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Ms. Rachel and the Special Surprise: Encouraging Speech and Learning Through Play and Music (Books by Ms. Rachel)
by Ms RachelMs. Rachel brings her signature teaching style to her very first book! Children will practice more than 20 important milestones—including gestures and speech—and sing their favorite songs as they help Ms. Rachel find a special surprise just for them. <P><P> Ms. Rachel is looking for something very special, and she needs your help finding it! <P><P> Using educational techniques from her beloved YouTube channel and threading them into an interactive story, Ms. Rachel shows kids and parents alike fun ways to engage and play! <P><P> While Ms. Rachel invites readers to open a series of imaginary boxes to see what’s inside, she guides them through exercises like pointing, waving, and call-and-response. Fans will recognize characters from their favorite videos, and everyone will join in on singing the lyrics to songs like “The Wheels on the Bus.” After the adventure ends, parents and educators can use the helpful tips included in the back of the book to assist with brain and language development. <P><P> Kids are sure to read and reread this new classic! There’s plenty to keep them delighted and engaged with their favorite teacher. And, as always, she makes sure they know just how special they are! <p> <b>New York Times Bestseller</b>
An MT-Oriented Study of Corresponding Lexical Chunks in Business Correspondences from English to Chinese
by Fumao HuThis book sheds new light on chunk in business correspondence in order to promote the advancement of machine translation. By presenting a bilingual chunk table for correspondence and providing basic theoretical and empirical data on the construction of an MT-based English-Chinese chunk bank for business correspondence, it seeks to improve the accuracy of machine translation systems in a new way. It mainly addresses two questions: (1) How can business English correspondence chunks be defined in machine translation? (2) What are the correspondences between English-Chinese business letter chunks for machine translation? With the aid of a parallel corpus, qualitative and quantitative research methods, and the construction grammar theory, the book puts forward a theoretical model of chunk composition analysis. Further, the findings presented here can be used for the machine translation of English-Chinese business letters, helping to break down communication barriers and promote international business and exchanges.
MTEL Magic: Writing Subtest
by Chuck ZuccoThe name of this book is a misnomer. There really is no magical solution to taking this or any other test. What makes this book different is that it presents a simple formula for passing-skills + strategies + practice = success.
Much Ado About Loving: What Our Favorite Novels Can Teach You About Date Expectations, Not So-Great Gatsbys, and Love in the Time of Internet Personals
by Jack Murnighan Maura Kelly"A treat for any book lover, happily mated or cheerfully single" (USA TODAY)--two popular journalists give hilarious relationship advice borrowed from the most famous characters in literature.Finding love should be easier than ever before, given all the freedoms we enjoy. But as it turns out, the more options we have, the more difficult attaining romantic bliss becomes. We wonder: Should we put all our energy into online dating, or hang out in bars to find someone new? Should we settle for a friendship-with-benefits, or refuse to stop looking until we happen upon true love? And if we do manage to achieve the impossible and find a perfect match--soul mate, sexual dynamo, and best buddy all in one--how can we beat the relationship doldrums when they come, as they're bound to in this hyperactive society? In our quest to reach romantic nirvana, we turn to self-help manuals, magazines, talk shows, friends, relatives, and shrinks. But we've overlooked the true font of wisdom: the timeless stories written by great novelists. That's where Much Ado About Loving comes in. In its pages, two book lovers who are also advice columnists--Maura Kelly and Jack Murnighan--relay the lessons in life and love that they've learned from reading more classic novels than your English teacher, while having far more romantic conundrums than all of Jane Austen's characters combined. They've done the heavy reading--and the recovering from heartbreak--for you. Now all you need is this book.
