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The 9-title Wonders of Physics and Chemistry series covers ... Read more

The 9-title Wonders of Physics and Chemistry series covers everything from the definition of an atom to the science of light. Students can start to develop basic understandings of the fundamentals of science, then work their way up to more complex subjects. Each program includes a subject specific teachers guide which includes subject matter revision and suggestions on how to present material, questions to ask students, and class projects to help illustrate the key concepts. Magnetism is a force that causes like-charged objects to repel, and opposite-charged objects to attract. As such, it has always been a subject of fascination to scientists. As one of the fundamental universal forces, it exists in everything from asteroids to bacteria. This edition of Show Me Science describes what magnetic fields are and how they are created. The DVD also explains the Northern Lights and compares the Earth's magnetosphere to that of the sun. Minimize

It could have been a Fairytale Romance if that pesky Realit ... Read more

It could have been a Fairytale Romance if that pesky Reality thing wasn't in the way. Stay At Home mom and put-upon daycare provider Janie Hadley rarely gets a moment to herself never mind an entire night out, so when she's invited to a concert featuring the famous singer/actor Billy Smitts, Janie isn't looking for much more than a modicum of Tanqueray and a whole lot of letting-loose fun. But the morning after, Janie finds herself to be plus a killer hangover and minus a wallet. As our headachy heroine frantically calls to cancel her credit cards, the perpetrator stalks her to her house and shows up at her door with his famous, multi-million dollar smile and a dubious business proposition. Billy Smitts is on location for a few months and has run dry of twenty year old blonde, big-boobed nannies for his daughter. Much to Janie's dismay, Billy Smitts uses his trademark boyish charm as well as his enormous, ahem, buying power to manipulate his way past her protests and into her daycare. Forced to play nice in front of the kids on a daily basis, a contentious friendship develops between the notorious celebrity and the Mrs. Perfect mom. Billy and Janie, the two most unlikely of allies, soon begin to realize that despite what the Outside World may believe, neither of them really does have it all, and the harrowing experiences they share cause them both to call into question whether they are better off facing life together, or apart. Turning a tried and true romance novel premise on its ear, Sarah Phelan tells Stay At Home as a sweetly personal, intensely sexy, provocatively smart and brutally honest story where love refuses to play by the rules and how "happily ever after" doesn't always mean the same thing to everyone. Minimize

The 9-title Wonders of Physics and Chemistry series covers ... Read more

The 9-title Wonders of Physics and Chemistry series covers everything from the definition of an atom to the science of light. Students can start to develop basic understandings of the fundamentals of science, then work their way up to more complex subjects. Each program includes a subject specific teachers guide which includes subject matter revision and suggestions on how to present material, questions to ask students, and class projects to help illustrate the key concepts. Magnetism is a force that causes like-charged objects to repel, and opposite-charged objects to attract. As such, it has always been a subject of fascination to scientists. As one of the fundamental universal forces, it exists in everything from asteroids to bacteria. This edition of Show Me Science describes what magnetic fields are and how they are created. The DVD also explains the Northern Lights and compares the Earth's magnetosphere to that of the sun. Minimize

The release of the first album in January was received with ... Read more

The release of the first album in January was received with enthusiasm by both public and critics. In castles and mansions and within various other buildings, PERSEPHONE played live for the first time and together with JANUS undertook the extremely successful "Winterreise Tour". PERSEPHONE also took part for the first time in the annual Wave-Gothic-Meeting. On cello, Martin received support from Holger Wilhelmi who thereafter became a fixture of the band. In the night-hours studio PERSEPHONE devoted time "Still..." and secretly to an EP production. Minimize

A Full School Year of Lesson Plans for First Graders ... Read more

A Full School Year of Lesson Plans for First Graders Designed by experts in elementary education, this valuable resource offers a full school year in six curriculum areas—everything you need to teach your child at home or supplement your child’s school curriculum. This comprehensive first grade resource includes: > 36 weeks of lesson plans for first graders > Weekly lesson plans at a glance > Instruction in Reading, Language Skills, Spelling, Math, Science, and Social Studies > Art, Music, and Movement activities integrated into the curriculum > Extension activities to support each week’s lessons > Explanations of concepts, skills, and teaching strategies > Step-by-step instructions > Full-color, ready-to-use activity sheets > 380 pages Your child needs to build a strong academic foundation. With the Learn At Home series, your child will be well on the way to success! Minimize

