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Discover Series Books for Babies,Toddlers It's time to head down to the farm and meet the animals! Part of the Discover Series, FARM ANIMALS features brilliant photographs of farm animals with a simple title beneath each animal. Babies and toddlers will love looking at the photos and older children will be proud of their ability to identify many of the animals in this book. Used as a jumpstart for interaction, Discover Series Picture Books are a great...

A Study Guide (New Edition) for Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale", excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs."

Rather than being properties of the individual self, emotions are socially produced and deployed in specific cultural contexts, as this collection documents with unusual richness. All the essays show emotions to be a form of thought and knowledge, and a major component of social life- including in the nineteenth century, which attempted to relegate them to a feminine intimate sphere. The collection ranges across topics such as eighteenth-century...

Providing video companionship for isolated housewives, afternoon babysitting for children, and nonstop evening entertainment for the whole family, television revolutionized American society in the post–World War II years. Helping the first TV generation make sense of the new medium was the mission of Jack Gould, television critic of The New York Times from 1947 to 1972. In columns noteworthy for crisp writing, pointed insights, and fair judgment,...

"The papers in these volumes inevitably chart the course of Sir Alister's professional life and . . . I marvel at the prodigious output of his intellectual journey." –Sir Shridath Ramphal, former Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, Common wealth Secretary General, Chairman of the West Indian Commission and Director-General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery. "Sir Alister held an unswerving belief that the only workable...

I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks.-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night Everyone needs a little help from their friends from time to time, and we all know people who deserve a great big "THANKS"! This colletion of heart-warming and thought-provoking quotations is the perfet gift for those who've helped us out in any way. Big or small.

In the dialogues of Christians with Muslims nothing is more fundamental than the Cross, the Incarnation and the Resurrection of Jesus. Building on the Jesus and the Cross, this book contains voices of Christians living in various 'Islamic contexts' and reflecting on the Incarnation of Jesus. The aim and hope of these reflections is that the papers weaved around the notion of 'the Word' will not only promote dialogue among Christians on the roles...

Discover Series Books for Babies,Toddlers They're warm! They're furry! Mammals are cute and cuddly and live in habitats all over the world. In this picture book from Xist Publishing, clear and crisp images of mammals each have a title beneath the pictures so you'll be sure to teach your kids the difference between a doe and a dog. Used as a jumpstart for interaction, Discover Series Picture Books are a great way to introduce new images, words and...

Illustrated with more than 20 maps plans and photos. When this handbook was written in 1943, the Japanese soldier was seen by British Empire troops as a jungle fighting superman, who had largely blitzed and defeated them at every turn. As part of an effort to dispel this myth, the Intelligence Section of General Headquarters in India set about distilling the tactics that the Japanese had used and to formulate counter-measures. As the staff point out...

This traditional English Christmas carol was first published in 1780 and still delights children and families today. Each new verse builds upon the last, making this cumulative poem fun for young learners to chant along with, and count each of the twelve days of creative gifts given by "my true love." As each verse ends with "…and a partridge in a pear tree," children will become familiar with the words and easily remember this engaging poem.