The key challenges facing China in the next two decades derive from the ongoing process of urbanization. China`s urbanization rate in 2005 was about 43%. Over the next 10-15 years, China s urbanization rate is expected to rise to well over 50% adding an additional 200 million mainly rural migrants to the current urban population of 560 million...
Once renowned as a funspot, Coney Island has been largely forgotten. Does it still exist? What has survived of the place? And what was it like? In his new book CONEY ISLAND, Professor Solomon takes us there to find out. Roaming about, he interviews old-timers`searches for antiquities, explores what is left of the amusement area. He also provides a history of Coney Island, from its Canarsie Indian days, to its era as a lawless, Tijuana-style resort, to the rise and fall of its amusement parks...
Beeton`s Book of Needlework, by Mrs. Isabella Mary Beeton (1836 - 1865), published in 1870, is a classic reference book for all crafters, beginners and experienced alike. It contains descriptions and instructions illustrated by 600 engravings of tatting patterns, crochet patterns, knitting patterns, netting patterns, embroidery patterns, point lace patterns, Guipure d`Art, Berlin work, monograms, initials and names, pillow work, and lace stitches. Beeton`s Book of Needlework is presented here in it`s entirety for your gentle use.
This is a PHONICS and writing practice for K-1 emergent readers. It will help teach strategies needed to hear and decode short and long-vowel sounds, and provide practice with diagraphs, blends, word families and creative writing. It is available in Block Print and Manuscript. Each book has 96 tear-out pages, 11" x 8.5".
