BBC Radio drama adaptations of two action-packed adventures by James Fenimore CooperA founding father of American literature, James Fenimore Cooper was one of America's first professional novelists, and a pioneer of both the Western and the historical romance. Included here are his 1826 masterpiece The Last of the Mohicans and his 1821 classic The Spy, widely considered the world's first espionage novel.The Last of the Mohicans...

"Uncovering Student Thinking in Mathematics shows us ways to listen and observe children and their mathematical understandings so we can find better ways to help them take their next learning steps. This book is a gift to educators who ′seek to understand before being understood.′"—From the Foreword by Anne Davies"A fresh and unique resource for mathematics teachers who recognize the importance of carefully establishing the starting points of instruction in term...

One man longed for renewal; the other... reparation. Both would stop at nothing to capture the guarded treasure of her heart.MAGGIE MCRAE was hell bent on keeping her heart to herself and living a solitary life. After all, she could stand on her own; fight her own fight. But after her mother's tragic death, keeping the children together became her primary objective. So, she made good on her promise and moved them away from their home to live in th...

Harold Pinter's unproduced screenplay of Karen Blixen's intriguing short story of love and loss'An important addition to the Pinter canon' The StageThe annals of movie history are full of lost treasures - spectacular scripts from world-renowned writers that could have been classics, had they only been made. Now, for the first time, some of these forgotten gems have been brought to life, fully realised as vivid, cinematic radio prod...

People often say 'You don't deserve this' but, when it comes to cancer, who does?So, when a devastating diagnosis tips the Falkiner-Rose family on its head, it takes medicos, bloody-mindedness and imagination to survive their version of medical whack-a-mole.At the time they kept up a stream of Pete Updates for friends and family. Using those and intimate reflections, Leslie Falkiner-Rose tells a tale that's messy, moving, mind-blowing and, at times, very amusing.

Tell Us: What are you doing? Improving how you communicate your academic research, relevance and expertise.Learn from the best. Communicate widely and well. Hear the practical tips, examples and candid comments from in-depth interviews with high-profile academics and journalists in Australian and international media. This easy-to-read guide will help researchers, tertiary students, academics and anyone else who wants to hone their skills to maximise the re...

At forty, Lan Davis is looking for his damned picket fence and two point five kids. What he doesn't expect is instead of a wife in the picture, his mind keeps conjuring up images of two men. One, his partner in the force, who is as straight as they came, the other an ex, who he'd hurt but never forgot.After an incident leaves Lan injured, the two men rally around him . . . only maybe they shouldn't have. It seems a medicated Lan is a truthful one.Parker Wilding is pissed at...

"Finally, a book to help teachers differentiate math instruction using their own individualized, current data! The practical, simple-to-use formative assessments allow teachers to identify areas of difficulty, correct misconceptions, and guide learning."—Renee Peoples, Fourth Grade Teacher and K–5 District Math FacilitatorSwain County Schools, NC"This book offers ways for teachers to gain more insight into what their students know and don′t know."

This volume unveils the untold personal narratives behind the scientific study of human language and cognition from a behavioral perspective. Moving beyond the formal record of published research, it captures the passion, debates, failures, and moments of discovery that have shaped this transformative field over the past seventy years and beyond. Through these stories, readers gain a deeper understanding of the human experiences that drive the quest to build a natural science of human beha...

Are you ready for the best issue of Scattered yet?! Well, I guess it doesn't matter. Either way, you seem to be reading it right now, be it digitally or holding a paper copy in your hands. And if you aren't prepared, this one will melt you down into human slag. Metaphorically, of course. There are some tasty treats in these pages. First, we have new bizarro and cosmic horror fiction from masters of their craft Michael Allen Rose and Sam Rebelein. Next, we have a poetry/art piece from the s...

Carole L. Crumley has brought together top scholars from across anthropology in a benchmark volume that displays the range of exciting new work on the complex relationship between humans and the environment. Continually pursuing anthropology's persistent claim that both the physical and the mental world matter, these environmental scholars proceed from the holistic assumption that the physical world and human societies are always inextricably linked. As they incorporate diverse forms of kn...

The Common Core State Standards present unique demands on students’ ability to learn vocabulary and teachers’ ability to teach it. The authors address these challenges in this resource. Work toward the creation of a successful vocabulary program, guided by both academic and content-area terms taken directly from the mathematics and English language arts standards.