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Literacy Beyond Text Comprehension

A Theory of Purposeful Reading

By: M. Anne Britt,Jean-François Rouet,Amanda Durik

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Literacy Beyond Text Comprehension

A Theory of Purposeful Reading

By: M. Anne Britt,Jean-François Rouet,Amanda Durik

Literacy Beyond Text Comprehension aims to systematically investigate how readers interpret reading tasks within a situation, and how that interpretation influences reading behavior and comprehension. Presenting a new model of REading as problem SOLVing (RESOLV), the authors describe reading comprehension in terms of how a reader adopts goals within a particular situation that then guide what is read, when, and how. By applying the RESOLV model to a range of reading situations, this book provides evidence to suggest that there is no unitary understanding of a task, because individuals bring their own goals and characteristics to the situation; as such, it demonstrates the importance of understanding how a reader (e.g., student, test-taker, employee completing a work task) represents the context and the specific assignment. Written by internationally recognized learning sciences scholars, Literacy Beyond Text Comprehension advances the state of the art in reading research, but also seeks to inform a broader range of audiences, including those interested in the teaching and the assessment of reading.

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236

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Taylor & Francis

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1317404459

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9781317404453

Forgotten Lyrics

A Watersong Story

By: Amanda Hocking

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Forgotten Lyrics

A Watersong Story

By: Amanda Hocking

Don't miss this imaginative new short story set in the magical world of Watersong—a realm of enchanting beauty...and terrifying secrets. Aggie is a mythological creature on a secret mission. Lydia is a young woman from a magical family with no real powers of her own. And Daniel is a high school boy who's made it his duty to protect his deeply troubled older brother. Then one fateful night, their lives collide in a terrifying accident that changes them all forever. And beneath the surface, the ripple effects of the accident will have more impact than anyone could ever guess...changing not only their future, but the fate of an entire town.

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St. Martin's Griffin

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1250031974

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9781250031976

Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course: Pop Song Book 1

By: Willard A. Palmer,Morton Manus,Amanda Vick Lethco

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Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course: Pop Song Book 1

By: Willard A. Palmer,Morton Manus,Amanda Vick Lethco

Well-known popular songs arranged in precise order to provide technical advancement and a sense of accomplishment while reinforcing the principles introduced in the Lesson Books. Included are such standard favorites as "For Once in My Life," "Over the Rainbow," "You Light Up My Life" and many others.

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Alfred Music

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1457422700

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9781457422706

Watersong, the Complete Series

Wake, Lullaby, Tidal, and Elegy

By: Amanda Hocking

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Watersong, the Complete Series

Wake, Lullaby, Tidal, and Elegy

By: Amanda Hocking

Delve into an extraordinary world of dark magic and savage beauty in New York Times bestselling author Amanda Hocking’s Watersong series, where love is the most powerful weapon of all. Together for the first time, read all four novels in the Watersong series in a low priced eBook bundle: Wake After a night with three mysterious girls, Gemma Fisher wakes up with amazing new powers. But they come with a price that forces Gemma to choose between her old life and entering a new world brimming with dark hungers and unimaginable secrets... Lullaby Harper Fisher’s normal life is upended when her younger sister Gemma runs off with a dangerous clique of beautiful girls. Vowing to get her sister back no matter the cost, Harper must face dangers unlike any she’s ever experienced; but will Harper still love Gemma once she learns the truth? Tidal Gemma and Harper are facing the fight of their lives: they’ve finally found a way to break Gemma’s curse to make her human again, but the deadly creatures who cursed her are determined to kill Gemma before she has the chance... Elegy An ancient curse robbed Gemma of everything that matters most: her friends, her family, and the guy she loves. Now that she has the scroll that binds her curse, Gemma finally has the chance to get her old life back. But Gemma and Harper realize that destroying the scroll is not as easy as they hoped.

