An elite band of secretaries in No. 10 Downing Street, The Garden Room Girls are so called because they occupy the room looking out onto the Prime Minister's garden. In their first-ever interviews, listeners hear from some of the "girls" who have worked at the very centre of Government over the last 50 years who reveal their untold stories of life at Number 10 and how it operates.
"Mathematics: Applications and Concepts" sets the standard in Middle School mathematics. This three-course program provides a unique blend of instruction, daily practice, intervention, standardized test preparation, and practice in reading and writing math, and gets students ready for testing success.
Reading age for native speakers: Middle School students (7th grade)
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The Listening and Speaking Activities booklets consists of five pages of teacher notes and twenty-three activity pages. Teacher notes discuss the speaking and listening principles involved in each activity. They provide practical guidelines for conducting the activity and for evaluating students' answers to questions. Activity pages include practical tips and suggestions for performing the activity and questions to help students evaluate the effectiveness of their own and their peers' participation.
"Most of us would like to be smarter," asserts Restak (The Brain, companion to PBS's series by the same name), neuropsychiatrist and clinical professor of neurology at George Washington University Medical Center. Restak claims that improving cognition is the answer. In accessible science-teacher style, Restak delineates the brain's attributes, from its weight (three pounds) to the number of nerve cells (100 billion) and its infinity of synapses, explaining what aids communication, informs memory and so forth.
A thrilling and evocative fantasy from a new master of the genre, Christopher Paolini. When Eragon finds a polished stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. Overnight his simple life is shattered and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic and power. With only an ancient sword and the advice of an old storyteller for guidance, he and the fledgling dragon must navigate the dangerous terrain and dark enemies of an Empire ruled by a king whose evil knows no bounds.