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Dodd, Mead
Pub. Date
[1944]
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Cloister and the Hearth" by Charles Reade. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
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Wordsworth American Library
Pub. Date
1996
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The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister
The Virginian is a 1902 novel by the American author Owen Wister, set in Wyoming Territory during the 1880's. It describes the life of a cowboy on a cattle ranch and is considered the first true fictional western ever written, aside from short stories and pulp dime novels, though modern scholars debate this.
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Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[c1936]
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The Essays of Francis Bacon
The Essays was the first published book by the philosopher, statesman and jurist Francis Bacon. Includes 58 essays. The Essays are written in a wide range of styles, from the plain and unadorned to the epigrammatic. They cover topics drawn from both public and private life, and in each case the essays cover their topics systematically from a number of different angles, weighing one argument against another. Translations...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 13
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Horrified at the thought of caring for talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca, the spinster aunts nevertheless spend seven difficult years raising their niece, rewarding years for all three inhabitants of the little brick house in a small New England town.
31) Help your kids with language arts: a step-by-step visual guide to grammar, punctuation, and writing
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Dk Publishing
Pub. Date
2013
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Presenting the ins and outs of English in a clear, visual, and accessible style, this handbook covers everything from the basic concepts of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and communication skills to some of the more challenging ideas that face students today. An ideal guide for parents.
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Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2023]
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"Writing well is very important in order for teenagers to be successful in high school and college. Beyond school, many teens write to be creative or to express themselves. This book is an accessible guide to help teens improve all aspects of their writing skills, from writing a research paper to writing for fun"--
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Libraries Unlimited
Pub. Date
[2023]
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"This book connects to the new AASL standards and provides simple directions for using a variety of books to create maker activities that deepen the reading experience"--
"Books and maker activities help children to associate reading with hands-on learning. For educators looking for additional ways to engage youngsters in reading and maker activities, this book provides the perfect hands-on connection.Providing connections to the new AASL standards...
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Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2008]
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Great writing begins--and ends--with the sentence. Whether two words ("Jesus wept.") or 1,287 words (a sentence in William Faulkner's Absalom! Absalom!), sentences have the power to captivate, entertain, motivate, educate, and, most importantly, delight. Understanding the variety of ways to construct sentences, from the smallest clause to the longest sentence, is important to enhancing your appreciation of great writing and potentially improving your...
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HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2005
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An unusual and authoritative 'natural history of languages' that narrates the ways in which one language has superseded or outlasted another at different times in history. The story of the world in the last five thousand years is above all the story of its languages.
Some shared language is what binds any community together, and makes possible both the living of a common history and the telling of it. Yet the history of the world's great languages...
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HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
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A new blueprint for fast language learning. Lewis argues that you don't need a great memory or "the language gene" to learn a language quickly, and debunks a number of long-held beliefs, such as adults not being as good of language learners as children. --
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HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2004
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ox-y-mor-on-i-ca (OK-se-mor-ON-uh-ca) noun, plural: Any variety of tantalizing, self-contradictory statements or observations that on the surface appear false or illogical, but at a deeper level are true, often profoundly true. See also oxymoron, paradox. Examples: "Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad."
Victor Hugo, "To lead the people, walk behind them." Lao-tzu, "You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap." Dolly Parton.
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