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Homework for Grown-ups

Author : E. Foley
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0767932404
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)

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Download or read book Homework for Grown-ups written by E. Foley and published by Crown. This book was released on 2009-08-11 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nostalgic compendium of essential knowledge that can help you show the world that you’re smarter than a ten-year-old after all! Have you ever stared blankly at your kids when they’ve asked why the sky is blue? Or clumsily changed the subject when they’ve wanted to know why the wind blows? If you’re done with school, it’s likely you’re also done knowing the difference between an isosceles and equilateral triangle, and you probably leave participles dangling all over the place. Well, not anymore! Thanks to professional know-it-alls Foley and Coates, you can now gain back your self-respect and actually show those kids a thing or two as you tell it to them straight (and not make it up from fragments of facts you kind of remember). Packed with all the basic facts that have managed to free-fall from our heads over the years, Homework for Grown-ups is the ultimate grammar school refresher course in book form. In fact, there’s even a quiz at the end of each chapter to ensure you’ve been paying attention! Written in the light, engaging style of a favorite teacher and featuring lessons in English, math, history, science, geography, art, and even home economics and recess, this fun and handy guide will help you stop hemming and hawing and start speaking with a lot more authority—and a little less shame. E. FOLEY and B. COATES are editors at Vintage who both live in London.

Shakespeare for Grown-ups

Author : Elizabeth Foley
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448182905
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare for Grown-ups written by Elizabeth Foley and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Rather jolly and very helpful’ The Times Need to swot up on your Shakespeare? The ultimate guide to the Bard, perfect for the Shakespeare aficionado and general reader alike. If you’ve always felt a bit embarrassed at your precarious grasp on the plot of Othello, or you haven’t a clue what a petard (as in ‘hoist with his own petard’) actually is, then fear not, because this, at last, is the perfect guide to the Bard. From the authors of the number-one bestselling Homework for Grown-ups, Shakespeare for Grown-ups is the essential book for anyone keen to deepen their knowledge of they plays and sonnets. For parents helping with their children’s homework, casual theatre-goers who want to enhance their enjoyment of the most popular plays and the general reader who feels they should probably know more about Britain’s most splendid scribe, Shakespeare for Grown-ups covers Shakespeare's time; his personal life; his language; his key themes; his less familiar works and characters; his most famous speeches and quotations; phrases and words that have entered general usage, and much more.

Back When We Were Grownups

Author : Anne Tyler
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143196340
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Back When We Were Grownups written by Anne Tyler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered that she had turned into the wrong person." So Anne Tyler opens this irresistible new novel. The woman is Rebecca Davitch, a fifty-three-year-old grandmother. Is she an impostor in her own life? she asks herself. Is it indeed her own life? Or is it someone else’s? On the surface, Beck, as she is known to the Davitch clan, is outgoing, joyous, a natural celebrator. Giving parties is, after all, her vocation—something she slipped into even before finishing college, when Joe Davitch spotted her at an engagement party in his family’s crumbling nineteenth-century Baltimore row house, where giving parties was the family business. What caught his fancy was that she seemed to be having such a wonderful time. Soon this large-spirited older man, a divorcé with three little girls, swept her into his orbit, and before she knew it she was embracing his extended family plus a child of their own, and hosting endless parties in the ornate, high-ceilinged rooms of The Open Arms. Now, some thirty years later, after presiding over a disastrous family picnic, Rebecca is caught un-awares by the question of who she really is. How she answers it—how she tries to recover her girlhood self, that dignified grownup she had once been—is the story told in this beguiling, funny, and deeply moving novel. As always with Anne Tyler’s novels, once we enter her world it is hard to leave. But in Back When We Were Grownups she so sharpens our perceptions and awakens so many untapped feelings that we come away not only refreshed and delighted, but also infinitely wiser.

Math for Grownups

Author : Laura Laing
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1440526893
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Math for Grownups written by Laura Laing and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-06-18 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wish you'd paid more attention in math class? From third grade to senior year of high school, it went in one ear and out the other, didn't it? But now you're staring at the new washer and dryer, trying to figure out the percentage of sales tax on the purchase price. You multiply something by something, right? Or you're scratching your head, wondering how to compute the odds that your football team will take next Sunday's game. You're pretty sure that involved ratios. The problem is, you can't quite remember. Here you get an adult refresher and real-life context—with examples ranging from how to figure out how many shingles it takes to re-roof the garage to the formula for resizing Mom's tomato sauce recipe for your entire family. Forget higher calculus—you just need an open mind. And with this practical guide, math can stop being scary and start being useful.

