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Smithsonian Scientific Series, Complete 12 Volume Set

By: Abbot, Charles Greeley

Price: $130.00

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution: January 1934

Seller ID: 177452

ISBN: B000JWQHUQ

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Complete 12 Volume set, 1934 'Patron's Edition,' red leatherette, gilt decorations on covers and spine, bindings firm. Set presents nicely on the shelf.
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Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasion (Wooden Books)

By: Aberdein,Andrew,Arvatu,Adina

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA: February 2016

Seller ID: 177388

ISBN: 1632864436

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

When is it better to use an analogy rather than a simile or a metaphor? Can you tell the difference between a synecdoche and a metonymy? What are the secret tricks used every day by professional persuaders? In this learned little volume, Adina Arvatu and Andrew Aberdein demonstrate the principles of Rhetoric via its key figures and devices, using numerous examples to show how almost all human communication deploys the time-tested techniques of this most enchanting ancient art.
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No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning

By: Abigail Thernstrom, Stephan Thernstrom

Price: $21.99

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: September 2004

Seller ID: 136351

ISBN: 074326522X

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

The racial gap in academic performance between whites and Asians, on the one hand, and Latinos and blacks, on the other hand, is America's most urgent educational problem. It is also the central civil rights issue of our time, say Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom. Unequal skills and knowledge are the main sources of ongoing racial inequality, and racial inequality is America's great unfinished business.
A wide and tragic gap in learning is evident in affluent suburbs as well as inner cities. But great schools are scattered across the country, as described in inspiring detail by the Thernstr...
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How to Speak How to Listen

By: ADLER, MORTIMER J.

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Touchstone: April 1997

Seller ID: 164292

ISBN: 0684846470

Condition: New

Practical information for learning how to speak and listen more effectively.

With over half a million copies in print of his "living classic" How to Read a Book in print, intellectual, philosopher, and academic Mortimer J. Adler set out to write an accompanying volume on speaking and listening, offering the impressive depth of knowledge and accessible panache that distinguished his first book.

In How to Speak How to Listen, Adler explains the fundamental principles of communicating through speech, with sections on such specialized presentations as the sales talk, ...
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Your School of Love

By: Agnes Penny

Price: $15.95

Publisher: TAN Books: May 2014

Seller ID: 137166

ISBN: 1618902121

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Homeschooling your children can be a beautiful and fruitful experience for both you and your children...but it can also be overwhelming. Agnes Penney, the popular author of Your Labor of Love and Your Vocation of Love, is here to help you along the way. Your School of Love is not a homeschooling curriculum, or a how-to guide, but a spiritual companion that will help you and your children get the most out of homeschooling. Your School of Love is packed with short chapters, perfect for the always-busy homeschooling parent, offering tips and advice on a variety of topics, including: - Homeschooli...
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The Closing of the American Mind

By: ALLAN BLOOM

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: May 1988

Seller ID: 173781

ISBN: 0671657151

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Very Good

Solid binding, moderate wear. Interior shows scattered light pencil marks and marginalia.
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The Closing of the American Mind

By: ALLAN BLOOM

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: May 1988

Seller ID: 173944

ISBN: 0671657151

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Very Good

Crisp and unread, slight corner bump.
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Planning Your Pregnancy and Birth, Third Edition

By: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Price: $6.50

Publisher: American College of Obstetricians & Gynecolog: December 2000

Seller ID: 172137

ISBN: 0915473569

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Good

Moderate cover wear, firm binding, unmarked text.
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Ready Steady Grow!

By: ANGELA MACNAMARA

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Hyperion Books: 1989-12-01

Seller ID: 20070607112152

ISBN: 0862171660

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Story So Far : Play Therapy Narratives

By: ANN CATTANACH

Price: $34.95

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub: August 2002

Seller ID: 20090512156347

ISBN: 1843100630

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Identity is formed through the narration of experience, and children who experience difficult life events may need help in forming and expressing their own narratives. Play therapy can be a very appropriate way of facilitating this kind of expression. This book describes the work of nine play therapists through the narratives of children - and some adults - whose stories emerge during their play therapy sessions. These stories are not direct accounts of real happenings but are imaginative, metaphorical, complex and multi-layered. The life events they relate to include fostering, long-term illn...
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Childrens Stories in Play Therapy