Did Buford Jr. talk at 9-months old? Is little Sally teachi ... Read more

Did Buford Jr. talk at 9-months old? Is little Sally teaching herself to read at 4-years-old? Is your child a perfectionist? Has he created a new foreign language? Does she have an early interest in morals and life? Congratulations! Your child is likely gifted in some area. If you have a gifted child in your homeschool, this 152-page softcover might be able to replace your aspirin bottle. Veteran teacher-moms Janice Baker, Kathleen Julicher, and Maggie Hogan teamed up for Gifted Children at Home: A Practical Guide for Homeschooling Families in order to answer the myriad of questions parents of gifted children often ask. This practical "how-to" book charts some ups-and-downs you may experience along the way as you raise your special child or children. The 18 chapters plus introduction and appendix include topics like curriculum, activities, "Computers", discipline, "Record Keeping", "Preparing for High School and College", contests, techniques, and even a thorough discussion on whether you should try to homeschool a gifted child. The trio of authors shares comments from parents, from gifted children, inspiring quotes, and many, many resources for your further research. Eight reproducible forms at the end of the book mean ease of planning. The book is encouraging, conversational, and usable. Originally published by The Gifted Group Publishing, Gifted Children at Home now is published by Bright Ideas Press. Minimize

COME LOOK WITH ME: The Artist at Work, the fifth volume in ... Read more

COME LOOK WITH ME: The Artist at Work, the fifth volume in the COME LOOK WITH ME series of interactive art books from Lickle Publishing, introduces children to twelve magnificent works of art. More importantly, it offers both children and adults a whole new way of encountering any work of art, one that engages the imagination as much as the eye. Well suited for both individual and classroom use, America Indian Art pairs quality art reproductions with thought-provoking questions, encouraging children to learn through visual exploration and interaction. Thoughtful text introduces the world and work of the artist, making the most of a child’s natural curiosity. Children imagine themselves within the vast landscape of Albert Bierstadt’s The Oregon Trail, they are challenged to pose their own bodies like that of a ballerina in Edgar Degas’ Dancer Lacing Her Ballet Slipper, they can make up a story about William Michael Harnett’s intensely realistic The Old Violin. Art historians and educators from Bank Street College of Education in New York City proudly present the subsequent books in this series. For more than eighty years, Bank Street has been a leader in child-centered education. Bank Street’s approach views all children as active learners, experimenters, explorers and artists. Engaging and interactive for both children and adults, Bank Street’s additions to Lickle Publishing’s COME LOOK WITH ME series celebrate what Mrs. Blizzard called the "pleasure of shared experience." Minimize

A new window opens onto the cosmos. Almost every day we are ... Read more

A new window opens onto the cosmos. Almost every day we are challenged by new information from the outermost reaches of space. Using straightforward language, "One Universe" explores the physical principles that govern the workings of our own world so that we can appreciate how they operate in the cosmos around us. Bands of color in a sunlit crystal and the spectrum of starlight in giant telescopes, the arc of a hard-hit baseball and the orbit of the moon, traffic patterns on a freeway and the spiral arms in a galaxy full of stars - they're all tied together in grand and simple ways. We can understand the vast cosmos in which we live by exploring three basic concepts: motion, matter, and energy. With these as a starting point, "One Universe" shows how the physical principles that operate in our kitchens and backyards are actually down-to-Earth versions of cosmic processes. The book then takes us to the limits of our knowledge, asking the ultimate questions about the origins and existence of life as we know it and where the universe came from - and where it is going. Glorious photographs - many seen for the first time in these pages - and original illustrations expand and enrich our understanding. Evocative and clearly written, "One Universe" explains complex ideas in ways that every reader can grasp and enjoy. This book captures the grandeur of the heavens while making us feel at home in the cosmos. Above all, it helps us realize that galaxies, stars, planets, and we ourselves all belong to one universe. Minimize

Renaissance man: Michelangelo as never seen before. Before ... Read more

Renaissance man: Michelangelo as never seen before. Before reaching the tender age of thirty, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) had already sculpted David and Pieta, two of the most famous sculptures in the entire history of art. Like fellow Florentine Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo was a shining star of the Renaissance and a genius of consummate virtuosity. His achievements as a sculptor, painter, draughtsman, and architect are unique- no artist before or after him has ever produced such a vast, multi-faceted, and wideranging oeuvre. Only a handful of other painters and sculptors have attained a comparable social status and enjoyed a similar artistic freedom. This is demonstrated not only by the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel but also by Michelangelo's monumental sculptures and his unconventional architectural designs, whose forms went far beyond the accepted vocabulary of his day. Such was his talent that Michelangelo was considered a demigod by his contemporaries and was the subject of two biographies during his lifetime. Adoration of this remarkable man's work has only increased on the intervening centuries. Following the success of our XL title Leonardo da Vinci, TASCHEN brings you this massive tome that explores Michelangelo's life and work in more depth and detail then ever before. The first part concentrates on the life of Michelangelo via an extensive and copiously illustrated biographical essay; the main body of the book presents his owrk in four parts providing a complete analytical inventory of Michelangelo's paintings, sculptures, buildings and drawings. Grorgeous, full page reproductions and enlarged details bring readers up close to the works. This sumptuous tome also takes account, to a previously unseen extent, of Michelangelo's more personal traits and circumstances, such as his solitary nature, his thirst for money and commissions, his miserliness, his immense wealth, and his skill as a property investor. In addition, the book tackles the controversial issue of the attribution of Michelangelo drawings, an area in which decisions continue to be steered by the interests of the art market and the major collections. This is the definitive volume about Michelangelo for generations to come. Minimize