Much Ado About Loving
by Jack Murnighan Maura KellyAh, romantic happiness.You'd think finding it would be easier now than ever before, given all the options modern life allows us. Instead, it's much harder--because there's so much to figure out. And we feel such pressure to find someone perfect: soul mate, sexual dynamo, emotional stalwart, and best buddy all in one. And if we do beat the odds and manage to get into something steady, then a new batch of concerns arises--like how to go from a friendship-with-benefits to a full-fledged commitment, how to deal with his overbearing mother, or how to overcome problems in the sack. In our quest to reach romantic nirvana, we turn to self-help manuals, daytime TV, magazines, talk shows, friends, relatives, and shrinks. But we've forgotten a far better source of wisdom: the timeless stories written by the great novelists. Jane Austen was around long before Oprah--and though ladies in tight-laced corsets didn't have to deal with Internet profiles or speed dating, they can help us better understand why first impressions shouldn't necessarily be lasting (Sense and Sensibility) and why sometimes it's okay to date bad boys ( Jane Eyre). Daunted by how hard it would be to mine books like those for the best nuggets? Don't be. The authors of Much Ado About Loving have done it for you, combining expert dating advice with lit crit as they discuss classics of literature. Avid readers and relationship gurus, Maura Kelly and Jack Murnighan have gone through as many romantic highs and lows as Bridget Jones and Don Juan combined. They've also stayed in plenty of nights, comforting themselves with great novels and learning a few lifetimes' worth of lessons in the bargain. Trading off narration chapter by chapter, they explain the key romantic eurekas that more than thirty books have given them. Whether they're talking about Moby-Dicks or why brides are prejudiced, each chapter will get you thinking--and keep you laughing all the way to a great relationship. *** You don't have to be a bookworm to learn about love from great novels. Jack Murnighan and Maura Kelly have done the reading for you. Their take on life's greatest love lessons from literature's most memorable characters will enlighten you about all sorts of questions, like: * Why shouldn't a relationship develop too much online before it enters the realm of reality? Love in the Time of Cholera was published long before Match.com went online, but it demonstrates the dangers of getting your hopes too high before you meet. * Are you more excited about having a wedding than being married? Pride and Prejudice can help you take off those "champagne goggles" and get real. * Is hanging out at bars your go-to move for meeting dates? Bright Lights, Big City shows why that's no way to find a new relationship. * Should you marry a man with a past? There are times when it's the most principled thing you could do--and Jane Eyre can help you see why. * Do you have a TMI problem? You should rein it in if you want romance to bloom--as Brothers Karamazov shows. * Should you cross the political aisle for love? Howards End has the answer. * Nobody who's interested in you is ever good enough? Get over your intimacy issues with a look at The Bell Jar. * Why do men talk so much, and why do women put up with it? Infinite Jest will tell you everything you need to know.
Much Ado About Nothing: The 30-Minute Shakespeare
by Nick NewlinPlanning a school or amateur Shakespeare production? The best way to experience the plays is to perform them, but getting started can be a challenge: The complete plays are too long and complex, while scene selections or simplified language are too limited."The 30-Minute Shakespeare" is a new series of abridgements that tell the "story" of each play from start to finish while keeping the beauty of Shakespeare's language intact. Specific stage directions and character suggestions give even inexperienced actors the tools to perform Shakespeare with confidence, understanding, and fun!This cutting of Shakespeare's utterly charming and popular comedy MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING features five key scenes, including Beatrice and Benedick's classic initial word-battle, and the uproarious hide-and-seek deception of the two "lovers." The next scenes are the brutal rejection of Hero at the altar by a deceived Claudio and the timeless manhandling of the English language by the bumbling constable Dogberry. In the fifth and final scene, Shakespeare resolves the play's conflicts and confusions, and love reigns again. This cutting really tells the story, and includes some sidesplitting stage business, particularly the back-and-forth physical and verbal parrying between Benedick and Beatrice.The edition also includes an essay by editor Nick Newlin on how to produce a Shakespeare play with novice actors, and notes about the original production of this abridgement at the Folger Shakespeare Library's annual Student Shakespeare Festival.
