Informative, easy-to read text and oversized photographs draw in readers as they learn about the Apache. Traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more are covered. A map highlights the tribes homeland, while fun facts and a timeline with photos help break up the text. Also discussed is contact with Europeans and American settlers, as well as how the people keep their culture alive today. The book closes with a quote from a tribe leader. Readers are left with a deeper understanding of the Apache people. Table of contents, glossary, and index included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
May I Quote You on That?: A Guide to Grammar and Usage
Though there is no shortage of English grammar and usage guides, Stephen Spector here offers a new approach, pairing grammar rules with interesting and humorous quotations from American popular culture. The book, which Spector has used informally in his introductory-level History of English course for over forty years, focuses on words and usage rules commonly misused or misapplied by undergraduate students - such as discreet/discrete, double negatives, the singular and plural verbs for "everyone," and the distinction between "that" and "which."
How would your life change if you lived each day fully motivated? New York Times bestselling author and successful entrepreneur, Kevin Kruse, shares his personal collection of favorite quotes from ancient philosophers to modern day thinkers. Read one quote a day as a daily vitamin of inspiration, or read them in one sitting to break through negative thinking.
What does history teach us? After a lifetime of research and reflection, the noted historians and authors share their profound and insightful interpretations of the most vital lessons history offers. To quote Will Durant, "The present is the past rolled up for action, and the past is the present unrolled for understanding."
Lawrence Block - The Burglar Who Liked To Quote Kipling
Bookseller, thief - Bernie Rhodenbarr can't resist the lure or a long lost Kipling poem, even if it is locked inside a millionaire's high security library. So Bernie goes browsing and sure enough he liberates the object in question...but also finds a dead redhead and is caught with the proverbial smoking gun by those boys in blue, who are ready to book Bernie for Murder One!
