What is a fossil?Sometimes it's the imprint of an ancient leaf in a rock. Sometimes it's a woolly mammoth, frozen for thousands of years in the icy ground. Sometimes it's the skeleton of a stegosaurus that has turned to stone.A fossil is anything that has been preserved, one way or another, that tel[...]
The king is coming to visit! The lord and lady of Camdenton Manor must work quickly to prepare fo his arrival. It will take weeks to ready rooms, set up tents, and prepare the feast itself. Everyone is busy hunting and hawking, brewing and churning. This will be a feast to remember![...]
"Children often have difficulty articulating emotion. That fact is the underpinning for Aliki's catalog of feelings, be they happy, sad, or somewhere in between."--"Booklist." Full color.[...]
Returning to her own childhood for inspiration, Aliki has created an exceptional sixty-four-page book that presents Marianthe's story -- her present and her past. In Painted Words, Marianthe's paintings help her to become less of an outsider as she struggles to adjust to a new language and a new sch[...]
A look at book publishing, from writing the story through the editing, proofreading, designing, and printing procedures, to the promotional and sales steps, and the diverse technical processes involved[...]
C.P. Cavafy (1863-1933), widely considered one of the most important poets of the last century, uncannily translates history, the record of the many, into a personal document. Though wickedly satirical, many of his poems are located in a landscape of intimacy. Drawing on the ancient Greek poetic tra[...]
Manners are about feelings. Good manners make you nice. They make others want to be with you. At the dinner table or a birthday party, or even building a sand castle at the beach, your manners show how much you care.[...]
"The Shambhala Anthology of Women's Spiritual Poetry " celebrates the unique spiritual life of women through a rich selection of poetry written over the past four thousand years, from thirty-six different languages and cultures. It ranges from verse by the first recorded poet, a Sumerian priestess n[...]
Modelled on the current syllabus, Get Through Final FRCA: MCQs presents 450 multiple choice questions (MCQs) in the form of five practice papers, closely matching the subject breakdown, level of difficulty and style of the actual FRCA examination. All major sections of the syllabus are dealt with an[...]