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REA's AP US History Test Prep with TESTware Software |
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J. A. McDuffie, et al |
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Get the AP college credits you've worked so hard for... Our savvy test experts show you the way to master the test and score higher. This new and fully expanded edition includes a comprehensive review course of all the topics covered on the exam: the Colonial Period, the American Revolution, the U.S. Constitution, Westward expansion, the Civil War, Reconstruction, Industrialism, World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, the Vietnam Era, Watergate, Carter, and the New Conservatism. Features 6 full-length practice exams with all answers thoroughly explained.
Includes CD-ROM software containing 3 of the book's tests as timed, computerized exams that provide actual exam conditions with controlled timing and question order. Your score and test performance are automatically calculated plus the program provides... |
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Parents and Their Children |
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Goodheart Wilcox |
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1566375223 |
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Monkeewrench |
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P. J. Tracy |
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045121157X |
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From Publishers Weekly
A mother-daughter writing team pens a soundly plotted thriller that fires on all cylinders. Tracy (the authors' pseudonym) seamlessly weaves together three distinct subplots converging on a Minneapolis software company, Monkeewrench, run by eclectic misfits and founded by the beautiful, bitchy, haunted Grace MacBride, an enigmatic recluse. The slaying of an elderly couple in a Wisconsin church draws Sheriff Michael Halloran and his amorous deputy, Sharon Mueller, into an investigation that brings unprecedented scrutiny to their conservative rural town. At the same time, a string of baffling murders in Minneapolis are driving homicide detectives Leo Magozzi and Gino Rolseth bonkers. Then the folks at Monkeewrench figure out what's going on: a killer is staging a series of exotic murders that duplicate those in... |
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Children |
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Goodheart Wilcox |
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1566375649 |
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It's My Life: Digital Photography Kit |
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Manufactured by DK Publishing |
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0756614732 |
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From knowing how the camera works and choosing what to photograph to having fun manipulating images on computer, this no-nonsense kit explains the main principles and techniques of photography, and shows children how to get the most out of their digital camera.
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High Wizardry |
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Diane Duane |
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0152162445 |
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Don't take brilliant, shrewd Dairine Callahan for just any bratty younger sibling. Impatient for adventure, knowledge, and recognition, she finds her sister Nita's wizardry manual and reads the Oath aloud. Disappointingly, nothing happens. But when her family's new computer arrives, Dairene discovers more than the standard issue system software on it and launches herself on a reckless, universe-wide, high-voltage magical conflict with the Lone Power. Diane Duane's storytelling is skillfully mythic and wittily referential; Dairine's discovery and shaping of a new form of life is wondrous. For maximum enjoyment, read So You Want To Be A Wizard and Deep Wizardry first.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Working with Young Children |
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Judy Herr |
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159070133X |
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Differentiating Content for Gifted Learners in Grades 6¿12 |
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Susan Winebrenner |
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1575421887 |
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Teachers familiar with Susan Winebrenner's learning materials for gifted students want more. More extensions menus, more study guides, more expert direction from Susan on how to differentiate instruction across a broad range of academic topics: literature, writing, history, social studies, math, science, health, foreign languages, and technology. This stand-alone CD-ROM includes more than 100 reproducible forms and templates, plus detailed explanations on how to differentiate content for gifted and high-ability learners in secondary settings-an increasingly pressing issue as teachers face open enrollment even in honors and AP classes. Unique, timely, and ready to use, it's a must-have tool for today's challenging classroom. Macintosh and Windows compatible. 140+ reproducible handout masters.
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Bill Gates |
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Jeanne M. Lesinski |
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082259689X |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 4-7-A short, easy-to-read biography of one of the world's richest men. The begin- ning chapter outlines Gates's childhood, and includes interesting anecdotes about early signs of competition and genius, while some people thought he was an underachiever. The book focuses on his many professional accomplishments as well as the issues and controversies that he faced throughout his career. Although he emerges as an influential person, Lesinski clearly explains the criticisms lobbed at Microsoft. She is objective about the controversies surrounding her subject, carefully presenting both sides. The book covers Gates's life up to January, 2000, and includes his philanthropic endeavors. Short enough to appeal to reluctant readers, it is dotted with black-and-white and full-color photos that add interest to the... |
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Designing Multimedia Environments for Children |
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Allison Druin, Cynthia Solomon |
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"A must read for multimedia developers and also for parents and teachers concerned by recent bunk about the dangers of cyberspace." —Nicholas Negroponte Founder and Director, MIT Media Lab and author of Being Digital The demand for innovative new multimedia software for children has never been greater. Now experts Allison Druin and Cynthia Solomon help you meet that demand with an in-depth look at creating vibrant multimedia environments to enhance children's educational and play experiences. Drawing upon more than thirty years of research and experimen-tation in children's software development, the authors show you a multimedia museum of examples that offer a framework for designing environments tailored to kids' unique needs. You'll explore the recent developments in multimedia environments for... |
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FAILURE TO CONNECT: How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds -- and What We Can Do About It |
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Jane M. Healy |
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0684855399 |
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This important book is a welcome addition to the growing (and long overdue) debate about how much of a good thing it is to mix computers and children. Healy is a professional educator of wide experience, and a recovering techno-fundamentalist. She is scrupulously fair about the evidence presented in various studies on the ways computers help or hinder learning, and quick to offer positive anecdotes where there are positive ones to be had. (She freely notes, for example, what a miracle computers have been for some handicapped children.) But her conclusions about the routine use of computer technology in the classroom are overwhelmingly--and persuasively--negative. A major theme of Failure to Connect is the federal government's culpable idiocy (not her term, but she implies as much) in jumping uncritically, to the tune... |
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Monkeewrench |
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P. J. Tracy |
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0641692870 |
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The Harriet Lane Handbook |
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Jason Robertson |
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0323029175 |
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For more than 50 years, The Harriet Lane Handbook has been the pediatrician’s reference of choice and for good reason. Its unsurpassed diagnostic and management guidance, recommended tests, complete therapeutic information, and comprehensive drug formulary make it essential for anyone who treats children. Now, the 17th Edition is completely revised and updated to provide readers with the latest treatments, guidelines, procedures, and management recommendations all in the easy-to-use, quick-access format that's made it a bestseller. BONUS handheld software lets you download and synchronize diagnostic and management guidelines, recommended tests, complete therapeutic information, a comprehensive drug formulary with FDA pregnancy notations and trade/generic name drug index, and more than 15 medical calculators.
