Welcome to the wonderfully weird world of Donna Wilson, where you can meet some of the strangest creatures on the planet. Meet Beryl the Dog who loves ham and eggs, but has a fear of fluffy slippers, Bunny Blue the friendly but forgetful rabbit with a passion for cotton candy, Charlie the cheese-loving monkey, or Harry Hairy Head with his penchant for roller discos and cherry cola. These unique toys are so much fun, and fantastically easy to make using the clear instructions and simple patterns. With 35 new friends to make, you'll have your own kooky collection in no time.
Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1939: Decades of Promise and Pain
During the 1920s and 1930s, changes in the American population, increasing urbanization, and innovations in technology exerted major influences on the daily lives of ordinary people. Explore how everyday living changed during these years when use of automobiles and home electrification first became commonplace, when radio emerged, and when cinema, with the addition of sound, became broadly popular. Find out how worklife, domestic life, and leisure-time activities were affected by these factors as well as by the politics of the time.
Cold War Orientalism: Asia in the Middlebrow Imagination, 1945-1961
In the years following World War II, American writers and artists produced a steady stream of popular stories about Americans living, working, and traveling in Asia and the Pacific. Meanwhile the U.S., competing with the Soviet Union for global power, extended its reach into Asia to an unprecedented degree. This book reveals that these trends--the proliferation of Orientalist culture and the expansion of U.S. power--were linked in complex and surprising ways.
At times, everyone feels angry or frustrated. When used as positive tools, these emotions can spur us to action to try to make our lives or the world better. These feelings can also be destructive to one's health if a person gets upset too often or too strongly, and to the larger community if he or she lashes out with angry words or actions against others. "Dealing with Frustration and Anger" explores both the positive and negative sides of these emotions and looks at the many techniques that anger management experts suggest for handling these feelings in healthy ways.
This series is specially designed for students from absolute beginner to intermediate level. Each book consists of five modules and provides systematic preparation in all four language skills - listening, speaking, reading and writing - required at these levels. The Student´s Book and the Workbook are designed to be covered in approximately 60 to 80 hours of classroom work.
