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Readers will bend over backward for the debut of the first yoga mystery series.

Ever since her husband ditched her-for another man-A.J. hasn't exactly been on the road to inner peace. Then her yoga-guru aunt is found dead, and A.J.'s named the sole heir to her lucrative yoga studio-making her a multimillionaire, a prime suspect, and the killer's next target..
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Birds of Europe is an extraordinary new field guide to the diverse bird life found throughout Europe. Ranging from the Urals to the Atlantic and from Scandinavia to the Middle East, the guide covers the 722 bird species found in the region as well as 23 introduced species or variants and 103 very rare visitors.

The text by Lars Svensson and Peter J. Grant provides all of the information needed to identify any species in Europe at any time of year, covering identification, voice, habitat, range, and size. In addition, the authors provide an introduction to each group of birds that addresses the major problems involved in identifying or observing the group: how to separate birds of prey in flight, how to organize a sea watching trip, which duck hybrids can be confused with which main species.

In over 3,500 illustrations, Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterström depict every species as well as all major plumage variations. The artists also introduce several design innovations. They illustrate typical habitats and characteristic behavior, including birds in flight, feeding, hunting, and perching; they add pointers and captions to the plates to show key field marks; and they arrange birds for easy comparison of confusing plumages. Distribution maps give up-to-date breeding, wintering, and migration ranges for every species.

The combination of definitive text, superb illustrations, and innovative design, all in a single, portable volume, makes this book the ultimate field guide to the birds of Europe. On the bookshelf or in the coat pocket, it will become an essential companion for every birder, ornithologist, and traveler to Europe.

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In 1965, when the poet Jack Spicer died at the age of forty, he left behind a trunkful of papers and manuscripts and a few copies of the seven small books he had seen to press. A West Coast poet, his influence spanned the national literary scene of the 1950s and '60s, though in many ways Spicer's innovative writing ran counter to that of his contemporaries in the New York School and the West Coast Beat movement. Now, more than forty years later, Spicer's voice is more compelling, insistent, and timely than ever. During his short but prolific life, Spicer troubled the concepts of translation, voice, and the act of poetic composition itself. My Vocabulary Did This to Me is a landmark publication of this essential poet's life work, and includes poems that have become increasingly hard to find and many published here for the first time..
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For one of Innisdale's residents, a priceless sonnet means poetic license to kill. . . .

Grace Hollister's stay in England's picturesque Lake District has proven doubly fruitful -- the American literary scholar just sold her first book, and her romance with charming antiques dealer and ex-jewel thief Peter Fox has begun a new chapter. Sorting through a hoard of papers found in an old farmhouse, Grace and Peter discover an old letter that refers to a lost Shelley sonnet, "Sate the Sphinx." Before Grace can start tracking down this poetic treasure, though, Peter's shady past rears its head -- a particularly ugly head, belonging to a menacing Turk who's eager to see Peter dead.

But there's plenty more trouble in store. Suddenly Grace and Peter are suspects in a murder investigation, and someone has tried his level best to kill her -- not once, but twice. The hieroglyphics are on the wall: unless Grace can unravel an inscrutable riddle and unearth the villain amid a cache of likely suspects, her story might be at an end. . . ..
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At long last English language teachers have what they've been waiting for—a "professional friend" to give a helping hand at all times! A great deal more than a grammar book, this new resource explores areas of the language that teachers have found troublesome to understand, hard to explain, and challenging to demonstrate to students. Its down-to-earth, reader-friendly format gives a fresh, new way of looking at complex material, in turn preparing teachers to communicate better and give more effective examples to students. The 22 chapters explore word order, articles, present, past, and future tenses, the overlooked uses of some and any, modal auxiliaries, prepositions, genitives, compound nouns and adjectives, passives and causatives, direct object companions, two-and three-word verbs, subjunctives, conditional sentences, the role of stress and intonation to convey meaning, and more! You'll find valuable information that you've never seen in other grammar reference books! Each chapter:

• encourages readers to observe, think about, and make conclusions about grammar points;

• features special Troubleshooter boxes with helpful insights on points that often bring problems to the teaching and learning of English because of language interference or other causes; and

• concludes with a section of Teaching Tips to help you create an atmosphere of fun and enjoyment in your classroom with a generous amount of activities and games to teach or reinforce the discrete points covered in the chapter. When your mind goes blank and you're trying to remember exactly what native speakers of English say or why they say this or why they don't say that . . . The ELT Grammar Book comes to the rescue! It's a professional friend that you'll consult often over the entire course of your career..
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"There is no easier or more reliable method to get a student from start to proficiency than these workbooks by Structured Learning." With the step-by-step lesson plans, examples of required work, an index to pinpoint when skills are introduced and reinforced (grades 3-5 only), vocabulary builders and collaborations with other classroom curriculum, the learning becomes a natural flow of knowledge for the student rather than a difficult addition to the already rigorous elementary school learning standards. Priced between $18 and $24, these workbooks will be the best textbook investment you make in your child's learning. This is the first of six Technology workbooks designed for elementary school children. Kindergarten is a seminal year for children and computers. If they enjoy technology this year, they will love it forever. They focus on this simple concept: Make it fun and simple. Introduce those skills that are within their grasp and allow them a sense of achievement and excitement. As with every Workbook in the series, students cover vocabulary and problem-solving, as well as 32 lessons that build on each other, allowing students to learn skills required for future projects. They are introduced to keyboarding, the parts of the computer, graphics, KidPix, PowerPoint, Google Earth--and more technology to ignite their enthusiasm for all things technology! What's a typical 45-minute lesson look like? Students independently open an age-appropriate keyboard program. They practice for 10 minutes, and then exit this. Next, they open KidPix and use the text tool and the paint tool to create a St. Patrick's Day card for the person of their choice. They print and close..
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The authors model practices that instructors at every level may use to get off to a good beginning, maintain motivation in the mid-semester doldrums, and achieve successful closure at the And. Each chapter opens with a vignette that illustrates challenges teachers encounter and the ways both they and their students respond to them..
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"There is no easier or more reliable method to get a student from start to proficiency than these workbooks by Structured Learning." With the step-by-step lesson plans, examples of required work, an index to pinpoint when skills are introduced, vocabulary builders and collaborations with other classroom curriculum, the learning becomes a natural flow of knowledge for the student rather than a difficult addition to the already rigorous elementary school learning standards. Priced between $18 and $24, these workbooks will be the best textbook investment you make in your child's learning. Second Grade is the last of the introductory years for technology training. The focus is still on 'fun', but students begin to realize that with computers, often 'fun' equates with 'challenging'. In the most exciting of fashions, of course! Second graders continue with their work on vocabulary and problem-solving--topics that will carry over the six years--and meet many new programs that will accompany them throughout their education experience. These include advanced keyboarding, MS Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Google Earth and the use of keyboard shortcuts. Amazingly--or not--they are more than ready for these after two years on the Workbook series! Second graders often collaborate with classroom teachers in their projects. For one, they type their science report on 'Animals' using MS Word. They use Times New Roman size 12, double-spaced, paragraphs indented, and word wrap. They learn to correct spelling and grammar mistakes with Word's spell check and grammar check. They insert pictures from KidPix and the internet between paragraphs. The end result: A project that amazes parents and teachers alike--but not them!.
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