Richard Gilman referred to How to Read a Film as simply "the best single work of its kind." And Janet Maslin in The New York Times Book Review marveled at James Monaco's ability to collect "an enormous amount of useful information and assemble it in an exhilaratingly simple and systematic way." Inde[...]
The How to Read series provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to the canon. These books use excerpts from the major texts to explain essential topics, such as C. G. Jung's dynamic vision of the self, pitted against an ailing Western ci[...]
Have you ever wished you could peer into someone's mind to find out what he or she is really thinking? Now you can...really. This book is not a collection of recycled ideas about body language. It does not suggest that a woman's hairstyle will give us unprecedented access into her soul, neither does[...]
Relive the adventure of Disney- Pixar's box-office smash hit, " Cars," ""with this delightful read?along storybook and CD. The CD features word-for-word narration that matches the text, sound effects from the film, and original movie dialogue starring Paul Newman as "Doc" and Owen Wilson as "Lightni[...]
Cinderella's classic tale comes to life Follow along as Cinderella finds her Fairy Godmother, dances at the royal ball, and meets the prince of her dreams. Real character voices and lively sound effects add to the magic in this enchanting storybook-and-CD set.[...]
This new book from David Sousa examines source material on brain research and provides primary and secondary classroom reading strategies for teachers based on the most current findings. There are five core chapters on - what the research tells us, understanding language acquisition, instructional s[...]
Jung was the original anti-psychiatrist, who believed that the real patient was not the suffering individual, but a sick and ailing Western civilization. Through a series of readings of Jung's works, this book explores the radical themes at the core of Jung's psychology, and interprets the dynamic v[...]
The roots of most plants are colonized by symbiotic fungi to form mycorrhiza, which play a critical role in the capture of nutrients from the soil and therefore in plant nutrition. Mycorrhizal Symbiosis is recognized as the definitive work in this area. Since the last edition was published there hav[...]
So firmly based upon a close reading of the secondary literature and printed documents, as well as upon archival soundings and interviews, and told with such a sense for the essential drama of the story, that it is easily the most comprehensive and the most interesting history of the Nazi-Soviet pac[...]
Adult Eyewitness Testimony provides an overview of current empirical research on eyewitness testimony and identification accuracy, covering both theory and application. The volume is organized to address three important issues. First, what are the cognitive, social, and physical factors that influen[...]