Much Ado About Nothing (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series)
by SparkNotesMuch Ado About Nothing (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by William Shakespeare Making the reading experience fun! Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster. Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides: *Chapter-by-chapter analysis *Explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols *A review quiz and essay topicsLively and accessible, these guides are perfect for late-night studying and writing papers
Much Ado About Nothing (MAXNotes Literature Guides)
by Louva IrvineREA's MAXnotes for William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing The MAXnotes offers a comprehensive summary and analysis of Much Ado About Nothing and a biography of William Shakespeare. Places the events of the play in historical context and discusses each act in detail. Includes study questions and answers along with topics for papers and sample outlines.
Much Ado About Nothing (The New Cambridge Shakespeare)
by William Shakespeare F. H. MaresFamous actors have appeared as this play's sparring lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, from David Garrick's time in the eighteenth century to the present. Angela Stock has added a new section to the Introduction where she reviews the romantic and darker, more cynical aspects of the play in the context of late twentieth-century stage, film and critical interpretations. She also tackles the critical fortunes of Hero and Claudio as they reflect the play's concerns with sexuality and misogyny, eavesdropping and deception.
Much Ado About Numbers: Shakespeare's Mathematical Life and Times
by Rob EastawayOpen a new portal into Shakespeare’s words—and his Renaissance life—with math and numbers as your key. Shakespeare’s era was abuzz with mathematical progress, from the new concept of “zero” to Galileo’s redraft of the heavens. Now, Rob Eastaway uncovers the many surprising ways math shaped Shakespeare’s plays—and his world—touring astronomy, code-breaking, color theory, navigation, music, sports, and more. How reliable was a pocket sundial? Was math illusionist John Dee the real-life Prospero? How long was a Scottish mile, and what could you buy for a groat? Do Jupiter’s moons have a cameo in Cymbeline? How did ordinary people use numbers day to day? And might Shakespeare have tried that game-changing invention—the pencil? Full of delights for devotees of both Tudor history and the Bard, Much Ado About Numbers is proof that the arts and sciences have always danced together.
Los muchachos perdidos: Retratos e historias de una generación entregada al crimen
by Humberto Padgett Eduardo LozaUn escalofriante libro-reportaje sobre los jóvenes que se encuentran en las correccionales de la capital y que esperan pacientemente el transcurrir de los días para salir y vengarse de sus enemigos o unirse a las filas del crimen organizado. ¿Qué harás cuando salgas?- le pregunto al Banda, preso en la corre de San Fernando por robo, secuestro y asesinato. Me gustaría estudiar ingeniería automotriz. Ahora leo filosofía y novelas. Afuera no leía ni estudiaba. Mi novela favorita es de Carlos Cuauhtémoc Sánchez, Dirigentes del mundo futuro.» ¿Cuál es la causa de que un muchacho se ausente de la escuela, salga a la calle a vender droga, secuestre y asesine? En buena medida, la respuesta se encuentra en una fantasía del pasado. Al comienzo de la década de 1980, los demógrafos aseguraban que a partir de 2010 el país estaría conformado en su mayoría por una juventud vigorosa que podría llevarlo a un nivel de primer mundo. Las expectativas se cumplieron, pero el presente produjo una marea de desilusiones. Como nunca, México hoy cuenta con jóvenes, pero entre ellos hay más de ocho millones sin escuela ni empleo. Incontables chavos son rechazados por el sistema legal, pero el creciente poder ilegal los admite en sus filas para formar con ellos un interminable ejército criminal. Son los modernos jaibos, los mismos que Luis Buñuel retrató hace más de medio siglo en Los olvidados. Este libro representa la culminación de más de dos años de entrevistas y decenas de visitas a las principales correccionales para jóvenes en México. Con textos de Humberto Padgett y fotografías de Eduardo Loza, se trata de un notable trabajo de investigación en un ámbito sobre el que nunca antes se había realizado un reportaje de profundidad. He aquí los retratos y las historias de Los muchachos perdidos.
