Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities (Warner John)(Paperback)

Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities (Warner John)(Paperback)

An important challenge to what currently masquerades as conventional wisdom regarding the teaching of writing.There seems to be widespread agreement that--when it comes to the writing skills of college students--we are in the midst of a crisis. In Why They Can't Write, John Warner, who taught

Why Can't I Feel the Earth Spinning?: And Other Vital Questions about Science (Doyle James)(Pevná vazba)

Why Can't I Feel the Earth Spinning? is an irreverent and informative introduction to tricky questions about science. How do we know what dinosaurs looked like? Why does medicine taste so bad? Why don't airplanes fall down? Why Can't I Feel the Earth Spinning? encourages children to start asking

A Divine Revelation of Prayer (Baxter Mary K.)(Paperback)

Many Christians question why they can't overcome sin and temptation and why they don't get answers to their prayers for improved health, financial blessings, and better relationships. Best-selling author Mary K. Baxter shares eye-opening visions and revelations on the power of prayer. Her

How to Write Brilliant Psychology Essays (Dickerson Paul)(Paperback)

'This book is one I wish I had bought at the start of my Psychology degree.' - Five-star review Essay writing is a key part of the Psychology degree and knowing how to write effective and compelling academic essays is key to success. Whether it′s understanding how to implement feedback you

Divine Revelation of Deliverance (Baxter Mary K.)(Paperback)

Many Christians wonder why they can't overcome sins and temptations; why they experience recurring problems in their health, finances, and relationships. A Divine Revelation of Deliverance exposes these schemes of Satan. Through Scriptures,

Jack the Ripper: The Definitive Casebook (Whittington-Egan Richard)(Paperback)

The case of Jack the Ripper and his savage serial killing and horrendous mutilation of five women in the East End of Victorian London is the greatest of all unsolved murder mysteries. For over 100 years the long line of candidates for the bloodstained laurels of Jack the Ripper has been paraded

Against Interpretation: And Other Essays (Sontag Susan)(Paperback)

Includes the essay 'Notes on Camp,' the inspiration for the 2019 exhibition Notes on Fashion: Camp at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Against Interpretation was Susan Sontag's first collection of essays and is a modern classic. Originally published in 1966, it has never gone

Question of Science: Why can't penguins fly? And other questions about animals (Claybourne Anna)(Paperback / softback)

A science series that answers the funny, sometimes icky questions that kids really

White Road - A Charlie Parker Thriller: 4 (Connolly John)(Paperback / softback)

The terrifying thriller from the acclaimed and bestselling author of The Killing

Writing Essays For Dummies, UK Edition - Mary Page, Carrie Winstanley

Do ever wish that you could write the perfect university essay? Are you left baffled about where to start? This easy-to-use guide walks you through the nuts and bolts of academic writing, helping you develop your essay-writing skills and achieve higher marks. From identifying the essay type and

Wiliam & Leahy's Five Formative Assessment Strategies in Action (Jones Kate)(Paperback)

Written under the guidance and with the support of Dylan Wiliam, Kate Jones writes about five formative assessment strategies in action in the classroom, with a foreword from Professor John Hattie. Building on the highly successful work of Wiliam and Siobhan Leahy, ideas are shared and

Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture (Dabiri Emma)(Paperback)

Stamped from the Beginning meets You Can't Touch My Hair in this timely and resonant essay collection from Guardian contributor and prominent BBC race correspondent Emma Dabiri, exploring the ways in which black hair has been appropriated and stigmatized throughout history, with ruminations on body

The Campden Wonder (Masefield John)(Paperback)

THIS 34 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: The Tragedy of Nan and Other Plays by John Masefield, by John Masefield. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN

Song of the Rolling Earth (Lister-Kaye John)(Paperback)

Conservationist and naturalist John Lister-Kaye, founder of the Aigas Field Centre, writes about his life in the glens, the wildlife that surrounds him and the primeval magical exchange that takes place between man and nature once so central to ancient civilisations. He describes finding the ruined

Rebugging the Planet: The Remarkable Things That Insects (and Other Invertebrates) Do - And Why We Need to Love Them More (Hird Vicki)(Paperback)

Why We Can't Afford the Rich (Sayer Andrew)(Paperback)

Even as inequalities widen, the effects of austerity deepen, and the consequences of recession linger, in many countries the wealth of the rich has soared. Why We Can't Afford the Rich exposes the unjust and dysfunctional mechanisms that allow the top 1% to siphon off wealth produced by others

The Thirty-Nine Steps (Buchan John)(Paperback)

The first of five novels featuring action hero Richard Hannay, and the basis for the classicHitchcock filmMay 1914. Britain is on the eve of war with Germany. Richard Hannay is living a quiet life in London, but after a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger he stumbles into a hair-raising

The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre (Polidori John)(Paperback)

John Polidori's classic tale 'The Vampyre'(1819), was a product of the same ghost-story competition that produced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The present volume selects thirteen other tales of mystery and the macabre, including the works of James Hogg, J.S. LeFanu, Letitia Landon, Edward Bulwer,

American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America (Hedges Chris)(Paperback)

Twenty-five years ago, when Pat Robertson and other radio and televangelists first spoke of the United States becoming a Christian nation that would build a global Christian empire, it was hard to take such hyperbolic rhetoric seriously. Today, such language no longer sounds like hyperbole but

Rescue Princesses: The Silver Locket (Harrison Paula)(Paperback / softback)

Rosalind and the other princesses love playing with a little puppy called Patch. But they can't stop arguing, and Rosalind decides it's easier to be friends with animals than with silly princesses. But when Patch gets lost in the woods Rosalind needs the other Rescue Princesses to help find him

Ethiopia and the Origin of Civilization (Jackson John G.)(Paperback)

2017 Reprint of 1939 Edition. This essay is an effort to highlight the influence of Ethiopia in the history of Civilization. It also devotes consider time to suggesting that Ethiopia's contribution has been either misunderstood or intentionally ignored by mainstream historians and scholars. Jackson

Learning All the Time (Holt John)(Paperback)

How small children begin to read, write, count, and investigate the world, without being taughtThe essence of John Holt's insight into learning and small children is captured in Learning All The Time. This delightful book by the influential author of How Children Fail and How Children Learn shows

The Canadian Short Story (Metcalf John)(Paperback)

No other person has done more to celebrate and encourage the short story in Canada than John Metcalf. For more than five decades he has worked tirelessly as editor, anthologist, writer, critic, and teacher to help shape our understanding of the form and what it can do. The long-time editor of the

Butcher's Crossing (Williams John)(Paperback / softback)

Will makes up his mind to be one of those men, but the journey, the killing, harsh conditions and sheer hard luck will test his mind and body to their