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Do you like watching movies? Do want to be in a movie? Or do you want to write a movie script? Read this book to learn about the different ways you can work in movies.

Do you enjoy reading or writing? Do you think about the designs on book covers? Read this book to learn about the different ways you can work in publishing.

In a time of divisive headlines, it's vital for students to learn the many ways diversity makes the world a better place. With this volume, students will be encouraged to celebrate the many different cultures of the globe. They will learn to understand concepts like intersectionality and discrimination, and how these concepts affect them and their friends. Young readers will learn why it is important to respect everyone no matter how different they...

Learn about the rights and freedoms protected by the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, including their history and importance for Americans today. Additional features to aid comprehension include fact-filled captions and sidebars, detailed photographs, informational diagrams, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index, and an introduction to the author. Our nation was founded on the notion that a...

This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. "Mom, is that all you think about? What someone's house looks like?" Nick asks. It isn't all that Maggie thinks about, but she does take pride in how her home looks. When her son Nick suggests she take a job cleaning other people's houses, Maggie gives it a try. Before she knows it, she has her own business going,...

This is the fourth volume of seven THE COMPLETE WORKS OF LORD BYRON, Vol 4. The poems included in this volume consist of thirteen longer or more important works, written at various periods between June, 1816, and October, 1821; of eight occasional pieces (Poems of July-September, 1816), written in 1816; and of another collection of occasional pieces (Poems 1816-1823), written at intervals between November, 1816, and September, 1823. Of this second...

This is the seventh volume of seven THE COMPLETE WORKS OF LORD BYRON, Vol 7. Of the seventy-three "Epigrams and Jeux d'Esprit," which are printed at the commencement of this volume, forty-five were included in Murray's one-volume edition of 1837, eighteen have been collected from various publications, and ten are printed and published for the first time. The "Devil's Drive," which appears in Moore's Letters and Journals, and in the sixth volume of...

Learn about the key role of the Declaration of Independence in our nation's past and its continued importance to Americans today. Additional features to aid comprehension include fact-filled captions and sidebars, detailed photographs, informational diagrams, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index, and an introduction to the author. Our nation was founded on the notion that a government should be ruled by...

A beloved TV character discovers he is trapped in a perpetual stream of reruns.An angry Hollywood starlet turns the tide of fans of revenge porn.The last four aristocrats in England try to survive the apocalypse.And much more. A collection of speculative short stories and various vignettes, Diapsalmata is full of material from Ixtab Media's writing team. Speculative, darkly comic, cynical, perhaps a little depressing, it is an anthology for the misanthropes,...

The Electoral College is the body of people who elect the president and vice president of the United States. Many U.S. citizens are confused by this system, which dates back to the creation of the U.S. Constitution. When citizens vote for a presidential candidate, they're actually voting for an elector who will cast a vote for their state for that candidate in the Electoral College. This system is a controversial subject in American politics. Primary...