Muckrakers: How Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, And Lincoln Steffens Helped Expose Scandal, Inspire Reform, And Invent Investigative Journalism
by Ann BausumHold the presses! Here's the sensational story of the birth of investigative journalism in America. At the turn of the 20th century, news reporters and monthly magazines collaborate to create a new kind of journalism--in-depth, serialized exposés of corporate, labor, and political corruption. Many of these stories become instant bestsellers in book format: books like The Jungle, Upton Sinclair's classic account of corruption in the meat-packing industry. Ann Bausum's dramatic narrative follows a generation of dedicated journalists who force responsible changes in industry and politics as America thrives. Muckrakersis the inside story of public-spirited journalism right through its evolution, with profiles of latter-day practitioners like Woodward and Bernstein and today's Internet bloggers. Ann Bausum's storytelling savvy will engage and inspire young people to cherish age-old values such as truth and public accountability. Muckrakersis the scoop on American journalism.
Muckraking: The Journalism that Changed America
by Judith SerrinMuckraking! brings together the greatest moments of American journalism. Supplying historical context and critical commentary, the book also includes a selection of influential photographs and illustrations. By turns compelling and shocking, Muckraking! is an anthology for anyone who feels passionate about the heights that journalism can climb or its ability to illuminate the darkest depths.
Mud and Stars: Travels in Russia with Pushkin, Tolstoy, and Other Geniuses of the Golden Age
by Sara WheelerWith the writers of the Golden Age as her guides—Pushkin, Tolstoy, Gogol, and Turgenev, among others—Sara Wheeler searches for a Russia not in the news, traveling from rinsed northwestern beet fields and the Far Eastern Arctic tundra to the cauldron of nationalities, religions, and languages in the Caucasus. Bypassing major cities as much as possible, she goes instead to the places associated with the country&’s literary masters. With her, we see the fabled Trigorskoye (&“three hills&”) estate that Pushkin frequented during his exile, now preserved in his honor. We look for Dostoevsky along the waters of Lake Ilmen, site of the only house the restless writer ever owned. We pay tribute to the single stone that remains of Tolstoy&’s birthplace. Wheeler weaves these writers&’ lives and works around their historical homes, giving us rich portraits of the many diverse Russias from which these writers spoke. As she travels, Wheeler follows local guides, boards with families in modest homestays, eats roe and pelmeni and cabbage soup, invokes recipes from Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking, learns the language, and observes the pattern of outcry and silence that characterizes life under Vladimir Putin. Illustrated with both historical images and contemporary snapshots of the people and places that shaped her journey, Mud and Stars gives us timely, witty, and deeply personal insights into Russia, then and now.
Muddy as a Duck Puddle and Other American Similes
by Laurie LawlorWhat is a simile? Pronounced sim-uh-lee, this figure of speech compares two different things, actions, descriptions, or feelings. Most similes are introduced by as or like. "As pretty as a new-laid egg." A simile can create a fresh, surprising description. A simile can even make us laugh when it sets up the opposite of an expected meaning. "As welcome as a polecat at a picnic."
Mudhalil Iravu Varum (First Comes the Night)
by E. Atavavn R. Sudhir SundaresanMudhalil Iravu Varum: Sahitya Akademi Award Winning Tamil Short Story collection, by Aadhavan. English Translation by R. Sundaresan.
