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Disappearing Desmond
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Author : Anna Alter
language : en
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 2013-04-24
Disappearing Desmond written by Anna Alter and has been published by Knopf Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-24 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Desmond likes to disappear, blend into the background, and hide in the cleverest of places. But when a new student named Gloria arrives at his school, Desmond finds himself noticed for the first time. Can Gloria help Desmond get used to the life in the spotlight? Anna Alter’s charming story is an original and reassuring take on overcoming shyness.
A To Zoo
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Author : Rebecca L. Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2018-06-21
A To Zoo written by Rebecca L. Thomas and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-21 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.
Invincible
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Author : Marissa Jewel Hess
language : en
Publisher: WestBow Press
Release Date : 2024-04-22
Invincible written by Marissa Jewel Hess and has been published by WestBow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-22 with Fiction categories.
After living for nearly sixteen years on the outskirts of Jegavol with nothing but worry-filled, adoptive parents and nasty rumors to explain how she got there, Celeste is more than ready for an escape. So when this escape comes in a bizarre way, complete with the ability to spend time with her best friend Vernon, she should be overjoyed. Instead, she’s ridden with anxiety, constantly wondering if her parents are alright. Finally, she needs to personally ensure her parents' well-being, so she knocks on the door to her home. A foreign soldier from Wrutome answers, and she spots her home being ransacked. In the midst of absolute shock, the soldiers attempt to kidnap her. Somehow, she escapes from their grasp, but then she watches in complete horror Vernon get ripped from her life. Celeste is shattered, but she determines in her heart to get Vernon back. She even goes into the dreaded Dominaek Forest to achieve this. By what she initially accounts as sheer luck, she finds a strange boy willing, and apparently able, to help her. In time, she begins to truly believe she will soon be reunited with Vernon. However, Celeste has no idea of the threat she and her curious new acquaintance pose to someone much more powerful and cunning than they could ever dream.
Red Roulette
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Author : Desmond Shum
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2021-09-07
Red Roulette written by Desmond Shum and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"THE BOOK CHINA DOESN'T WANT YOU TO READ."--CNN A riveting insider's story of how the Party and big money work in China today, by a man who, with his wife, Whitney Duan, rose to the zenith of power and wealth--and then fell out of favor. She was disappeared four years ago. News of this book led to a phone call from Whitney, proof that she's alive. As Desmond Shum was growing up impoverished in China, he vowed his life would be different. Through hard work and sheer tenacity he earned an American college degree and returned to his native country to establish himself in business. There, he met his future wife, the highly intelligent and equally ambitious Whitney Duan who was determined to make her mark within China's male-dominated society. Whitney and Desmond formed an effective team and, aided by relationships they formed with top members of China's Communist Party, the so-called red aristocracy, he vaulted into China's billionaire class. Soon they were developing the massive air cargo facility at Beijing International Airport, and they followed that feat with the creation of one of Beijing's premier hotels. They were dazzlingly successful, traveling in private jets, funding multi-million-dollar buildings and endowments, and purchasing expensive homes, vehicles, and art. But in 2017, their fates diverged irrevocably when Desmond, while residing overseas with his son, learned that his now ex-wife Whitney had vanished along with three coworkers. This is both Desmond's story and Whitney's, because she has not been able to tell it herself.
Uncle John S Triumphant 20th Anniversary Bathroom Reader
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Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-07-15
Uncle John S Triumphant 20th Anniversary Bathroom Reader written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-15 with Humor categories.
At a whopping 600 absorbing pages, Uncle John pulled out all the stops to make the behemoth Triumphant 20th Anniversary Bathroom Reader the epitome of Throne Room entertainment. Happy birthday, Uncle John! This 20th anniversary edition proves that some things do get better with age. Since 1987, the Bathroom Readers’ Institute has led the movement to stand up for those who sit down and read in the bathroom (and everywhere else for that matter). Uncle John’s Triumphant 20th Bathroom Reader is jam-packed with 600 pages of all-new articles (as usual, divided by length for your sitting convenience). In what other single book could you find such a lively mix of surprising trivia, strange lawsuits, dumb crooks, origins of everyday things, forgotten history, quirky quotations, and wacky wordplay? Uncle John rules the world of information and humor, so get ready to be thoroughly entertained as you read about: * The incredible (edible) history of bread * The secret congressional bomb shelter * Farts in the news * The history of the aloha shirt * The real Zorro * The worst city in America * How your taste buds work * It’s the Peanuts story, Charlie Brown And much, much more!
Vanishing Women
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Author : Karen Redrobe
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2003-04-01
Vanishing Women written by Karen Redrobe and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-04-01 with Performing Arts categories.
