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  1. Things Mother Used to Make

    by Lydis Maria Gurney

    Webster's edition of this classic is organized to expose the reader to a maximum number of synonyms and antonyms for difficult and often ambiguous English words that are encountered in other works of literature, conversation, or academic examinations. Extremely rare or idiosyncratic words and... (learn more about this book)

  2. Caspak: Book 3

    Out of Time's Abyss

    by Edgar Rice Burroughs

    This edition is written in English. However, there is a running Chinese Simplified thesaurus at the bottom of each page for the more difficult English words highlighted in the text. There are many editions of Out of Time's Abyss. This edition would be useful if you would like to enrich your... (learn more about this book)

  3. Making content comprehensible for English learners : the SIOP model

    by MaryEllen Vogt, Deborah Short, Jana Echevarria

    One of the most influential books in the field in years! Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP(R) Model presents a coherent, specific, field-tested model of sheltered instruction that specifies the features of a high quality sheltered lesson that teaches content material... (learn more about this book)

  4. Teacher (Touchstone Books (Paperback))

    by Sylvia Ashton-Warner

    TEACHER was first published in 1963 to excited acclaim. Its author, Sylvia Ashton-Warner, who lived in New Zealand and spent many years teaching Maori children, found that Maoris taught according to British methods were not learning to read. They were passionate, moody children, bred in an... (learn more about this book)

  5. Letter to a Hindu

    by Leo Tolstoy

    From the introduction by M. K. GANDHI: "The letter printed below is a translation of Tolstoy's letter written in Russian in reply to one from the Editor of Free Hindustan. After having passed from hand to hand, this letter at last came into my possession through a friend who asked me, as one... (learn more about this book)

  6. The truth about Jesus: Is he a myth?

    by Mangasar Mugurditch Mangasarian

    Short excerpt: After sleeping in my grave for many centuries I awoke suddenly¿I cannot tell how nor why¿and was transported by a force beyond my control to this new day and this new city.

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  7. The Pagans (Webster's Spanish Thesaurus Edition)

    by Arlo Bates

    Webster's edition of this classic is organized to expose the reader to a maximum number of synonyms and antonyms for difficult and often ambiguous English words that are encountered in other works of literature, conversation, or academic examinations. Extremely rare or idiosyncratic words and... (learn more about this book)

  8. Classroom Instruction That Works With English Language Learners

    by Jane Hill

    As more and more English language learners (ELLs) are included in mainstream classrooms, what can we do to ensure that they understand academic content and develop their English language skills? To answer this question, authors Jane Hill and Kathleen Flynn have examined decades of research,... (learn more about this book)

  9. Five of Maxwell's Papers

    by James Clerk Maxwell

    Webster's edition of this classic is organized to expose the reader to a maximum number of synonyms and antonyms for difficult and often ambiguous English words that are encountered in other works of literature, conversation, or academic examinations. Extremely rare or idiosyncratic words and... (learn more about this book)

  10. Wild Apples

    by Henry David Thoreau

    Wild Apples begins with a short history of the apple tree, tracing its path from ancient Greece to America. Thoreau saw the apple as a perfect mirror of man and eloquently lamented where they both were heading.

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