Added by: miss-nina | Karma: 10.53 | Fiction literature | 23 October 2010
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The memory keeper's daughter The Memory Keeper's Daughter is a novel by American author Kim Edwards that tells the story of a man who gives away his newborn baby, who has Down syndrome to one of the nurses. Published by Viking Press in June 2005, the novel garnered great interest via word of mouth in the summer of 2006 and placed on the New York Times Paperback Bestsellers List. The novel was adapted to television film and broadcast on Lifetime Television in April 2008.
Fans of Finger Rhymes and Hand Rhymes will welcome this energetic collection of 12 rhymes with accompanying motions and music conveniently supplied in the back of the book. Familiar rhymes like "I'm a Little Teapot" and "Do Your Ears Hang Low" are mixed with such lesser-known ones as "The Wheels of the Bus." The book is in bright colors, imbued with a soft pastel quality and the movements are illustrated in small black and white hieroglyphs placed next to each phrase of the text.
John Bird's approach to mathematics, based on numerous worked examples supported by problems, is ideal for students of a wide range of abilities. Theory is kept to a minimum, with the emphasis firmly placed on problem-solving skills, making this a thoroughly practical introduction to the mathematics engineering students need to master.
Organized district by district, this guidebook to Hawaii contains specially commissioned maps to show every significant sight, location, building, museum and gallery as well as major shops, hotels and restaurants. They are placed on the page alongside practical information.
A Lower-Intermediate > Intermediate course for people working in – or planning to work in – the tourist industry. Contains 50 x 90-minute lessons which are organized thematically. Specific emphasis is placed on encouraging students to communicate in typical tourism-related contexts.
