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The Spell of the Sensuous
The Spell of the Sensuous
Written by David Abram
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307830555
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The Spell of the Sensuous
Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
Written by David Abram


Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: October 17, 2012
Price: $11.99

Animal tracks, word magic, the speech of stones, the power of letters, and the taste of the wind all figure prominently in this intellectual tour de force that returns us to our senses and to the sensuous terrain that sustains us. This is a major work of ecological philosophy that startles... Read more >
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Second Grade Spelling Games & Activities (Sylvan Workbooks)
Second Grade Spelling Games & Activities (Sylvan Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375430282
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Second Grade Spelling Games & Activities (Sylvan Workbooks)

Written by Sylvan Learning


Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $12.99

Includes a bonus $10 discount coupon off your child’s Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center!

Sylvan’s Second Grade Spelling Games & Activities includes entertaining, grade-appropriate exercises that will help your child improve his or her spelling skills. Rather than using rote memorization as a way to teach spelling, the games and... Read more >
Fifth Grade Reading Comprehension Success (Sylvan Workbooks)
Fifth Grade Reading Comprehension Success (Sylvan Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375430107
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Fifth Grade Reading Comprehension Success (Sylvan Workbooks)

Written by Sylvan Learning


Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: March 31, 2009
Price: $12.99

Good reading skills are essential not only for fifth-grade academic success, but also for lifelong learning. The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this workbook will help your child catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it!

WHAT'S THE WORD
Introducing challenging words in... Read more >
Several Short Sentences About Writing
Several Short Sentences About Writing
Written by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307958495
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Several Short Sentences About Writing

Written by Verlyn Klinkenborg


Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $11.99

Most of what you think you know about writing is useless. It’s the harmful debris of your education—a mixture of half-truths, myths, and false assumptions that prevents you from writing well. Drawing on years of experience as a writer and teacher of writing, Verlyn Klinkenborg offers an approach to writing that... Read more >
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Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words
Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words
Written by Bill Bryson
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780767910439
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Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words
A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right
Written by Bill Bryson


Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $14.00

One of the English language’s most skilled and beloved writers guides us all toward precise, mistake-free usage.

As usual Bill Bryson says it best: “English is a dazzlingly idiosyncratic tongue, full of quirks and irregularities that often seem willfully at odds with logic and common sense. This is a language where ‘cleave’... Read more >
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Tokyo Vice
Tokyo Vice
Written by Jake Adelstein
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307475299
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Tokyo Vice
An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
Written by Jake Adelstein


Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2010
Price: $15.95

A riveting true-life tale of newspaper noir and Japanese organized crime from an American investigative journalist.
 
Jake Adelstein is the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police Press Club, where for twelve years he covered the dark side of Japan: extortion, murder, human trafficking, fiscal... Read more >
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Conquering the College Admissions Essay in 10 Steps, Second Edition
Conquering the College Admissions Essay in 10 Steps, Second Edition
Written by Alan Gelb
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781607743675
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Conquering the College Admissions Essay in 10 Steps, Second Edition
Crafting a Winning Personal Statement
Written by Alan Gelb


Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: June 25, 2013
Price: $9.99

A guide to crafting a meaningful and polished college admissions essay that gets students into the school of their dreams by expressing their unique personality, strengths, and goals.

Stand out from the crowd with a memorable,
meaningful personal statement that will capture
the attention of college admissions officers.
 
Writing... Read more >
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The New New Journalism
The New New Journalism
Written by Robert Boynton
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781400033560
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The New New Journalism
Conversations with America's Best Nonfiction Writers on Their Craft
Written by Robert Boynton


Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2005
Price: $15.95

Forty years after Tom Wolfe, Hunter S. Thompson, and Gay Talese launched the New Journalism movement, Robert S. Boynton sits down with nineteen practitioners of what he calls the New New Journalism to discuss their methods, writings and careers.

The New New Journalists are first and foremost brilliant reporters who immerse themselves... Read more >
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Fifth Grade Vocabulary Success (Sylvan Workbooks)
Fifth Grade Vocabulary Success (Sylvan Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375430121
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Fifth Grade Vocabulary Success (Sylvan Workbooks)

Written by Sylvan Learning


Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: March 31, 2009
Price: $12.99

Solid vocabulary knowledge not only prepares fifth-graders for academic success–it makes them stronger readers. The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this workbook will help your child catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it!

TIC-TAC-TOE
Helps kids distinguish between synonyms and antonyms. Find... Read more >
My Reading Life
My Reading Life
Written by Pat Conroy
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780385533843
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My Reading Life

Written by Pat Conroy


Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $14.99

Bestselling author Pat Conroy acknowledges the books that have shaped him and celebrates the profound effect reading has had on his life.

Pat Conroy, the beloved American storyteller, is a voracious reader. Starting as a childhood passion that bloomed into a life-long companion, reading has been Conroy’s portal to the world... Read more >
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