Enter into the world of reading with My Very First I Can Read This comprehensive emergent reading program addresses all the components of reading mastery based on the latest early literacy research. Written by educator and reading specialist Dr. Julie M. Wood, with lively illustrations by Sebastien[...]

A thoroughly revised and updated edition of Thomas C. Foster's classic guide--a lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics, including symbols, themes, and contexts--that shows you how to make your everyday reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable.While many books c[...]

Thomas C. Foster's classic guide--a lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics, including symbols, themes, and contexts--shows you how to make your everyday reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable.How to Read Literature Like a Professor helps readers discover the [...]

A riveting account of the two years literary scholar Mikita Brottman spent reading literature with criminals in a maximum-security men s prison outside Baltimore, and what she learned from them Orange Is the New Black meets Reading Lolita in Tehran.On sabbatical from teaching literature to undergrad[...]

From the author of Proust and the Squid, a lively, ambitious, and deeply informative epistolary book that considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinking, empathy, and reflection as we become increasingly dependent on digital technologies.A decade ago, Maryanne Wolf'[...]

With his trademark acerbic wit, incisive humor, and infectious paranoia, one of our foremost comedians and most politically engaged civil rights activists looks back at 100 key events from the complicated history of black America.A friend of luminaries including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Medga[...]

Now in print for the first time in almost 40 years, The New Lifetime Reading Plan provides readers with brief, informative and entertaining introductions to more than 130 classics of world literature. From Homer to Hawthorne, Plato to Pascal, and Shakespeare to Solzhenitsyn, the great writers of Wes[...]

This title helps you how time-proven tape reading techniques can help you dramatically improve your trading performance. Technical analysis is invaluable at enhancing traders' performance in today's up-one-minute, down-the-next markets. But surprisingly enough, as hyperspeed personal computers and c[...]

Sharpen your French language skills through readings about its speakers' daily lives and culture Better Reading French offers you entertaining, "real world" texts to help you understand and learn more French vocabulary and phrases. Each chapter features articles that cover a specific topic, such as [...]

Sharpen your Italian language skills through readings about its speakers' daily lives and culture Better Reading Italian offers you entertaining, "real world" texts to help you understand and learn more Italian vocabulary and phrases. Each chapter features articles that cover a specific topic, such [...]

Filled with compelling reading texts and lots of exercises in the successful Practice Makes Perfect method, this title features 15 short reading texts and extensive exercises that test both your understanding and vocabulary.[...]

From the bestselling Practice Makes Perfect series, this workbook-style reader helps you build your reading comprehension and vocabulary skills With Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Reading and Comprehension you will build your Spanish reading comprehension skills and vocabulary through engaging con[...]