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1) Old Yeller
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
In the rugged landscape of early frontier Texas, fourteen-year-old Travis is faced with taking over his family's farm and making a painful, important decision.
Author
Lexile measure
1380L
Language
English
Description
An edition of Shakespeare's play, including discussion of its plot, characters, themes, language, production, and author. The Cambridge School Shakespeare series arises out of the research and development work of Shakespeare and School Project. Each play in the series has been carefully edited to enable students to inhabit Shakespeare's imaginative world in accessible and creative ways.
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
In 2003, Kathleen Flinn was a thirty-six-year-old American in London who felt trapped in corporate middle management–until her boss eliminated her job while she was on vacation. Ignoring her mother’s advice that she find another job immediately, Flinn moved to Paris to pursue a dream–a diploma from the venerable Le Cordon Bleu cooking school.
But instead of being ushered into “a glamorous world of soufflés and foie...
But instead of being ushered into “a glamorous world of soufflés and foie...
Author
Publisher
McGraw Hill
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Experience the language learning method millions around the world have come to trust. Unlike most language learning systems, the Michel Thomas Method enables you to naturally and intuitively develop the building blocks for language comprehension. You learn at your own speed--listening, speaking, and thinking through the language. Guided by language teacher extraordinaire Michel Thomas, each CD takes you through an interactive lesson with two other...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Baxter sisters come from a long line of women with disastrous luck in love. But this summer, Sunshine and Margot will turn disasters into destiny... As an etiquette coach, Margot teaches her clients to fit in. But she's never faced a client like Bianca, an aging movie star who gained fame -- and notoriety -- through a campaign of shock and awe. Schooling Bianca on the fine art of behaving like a proper diplomat's wife requires intensive lessons,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
This is the story of Azar Nafisi's dream and of the nightmare that made it come true. For two years before she left Iran in 1997, Nafisi gathered seven young women at her house every Thursday morning to read and discuss forbidden works of Western literature. They were all former students whom she had taught at university. They were unaccustomed to being asked to speak their minds, but soon they began to open up and to speak more freely, not only about...
Series
Publisher
Classical Kids
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
When a young queen falls mysteriously ill, her children, Megan and Owen, are sent deep into the forest in search of her only cure, the legendary unicorn. The great magician Merlin helps them on their quest. With riddles and the unicorn's song the children travel to the magical isle of Avalon where they must decide what will truly cure their mother, King Arthur's powerful sister Morgan-le-Fay, or the healing touch of the unicorn.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Create yoga class themes with yoga philosophy, inspirational quotes, and simple concepts that inspire and motivate students. New yoga teachers are often taught the poses but not themes or phrases that will make students come back and seasoned instructors often want a fresh approach or new theme to explore. Experienced yoga instructors Sage Rountree and Alexandra DeSiato give yoga teachers tools to find a genuine voice and tap into innate wisdom;...
Author
Language
English
Description
For those who have despaired of ever learning a foreign language, here, finally, is a book that will make the words stick. At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He did not learn them in school -- who does? -- rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources. In Fluent Forever Wyner reveals what he has discovered.
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"On The Art of Presence, Eckhart guides you through seven hours of transformational insights that allow "presence to naturally arise" in you. With his one-of-a-kind instruction, you will learn how to ground yourself in the vibrancy of your "inner body" while simultaneously breaking free from the illusion of separation from the outside world, how to connect to "the perceiver" of all your experiences to realize the wisdom of spiritual surrender, how...
Publisher
Berlitz Pub
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
Français
Description
Fifty lessons for learning the French language which are based on the "Berlitz Method." This self-teaching course requires no translation or memorization. The student listens to French as it is used in everyday situations and repeats what is heard.
17) Stoner
Author
Language
English
Description
"Born the child of a poor farmer in Missouri, William Stoner is urged by his parents to study new agriculture techniques at the state university. Digging instead into the texts of Milton and Shakespeare, Stoner falls under the spell of the unexpected pleasures of English literature, and decides to make it his life. Stoner is the story of that life"--Publisher description (January 2007).
Publisher
Living Language
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Italiano
Description
The discs provide pronunciation coaching by native speakers, with simple words, sentences, and dialogues. The coursebook contains 40 lessons on practical, everyday topics; vocabulary, straightforward explanation, and plenty of examples; and supplemental sections on letters, e-mail, and the Internet. The Italian-English English-Italian dictionary contains more than 15,000 words, idioms, and expressions, with everyday examples of usage.
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