Added by: visan | Karma: 894.33 | Other | 22 July 2009
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Michael Jackson - Remember the Time
"Remember the Time" is a popular recording by American rock, pop and R&B singer Michael Jackson in March of 1992. Released as the second single off Jackson's hit 1991 album, Dangerous, the song was a successful attempt by Jackson to create a New jack swing-flavored R&B jam with the accompanient of co-producer Teddy Riley.
Artists who have mastered the basic drawing skills, push past that plateau with the suggestions in this inspiring instructional manual. Discover effective ways to design and draw compositions. Add texture, outline, and movement to enhance the realism of your drawings. Try new tools and techniques. Whether you want to improve the accuracy of your pieces or create more expressive work, these illustrated lessons are essential.
The Flyer Flew!: The Invention Of The Airplane (On My Own Science)
Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Kids | 8 June 2009
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Grade 2-4 This brief chapter book begins in 1892, explaining that the Wright brothers, who loved inventions, ran a bicycle shop and read about the flight research by German flier Otto Lilienthal. When he died in a crash, the men decided to continue with his research. The author explains the various steps they took to create and test a flying machine. Terms such as pitch, air pressure, glider, and elevator are explained in the text and in a glossary.
Stop and Go, Yes and No: What Is an Antonym? (Words Are Categorical)
Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Coursebooks, Kids | 8 June 2009
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Kindergarten-Grade 3 Cleary describes and illustrates antonyms from the obvious stop and go, yes and no, front and back, fast and slow, to the more obscure: excite and soothe, hefty and diminutive. He elaborates on reasons for celebrating opposites and also describes how to create them through the use of powerful prefixes such as un,dis, im, and non.
When Jane Austen's novels were published, some readers dismissed them as "too natural to be interesting." Yet their very true-to-lifeness helped earn Austen (1775–1817) her place in the literary canon. Nearly 200 years later, many praise what Austen scholar (and obvious fan) Le Faye calls her ability to create the "sensation that we are visiting genuine places and joining in the lives of genuine people."