careful analysis of ong>theong> role and development of ong>theong> saloon as an institution on ong>theong> mining frontier provides unique insights into ong>theong> social and economic history of ong>theong> American West. Drawing on contemporaneous newspapers and many unpublished firsthand accounts, West shows that ong>theong> physical evolution of ong>theong> saloon, from crude tents and shanties into elegant establishments for drinking and gaming, reflected ong>theong> growth and maturity of ong>theong> surrounding community.

Writing Sparks: Prompting Conation

ISBN: , SKU: , PUBLISHER: Corwin Press, Formerly a SkyLight Publication.How can teachers help students recognize and tap into ong>theong>ir inner motivation in order to achieve learning success? Writing Sparks provides writing activities and prompts that address three main aspects of motivation: self-direction, self-observation, and self-reflection. ong>Theong>se activities can be effective with any age and help focus students on moving forward, identifying ideas and goals, and developing plans for reaching those goals.

Kabul

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Medley, Dominic / Barrand, Jude, PUBLISHER: Bradt Travel Guides, As usual, Bradt guides lead ong>theong> way in exploring areas in ong>theong> news. This new, mini guide format features: Background information to Kabul and ong>theong> surrounding area Comprehensive advice on safety, security and health People and culture in depth Hotels, guesthouses and B&Bs, plus restaurants and bars Up-to-date telephone numbers, websites and oong>theong>r communications information Beyond Kabul - towns and cities within easy reach of ong>theong> capital Maps and town plans Words, phrases and Afghan proverbs

The Future of Democracy in America and the World: A Few

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schacht, James, PUBLISHER: AuthorHouse, ong>Theong> Future of Democracy in America and ong>theong> World: A Few Possibilities makes ong>theong> vast fields of modern American political philosophy and politics more accessible to both those engaged and those not engaged in ong>theong>se professions. Based in part on an exhaustive reading of American political philosophy and writers who have influenced American political philosophy, James Schacht explores what democracy has been in ong>theong> past, what it is now, and what it can be in ong>theong> future. Going as far back as ong>theong> Englishman John Locke, whose writings strongly influenced Thomas Jefferson in his writing of ong>theong> Declaration of Independence, he provides a comprehensive view of American political philosophy and its origins up to today, describes ong>theong> institution of democracy, describes ong>theong> culture associated with this institution, makes some predictions, and describes a framework for pursuing our best hope for ong>theong> future.

Confronting Scale in Archaeology: Issues of Theory and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lock, Gary / Molyneaux, Brian Leigh, PUBLISHER: Springer, Without realizing, most archaeologists shift within a scale of interpretation of material culture. Material data is interpreted from ong>theong> scale of an individual in a specific place and time and ong>theong>n shifts to ong>theong> complex dynamics of cultural groups extending over time and space. This ignoring of scale is ong>theong> a oeconcessiona archaeologists make to interpretation. ong>Theong> introduction of geographical information systems (GIS) remote sensing, and virtual reality have expanded ong>theong> scale at which data is interpreted even more, using multiple scales at ong>theong> same time without recognizing ong>theong> significance of ong>theong>ir actions. This book discusses ong>theong> cultural, social and spatial aspects of scale and its impact on archaeology in practical and applicable cases. Each author takes one of ong>theong> fundamental elements of archaeology - from ong>theong> experience of time and space to ong>theong> visualization of individuals, sites and landscapes to ong>theong> intricacies of archaeological discourse - and shows how an awareness of scale can create new and exciting interpretations.

Shows about Nothing: Nihilism in Popular Culture from the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hibbs, Thomas S., PUBLISHER: Spence Publishing Company, ong>Theong> glamorous portrayal of evil in film and television, frequently denounced as an attack on "family values" and an incitement to real-life violence, is more complicated and more disturbing than we realize. Exploring ong>theong> ong>theong>mes and artistry of landmark films and television shows, Thomas Hibbs argues that ong>theong> demonic antiheroes and seductive comic evil of popular culture are not weapons in a conscious cultural assault, but reactions to ong>theong> apathy and conformity of American life. -- Why is ong>Theong> Exorcist a family film? -- Are Forrest Gump and Natural Born Killers about ong>theong> same thing? -- What do It's a Wonderful Life and Pulp Fiction have in common?

Praying the Rosary: The Joyful, Fruitful, Sorrowful, and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dicharry, Warren F., PUBLISHER: Liturgical Press, This guide and commentary on ong>theong> mysteries of ong>theong> Rosary refocuses our meditation on ong>theong> true center of ong>theong> Rosary: ong>theong> mysteries of Christ's birth, death, and resurrection.

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Union in Peril: The Crisis Over British Intervention in the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jones, Howard, PUBLISHER: University of North Carolina Press, Jones studies ong>theong> crisis in Anglo-American relations during ong>theong> Civil War and its impact on ong>theong> South's attempt to win foreign support during ong>theong> crucial years of and . He argues that ong>theong> central issue was ong>theong> possibility that Britain would grant diplomatic recognition to ong>theong> Confederacy, a ong>moveong> that would have legitimized secession and undermined ong>theong> Constitution.

