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Secondary school students who are taking Italian and finding the learning process painful will change their minds when they open this book. Separate lessons teach important and interesting aspects of Italian culture while also presenting lessons in Italian vocabulary, grammar, and conversational Italian. Brief exercises that help students measure their learning progress cover grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and idioms. Structured in a workbook format, "Painless Italian" is a language immersi...

Sophia is staying on her uncle's farm in Trinidad, and her uncle givers her a parakeet to take home. But in the city, even though he has a brand new cage made by Sophia's father, the bird starts to sicken. The challenge for Sophia is to find out what is wrong and what to do about it.Read Awhile is a series of graded stories and non-fiction texts that have been specially written for young readers in the Caribbean. Read Awhile books also contain questions, activities and other materials designed t...

The updated edition of Barron's SAT Subject Test Chemistry includes: A full-length diagnostic test with explained answers Four practice tests that reflect the actual SAT Subject Test Chemistry All questions answered and explained Detailed reviews covering all test topics Appendixes covering the Periodic Table, important equations, and more Both teachers and test-taking students have praised earlier editions of this manual for its wealth of well-organized detail.

A brand-new manual to help college-bound students succeed on the ACT. The emphasis is on learning by doing, with six full-length practice tests for students to determine their strengths and improve their weak areas. Similar in length, structure, question types, and degree of difficulty to the actual ACT All test questions are answered with detailed analyses explaining why each correct answer is the right one, and why the alternatives are incorrect Includes exclusive tips and strategies to he...

Willa Cather's best known novel is an epic--almost mythic--story of a single human life lived simply in the silence of the southwestern desert. In 1851 Father Jean Marie Latour comes to serve as the Apostolic Vicar to New Mexico. What he finds is a vast territory of red hills and tortuous arroyos, American by law but Mexican and Indian in custom and belief. In the almost forty years that follow, Latour spreads his faith in the only way he knows--gently, all the while contending with an unforgivi...

Poor Mother Hen - her chicks keep disappearing! Who is stealing them? She asks all the birds, but they all shake their feathered heads. They don't know. Could it be the big-eyed, sharp-beaked owl who looks so plump and well-fed?

Build understanding and knowledge with this comprehensive full-colour textbook that covers core modules across all aspects of Early Years.Early Years for Levels 4 & 5 and the Foundation Degree is an authoritative and accessible course textbook for anyone studying at Levels 4 and 5, whether a Foundation Degree, HNC/HND, the first year of an undergraduate programme or other higher vocational qualifications related to early years or early childhood studies. It is also relevant to those working towa...