Authors:Jan Winter, Jane Andrews, Pamela Greenhough, Martin H
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: improving, practice, tlrp, school, linking, primary, mathematics, home
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2009-04-20
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 0415363934
ISBN-13: 9780415363938

Improving Primary Mathematics provides primary teachers with practical ideas about how to bring these two worlds closer to improve children’s mathematics learning. Using a number of fascinating case studies focusing on children’s experiences of mathematics both inside and outside the classroom, the book asks: How do children use mathematics in their everyday lives? How can teachers use this knowledge to improve children’s learning in school? What activities can teachers use with parents to help share the ways that schools teach mathematics? What can parents do t

Authors:Edward Deming Andrews, Faith Andrews,
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: furniture, shaker, masterpieces
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1999-06-18
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0486407241
ISBN-13: 9780486407241

Excellent work by noted authority examines in depth the unique quality of Shaker craftsmanship. Fascinating discussions of sect’s origins, their communal villages, deeply religious faith and other aspects of Shaker life accompany 83 photographs revealing the quiet refinement and functional perfection of Shaker chairs, rockers, candle holders, dining tables, chests, storage cabinets, wash stands and sinks, desks, and many other fine examples of the sect’s handiwork.

Authors:Edward Deming Andrews, Faith Andrews,
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: shakers, among, worship, work
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1982-11-01
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0486243826
ISBN-13: 9780486243825

Insightful analysis, previously unavailable material, 116 illustrations. Emphasizes traditional Shaker crafts and industries.

Authors:ND, Dr. Synthia Andrews, Colin Andrews,
Publisher: Alpha
Keywords: guide, idiot, complete
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2008-10-07
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1592578039
ISBN-13: 9781592578030

The final countdown? On December 21, 2012, the Mayan calendar will complete its thirteenth cycle. According to the Mayan belief system, the world will end. And if you don’t believe the Mayans, you can check in with The Bible Code, The Nostradamus Code, or The Orion Prophecy, all of which predict planet-wide doom. Then again, maybe the year 2012 is just a new opportunity. Could 2012 bring us good things instead of bad? This book gives readers a look at what the Mayan prophecy is all about, what it means to them, and much more. •Addresses Mayan predictions about global warming and climate ch

Authors:Paul Cooper, Mary Jane Drummond, Susan Hart, Jane Lov
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: exclusion, alternatives, positive
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2000-10-18
List price: $47.50
ISBN-10: 0415197589
ISBN-13: 9780415197588

Positive Alternatives to School Exclusion looks at what schools can do to build more harmonious communities and engage students - particularly those at risk of exclusion - more productively in all areas of school life. It describes the Positive Alternatives to School Exclusion Project, a multi-phase, collaborative initiative based at the School of Education, University of Cambridge.Drawing on the perspectives of staff and pupils, the authors provide detailed case studies of the approaches and strategies being adopted in a variety of settings (primary, secondary and FE) to foster inclusion and

Authors:Jane Austen,  James Kinsley, Jane Stabler,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: classics, world, oxford, park, mansfield
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2003-10-02
List price: $7.95
ISBN-10: 019280264X
ISBN-13: 9780192802644

This new edition places Mansfield Park in its Regency context and elucidates the theatrical background that pervades the novel. At the age of ten, Fanny Price leaves the poverty of her Portsmouth home to be brought up among the family of her wealthy uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, in the chilly grandeur of Mansfield Park. She gradually falls in love with her cousin Edmund, but when the dazzling and sophisticated Crawfords arrive, and amateur theatricals unleash rivalry and sexual jealousy, Fanny has to fight to retain her independence. This new edition places Mansfield Park in its Regency context a

Authors:Jane Bingham, Fiona Chandler, Jane Chisholm, Gill Har
Publisher: Usborne Books
Keywords: linked, history, encyclopedias, internet, world, encyclopedia, ancient, usborne
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2007-01
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0794511414
ISBN-13: 9780794511418

This encyclopaedia traces the extraordinary history of the Ancient World, from the first farmers, and the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome to the eventual decline and fall of the Roman Empire. It covers all aspects of life in the Ancient World - from building the pyramids to a day at the Roman Games. There are photographs of glowing treasures in gold, silver and precious stones, 3000-year-old wall paintings with vivid colours, and blackened, shrivelled mummies, combined with reconstructions and cutaways of architecture, to recreate the atmosphere of the time. Internet