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English

A Guide for the English Classroom

This collection of lessons and commentaries--from established teachers, teacher educators, scholars, and authors--and its companion website provide numerous resources that support teachers in developing students' contemporary literacies through sports.

Love them or loathe them, the prominence of sports in schools and society is undeniable. The emphasis on sports culture presents teachers with countless possibilities for engaging students in the English language arts. Whether appealing to students' passion for sports to advance literacy practices or inviting students to reconsider normalized views by examining sports culture through a critical lens, teachers can make sports a pedagogical ally. This book, a collection of lessons and commentaries from established teachers, teacher educators, scholars, and authors, will support teachers in turning students' extracurricular interests into legitimate options for academic study. With seven interrelated sections--facilitating literature study, providing alternatives to traditional novels, teaching writing, engaging students in inquiry and research, fostering media and digital literacies, promoting social justice, and developing out-of-school literacies--this collection and its companion website provide numerous resources that support teachers in developing students' contemporary literacies through sports. Each section includes (1) four lesson plans written by practicing English teachers and teacher educators that focus on a specific topic and/or method of instruction; (2) a brief introduction from a leading scholar in the field of English education, including Wendy Glenn, Chris Crowe, Joan F. Mitchell, Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Carl A. Young, Lisa Scherff, and Thomas Newkirk; and (3) a closing "author connection" in which contemporary authors of sports-related young adult literature--Alan Lawrence Sitomer, Ann E. Burg, Chris Lynch, Rich Wallace and Sandra Neil Wallace, Lisa Luedeke, Bill Konigsberg, and Chris Crutcher--offer reflections on and connections to the ongoing conversations. In giving voice to so many literacy educators and authors, including forewords by English teacher educator Peter Smagorinsky and acclaimed sports journalist and fiction and nonfiction writer Robert Lipsyte, as well as an afterword by professor emeritus Joseph O. Milner, editors Alan Brown and Luke Rodesiler have made a giant first step in their call to make public the practice of promoting critical sports literacy as a way of reaching all students in the middle and high school classroom.

Developing Contemporary Literacies Through Sports

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Written by Himself

The powerful story of slavery that has become a classic of American autobiography, in an authoritative edition



"This edition is the most valuable teaching tool on slavery and abolition available today. It is exceptional."--Nancy Hewitt, Distinguished Professor Emerita, Rutgers University



The autobiography of Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, is widely regarded as a classic of American nineteenth-century history, of African-American studies, and of literature. In 1845, just seven years after his escape from slavery, the young Douglass published this powerful account of his life as a slave and his triumph over oppression. The book, which marked the beginning of Douglass's career as an impassioned writer, journalist, and orator for the abolitionist cause, reveals the terrors he faced as a slave, the brutalities of his owners and overseers, and his harrowing escape to the North. 

 

This edition of the book, based on the authoritative text that appears in Yale University Press's multivolume edition of the Frederick Douglass Papers, is the only edition of Douglass's Narrative designated as an Approved Text by the Modern Language Association's Committee on Scholarly Editions. It includes a chronology of Douglass's life, a thorough introduction by the eminent Douglass scholar John Blassingame, historical notes, and reader responses to the first edition of 1845.

 

"None so dramatically as Douglass integrated both the horror and the great quest of the African-American experience into the deep stream of American autobiography. He advanced and extended that tradition and is rightfully designated one of its greatest practitioners."--John W. Blassingame, from the introduction

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

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Treaty Of 1783

Peace and the Peacemakers

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Be an eyewitness to one of the world's greatest playwrights -- from his Elizabethan world and the stories that inspired him, to boy actors playing women and dramatic special effects. Find out how music was used in plays. Discover what Shakespeare did when the theaters were closed due to plague. See what the interior of the Globe theater looked like. Book jacket.

Shakespeare

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This book is an autobiographical account by runaway slave Frederick Douglass that chronicles his experiences with his owners and overseers and discusses how slavery affected both slaves and slaveholders.

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Expanded with great new stories, this is the biggest and best anthology of ghostly hauntings ever. Over 40 tales of visitation by the undead--from vengeful and violent spirits, set on causing harm to innocent people tucked up in their homes, to rarer and more kindly ghosts, returning from the grave to reach out across the other side. Yet others entertain desires of a more sinister bent, including the erotic. This new edition includes a selection of favorite haunted house tales chosen byfamous screen stars such as Boris Karloff, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. In addition, a top ranking list of contributors includes Stephen King, Bram Stoker, Ruth Rendell, and James Herbert--all brought together by an anthologist who himself lives in a haunted house.

