David Ariel's Books

The Great Globe and All Who It Inherit

Narrative and Dialogue in Story-telling with Halliday, Vygotsky, and Shakespeare

By: David Kellogg

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Great Globe and All Who It Inherit

Narrative and Dialogue in Story-telling with Halliday, Vygotsky, and Shakespeare

By: David Kellogg

Every storyteller soon discovers the difference between putting a story inside children and trying to extract it with comprehension questions and putting children inside a story and having them act it out. Teachers may experience this as a difference in “difficulty”, or in the level of motivation and enthusiasm, or even in the engagement of creativity and imagination, and leave it at that. This book explores the divide more critically and analytically, finding symmetrical and even complementary problems and affordances with both approaches. First, we examine what teachers actually say and do in each approach, using the systemic-functional grammar of M.A.K. Halliday. Secondly, we explore the differences developmentally, using the cultural-historical psychology of L.S. Vygotsky. Thirdly, we explain the differences we find in texts by considering the history of genres from the fable through the plays of Shakespeare. “Inside” and “Outside” the story turn outto be two very different modes of experiencing—the one reflective and narrativizing and the other participatory and dialogic. These two modes of experience prove to be equally valuable, and even mutually necessary, but only in the long run—different approaches are necessary at different moments in the lesson, different points in development, and even different times in human history. In the final analysis, though, this distinction is meaningless to children and to their teachers unless it is of practical use. Each chapter employs only the most advanced technology ever developed for making sense of human experience, namely thinking and talking--though not necessarily in that order. So every story has a specific narrative to tell, a concrete set of dialogues to try, and above all a practicable time and a practical space for children, their teachers, and even their teachers’ teachers, to talk and to think.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

362

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

9462097259

ISBN 13

9789462097254

Nelson Thornes Shakespeare - the Tempest

By: David Stone

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Nelson Thornes Shakespeare - the Tempest

By: David Stone

A flexible yet structured resource package specifically targeting the GCSE and AS Assessment Objectives and the criteria for the study of Shakespeare, designed to enhance students' knowledge, understanding and response. The series covers ten of Shakespeare's most popular plays, with accompanying teacher resources.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

148

Publisher

Nelson Thornes

Published Date

ISBN 10

0748769587

ISBN 13

9780748769582

Flip

By: David Lubar

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Flip

By: David Lubar

If you could become anyone in the world, who would you be? Did you ever wish you could be anyone else but who you are? Twins Ryan and Taylor do it all the time. Now their dream is about to come true. They've discovered mysterious alien disks that allow them to "flip"--to become legendary heroes from the past. But who? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

373

Publisher

Macmillan

Published Date

ISBN 10

1429962348

ISBN 13

9781429962346

OliviaÕs Story: Protector of the Realm

By: David L. Dahl

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

OliviaÕs Story: Protector of the Realm

By: David L. Dahl

The year is 1943. With the ink scarcely dry on her diploma, Olivia leaves Lander, Wyoming, for New York City. In a quick turn of events, she lands a translating job working for a man known only as the Major. Soon she is living an idyllic life, with exciting and rewarding work; Vivian, her roommate, is also her best friend. Then there is an accident, and in a flash, Vivian is gone. At that dark moment, a late-night visitor whisks Olivia to a secret world of fairies, elves, and leprechauns, where the surprise of her life awaits; the queen selects her to be the Protector of the Realm. Now Olivia is flying into Nazi Germany, unarmed save for her dog and a few gadgets. Her mission is simple-rescue the Major, locate an evil Jinn, and stop him from destroying the planet. In this historical fantasy novel, as the world is at war, an evil Jinn conjures an atomic bomb, but with the help of a secret alliance, a young woman sets out to save the world.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

176

Publisher

Lulu.com

Published Date

ISBN 10

1483451747

ISBN 13

9781483451749

Dolman

By: Victoria David

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Dolman

By: Victoria David

News items abound concerning the rapid evolution of genetic research. At the same time we are told the world is hurtling towards climate disaster. Sebastian James is a genius geneticist. Charged by the British Government to produce a modified human, capable of withstanding the future onslaught of global warming, he vows to complete his remit at any cost. His obsessive nature makes him unpopular with almost everyone. Hated by his daughter he struggles with his own emotions, at times allowing his single-mindedness to rule his actions. Over thirty-six years we move via Portsmouth and Scotland to the waters of the Mediterranean, following the fate of the hybrids and the effect they have on their human contacts. In 2008 Sebastian is given the opportunity to be reconciled with his daughter Belinda. Can they reunite before tragedy strikes? And can the new beings ever be accepted into society?

