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Signing Naturally: Student Workbook Level 1
by Cheri Smith Ella Mae Lentz Ken MikosAn excellent resource book, with over 1000 signs and 100 useful phrases. Activities are video-interactive, with the emphasis on language in context, featuring useful vocabulary and expressions. Readings about culture and language are included to enhance your understanding of ASL and the Deaf experience.
The Activist's Handbook: A Primer (Updated edition)
by Randy ShawStrategies on how to win grass roots campaigns by developing proactive agendas and making sound decisions, with many examples of successful campaigns. As campaigns increasingly require building coalitions among diverse, multi-issue constituencies, the skill of ensuring good process both internally and externally is even more vital.
The Golden Goblet
by Eloise Jarvis McgrawWinner of a Newbery Honor, an exciting ancient Egyptian mystery!<P><P> Ranofer wants only one thing in the world: to be a master goldsmith like his beloved father was. But how can he when he is all but imprisoned by his evil half brother, Gebu? Ranofer knows the only way he can escape Gebu's abuse is by changing his destiny. But can a poor boy with no skills survive on the cutthroat streets of ancient Thebes? Then Ranofer finds a priceless golden goblet in Gebu's room and he knows his luck−and his destiny−are about to change.
My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon
by P. N. ElrodWhat happens when supernatural forces intrude on two honeymooner's wedded bliss? Nine of the hottest authors of paranormal fiction answer that question in this delightful collection of supernatural honeymoon stories.
Regency Christmas Wishes
by Barbara Metzger Edith Layton Sandra Heath Emma Jensen Carla KellyCelebrate the joys of Christmas in Regency England where five master storytellers ring in the season with warmth, cheer and love.
Online Education: Global Questions, Local Answers
by Kelli Cargile Cook Keith Grant-Davie24 college educators focus on the most important questions to be addressed by all scholar-teachers and administrators committed to developing high-quality online education programs. The educators describe these questions as "global" because they transcend the particular situations of individual institutions. They are questions that everyone in online education needs to address: What are the issues to consider when first developing and then sustaining an online education program? How do we create interactive, pedagogically sound online courses and classroom communities? How should we monitor and assess the quality of online courses and programs? How should recent developments and innovations in online education cause us to reexamine our roles and responsibilities as educators in technical communication? While these questions affect all of us, they demand different local answers, such as those presented by the contributors to this textbook.
Software Testing Foundations: A Study Guide for the Certified Tester Exam (2nd edition)
by Andreas Spillner Tilo Linz Hans SchaeferFoundation level, ISTQB compliant. Topics covered include: fundamentals of testing, testing and the software lifecycle, static and dynamic testing techniques, test management, test tools.
Purity of Heart: Essays on the Buddhist Path
by Thanissaro Bhikkhu13 essays on why compassion based only on belief or feeling is not enough to guarantee our behavior, and why the practice of training the mind to reach an unconditioned happiness is not a selfish thing.
Beyond the Fields: Cesar Chavez, The UFW, and the Struggle for Justice in the 21st Century
by Randy ShawShaw reveals the untold story behind "si se puede," which is still setting the course for today's progressive movements, by tracing the legacy of Chavez and the United Farm Workers of America (UFW).
Butch Goes Bananas
by Pat PexaBiography of Pexa's "boonie" dog Butch, who lives on Guam. Butch loves to eat all kinds of food!
Down River
by John HartLies, greed, revenge ... The river holds its secrets close. After being narrowly acquitted of a murder, Adam Chase disappears for 5 years: not a clue, not a trace. Now he's back and more bodies surface...
Dolphin Day
by Evelyn FloresGeorgie, raised in the States, goes to visit large extended family in Guam. He and one cousin, Frankie, dislike each other from the start. Georgie is afraid of the ocean and many things on the island. One day Frankie steals his father's boat and takes Georgie out to see dolphins. They become friends during this event, but then they run out of gas on the return trip. They spend 3 days lost on the ocean.
The Duendes Hunter
by Evelyn FloresOn Guam, a little girl hunts for duendes, happy little people who dance in the swamp when the moon is big and round, and scurry back to their hiding places when the dew starts to drop. While she hunts in the swamp, she comes across many of the native animals of Guam. The book includes classroom discussion questions, activities, and a recipe for cookies that Little Girl makes in the story.
