Split Just Right

Author : Adele Griffin
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453297405
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Split Just Right written by Adele Griffin and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVDanny lives in her mother’s world of make-believe, but all she wants is the truth/divDIV Dandelion Finzimer’s mother has always wanted to get her daughter on the stage. Mrs. Finzimer is an actress—aspiring, anyway—who makes a living teaching and doing commercials, but lives for the applause she earns as a member of the Bellmont Players. Danny has no talent for acting—she couldn’t even play Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker—but whether she realizes it or not, she’s part of a play. Because no matter how tough things get, Danny’s mom is always acting happy, telling subtly shifting stories, and doing her best to put a smile on her daughter’s face./divDIV /divDIVThis used to be OK, but Danny is in ninth grade now, and high school is a time to face the truth. She has questions about her father, who left when she was a baby, and her paternal grandparents, who live less than an hour away. Getting answers will mean acting serious, and for this quirky young woman, that will be the performance of a lifetime./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features a personal history by Adele Griffin including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s own collection./div

Author : Nuchamon James
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1440136890
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "Just Right" English Grammar for Everyone written by Nuchamon James and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-11-16 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever been frustrated, aggravated, irritated, upset, disturbed, annoyed, bothered, perturbed or discouraged when you are trying to write a decent paragraph in the English language, and suddenly found out that you are not sure of the grammar rules, and it is hard to locate that wizard to tell you once and for all whether you should place a comma here or there? You probably look into your dictionary first and scream out loud or yell at the innocent computer screen because the information you are looking for is not there. Do not panic or dread; help is on the way. This book is an attempt to give you a summary of resources when it comes to grammar in laypersons language. With the index in the back of the book, you will be able to easily and effortlessly locate what you want to look up and find the answer right at your fingertips. Speaking from previous English knowledge, skills, practices, understandings, familiarities and know-how, I realize that sometimes the more grammar books you read, the more confused you get. There are tons of grammar books out there, but upon which one can you rely? There are contradictions constantly when you read more than one grammar book. One book will tell you to use an s after 2005s to execute plurality; others may not recommend the same. In addition, languages are animate. They change all the time. They can get sick and die, and they can have newly generated sounds and words. Language has a life. Born and raised in Bangkok, Thailand, English was taught to me at an early age, but it was taught as a foreign language, where there were only a few English classes per week. I did not have the opportunity of being in a bilingual environment. I struggled and studied hard. My parents made sure that I received a great education. English was taught to me by so many teachers and professors from many different countries, some of whom were not native speakers of the English language. I received many different grammar rules that often confused me, but as I acquired more education, things started to become clearer. As an undergraduate student in Bangkok, I majored in English and double-minored in Linguistics and Psychology. I continued my studies at the University of Illinois Graduate School in Linguistics and Teaching English as a Second Language in the United States. Suddenly, I became an English professor. I received my masters degree in January, and, in the same month, I started teaching at a university. In my profession, there are ESL and EIL. I would like to clarify the abbreviations ESL and EIL. ESL stands for English as a Second Language. EIL stands for English as an International Language. There are also other terms such as ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) and EFL (English as a Foreign Language). Even though English is not the most spoken language in the world, it has, indeed, become international, used by hundreds of millions of people every day. So, I will attempt to write this book from an angle of one who has been there and done that. In other words, I have been an ESL/EIL student and an ESL/EIL professor. I still learn new things about English grammar on a daily basis. There are so many rules out there, but it is fun to continue to learn. One should never stop learning, period! I have been teaching ESL/EIL for over three decades. I have always sympathized with my students as I have seen them struggle to gain command of the English language. My background as an ESL/EIL student and as an ESL/EIL teacher, hopefully, has helped my students a great deal. I have also learned a lot from my students. Therefore, this book is a compilation of what I have learned throughout the years, first as a little girl, as an ESL/EIL student, and now as an ESL/EIL professor.