Mudie's Select Library and the Shelf Life of the Nineteenth–Century Novel (Elements in Publishing and Book Culture)
by Karen WadeMudie's Select Library was a major nineteenth-century literary institution. Substantially larger than its competitors, the library leveraged regional and global distribution networks and close commercial ties with publishers which allowed it to maintain a key position within the British publishing industry. In its heyday, it was widely believed that novelists and publishers were required to conform to aesthetic, moral and formal standards established by Mudie's, or risk the rejection and consequent failure of their books. However, the lack of a comprehensive study of the library's holdings leaves open questions about what the library actually stocked, and to what extent the library could determine a novel's fate. This Element describes a data analysis of a collection of Mudie's catalogues spanning eighty years, in order to reassess understandings of the library's role in the nineteenth-century publishing industry. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
The Mudimbe Reader
by V. Y. Mudimbe Daniel Orrells Pierre-Philippe FraitureA prominent francophone thinker and writer from sub-Saharan Africa, V. Y. Mudimbe is known for his efforts to bridge Western and African modes of knowledge and for his critiques of a range of disciplines, from classics and philosophy to anthropology and comparative literature. The Mudimbe Reader offers for the first time a ground-breaking work of modern intellectual African history from this essential postcolonial thinker, including new translations of essays previously unavailable in English. Constituting an intellectual history of the humanities in the late twentieth century from an African intellectual's point of view, The Mudimbe Reader provides an introduction and a comprehensive bibliography that frame four thematic gatherings of Mudimbe's writings. Part 1 bears witness to Mudimbe's attempts, as a university professor in the new nation-state of Zaire, to balance the postindependence discourse of authenticity with his training in Western philosophy and philology. Part 2 focuses on Mudimbe's exploration of racial, ethnic, and religious discourses to reflect upon postcolonialism in Zaire and in the United States. In the third part, Mudimbe interrogates ancient Greek and Latin texts as a strategy to engage the legacy of antiquity for European and African modernity. Finally, the book concludes by focusing on visual culture and Mudimbe's recurring attempt to elucidate how African "primitiveness" has been constructed, challenged, dismissed, and reinvented from the Renaissance to the present day.
La muerte en Venecia (Destinolibro Ser. #Vol. 18)
by Thomas MannJunto a La montaña mágica, La muerte en Venecia es la obra más conocida de Thomas Mann. Una hermosa reflexión estética acerca de la pasión, el amor ideal y la belleza. El propio Thomas Mann advierte que esta novela trata sobre «la pasión como desequilibrio y degradación». Gustav Aschenbach, «arroyo de cenizas» en alemán, es un escritor maduro que goza de reconocimiento. Llega a Venecia en busca de inspiración, pero también de llenar sus días con reflexiones estéticas en un entorno idílico. En el hotel coincide con Tadzio, un joven de polaco que se encuentra de vacaciones con su familia. El muchacho se convierte en objeto de deseo y adoración; un amor ideal e imposible basado en la contemplación estética y que llevará a Aschenbach a renunciar a todo, incluso a sí mismo. «Hay, entre los resquicios de esa historia, un abismo que ella dejaentrever y que inmediatamente identificamos en nosotros mismos.»Manuel Vicent
Los muertos indóciles: Necroescrituras y desapropiación
by Cristina Rivera Garza«Un título que brilla con luz propia entre los escasos estudios internacionales de las escrituras del siglo XXI.» Jorge Carrión El cambio de siglo trajo consigo nuevas posibilidades de acercamiento a la escritura. Desde el traslado de la frontera entre plagio y creación, y la reapropiación y reescritura de textos ya existentes, hasta el amplio abanico de posibilidades desatado por el estallido de las tecnologías comunicativas, la escritura ha dejado de ser el espacio de introspección autoral privilegiado por el romanticismo para convertirse en una experiencia de la comunalidad contemporánea. Los ensayos que componen este volumen se sumergen en el panorama actual de las letras para trazar una geografía -siempre móvil y cambiante- de sus posibilidades estéticas, éticas y políticas; pues, a fin de cuentas, la escritura no es un monumento arcaico sino la suma de todas sus manifestaciones, viejas y nuevas, y de cada acercamiento, cada lectura y cada interpretación.
Mugglenet.com's Harry Potter Should Have Died: Controversial Views from the #1 Fan Site
by Ben Schoen Emerson SpartzHARRY POTTER DIDN'T DIE.The seventh and final book is out, but fans still fiercely debate the many controversial issues left unresolved. Now, the experts at MuggleNet.com argue passionately about what really happened and what should have happened.*Would the series be stronger if Harry hadn't survived?*Should we pity Voldemort or hate him?*Is Severus Snape really a hero?*Should J.K. Rowling have left Dumbledore's gay sexual orientation a secret?*Did Harry actually die in Deathly Hallows?*Were the Slytherins too demonized, the Hufflepuffs too lame, and the Gryffindors too glorified?*Should J.K.R. write more Harry Potter novels or go out on top?
