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This manual is a "one-stop shop" on how to present storytimes to suit different audiences including bilingual learners, special needs children, and those in a variety of settings such as Head Start, preschools, and day care situations.This beginner's guide to …
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A Biography
Providing both an analysis of the Mexican Revolution and a compelling story of the notorious Pancho Villa, this book describes this historical period from the perspective of its most iconic figure.Doroteo Arangomuch better known as "Pancho Villa"was one of the …
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Growing Up and Older with a Mentally Ill Mother
June was 9 years old when she came home from school and her schizophrenic mother met her at the door, angrily demanding to know, Who the hell are you? What are you doing in my house? Tess's mother would wait …
With this guide, major help for nineteenth-century World History term papers has arrived to enrich and stimulate students in challenging and enjoyable ways.Show students an exciting and easy path to a deep learning experience through original term paper suggestions in …
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Identity and Strategy in International Relations
Jihad for Jerusalem explores the agent-structure dynamics in world politics and advances a constructivist theory of choice that explains the role of identity, culture, religion, and other core values in international politics. The struggle for Jerusalem by Iran, Saudi Arabia, …
Students and other readers will learn about the common foodstuffs available, how and what they cooked, ate, and drank, what the regional cuisines were like, how the different classes entertained and celebrated, and what restrictions they followed for health and …
View book details for Sports, Exercise, and Fitness
A Guide to Reference and Information Sources
For reference librarians and researchers seeking information on sports and fitness, this guide is an important first stop. For collection development specialists, it is an invaluable selection guide. Allen describes and evaluates over 1,000 information sources on the complete spectrum …
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Rocketry for Elementary and Middle School Students
Packed with fascinating facts and motivational activities, this book helps you create a thematic unit on rocketry. Lessons include information on the beginning of rocketry and explanations of basic scientific principles of rocket flight. Featuring scientific experiments for students, language …
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A Social History of Teaching and Learning
This book examines schoolrooms and their material contents to reveal insights into the evolution of education and the translation of educational theories and cultural ideals into practice.School attendance is nearly universal in our society, yet very little is known about …
Marketing often scares entrepreneurs. They've sweat buckets coming up with a valuable product or service, and now they have to sell it? Won't it sell itself? No. But, as marketing expert Bob Everett shows, marketing is just not that hard. …
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Accounting for Librarians
Any competent librarian can have good accounting skillsafter all, attention to detail, correct classification, and effective documentation are essential to both kinds of tasks. This book covers accounting concepts, budgeting, and government regulations that pertain to libraries.Balancing the Books: Accounting …
This book provides a one-stop introduction to the history, culture, and personalities of Hungary, a fascinating country located at the heart of Europe and born at the crossroads of civilizations.Hungary today is most certainly a Central European nation in terms …
View book details for Diversity in Couple and Family Therapy
Ethnicities, Sexualities, and Socioeconomics
This unprecedented volume provides a primer on diverse couples and familiesone of the most numerous and fastest-growing populations in the United Statesillustrating the unique challenges they face to thrive in various cultural and social surroundings.In Diversity in Couple and Family …
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Myth and Reality
In this book, Andrzej Sitkowski confronts two basic peacekeeping myths. First, the belief that peacekeeping is separate from peace enforcement blurs this difference and undermines the viability of peacekeeping operations. Secondly, it is widely believed that the peacekeepers are allowed …
This book offers an accessibly written introduction to ALS, focusing on the topics that matter most to anyone whose life has been affecteddirectly or indirectlyby this condition.Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that affects …
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Leadership and Academic Libraries
Leadership is separate from, but integral to, management; and library directors today and for the foreseeable future can be expected to play an institutional role as they lead the library to contribute towards the mission of their college and university. …
View book details for Mental Illness in Young Adult Literature
Exploring Real Struggles through Fictional Characters
This book explores how mental illness is portrayed in 21st-century young adult fiction and how selected works can help teachers, librarians, and mental health professionals to more effectively address the needs of students combating mental illness.Mental Illness in Young Adult …
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Story Theater Using the Ancient Chinese Puzzle
Targeted for elementary teachers, drama teachers, and teaching artists, Tangram Tales contains adapted tales from around the world appropriate for grades 2 through 6. Teachers can tell the stories in the classroom as part of a math unit, or have …
This wide-ranging treatment of daily life in the contemporary Inuit communities of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland reveals the very modern ways of being Inuit.Daily Life of the Inuit is the first serious study of contemporary Inuit culture and communities from …
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An Encyclopedia of Mexico's Crime and Drug Wars
This captivating resource covers the bloody history of Mexican drug cartels from their rise in the 1980s to the latest round of brutal violence, which has seen more than 125,000 Mexican citizens killed over the past decade.This comprehensive reference work …
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A Survival Guide for Change Agents
Is it possible for visionary leaders to adhere to their idealism and integrity without becoming casualties of corporate conservatism and executive-level politics? This book says "yes," arguing for the need for visionary change agents in organizations and resolving the paradox …
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Recipe reveals the surprising lessons that recipes teach, in addition to the obvious instructions on how to prepare a dish or perform a process. …
View book details for Creating the Sustainable Public Library
The Triple Bottom Line Approach
Transform any public library into a truly sustainable organizationnot just environmentally sustainable, but economically and socially sustainable as wellby following the directions and practices described in this book.Sustainability in the context of ensuring the long-term success of a public library …
Swift changes in educational technology are transforming the landscape of our society and how we transfer knowledge in a digital world. Teachers, administrators, and education students need to stay abreast of these developments. Yet while the new educational software, technologies, …
This book provides an engaging historical survey of the vampire in American popular culture over 100 years, ranging from Bram Stoker's classic novel Dracula to HBO's television series True Blood.Vampires in the New World surveys vampire films and literature from …
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