Author : QuickRead
Publisher : QuickRead.com
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 23 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Summary of Never Split the Difference By Chris Voss written by QuickRead and published by QuickRead.com. This book was released on with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The how-to guide for learning the secrets of negotiation from the FBI’s lead negotiator, implement the techniques and learn how to always get what you want. After joining the FBI, Chris Voss suddenly found himself face-to-face with a variety of criminals, from bank robbers to terrorists, all making demands and threatening to take lives along the way. Reaching the peak of his profession, Chris became the FBI’s lead international kidnapping negotiator. Through Never Split the Difference, Chris takes you inside the world of high-stakes negotiations and lays out the techniques he and his colleagues used to get what they wanted and save the lives of hostages. Now, you can use Chris’s book as a guide to learn how to implement the key elements of negotiation and become more persuasive in your professional and personal life. Do you want more free book summaries like this? Download our app for free at https://www.QuickRead.com/App and get access to hundreds of free book and audiobook summaries. DISCLAIMER: This book summary is meant as a preview and not a replacement for the original work. If you like this summary please consider purchasing the original book to get the full experience as the original author intended it to be. If you are the original author of any book on QuickRead and want us to remove it, please contact us at [email protected]

Author : Swati Avasthi
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0375895264
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Split written by Swati Avasthi and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2010-03-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting portrait of life after abuse from an award-winning novelist. Sixteen-Year-Old Jace Witherspoon arrives at the doorstep of his estranged brother Christian with a re-landscaped face (courtesy of his father’s fist), $3.84, and a secret. He tries to move on, going for new friends, a new school, and a new job, but all his changes can’t make him forget what he left behind—his mother, who is still trapped with his dad, and his ex-girlfriend, who is keeping his secret. At least so far. Worst of all, Jace realizes that if he really wants to move forward, he may first have to do what scares him most: He may have to go back. Award-winning novelist Swati Avasthi has created a riveting and remarkably nuanced portrait of what happens after. After you’ve said enough, after you’ve run, after you’ve made the split—how do you begin to live again? Readers won’t be able to put this intense page-turner down.

Author : Kevin Bales
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0812995767
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blood and Earth written by Kevin Bales and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For readers of such crusading works of nonfiction as Katherine Boo’s Beyond the Beautiful Forevers and Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains comes a powerful and captivating examination of two entwined global crises: environmental destruction and human trafficking—and an inspiring, bold plan for how we can solve them. A leading expert on modern-day slavery, Kevin Bales has traveled to some of the world’s most dangerous places documenting and battling human trafficking. In the course of his reporting, Bales began to notice a pattern emerging: Where slavery existed, so did massive, unchecked environmental destruction. But why? Bales set off to find the answer in a fascinating and moving journey that took him into the lives of modern-day slaves and along a supply chain that leads directly to the cellphones in our pockets. What he discovered is that even as it destroys individuals, families, and communities, new forms of slavery that proliferate in the world’s lawless zones also pose a grave threat to the environment. Simply put, modern-day slavery is destroying the planet. The product of seven years of travel and research, Blood and Earth brings us dramatic stories from the world’s most beautiful and tragic places, the environmental and human-rights hotspots where this crisis is concentrated. But it also tells the stories of some of the most common products we all consume—from computers to shrimp to jewelry—whose origins are found in these same places. Blood and Earth calls on us to recognize the grievous harm we have done to one another, put an end to it, and recommit to repairing the world. This is a clear-eyed and inspiring book that suggests how we can begin the work of healing humanity and the planet we share. Praise for Blood and Earth “A heart-wrenching narrative . . . Weaving together interviews, history, and statistics, the author shines a light on how the poverty, chaos, wars, and government corruption create the perfect storm where slavery flourishes and environmental destruction follows. . . . A clear-eyed account of man’s inhumanity to man and Earth. Read it to get informed, and then take action.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “[An] exposé of the global economy’s ‘deadly dance’ between slavery and environmental disaster . . . Based on extensive travels through eastern Congo’s mineral mines, Bangladeshi fisheries, Ghanian gold mines, and Brazilian forests, Bales reveals the appalling truth in graphic detail. . . . Readers will be deeply disturbed to learn how the links connecting slavery, environmental issues, and modern convenience are forged.”—Publishers Weekly “This well-researched and vivid book studies the connection between slavery and environmental destruction, and what it will take to end both.”—Shelf Awareness (starred review) “This is a remarkable book, demonstrating once more the deep links between the ongoing degradation of the planet and the ongoing degradation of its most vulnerable people. It’s a bracing reminder that a mentality that allows throwaway people also allows a throwaway earth.”—Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet

Author : Martin J. Cvitkovich
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1467822906
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Split-The Early Years written by Martin J. Cvitkovich and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-09-19 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motorcycle adventure: First true love 'on the road' :LSD trips:Born in 1951,I have the priviledged title of 'Baby Boomer. I came from a large family that lived in the 'burbs. It was in this setting that I became uneasy around people. I found inner peace by being alone. I discovered during a classroom 'bomb drill' or watching films of the atomic bomb or maybe while the older kids were being drafted, that everyone has a dream but very few live to see that dream come true. As a troubled teenager, I decided to live my dream while I was still able. In the spring of 1970, I saddled up a 650 Thunderbolt motorcycle and with four other riders, we split the scene. Staged in the psychedelic era, "Split- The Early Years" chronicles the events of a careless life on the road.