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

410

Publisher

iUniverse

Published Date

ISBN 10

0595521126

ISBN 13

9780595521128

The Blood Is the Life

By: David Carrico

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Blood Is the Life

By: David Carrico

A COMING-OF-AGE STORY LIKE NO OTHER: CHAIM CAAN, AN OBSERVANT ORTHODOX JEW, FINDS HE MUST MAKE SENSE OF HIS PLACE IN THE WORLD WHEN HE DISCOVERS HE HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A VAMPIRE Chaim Caan was just out for a night of fun, blowing off some steam the way a young man will. After the better part of a year spent in COVID lockdowns, he was ready to let his hair down at a night club. But the fascinating young woman who he encountered that night left him with something to remember her by: she turned Chaim into a vampire. Soon, Chaim finds himself thrust into a weird underground world of mysticism and enchantment as he navigates life as the newly undead, trying to reconcile his beliefs as an Orthodox Jew with the new reality that has been thrust upon him. He is forced to deal with a lot of change: to his body, to his mind, to his perceptions, to his relationships, and even to his world. He finds himself in parts of the world he had never dreamed of being in, and he finds himself doing things that he had never envisioned being a part of his life. And if he can come to terms with these changes, this mild-mannered young man might just find himself a hero. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). About 1636: The Devil's Opera, by Eric Flint and David Carrico: “Another engaging alternate history from a master of the genre.” —Booklist “. . . an old-style police-procedural mystery, set in 17th century Germany. . . . the threads . . . spin together . . . to weave an addictively entertaining story. . . . a strong addition to a fun series.” —The Galveston County Daily News

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

336

Publisher

Baen Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

162579875X

ISBN 13

9781625798756

Enigma

By: Kathryn David

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Enigma

By: Kathryn David

Ariel had taken a journey to dig deep within her soul in an effort to uncover the mystery beneath the rubble that was her life. She couldn't do this alone but tried nonetheless. Digging through doom and gloom, she had embarked on a mission to complete the task of finding out what her childhood was like and why she shouldn't remember it. Like so many out there, it mustn't have been too happy if she couldn't even remember that far back. This was the most traumatic expedition that had totally eaten through her very insides, both mentally and physically. The people she had met lost souls like herselfthe living and the deadsome who would become her allies and others who didn't. It is an inexplicable story about the excavation and the methods used of how her past revealed itself and how this affected her present, it defies scientific and religious explanation. Her battles in life started the day she was born. A baby stabbed mentally and physically abused and manipulated and used as a scapegoat. Yet miraculously she survived this. Based on real events and real people, only their names have been changed. Unexplainable events and awesome occurrences always seemed to saved her and it is for this reason she wanted to share her story, not to gloat or punish those who said they loved her or as an act of vendetta but more so to reveal how a human being can almost accept punishment and pain, expect it even and still forgive. How a person can be tortured into thinking that they deserve to be treated a certain way and not expect any different. It is how she turned herself inside out and decided to fight this battle she struggled with her whole Life without going insane or killing herself. It was this battle fought with the help of a very specially gifted friend who enlisted the help of her grandmother, dead now since 1977 that is too overwhelming for her to believe but too surreal to keep a secret. It's time she shared it. So many messages of growth and impending love. Conquests and tears and betrays and victories. Four years later Ariel looked back at these messages from her Grandmother, messages of the heart, lessons in life yet to come, not so much predictions but directions in a map, heading to one destination: charity . A road map to find herself.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

193

Publisher

Xlibris Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

1503500713

ISBN 13

9781503500716

The Tempest

By: Mark Morris,David Stone

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Tempest

By: Mark Morris,David Stone

This Teacher Resource File includes photocopiable worksheets that offer a range of practical activities to engage students with issues of expression and stage presentation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Nelson Thornes

