Everything bad that happens to Noah's parents turns out to be good in this delightful story about opposites. "The plot is highly imaginative, with cameo appearances by Tolstoy (the pet frog), Albert Einstein (the teacher), and Elvis Presley (the pet parrot). Alison Lang's illustrations are equally entertaining. Each panel is a world in itself, a world that revolves around young Noah and his personal perspective on good and bad. Highly recommended." Canadian Book Review Annual
This book constitutes a first look at the little-known phenomenon of the Italian/American short film. What becomes apparent is the conspicuous interest these members of the newer generation of Italian/American filmmakers exhibit vis-a-vis their ethnicity, be such films a fiction, a documentary, or a music video. Equally significant is the lens through which they see their Italian/American heritage.
Japanamerica tells the incredible story of the way the colorful and eccentric world of Japanese entertainment and popular art has enriched our lives in the West. But it also deals with why it has a poetry that has taken Americans many years to understand and feel able to echo. Japan's holocaust was equally traumatic to the ones experienced by many Americans, and perhaps more sudden, more extreme and more focused.
This series is especially designed to quickly improve your student's ability to understand and retain what they read. The A to D organization of the workbooks provides progressively challenging activities ranging from simple recall to evaluations requiring higher-order thinking skills taught earlier. Equally appropriate as a refresher course for on-level students or as primary instruction for struggling students.
This in-depth exploration of the English language covers every nuance and curiosity of this constantly evolving linguistic pastiche. It is estimated that every year 800 neologisms are added to the English language, and include acronyms (NIMBY, Not In My Backyard), blended words (motel), and those taken from foreign languages (savoir-faire). Laid out in an a-to-z format with detailed cross-references and written to appeal equally to students, etymologists, and nonnative speakers, this historical guide is an invaluable resource for this truly global lingua franca.
