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Paperback. Condition: Good. The 10th century Chinese Mandarin Kao-tai builds a time machine in which he hopes to see what his country is like in a thousand years time. Due to a slight miscalculation, he ends up in present-day Munich instead of Kai-feng.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In Stupidity and Tears, renowned educator and National Book Award winner Herbert Kohl offers us a thoughtful and ultimately optimistic meditation on the forces that conspire to keep teachers and students ?stupid??i.e., frustrated and unable to excel in an education system that is clearly failing them.Among the topics explored by Kohl are the pressures of standards based assessments and harrowing sink-or-swim policies, the pain teachers feel when asked to teach against their pedagogical conscience, the development of a capacity to sense how students perceive the world, and the importance of hope and creativity in strengthening the social imagination of students and teachers.A rousing call for common sense in the face of dwindling budgets, crippling state mandates, and injudicious politics, Stupidity and Tears is ?vintage Kohl?incisive, funny, reflective, profound . . . a provocation to educators to better teach all our children? (Norman Fruchter, NYU Institute of Education and Social Policy).…

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Condition: Very Good. What happens when you lose your body? Jim True knows. He has returned from an out-of-body experience to find that he has been brutally murdered and his body mutilated. Freed from his body, True embarks on a quest to find his killer. As he closes in on his murderer, True discovers that even the very people he loved and trusted have betrayed him.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. LARGE PRINT EDITION More at LargePrintLiberty.com This volume consists of a lecture Herbert gave at Oxford University in 1906 in honour of Herbert Spencer and an essay he wrote just before his death outlining the principles of his philosophy of Voluntaryism.

Paperback. Condition: Good. "My friend shudders at my slaying a rhinoceros, but manages to eat part of an unfortunate sheep immediately afterwards. I wonder if the good lady's words ring true. She may be right, and books on sport and adventure are only for men and boys, the sterner sex. If, therefore, you, reader o' mine, should regard all forms of taking life as unwomanly, read no more.We went to Alaska to shoot, and we shot." -- from chapter 1. In the first decade of the twentieth century, Agnes Herbert (ca1880-1960) and her cousin Cecily hunted on three continents, and Herbert wrote a book about each excursion. This, her second, traces the story of the women's Alaskan hunt, undertaken in part with two men. The foursome formed two expeditions, sometimes setting up camp together and sometimes going their own ways. The women's trophies included brown bear, walrus, caribou, Dall sheep, and moose; and Cecily bagged herself a husband, as well. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. Inspired by Brokering's observations of cats, each ofthese whimsical, playful psalm-meditations is writtenin the "voice" of the cat and expresses what cats canteach us about grace and living a grace-filled life. Aprayer that encourages readers and offers fresh, newways to pray more deeply and with more imaginationand understanding follows each meditation.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Scott's well-loved story sensitively captures the cozy warmth of a universal childhood experience, portrayed in an Eskimo setting. Michael loves cuddling in the rocking chair with his mother and his favorite toys. When his baby sister wants to join in, Michael learns that there's enough room--on Mother's lap and in her heart--for all. Full color. Coalson, Glo (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Inspired by Brokering's observations of cats, each ofthese whimsical, playful psalm-meditations is writtenin the "voice" of the cat and expresses what cats canteach us about grace and living a grace-filled life. Aprayer that encourages readers and offers fresh, newways to pray more deeply and with more imaginationand understanding follows each meditation. …

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Author Emily Herbert draws on the reminiscences of many famous friends and colleagues to create an authoritative and entertaining tribute to one of the funniest, most lovable and prolific broadcasters of all time.

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Enjoy the wonders of the heavens and understand more fully what you see. This Golden Guide shows you how with 150 full-color illustrations, including: Charts of the major constellationsTables to help locate the planetsUp-to-date explanations of meteors, comets, eclipses, and other celestial objects Ideal for classroom use, to take along on vacations, and for use at home. James Gordon Irving (Illustrator) (illustrator). …

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. (Book). This volume collects, for the first time, 28 biographies of the greatest songwriters and lyricists of Broadway musicals. It goes below the surface to see what made them tick and to uncover the secrets of their success as well as the personal foibles that sometimes led to their downfall. Longtime theatre lover and stage veteran Herbert Keyser takes us on a personal journey through the music that made these great artists so much a part of our history and our lives. Keyser has assembled a reader-friendly collection of stories that will capture your heart, bring a tear to your eye or a smile to your face, and all the while have you singing along. In presenting these life histories, full of drama, humor, and poignancy, The Geniuses of the American Musical Theatre gives us the story of the golden age of Broadway from a well-informed, witty, and warmhearted new perspective. The first book of its type ever assembled, it is a tremendous attraction for all those who love theatre and popular music, with intimate, little-known details of popular songwriters' lives.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Enjoy the wonders of the heavens and understand more fully what you see. This Golden Guide shows you how with 150 full-color illustrations, including: Charts of the major constellationsTables to help locate the planetsUp-to-date explanations of meteors, comets, eclipses, and other celestial objects Ideal for classroom use, to take along on vacations, and for use at home. James Gordon Irving (Illustrator) (illustrator). …

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Enjoy the wonders of the heavens and understand more fully what you see. This Golden Guide shows you how with 150 full-color illustrations, including: Charts of the major constellationsTables to help locate the planetsUp-to-date explanations of meteors, comets, eclipses, and other celestial objects Ideal for classroom use, to take along on vacations, and for use at home. James Gordon Irving (Illustrator) (illustrator). …

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