By: ANN CATTANACH

Price: $36.95

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub: March 1997

Seller ID: 20090512156348

ISBN: 1853023620

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

For therapists working with children one of the main obstacles to effective treatment is the difficulty of finding an appropriate means of communication; both in terms of the child's expression of thoughts and feelings and in terms of their understanding of what the therapist is trying to convey to them. Stories have traditionally been used as a method of communicating ideas to children, yet stories can equally be used by children to reveal their internal life and emotions, and contain their experiences. Based on her extensive experience as a play therapist Ann Cattanach extends her acclaimed ...
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Minds More Awake: The Vision of Charlotte Mason

By: Anne E. White

Price: $16.95

Publisher: Anne E. White: July 2015

Seller ID: 136820

ISBN: 0994797702

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

To open the door to the treasures (and the treasuring) of knowledge is to set children on the journey to an intentional, purposeful life. This exploration of Charlotte Mason's educational philosophy focuses on two "power tools," the Way of the Will and the Way of the Reason, and examines the ways in which Mason's principles are made practical.
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Life Under Compulsion: Ten Ways to Destroy the Humanity of Your Child

By: Anthony Esolen

Price: $27.95

Publisher: Intercollegiate Studies Institute: May 2015

Seller ID: 166789

ISBN: 1610170946

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Welcome to Life Under Compulsion

"Esolen stands] in the top rank of authors of cultural criticism." --American Spectator

How do you raise a child who can sit with a good book and read? Who is moved by beauty? Who doesn't have to buy the latest this or that vanity? Who is not bound to the instant urge, wherever it may be found?

As a parent, you've probably asked these questions. And now Anthony Esolen provides the answers in this wise new book, the eagerly anticipated follow-up to his acclaimed Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child.<...
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Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child

By: Anthony Esolen

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Intercollegiate Studies Institute: March 2013

Seller ID: 172708

ISBN: 1610170792

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

"Esolen signals with this book his presence in the top rank of authors of cultural criticism."
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Education of a Daughter

By: ARCHBISHOP FENELON, FRANCOIS FENELON

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Applewood Books: 1996-03-01

Seller ID: 156158

ISBN: 1557094276

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

First published in America in 1847, but written in 1687 by the Archbishop Henson of Priggery, Gascony, The Education of a Daughter is a spirited how-to book for the parents of young children. It is filled with sound wisdom on the ample subject of rearing both daughters and sons. Sprinkled with proverbs, hints and maxims, and the Archbishop's insights into the psychology of a young mind.
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Search for God at Harvard

By: ARI L. GOLDMAN

Price: $8.95

Publisher: Ballantine Books: May 1992

Seller ID: 20100609173546

ISBN: 0345377060

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Like New

As new
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Comics to Classics: A Guide to Books for Teens and Preteens

By: ARTHEA J. S. REED

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics): 1994-10-01

Seller ID: 20070607114562

ISBN: 0140237127

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

For each developmental stage between the ages of 10 and 18, educator Arthea J. S. Reed provides lists of books organized by genre and carefully selected for teen appeal. In addition to a detailed bibliography, Reed focuses on the particular challenges for each age group, and highlights strategies for parents to persuade their children to read. This guide will help parents and teachers choose the right books for every reading level and interest.
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The Idea of a Christian College

By: Arthur F. Holmes

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company: March 1987

Seller ID: 111468

ISBN: 0802802583

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

This revised edition of a classic text provides a concise case for the role of the Christian college and its distinctive mission and contribution. Holmes has extensively revised several chapters and included two new chapters: Liberal Arts as Career Preparation and The Marks of an Educated Person.
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The American School System

By: AUBREY A. DOUGLASS

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Farrar and Rinehart: March 1940

Seller ID: 20080325136976

ISBN: B000L2YS3M

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Used - good to very good, no dustjacket. Slight spine end wear, small scuff on spine, previous owner inscription, a very nice, solid, clean copy. 745 pp.
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Bending the twig;: The revolution in education and its effect on our children

By: Augustin G Rudd

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Heritage Foundation: December 1956

Seller ID: 126059

ISBN: B0006AV2HO

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Light cover wear, firm binding, unmarked text. Some inked notes present on first free endpaper.
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