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1845

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St. Martin's Griffin

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1250131448

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9781250131447

Skokie

By: Amanda J. Hanson,Richard J. Witry

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Skokie

By: Amanda J. Hanson,Richard J. Witry

Settled in the 1840s, incorporated as Niles Centre in 1888, German and Luxembourger immigrants founded Skokie and created a rural community of farms and greenhouses. A short-lived real estate boom in the 1920s gave Skokie its current boundaries, streets, and sewer systems. Due to the Great Depression, however, these paved roadways remained vacant until after World War II. Aided by the construction of the Edens Expressway, Skokie experienced tremendous growth and became a bustling suburban community. Many of the families that settled in Skokie during this time were Jewish. In the last quarter century, other families moved to the suburb, many with Indo-Asian origins, leading to the ethnically diverse community that Skokie has become today.

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132

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439641196

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9781439641194

Baby Names Made Easy

The Complete Reverse-Dictionary of Baby Names

By: Amanda Elizabeth Barden

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Baby Names Made Easy

The Complete Reverse-Dictionary of Baby Names

By: Amanda Elizabeth Barden

LOOKING FOR A NAME THAT MEANS SOMETHING SPECIAL TO YOU? Given the dizzying array of choices available, picking the right name for your baby can be daunting. Why waste hours looking through one long alphabetical list of names just to burn out even before you've run through A, B, and C? In this creative twist on the traditional name book, Baby Names Made Easy offers selections organized into categories of meaning, making it easier than ever to choose a name that is significant to you. Traditional or trendy, American in origin or from all over the globe, the names here cover an array of topics. For example, look under: Animals & Insects (and find "Naia" -- Hawaiian for "dolphin") Victory (and find "Vincent" -- Latin for "conquerer") Love & Affection (and find "Mia" -- Italian for "mine") Religion & Faith (and find "Dev" -- Sanskrit for "God") The book's handy alphabetical index makes cross-referencing easy, so you can find the perfect name in no time. Baby Names Made Easy is a practical and one-of-a-kind reference for anyone searching for the most important gift they can give their child.

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371

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Simon and Schuster

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1416570314

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9781416570318

Wake

By: Amanda Hocking

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Wake

By: Amanda Hocking

Fall under the spell of Wake—the first book in an achingly beautiful new series by celebrated author Amanda Hocking—and lose yourself to the Watersong. Gorgeous. Fearless. Dangerous. They're the kind of girls you envy; the kind of girls you want to hate. Strangers in town for the summer, Penn, Lexi and Thea have caught everyone's attention—but it's Gemma who's attracted theirs. She's the one they've chosen to be part of their group. Gemma seems to have it all—she's carefree, pretty, and falling in love with Alex, the boy next door. He's always been just a friend, but this summer they've taken their relationship to the next level, and now there's no going back. Then one night, Gemma's ordinary life changes forever. She's taking a late night swim under the stars when she finds Penn, Lexi and Thea partying on the cove. They invite her to join them, and the next morning she wakes up on the beach feeling groggy and sick, knowing something is different. Suddenly Gemma is stronger, faster, and more beautiful than ever. But her new powers come with a terrifying price. And as she uncovers the truth, she's is forced to choose between staying with those she loves—or entering a new world brimming with dark hungers and unimaginable secrets.

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243

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St. Martin's Griffin

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1429956585

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9781429956581

Claws and Effect

A Diaries of an Urban Panther Novel

By: Amanda Arista

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Claws and Effect

A Diaries of an Urban Panther Novel

By: Amanda Arista

Violet Jordan Rule #2 of being a superhero: Find reliable sidekicks. Dear Diary, Once I took down Haverty, the Primo of the city, I thought life was going to get better. After four assassination attempts, I'm thinking not so much. Haverty's pack needs a new leader, and I've just about run out of reasons why I'm not right for the job. Besides, having loyal followers would definitely help me fight off whoever's out for my blood. Especially sincemy boyfriend is always busy playing White Hat to every wanderer except me. I'm glad he thinks I'm tough enough to handle my own business, but a little extra backup would be nice. So now I just need to figure out how to mentor new shifters, run a pack, keep my "real" job, and have some sort of personal life. All in a day's work for this horror movie writer-turned-shapeshifting panther.

