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2018
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You can abandon rote learning with this middle and high school teaching guide. Encouraging both students and teachers to unlock their creativity, the authors provide guidance in lesson planning and ideas for creating unconventional homework, projects and tests that are cost-free and easy to implement. This book leads teachers away from endorsing competition and teacher-pleasing behavior, and offers ideas for independent thinking that will strengthen...
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2014.
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English
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Teenagers are notorious risk takers. Understand why the adolescent brain leads to this behavior and learn ways to mitigate the hazards. Discover the four main goals of adolescents - which include both fitting in and standing out - plus strategies for maintaining a trusting, open relationship that will make your teen more likely to disclose important concerns.
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Pub. Date
2009
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English
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Do you ever get that sick feeling on Sunday night as you think about the daily grind awaiting you on Monday? Do you daydream about the joys of being your own boss? Do you sketch out plans for your own business, one that actually excites and inspires you? If so, congratulations! You've reached the tipping point--that critical moment when you know you're ready to flee your job for the freedom of your own enterprise.
In Starting from Scratch,
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Are you here because you've been told you have a 'great voice'? Are you pivoting, just starting out or have you been in the industry for a while and hit a wall? Are you feeling a little lost, isolated or struggling with consistency?
You're in the right place.
Honest sharings from behind the scenes about the ups, downs and in-betweens.
22 professionals give their best insights on the voice over industry. Bypass years of trial and error and learn...
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In LEARN GENRE FILM SECRETS Part One readers will learn what Genre is, how each of 11 genres work then how film intensifies and satisfies aficionado expectations. They will discover all stories need Mystery... Science Fiction plays with possibility... Fantasy triggers imagination... Comedy lightens darkness... Juvenile stories teach... Horror's nightmares can comfort... Romance connects... Western rebels want security... Historicals create relevance......
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English
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Part-time writing. Full-time income. Really. Even if you can't swing the 9 to 5, you can still earn a lucrative living as a freelance writer. In this brand new ebook, veteran part-time freelance writer Gretchen Roberts shows you how to maximize your time, leverage your earnings, and choose clients who pay well and respect your work. In this ebook, you will learn: Why part time? Is a full-time income in part-time hours really possible? (Yes!) The nuts...
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Golden Gate secrets volume 2
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English
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Judith Gladstone came to San Francisco after her parents died to find her last living relative, an aunt she never knew she had. Instead she has fallen head over heels in love with Caleb Coulter, her friend's brother. Caleb promises to help Judith find her aunt, but she can tell he thinks of her only as a friend, and she struggles to hide her feelings whenever she is with him. When Caleb traces Judith's aunt to the wealthy Whitley family, Judith is...
12) In times gone by
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"After getting left at the altar in 1906, Kenzie Gifford flees to San Francisco, determined never to love again. When an earthquake strikes, Kenzie finds herself facing a hidden danger--and two men set on winning her heart. With her life--and heart--on the line, who can she trust?"--
13) Absolute power
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 25
Lexile measure
750L
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English
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A thriller of unparalled suspense that dares to explore the unthinkable. Trapped behind a two-way mirror in a country house in Maryland Luther Whitney, a professional burglar, witnesses an event that destroys his faith in justice forever. A vicious murder - involving the US President. Now Whitney is the property at stake and, by the time he has escaped across a cornfield pursued by two Secret Service agents, a young woman has been sexually assualted,...
14) In places hidden
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Camrianne Coulter's brother Caleb is a successful San Francisco attorney. But when three months go by without a word from the usually communicative Caleb, Camri boards a train to the booming West Coast city to find out for herself why he hasn't written. Her search leads her into the political corruption of the city and to the acquaintance of Patrick Murdock. Together, the two search for the truth behind Caleb's disappearance.
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A domestic flight makes an unusual stopover in the land of "The Langoliers; " a writer confronts the reality of his success in "Secret Window, Secret Garden; " after being scolded by "The Library Policeman, " you'll never return a book late again; and once again the community of Castle Rock finds itself besieged by a nasty pooch in "The Sun Dog."
16) The tinderbox
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"When Sylvia Miller finds the key to an old tinderbox of her father's, her curiosity is piqued. Shocked by the secrets it holds, Sylvia confronts her father. The truth about the tinderbox will forever change not only her own life, but also that of her family and her Amish community"--
17) The timepiece
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Adeline Pelham drives up in a sleek, red sports car to an Amish farm and upends the family inside, claiming to be a long lost daughter from another mother.
Sylvia Miller's Old Order family is upended with the arrival of Adeline Pelham. It isn't that Adeline means to be a threat, but her very existence is a reminder of a painful secret. As Sylvia and her mother struggle to come to terms with the news, it is a challenging time to welcome an Englisher--...
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"In 1879, reunited with childhood friend and lawyer Seth Carpenter, recently widowed Nancy Pritchard must search through the pieces of her loveless marriage for the truth behind her husband's death after his schemes come to light. But as they pursue answers, their feelings create complications, and dark secrets reveal themselves."--
19) The secret hour
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Attorney John O'Rourke, his household in turmoil since the death of his wife, and his family the target of resentment over his defense of the so-called Breakwater Killer, finds his life further complicated by the arrival of Kate Harris, a woman trying to discover whether her missing sister is one of the killer's victims.
20) Memory in death
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The #1 New York Times -bestselling author of Survivor in Death has Lieutenant Eve Dallas walking a tightrope between her professional duties and her private demons. Eve Dallas is one tough cop. She's got no problem dealing with a holiday reveler in a red suit who plunges thirty-seven stories and gives new meaning to the term "sidewalk Santa." But when she gets back to the station and Trudy Lombard shows up, it's all Eve can do to hold it together....
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