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Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts, Grade 5, Unit 1, Personal Narratives, Reader
by Amplify StaffNIMAC-sourced textbook
Reading Essentials for Biology: An Interactive Student Textbook
by McGraw-Hill EducationNIMAC-sourced textbook
Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes
by Hannah MoscovitchThe archetypal student-teacher romance is cleverly turned on its head for the post-#MeToo era in this striking new play by the acclaimed author of What a Young Wife Ought to Know and Bunny. Jon, a star professor and author, is racked with self-loathing after his third marriage crumbles around him when he finds himself admiring a student—a girl in a red coat. The girl, nineteen-year-old Annie, is a big fan of his work, and also happens to live down the street. From their doorways to his office to hotel rooms, their mutual admiration and sexual tension escalates under Jon’s control to a surprising conclusion that will leave you wanting to go back and question your perceptions of power as soon as you finish.
My Life
by Sofia Andreevna TolstayaOne hundred years after his death, Leo Tolstoy continues to be regarded as one of the world’s most accomplished writers. Historically, little attention has been paid to his wife Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya. Acting in the capacity of literary assistant, translator, transcriber, and editor, she played an important role in the development of her husband’s career. Her memoirs – which she titled My Life – lay dormant for almost a century. Now their first-time-ever appearance in Russia is complemented by an unabridged and annotated English translation. Tolstaya’s story takes us from her childhood through the early years of her marriage, the writing of War and Peace and Anna Karenina and into the first year of the twentieth century. She paints an intimate and honest portrait of her husband’s character, providing new details about his life to which she alone was privy. She offers a better understanding of Tolstoy’s character, his qualities and failings as a husband and a father, and forms a picture of the quintessential Tolstoyan character which underlies his fiction. My Life also reveals that Tolstaya was an accomplished author in her own right—as well as a translator, amateur artist, musician, photographer, and businesswoman—a rarity in the largely male-dominated world of the time. She was actively involved in the relief efforts for the 1891–92 famine and the emigration of the Doukhobors in 1899. She was a prolific correspondent, in touch with many prominent figures in Russian and Western society. Guests in her home ranged from peasants to princes, from anarchists to artists, from composers to philosophers. Her descriptions of these personalities read as a chronicle of the times, affording a unique portrait of late-19th- and early-20th-century Russian society, ranging from peasants to the Tsar himself. My Life is the most important primary document about Tolstoy to be published in many years and a unique and intimate portrait of one of the greatest literary minds of all time.The Modern Language Association (MLA) awarded the Lois Roth Award to John Woodsworth and Arkadi Klioutchanski of the University of Ottawa’s Slavic Research Group for their translation of Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya’s My Life memoirs. My Life was selected among the top 100 non-fiction works of 2010 by The Globe and Mail. It has also won an honourable mention in the Biography and Autobiography category of the 2010 American Publishers Awards for the Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) awards. And, finally, it made it into the Association of American University Presses' 2011 Book, Jacket and Journal Show. Published in English.
Tolstoy and Tolstaya: A Portrait of a Life in Letters
by Andrew DonskovBoth Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1828–1910) and his wife Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya (1844–1919) were prolific letterwriters.Lev Nikolaevich wrote approximately 10,000 letters over his lifetime — 840 of these addressed to his wife. Letters written by (or to) Sofia Andreevna over her lifetime also numbered in the thousands. When Tolstaya published Lev Nikolaevich’s letters to her, she declined to include any of her 644 letters to her husband. The absence of half their correspondence obscured the underlying significance of many of his comments to her and occasionally led the reader to wrong conclusions.The current volume, in presenting a constantly unfolding dialogue between the Tolstoy-Tolstaya couple — mostly for the first time in English translation — offers unique insights into the minds of two fascinating individuals over the 48-year period of their conjugal life. Not only do we ’peer into the souls’ of these deep-thinking correspondents by penetrating their immediate and extended family life — full of joy and sadness, bliss and tragedy but we also observe, as in a generation-spanning chronicle, a variety of scenes of Russian society, from rural peasants to lords and ladies. This hard-cover, illustrated critical edition includes a foreword by Vladimir Il’ich Tolstoy (Lev Tolstoy’s great-great-grandson), introduction, maps, genealogy, as well as eleven additional letters by Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya published here for the very first time in either Russian or English translation. It is a beautiful complement to My Life, a collection of Sofia Tolstaya’s memoirs published in English in 2010 at the University of Ottawa Press."While Adolf Hitler was seizing power in Germany, Adrien Arcand was laying the foundations in Quebec for his Parti national social chrétien. The Blue Shirts, as its members were called, wore a military uniform and prominently displayed the swastika. Arcand saw Jewish conspiracy wherever he turned and his views resonated with his followers who, like him, sought a scapegoat for all the ills eroding society.Even after his imprisonment during the Second World War, the fanatical Adrien Arcand continued his correspondence with those on the frontlines of anti-semitism. Until his death in 1967, he pursued his campaign of propaganda against communists and Jews.Hugues Théorêt describes a dark period in Quebec’s ideological history using an objective approach and careful, rigorous research in this book, which won the 2015 Canada Prize (Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences).Published in English.