A People's History of the United States

Author : Howard Zinn
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780060528423
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (284 download)

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Download or read book A People's History of the United States written by Howard Zinn and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2003-02-04 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its original landmark publication in 1980, A People's History of the United States has been chronicling American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version of history taught in schools -- with its emphasis on great men in high places -- to focus on the street, the home, and the, workplace. Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words of -- America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. As historian Howard Zinn shows, many of our country's greatest battles -- the fights for a fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws, health and safety standards, universal suffrage, women's rights, racial equality -- were carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance. Covering Christopher Columbus's arrival through President Clinton's first term, A People's History of the United States, which was nominated for the American Book Award in 1981, features insightful analysis of the most important events in our history. Revised, updated, and featuring a new after, word by the author, this special twentieth anniversary edition continues Zinn's important contribution to a complete and balanced understanding of American history.

Shakespeare Basics for Grown-Ups

Author : E. Foley
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698188209
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare Basics for Grown-Ups written by E. Foley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential guide to Shakespeare, from the international bestselling authors of Homework for Grown-Ups The Bard was so incredibly prolific that even most Shakespeare scholars would welcome the occasional refresher course, and most of the rest of us haven’t even got a clue as to what a petard actually is. Fear not, the bestselling authors of Homework for Grown-Ups are here to help. For parents keen to help with their children’s homework, casual theatre-goers who want to enhance their enjoyment and understanding, and the general reader who feels they should probably know more, Shakespeare Basics for Grown-Ups includes information on the key works, historical context, contemporaries and influences, famous speeches and quotations, modern day adaptations, and much, much more.

The Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups: The Second File

Author : David Wisniewski
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0688178545
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (881 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups: The Second File written by David Wisniewski and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2001-07-31 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urgent!It's happened again! David Wisniewski has completed another daring raid into the vault of parent rules. Within these forbidden pages lurk the real reasons why grown-ups want you to brush your teeth, eat your breakfast, and clean under your bed. The truth has been hidden for centuries, but the time of mystery is over. Grab a flashlight! Get under cover! It's time for ... The Secret Knowledge of Grown-Ups! The Second File

The Lost Homework

Author : Richard O'Neill
Publisher : Child's Play International
ISBN 13 : 9781786283467
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Homework written by Richard O'Neill and published by Child's Play International. This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new addition to our 'Travellers' Tales' series, Sonny devotes his weekend to helping his neighbours and fellow Travellers with a variety of tasks. He uses many skills, from calculating the amount of fuel needed for a journey, to restoring a caravan. In fact, the only thing he doesn't do over the weekend is his homework - his workbook is missing! What will his teacher say? This new picture book by Richard O'Neill champions the idea that many skills learned at home are as important as those learned at school.

Growing Up with Science

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Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
ISBN 13 : 9780761475057
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Growing Up with Science written by and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2006 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume seven of a seventeen-volume, alphabetically-arranged encyclopedia contains approximately five hundred articles introducing key aspects of science and technology.

Mom's Diary - A Glimpse of Growing up in 1940's NYC

Author : Antonetta M. Sessa
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312232056
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Mom's Diary - A Glimpse of Growing up in 1940's NYC written by Antonetta M. Sessa and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-11-08 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1944 through 1946, mom kept a diary, recording her daily life experiences as an adolescent growing up in New York City. The diary offers a rare glimpse of growing up in NYC at that time. Along with expressing her typical adolescent frustrations about school and work, the diary offers rare insights into the nature of the times. Entries include references to the 1944 election between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Thomas E. Dewey and a heated school debate on the subject, the death of FDR early in his fourth term, VE Day, the end of World War II and the celebratory neighborhood block parties that followed along with the end of NYC's curfew and the relighting of 42nd St. Mom also frequented the movies of the day and writes about them and her enjoyment of dancing, skating and hanging out with her "gang" of friends. She was also very active in her local church parish and her faith. Mom left us a gift and we are happy to share it with you.

In My Father's Image

Author : R B Conroy
Publisher : CCB Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1926585550
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book In My Father's Image written by R B Conroy and published by CCB Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the midst of high level meetings in Paris, bank executive Dan Kinsey receives the shocking news about his father’s unexpected death. Shaken, he rushes back to his hometown in Indiana for the funeral. His father, a local basketball legend in this tough, blue-collar town, draws a huge crowd to his memorial service. Dan feels conflicted inside as he listens to the glowing accolades about his mercurial father. Seeking closure, Dan opens the door to his troubled past and takes the reader on an emotional journey into a world of pick-up basketball games, angry beatings from a drunken father and bloody gang fights on school playgrounds. Rewinding to the present, Dan feels compelled to visit one of his father’s favorite haunts on the city’s tough west side and discovers a shocking truth that will forever change his life. This powerful story of a middle-aged man struggling to pick up the pieces of a broken childhood will both inspire and sadden you and possibly leave you thinking about your own journey through life.

