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  • I Scream Koans
    Brian Rock
    'What is the sound of one hand clapping?' 'If a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it, does it make a sound?' 'Did you ever stop to think and forget to start again?'Sometimes koans can come from the most unlikely places. And sometimes the simplest things can be the most profound. But with the right perspective, enlightenment can be found around every corner and with the t...
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    11,62 €

  • The Search
    Charlotte S. Akyeampong
    “The Search” is an adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Pardoner’s Tale,” and conveys many original cautionary themes to a new audience. Straying from Chaucer’s work, Charlotte Akyeampong creates new characters, not only to widen the scope of the story, but also to ensure effective interaction of different characters. For that is the essence of any good drama.The play seeks to...
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    13,05 €

  • Inside the World of Harry Potter
    Christopher E. Bell
    Many scholars recognize the importance of Harry Potter as a vehicle for discussions about society--from race relations and gender studies to economic, political, religious and educational applications of the texts. This interdisciplinary collection of new essays brings to the forefront a critique of modern Western society, using Harry’s world as a mirror to our own. Covering ...
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    57,60 €

  • Moxie and a Good Sense of Balance
    Lynne Byall Benson
    Moxie and a Good Sense of Balance acknowledges the fictional character of Nancy Drew as a role model for young women of the twenty-first century; an independent young woman, willing to take on injustices in her world. She is a sister of contemporary female detectives Veronica Mars and Jessica Jones. ...
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    26,70 €

  • Even Salt Looks Like Sugar
    Yecheilyah Ysrayl
    Wanda wants nothing more than to escape the oppressive upbringing of life with her abusive foster mother. Miss Cassaundra manipulates the system by bringing lost children into her home turned whorehouse and collecting the money. Wanda knows what it’s like to be abandoned and has no doubt Abby is Cassaundra's next case. When an opportunity arises, that could save them both, ...
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    14,45 €

  • THE ADVENTURES OF EL CIPITIO
    Randy Jurado Ertll
    El Cipitío leaves El Salvador, his home country. El Cipitío is a mythical, ten-year old kid who is three feet tall. He wears a big hat and has a small belly. His feet are backwards, he can teleport, and he has eternal life. He sacrifices to do well in school and he eventually runs for mayor and president of the United States. El Cipitío deja El Salvador, su país de origen. El C...
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    19,76 €

  • Shapers of American Childhood
    The experience of growing up in the U.S. is shaped by many forces. Relationships with parents and teachers are deeply personal and definitive. Social and economic contexts are broader and harder to quantify. Key individuals in public life have also had a marked impact on American childhood. These 18 new essays examine the influence of pivotal figures in the culture of 20th an...
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    64,59 €

  • The Curse of Eden
    Alyssa R Clay
    She ran. The young girl knew not what she was running from nor what she was running to; all she knew was run.  Her tattered dress flew behind her in the wind, its once beautiful pale white now a work of mud, blood, and tears. Her hair whipped at her cheeks as scattered tears fell from her tired eyes. Completely hopeless and overwhelmed by the forest, she had lost her path in th...
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    15,08 €

  • Alcott’s Imaginary Heroes
    In the 150 years since the publication of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy have continued to speak to readers: sometimes comforting, sometimes challenging, always inspiring. In this anthology, fans across the world—writers, teachers, homemakers, religious scholars, stop-motion animators and ecologists—celebrate the March sisters’ lives and loves and, like...
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    12,22 €

  • Young Adult Literature in the Composition Classroom
    Tamara Girardi
    Young adult literature holds an exceptional place in modern American popular culture. Accessible to readers of all levels, it captures a diverse audience and tends to adapt to the big screen in an exciting way. With its wide readership, YAL sparks interesting discussions inside and outside of the classroom. This collection of new essays examines how YAL has impacted college com...
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    64,77 €

  • Exploring Nonfiction Literacies
    This book recognizes nonfiction text as a staple part of the literacy curriculum and advocates that educators include it in their daily practices. It offers innovative ideas on how these texts can be used to nurture literacy acquisition, growth, and fluency in and out of the classroom. ...
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    72,81 €

  • Exploring Nonfiction Literacies
    This book recognizes nonfiction text as a staple part of the literacy curriculum and advocates that educators include it in their daily practices. It offers innovative ideas on how these texts can be used to nurture literacy acquisition, growth, and fluency in and out of the classroom. ...
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    36,82 €

  • Growing Up with Vampires
    Vampire narratives are generally thought of as adult or young adult fare, yet there is a long history of their appearance in books, film and other media meant for children. They emerge as expressions of anxiety about change and growing up but sometimes turn out to be new best friends who highlight the beauty of difference and individuality. This collection of new essays exam...
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    57,45 €

  • Don Quixote as Children’s Literature
    Velma Bourgeois Richmond
    Cervantes is regarded as the author of the first novel and the inventor of fiction. From its publication in 1605, Don Quixote--recently named the world’s best book by authors from 54 countries--has been widely translated and imitated. Among its less acknowledged imitations are stories in children’s literature. In context of English adaptation and critical response this book e...
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    80,67 €

  • The Little Evergreen’s Dream
    Ed Hanes
    This novel story is offered as an early intervention resource for parents and teachers to guide young children in matters related to bullying. By personifying the trees therein, the author illustrates a basic tactic used by bullies in attempting to intimidate and dominate their victims, i.e., criticizing their physical size and appearance.  By ignoring the insults and ridicule ...
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    3,41 €

