Write Right!: A Desktop Digest of Punctuation, Grammar, and Style
In this age of electronic correspondence and self-produced documents, we need a useful and reliable writing guide more than ever. WRITE RIGHT! covers the essentials of good writing in a concise and easy-to-follow format. The new edition of this classic handbook takes you through the entire writing process, from understanding the parts of speech to constructing a correct sentence to fine-tuning the mechanics. And with clever drawings and amusing quotations to illustrate its points, WRITE RIGHT! shows that language can be fun as well as an effective communication tool.
Justice: What's the Right Thing To Do? (Transcription of All 12 Lectures)
Michael Sandel has taught the famous "Justice" course at Harvard for two decades. More than 14,000 students have taken the course, making it one of the most highly attended in Harvard's history. The fall 2007 class was the largest ever at Harvard, with a total of 1,115 students. The fall 2005 course was recorded, and is offered online for students through the Harvard Extension School. An abridged form of this recording is now a 12-episode series, "Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?". This document is the transcription of these 12 lectures.
Retiring Right The Freeway Guide: How to Invent the Rest of Your Life!
The world today is a different place and your retirement doesn't have to look like your parents' did. In this dynamic and entertaining audio program, transformational expert Jim Selman shows you how to create and implement a vision to make sure your retirement is the next great stage in your life. Full of powerful insights and practical tools, this program is a must have for anyone who wants to get the most out of retirement.
llama Llama Red Pajama Llama, Llama red pajama waiting, waiting for his mama. Mama isn't coming yet. Baby Llama starts to fret. In this infectious rhyming read-aloud, Baby Llama turns bedtime into an all-out llama drama! Tucked into bed by his mama, Baby Llama immediately starts worrying when she goes downstairs, and his soft whimpers turn to hollers when she doesn't come right back. But just in time, Mama returns to set things right. Children will relate to Baby Llama's need for comfort, as much as parents will appreciate Mama Llama's
The Horn Book Lively, reassuring, comical -- just right for newly independent readers, with cartoon-style illustrations that gallop, skip, and splash right along with the text.
Cynthia Rylant is the author of more than 100 books for young people, including the beloved Henry and Mudge, Annie and Snowball, Brownie & Pearl, and Mr. Putter & Tabby series. Her novel Missing May received the Newbery Medal. She lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
