Poison Penmanship
The Gentle Art of Muckraking
Written by Jessica Mitford
Preface by Jane Smiley
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 9, 2012
Price: $15.95
Jessica Mitford was a member of one of England’s most legendary families (among her sisters were the novelist Nancy Mitford and the current Duchess of Devonshire) and one of the great muckraking journalists of modern times. Leaving England for America, she pursued a career as an investigative reporter and unrepentant gadfly...
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First Grade 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
First Grade Page Per Day: Reading Skills uses engaging games and activities to help children become familiar with reading skills, including:
· Beginning, Middle & Ending Sounds
· Short & Long Vowels
· Syllables
· Word Grouping
· Reading Comprehension
Students develop reading comprehension skills while they complete fun activities, such as:
· Going "maze...
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First Grade Reading Roundup (Sylvan Fun on the Run Series)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2012
Price: $3.99
Have fun improving reading skills with Sylvan's proven techniques for success!
First Grade Reading Roundup helps children improve their reading skills through engaging games and activities. Packed with colorful pictures and quick, fun exercises, this book will help students learn and practice while they:
· Put words together to make bigger words—like "cup" and...
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Second Grade Reading Roundup (Sylvan Fun on the Run Series)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2012
Price: $3.99
Have fun improving reading skills with Sylvan's proven techniques for success!
Second Grade Reading Roundup helps children improve their reading skills through engaging games and activities. Packed with colorful pictures and short, fun exercises, this book will help students learn and practice reading while they:
· Help Cowgirl Pearl round up words with the same...
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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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Kindergarten Word Games (Sylvan Fun on the Run Series)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2012
Price: $3.99
Have fun learning new words with Sylvan's proven techniques for success!
Kindergarten Word Games helps children improve their words skills through engaging games and activities. Packed with colorful pictures and short, fun exercises, this book helps students learn and practice words while they:
· Search for words with specific endings in a word hunt
· Navigate...
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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...
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Living Language Arabic, Essential Edition
Beginner course, including coursebook, 3 audio CDs, Arabic script guide, and free online learning
Written by Living Language
Format: Package, 272 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2012
Price: $22.99
Arabic, Essential Edition is a unique multimedia introduction to Modern Standard Arabic.
At the core of
Arabic, Essential Edition 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 you can express yourself, not just recite memorized words...
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The Taliban Shuffle
Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Written by Kim Barker
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 6, 2012
Price: $15.95
When Kim Barker first arrived in Kabul as a journalist in 2002, she barely owned a passport, spoke only English and had little idea how to do the “Taliban Shuffle” between Afghanistan and Pakistan. No matter—her stories about Islamic militants and shaky reconstruction were soon overshadowed by the bigger news in...
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Living Language Japanese, Complete Edition
Beginner through advanced course, including 3 coursebooks, 9 audio CDs, Japanese reading & writing guide, and free online learning
Written by Living Language
Format: Package, 256 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $49.99
Complete Japanese is a unique multimedia program that takes you beginner to advanced level in one convenient package.
At the core of
Complete Japanese 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 you can...
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Living Language Japanese, Essential Edition
Beginner course, including coursebook, 3 audio CDs, Japanese reading & writing guide, and free online learning
Written by Living Language
Format: Package, 256 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $22.99
The
Essential package is a unique multimedia introduction to Japanese.
At the core of
Essential Japanese 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 you can express yourself, not just recite memorized words or scripts.
Millions...
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Living Language Japanese, Platinum Edition
A complete beginner through advanced course, including 3 coursebooks, 9 audio CDs, Japanese reading & writing guide, online course, apps, and live e-Tutoring
Written by Living Language
Format: Package, 256 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $179.00
For over 65 years, millions have learned with Living Language®. Now it’s your turn.
Based on the Living Language Method™,
Platinum Japanese gives you, the flexibility to fit language learning into your life. You choose where, when, and how you learn.
