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Curious George: Roller Coaster
by H. A. ReyCurious George can’t wait to ride the Turbo Python 3000 with his friends Betsy and Steve at the amusement park. But he is not tall enough! Will George figure out how to ride the roller coaster before the end of the day?Learning concepts: measurements, height Level one in Houghton's new Curious George reader line means that the text is minimal and simple, perfect for readers learning to sound out words while looking at the art for visual clues.
Curious George: The Perfect Carrot
by H. A. ReyWith the help of the man with the yellow hat, Curious George plants and grows carrots in a little garden plot of his own. When his carrots are finally ready to be pulled from the ground, George decides that his prize carrot is too perfect to eat. But when George stumbles upon his friend Bill's pet bunnies lost and hungry, he doesn't hesitate to share his carrot to help save the day.George's food-growing adventure has an environmentally friendly theme and includes fun facts about locally grown foods and a delicious recipe for carrot muffins.
Current Controversies and Issues in Personality (Third Edition)
by Lawrence A. PervinIn this engaging book, Lawrence A. Pervin explores both the classic and more recent issues that define the field of personality psychology. Striking a careful balance between evolutionary and cultural perspectives, Pervin critically examines the issues that are the basis of much of the theory and research present in the field today and which are likely to be the basis for advances in the future. He presents an evenhanded coverage of current approaches to personality, and pays particular attention to the public policy implications of different theoretical views. Some of the fascinating controversies and debates you'll find in this book include: * Is Personality Stable Over the Life course? * The Nature of Human Nature: Culture and the Search for Universals * Mind, Brain, and Behavior: Psychology, Biology, and the Question of Reductionism * Is the Concept of the Self Useful and Necessary? * The Enterprise of Personality Research: How should it be Conducted?
Current Debates In American Government
by James Morone Ryan EmenakerIdeal for introductory courses, Current Debates in American Government presents over 50 lively readings drawn from major news sources including: The Economist, The Washington Post, NPR News, The New York Times, and The New Yorker. The authors selected these readings to introduce students to key debates in American politics and to help them better understand how these issues and debates affect their own lives. <p><p>Current Debates in American Government, Second Edition, is a perfect companion to Morone/Kersh's textbook, By the People: Debating American Government, Third Edition, (OUP, 2016), as its selections are organized thematically into sections that correspond to the chapters in that text.
Current Debates In International Relations
by Vladislav M. Zubok Eric B. ShiraevIdeal for introductory courses, Current Debates in International Relations presents forty-nine readings drawn from major scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, International Relations, and The Wall Street Journal. It provides a broad selection of articles--both classical/theoretical and practical/applied--and steers students through major international issues, offering contending yet complementary approaches. <p><p> Section introductions offer previews of the topics and readings along with questions for class discussion or individual assignments. An open-access Companion Website provides additional resources for students and instructors, including practice questions and exercises. <p> An excellent stand-alone text, Current Debates in International Relations is also a perfect companion to the editors' textbook, International Relations, Second Edition (OUP, 2015).
Current Debates in American Politics
by John T. RourkeUpdated annually, this best-selling, debate-style reader examines the most timely, important, and provocative issues in American politics.
Current Directions in Health Psychology
by Edith Chen Gregory MillerThese timely, cutting-edge articles allow instructors to bring their students real-world perspective--from a reliable source--about today's most current and pressing issues in health psychology.
Current Issues and Enduring Questions: A Guide To Critical Thinking And Argument, With Readings
by Barnet Badau O’HaraCurrent Issues and Enduring Questions is a text and reader that serves as an extensive resource for teaching argument, persuasive writing, critical thinking, and research. It includes readings on topics that matter to students, such as being seen as “the other” and student loan forgiveness, issues that students will want to engage with and debate. Comprehensive coverage of classic and contemporary approaches to argument includes Aristotelian, Toulmin, Rogerian, and a range of alternative views, such as analyzing and writing about visual arguments. <p><p> This new edition does more than ever to make argument concepts clear, and to give students strategies for crafting effective arguments. For today’s ever-increasingly visual learners who are challenged to separate what’s real from what’s not, new activities and visual flowcharts support information literacy. Newly annotated readings highlight important rhetorical moves. And new readings explore controversial issues such as mass incarceration, cultural appropriation, and the way computer algorithms make biased decisions.
