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Bibliotheca Sinica Christiana: Annotated Catalog of Divine Word Missionaries’ (S.V.D.) Publications in Shandong (1882–1950) (Monumenta Serica Monograph Series)
by Roman MalekThe present work is a comprehensive catalog of publications that were produced and printed by the Divine Word Missionaries (Societas Verbi Divini, S.V.D.) in Shandong province, China. It was compiled by the late Prof. Dr. Roman Malek, S.V.D. (1951–2019), an internationally renowned expert for the history of Christianity in China and former director and editor-in-chief of the Monumenta Serica Institute (MSI) in Sankt Augustin, Germany. The catalog comprises nearly 400 entries, arranged in alphabetical order according to the original titles, in Chinese, German or Latin, and occasionally in English. Each entry provides detailed bibliographical information, excerpts from the book information included in the contemporary editions of the Catalogus Librorum of the S.V.D. Mission Press, a short explanation in English on the respective title and a Table of Contents. The S.V.D. publications cover a broad range of fields, including apologetic and catechetical material, e.g., reprints of works of the old China mission, books for teaching the faith and prayer books; biblical materials, i.e., translations from and works on the Bible; educational material, such as textbooks for the schools run by the S.V.D. in Shandong; dictionaries and grammars for Chinese, German and Latin; Catholic periodicals; books on Chinese culture; hymn books; and finally, materials for evangelization (posters, pictures, etc.). The Bibliotheca Sinica Christiana makes an important contribution to documenting the printing activities of a specific Catholic missionary society, the S.V.D., in China in the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century. It aims at stimulating further research into the S.V.D. China mission and into the history of religious printing in the modern era in China at large.
Bicultural Literature and Film in French and English (Routledge Studies in Comparative Literature)
by Phil Powrie Peter I. BartaThis book focuses on literature and cinema in English or French by authors and directors not working in their native language. Artists with hybrid identities have become a defining phenomenon of contemporary reality following the increased mobility between civilisations during the postcolonial period and the waves of emigration to the West. Cinema and prose fiction remain the most popular sources of cultural consumption, not least owing to the adaptability of both to the new electronic media. This volume considers cultural products in English and French in which the explicitly multi-focal representation of authors' experiences of their native languages/cultures makes itself conspicuous. The essays explore work by the peripheral and those without a country, while problematising what might be meant by the widely used but not always well-defined term ‘bicultural’. The first section looks at films by such well-known filmmakers working in France as Bouchareb, Kechiche, Legzouli and Dridi, as well as the animated feature Persepolis. Here the focus is on the representation of human experience in spatial terms, exploring the appropriation of territory cohabited by ‘local’ people, newcomers and their children, haunted by the cultural memories of distant places. The second part is devoted to multicultural authors whose ‘native’ language was English, Russian, Polish, Hungarian or Spanish (Beckett, Herzen, Voyeikova, Triolet, Conrad, Hoffmann, Kristof, Dorfman), and their creative engagement with difference. A study of the emergence of multilingual writing in Montaigne and an autobiographical essay by Elleke Boehmer on growing up surrounded by English, Dutch, Afrikaans and Zulu frame the volume's chapters. The collection relishes the freedom provided by liberation from the confines of one language and culture and the delight in creative multilingualism. This book will be of significant interest to those studying the subject of biculturalism, as well as the fields of comparative literature and cinema.
Biculturalism and Spanish in Contact: Sociolinguistic Case Studies (Routledge Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics)
by Eva Núñez MéndezBiculturalism and Spanish in Contact: Sociolinguistic Case Studies provides an original and modern analysis of the field of language change and variation with a specific focus on Spanish as a language in contact. This edited collection, focuses on diachronic variationist approaches to the Spanish language in contact with other languages from a historical sociolinguistics perspective. Topics covered include: language planning and policies, education, biculturalism, linguistic variation issues in the Spanish of the southwestern United States, and other socio-historical and anthropological aspects of the contact situation.
