Review"A valuable piece of work that is long overdue. All levels." -- ChoiceProduct DescriptionShared racial and cultural experiences and the collective memory of those experiences play important roles in determining the responses of African Americans to issues of crime and violence. By examining Am..
Inspired by the traditional favorite, Alice Schertle's irresistible counting rhyme sings and swings along, while Caldecott-winning Emily Arnold McCully's radiant watercolors perfectly capture all the playfulness and tender affection between parent and child. A joyful romp sure to be read again and a..
Describes the work done each day by a Korean American who owns the neighborhood grocery store Author: Flanagan, Alice K. Publisher: Childrens Pr Binding: library Language: English ISBN-10: 051620047X ISBN-13: 9780516200477..
This book addresses a central but often ignored question in the history of modern France and modern colonialism: How did the Third Republic, highly regarded for its professed democratic values, allow itself to be seduced by the insidious and persistent appeal of a “civilizing” ideology with distinct..
An illustrated alphabet rhyme that includes the animals from alligator to zebra. Author: Provensen, Alice Publisher: Puffin Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0140503706 ISBN-13: 9780140503708..
This useful guide contains an overview of theory, many practical activities, observation forms, curriculum planning ideas and sample webs for teachers, and letters to parents for planning social studies curriculum for preschoolers and primary-grade students.It has been updated to include: A new chap..
Presents a collection of poems about the toucan, fruit bat, pangolin, and other animals. Author: Schertle, Alice Publisher: Lothrop Lee & Shepard Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0688134866 ISBN-13: 9780688134860..
Completely revised and updated, AIA Guide to Chicago, Second Edition is the liveliest and most wide-ranging guide ever written about Chicago's architecture. More than a thousand individual buildings are featured, along with more than four hundred photos-many taken expressly for this volume-and thirt..
Alfred H.Barr, Jr.: Missionary for the Modern Author: Marquis, Alice Goldfarb Publisher: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0809241552 ISBN-13: 9780809241552..
A scrumptious assortment of more than fifty recipes for simple-to-prepare confections includes a wide range of cookies and brownies to suit any taste, featuring such treats as espresso swirl brownies, snicker doodles, and chocolate decadence cookies. 60,000 first printing. Tour. Author: Medrich, Ali..
One small snowflake fluttering down--That's all you need for a snowman.Or is it In these pages, an exuberant crew is summoned to create a snowman of heroic proportions. Starting with the very first flake, Alice Schertle's clever and energetic rhyming text details the steps these little sculptors ta..
Describes Angel Island, the California immigration station set up to receive people from Asia, and the story of how immigration officials detained many Chinese people whom they wanted to keep out of the United States. Author: Flanagan, Alice K. Publisher: Compass Point Books Binding: library Languag..
Sipping effortlessly between past and present, between memory and observation, At Weddings And Wakes tells the story of three generations of an Irish-Catholic family through the eyes of its younger members. At once a haunting evocation of life's inexplicable calamities and a magical celebration of c..
Oh no, Aunt Lucy a hat not a cat!Scatterbrained Aunt Lucy loses her hat and sets off to buy a new one. But it's easy to get sidetracked by all those marvelous shops!Children will soak up the delicious details of this imaginative townscape -- and spot Aunt Lucy's missing hat on every spread. Filled w..
For thirteen days in October 1962, America stood at the brink of nuclear war. Nikita Khrushchev's decision to place nuclear missiles in Cuba and John F. Kennedy's defiant response introduced the possibility of unprecedented cataclysm. The immediate threat of destruction entered America's classrooms ..
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE® IN LITERATURE 2013Alice Munro has long been heralded for her penetrating, lyrical prose, and in “The Bear Came Over the Mountain” - the basis for Sarah Polley’s film Away From Her - her prodigious talents are once again on display. As she follows Grant, a retired professor..
The new 12th edition of Bailey & Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology solidifies its reputation as the classic text in the field of microbiology. This new edition features the same comprehensive, authoritative content and adds new and updated material throughout. The team of authors includes three well..
The classic text known as the "gold standard" in microbiology is now revised, reorganized, and up-to-date. Always comprehensive and current, this edition features even more new information on hot topics such as identification systems, quality control organisms, antiparasitic agents, HIV viral load t..
This up-to-date edition of the Advanced Placement Spanish test preparation manual comes with three audio compact discs and a CD-ROM. The audio CDs offer practice and review in listening comprehension plus Spanish conversation exercises in which students must give spoken replies to questions that the..
What is moral thought and what kinds of demands does it impose Alice Crary’s Beyond Moral Judgment claims that even the most perceptive contemporary answers to these questions offer no more than partial illumination, owing to an overly narrow focus on judgments that apply moral concepts (for exampl..
With “incantatory prose” that “sweeps over the reader like a dream,” (Philadelphia Inquirer), Hoffman follows her celebrated bestseller The Probable Future, with an evocative work that traces the lives of the various occupants of an old Massachusetts house over a span of two hundred years.In a rare ..
Describes the work done each day by a Chilean American who is the building maintenance contractor responsible for a neighborhood apartment building Author: Flanagan, Alice K. Publisher: Childrens Pr Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0516260626 ISBN-13: 9780516260624..
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE® IN LITERATURE 2013Carried Away is a dazzling selection of stories-seventeen favorites chosen by the author from across her distinguished career. With an Introduction by Margaret Atwood.Alice Munro has been repeatedly hailed as one of our greatest living writers, a reputati..
Cases Lost, Causes Won: The Supreme Court and the Judicial Process Author: Bartee, Alice Fleetwood Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 031212337X ISBN-13: 9780312123376..