Current Occupational and Environmental Medicine 5/E (Lange Medical Books)
by Robert Harrison Joseph LaDouA thorough, concise, up-to-date guide to the diagnosis and treatment of common occupational and environmental injuries and diseases <P><P>A Doody's Core Title for 2017! <P><P>Coverage includes: <ul> <li>Chapters on how to conduct an occupational and environmental medical history, examine the patient, evaluate exposures, and prevent further injury and illness</li> <li>New methods of disability management and the important role that physicians can play in preventing disability</li> <li>Practical information on the toxic properties and clinical manifestation of common industrial materials</li> <li>Techniques to prevent acute and cumulative workplace-related injuries</li> <li>Detailed discussion of international occupational and environmental health, and issues of worker migration</li> <li>An appendix that concisely introduces the important topics of biostatistics and epidemiology</li> </ul> <P><P>LANGE The definitive overview of common occupational and environmental illnesses <P><P>NEW CHAPTERS on electronic health records, the management of chronic pain, violence in the workplace, terrorism preparedness, disease surveillance, and chemical policy <P><P>Valuable to practicing physicians as well as students and residents
Current Psychotherapies
by Raymond J. Corsini Danny WeddingNow in its eleventh edition and used in top Counseling, Psychology and Social Work programs, CURRENT PSYCHOTHERAPIES helps you learn, compare and apply the major systems of psychotherapy in a way that will be meaningful in your future practice. Every chapter is written by either an originator or a leading proponent of a system. Each of these distinguished figures describes the basic principles of the system and highlights how it differs from other systems. A case example in every theory chapter guides you through the problem, evaluation, treatment and follow-up process.
Current Psychotherapies (7th edition)
by Raymond J. Corsini Danny WeddingThe 14 chapters in this counseling textbook describe the most important systems in the current practice of psychotherapy, summarizing each's history, theories of personality, treatment methods, and application to different disorders. The eighth edition adds chapters on integrative and contemplative psychotherapies and removes the chapters on experiential psychotherapy and psychodrama.
Curriculum For Learners
by P.N. Lakshmi Shanmugam M. ManivannanThis Self Instructional Material “Curriculum for Learners” attempts to give balanced attention to all important areas of curriculum such as traditional concept of curriculum, new concept of curriculum, types of curriculum, anatomy of curriculum and curriculum design. It helps the teachers to seek more explicit formulations of the teaching-learning process and to guide classroom practice. It provides context influences to the teachers to frame the curriculum in increasing diversity and complexity of the society.
Curriculum in Context: Designing Curriculum and Instruction for Teaching and Learning in Context
by Leigh ChiarelottEasily design appropriate curricula with CURRICULUM IN CONTEXT! This guidebook for teachers and curricula designers focuses on designing curriculum and instruction in the context of contextual teaching and learning, a system that enables students to find meaning by connecting the content of the lesson with the context of their lives. With a practical focus and numerous examples of designs created by actual teachers, this education text provides you with the concepts and skills you need to make appropriate curricular and instructional decisions for your own school and classroom.
Curse of the Akoma Stone: A Branches Book (Kwame's Magic Quest)
by Bernard MensahKwame travels to the Cursed Realm, in the fourth installment of this action-packed early chapter book series perfect for fans of Dragon Masters!Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Kwame and his friends are excited to participate in the Nkonyaa Games - a series of magic competitions! As the games begin, a mysterious new teacher named Elder Z arrives. Soon after, a spell is cast on two students, trapping them in stone. And no one knows how to break it! The evil Boni calabash tells Kwame he must enter the Cursed Realm to save his classmates. But can Kwame trust the green calabash? And who cast the forbidden spell? Could it have been Elder Z?With engaging black-and-white artwork on every page, kids won't be able to put down this fully illustrated, magical, action-packed adventure!