Home Sweet Neighborhood: Transforming Cities One Block at a Time (Orca Footprints #15)
by Michelle MulderPlacemaking—personalizing public and semi-private spaces like front yards—is a growing trend in cities and suburbs around the world, drawing people out of their homes and into conversation with one another. Picture a busy avenue. Now plant trees along the boulevard, paint a mural by the empty lot, and add a community garden. Set up benches along the sidewalks and make space for kids' chalk drawings, and you've set the scene for a thriving community. Kids are natural placemakers, building tree forts, drawing on sidewalks and setting up lemonade stands, but people of all ages can enjoy creative placemaking activities. From Dutch families who drag couches and tables onto sidewalks for outdoor suppers to Canadians who build little lending libraries to share books with neighbors, people can do things that make life more fun and strengthen neighborhoods. Home Sweet Neighborhood combines upbeat text, fun facts and colorful photos to intrigue and inspire readers. The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
Going Wild: Helping Nature Thrive in Cities (Orca Footprints #12)
by Michelle MulderWhat if the new key to making our lives safer (and even healthier) is to allow the wilderness back into our cities? Going wild. We don't see it as a good thing. And why would we? For most of our time on earth, humanity has been running from lions and other wilderness dangers. We've worked hard to make our local landscapes as safe and convenient as possible. Sometimes that's meant paving over areas that might burst into weeds. Other times, we've dammed rivers for electricity or irrigation. But now pollution, climate change and disruptions to the water cycle are affecting the world in ways we never anticipated. The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
Let's Eat: Sustainable Food for a Hungry Planet (Orca Footprints #10)
by Kimberley VenessAll the food you eat, whether it's an apple or a steak or a chocolate-coated cricket, has a story. Let's Eat uncovers the secret lives of our groceries, exploring alternative—and sometimes bizarre—farm technology and touring gardens up high on corporate rooftops and down low in military-style bunkers beneath city streets. Packed with interesting and sometimes startling facts on agriculture around the world, Let's Eat reveals everything from the size of the biggest farm in the world to how many pesticides are in a single grape to which insect people prefer to eat.
Google Analytics 4 für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Patrick Mohr Marcus StadeMit diesem Buch bleiben Sie on track Starten Sie in die Web-Analyse mit Google Analytics 4. Dieses Buch ist das richtige für Sie, egal, ob Sie bereits mit Google Analytics gearbeitet haben oder nicht. Patrick Mohr und Marcus Stade zeigen Ihnen, wie Google Analytics 4 aufgebaut ist, wie Sie es implementieren und wie Sie Daten interpretieren. Sie lernen, wie Sie Webseiten auswerten und Kampagnen analysieren. Außerdem erfahren Sie, wie Sie Reports richtig interpretieren und erstellen, und das anhand von vielen Tipps und Best-Practice-Anleitungen. So können Sie die Nutzer Ihrer Webseiten besser verstehen und das Besuchererlebnis optimieren. Sie erfahren Was ein Event ist und welche Arten von Events es gibt Wie Sie Google Analytics 4 implementieren Warum die Definition der Tracking-Anforderungen so wichtig ist Wie Sie Erkenntnisse aus Reportings gewinnen
Bilanzbuchhalter-Prüfung Band I für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Hans J. Nicolini Udo Cremer Ulrich E. Schwiete Sigrid Matthes Knud Rosenboom Alexander BetovAlles klar für Ihre Prüfung bei der IHK Sie möchten also Bilanzbuchhalter werden? Respekt! Lassen Sie sich bei der Vorbereitung zur Bilanzbuchhalterprüfung von erfahrenen Experten helfen. In einem dreibändigen Werk präsentieren Ihnen sechs erfahrene Trainer und IHK-Prüfer ihr Fachwissen, erklären Ihnen den Prüfungsstoff verständlich und bereiten ihn mithilfe von anschaulichen Beispielen für Sie auf. Sie geben Ihnen Tipps, was Sie in der Prüfung erwartet, und weisen Sie auf wesentliche Fallen bei den Aufgaben hin. Dieser Band enthält den Prüfungsstoff der ersten Klausur. Sie erfahren Wie Sie Geschäftsvorfälle erfassen und nach Rechnungslegungsvorschriften zu Abschlüssen führen Wie Sie ein internes Kontrollsystem entwickeln, einsetzen und sicherstellen