The Holding Room

Author : Del Walters
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1477280804
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (772 download)

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Download or read book The Holding Room written by Del Walters and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Holding Room is the fictional space between heaven and hell. It is where we all go to be judged. Sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, The Holding Room follows the journey of eight people whose ashes got mixed up at a crematorium. An elderly church woman awakens with her soul inside the body of a skinhead, a Klansman awakens inside the body of an angry black rapper and a minister who burned the Koran wakes up in the body of a Muslim. With the help of a God who is both sarcastic and scolding each person must confront their past to determine whether their future will be in heaven or hell. Soon the holding room will become part of our everyday language.

Higgledy Piggledy Growing Up

Author : Poile Sengupta
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9356996849
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (569 download)

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Download or read book Higgledy Piggledy Growing Up written by Poile Sengupta and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2024-04-15 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neel, an ordinary fourteen-year-old schoolboy lives in Bengaluru with his ordinary three-generation family. But his humdrum life is overtaken by extraordinary events. Starting with some puzzling thefts in his colony, Neel recounts a series of events that unfold over three months from January to March. Neel endeavours to crack the case, even as he is pursued by his romantically inclined classmate, leading to comic and endearing encounters. As Neel explores the highs and lows of growing up, and friendships, his unremarkable world shatters when he confronts the harsh reality of communal hatred, both at school and beyond. This is a story of growing up and of growing apart ...

Soviet Women – Everyday Lives

Author : Melanie Ilic
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000033902
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soviet Women – Everyday Lives written by Melanie Ilic and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on an extensive reading of a broad range of women’s accounts of their lives in the Soviet Union, this book focuses on many hidden aspects of Soviet women’s everyday lives, thereby revealing a great deal about how the Soviet Union operated on a day-to-day basis and about the place of the individual within it. Including testimony from both celebrated literary and cultural figures and from many ordinary people, and from both enthusiastic supporters of the regime and dissidents, the book considers women’s daily routines, attitudes and behaviours. It highlights some of the hidden inequalities of an ostensibly egalitarian society, and considers many wider questions, including how extensive was the ‘reach’ of the Soviet regime; how ‘modern’ was it; how far were there continuities after 1917 between the new Bolshevik regime and Russia’s imperial past; and how homogenous and how mobile was Soviet society?

Teaching History with Museums

Author : Alan S. Marcus
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136487182
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book Teaching History with Museums written by Alan S. Marcus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-04-23 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching History with Museums provides an introduction and overview of the rich pedagogical power of museums. In this comprehensive textbook, the authors show how museums offer a sophisticated understanding of the past and develop habits of mind in ways that are not easily duplicated in the classroom. Using engaging cases to illustrate accomplished history teaching through museum visits, this text provides pre- and in-service teachers, teacher educators, and museum educators with ideas for successful visits to artifact and display-based museums, historic forts, living history museums, memorials, monuments, and other heritage sites. Each case is constructed to be adapted and tailored in ways that will be applicable to any classroom and encourage students to think deeply about museums as historical accounts and interpretations to be examined, questioned, and discussed.

Stanley's View

Author : Stanley Graham
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1445792281
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (457 download)

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Download or read book Stanley's View written by Stanley Graham and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-07-17 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume of the articles originally published in the Barnoldswick and Earby Times. Readable and informative history and opinion. Fully illustrated with over 180 photographs.

Booklist’s 1000 Best Young Adult Books since 2000

Author : Gillian Engberg
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 0838911501
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Booklist’s 1000 Best Young Adult Books since 2000 written by Gillian Engberg and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the explosion in YA publishing, it’s harder than ever to separate good books from the rest. Booklistmagazine’s editors’ deep and broad knowledge of the landscape offers indispensable guidance, and here they bring together the very best of the best books for young adults published since the start of the 21st century. Drawing on the careful judgment of expert YA librarians, this book Includes a foreword by best-selling YA lit authority Michael Cart, who demonstrates how we have entered a new golden age of books for young adults Collects reviews which showcase the most stimulating contemporary YA titles Features an essay in each section, grouped by genre, presenting an overview and examining relevant trends Indexes selections by author, title, and genre for handy reference The thoughtful professional review coverage for which ALA’s Booklist is known makes this volume an ideal tool for YA readers’ advisory and collection development.