MuggleNet.com's What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Falls in Love, and How Will the Adventure Finally End?
by Ben Schoen Emerson Spartz Andy Gordon Gretchen Stull Jamie Lawrence Laura ThompsonThe experts at MuggleNet.com analyze the first six Harry Potter books and search for hidden clues to predict what the final book might reveal: Is Dumbledore really dead? Will Harry and Ginny get back together? Who is the mysterious R.A.B.? Can Ron and Hermione's relationship last? Whose side is Snape on? Is Harry a Horcrux? Will Harry defeat Voldemort in the ultimate showdown between good and evil?
Mughal Arcadia: Persian Literature in an Indian Court
by Sunil SharmaMughal rulers were legendary connoisseurs of the arts, whose patronage attracted poets, artists, and scholars from all parts of the world. Sunil Sharma explores the rise and decline of Persian court poetry in India and the invention of an enduring idea of a literary paradise, perfectly exemplified by the valley of Kashmir.
La mujer de tu prójimo
by Gay TaleseLa polémica obra maestra del escritor y periodista Gay Talese sobre las costumbres sexuales en Estados Unidos, en una edición revisada y actualizada. La publicación en 1981 de La mujer de tu prójimo revolucionó la percepción de las costumbres sexuales de los estadounidenses y, por extensión, de Occidente. El ya clásico reportaje de Gay Talese aborda uno de los grandes temas de nuestro tiempo de forma magistral, sorprendente y reveladora. Talese se embarcó en una excepcional investigación de la revolución sexual del siglo XX, en la que podemos oír las voces de sus grandes protagonistas: desde partidarios de la censura y ciudadanos escandalizados, pasando por los propietarios de salones de masajes, hasta el fundador de la revista Playboy, Hugh Hefner. Historias de primera mano en las que el autor compromete su intimidad en más de una ocasión con el fin de explotar el cambiante paisaje sexual y moral en los años posteriores a la revolución de los años setenta. Fascinante y polémico, La mujer de tu prójimo cambió la manera en que nos veíamos a nosotros mismo y a los demás. Reseñas:«Su especial talento reside en haber sabido hacer periodismo de todo aquello de lo que suelen huir los otros reporteros: del hombre común, del desconocido, del perdedor o de los que están lejos de los focos y el éxito y, a través de ellos, ofrecer un retrato fidedigno del ser humano y de sus obsesiones.»Bárbara Celis, Babelia «Leer a Talese es darse cuenta de que el nuevo periodismo es el más viejo, el de siempre, el que nunca morirá.»Qué Leer
Mujer en el baño
by Manuel RivasUna conversación descarnada entre un retrato femenino y el hombre que lo observa. Un ensayo que se transforma en ficción y una ficción que se pega a la realidad en forma de estremecedora denuncia. Mujer en el baño es también el libro de otros muchos porqués contemporáneos. ¿Qué sucede cuando el escritor, siguiendo el consejo de Italo Calvino, levanta la nariz del papel? Consciente de que escribir siempre compromete, el autor dirige la mirada contra lo que define como «políticamente canalla». La hipocresía conservadora, el rechazo a los inmigrantes, el periodismo fax- cista y de canapés, el mosquito de la desmemoria, el «apartheid» social desde la infancia, el abandono de la enseñanza pública, el triunfo del liderazgo higocéntrico , el capitalismo impaciente y el «síndrome Everest», el canibalismo cultural o la suspensión de las conciencias en el crimen terrorista son algunas de las cuestiones-límite,de la vanguardia de riesgo en que se sitúa esta obra, que nunca renuncia a la ironía y al humor como herramientas contra el cinismo y la indiferencia.