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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
"Taking readers on a rollicking ride through history, a master storyteller and reporter, whose legend began in journalism, presents a paradigm-shifting argument that speech, not evolution, is responsible for humanity's complex societies and achievements"--NoveList.
"Before Tom Wolfe was a bestselling novelist, he was a groundbreaking journalist. Now the maestro storyteller turns his attention to the mystery behind the creation of his own most important...
Author
Publisher
Sunbird Books, an imprint of Phoenix International Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
" From a journey of giraffes to a gaggle of geese, come explore animals and the wonderful words we use to describe them. Featuring definitions, this picture book of collective nouns will grow your vocabulary and expand your understanding. Companion title to A Loveliness of Ladybugs, winner of The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"The bestselling 501 Verbs Series is the #1 reference source for verb usage in virtually every major language. It's printed in two colors, features tinted page edges for ease of reference, and comes with extra help for foreign language students in the form of a CD-ROM. This edition presents the most important and most commonly used Portuguese verbs arranged alphabetically with English translations in chart form, one verb per page, and conjugated in...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A freewheeling romp through the world of imagery and metaphor, this quietly startling collection of thirty poems, framed by the four elements, is about art and reality, fact and fancy. Look around: what do you see? A clown balancing a pie in a tree, or an empty nest perched on a leafless branch? As poet Connie Wanek alludes to in her afterword--a lively dialogue with former US Poet Laureate Ted Kooser--sometimes the simplest sights and sounds "summon...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
Albert, Duke of York began to see speech therapist Lionel Logue in a desperate bid to cure his lifelong stammer. Little did the two men know that this unlikely friendship would ultimately save the House of Windsor from collapse. The amiable Logue gave the shy young Duke the skills and the confidence to stand and deliver before a crowd. And when his elder brother, Edward VIII, abdicated the throne to marry for love, 'Bertie' was able to assume the...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Frankie O'Neill and Anne Ryan would seem to have nothing in common. Frankie is a lonely ornithologist struggling to salvage her dissertation on the spotted owl following a rift with her advisor. Anne is an Irish musician far from home and family, raising her five-year-old son, Aiden, who refuses to speak. At Beauty Bay, a community of summer homes nestled on the shores of June Lake, in the remote foothills of Mount Adams, it's off-season with most...
Publisher
Sunnylands
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Freedom of speech: Amid the turmoil of the 1960s, students decided to wear black armbands to protest the Vietnam War, igniting a legal battle that led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision, Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969), which defined students' right to free speech in school. This conversation focuses on free speech in light of Tinker and the Morse v. Frederick (2007) case.
Jury service: This conversation explores...
69) Descriptionary
Author
Publisher
Facts on File
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
Provides thematically-grouped definitions for terms relating to specific subjects, ranging from the environment and animals to the arts, clothing, and religion.
Author
Series
Parish orphans of Devon volume 4
Publisher
Perfectly Proper Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As a lady's companion, Clara Hartwright never receives much attention from anyone. And that's precisely how she likes it. With a stormy past, and an unconventional plan for her future, it's far safer to remain invisible. But when her new employer is invited to a month-long holiday at a remote coastal abbey, Clara discovers that she may not be as invisible as she'd hoped. At least, not as far as one gentleman is concerned... Neville Cross has always...
75) Speech & debate
Author
Publisher
Dramatists Play Service, Inc
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Speech & debate is a fiercely funny play by new playwright Stephen Karam. They may go to the same school, but misfits Solomon, Diwata and Howie have never met and their teachers and peers just don't take them seriously until a sex scandal involving one of their teachers brings them together. Soon they realize that three voices are stronger than one. And since their school has no speech and debate squad, maybe this is their chance to be heard at last...
Publisher
First-Run Features
Pub. Date
c1996.
Language
English
Description
Shows the beginning of student political involvement in Berkeley, starting with resistance to the HUAC hunt for communists to the Vietnam War protest. Dramatic archival footage interwoven with present-day interviews and 18 songs from the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, The Band and the Jefferson Airplane.
Language
English
Description
Investigate some of today's most exciting advances in scientific research.
The science of picky eaters: Neil deGrasse Tyson sets out to find out more about the science of taste, and discovers you can't understand taste without also getting into smell. Just when he thinks he's got it, HHMI scientist Bob Margolskee throws him a curve ball: taste receptors are turning up in parts of the body no one ever imagined finding them!
Smart sea lions & talking...
78) Pygmalion
Series
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A stuffy professor of phonetics takes a bet that in six months time he can turn a Cockney flower seller into a lady he could pass off as a duchess.
79) The way I say it
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Rory Mitchell has always had an issue saying his Rs correctly (which is a real problem given his name); now in sixth grade his former best friend, Brent, suddenly sides with bullies against Rory; but then Brent is hit by a car and suffers a serious brain injury, which requires Rory to reevaluate everything"--Provided by publisher.
80) Helping children with Down syndrome communicate better: speech and language skills for ages 6-14
Author
Publisher
Woodbine House
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
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