Isa's Avocado Tree
by Evelyn FloresIsa plants an avocado seed on Guam and watches the plant grow, but then a typhoon sweeps across Guam. Includes classroom discussion questions and activities.
Reading Critically, Writing Well: A Reader and Guide (8th edition)
by Rise B. Axelrod Charles R. Cooper Alison M. WarrinerThis book teaches you how to analyze the writing of others (both professional writers and students) and then how to apply what you learn to your own writing. For each of the eight common kinds of writing that you will be asked to do in college, ranging from autobiography and reflection to evaluation and argument, this book provides a Guide to Reading, a Guide to Writing, and six essays to serve as models.
The Undecided Voter's Guide to the Next President
by Mark HalperinThe author examines the United States, 2008 presidential candidates with regards to the major foreign and domestic issues. He also describes their personal lives and history and gives his insight regarding their ability to function in the presidential role. The book is filled with quotes from the candidates and gives anecdotal information about them. The major contenders are examined in more detail than the minor ones. By reading this book, the reader not only will learn about the specific candidates with their strengths and weaknesses, but, he or she will learn about the differences among the main political parties in the United States of America.
The Karma of Questions: Essays on the Buddhist Path
by Thanissaro BhikkhuThe 12 essays in this book are an attempt to follow the Buddha's example in approaching questions, trying to trace back to the questions that molded his teaching, and resisting the temptation to focus on questions that would force those teachings into a different shape.
The Invitation
by Claude Simon Jim CrossA fictionalized account of Simon's 1986 trip to Russia, where the people in the novel are discernible as his companions on the trip, offering their views of peace in the 21st century.
The Stanislaski Sisters: Natasha and Rachel
by Nora RobertsThough they were raised in the Old World traditions of their loving immigrant family, tempestuous Natasha and cool, classy Rachel are ready for a new world of love.
The Secret Pilgrim
by John Le CarréTo train new agents, one of the old veteran agents recounts his 40 years in the spy game.
Pacific Diaspora: Island Peoples in the United States and Across the Pacific
by Paul Spickard Joanne L. Romdilla Debbie Hippolite WrightThe Samoas, Tonga, and Hawai'i receive the greatest focus in this collection of essays, but the overall range is quite broad. Native writers cover various topics, such as history, cultural mores, adapting to changes in language and cultures as they move, the ongoing questions and dynamics of personal identity as emigration from the homeland occurs, questions about the future of indigenous cultures, and more. Includes a detailed bilbliography.
Bamboo and Lace
by Lori WickChristian Fiction - 24-year-old Lily travels to Hawaii to visit her older brother. Although born to American parents, Lily has lived her entire life in far-off Kashien where her father has set up a church. When Lily was still a child, her mother died and the tragedy lead her father to make his children follow very strict traditional Kashien rules. Although Lily is excited about the trip to Hawaii, she finds the American culture, technology, and freedoms difficult to adjust to. When Lily's brother is unexpectedly called away for his job, Lily suddenly finds herself staying with the family of her brother's best friend Gabe. While the family is made up of loving Christians like Lily, their ways are still very different from those she has always known. And when Lily and Gabe start having feelings for each other, she soon finds herself torn between two cultures and two men who are very important to her. Can Lily trust God to help her make the right decision? Will Lily's father learn to accept Gabe?
Leon's Story
by Leon Walter TillageThe son of a North Carolina sharecropper recalls the hard times faced by his family and other African Americans in the first half of the 20th century, and the changes that the civil rights movement helped bring about.
Sahara Special
by Esmé Raji CodellSahara Jones is going into 5th grade - again. Although she won't be "Sahara Special" any more (special needs, that is), she doesn't expect this year to be any better than last year.
21 Great Stories
by Abraham H. Lass Norma L. TasmanShort stories by Pirandello, Hurlbut, Bradbury, Saki, Lord Dunsany, Steele, Clark, Brand, Stockton, Bierce, Poe (2), Bryan, de Maupassant, Conan Doyle, London, Stephenson, Joyce, Thurber, Twain, and Steinbeck.