Language Arts:

Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition

Written by Princeton Review

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $18.00

If you need to know it, it’s in this book! Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition includes:

   • 2 full-length practice tests with detailed explanations
   • A comprehensive “Hit Parade” of important vocabulary words
   • Detailed coverage of all essay types—rhetorical analysis, argumentative, and synthesis
   • Tips on how to craft a winning synthesis essay
   • Useful techniques... Read more >

Cracking the AP English Literature & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition

Written by Princeton Review

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $18.00

If you need to know it, it’s in this book! Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition includes:

   • 2 full-length practice tests with detailed explanations
   • In-depth, engaging review of important literary movements
   • Comprehensive glossary of key AP English Literature terms
   • Practical, targeted advice for writing high-scoring essays
   • Useful techniques for cracking the multiple-choice... Read more >

Kindergarten Page Per Day: Reading Skills

Written by Sylvan Learning

Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2012
Price: $6.99

Learn the Basics with Just One Page of Activities Each Day!

Sylvan Learning's Kindergarten Page Per Day: Reading Skills uses engaging games and activities to help children become familiar with early reading skills, including:

   · Consonant Sounds
   · Short Vowel Sounds
   · Beginning & Ending Sounds
   · Story Characters
   · Story Setting
   · Story Sequence

Children improve their reading skills while they complete fun activities, such as:

   · Playing hide &...

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Pre-K Page Per Day: Letters

Written by Sylvan Learning

Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2012
Price: $6.99

Learn Alphabet Basics with Just One Page of Activities Each Day!

Sylvan Learning's Pre-K Page Per Day: Letters uses engaging games and activities to help children become familiar with alphabet basics, including:

   · Alphabet Recognition
   · Uppercase Letters
   · Lowercase Letters
   · Writing Letters

Students develop number recognition skills while they complete fun activities, such as:

   · Following clear instructions to learn how to... Read more >

Word Smart, 5th Edition

Written by Princeton Review

Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: July 3, 2012
Price: $13.99

Let your vocabulary speak for itself.

Knowing which words to use and how to use them is key to communicating accurately and effectively. That’s why more than one million people have used Word Smart to improve their vocabularies! This updated 5th edition defines and explains more than 1,400 need-to-know vocabulary words.

To create... Read more >

Kindergarten Success with Sight Words (Sylvan Workbooks)

Written by Sylvan Learning

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $12.99

A solid foundation of reading skills is essential for kindergartners to become successful readers. Learning basic sight words is a critical step in building that foundation. The activities in this workbook are designed to help your child catch up, keep up, and get ahead—and best of all, to have lots of... Read more >

Overcoming Dyslexia
A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level
Written by Sally Shaywitz, M.D.

Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: January 4, 2005
Price: $17.95

FOR EVERYONE WHO STRUGGLES TO READ!
Clear, practical, science-based information and advice for successful results

One in five American children has trouble reading. But they are not stupid or lazy. In Overcoming Dyslexia, Dr. Sally Shaywitz, codirector of the Yale Center for the Study of Learning and Attention and a leader in the... Read more >

Madrigals Magic Key to Spanish

Written by Margarita Madrigal

Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1989
Price: $13.99

Anyone can read, write, and speak Spanish in only a few short weeks with this unique and proven method, which completely eliminates rote memorization and boring drills.

Original B & W illustrations. Read more >

Thank You for Arguing
What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion
Written by Jay Heinrichs

Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: February 27, 2007
Price: $15.00

Thank You for Arguing is your master class in the art of persuasion, taught by professors ranging from Bart Simpson to Winston Churchill. The time-tested secrets the book discloses include Cicero’s three-step strategy for moving an audience to actionÑas well as Honest Abe’s Shameless Trick of lowering an audience’s expectations by... Read more >

Living Language Spanish, Complete Edition
Beginner through advanced course, including 3 coursebooks, 9 audio CDs, and free online learning
Written by Living Language

Format: Package, 336 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $49.99

Complete Spanish is a unique multimedia program that takes you beginner to advanced level in one convenient package.
 
At the core of Complete Spanish is the Living Language Method™, based on linguistic science, proven techniques, and over 65 years of experience. Our method teaches you the whole language, so... Read more >