Fearing that her husband might leave her due to her inabili ... Read more

Fearing that her husband might leave her due to her inability to bring a boy to the family, Mrs. Wu declares her tenth daughter her "tenth" son, who is later named Wu Shi Lang. The goal is for Shi Lang to win as many martial arts competitions as possible, as that's all her father seems to care about. Conflicts arise when she finds herself falling for her childhood friend, Li Ya Shou, who is determined to marry the rich. To stop him from marry the wealthy Lei Xiao Yu, Shi Lang defeats Ya Shou in a martial arts competition. Xiao Yu is greatly impressed and insists on marrying Shi Lang. Things further complicates, when Xiao Yu's brother, Lei Sheng Da, encounters the dress-wearing Shi Lang and falls head over heel with her. Shi Lang realizes she is in deep trouble so she skips town after telling everyone she is a woman. Sheng Da follows her to the new town. Although, Shi Lang and Ya Shou are becoming more than friends, Sheng Da's persistence begins to touch her heart, too. Minimize

Produced by the U.S. Army, this DVD paints in broad strokes ... Read more

Produced by the U.S. Army, this DVD paints in broad strokes the history of the Canadian Army from its formation through the mid-1950s. It includes the following scenes: World War I action and a view in Ottawa of the monument to the 60,000 men lost in that war; World War II action including the Raid at Dieppe, mouseholing in Italy, the landing at Normandy; Korean War service; Cold War in West Germany; the Suez Crisis in 1956. The video also shows the Canadian Army in the 1950s with the following scenes: the Citadel Fortress in Quebec with the Changing of the Guard in Quebec City; the Royal Military College; the Wolesely Barracks and the Royal Canadian Regiment; on manuevers with the U.S. Army in the Arctic; at Gagetown, New Brunswick with the Black Watch Pipe Band. Also shown are training exercises for artillerymen, the armored corps and the Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment. Minimize

Tapping into today’s trend to return to unstructured playti ... Read more

Tapping into today’s trend to return to unstructured playtime and move away from over-scheduling and electronic games, Playful Home is perfectly suited to the times. Andrew Weaving celebrates the best of childhood, from his favorite games and crafts projects to the whimsical décor that kids love. The result is kids’ rooms designed to feed and inspire the imagination, as well as to hold fabulous collections of toys and books. With the philosophy of integrating play into our daily lives, Playful Home looks at twelve family homes designed with children in mind, from the foyer to the back door, which stylishly embrace kids’ activities and interests. The featured spaces are the kids’ rooms, which combine flair and fun so successfully that they end up being the hub of the entire house.Including design ideas for displaying toys and collectibles, plus clever ways of storing them, as well as great tips on how to make murals and unique wall decorations, Playful Home inspires creativity as well as good design.   Minimize

During my lifetime, I noted that people, particularly men, ... Read more

During my lifetime, I noted that people, particularly men, love to tell stories about their life experiences. If you know a fireman or policeman well enough, you know that they can entertain for hours by relating their on-the-job experiences. Even mundane occupations are settings for good stories. Having worked at a telephone company for thirty-two years, I had my share of experiences. I share them with my friends and family. Sooner or later, someone suggested writing a book. Not a classic, but rather one of those bathroom novels loaded with short stories. That's what you will find here. However bizarre, they are all true. Of course the names were changed to protect my buddies and me who did and said some incredibly stupid and sometimes dangerous things. In some cases, the company policies and procedures I write about may not be depicted as they actually were. I've attempted to depict them as the field foremen, technicians, and I perceived them. You will have many laughs and more than a few "I've been there" moments along the way. The telephone company wasn't my whole life, so I threw in a few personal and family stories along the way. Hopefully between work and home, these stories will give you background on the real telephone company and also a seemingly directionless individual who was successful because of both. Minimize