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4 BOOKS: 46 lessons, additional review exercises, culture notes, study tips...
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On an Irish Island
Written by Robert Kanigel
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $26.95
On an Irish Island is a love letter to a vanished way of life, in which Robert Kanigel, the highly praised author of
The Man Who Knew Infinity and
The One Best Way, tells the story of the Great Blasket, a wildly beautiful island off the west coast of Ireland, renowned...
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On an Irish Island
Written by Robert Kanigel
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $11.99
On an Irish Island is a love letter to a vanished way of life, in which Robert Kanigel, the highly praised author of
The Man Who Knew Infinity and
The One Best Way, tells the story of the Great Blasket, a wildly beautiful island off the west coast of Ireland, renowned...
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Pre-K Beginning Letters (Sylvan Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $12.99
Learn all about the letters in the alphabet with Sylvan's proven techniques for success!
Learning alphabet basics is an important part of preparing for kindergarten and a crucial step on the way to reading. The activities in this book are designed to help your child get ahead and develop a love of...
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The Life of Language
The fascinating ways words are born, live & die
Written by Sol Steinmetz and Barbara Ann Kipfer
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2012
Price: $14.99
If time travelers from the nineteenth century dropped in on us, our strange vocabulary would shock them just as much as our TVs, cars, and computers. Society changes, and so does its word stock.
The Life of Language reveals how pop culture, business, technology, and other forces of globalization expand and...
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The Perilous Trade
"Book Publishing in Canada, 1946-2006"
Written by Roy Macskimming
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 11, 2012
Price: $16.99
A book that will fascinate and inform readers who love Canadian writing
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Publishing Canadian books has always been an experiment. Like the great experiments of building a transcontinental railway and a national broadcasting system, it constitutes one of the nation’s defining acts. Publishing, after all, is a people’s way of telling its...
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American Language
Written by H.L. Mencken
Format: eBook, 816 pages
On Sale: January 4, 2012
Price: $39.99
The American Language, first published in 1919, is H. L. Mencken's book about the English language as spoken in the United States.
Mencken was inspired by "the argot of the colored waiters" in Washington, as well as one of his favorite authors, Mark Twain, and his experiences on the streets of Baltimore...
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First Grade Spelling Flashcards
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Non-traditional book, 240 pages
On Sale: December 13, 2011
Price: $11.99
HELP YOUR CHILD SUCCEED WITH SPELLING!
Colorful illustrations and exciting words make these spelling flashcards fun for any kid! We’ve selected 230 words to help your child develop skills in phonics and spelling, and included 10 more blank cards so your child can add personal words like family names or favorite foods...
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Second Grade Spelling Flashcards
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Non-traditional book, 240 pages
On Sale: December 13, 2011
Price: $11.99
HELP YOUR CHILD SUCCEED WITH SPELLING!
Colorful illustrations and exciting words make these spelling flashcards fun for any kid! We’ve selected 230 words to help your child develop skills in phonics and spelling, and included 10 more blank cards so your child can add personal words like family names or favorite foods...
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Third Grade Vocabulary Flashcards
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Non-traditional book, 240 pages
On Sale: December 13, 2011
Price: $11.99
HELP YOUR CHILD VANQUISH VOCABULARY!
We’ve selected 230 words to help your child expand their vocabulary and enhance their school and reading success. With words and a contextual sentence on the front, and definitions, pronunciation, and syllable breaks on the back, our Sylvan flashcards make learning easy and fun. We’ve also included...
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Fourth Grade Vocabulary Flashcards
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Non-traditional book, 240 pages
On Sale: December 13, 2011
Price: $11.99
HELP YOUR CHILD VANQUISH VOCABULARY!
We’ve selected 230 words to help your child expand their vocabulary and enhance their school and reading success. With words and a contextual sentence on the front, and definitions, pronunciation, and syllable breaks on the back, our Sylvan flashcards make learning easy and fun. We’ve also included...
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