This practical K-12 teacher resource explains the \"whats,\" \"whys,\" and \"how-tos\" of using Questioning the Author (QtA), a powerful approach for enhancing reading comprehension and engagement. Thorough yet concise, the book shows how to plan lessons using both narrative and expository texts, formulate open-ended Queries, and guide class discussions around them. The authors discuss how QtA has

The global data market is estimated to be worth $64 billion dollars, making it a more valuable resource than oil. But data is useless without the analysis, interpretation and innovations of data scientists. With Confident Data Science, learn the essential skills and build your confidence in this sector through key insights and practical tools for success. In this book, you will discover all of the

Step into the magical world of Child\'s Play fairy tales... Traditional tales are a well-established part of all cultures. Retold from the originals, these lively stories will captivate readers with their delightful illustrations and fun lift-up flaps which really add to the action. The \'flip-up\' flaps encourage prediction and discussion, and well-known stories will give young readers

\"An Inevitable Journey\" is a collection of prose, quotations and poetry charting the journey through bereavement after the loss of a much loved pet. Each page is flagged up as a stage of this journey, for example: Grief, Missing, Strength, Guilt, Depression, Longing, Acceptance, Memories, and Moving

Sebastian Faulks\'s Birdsong meets Kristin Hannah\'s The Nightingale in this moving and powerful novel about love, loss and the resilience of the human spirit.Scarred by his experiences in World War One, German doctor, Sebastian Braun lives a quiet life tending to his patients and his beloved garden. Until Sophie Hathaway bursts into his life and challenges his dearly-held beliefs. And just at the

A spy thriller that will change your view of the Cold War forever, by a former special forces officer and \'the thinking person\'s John le

A superb thriller from the writer of A WALK AMONG THE

This comprehensive, detailed, and highly illustrated fascicle is a remarkable resource to surgical pathologists and other specialists who treat patients with tumors of these

Features a crystal directory, organised by colour, covers the properties of over 200 stones, as well as their common and historical

On the occasion of its thirtieth anniversary in 2014, the Fondation Cartier pour l\'art contemporain asked the prolific Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki to take a photograph every day to then publish weekly on its website in a slide show. Araki took more than three times that amount from March to May 2014, producing 1,250 color photographs featuring views of Tokyo, portraits of young women, sensual

Games, hints and tips to help beginners learn English at home. Over 100 cards with essential vocabulary and suggestions for additional ways to use the cards, the activities in this book are tried and tested by a teacher and tutor. Magic tricks and competitive card games are fun in any language - the words on the cards are just the

\"\"The Weaver of Quellbrunn or The Roll of Cloth: A Story for Christian Children\"\" is a book written by Dr. Barth in 1874. The story revolves around a young boy named Fritz who lives in a small village called Quellbrunn. Fritz\'s father is a weaver who works hard to provide for his family. One day, Fritz accompanies his father to the market where he sees a beautiful roll of cloth. He becomes fascinated

Special edition hardback containing Volumes 1 and 2. Spanning events over thirty years, The Papers of Sherlock Holmes relates narratives of Holmes and Watson\'s days in Baker Street, as well as particulars of Holmes\'s supposed retirement. Follow along as The Master and his Boswell travel from the streets of London to the Kent countryside, to Oxford and Sussex. Written in traditional canonical style,

The New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller! The new secret to driving LOYALTY THAT PAYS Once revolutionary, loyalty programs designed to differentiate products quickly became commoditized. And yet, billions of dollars are still spent every year on programs that are doomed to fail. These programs, it turns out, don\'t inspire long-term loyalty. Once a better deal comes along, customers will

A new edition of an influential biography of the early Victorian socialist feminist writer Flora Tristan. Active in the 1830s and 1840s, Flora Tristan is best known for her book \"Workers\' Union,\" an account of the conditions of women and workers in Peru, London, Paris and the provinces of France. Regarded as something of a pariah, she was one of the first women radicals to draw clear connections

This introductory theology text explains key concepts in Christian doctrine and shows that doctrine is integrally linked to the practical realities of Christian life. In order to grow into more faithful practitioners of Christianity, we need to engage in the practice of learning doctrine and understanding how it shapes faithful lives. Beth Felker Jones helps students articulate basic Christian doctrines,

Ethnography centers on the culture of everyday life. So it is ironic that most scholars who do research on the intimate experiences of ordinary people write their books in a style that those people cannot understand. In recent years, the ethnographic method has spread from its original home in cultural anthropology to fields such as sociology, marketing, media studies, law, criminology, education,

THE BRAND-NEW WARTIME SAGA SERIES BY MAGGIE MASON, MUCH-LOVED AUTHOR OF THE HALFPENNY GIRLS \'In the grand tradition of sagas set down by the late and great Catherine Cookson\' Jean Fullerton on Blackpool Lass BLACKPOOL, 1922. Martha and Trisha may have escaped poverty, but their fortunes have yet to turn. Blissfully happy on her wedding day, Trisha\'s new fairy-tale romance soon darkens as her