Bien dit! 2, Cahier d'activités: Reading and Writing Activities Workbook, Student Edition, Level 2 (Bien Dit! Ser.)
by Holt McDougalNIMAC-sourced textbook
Bien dit! 2, Cahier de vocabulaire et grammaire: Vocabulary and Grammar Workbook, Student Edition, Level 2 (Bien Dit! Ser.)
by Holt McDougalNIMAC-sourced textbook
El bien, el vicio y el mal: La batalla por el espíritu de una nación ha comenzado...
by Armin ÁlvarezConceptos antagónicos tales como tradición y cambio, ateísmo y fe, fanatismo y tolerancia entran en conflicto en mitad de una lucha feroz por el ideario de un país. <P><P>Raúl es un joven costarricense que no se siente cómodo con los valores tradicionales de su sociedad. No cree en la religión, detesta la hipocresía social y se siente incomprendido cuando habla de los valores de la cultura, del progreso y de la libertad. Esto lo lleva a entrar en conflicto con su familia y con su entorno social. <P>La historia de Raúl, que llega a su final con un desenlace que no puede dejar indiferente a ningún lector, es un retrato de una sociedad que se cree libre pero ¿lo es en realidad? ¿Qué tan dispuesta está una sociedad conservadora a cambiar, a avanzar para su propio bien? <P>Estas son algunas de las preguntas que afloran en esta novela cuya temática es, al mismo tiempo, nacional y universal.
Big and Little Histories: Sizing Up Ethics in Historiography
by Marnie Hughes-Warrington Anne MartinThis book introduces students to ethics in historiography through an exploration of how historians in different times and places have explained how history ought to be written and how those views relate to different understandings of ethics. No two histories are the same. The book argues that this is a good thing because the differences between histories are largely a matter of ethics. Looking to histories made across the world and from ancient times until today, readers are introduced to a wide variety of approaches to the ethics of history, including well-known ethical approaches, such as the virtue ethics of universal historians, and utilitarian approaches to collective biography writing while also discovering new and emerging ideas in the ethics of history. Through these approaches, readers are encouraged to challenge their ideas about whether humans are separate from other living and non-living things and whether machines and animals can write histories. The book looks to the fundamental questions posed about the nature of history making by Indigenous history makers and asks whether the ethics at play in the global variety of histories might be better appreciated in professional codes of conduct and approaches to research ethics management. Opening up the topic of ethics to show how historians might have viewed ethics differently in the past, the book requires no background in ethics or history theory and is open to all of those with an interest in how we think about good histories.
Big, Bigger, Biggest!
by Nancy CoffeltI'm big. I'm bigger. I'M BIGGEST. How would you describe a hippopotamus? Big might be the first word that comes to mind. What about a whale? Gigantic? Immense? How about enormous! What if you had to find a word for the biggest animal of them all--a dinosaur. Mammoth? Humongous? Colossal! With bright pictures of animals in all shapes aid sizes, this terrific read-aloud introduces young children to the language of comparisons, synonyms, and antonyms.
Big Bird Says... (Step into Reading)
by Sesame StreetIllus. in full color. Funny commands such as "Quack like a duck" enliven Big Bird's rhyming Sesame Street version of Simon Says. From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Big Book of Belly Laugh Jokes, Riddles, and Puns for Kids: Includes 700 Jokes!
by Sky Pony EditorsHere is a huge compendium of laugh-out-loud jokes that will let boys and girls entertain themselves and their friends for hours and hours. Why do fish live in salt water? Because pepper makes them sneeze!Why can&’t your nose be 12 inches long? Because then it would be a foot!Why can&’t a bicycle stand up by itself? Because it&’s two-tired.What did one toilet say to the other? You look a tad flushed.Why couldn&’t the pirate play cards? Because he was sitting on the deck!Which month has 28 days? They all do!Can a frog jump higher than the Empire State Building? Of course, the Empire State Building Can&’t JumpWhat&’s a snake&’s favorite subject in school? Hisssstory. The Big Book of Belly Laugh Jokes, Riddles, and Puns for Kids is filled to the brim with both classic and original jokes to make readers keel over in laughter. Written to meet the unquenchable needs of the millions of children eternally hungry for joke books, this collection is complete with 700 hilarious zingers.This unique volume is complemented by silly line drawings created by talented illustrator Bethany Straker. Its seemingly endless supply of fresh content and splashy, engaging design make this book a sure source of fun for young readers as well as parents, siblings, and friends! Perfect for long car rides and rainy days, this book is sure to bring laughter and fun to little ones.
The Big Book of Irony
by Jon WinokurJon Winokur defines and classifies irony and contrasts it with coincidence and cynicism, and other oft-confused concepts that many think are ironic.He looks at the different forms irony can take, from an irony deficiency to visual irony to an understatement, using photographs and relate-able examples from pop culture. * "Irony in Action" looks at irony in language, both verbal and visual, while "Bastions of Irony" and "Masters of Irony" look at institutions and individuals steeped in irony, though not always intentionally. PLUS:* The Annals of Irony looks at irony, and its lack thereof, throughout history. A delight for anyone with a smart, dark sense of humor.