Primary Sources, Historical Collections: Diary of a Tour in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mary Georgina Emma Dawson Damer, Hon, PUBLISHER: Primary Sources, Historical Collections, This book, from ong>theong> series Primary Sources: Historical Books of ong>theong> World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come from ong>theong> legions of academic literature and research on ong>theong> subject produced over ong>theong> last several hundred years. Covered within is a discussion drawn from many areas of study and research on ong>theong> subject. From analyses of ong>theong> varied geography that encompasses ong>theong> Asian continent to significant time periods spanning centuries, ong>theong> book was made in an effort to preserve ong>theong> work of previous generations.

Mark & Livy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Willis, Resa, PUBLISHER: TV Books, Olivia Langdon Clemens was not only Samuel Clemens's wife and ong>theong> moong>theong>r of his children; she was Mark Twain's editor. She read and critiqued all his written work, and attended and commented on all his lectures and speeches. He relied on her judgment on his writing, and readily admitted that she not only edited his work but also "edited" his public persona. Until now, little has been known about ong>theong> woman behind one of America's best-known writers. Mark and Livy brings us ong>theong> full story of this remarkable courtship, marriage, and partnership that lasted forty years.

Muslims - Vol 2: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rippin, Andrew / Rippin Andrew, PUBLISHER: Routledge, ong>Theong> religion of Islam is of vital concern to ong>theong> modern world. In Muslims Volume 2: ong>Theong> Contemporary Period Andrew Rippin examines Muslims' perception of and reaction to ong>theong> challenges and changes occurring in contemporary life and questions ong>theong>ir ability to relate ong>theong> Qur'an and ong>theong> figure of Muhammed to 19th and 20th century culture. ong>Theong> inherited world view of Islam is compared with ong>theong> emerging newly-discovered world view of ong>theong> late 20th century and is explored in two ways, firstly by examining modern Muslim views on religious authority and by considering ong>theong>ir effect on ong>theong> actual lived practice of Islam. Essential reading for all scholars and lecturers of Islam and comparative religion.

Hermeneutics Ancient and Modern

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bruns, Gerald L., PUBLISHER: Yale University Press, In this wide-ranging meditation on ong>theong> nature and purpose of hermeneutics, Gerald L. Bruns argues that hermeneutics is not merely a contemporary ong>theong>ory but an extended family of questions about understanding and interpretation that predate ong>theong> beginning of writing. Bruns situates ong>theong> basic questions of hermeneutics against a background of different cultural traditions and philosophical topics, discussing for example, ong>theong> interpretation of oracles, ong>theong> quarrel between philosophy and poetry, Rabbinical midrash, and ong>theong> nature of Romantic hermeneutics.

The Big Bang, the Buddha, and the Baby Boom

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nisker, Wes Scoop, PUBLISHER: HarperOne, Hang on for a Wild Journey through ong>theong> Political and Spiritual Adventures of ong>theong> Baby-Boom Generation Join Wes "Scoop" Nisker as he takes us on a hilarious, wild ride through ong>theong> heyday of ong>theong> Beats and ong>theong> Hippies and ong>theong> birth of ong>theong> modern environmental ong>moveong>ment, and ong>theong> surge of Buddhism in ong>theong> West.

The Double Life of Pocahontas

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fritz, Jean / Young, Ed, PUBLISHER: Puffin Books, In a story that is as gripping as it is historical, Jean Fritz reveals ong>theong> true life of Pocahontas. Though at first permitted to ong>moveong> freely between ong>theong> Indian and ong>theong> white worlds, Pocahontas was eventually torn between her new life and ong>theong> culture that shaped her.

Degress of Nakedness

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Moore, Lisa, PUBLISHER: Mercury Press, ong>Theong> stories of Lisa Moore are bright, tangible, and emotionally engaging. Fire ong>moveong>s through urban St. John's like a human emotion, or ong>theong> human emotions of her stories ong>moveong> like fire through St. John's. This is writing that is alive with images and darkness and light, with ong>theong> hard delicate core of ong>theong> human psyche.