Curse of the Crummy Mummy! (Junior Monster Scouts #6)
by Joe McGeeThe Junior Monster Scouts face off against a tricky sphinx in the hilarious sixth chapter book of the Junior Monster Scouts series!The Junior Monster Scouts are going to host an exchange scout, a mummy staying at Castle Dracula for the summer. But when their guest&’s pet sphinx gets loose, it starts causing trouble by turning people who can&’t answer its riddles to stone! Can the scouts and the mummy capture the sphinx, answer its riddles, and convince it to turn everyone back to normal?
Curse of the Mummy (Step into Reading)
by Gertrude Chandler WarnerThe Alden children were searching for a home–and found a life of adventure! Embark on an exciting journey with the Boxcar Children in this Step 2 leveled reader as they investigate the mystery of the mummy's curse! Perfect for early readers learning to read simple sentences.The Aldens are helping a local museum set up an exhibit about ancient Egypt! But when someone has an accident and artifacts begin to dissappear, they can't help but wonder--could the museum's mysterious mummy be cursed? Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's Mystery of the Mummy's Curse chapter book, this early reader allows children to start reading with a Boxcar Children classic.Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. For children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.
Cursed Crusaders (Ponyville Mysteries #5)
by Penumbra QuillJoin the Cutie Mark Crusaders--Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo--as they read mysteries, legends, ghost stories, and every other kind of tale that makes a mane stand on end. From Ponyville School classmates to Rainbow Dash to the Princess of the Night herself, you never know who else...or what else...awaits as they set out to solve seeming supernatural mysteries around Ponyville.Ideal for younger and more reluctant readers, this new original series complements our existing chapter book program with numbered titles, shorter page counts, and a perennial popular genre. These mysterious and sweetly spooky stories are sure to appeal to all My Little Pony fans--both girl and boy.©2018 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.
Customer Service Skills for Success
by Robert W. LucasNot the Same Old Customer Service Textbook Customer Service: Skills for Success uses a variety of activities and example to gain and hold readers' interest while providing additional insights into the concepts and skills related to customer service. The text begins with a macro view of what customer service involves today and provides projections for the future then focuses on specific skills and related topics. The fifth edition of Customer Service: Skills for Success contains 10 chapters divided into three parts, plus the Appendix, Glossary, and Bibliography. These parts focus on different aspects of customer service: (1) The Profession, (2) Skills for Success, and (3) Building and Maintaining Relationships. Along with valuable ideas, guidance, and perspectives, readers will also encounter interviews of real-world service providers and case study scenarios and activities to help you apply concepts learned to real-world situations in order to challenge your thinking on the issues presented. For users of previous editions, you will note a streamlined approach where we have combined material from several previous chapters.
Cut Loose Your Stammering Tongue: Black Theology in the Slave Narratives
by Dwight N. Hopkins George C. L. CummingsDrawing on slave narratives found in forty-one volumes of interviews and one hundred autobiographies by former slaves, these contributors explore how enslaved African Americans received the often oppressive faith of their masters but transformed it into a gospel of liberation. This classic work demonstrates how an authentic black theology of liberation today must listen to the divine spirit that once fed and continues to feed the black religious experience. This second edition includes three additional provocative essays.
Cutnell & Johnson Physics, AP Edition: Student Edition Grades 9-12 2018 (Cutnell, Physics, Eleventh Edition, Ap Edition Ser.)
by David Young Shane StadlerNIMAC-sourced textbook
Cuídate: Descansar (¡Arriba la Lectura!, Read Aloud Module 4 #4)
by Siân SmithNIMAC-sourced textbook