Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 31 August 2011
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The Stranger's Child
In the late summer of 1913 the aristocratic young poet Cecil Valance comes to stay at ‘Two Acres’, the home of his close Cambridge friend George Sawle. The weekend will be one of excitements and confusions for all the Sawles, but it is on George’s sixteen-year-old sister Daphne that it will have the most lasting impact, when Cecil writes her a poem which will become a touchstone for a generation, an evocation of an England about to change for ever.
More short vowels 'A', 'U', 'E', 'I', 'O' and most frequently used sight words practice reading book. Raceway steps 15 and 19.
The series consists of 17 phonetic, full-color storybooks which cover all 36 steps, providing immediate, rewarding reinforcement for the decoding skill just learned.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 29 August 2011
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The Soul Catcher
FBI Special Agent Maggie O'Dell and her partner Tully investigate two cases--the murder of a senator's daughter in Washington, D.C., and a deadly shootout in Massachusetts, both of which are linked to Reverend Joseph Everett, who is dating Maggie's mother.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 28 August 2011
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Cold Hit
When Linda Fairstein describes the route Alexandra Cooper takes from the district attorney's office to NYPD headquarters, you know she's walked that way many times herself. "I took the shortcut over to One Police Plaza, cutting behind the Metropolitan Correctional Center and alongside the staggeringly expensive new federal courthouse, which made our digs, complete with oversized rodents and roaches that obviously thrived on Combat, look like judicial facilities in some third world country."
The Nelson Picture DictionaryThis Picture Dictionary is specially designed for young learners and is ideal for use either in the school or at home. Created by the authors of the best selling primary course Stepping Stones, it contains: * over 1500 words, arranged alphabetically and by topic * enjoyable tasks and activities which help children build vocabulary and develop basic dictionary and referencing skills * beautiful illustrations and photographs which combine clarity and humour, making children want to return to the dictionary time and time again. An accompanying cassette gives pronunciation models for each word, and includes songs and rhymes for pronunciation practice.