Published Date

ISBN 10

074876965X

ISBN 13

9780748769650

Mr. Sulu Grabbed My Ass, and Other Highlights from a Life in Comics, Novels, Television, Films and Video Games

By: Peter David

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Mr. Sulu Grabbed My Ass, and Other Highlights from a Life in Comics, Novels, Television, Films and Video Games

By: Peter David

Peter David, award-winning writer of comic books, novels, television, films and video games, has boatloads of stories to tell about his 30-year career. Whether it was attending George Takei's wedding, being described as Will Smith's bodyguard, or wandering around on the set of Babylon 5, David has been telling anecdotes of his life for years. Here they are all in one place, along with the story of a career that has taken him from writing Marvel Comics' Incredible Hulk for twelve years to adventures in the Star Trek universe to the New York Times bestseller list.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

226

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

1476683549

ISBN 13

9781476683546

How to Hire a Champion

Insider Secrets to Find, Select, and Keep Great Employees

By: David Snyder

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

How to Hire a Champion

Insider Secrets to Find, Select, and Keep Great Employees

By: David Snyder

David Snyder outlines tools and strategies that can predict which job candidates will become excellent employees.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

257

Publisher

Red Wheel/Weiser

Published Date

ISBN 10

1564149641

ISBN 13

9781564149640

San Francisco Noir

By: Domenic Stansberry,David Corbett,Sin Soracco

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

San Francisco Noir

By: Domenic Stansberry,David Corbett,Sin Soracco

This anthology of “genuinely haunting noir fiction” set in the Golden City features new stories by Jim Nisbet, Alejandro Murguía, Michelle Tea and others (Publishers Weekly). Oscar Wilde once quipped that anyone who disappears is said to be seen in in San Francisco. With its famous fog, winding streets, and hazardously steep hills, it is certainly an ideal place for getting lost. It’s also an ideal setting for noir fiction. From Fisherman’s Warf and The Golden Gate Bridge to The Haight-Ashbury, Chinatown, and Russian Hill, fifteen authors explore the sordid side of the City by the Bay in this sterling collection. San Francisco Noir features brand-new stories by Barry Gifford, Robert Mailer Anderson, Michelle Tea, Peter Plate, Kate Braverman, Domenic Stansberry, David Corbett, Eddie Muller, Alejandro Murguía, Sin Soracco, Alvin Lu, John Longhi, Will Christopher Baer, Jim Nisbet, and David Henry Sterry.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

226

Publisher

Akashic Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1936070448

ISBN 13

9781936070442

The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation

From Snow White to WALL-E

By: David Whitley

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation

From Snow White to WALL-E

By: David Whitley

In the second edition of The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation, David Whitley updates his 2008 book to reflect recent developments in Disney and Disney-Pixar animation such as the apocalyptic tale of earth's failed ecosystem, WALL-E. As Whitley has shown, and Disney's newest films continue to demonstrate, the messages animated films convey about the natural world are of crucial importance to their child viewers. Beginning with Snow White, Whitley examines a wide range of Disney's feature animations, in which images of wild nature are central to the narrative. He challenges the notion that the sentimentality of the Disney aesthetic, an oft-criticized aspect of such films as Bambi, The Jungle Book, Pocahontas, Beauty and the Beast, and Finding Nemo, necessarily prevents audiences from developing a critical awareness of contested environmental issues. On the contrary, even as the films communicate the central ideologies of the times in which they were produced, they also express the ambiguities and tensions that underlie these dominant values. In distinguishing among the effects produced by each film and revealing the diverse ways in which images of nature are mediated, Whitley urges us towards a more complex interpretation of the classic Disney canon and makes an important contribution to our understanding of the role popular art plays in shaping the emotions and ideas that are central to contemporary experience.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

163

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317028031

ISBN 13

9781317028031

Knowledge is Power

An Exploration of How the Principles of Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Biology and Philosophy Affect Life

By: Dr. James Kleiman,Dr. Amiya Jasmine Richard,Lucas Mason David

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Knowledge is Power

An Exploration of How the Principles of Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Biology and Philosophy Affect Life