Author : Janet Halley
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691136327
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Split Decisions written by Janet Halley and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-21 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janet Halley argues that the law and politics of sexuality involve deeply contested and clashing realities and interests. We can understand some, but not all, of these conflicting stakes through feminism.

Author : Roger R. Blenman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0761864830
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dead’er written by Roger R. Blenman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: June 13, 1886, in the new city of Vancouver, fifteen-year-old Noble enters the office of the Northwest Timber Company in a hand-me-down suit. He tries to pass for a man fit to work on a logging crew. A spark from a brush fire ignites the wooden building. The office and much of the city are incinerated. Noble too is caught in the fire. More than a hundred years later, while on vacation in Mexico, Sean Hughes finds a message on the beach. Back in Vancouver, the messages continue and become more ominous. Sean is convinced that his apartment is haunted by malevolent spirits. Mandy, his neighbor, is certain that the messages are a plea for help. Sean and Mandy’s determination to decipher the messages leads to questions of trust and betrayal, loneliness and forgiveness. The answers they find will challenge them to believe that hope can outlast death.

Author : Ben M. Schorr
Publisher : American Bar Association
ISBN 13 : 9781604427615
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Word 2007 written by Ben M. Schorr and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2009 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microsoft Word is one of the most used applications in the Microsoft Office suite. This handy reference includes clear explanations, legal-specific descriptions, and time-saving tips for getting the most out of Microsoft Word and customizing it for the needs of today's legal professional. Focusing on the tools and features that are essential for lawyers in their practice, this book explains the key components to help make lawyers more effective, more efficient, and more successful.

Author : Richard Blum
Publisher : Sams Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0134389573
Total Pages : 1429 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Python Programming for Raspberry Pi, Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours written by Richard Blum and published by Sams Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-10 with total page 1429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Python Programming for Raspberry Pi® In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Python Programming for Raspberry Pi in 24 Hours teaches you Python programming on Raspberry Pi, so you can start creating awesome projects for home automation, home theater, gaming, and more. Using this book’s straight-forward, step-by-step approach, you’ll move from the absolute basics all the way through network and web connections, multimedia, and even connecting with electronic circuits for sensing and robotics. Every lesson and case study application builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success! Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common Raspberry Pi Python programming tasks. Quizzes at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge. By the Way notes present interesting information related to the discussion. Did You Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks. Watch Out! cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them. Richard Blum has administered systems and networks for more than 25 years. He has published numerous Linux and open source books, and is an online instructor for web programming and Linux courses used by colleges across the United States. His books include Ubuntu Linux Secrets; Linux for Dummies, Ninth Edition; PostgreSQL 8 for Windows; and Professional Linux Programming. Christine Bresnahan began working as a systems administrator more than 25 years ago. Now an Adjunct Professor at Ivy Tech Community College, she teaches Python programming, Linux administration and computer security. She is coauthor of The Linux Bible, Eighth Edition. With Blum, she also coauthored Linux Command Line & Shell Scripting Bible, Second Edition. Get your Raspberry Pi and choose the right low-cost peripherals Set up Raspian Linux and the Python programming environment Learn Python basics, including arithmetic and structured commands Master Python 3 lists, tuples, diction-aries, sets, strings, files, and modules Reuse the same Python code in multiple locations with functions Manipulate string data efficiently with regular expressions Practice simple object-oriented programming techniques Use exception handling to make your code more reliable Program modern graphical user interfaces with Raspberry Pi and OpenGL Create Raspberry Pi games with the PyGame library Learn network, web, and database techniques you can also use in business software Write Python scripts that send email Interact with other devices through Raspberry Pi’s GPIO interface Walk through example Raspberry Pi projects that inspire you to do even more On the Web: Register your book at informit.com/title/9780672337642 for access to all code examples from the book, as well as update and corrections as they become available.