The Big Book of Literacy Tasks, Grades K-8: 75 Balanced Literacy Activities Students Do (Not You!) (Corwin Literacy)
by Nancy L. AkhavanThe Comprehensive Handbook for Scaffolding Students’ Literacy Growth Our readers and writers must “do the doing” if they are to succeed. In The Big Book of Literacy Tasks, Nancy Akhavan offers an instructional plan designed to yield independent effort and engagement. 75 tasks in beautiful full-color two-pagers ensure gradual release by moving more swiftly from the “I do” teacher phase to the “you do” student phase. Complete with amazing scaffolding tips for meeting the needs of a range of learners, The Big Book of Literacy Tasks gives you a clear framework for “working the minds” of your students, helping them forge their own path to becoming better readers and writers.
The Big Book of Literacy Tasks, Grades K-8: 75 Balanced Literacy Activities Students Do (Not You!) (Corwin Literacy)
by Nancy L. AkhavanThe Comprehensive Handbook for Scaffolding Students’ Literacy Growth Our readers and writers must “do the doing” if they are to succeed. In The Big Book of Literacy Tasks, Nancy Akhavan offers an instructional plan designed to yield independent effort and engagement. 75 tasks in beautiful full-color two-pagers ensure gradual release by moving more swiftly from the “I do” teacher phase to the “you do” student phase. Complete with amazing scaffolding tips for meeting the needs of a range of learners, The Big Book of Literacy Tasks gives you a clear framework for “working the minds” of your students, helping them forge their own path to becoming better readers and writers.
The Big Book of Monsters: The Creepiest Creatures from Classic Literature
by Hal JohnsonMeet the monsters in this who’s who of the baddest of the bad! Like those supernatural beasts everyone knows and fears—the bloodsucking vampire, Count Dracula, and that eight-foot-tall mash-up of corpses, Frankenstein’s Monster. Or that scariest of mummies, Cheops, who scientists revived after 4,700 years—big mistake! Or more horrifying yet, the Horla, an invisible, havoc-wreaking creature that herds humans like cattle and feeds of their souls. Drawn from the pages of classic books and tales as old as time, this frightfully exciting collection features 25 of the creepiest creatures ever imagined, from witches and werewolves to dragons and ghosts. Every monster is brought to life in a full-size full-color portrait that captures the essence of the beast, and in lively text that recounts the monster’s spine-tingling story. With sidebars that explore the history and the genre of each sourcebook, The Big Book of Monsters is an exciting introduction to literature and language arts.
The Big Book of Reading Comprehension Activities, Grade 4: 100 Activities for After-School and Summer Reading Fun (Reading Comprehension Activities)
by Susan B. KatzGet the ultimate 4th grade summer workbook and make reading comprehension a blast with 100 fun activities for young readers!Show 4th graders how much fun practicing their reading comprehension can be. This workbook is full of exercises that help kids develop essential reading skills while exploring fun stories. Get kids primed for school with engaging lessons that cover everything from identifying themes to understanding poetry and building their vocabulary!This grade 4 workbook includes:100 activities—Keep kids interested with puzzles, word searches, and graphic organizers that get their minds working.Key reading topics—4th graders (or almost-4th graders) can deepen their understanding of what they read by comparing points of view, recognizing story structure, describing characters, and more.Progressive skill building—Students will discover reading comprehension fun and games that start simple and grow more challenging to match their growing skills.Targeted learning—These exercises are aligned with the national standards for 4th grade learning and include labels to indicate which core skill each one teaches.Give early readers a boost in school and during summer learning with this colorful fourth grade workbook for reading comprehension.
The Big Book of Reading Comprehension Activities, Grade 5: 100 Activities for After-School and Summer Reading Fun (Reading Comprehension Activities)
by Ann Richmond FisherMake reading comprehension fun with 100 activities for 5th gradersWhen kids can learn cool new facts or go on fictional journeys with talking dragons and pirate ships, reading doesn't feel like homework—it feels like an adventure! This workbook is filled with exercises that help students practice core reading comprehension skills while exploring fun stories and ideas. Kids will learn essential 5th grade concepts like using context clues, integrating information from multiple sources, drawing inferences, and more.This reading comprehension workbook for 5th graders includes:A variety of activities—Keep kids engaged with word puzzles, drawing, matching games, and other creative exercises that make learning enjoyable.Core curriculum—This workbook is aligned with the national standards for 5th grade learning, complete with a label for each activity to indicate which core skill it teaches.Progressive skill-building—Students will strengthen their skills with reading comprehension exercises that start simple and grow more challenging.Boost reading comprehension skills with help from this fun-filled 5th grade workbook.
