In acquiring communicative competence, children must learn to speak not only grammatically but also appropriately. Although rules for appropriate language use may vary from culture to culture, they are usually sensitive across languages to many of the same factors, including the context and the topi[...]

Beloved classic about little mermaid who falls in love with a prince. Complete text accompanied by 31 large drawings, including the Sea King's magical underworld, the turreted palace of the young prince, the evil sea witch, much more.
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From one of the great book illustrators of the early 20th century, 24 captivating illustrations for tales of Hans Christian Andersen, including "The Snow Queen," "The Nightingale," "The Real Princess," "The Mermaid," "The Garden of Paradise," "The Wind's Tale," and "The Emperor's New Clothes," all r[...]

Explores research and data that illustrate how class, race-ethnicity, gender, age, geographic residence, and sexual orientation relate to the topics covered. This text provides a research orientation to the basic principles of sociology. It invites students to view the world through a sociological l[...]

At a time when corporate scandals and major financial failures dominate newspaper headlines, the importance of good risk management practices has never been more obvious. The absence or mismanagement of such practices can have devastating effects on exposed organizations and the wider economy (Barin[...]

In "Negro President" the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Garry Wills explores a pivotal moment in American history through the lens of Thomas Jefferson and the now largely forgotten Timothy Pickering, and "prods readers to appreciate essential aspects of our distressed but well-intentioned represen[...]

"The Princess and the Pea, " "The Little Mermaid, " and other great Andersen fairy tales have enchanted children since the first ones appeared in Danish in the 1830s and '40s. Spink's translation into English is widely recognized as the finest, and the new Everyman's Library edition is further grace[...]

In the four centuries since its invention, the telescope has transformed how humans view the universe and their place in it. But what do most of us know about telescopes themselves - their history, how they work, what they are being used for today, or what the next generation of billion-dollar teles[...]

On a freezing December night, one little girl can't go home until she has sold her last book of matches. She lights one match after another to keep warm, and her cold, gray world begins to glow. With exquisite sensitivity and beauty, Caldecott Honor artist Rachel Isadora captures the valiant spirit [...]