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The Describer's Dictionary

A Treasury of Terms and Literary Quotations

By: David Grambs

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The Describer's Dictionary

A Treasury of Terms and Literary Quotations

By: David Grambs

A dictionary of the observable world features definition-first organization; passages from the writings of James, Updike, and others; and words concerning shapes, textures, colors, terrain, and more.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393312658

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Describer's Dictionary: A Treasury of Terms & Literary Quotations (Expanded Second Edition)

By: David Grambs,Ellen S. Levine

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Describer's Dictionary: A Treasury of Terms & Literary Quotations (Expanded Second Edition)

By: David Grambs,Ellen S. Levine

The unmatched guide—and perfect gift—for stymied scribes and working wordsmiths everywhere, now expanded and updated. A singular and indispensable reference tool, The Describer's Dictionary—now expanded and updated—has served for over twenty years as the go-to resource for writers who are determined to capture the world in just the right words. The dictionary uses a unique reverse definition-to-term format that makes it easy to zero in on the term you're seeking. Turn to the new section on sensory impressions, for example, to find vivid terms for "loud or jarring," such as "grating," "harsh," "piercing," "blaring," "thunderous," "cacophonous," and "raucous." And at the end of each section dozens of illustrative passages by notable fiction and nonfiction authors—including Donna Tartt, Michael Lewis, Zadie Smith, Khaled Hosseini, and Paul Theroux—bring the terminology to life. New in this edition: • Hundreds of additional definitions, terms, and synonyms • Brand-new categories, including "Physical States and Symptoms," "Temperament and Behavior," "Rooms and Interior Spaces," "Weather and Forces of Nature," and "The Solar System" • Over 400 new quotations from books, periodicals, and digital media by established and rising literary stars • An index of the more than 600 authors quoted in the book

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672

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393351025

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9780393351026

Oral Language Across the Curriculum

By: David Corson

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Oral Language Across the Curriculum

By: David Corson

There is no longer any doubt about the place that oral language has in problem solving, in developing literacy and the intellect, and in acquiring knowledge.

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150

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Multilingual Matters

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090502897X

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9780905028972

The History of Museums Vol 4

By: David Murray

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The History of Museums Vol 4

By: David Murray

Museums and collecting is now a major area of cultural studies. This selected group of key texts opens the investigation and appreciation of museum history. Edward Edwards, chief pioneer of municipal public libraries, chronicles the founders and early donors to the British Museum. Greenwood and Murray provide informative pictures of the early history of the museum movement. Sir William Flower, Director of the British Museum (Natural History), takes a pioneering philosophical approach to the sphere of natural history in relation to museums. Similarly, Acland and Ruskin discuss and explore the relationships of art and architecture to museums.

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373

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Taylor & Francis

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1040130011

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9781040130018

Handbook on Teaching Social Issues

NCSS Bulletin No. 93

By: Ronald W. Evans,David W. Saxe

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Handbook on Teaching Social Issues

NCSS Bulletin No. 93

By: Ronald W. Evans,David W. Saxe

There’s no book like this one for educators interested in issues-centered teaching. More than 40 experts have contributed articles offering comprehensive coverageof the field of social issues education. In addition to a full examination of objectives and methods, contributors show how social issues can be taught as part of history, geography, the social sciences, and global and environmental studies. The challenges of assessment, curriculum, and effective teacher education are fully explored. With its teaching ideas and useful resource section, this book is an indispensable addition to your library! Contributors include: Shirley Engle, Anna Ochoa-Becker, Jack Nelson, Carole Hahn, Byron Massialas, Jeff Passe, Jesus Garcia, Gloria Ladson-Billings, Merry Merryfield, Patricia Avery, Sam Totten, Bill Wraga, Walter Parker, and James Shaver.

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416

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IAP

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1607528754

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9781607528753

Neighborhood Organization and Interest-Group Processes

By: David J. O'Brien

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Neighborhood Organization and Interest-Group Processes

By: David J. O'Brien

Since the end of the civil rights era in the sixties it has become increasingly clear that social and political conflicts cannot be resolved entirely at the national level. Struggles between residents of poor neighborhoods and local interest groups or public authorities present some of our most explosive domestic political problems today. This study seeks insight into these problems through an analysis of efforts during the sixties to organize the poor to pursue their interests in local decision-making processes. David J. O'Brien holds that both organizers and scholarly observers of the grass-roots movement have failed to understand properly the process by which interest groups are formed. Arguing that the demise of neighborhood organization cannot be attributed to supposedly unique social, psychological, or cultural characteristics of the poor, he develops an analytical framework that emphasizes the strategic role of incentives and organizational resource problems. This framework helps explain not only the failure of organizers in the sixties to grasp the problems of interest group formation, but also the assumptions that prevented them from identifying the source of their frustration. The author assesses the different approaches that have been taken to neighborhood organization, and outlines a model for future efforts. Originally published in 1976. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400868742

