Short Stories for Students is designed to provide readers with information and discussion about a wide range of important contemporary and historical works of short fiction, and it does that job very well. However, I want to use this guest foreword to address a question that it does not take up. It is a fundamental question that is often ignored in high school and college English classes as well as research texts, and one that causes frustration among students at all levels, namely why study literature at all?
Ask a question - and Mccall's has the answer. Just about every question that a beginner sewer (or an experienced one!) could ask about sewing is in this book. Ask one and see!
Each chapter (there are fourteen of them) is devoted to one aspect of sewing. We take you step by step through selecting a pattern and adjusting that pattern so that it fits you. Then on to equipment - and most iportant of all, how to use it. Mccall's makes it easy to sew everything to wear, including pants and skirts, jackets and coats. there's even a chapter on tailoring for men!
Reading is designed for both self-study and classroom use to prepare students for the reading Comprehension of the TOEFL Test. Each chapter covers a type of reading question that can be found on the TOEFL.
The 4-hour body an uncommon guide to rapid fat-loss, incredible sex, and becoming superhuman (audiobook)
The 4-Hour Body is the result of an obsessive quest spanning more than a decade to hack the human body. It contains the collective wisdom of hundreds of elite athletes dozens of MDs and thousands of hours of jaw-dropping personal experimentation. From Olympic training centers to black-market laboratories from Silicon Valley to South Africa Tim Ferriss the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 4-Hour Workweek fixated on one life-changing question: For all things physical what are the tiniest changes that produce the biggest results?
Our Seasons A series of light-hearted haikus combines with clear, scientific prose to present an informed and appealing introduction to the seasons. The science is conveyed in a question-and-answer format, with each season answering a question about weather, the natural world, and the physical effects of the seasons. Topics include wind, water vapor, frost, humidity, and more.
