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Rates of Exchange: University lecturer and seasoned international traveler Angus Petworth is unprepared for the oddities of culture and circumstance that await him on the other side of the iron curtain-in the eastern European nation of Slaka. In two eventful weeks, the professor gives an incendiary interview, is seduced by a femme fatale, and becomes embroiled in a plot of international intrigue. Satirizing everything from critics and diplomats to...
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Collected Works of American author Edgar Allan Poe include many poems, short stories, and one novel. His fiction spans multiple genres, including horror fiction, adventure, science fiction, and detective fiction, a genre he is credited with inventing.
These works are generally considered part of the Dark romanticism movement, a literary reaction to Transcendentalism. Poe's writing reflects his literary theories: he disagreed with didacticism and...
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Help Spanish-speaking students build their reading comprehension skills! This book provides exciting lesson plans and activities to guide teachers in the instruction of La isla de los delfines azules, the Spanish language version of the novel Island of the Blue Dolphins. This product aids teachers as they challenge students to dive deeper into complex literature. With lessons focused on story elements and vocabulary, engaging activities, and other...
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Captured: Diagnosed with late-stage brain cancer, Kenny Drummond is determined to make amends while there's still time. But when he tries to contact an old schoolmate, Callie Barton, he finds she's disappeared without a trace-and it seems her husband may have something to hide. With a ticking clock and a promise to keep, nothing's going to stop Kenny from finding out what happened to Callie. Holloway Falls: The paths of a cult leader, a precognitive...
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This standards-based instructional guide for literature will support second language learners as they read the novel Because of Winn-Dixie, a captivating story about a young girl whose life changes for the better when she finds a dog at a Winn-Dixie grocery store. Using the engaging Spanish activities and lessons, students will learn how to use close reading techniques, respond to text-dependent questions, analyze the text to determine meaning, make...
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Would you give a mouse a cookie, a moose a muffin, or even a pig a pancake? This instructional guide for literature covers five different "If You Give..." books, and students will enjoy completing the fun, challenging activities and lessons as they learn to analyze each story. These rigorous, cross-curricular lessons and activities work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to comprehend complex literature and help them understand the...
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Collected Works of American author Edgar Allan Poe include many poems, short stories, and one novel. His fiction spans multiple genres, including horror fiction, adventure, science fiction, and detective fiction, a genre he is credited with inventing.
These works are generally considered part of the Dark romanticism movement, a literary reaction to Transcendentalism. Poe's writing reflects his literary theories: he disagreed with didacticism and...
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Encourage students to explore and study this quirky story through lessons that are fun and challenging. English language learners will enjoy analyzing the crayons' issues and complaints by completing the activities in this Spanish resource. With multiple assessment options, this invaluable resource offers strategies for cross-curricular activities as students build an in-depth understanding of the text. Text-dependent questions, close reading, and...
9) Step by Step
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The second volume in this enthralling collection of the British prime minister's journalistic work, tracing Hitler's rise to power and the threat of Nazism. Legendary politician and military strategist Winston S. Churchill was a master not only of the battlefield, but of the page and the podium. Over the course of forty books and countless speeches, broadcasts, news items and more, he addressed a country at war and at peace, thrilling with victory...
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An exiled Russian spy shares his dramatic life story from a Paris restaurant in this novel by the author of The Radetzky March.
In a Russian restaurant on Paris’s Left Bank, Russian exile Golubchik alternately fascinates and horrifies a rapt audience with a wild story of collaboration, deception, and murder in the days leading up to the Russian Revolution.
Praise for Confession of a Murderer
“Worthy to sit beside Conrad’s and Dostoevsky’s...
11) Express Yourself
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I'm me and that's an amazing thing to be. Learning to express all that we are lets us see the world differently and show others who we are, too. Bright, cheerful illustrations paired with engaging photos and lively text help us know how to harness creativity, while hands-on activities put this early life skill into practice. Explore how life works when we express ourselves.
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The fourth volume in this collection of the Nobel Prize–winning prime minister's essays and journalism showcases his wide-ranging interests and talents. Legendary politician and military strategist Winston S. Churchill was a master not only of the battlefield, but of the page and the podium. Over the course of forty books and countless speeches, broadcasts, news items and more, he addressed a country at war and at peace, thrilling with victory but...
13) Can't Do it All
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There are so many fun options, but we can't do it all! Learning how to balance all we want to do helps us be the best at all of the things we choose to do. Bright, cheerful illustrations paired with engaging photos and lively text make learning about balance fun, while hands-on activities put this early life skill into practice. Explore how life works when we find the balance.
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A brief essay on the life and genius of the prolific eighteenth-century English author, followed by a selection of his poetry, letters, and a novella.
Under the pen name "Dr. Johnson," English writer Samuel Johnson was a biographer, essayist, lexicographer, literary critic, moralist, playwright, poet, and travel writer. The son of a bookseller, he made so many contributions to the English language that he is regarded as one of the greatest figures...
15) The Dream
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A powerful, emotional short story from the prime minister and Pulitzer Prize–winning author, detailing a conversation with the ghost of his beloved father. Legendary politician and military strategist Winston S. Churchill was a master not only of the battlefield, but of the page and the podium. Over the course of forty books and countless speeches, broadcasts, news items and more, he addressed a country at war and at peace, thrilling with victory...
16) Feeling Great
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There's power in positivity! When we approach the world with a positive attitude, so much is possible. Bright, cheerful illustrations paired with engaging photos and lively text help us know how to embrace positivity, while hands-on activities put this early life skill into practice. Explore how life works when we're feeling great!
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"One of The Times Literary Supplement's Books of the Year 2016, chosen by Clare Carlisle" Edwin Curley is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Michigan. His books include A Spinoza Reader, Behind the Geometrical Method: A Reading of Spinoza's "Ethics," and Spinoza's Metaphysics. He is also the author of Descartes Against the Skeptics and the editor of an edition of Hobbes's Leviathan. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts...
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Heinrich Zimmer (1890–1943) was a historian of South Asian art. He was the author of Philosophies of India. Joseph Campbell (1904–1987) was the author of many books on comparative mythology, including The Hero with a Thousand Faces and The Masks of God.
A landmark work that demystifies the rich tradition of Indian art, Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization analyzes key motifs found in legend, myth, and folklore taken directly from...
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Edwin Curley is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Michigan. His books include A Spinoza Reader, Behind the Geometrical Method: A Reading of Spinoza's "Ethics," and Spinoza's Metaphysics. He is also the author of Descartes Against the Skeptics and the editor of an edition of Hobbes's Leviathan. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The Collected Works of Spinoza provides, for the first time in English, a...
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The renowned tale of Amor and Psyche, from Apuleius's second-century Latin novel The Golden Ass, is one of the most charming fragments of classical literature. Neumann chose it as the exemplar of an unusual study of feminine psychology. Unfolding the spiritual and mythical background of the pagan narrative, he shows how the contest between the mortal maid Psyche and the great goddess Aphrodite over the god Amor--Aphrodite's son, Psyche's husband--yields...