The Big Book of Rhymes [Big Book] (Elementary Core Reading)
by Donald Bear McGraw-HillNIMAC-sourced textbook
The Big Book of Silly Dad Jokes: 750+ Jokes for Dads and Kids to Share! (Silly Jokes)
by Chris CateWhy was the math book unhappy? Because it had too many problems!More than 750 knee-slapping dad jokes the whole family can enjoy together!You don't have to be a dad to love and tell dad jokes. They're for everybody (except skeletons who don't have the guts to tell dad jokes). So, gather 'round, crack open this book, and start chuckling! The Big Book of Silly Dad Jokes boasts hundreds and hundreds of hilarious, pun-tastic, and supremely silly jokes and riddles that kids and adults of all ages can read and share for hours of fun. Bring it to the dinner table, take it on a road trip, or give it as a gift, and make sure the whole room is laughing. Kids will even find tips and tricks for how to write their own dad jokes!Fun for everyone—These wholesome, simple jokes are good, clean fun for kids, teens, parents, grandpa, grandma, and anyone who loves to laugh.Jokes for days—The fun and laughter goes on and on with the massive number of jokes in this joke book! Tell a few, pass it on, or read ahead so you can have your next dad joke at the ready.Amazingly giftable—This fun and silly book makes the perfect present for Father's Day, birthdays, Christmas stocking stuffers, and more!Get set to tickle your funny bone with The Big Book of Silly Dad Jokes!
The Big Book of Silly Jokes for Kids (Silly Jokes)
by Carole RomanWhy do fish live in salt water? Because pepper makes them sneeze! Discover more than 800 silly jokes for kids in this hilarious kids joke bookReading jokes can tickle your funny bone AND help boost reading skills. The Big Book of Silly Jokes for Kids is chock-full of knock-knock jokes, riddles, tongue twisters, and puns you can share with your friends and family for hours and hours of laughing!Funny facts and illustrations—Find some very silly illustrations that match the jokes, and fun trivia about the joke topics—did you know that elephants can't jump?Beginner joke-writing tips—This joke book for kids explains how setups and punchlines works and includes tips and exercises to help you write your own jokes.Take jokes anywhere—Bring this book on road trips, plane trips, and more so you can have fun everywhere you go.Give the gift of laughter—Whether it's a birthday gift, a stocking stuffer, an Easter basket stuffer, or a present for any occasion, this book makes an educational and hilarious gift for every kid who loves to laugh!The perfect joke book for kids of all ages, The Big Book of Silly Jokes for Kids promises to keep the young readers entertained and amused.
The Big Book of Silly Jokes for Kids 2: 800+ Jokes (Silly Jokes)
by Carole P. Roman800+ More silly jokes for kids 6 to 12 to keep them laughing! Calling all comedians! This is the super silly joke-book sequel you've been waiting for! Welcome to The Big Book of Silly Jokes for Kids 2—the second installment in this best-selling kid's humor series that's guaranteed to make you a local legend—or, at least, the cleverest coyote on your block! Inside, you'll find hundreds of clean and corny jokes for kids, including knee-slappin' knock-knocks, side-splitting puns, rib-tickling riddles, and a whole lot more! All reading levels are sure to love it on long car rides, family vacations, and around the house. There's also a joke-writing chapter in the back to create your own laughs! The Big Book of Silly Jokes for Kids 2 features: Jokes galore—Discover family-friendly jokes for kids in every format that are sure to tickle your funny bone! Hilarious images—LOL-funny illustrations make reading engaging for all ages. Fun facts, too!—In every chapter, you'll find Silly Stats to learn a little as you laugh. You're sure to become the toast of the town with The Big Book of Silly Jokes for Kids 2!