By: Dr. James Kleiman,Dr. Amiya Jasmine Richard,Lucas Mason David

This work traverses art and science, and explores how they can be integrated in life. The foundations of psychology, sociology, anthropology, biology and philosophy can be used to improve interpersonal effectiveness in life. These principles are presented through artistic images and literary artifacts in the form of human stories. The particular allegories are then analyzed from various artistic perspectives, literary themes, scientific bases, and philosophical principles. Art, psychology, sociology, anthropology, biology and philosophy have been studied for centuries. The fundamental principles behind these topics all intersect to affect life. In conflict, who wins, who loses and why? How and why are some people so competent in life? Fascinating examples, with beautiful photography, dialogue and analysis. A reconnaissance of art, beauty, knowledge, and power. Explore the beauty of life from many intersecting viewpoints.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

352

Publisher

Library and Archives Canada / Emergent Phenomenon Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1999091019

ISBN 13

9781999091019

The Plays of David Garrick

A Complete Collection of the Social Satires, French Adaptations, Pantomimes, Christmas and Musical Plays, Preludes, Interludes, and Burlesques, to which are Added the Alterations and Adaptations of the Plays of Shakespeare and Other Dramatists from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries

By: David Garrick

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Plays of David Garrick

By: David Garrick

David Garrick's accomplishments as an actor, manager, and theatrical innovator brought him great fame and fortune, and his ideas influenced not only his own age but succeeding ages as well. Yet as a playwright, a part of the elegant combination of talents that was David Garrick, he has never achieved the critical reputation he richly deserves, in main because of the unavailability of texts and the lack of proper assessment of the historic importance of his plays in the English theatre. This first complete edition makes available to scholars and students all the plays of Garrick in well edited texts, with commentary and notes. Contents: Macbeth. A Tragedy, 1744; Romeo and Juliet, 1748; The Fairies. An Opera, 1755; Catherine and Petruchio. A Comedy, 1756; Florizel and Perdita. A Dramatic Pastoral, 1756; The Tempest. An Opera, 1756; and King Lear. A Tragedy, 1756.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

500

Publisher

SIU Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0809309688

ISBN 13

9780809309689

Satellites of the Outer Planets

Worlds in Their Own Right

By: David A. Rothery

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Satellites of the Outer Planets

Worlds in Their Own Right

By: David A. Rothery

Extensively revised and updated, this new edition of David A. Rothery's acclaimed geological guide to the outer solar system includes results and close-up color and black and white images from both the 1995-1999 Galileo mission to Jupiter and the Voyager space probe. Rothery, a noted planetary scientist, explains the geological aspects of the major satellites of the outer planets, from Jupiter to Neptune and the Pluto-Charon system. In particular he shows how tectonic and volcanic processes, driven by heat from within, have shaped the rigid outer layers of these worlds. Rothery also discusses the similarities and differences among them and the ways in which they resemble Earth-like planets. This fascinating book is written in an introductory style ideal for first- or second-year college courses. Amateur geologists and astronomers will also find its insights rewarding.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

266

Published Date

ISBN 10

019512555X

ISBN 13

9780195125559

W.H. Auden Encyclopedia

By: David Garrett Izzo

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

W.H. Auden Encyclopedia

By: David Garrett Izzo

W.H. Auden's life and work were perhaps best explained and condensed in the words of Edward Mendelson, Auden's literary executor, when he remarked, "[Auden] grew up in a household in which the scientific inquiries of his father maintained an uneasy truce with the ritualized religion of his mother." Indeed, science and religion were dominant themes in Auden's life and work, which for him were oftentimes one and the same. Auden was hailed as the new T.S. Eliot and as the "coming" man, greatly influencing the future generations of angry young men with his thoughts on science, religion, and the relationship between the two. This book is an exhaustive reference to W.H. Auden. Those new to Auden and his writing will find the work a comprehensive introduction, while Auden scholars will appreciate the quick access it offers to the details of all his poems, plays, libretti, and other pieces of writing. It also includes entries on the people who were closest and most important to Auden, including fellow writers Christopher Isherwood, Stephen Spender, C. Day Lewis, Edward Upward, and T.S. Eliot, as well as significant events in his life, such as his arrival in America, his vision of agape, and his search in science and religion for answers to the deep questions of life and existence.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

