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As consumers we are continually offered products and services via the Internet.  In our jobs, no matter what profession we are in, E-Commerce is being used more and more to conduct business, for training purposes and daily communications. The chapters in this book introduces readers to the basic...

A plain-English guide to teaching phonics. Every parent can teach reading—no experts need apply! Too many parents watch their children struggle with early reading skills—and don't know how to help. Phonics programs are too often complicated, overpriced, gimmicky, and filled with obscure...

Recent educational reform initiatives such as the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) largely fail to address the needs--or tap into the unique resources--of students who are developing literacy skills in both English and a home language. This book discusses ways to meet the challenges that current...

This book provides classroom-tested methods for engaging struggling middle grade readers--even those who appear to have given up--and fostering their success. The emphasis is on constructing respectful, encouraging learning environments that incorporate students' diverse literacies, cultural interests,...

Combining research with real-life classroom examples, this book demonstrates how high-level conversations centered on fiction and nonfiction can promote student understanding and help them meet and exceed a spectrum of standards. The authors demonstrate how to use literary conversations in small,...

Create confident readers and build students' comprehension with standard-based, targeted activities that guides your third graders toward reading success. Read and Succeed: Comprehension Level 3 provides 65 high-interest informational and literary texts with focused, standards-based activities that...

With 180 Days of High-Frequency Words for Second Grade, teachers can incorporate quick, easy-to-use daily sight word recognition activities within their language arts block. Modeled after Fry's 1000 Instant Words, this series introduces five sight words a week with a repetitive structure that places...

A reference and instruction guide to the mechanics of working the land. The Ultimate Guide to Farm Mechanics combines three classic farming texts for the first time, compiling knowledge from the best sources published as far back as 1884. A comprehensive reference book that belongs in any farming...

Packed full of invaluable and practical advice, tips, quizzes and self-assessment exercises for fifteen to eighteen year olds, this guide, written with the keenest and most ambitious students in mind, will help you to maximise your academic potenitial and achieve the results you need. Written by...

Stuck and frustrated at school? Students need High School Made Easy:Study Smarter, Not Harder! by Helen H Heron. Learn to easily, efficiently and rapidly master and remember your assignments for excellent grades. This ebook provides skills in listening, reading, note taking, research, essay writing, and test taking for all learning styles.

Whitetail enthusiasts familiar with other books by Peter Fiduccia know he offers straightforward, practical, cutting-edge deer hunting advice and down-to-earth commentary. His valued advice will help take anyone’s deer hunting skills to the next level! In his latest work, Fiduccia shares his extensive...

Venepuncture and Cannulation A Practical Guide offers an easy-to-read, comprehensive account of the practical procedures of venepuncture and intravenous cannulation. It provides the underlying theory and underpinning knowledge required, as well as a step-by-step approach that will enable healthcare...

From reviews of the previous edition: "This is an excellent resource, presented in a simple and easy to understand style and should be placed on the reading lists for all first year nursing students." Journal of Perioperative Practice, April 2017 "This book should be high on the list...

Mountains exist in almost every country in the world and almost every war has included some type of mountain operations. This pattern will not change, and soldiers will continue to fight in mountainous terrain in future conflicts. Although mountain operations have not changed, several advancements...