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267

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Harper Collins

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0062113178

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9780062113177

Nine Lives of an Urban Panther

By: Amanda Arista

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Nine Lives of an Urban Panther

By: Amanda Arista

Violet Jordan‘s Rule #3 of being a superhero: Family first, fur second. Dear Diary, With new supernatural creatures popping up at every turn (Ghouls? Really?), the city divided, and my long-lost cousin blazing into town, I've got a lot on my mind. Oh, not to mention I'm supposed to be planning a wedding. Chaz has got to be the best, most patient (and probably clinically insane) fiancé around. But defeating my sworn enemy in a battle for the souls of Dallas is going to require more than just my full attention. It means learning to depend on everyone—especially Chaz—if any of us are going to make it out of this alive. Because if Plan A doesn't work, I'm going to need them for Plan B. And Plan C . . .

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293

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Harper Collins

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0062207865

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9780062207869

The Stolen Bride

By: Amanda Cinelli

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The Stolen Bride

By: Amanda Cinelli

A seductive retelling of the myth of Eros and Psyche. Indulge in this passionate marriage of convenience, wrong groom, runaway bride, Greek billionaire romance from Amanda Cinelli, previously published as Stolen in Her Wedding Gown! The something borrowed...is the bride! In exchange for saving her father’s business, headstrong Priya Davidson Khan is about to sacrifice her freedom by walking down the aisle of her Manhattan wedding. That is until her groom’s half-brother, Eros Theodorou stops her in her tracks. And after what the ruthless Greek shares about her husband-to-be, she can’t go through with it. She flees in her white dress...and weds Eros instead! Eros is prepared to do whatever is takes to exact revenge on the family who have wronged him. Stealing Priya as his wife was the first step. That there is a burning mutual desire between him and his purely convenient bride is...complicated. And when he spirits Priya away to his private island, discovering her deepest secret only fans the flames of impossible temptation... Will Priya be Eros’s ruin or his salvation?

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183

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HarperCollins Australia

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1038945100

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9781038945105

Celebutantes

By: Amanda Goldberg

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Celebutantes

By: Amanda Goldberg

Hollywood's a dog-eat-dog world, but you know who your friends are ... What would you do if you were born on Oscar night into Hollywood royalty? If you went to Vanity Fair parties rather than birthday parties? And if your life felt like a glamourous movie - but you were only an extra in it, playing boyfriendless, jobless hopeful no.310? Meet Lola Santisi. She's an Actorholic. Stuck in a pattern of dating beautiful actors then as soon as she's got over the dazzle of their teeth and the rockhard abs, realising they're just as self-obsessed as the last one. She's gone cold-turkey, and resolved to plough her energy into helping her friends instead. Julian, Lola's BGF (best gay friend), is a designer on the up. But he'll be down and out if he can't get someone to wear his designs on Oscar night so persuades Lola to become his Hollywood Ambassador. Lola's best friend Kate, is an ambitious young agent desperate to sign a big name. Together with their other friend, Cricket, a ditzy actress aspiring to play something other than a coma victims on ER, they must navigate through celebrity-hell if they're ever going to make it to the red carpet...

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336

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Hachette UK

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1409133540

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9781409133544

Winter Ball

By: Amanda Christie

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Winter Ball

By: Amanda Christie

Lucy has to decide wether she wants to do what what is right or popular.

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196

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Random House Books for Young Readers

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0375814302

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9780375814303

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Literacy Beyond Text Comprehension

Literacy Beyond Text Comprehension

Forgotten Lyrics

Forgotten Lyrics

Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course: Pop Song Book 1

Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course: Pop Song Book 1

Watersong, the Complete Series

Watersong, the Complete Series

Skokie

Skokie

Baby Names Made Easy

Baby Names Made Easy

Wake

Wake

Claws and Effect

Claws and Effect

Nine Lives of an Urban Panther

Nine Lives of an Urban Panther

The Stolen Bride

The Stolen Bride

Celebutantes

Celebutantes

Winter Ball

Winter Ball

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