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Our ancestors, the Mesopotamians, invented writing and with it a new way of looking at the world. In this collection of essays, the French scholar Jean Bottero attempts to go back to the moment which

This Day in Philadelphia Sports, first published in 2014 and now newly updated in paperback to cover events from the 2014–15 season, offers a concise 366-day approach to looking back at the history of

Looking back at a wonderful way to make a living Few people have the opportunity to live and work in America's magnificent national parks, let alone in a wide diversity of those great parks. For thir

went out this morning, and what did I see?A white, whiskered rat, looking straight back at me!With scratchy pink claws and a pink pointy noseit was dressed in some raggedy baggy old clothes.Then sudde

The Match of My Life series features some of each club's biggest stars looking back at the standout game in their career, as well as giving a much broader view of their time with the club.

The Match of My Life series features some of each club's biggest stars looking back at the standout game in their career, as well as giving a much broader view of their time with the club.

The Match of My Life series features some of each club's biggest stars looking back at the standout game in their career, as well as giving a much broader view of their time with the club.

The Match of My Life series features some of each club's biggest stars looking back at the standout game in their career, as well as giving a much broader view of their time with the club.

The Match of My Life series features some of each club's biggest stars looking back at the standout game in their career, as well as giving a much broader view of their time with the club.

The Match of My Life series features some of each club's biggest stars looking back at the standout game in their career, as well as giving a much broader view of their time with the club.

Fifty-something Feride has only just arrived at the painful realization that her sexual choice may not have been the right one. In looking back on the failure of her marriage and her close and tender

Looking back at '80s Hair Metal, one thing is apparent—every band looked and sounded exactly the same. According to legend, this is because of a secret text written by an anonymous record label in 198

Imagine being part of that long line of innovators stretching back to the beginning of time-the ones who brought civilization forward by looking at some human task and finding a way to do it better.

It’s Valentine’s Day and Elmo’s received an anonymous valentine. Who could have sent it? He checks with all of his friends and finds the answer right back where he started looking—at home! Kids will l

The authorized story of an American band who shaped the history of music for generations. Today's new music-makers are looking back at the bands that broke the ground, and the Ramones are it: the ori

“If only someone had told me…” is a thought that has crossed every horse person’s mind at one time or another: when faced with some mistake; when looking back on a scenario that could have played out

Looking back at her lengthy career just four years before her death, modernist painter Nell Blaine said, "Art is central to my life. Not being able to make or see art would be a major deprivation." Th

Have you ever wondered about that wacky-looking fruit staring back at you in the market? Or did you want to know how to prepare a seasonal Chinese vegetable, but don't have the language or culinary sk

I went out this morning, and what did I see?A white, whiskered rat, looking straight back at me!With scratchy pink claws and a pink pointy noseit was dressed in some raggedy baggy old clothes.Then sud

Have you ever wondered about that wacky-looking fruit staring back at you in the market? Or did you want to know how to prepare a seasonal Chinese vegetable, but don’t have the language or culinary sk

A bearded man in a badly soiled suit known only as The Stranger wanders an apocalyptic landscape on the fringes of a dying metropolis, looking for a way to "get back on top." Thwarted and rejected at

5,683 miles is the distance between Tel Aviv and New York. From this distance, Yael Ben-Zion has been looking back at her homeland for the last ten years, considering the meaning of "normal life" in t

Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in Norway and Finland. When Giles Denison of Hampstead wakes up in an Oslo hotel room and finds the face looking back at him in the mirror is not hi

You’ve had a kid or two . . . or three. Now, every time you look in the mirror you ask yourself, ?Who the hell is that tired, washed out woman looking back at me?” What happened to the stylish, stilet

Bad Knight is not looking forward to going back to knight school. He's at the bottom of every class. This year will be different. Bad Knight's cousin is coming to stay, and together the two of them wi

Bad Knight is not looking forward to going back to knight school. He's at the bottom of every class. This year will be different. Bad Knight's cousin is coming to stay, and together the two of them wi

When you look in the mirror, do you recognize that old woman looking back at you? Aging doesn’t have to mean “getting old.” Our bodies, minds, and faces may change, but we can alter what they look lik

When you look in the mirror, do you recognize that old woman looking back at you? Aging doesn’t have to mean “getting old.” Our bodies, minds, and faces may change, but we can alter what they look lik

Mirror Gazing is a book about reading and looking, about what people seek when they read, and about what stares back at them from the printed page. In one sense, it's an archival project, based on a w

When Harry French left home he was just another kid looking to make his way. But when he comes back four years later, things are different. He's different. Or at least the town thinks so. Now nobody l

Pemba knows she's not crazy. But who is that looking out at her through her mirror's eye? And why is the apparition calling her "friend"? Her real friends are back home in Brooklyn, not in the old col

Perfect for children of all ages, this heartfelt story opens the curtains on the story of how we can all feel together even when we are far apart.Out the window, I can seea new world looking back at m

Looking back at a time when America was on the brink of all the big changes coming by way of Apollo 11, The Feminine Mystique, and the Vietnam War, this high-spirited memoir focuses on what it was lik

Some mistakes can never be repaired. The narrator of Train Wreck is looking back at the year she was 15 . . . She is in love with a bad boy named Johnny. Johnny's friends play a cruel trick on a misf

Some mistakes can never be repaired. The narrator of Train Wreck is looking back at the year she was 15 . . . She is in love with a bad boy named Johnny. Johnny's friends play a cruel trick on a misf

If you are... - A stay-at-home mom who's caring for more than one child - Nursing a toddler who will soon need to be weaned - A working mom who is going back to work soon and is looking for a way to w

I walked in the field, and what did I see? Moo-a-boo! A back and white cow, looking at me! Farm animals play a game of peek-a-boo in this ilarious book with flaps and touch-and-feel elements! Each spr

Meet Isadora Moon's mermaid friend, Emerald! Emerald is learning how to be a mermaid princess, but there are just so many rules. She loves having fun with her friends and exploring her underwater world with her pet octopus, Inkibelle, she doesn't want to be stuck in the palace with everyone looking at her and checking that she's doing things the proper, royal way. The morning after a big storm, Emerald discovers a shimmery egg in Dad's back garden.A baby sea dragon hatches from the egg! It is sooo cute! When the cheeky little sea dragon hitches a lift with Emerald back to Mum's, everyone at the royal palace is enchanted. Emerald knows deep down that they need to find its real family and so Emerald, Delphina, and Mum set out on an exciting ocean adventure to do just that. Illustrated throughout in sea green and black, Emerald is perfect for readers who are looking for a first chapter book with a splash of wildness and wonder.

The teaching of mathematics has a history stretching back some hundreds of years. From its infancy through to its adolescence institutions at which mathematics was taught were thinly and somewhat haphazardly spread over the country and so individuals were extremely influential in developing curricula and methods of teaching. Indeed this has continued to be a feature of English mathematics education. In this authoritative account Geoffrey Howson follows the history and development of mathematics teaching by looking at the careers of some of these individuals in detail.

E. B. White Read-Aloud winner Mac Barnett celebrates individuality in a story told with tenderness and subtlety.It’s John’s big day at school today – a performance for Sharing Gifts time. His bag is carefully packed and prepared, his classmates are ready, and the curtain is waiting to open. John is nervous, looking out at all the other children staring back at him. But he takes a big breath and begins. Mac Barnett’s compassionate text and Kate Berube’s expressive art tell the story of a child who finds the courage to show others his talent for dancing.