  • Why Does No One In My Books Look Like Me?
    Ashli Quesinberry Stokes
    Originally published in 1939, Tobe is a children’s book portraying the daily lives of an African American boy and his siblings on a small farm in rural North Carolina. The book was written by a white woman, Stella Sharpe Gentry, and illustrated by more than fifty staged photographs of actual rural children from the Greensboro area taken by Charles A. Farrell.In the spring of 20...
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    15,30 €

  • Once Upon a Time in a Dark and Scary Book
    K. Shryock Hood
    Contemporary American horror literature for children and young adults has two bold messages for readers: adults are untrustworthy, unreliable and often dangerous; and the monster always wins (as it must if there is to be a sequel). Examining the young adult horror series and the religious horror series for children (Left Behind: The Kids) for the first time, and tracing the u...
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    57,53 €

  • El diente perdido
    Lourdes Wolf Marenus
    Lara está convencida de que esa misma noche vendrá el ratoncito Pierre de Nolá a buscar su dientecito que está a punto de caerse.¿Sabrá a queso, leche, verduras y frutas como le apetece a Pierre? ...
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    12,00 €

  • Girls on Fire
    Sarah Hentges
    Under the threat of climate change, corruption, inequality and injustice, Americans may feel they are living in a dystopian novel come to life. Like many American narratives, dystopian stories often focus on males as the agents of social change. With a focus on the intersections of race, gender, class, sexuality and power, the author analyzes the themes, issues and characters i...
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    42,59 €

  • JAMBHALE AMBE ANI JAMMAT GOSHTI
    Vaishali Karlekar
    छोेट्टे-मोठ्ठे, प्राणी-पक्षी रुसवा-फुगवा, भांडण-मैत्री सारं काही तुमच्यासारखं तिथेच जाऊन पहायला हवं चटकन् चला, पाहूया गंमत दोस्तांना दाखवू जंगल जंमत... ...
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    12,89 €

  • Does Nonfiction Equate Truth?
    Educators who teach children’s literature at the college level as part of the pre-service experience seldom allocate enough space in the curriculum for nonfiction literature. This book recognizes the viability of nonfiction as a literary genre that demands critical analysis, celebrates storytelling in its varied forms, and invites teacher educators and pre-service teachers, our...
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    67,18 €

  • Does Nonfiction Equate Truth?
    Educators who teach children’s literature at the college level as part of the pre-service experience seldom allocate enough space in the curriculum for nonfiction literature. This book recognizes the viability of nonfiction as a literary genre that demands critical analysis, celebrates storytelling in its varied forms, and invites teacher educators and pre-service teachers, our...
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    33,96 €

  • Using Nonfiction for Civic Engagement in Classrooms
    This book acknowledges the existence of high quality nonfiction children’s literature that may serve as a basis for conversation about civic engagements and our roles as global citizens. It touches on our social history, and offers ideas for how educators might be able to engage readers in healthy and useful dialogues on what it means to be human and how nonfiction texts attemp...
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    67,27 €

  • Using Nonfiction for Civic Engagement in Classrooms
    This book acknowledges the existence of high quality nonfiction children’s literature that may serve as a basis for conversation about civic engagements and our roles as global citizens. It touches on our social history, and offers ideas for how educators might be able to engage readers in healthy and useful dialogues on what it means to be human and how nonfiction texts attemp...
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    34,04 €

  • An Insight into the Horrors of Partition, Colonialism and Women's Issues
    Ishfaq Hussain Bhat
    The book, An Insight into the Horrors of Partition, Colonialism and Women’s Issues, aims to explore, highlight and condemn various forms of oppression like the oppression of the downtrodden women in the patriarchal society, colonialism and mass trauma and exodus during the Partition of India. For the convenience of the readers, the book has been organized in three Chapters. Cha...
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    7,13 €

  • El Cid campeador (Cómic)
    Enrique Gallud Jardiel
    El Cid, expulsado de la corte por el Rey Alfonso VI de Castilla se ve obligado a abandonar sus tierras. Tras atravesar Burgos deja a su mujer y a sus hijas en el monasterio de San Pedro de Cerdeña y marcha hacia tierra de moros, en el sur de España. Allí emprende batallas por la reconquista de los territorios cristianos y corre diversas aventuras que le ganan fama y fortuna, as...
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    12,00 €

  • THE ADVENTURES OF EL CIPITIO
    Randy Jurado Ertll
    El Cipitío leaves El Salvador, his home country. El Cipitío is a mythical, ten-year old kid who is three feet tall. He wears a big hat and has a small belly. His feet are backwards, he can teleport, and he has eternal life. He sacrifices to do well in school and he eventually runs for mayor and president of the United States. El Cipitío deja El Salvador, su país de origen. El C...
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    23,22 €

  • Ambedkar
    B. R. Ambedkar / BRAmbedkar
    ’Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man’s life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.’-B.R. AmbedkarBorn in 1891 into an Untouchable family, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar is the man behind the Indian Constitution and th...
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    20,12 €

  • Themba and the Great Lion
    Eligah Boykin
    The talking drums of Bala thunder out a tale of high adventure. Themba and his wife, Sisiwe, along with Mother Makanya and the rest of the villagers in his tribe, tremble in terror and groan in misery. The whole community toils and sweats in sorrow and starts at the ferocious roar of their king, Sihkulumi, the Great Lion. Grandsire Damasi, a wise and sly elder, sets upon Themba...
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    21,10 €

  • ELUSIVE CHILDHOOD
    SUSAN HONEYMAN
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    49,00 €


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