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and the young widow whose apartment is a jungle Eden filled with a menagerie of specimens - finches, canaries, a defanged cobra, and a monkey named Joe - that had been the subject of her dead husband's research.

1942. Rocco Raven, een automonteur uit Brooklyn, arriveert als officier van een klein peloton Amerikaanse militairen op Malta. Hij weet niets van het mediterrane eilandje, behalve dat het dag en nacht wordt gebombardeerd door Duitsers en Italianen. Meteen na aankomst moet hij al rennen voor zijn leven en het enige wat hij ziet is rook, bom-inslagen en bergen puin. Maar niets is wat het lijkt op Malta. Rocco's onderkomen blijkt zich in een bord...

An irresistible novel that "charts a harrowing tour through the Civil War” (Connecticut Post) and chronicles the life of Tom Thumb—the tiny man who became, in his time, America's most famous entertainer."I was four years old when Barnum discovered me, and soon to turn five when I first appeared on the big stage of his American Museum.” So begins the story of Tom Thumb, who at just twenty-five-inches tall, rises to global fame as America's most...

Farro Fescu is the proud and observant concierge of Echo Terrace, a condominium in New York City. Passing through his lobby at all hours is an exotic cross-section of the world's population: an Egyptian-born plastic surgeon who specializes in gender reassignment, a fighter pilot who flew for Nazi Germany during World War II, an Iraqi spice merchant and the world-famous quilter with whom he's having an affair, the adulterer's son who dreams of ...

Whether you are a new or an experienced math teacher, The Math Teachers' Tool Box provides guidance and serves as a reference book of topics, ideas, and resources. This book provides teachers with various tools to improve their classroom management skills, to actively involve students in lessons, and as a result, raise their interest level and improve learning. The ideas presented have been classroom-tested over many years and can be used in v...

This book provides teachers with various tools to improve their classroom management skills, to actively involve students in lessons, and as a result, raise their interest level and improve learning. The ideas presented have been classroom-tested over many years and can be used in virtually any middle or high school classroom.

Successful teachers are typically capable of keeping their students actively involved, but one way to guarantee students' attention is through the use of classroom games. Besides being a welcome change-of-pace to routine lessons, games can be a lot of fun for both the students and the teacher. It's Game Time!: Games to Enhance Classroom Learning enables the teacher to decide when and how to use games to effectively complement their teaching ph...

Communication and Creativity in the Math Classroom provides you with activities and ideas which stress life skills such as communicating more effectively, being creative, analyzing a variety of problems, following directions, and working cooperatively with others. These skills are very valuable but are rarely addressed in the traditional math curriculum.

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1942. Rocco Raven, een automonteur uit Brooklyn, arriveert als officier van een klein peloton Amerikaanse militairen op Malta. Hij weet niets van het mediterrane eilandje, behalve dat het dag en nacht wordt gebombardeerd door Duitsers en Italianen. Meteen na aankomst moet hij al rennen voor zijn leven en het enige wat hij ziet is rook, bom-inslagen en bergen puin. Maar niets is wat het lijkt op Malta. RoccoâEUR(TM)s onderkomen blijkt zich in e...

Successful teachers are typically capable of keeping their students actively involved, but one way to guarantee students' attention is through the use of classroom games. Besides being a welcome change-of-pace to routine lessons, games can be a lot of fun for both the students and the teacher. It's Game Time : Games to Enhance Classroom Learning enables the teacher to decide when and how to use games to effectively complement their teaching ph...

The Jukebox Queen of Malta is an exquisite and enchanting novel of love and war set on an island perilously balanced between what is real and what is not. It's 1942 and Rocco Raven, an intrepid auto mechanic turned corporal from Brooklyn, has arrived in Malta, a Mediterranean island of Neolithic caves, Copper Age temples, and fortresses. The island is under siege, full of smoke and rubble, caught in the magnesium glare of German and Italian bo...