622900 Features: -For ages 18 months and up.-Environmental ... Read more

622900 Features: -For ages 18 months and up.-Environmentally safe materials.-Wind turbines, solar panels and the living roof are clean sources of energy used in Eco home.-Power storage and a grey water tank are added to eco play enjoyment.-Children will learn to live in an energy-saving.-Material: Rubberwood. Dimensions: -Overall dimensions: 9.06'' H x 11.02'' W x 7.4'' D. Collection: -City collection. Minimize

Today begins the last day of Rocquelle "Rocqui" Johnson's ' ... Read more

Today begins the last day of Rocquelle "Rocqui" Johnson's 'fairy-tale' life when she abruptly receives a disturbing phone call from her mother that prompts her immediate return to her imperfect past. Fayetteville NC, where she grew up was only three hundreds miles away from Richmond VA, where she now lives. Yet, it was worlds apart from her successful business and her loving fiancé Zoric. Rocqui knew that coming home would mean the start of revisiting her childhood bittersweet memories. But nothing prepared her for an encounter with a handsome stranger that may potentially destroy her plans to live 'happily ever after'. Minimize

Far From Home and At Home in Two Lands work together to int ... Read more

Far From Home and At Home in Two Lands work together to introduce vocabulary in high-interest readings featuring different cultural backgrounds. Through this contextualized approach, each revised book offers high-frequency, low-level vocabulary while encouraging discussion for adult students. Minimize

Finally, a book for grown-ups who play at the beach! Great ... Read more

Finally, a book for grown-ups who play at the beach! Great sand castles! Better beach memories! An understanding of kids! Live there or vacationing wannabe beach dweller? Bored and cannot read another paperback? This book opens new worlds. Partially narrated by a cartoon plastic toy shovel, it's sized for ease at 11 X 8 with 128 all-color pages of great photography, fun illustration and helpful text. Minimize

Get to Know the Presidents! Ever wonder what the U.S. presi ... Read more

Get to Know the Presidents! Ever wonder what the U.S. presidents were really like? Just like the rest of us, our nation's leaders got into scrapes as kids, shared happy times with their families, had interesting hobbies, and romped with their pets. Now you can discover interesting facts about the lives of the presidents that will surprise you. Find out how Andrew Jackson's inauguration party nearly wrecked the White House, or how President Grant was almost arrested for speeding--on a horse! Do you want to know why Teddy Roosevelt's parents made him smoke cigars or why John Tyler was called the "accidental president"? All these fun facts, plus many more, are included in this book. Take a close look at the lives of all 41 U.S. presidents by meeting them as kids, getting to know their families and pets, and seeing what their lives were like inside and outside of the White House. You'll also find information about presidential places to visit, including fabulous homes and estates, libraries, and web sites. Packed with photos, drawings, and fascinating facts, this book delivers the whole inside scoop on the lives of our nation's greatest leaders. Minimize

“I guess you would call us a normal family. Once a month, a ... Read more

“I guess you would call us a normal family. Once a month, and sometimes other times, too, Dad would be gone for a few days. Mom told us that he was in the National Guard. We were normal, you could say. And then we weren’t.”Rachel “Brownie” Browning is thirteen when her father comes back from the war in Iraq. Of course she understands that he has been injured and that he will be a little different, at least for a while. But Brownie doesn’t even know the man with a prosthetic arm and leg who sits in the living room day after day. He’s certainly not the father who helped her build a fort in her backyard, or played basketball with her sister, or hauled her little brother around like a sack of potatoes. Brownie’s mother says that because of his traumatic brain injury, their father needs their affection and patience. In time, he’ll be better–Dad will be back. But Dad doesn’t seem to be making much progress, or much effort. He doesn’t smile. He doesn’t talk. He won’t even get out of his wheelchair, even though the doctors have taught him how and say that walking is essential to his recovery. And Brownie begins to wonder, will her family ever be able to return to the way life was before the war?A story about an ordinary family forced to deal with an extraordinary loss, Back Home tells the tale of families scarred and the battle just beginning when their wounded loved ones return home. Minimize

Read, Write & Type and Wordy Qwerty are both rich, multi-se ... Read more

Read, Write & Type and Wordy Qwerty are both rich, multi-sensory, multi-modal software programs on their own. But together, they also make an engaging and effective reading enrichment package for grades K-4. Children who have learned to touch-type with the Read, Write & Type Learning System, will have the advantage of and the opportunity to practice their keyboarding skills while learning more advanced spelling and word-building skills with Wordy Qwerty. Whats in the Box: ? 1 READ, WRITE & TYPE program CD ? 1 SPACESHIP CHALLENGE program CD ? 1 WORDY QWERTY program CD ? 1 JINGLESPELLS audio CD ? 1 Activity Binder ? 1 set of Reward Stickers ? 1 Practice Keyboard ? One 24" x 36" Poster Minimize