The Notorious PH.D.'s Guide to the Super Fly '70s: A

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Boyd, Todd, PUBLISHER: Harlem Moon, THIS RICHLY INFORMATIVE JOURNEY INTO ong>THEong> S CAPTURES ong>THEong> EXPLOSIVE POWER OF ong>THEong> BLACK PERFORMERS, MUSICIANS, FILMMAKERS, AND ATHLETES WHO IGNITED A CULTURAL REVOLUTION. WHAT SINGER/SONGWRITER WAS ong>THEong> FIRST WHITE PERFORMER TO APPEAR ON "SOUL TRAIN"? WHAT PHILADELPHIA 76ER MADE NBA HISTORY WHEN, AGAINST ong>THEong> KANSAS CITY KINGS, HIS TWO-HANDED DUNK SHATTERED ong>THEong> BACKBOARD? WHAT ROCK-AND-ROLL STAR WOULD BEGIN HIS CAREER PLAYING GUITAR FOR ARTISTS LITTLE RICHARD AND ong>THEong> ISLEY BROong>THEong>RS? Wheong>theong>r you're a '70s culture aficionado or ong>theong>se questions have you stumped, Todd Boyd's exciting look at one of ong>theong> most influential periods in popular culture will be a fun and exciting roller-coaster ride that you won't want to miss. Dr. Boyd (known as "ong>Theong> Notorious Ph.D.") delves into ong>theong> personalities, passions, and politics that swept America and ong>theong> world in ong>theong> '70s and introduced a style and attitude that still reverberates today with ong>theong> hip hop generation. From movies like "Shaft," "Super Fly," and "Cleopatra Jones" to Richard Pryor's edgy routines on race to ong>theong> rise of Dr. J and oong>theong>r sports superstars, "ong>Theong> Notorious Ph.D.'s Guide to ong>theong> Super Fly "'"70s "mixes social insight with an all-out celebration of ong>theong> contributions of a wide variety of Black icons. Covering every aspect of Black culture from ong>theong> period and including a quiz that you and your friends will love answering togeong>theong>r, Dr. Boyd's hip writing style will educate while it entertains.

NUTRITION CONCEPTS CONTROVERSIES WCDINFO

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sizer, PUBLISHER: CENGAGE LEARNING, NUTRITION: CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERIES, 9th focuses on nutrition principles and ong>theong>ir application while offering outstanding coverage of ong>theong> biological foundations of nutrition without assuming previous knowledge of ong>theong>m. Its colorful design and conversational writing style make it appealing and accessible to students and has made it ong>theong> leading Nutrition text for ong>theong> non-majors or mixed majors/non-majors introductory course.

The Newspapers Handbook

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Keeble, Richard, PUBLISHER: Routledge, ong>Theong> Newspapers Handbook is ong>theong> first comprehensive guide to ong>theong> job of ong>theong> newspaper reporter. It offers advice on a range of different types of newspaper writing, looks at how newspapers cover events and shows how reporting styles can differ in mainstream and non-mainstream newspapers. In this new edition, Richard Keeble explores ong>theong> ong>theong>oretical, moral and political dimensions of a journalist's job and examines changing newspaper ownership structures and recent ethical controversies.

A Dictionary of the Bible: Volume V: Supplement -- Articles

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hastings, James, PUBLISHER: University Press of ong>theong> Pacific, For over a century ong>theong> ten-volume Dictionary of ong>theong> Bible has been ong>theong> definitive reference. "It is a Dictionary of ong>theong> Old and New Testaments, togeong>theong>r with ong>theong> Old Testament Apocrypha, according to ong>theong> Authorized and Revised English Versions, and with constant reference to ong>theong> original tongues.... Articles have been written on ong>theong> names of all Persons and Places, on ong>theong> Antiquities and Archaeology of ong>theong> Bible, on its Ethnology, Geology, and Natural History, on Biblical ong>Theong>ology and Ethic, and even on ong>theong> obsolete or archaic words occurring in ong>theong> English Versions." James Hastings () was a distinguished scholar and pastor. He was founder and editor of ong>theong> Expository Times and is also well known for editing ong>theong> Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, ong>theong> Dictionary of Christ and ong>theong> Gospels, and ong>theong> Dictionary of ong>theong> Apostolic Church.

The Facts on File Dictionary of Modern Allusions

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cole, Sylvia, PUBLISHER: Checkmark Books, ong>Theong> Facts On File Writer's Library includes dictionaries, encyclopedias, and oong>theong>r indispensable resources for writers, students, and serious readers. From ong>theong> origins of words and phrases to ong>theong> meanings of literary terms, ong>theong> collection provides comprehensive information in a clear, accessible style that is sure to satisfy researchers and browsers alike. ong>Theong>se books will be reached for again and again. This dictionary explains ong>theong> current meanings and original contexts of more than allusions drawn from history, literature, art, and mass culture over ong>theong> past millennium. Eminently useful and fun to browse, this is an essential resource for writers, students, and readers alike.

Self-Same Songs: Autobiographical Performances and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Porter, Roger J., PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press, "Self-Same Songs" constitutes a major contribution to ong>theong> growing literary study of autobiography. Using a range of authors, including Homer, Edward Gibbon, Benjamin Franklin, Somerset Maugham, Franz Kafka, and Eugene Delacroix, Roger J. Porter offers a broad-based examination of ong>theong> autobiography and ong>theong> varied techniques used by its practitioners over time. In a style that is both graceful and erudite, Porter focuses on ong>theong> diverse motivations and rhetorical functions that ong>theong> act of self-writing serves for particular writers. He reflects on ong>theong> texts not only as an exploration of self-identity but also as ong>theong> writers' attempts to modify ong>theong> life in ong>theong> act of writing about it. ong>Theong>n, stepping out of his critical role, Porter ends each chapter with an autobiographical discussion of his professional and personal engagement with ong>theong> autobiographer under discussion, creating an intriguing and absorbing literary autobiography within ong>theong> critical text.

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