The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories

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The Books of Magic - Girl in the Box Book 5

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* Stories from the world's most experienced and respected climbers
* Selections are united by a single compelling theme

Courage & Misfortune includes some of the best in mountaineering adventures excerpted from The Mountaineers Books library of climbing adventures. Sitting down with this anthology will either help you find the classic literature that you'll want to read in their entirity or it will give you all the mountaineering literature you'll ever desire to read in this one volume. If you find yourself somewhere inbetween, go get one of the other mountaineering anthologies from Mountaineers Books. There were too many good stories to confine them to just one.

Courage & Misfortune includes climbing adventures from H.W. Tilman and Eric Shipton to Mark Twight and John Sherman. Some of the world's most accomplished climbers and writers make their literary home with The Mountaineers Books. .



Courage and Misfortune

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The Penguin Book of English Christian Verse

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Dungeons and Dragons: word search and coloring book

Stories, some true, ranging from 1800-1900. Some wear on cover and pages are yellowed. See photos.  #ghosts #ghoststories #scary #hauntedhouse #paperback 

A chilling collection of new and classic tales of haunted houses and ghostly apparitions features contributions from Joan Aiken, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Ruth Rendell, Fay Weldon, Hugh Walpole, Robert Bloch, Ramsey Campbell, James Herbert, and other outstanding authors. Original.

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Wisconsin

A collection of word games, including Hangman, Pardon Me, travel games, vocabulary builders, and crossword puzzles

The Mammoth Book of Astounding Word Games

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Texas

Lessons from Russia, China, and Eastern Europe

Issues addressed include inflation, privatization, enterprise restructuring, banking reform and labor market policy, and the role of decentralization in China's growth.

The collapse of communism in Europe was one of the most important world events since the end of World War II. Although China has taken major steps in the direction of capitalism, in Eastern Europe, China, and Central Asia the transformation has been only partly accomplished; in Cuba and North Korea it has not even begun. In Eastern Europe and Russia, economic reforms were accompanied by huge falls in output, followed by some recovery in Eastern Europe, especially in Poland. By contrast, in China output has grown steadily at a rate never seen in Europe. If free markets and private ownership are meant to increase economic opportunity and welfare, why has their introduction been accompanied by such pain in Eastern Europe and Russia? The contributors to this book believe that future reform strategies in any country depend on understanding what has occurred in these emerging economies so far. Issues addressed include inflation, privatization, enterprise restructuring, banking reform and labor market policy, and the role of decentralization in China's growth.

Contributors
Peter Boone, Saul Estrin, Stanislaw Gomulka, Jacob Hørder, Richard Jackman, Richard Layard, Sweder Van Wijnbergen, Wing Thye Woo, Chengang Xu, Juzhong Zhuang

Emerging from Communism

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History

How Their Identities Were Forged

How do writers and citizens in the different countries of the world view their own past? What key events and influences shaped those perspectives? And how accurate are the views of foreign commentators? Here, leading writers and scholars from twenty-eight countries give thoughtful, engaging accounts of their own nation's history. Their diverse and wide-ranging narratives offer a unique lens through which to view the modern world.

Histories of Nations

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In 1997, Star Trek: New Frontier® debuted and became an instant sensation, chronicling the exciting adventures of Captain Mackenzie Calhoun and the U.S.S. Excalibur, as told by New York Times bestselling author Peter David. Now, over a dozen books later, Peter David has gathered some of the finest Star Trek authors to tell new tales of the Excalibur crew: Dayton Ward's thrilling adventure from Calhoun's sordid past Loren L. Coleman's tale of Shelby's first experience with the Borg Robert Greenberger's origin of "Lefler's Laws" Susan Shwartz's adventure with Soleta and Ambassador Spock Terri Osborne's chronicle of Selar's encounter with the Q David Mack's tale of the longest day of Zak Kebron's life plus stories by Keith R.A. DeCandido, Susan Wright, Josepha Sherman, Ilsa J. Bick, Kevin Dilmore, Christina F. York, Robert T. Jeschonek, Peg Robinson, Mary Scott-Wiecek, Allyn Gibson, and Glenn Hauman & Lisa Sullivan. Added Bonus! Peter David himself tells the untold story of Calhoun and Shelby's honeymoon on Xenex!

