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The Freedom Writers Diary

by Erin Gruwell, Zlata Filipovic

Straight from the front line of urban America, the inspiring story of one fiercely determined teacher and her remarkable students. As an idealistic twenty-three-year-old English teacher at Wilson High School in Long beach, California, Erin Gruwell confronted a room of “unteachable, at-risk”... (learn more about this book)

House Made of Dawn

by N. Scott Momaday

The magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of a proud stranger in his native land. He was a young American Indian named Abel, and he lived in two worlds. One was that of his father, wedding him to the rhythm of the seasons, the harsh beauty of the land, the ecstasy of the drug called ... (learn more about this book)

The Freedom Writers Diary : How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them

by The Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell

Shocked by the teenage violence she witnessed during the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles, Erin Gruwell became a teacher at a high school rampant with hostility and racial intolerance. For many of these students–whose ranks included substance abusers, gang members, the homeless, and victims of... (learn more about this book)

Other People's Children

by Lisa D. Delpit

An updated edition of the classic revolutionary analysis of the role of race in the classroom. Winner of an American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Award and Choice Magazine's Outstanding Academic book award, and voted one of Teacher Magazine's "great books," Other... (learn more about this book)

Critique of Judgment (collective work)

by Immanuel Kant

Kant's attempt to establish the principles behind the faculty of judgment remains one of the most important works on human reason. This third of the philosopher's three Critiques forms the very basis of modern aesthetics by establishing the almost universally accepted framework for debate of... (learn more about this book)

The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems

by Jef Raskin

This unique guide to interactive system design reflects the experience and vision of Jef Raskin, the creator of the Apple Macintosh project. Other books may show how to use today's widgets and interface ideas effectively. Raskin, however, demonstrates that many current interface paradigms are... (learn more about this book)

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens / Peter and Wendy (Oxford World's Classics) (collective work)

by J. M. Barrie

In Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, J.M. Barrie first created Peter Pan as a baby, living a wild and secret life with birds and fairies in the middle of London. Later Barrie let this remarkable child grow a little older and he became the boy-hero of Neverland, making his first appearance,... (learn more about this book)

Penguin Readers, Level 3

Rain Man

by Leonore Fleischer, Kieran McGovern, Bob Harvey

Charlie Babbitt thinks he will get a lot of money when his father dies. However the money goes to someone he doesn't know - a man who lives in hospital and is the brother Charlie never knew he had. The two meet and so starts a surprising new life for both of them. A deeply emotional story and... (learn more about this book)

An I Can Read Book

Sammy the Seal

by Syd Hoff

A seal at school! What happens when Sammy, the adventurous seal, leaves the zoo for the day? He goes to the city, finds a school full of kids and new things to do--and he even learns to read!

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English Grammar In Use

by Raymond Murphy, Miles Craven, Brigit Viney

English Grammar in Use Third Edition is a fully updated version of the classic grammar title. It retains the key features of clarity and accessibility which have made the book so popular. This third edition: - has 10 completely new units, including 9 new units on phrasal verbs to more... (learn more about this book)