TV series about the life of Brendon Small, an eight-year-ol ... Read more

TV series about the life of Brendon Small, an eight-year-old visionary who, using his friends Jason and Mellisa as actors, have managed to direct over a thousand homemade films. His parents are divorced, but it doesn't feel strange since so many other kids' parents are divorced. His friend Jason actually feels upset because his parents are still together. At school, he is taught soccer by his coach John McGirk, or as he calls him, "that weird Irish guy". Bonus Music CD - 52 Tracks - The Best Songs From All Four Seasons; Fan Commentaries by The Shins, Modest Mouse and the staff of The Onion Minimize

GETTING ALONG IN JAPANESE presents the Japanese language th ... Read more

GETTING ALONG IN JAPANESE presents the Japanese language through familiar daily situations. The setting is a traditional Japanese inn where the hosts teach their guests to communicate using practical and current expressions. Hosts Katsuya Kobayashi and Kaori Itakura introduce spoken Japanese through carefully dramatized skits designed to help beginning students learn to cope with everyday life in modern Japan. Produced by NHK Educational Corporation, part of Japan's national broadcasting network, GETTING ALONG IN JAPANESE is the only dramatized DVD series for learning Japanese language. HOME USE only. There are total of 10 DVD in the series, sold separately. Topics: 1. Going Shopping, 2. Asking the Way, 3. Taking the Train and Bus, 4. Getting Along with Neighbors, 5. Going out to Eat, 6. At a Restaurant, 7. Visiting a Japanese Home, 8. Preparing a Meal, 9. Coping with a Misunderstanding and 10. A Wedding Ceremony. In Episode Seven we learn the greetings used when entering a Japanese home, and vocabulary for socializing with your hosts. The visitor learns slightly more complicated sentence structures when describing gifts, home-made or purchased, and when replying to one's host about personal likes and dislikes. Mr. Kobayashi teaches viewers how to reply correctly when being offered choices. After repetition of the key phrases in the skit Mr. Kobayashi has a brief special lesson with one student in which he quizzes him on polite language essential for any guest at a Japanese home. Through a series of photos, Kaori then explains customs to be observed at the entrance and in the visiting room of a Japanese home Each DVD can be viewed straight through or in separate chapters, allowing access to individual segments for helpful repetition and easy learning. Minimize

Located northeast of Sacramento, the city of Roseville has ... Read more

Located northeast of Sacramento, the city of Roseville has been an important railroad town since the building of the first transcontinental railroad in the 1860s. Once part of the Central Pacific and later the Southern Pacific, today Union Pacific's J. R. Davis Yard is the largest rail facility on the west coast. On June 3, 2008, TSG Multimedia's cameras filmed every train that came through the area near the Roseville wye at the east end of J. R. Davis Yard from mid-morning until late in the afternoon. This video shows each train in its entirety! In addition to a steady parade of Union Pacific freight trains, there is plenty of yard switching, light engine movements, a BNSF freight headed eastbound over Donner Pass, UP locals and a work train, a UP crew working on the wye, as well as Amtrak's eastbound and westbound California Zephyr and an eastbound Amtrak California Capitol Corridor train! Minimize

Can lighting really strike twice? Just ask Eve, whose husba ... Read more

Can lighting really strike twice? Just ask Eve, whose husband walks out on her in the middle of a garage sale. Eve's beloved Ivan died thirteen years ago in an automobile accident. Her charming, boyish Chuck has taken a different exit out of her life: hopping into his car in the middle of a garage sale with no forewarning and departing their formerly happy upstate New York home for points unknown. Now Eve's a boat adrift, subsisting on a heartbreak diet of rue, disappointment, and woe-left alone to care for Ivan's brilliant teenaged son, Marcus, and Chuck's precocious, pragmatic nine-year-old daughter, Noni, while contending with Charlotte, Eve's acerbic mother, who's come north to "help" but hinders instead. But life ultimately must go on, with its highs and lows, its traumas and holidays, and well-meaning, if eccentric, friends. A house and a heart in disrepair are painful burdens for a passionate woman who's still in her prime. And while learning to cope with the large and small tragedies that each passing day brings, Eve might end up discovering that she's gained much more than she's lost. A poignant, lovely, funny, and ultimately uplifting story of love, family, and survival, Liz Rosenberg's Home Repair is an unforgettable introduction to a lyrical, wise, and wonderfully vibrant new literary voice. Minimize