The Big Book of Tasks for English Language Development, Grades K-8: Lessons and Activities That Invite Learners to Read, Write, Speak, and Listen (Corwin Literacy)
by Nancy AkhavanReady-to-go English Language Development tasks that focus on students "doing the doing" of talking, reading, listening, and responding. In recent years, the percentage of English Language Learners (ELLs) has increased in almost every state, so most teachers are faced with the challenge of teaching literacy to students acquiring English alongside English-speaking students. However, in many integrated learning situations, English Language Development (ELD) instruction is strikingly different than the teaching we provide students whose first language is English. The Big Book of Tasks for English Language Development helps teachers meet that challenge head-on! Bestselling author and esteemed education consultant Nancy Akhavan shows that teaching multilingual learners requires changing our instruction to focus on practices that have high impact for students as they acquire language. Yet it’s not about doing more— it’s about doing smarter. It’s about having high expectations for all students and providing scaffolds to support students at all levels of English language proficiency as they learn and grow more confident. All the ready-to-go activities in the book Center on active tasks where students do the thinking, talking, reading, and writing, with appropriate support Activate the domains of language — listening, speaking, reading, and writing — and recognize that these do not develop at the same rate Honor the continuum of language development and build on what students can do Provide teaching tools such as learning targets, suggestions for when to use a task, basic instructions and "teacher talk" for launching a task, and "Watch Fors and Work-Arounds" Focus on the linguistic assets multilingual learners bring to the classroom and provide opportunities to help them collaborate with peers With Akhavan’s signature straight-forward, teacher-friendly style, this book offers an uplifting reminder that with the right teaching strategies, educators can support multilingual learners to achieve their full potential and thrive in their learning journeys.
The Big Book of Tasks for English Language Development, Grades K-8: Lessons and Activities That Invite Learners to Read, Write, Speak, and Listen (Corwin Literacy)
by Nancy AkhavanReady-to-go English Language Development tasks that focus on students "doing the doing" of talking, reading, listening, and responding. In recent years, the percentage of English Language Learners (ELLs) has increased in almost every state, so most teachers are faced with the challenge of teaching literacy to students acquiring English alongside English-speaking students. However, in many integrated learning situations, English Language Development (ELD) instruction is strikingly different than the teaching we provide students whose first language is English. The Big Book of Tasks for English Language Development helps teachers meet that challenge head-on! Bestselling author and esteemed education consultant Nancy Akhavan shows that teaching multilingual learners requires changing our instruction to focus on practices that have high impact for students as they acquire language. Yet it’s not about doing more— it’s about doing smarter. It’s about having high expectations for all students and providing scaffolds to support students at all levels of English language proficiency as they learn and grow more confident. All the ready-to-go activities in the book Center on active tasks where students do the thinking, talking, reading, and writing, with appropriate support Activate the domains of language — listening, speaking, reading, and writing — and recognize that these do not develop at the same rate Honor the continuum of language development and build on what students can do Provide teaching tools such as learning targets, suggestions for when to use a task, basic instructions and "teacher talk" for launching a task, and "Watch Fors and Work-Arounds" Focus on the linguistic assets multilingual learners bring to the classroom and provide opportunities to help them collaborate with peers With Akhavan’s signature straight-forward, teacher-friendly style, this book offers an uplifting reminder that with the right teaching strategies, educators can support multilingual learners to achieve their full potential and thrive in their learning journeys.
The Big Book of Trains (DK Big Books)
by DKFrom the first locomotive built in 1804 to the high-speed bullet train, The Big Book of Trains is the perfect book for kids who love trains.Packed with amazing facts and photographs of trains around the world, The Big Book of Trains covers the history of trains and train travel. Different types of trains are featured on their own spreads, and each page features multiple images to give a close-up view as well as informative text about each train. See the differences among monorails, passenger trains, and TGVs. Learn about pistons, fireboxes, boilers, and coupling rods, and find out exactly what they do to help the train travel down on the tracks.See key features of each train model and discover the difference between steam trains and diesels. Find out how trains are designed for certain jobs and tasks, including mountain trains, snow trains, and freight trains. Look at the biggest and fastest trains in the world.With incredible pictures and informative text, The Big Book of Trains is the essential book for young readers who want to know everything about trains.
The Big Book of Words You Should Know: Over 3,000 Words Every Person Should be Able to Use (And a few that you probably shouldn't)
by David Olsen Michelle Bevilacqua Justin Cord HayesDo you know what "quatrefoil" and "impolitic" mean? What about "halcyon" or "narcolepsy"?This book is a handy, easy-to-read reference guide to the proper parlance for any situation. In this book you will find: Words You Absolutely Should Know (covert, exonerate, perimeter); Words You Should Know But Probably Don't (dour, incendiary, scintilla); Words Most People Don't Know (schlimazel, thaumaturgy, epergne); Words You Should Know to Sound Overeducated (ad infinitum, nugatory, garrulity); Words You Probably Shouldn't Know (priapic, damnatory, labia majora); and more.Whether writing an essay, studying for a test, or trying to impress friends, family, and fellow cocktail party guests with their prolixity, you will achieve magniloquence, ebullience, and flights of rhetorical brilliance.