Now in an updated second edition How to Teach Writing Across the Curriculum: Ages 8-14 provides a range of practical suggestions for teaching non-fiction writing skills and linking them to children\'s learning across the curriculum. Emphasising creative approaches to teaching children\'s writing in diverse and innovative ways, it provides: information on the organisation and language features of

Including brand-new paintings, this is a fully illustrated new edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings. The Silmarillion fills in the background which lies behind the more popular work, and gives the earlier history of Middle-earth, introducing some of the key

The perfect gift for the senior in your life looking to increase function, improve energy, decrease joint pain, and enhance cognition! It\'s no secret that people are living longer lately, and setting up an appropriate exercise and nutrition plan is vital to maintaining this longevity. Fortunately, Quick Functional Exercises for Seniors can help older adults keep up with everyday life activities.

An orphan out to find the truth within a warped religion turns his poetry into prayer--a prayer that awakens a cursed girl hungry for revenge. Centuries after a miracle vanquished Tresttato\'s monsters and turned the soldiers fighting them to stone, Milo lovingly tends to the statues of those who protected the city. Raised with devout templars and scholars, autistic temple ward Milo wants nothing more

This eclectic collection of poems invites you to sit at a table and feast along at a banquet of thoughts, desires and dreams. Each theme spotlights some untested message about identity, mental health, love and being, giving a lucid perspective to otherwise complex matters. The vulnerable, delicate and emotional poems coupled with the author\'s transparency about her own experiences have informed the

The remarkable life of Colonel Edward Despard, comrade-in-arms of Nelson and a man who championed the rights of freed slaves, but who was executed in Britain for high treason in

The Atlas Paradox is the long-awaited sequel to Olivie Blake\'s New York Times bestselling dark academic sensation The Atlas Six--guaranteed to have even more yearning, backstabbing, betrayal, and chaos. Six magicians were presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. Five are now members of the Society.Two paths lay before them. All must pick a side. Alliances will be tested, hearts will be broken,

Ian Brady and Myra Hindley\'s spree of torture, sexual abuse, and murder of children in the 1960s was one of the most appalling series of crimes ever committed in England, and remains almost daily fixated upon by the tabloid press. In The Gates of Janus, Ian Brady himself allows us a glimpse into the mind of a murderer as he analyzes a dozen other serial crimes and killers.Criminal profiling by a criminal

SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMESLiving in the 21st century is not at all an easy feat. With the constant and consistent rise in the cost of living, it is becoming virtually impossible to live comfortably in a house you own. For many people, owning a house feels like a completely unattainable goal because of the extensive growth in housing prices.Fortunately, there is a solution!Shipping container homes provide

A glossary of over 2,000 terms which provides a common data management vocabulary for IT and Business professionals, and is a companion to the DAMA Data Management Body of Knowledge (DAMA-DMBOK). Topics include: Analytics & Data Mining Architecture Artificial Intelligence Business Analysis DAMA & Professional Development Databases & Database Design Database Administration Data Governance &

An annotated edition of \"Lolita\". It attempts to elaborate on the verbal textures and show how they contribute to the novel\'s overall meaning. It also provides observations on the novel\'s artifice, games and verbal

* Reissue of the first novel by the author of THE GIRLS, a Richard and Judy

\'As we contemplate the coming months, not knowing when we can breathe again, it\'s worth thinking about how already the foundations have been laid for whatever new opportunities God has for us on the far side of this crisis.\'Rowan Williams offers these words of wisdom and many more in Candles in the Dark. This powerful and timely book brings together the 26 weekly Christian meditations originally

An essential collection of Stephen Batchelor\'s most probing and important work on secular Buddhism As the practice of mindfulness permeates mainstream Western culture, more and more people are engaging in a traditional form of Buddhist meditation. However, many of these people have little interest in the religious aspects of Buddhism, and the practice occurs within secular contexts such as hospitals,

From his childhood in rural Illinois to moviemaking days in Hollywood and on to a career in politics that took him all the way to the Oval Office, Ronald Reagan kept an abiding faith in America and in what our country stood for. The oldest president ever, he survived a near-fatal assassination attempt and lived to be 93. Who Was Ronald Reagan? covers his life and times in a balanced, entertaining way

This volume brings together for the first time a collection of twelve articles written both jointly and individually by Peregrine Horden and Nicholas Purcell as they have participated in the debates generated by their major work, The Corrupting Sea: A Study of Mediterranean History (2000). One theme in those debates has been how a comprehensive Mediterranean history can be written: how an approach

An award-winning first novel about art, sisterhood and madness, inspired by the two daughters of painter Thomas Gainsborough, who spent their lives trying and failing to live up to the perfect image the world so admired in their

The soul survivor of a plane crash in the Maine wilderness, scientist Grace Sutter finds herself stranded on an icy mountaintop with Greylen MacKeage, a seductive medieval warrior hurtled through time to find the woman he is destined to love.