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9781400868742

Learning Together

A History of Coeducation in American Public Schools

By: David Tyack,Elizabeth Hansot

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Learning Together

A History of Coeducation in American Public Schools

By: David Tyack,Elizabeth Hansot

Now available in paperback, this award-winning book provides a comprehensive history of gender policies and practices in American public schools. David Tyack and Elisabeth Hansot explore the many factors that have shaped coeducation since its origins. At the very time that Americans were creating separate spheres for adult men and women, they institutionalized an education system that brought boys and girls together. How did beliefs about the similarities and differences of boys and girls shape policy and practice in schools? To what degree did the treatment of boys and girls differ by class, race, region, and historical period? Debates over gender policies suggest that American have made public education the repository of their hopes and anxieties about relationships between the sexes. Thus, the history of coeducation serves as a window not only on constancy and change in gender practices in the schools but also on cultural conflicts about gender in the broader society. "Learning Together presents a rich and exhaustive search through [the] 'tangled history' of gender and education that links both the silences and the debates surrounding coeducation to the changing roles of women and men in our society....It is the generosity and capaciousness of Tyack and Hansot's scholarship that makes Learning Together so important a book." —Science

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382

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Russell Sage Foundation

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1610445406

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9781610445405

The Endangered English Dictionary: Bodacious Words Your Dictionary Forgot

By: David Grambs

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The Endangered English Dictionary: Bodacious Words Your Dictionary Forgot

By: David Grambs

Like animals, plants and book reviewers, words can become extinct, but Grambs is here to salvage the most missed of the lexical dinosaurs."—Patricia Holt, San Francisco Chronicle We often hear about the richness of the English language, how many more words it contains than French or German. And yet modern desk dictionaries are the result of a paring away of that glory, so that merely standard, functional, current words remain. The price we pay for such convenience is the thousands of delightful words we never see or hear. This book is an effort to save some of those words applicable to everyday life and countless word games from extinction. The resultant treasure trove of exotic verbal creatures is an indispensable resource for every lover of language. A selection: egrutten: having a face swollen from weeping numquid: an inquisitive person sardoodledum: drama that is contrived, stagy, or unrealistic mimp: to purse one's lips

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292

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393292517

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9780393292510

Death by Spelling

A Compendium of Tests, Super Tests, and Killer Bees

By: David Grambs

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Death by Spelling

A Compendium of Tests, Super Tests, and Killer Bees

By: David Grambs

A quiz book of over 100 devious spelling tests along with lots of trivia and tips about words and spelling.

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Harper Perennial

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0060964014

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9780060964016

Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature

1981 Volume 8

By: David H. Olson,Roxanne Markoff

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Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature

1981 Volume 8

By: David H. Olson,Roxanne Markoff

The eighth volume of this invaluable series provides nonevaluative listings of English language articles on marital and family life published in 1981. The mushrooming interest in the field is reflected in the growing number of professional journals and journal articles published in the field. This volume contains 2,935 articles by approximately 4,464 authors published in 990 journals. All articles published in the leading marriage and family journals are listed, and articles from many more broad ranging sources are also included. The three indexing systems in this volume (author index, subject index, and key word in title) have been improved for easier use and clarity. Author's addresses have also been added so that it is easier to obtain reprints of the articles. The value of the journal to researchers in family studies is evident. There has been a 45% increase in the number of journals which published 30 or more articles in the field during 1980. Consider the number of different journals that would have to be purchased to obtain even a small proportion of the articles published during the year. The complete set of the Inventory now includes almost 39,000 article listings. The other volumes are also available from SAGE, starting with Volume 3. This volume is a necessity for anyone who wishes to do research work on marriage and the family. 'The Inventory is one of those resources that is a must for the library of any professional in the family life field or the library to which one has access...As such it has great value to the clinical practitioner, family life educator, researcher, and theoretician.' -- Family Relations, April 1983

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SAGE Publications, Incorporated

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0803908067

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9780803908062

The Describer's Dictionary

A Treasury of Terms and Literary Quotations

By: David Grambs

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The Describer's Dictionary

A Treasury of Terms and Literary Quotations

By: David Grambs

A dictionary of the observable world features definition-first organization; passages from the writings of James, Updike, and others; and words concerning shapes, textures, colors, terrain, and more.

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The Hurried Child

Growing Up Too Fast Too Fast

By: David Elkind

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The Hurried Child

Growing Up Too Fast Too Fast

By: David Elkind

Examines the pressures--from peers, parents, school, and society--imposed on today's children and offers advice on how to cope with the problems brought on by the excessive emphasis on competition and achievement.

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228

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Da Capo Press

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0201039672

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9780201039672

Making Sense of Social Studies

By: David Jenness

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Making Sense of Social Studies

By: David Jenness

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Free Press

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0029211557

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Oral Language Across the Curriculum

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The History of Museums Vol 4

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Handbook on Teaching Social Issues

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Neighborhood Organization and Interest-Group Processes

Neighborhood Organization and Interest-Group Processes

Learning Together

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The Endangered English Dictionary: Bodacious Words Your Dictionary Forgot

The Endangered English Dictionary: Bodacious Words Your Dictionary Forgot

Death by Spelling

Death by Spelling

Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature

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The Hurried Child

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Making Sense of Social Studies

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