305

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

0786449136

ISBN 13

9780786449132

The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation

By: David S. Whitley

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation

By: David S. Whitley

David Whitley's compelling study complicates our understanding of the classic Disney canon by focusing on the way images of the natural world are mediated within popular art for children. He examines a range of Disney's feature animations, from Snow White to Finding Nemo, to show that, even as the films communicate the central ideologies of their times, they also express the ambiguities and tensions that underlie these dominant values.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

180

Publisher

Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published Date

ISBN 10

0754660850

ISBN 13

9780754660859

The Colonizing Trick

National Culture and Imperial Citizenship in Early America

By: David Kazanjian

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Colonizing Trick

National Culture and Imperial Citizenship in Early America

By: David Kazanjian

An illuminating look at the concepts of race, nation, and equality in eighteenth-and nineteenth-century America, The idea that "all men are created equal" is as close to a universal tenet as exists in American history. In this hard-hitting book, David Kazanjian interrogates this tenet, exploring transformative flash points in early America when the belief in equality came into contact with seemingly contrary ideas about race and nation. The Colonizing Trick depicts early America as a white settler colony in the process of becoming an empire--one deeply integrated with Euro-American political economy, imperial ventures in North America and Africa, and pan-American racial formations. Kazanjian traces tensions between universal equality and racial or national particularity through theoretically informed critical readings of a wide range of texts: the political writings of David Walker and Maria Stewart, the narratives of black mariners, economic treatises, the personal letters of Thomas Jefferson and Phillis Wheatley, Charles Brockden Brown's fiction, congressional tariff debats, international treaties, and popular novelettes about the U.S.-Mexico War and the Yucatan's Caste War. Kazanjian shows how emergent racial and national formations do not contradict universalist egalitarianism; rather, they rearticulate it, making equality at once restricted, formal, abstract, and materially embodied.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

336

Publisher

U of Minnesota Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0816642370

ISBN 13

9780816642373

Watts My Line?

The Life and Work of Editorial Artist, Lawrie Watts

By: David Dixon

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Watts My Line?

The Life and Work of Editorial Artist, Lawrie Watts

By: David Dixon

This is the story of Lawrie Watts and his amazing technical artworks, illustrations, and cutaway drawings of motorcycles, motorcars, aircraft, and farm machinery. He was drawing amazingly complex machinery with meticulous attention to detail way before the development of CAD. Lawrie is not just an artist; he's a designer too. An example of his designs was the Enfield-powered Dreamliner.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

218

Publisher

Redline Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

095443577X

ISBN 13

9780954435776

A Shakespeare Music Catalogue: Volume IV

Indices

By: Bryan N. S. Gooch,David Thatcher

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Shakespeare Music Catalogue: Volume IV

Indices

By: Bryan N. S. Gooch,David Thatcher

V.1. The catalogue of music, All's well that ends well-Love's labour's lost -- v.2. The catalogue of music, Macbeth-The taming of the shrew -- v.3. The catalo gue of music, The tempest-The two nobel kinsmen, the sonnets ... -- v.4. Indices --v.5. Bibliography.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

368

Publisher

Clarendon Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0198129440

ISBN 13

9780198129448

Be Strong and of Good Courage

How Israel's Most Important Leaders Shaped Its Destiny

By: Dennis Ross,David Makovsky

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Be Strong and of Good Courage

How Israel's Most Important Leaders Shaped Its Destiny

By: Dennis Ross,David Makovsky

Modern Israel's founding fathers provided some of the boldest and most principled leadership of any nation--now Israel needs their example more than ever. Modern Israel's founding fathers provided some of the boldest and most principled leadership of any nation. Now Israel needs their example more than ever.At a time when the political destiny of Israel is more uncertain than at any moment since its modern founding, Be Strong and of Good Courage celebrates the defining generation of leaders who took on the task of safeguarding the country's future. David Ben-Gurion, Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Rabin, and Ariel Sharon were all present at the creation of the new nation in 1948. Over the next sixty years, each experienced moments when the country's existence was directly imperiled. In those moments, Israel needed extraordinary acts of leadership and strategic judgment to secure its future, and these leaders rose to the occasion. The strength they showed allowed them to prevail. Today, Israel may be on the verge of sacrificing the essential character that its greatest citizens fought to secure. This is the story of that epic struggle.

Average ratings

N/A