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Castle Explorer CD-ROM (mac/win) |
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DK Publishing |
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CD-ROM
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0789408910 |
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From Library Journal
Another learning adventure game on disc from DK, Castle Explorer takes you into (at times quite literally) a 3-D animated, 14th-century European castle. There are cross-sections galore, with pop-up windows explaining archaic terminology and videos of live actors. It's a combination of DK's The Way Things Work and (yet again) Myst, letting you explore the castle as a spy for the King and carry out an important mission. Along the way you'll assume a disguise, interact with other characters, and collect pieces of a vital map as well as coins (to bail you out when, inevitably, you end up being thrown in the dungeon). All of this is executed superbly and believably in typical DK fashion. Bottom Line: Combining great content and delivery of an imaginative premise, Castle Explorer is highly recommended for all personal... |
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Clever Cryptograms |
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Louise B. Moll |
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0806907568 |
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"An imaginative collection of 300 simple substitution ciphers with word divisions, based on the sayings of 30 of the world's greatest thinkers, writers and philosophers. In addition to challenging your brain, these cryptograms will provide food for thought with meaningful messages from Einstein, Shaw, Whitman, Disraeli, Gandhi, Santayana and 24 others. Each one is also depicted in an original full-page drawing. Brief tips for solving cryptograms are provided for neophytes, and answers are in the back of the book, if needed."--Cryptologia.
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Visual Basic Game Programming For Teens |
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Jonathan S. Harbour |
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159200587X |
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Get ready to create your first complete 2D-based role-playing game using Visual Basic 6.0. If you have experience using Visual Basic, you already have the essential skills that you need. You will learn, step by step, how to construct each part of an RPG game using DirectX components such as Direct3D. As you work your way through the book, you will write short programs that demonstrate the major topics in each chapter. Dive into the exciting world of game programming, learn how to write your own code, and take complete creative control over how your game operates. Let your imagination loose as you create amazing new adventures!
About the Author
Jonathan S. Harbour has been an avid gamer and programmer for many years and holds a degree in Computer Information Systems. He has... |
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The Kids' Guide to Digital Photography: How to Shoot, Save, Play With & Print Your Digital Photos |
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Jenni Bidner |
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1579906435 |
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From Booklist
Gr. 7-10. Young people with access to a digital camera will find answers to nearly all their questions in this wide-ranging, nicely designed guide. Beginning chapters address basics, including understanding camera features, using focus and flash functions, capturing motion, and so on. Bidner then delves into picture-editing software and even how to set up a Web site (with parent's permission, of course). Final sections offer ideas for projects, such as handmade stationery and bookplates. With so much material covered, some subjects are glossed over, particularly the explanations of software. But Bidner introduces sophisticated technical material in enthusiastic language that is kid-friendly without being condescending, and older teens who aren't put off by the book's juvenile appearance (models are mostly elementary- and... |
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The Adventure's of Cj's Closet: Children's Stories with Biblical Themes |
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0970720106 |
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The Design of Children's Technology (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies) |
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Allison Druin (Editor) |
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Dr. Dobb's Electronic Review of Computer Books
Read the full review for this book. Like most collections, The Design of Children's Technology contains material that will fascinate some readers, but be paged through by others. I was most interested in the descriptions of methodologies and pitfalls in the first half; a lot of the points made seem obvious once they have been stated, but would probably not occur to someone who hadn't tripped over them before. The descriptive material in the second half was less satisfying for me, as the projects discussed have moved on since the book was written, and more up-to-date material is available through the Web. However, these chapters were still useful as an overview of who's doing what, and why. Dr. Dobb's Electronic Review of Computer Books
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JumpStart Pre-K Jumbo Workbook |
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Duendes Del Sur (Illustrator) |
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Learning means fun with the curriculum-linked, classroom-proven workbook series from Scholastic and JumpStart, creators of the popular educational software for children. Playful animal characters guide prekindergarten-age kids through the exciting new world of letters, numbers, shapes, colors, and sizes. The 320-page workbook contains an entire year's worth of exercises, with three different skill levels for "jumping" ahead. Every page has a new, sequenced challenge for the young learner, from tracing and writing uppercase letters to completing nursery rhymes to matching shapes and colors. Full-color art and lively games and activities make education an adventure, while reward stickers and Certificates of Completion reinforce children's sense of accomplishment as they complete each section. Helpful Eleanor the... |
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Bill Gates (Just the Facts Biographies) |
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Jeanne M. Lesinski |
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0822526425 |
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Bound for Murder |
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Laura Childs |
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0425199231 |
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New Orleans scrapbooking shop owner Carmela Bertrand's pre-wedding party is overshadowed when a friend's intended groom is murdered. Asked by the heartbroken bride to look into the case, Carmela must help her friend pick up the pieces while wrapping up a murder that has more than one lethal loose end.
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