Star Trek: New Frontier: No Limits Anthology

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Country Inns of Lower New England *First Edition 

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Conversations Between Henry Jaglom and Oraon Welles

My Lunches With Orson

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Horror Stories from Radio, Television, and Films

Dead of Night

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These challenging crosswords-including five super-hard, jumbo-sized puzzles-will give you a great wordplay workout for a cloudless day.

Fun in the Sun Hard Daily Crosswords

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Stories of Life and Death from the Civil War

No conflict was more dramatic and costly for Americans than the Civil War, and this compelling collection of stories by eyewitness captures its true horror, with contributions from Ulysses S. Grant, George Templeton, and many others. Original.

Blood

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Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery

"Sit down and prepare yourself for a satisfying banquet of murder. Your tastes - both literary and gastronomic - will be tantalized by this exemplary collection of stories by such giants as Agatha Christie, P.D. James, Georges Simenon, and Roald Dahl." "Throughout history, food and drink have been used as convenient vehicles for the administering of a fatal dose. Small wonder, then, that the golden age of crime fiction has seen a feast of stories in which murder features prominently on the menu. From the breakfast porridge laced with arsenic to the bedtime cocoa doctored with strychnine, no meal has escaped the determined killer. Country house parties have had a predilection for weedkiller, while many a restaurant specialty has concealed a deadly dose of cyanide in the delicately flavored sauce." "Poison is not the only weapon chosen by the mealtime murderer. Guns, knives, and the good old-fashioned blunt instrument have all been used to strike down the unsuspecting victim."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Murder on the Menu

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The Admirable Crichton; Peter Pan; When Wendy Grew up; What Every Woman Knows; Mary Rose

As well as being the author of the greatest of all children's plays, Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie also wrote sophisticated social comedy and political satire. The Admirable Crichton and What Every Woman Knows are shrewd and entertaining contributions to the politics of class and gender, while Mary
Rose is one of the best ghost stories written for the stage. For this edition, the texts of these plays have been newly edited and are supplemented with an in-depth introduction and detailed annotations.

Peter Pan and Other Plays

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A little bear's first swim almost becomes a disaster when a strong current sweeps her away from the shore.

A Day in the Life of a Baby Bear

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New Jersey

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Alan Brown (Editor); Luke Rodesiler (Editor); Peter Smagorinsky; Robert Lipsyte

Developing Contemporary Literacies Through Sports

Frederick Douglass; John W. Blassingame (Editor); John R. McKivigan (Editor); Peter P. Hinks (Editor)

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Ronald Hoffman (Editor); Peter J. Albert (Editor)

Peace and the Peacemakers

Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff (Editor); Peter Chrisp

Shakespeare

John W. Blassingame (Editor); John R. McKivigan (Editor); Peter P. Hinks (Editor); Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Jon E. Lewis (Editor); Peter Haining (Editor)

The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories

John Ney Rieber; Stuart Moore (Editor); Peter Gross (Illustrator); Peter Snejbjerg (Illustrator)

The Books of Magic - Girl in the Box Book 5

Peter Potterfield (Editor)

Courage and Misfortune

Peter Levi (Editor)

The Penguin Book of English Christian Verse

Peter Norton (editor)

Dungeons and Dragons: word search and coloring book

Peter Haining (Editor)

The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories

Peter Newby (Editor)

The Mammoth Book of Astounding Word Games

Peter Boone (Editor)

Emerging from Communism

Peter Furtado (Editor)

Histories of Nations

Peter David (Editor)

Star Trek: New Frontier: No Limits Anthology

Peter Andrews (Editor)

Country Inns of Lower New England *First Edition

Peter Biskind, Editor

My Lunches With Orson

Peter Haining (Editor)

Dead of Night

Peter Gordon (Editor)

Fun in the Sun Hard Daily Crosswords

Peter Kadzis (Editor)

Blood

Peter Haining (Editor)

Murder on the Menu

J. M. Barrie; Peter Hollindale (Editor)

Peter Pan and Other Plays

Susan Barrett; Peter Barrett (Editor, Illustrator)

A Day in the Life of a Baby Bear

Peter Geiger (Editor); Sondra Sampaio-Duncan (Editor)

Farmers' Almanac 2019