With the help of mirrors, trap doors, elevators, photographs, and film, women vanish and return in increasingly spectacular ways throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Karen Beckman tracks the proliferation of this elusive figure, the vanishing woman, from her genesis in Victorian stage magic through her development in conjunction with photography and film. Beckman reveals how these new visual technologies projected their anxieties about insubstantiality and reproducibility onto the female body, producing an image of "woman" as utterly unstable and constantly prone to disappearance. Drawing on cinema studies and psychoanalysis as well as the histories of magic, spiritualism, and photography, Beckman looks at particular instances of female vanishing at specific historical moments—in Victorian magic’s obsessive manipulation of female and colonized bodies, spiritualist photography’s search to capture traces of ghosts, the comings and goings of bodies in early cinema, and Bette Davis’s multiple roles as a fading female star. As Beckman places the vanishing woman in the context of feminism’s discussion of spectacle and subjectivity, she explores not only the problems, but also the political utility of this obstinate figure who hovers endlessly between visible and invisible worlds. Through her readings, Beckman argues that the visibly vanishing woman repeatedly signals the lurking presence of less immediately perceptible psychic and physical erasures, and she contends that this enigmatic figure, so ubiquitous in late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century culture, provides a new space through which to consider the relationships between visibility, gender, and agency.
Street Sinuata
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Author : Rafael Solece
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2010-03-10
Street Sinuata written by Rafael Solece and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-10 with Fiction categories.
Synopsis Ashlee Baxton and Jacquelyn Mathews were southern bells born to a life of privilege and prestige. But promise aint always promised to the privilege Ashlee was raised on the Louisiana Bayou and the bright eyed Creole boy only ever dreamed of becoming an artist. When he moved to Atlanta all he wanted was to leave his brush stroke on the canvas of the world. Instead he found himself living a life of depravity down in the gutter. Using the only thing he had left of value to keep from being swallowed whole by the fast life of this little-big city. But through his eyes even the devastation of his broken life could be made beautiful. Jacquelyn however, lived a charmed life. Shed found the perfect career molding the minds of the future of tomorrow. Shed built the perfect home with the perfect man, wrapped up in her own perfect little world; or so she thought. Truth is, Todd Really wasnt the man that she thought he was, and the life shed planned for herself hadnt turned out as she had planned. As Ashlee weaves a spell over everyone that he meets, and he captures the story of their lives on canvas with a gentle stroke of his paint brush. Their lives will be turned upside down, as Some dreams will be made to come true, while others will be ripped apart. Come see what happens in this tale of love lost and found called a Street Sinuata.
Making It Better
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Author : Barbara Oehlberg
language : en
Publisher: Redleaf Press
Release Date : 2014-02-03
Making It Better written by Barbara Oehlberg and has been published by Redleaf Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-03 with Family & Relationships categories.
More than 75 empowering and healing classroom activities Children living with uncertainty and insecurity often have difficulty focusing on learning. They might demonstrate disrespectful or defiant behaviors, act out, or act with aggression. As an educator, you may provide the only stability in their otherwise turbulent world. Making It Better explains trauma-informed education, an approach that recognizes the impact of traumatic stress on children and its effect on the growing brain, and applies the latest neurological research to teaching methods, disciplinary policies, and interactions to support grieving children. This book responds to the learning and behavioral needs of children who have experienced traumatic events or toxic stress—such as natural disasters, community violence, or abuse or neglect within the child’s familial relations—and includes a collection of activities and strategies to help children heal and feel empowered. Distressed children need absolute emotional security and an opportunity to engage in healing activities. With your help, children can begin to build resiliency and find renewed hope for the future. Barbara Oehlberg, MA, is an education and child trauma consultant who has presented for many organizations throughout the country. With a career that has spanned many levels, Barbara has spent more than 30 years making a positive impact on children’s lives.
Perfect Pairs K 2
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Author : Melissa Stewart
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-10-10
Perfect Pairs K 2 written by Melissa Stewart and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-10 with Education categories.
Hands-on lessons can be fun and compelling, but when it comes to life science, they aren't always possible, practical, effective, or safe. Children can't follow a lion as it stalks a gazelle, visit the exotic kapok tree in a rain forest, or swim alongside the underwater life in a pond. But they can explore a whole world of animals, plants, and ecosystems through the pages of beautifully illustrated, science-themed picture books. Perfect Pairs , which marries fiction and nonfiction picture books focused on life science, helps educators think about and teach life science in a whole new way. Each of the twenty-two lessons in this book is built around a pair of books that introduces a critical life science concept and guides students through an inquiry-based investigative process to explore that idea-;from animal/environment interactions to the role of structure in plant and animal survival, from inheritance of traits to variation of species. Each lesson starts with a Wonder Statement- and comprises three stages. Engaging Students- features a hands-on activity that captures student interest, uncovers current thinking, and generates vocabulary. The heart of the investigative process, Exploring with Students,- spotlights the paired books as the teacher reads aloud and helps students find and organize information into data tables. Encouraging Students to Draw Conclusions- shows students how to review and analyze the information they have collected. Bringing high-quality science-themed picture books into the classroom engages a broad range of students, addresses the Performance Expectations outlined in the Next Generation Science Standards, and supports the goals of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts. Even if you are science shy,Perfect Pairs can help you become a more confident teacher whose classroom buzzes with curious students eager to explore their natural world.
Time Space And The Market
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Author : Stephen Brown
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-12-18
Time Space And The Market written by Stephen Brown and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-18 with Business & Economics categories.
A study of retroscapes, commercial environments that evoke past times and places, a ubiquitous manifestation of modern marketing. It covers an array of retailing milieux, in a number of different countries, at a variety of spatial scales, and from various evaluative perspectives, both pro and con.
