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Authors in Depth: Gold Level

By: N/A

Price: $3.50

Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall: July-2000

Seller ID: 4267

ISBN: 0130504017

Condition: Used - Very Good

These collections of literature are perfect for additional reading.

The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World

By: A. J. Jacobs

Price: $4.50

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: October 2005

Seller ID: 48092

ISBN: 0743250621

Condition: Used - Very Good

Part memoir and part education (or lack thereof), The Know-It-All chronicles NPR contributor A.J. Jacobs's hilarious, enlightening, and seemingly impossible quest to read the Encyclopaedia Britannica from A to Z.

33,000 PAGES
44 MILLION WORDS
10 BILLION YEARS OF HISTORY
1 OBSESSED MAN

To fill the ever-widening gaps in his Ivy League education, A.J. Jacobs sets for himself the daunting task of reading all thirty-two volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. His wife, Julie, tells him it's a waste of time, his friends believe he is losing his mind, and his...
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Into the Looking-Glass Wood: Essays on Books, Reading, and the World

By: Alberto Manguel

Price: $4.50

Publisher: Mariner Books: July-2000

Seller ID: 6045

ISBN: 0156012650

Condition: Used - Very Good

Alberto Manguel has enchanted hundreds of thousands of readers with his bestselling books, including The Dictionary of Imaginary Places. Now he has assembled a personal collection of his own essays that will enchant anyone interested in reading, writing, or the world. Through personal stories and literary reflections, in a style rich in humor and gentle scholarship, Manguel leads his readers to reflect on the links that bind the physical world to our language that describes it. The span of his attention in these twenty-three essays is enthralling: from "Who Am I?," in which he recounts the fir...
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How to Read Better and Enjoy It More

By: Ben E. Johnson

Price: $4.50

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers: June-1980

Seller ID: 101263

ISBN: 0890812578

Condition: Used - Very Good

I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life

By: Bogel, Anne

Price: $14.99

Publisher: Baker Books: September 2018

Seller ID: 323169

ISBN: 0801072921

Condition: New

For so many people, reading isn't just a hobby or a way to pass the time--it's a lifestyle. Our books shape us, define us, enchant us, and even sometimes infuriate us. Our books are a part of who we are as people, and we can't imagine life without them.

I'd Rather Be Reading is the perfect literary companion for everyone who feels that way. In this collection of charming and relatable reflections on the reading life, beloved blogger and author Anne Bogel leads readers to remember the book that first hooked them, the place where they first fell in love with reading, and all of the mo...
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I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life

By: Bogel, Anne

Price: $8.97

Publisher: Baker Books: September 2018

Seller ID: 324431

ISBN: 0801072921

Condition: New

A Guide for Using Nate the Great in the Classroom (Literature Units)

By: Bolte, Mary

Price: $3.50

Publisher: Teacher Created Resources: May 1998

Seller ID: 315049

ISBN: 157690346X

Condition: Used - Very Good

A Guide for Using Miss Nelson is Missing in the Classroom (Literature Units)

By: Bolte, Mary

Price: $3.50

Publisher: Teacher Created Resources: March 2001

Seller ID: 315050

ISBN: 1576906418

Condition: Used - Very Good

Reading, Writing, and Word Walls

By: Cambell-Rush

Price: $4.50

Publisher: Crystal Springs Books: February 2007

Seller ID: 284755

ISBN: 1884548997

Condition: Used - Very Good

Drawn into the Heart of Reading Levels 2-8 Teacher's Guide

By: Carrie Austin

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Heart of Dakota Publishing: January 1998

Seller ID: 115545

ISBN: 0974769509

Condition: Used - Very Good

Book Girl: A Journey through the Treasures and Transforming Power of a Reading Life

By: Clarkson, Sarah

Price: $15.99

Publisher: Tyndale Momentum: September 2018

Seller ID: 323316

ISBN: 1496425804

Condition: New

When you hear a riveting story, does it thrill your heart and stir your soul? Do you hunger for truth and goodness? Do you secretly relate to Belle's delight in the library in Beauty and the Beast?

If so, you may be on your way to being a book girl.

Books were always Sarah Clarkson's delight. Raised in the company of the lively Anne of Green Gables, the brave Pevensie children of Narnia, and the wise Austen heroines, she discovered reading early on as a daily gift, a way of encountering the world in all its wonder. But what she came to realize as an adult was just how ...
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How to Read a Christian Book

By: David L. McKenna

Price: $4.50

Publisher: Baker Books: January-2001

Seller ID: 64946

ISBN: 0801063590

Condition: Used - Very Good

A guide to selecting and reading Christian books as a Christian discipline.
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Teaching for Deep Comprehension

By: Dorn, Linda J., Soffos, Carla

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers: January 2005

Seller ID: 310613

ISBN: 1571104038

Condition: Used - Very Good

Linda Dorn and Carla Soffos describe the process of comprehension as a reflection of the mind--a window into the reader's thoughts. In Teaching for Deep Comprehension they discuss comprehension from a socio-cognitive perspective -- specifically, how teachers can use the social context of reading workshop to promote deep comprehension. The book is framed around three guiding questions: Can comprehension be taught?How does a model become a barrier to comprehension?When does a tool become the reason for reading?

Linda and Carla mesh complex theories of comprehension with everyday practical e...
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Timed Readings: Fifty 400-Word Passages with Questions for Building Reading Speed, Book Three (Third Edition)

By: Edward Spargo

Price: $5.50

Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill: April-1989

Seller ID: 101154

ISBN: 0890615055

Condition: Used - Very Good

Do your students fail to even finish a timed test? Do they read word by word? Do they simply move their eyes over the page, never remembering what they read? If you suspect that students' test scores are being confounded by any of these traits, or if you have students who need to process greater amounts of information, the Timed Readings books can help. For over thirty years, Jamestown has been helping students increase their reading rate and fluency while maintaining comprehension. Timed Readings is the original series of timed reading books; 400-word nonfiction timed passages in science, soc...
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How to Raise a Reader

By: Elaine K. McEwan

Price: $4.50

Publisher: Baker Books: October-1999

Seller ID: 63014

ISBN: 0801011841

Condition: Used - Very Good

The author, an educator and mother, offers expert advice to parents, teachers, and caregivers who want to "raise a reader."
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Listening for God: Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith, Volume 1

By: Flannery O'Conner, et. al.

Price: $3.50

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers: April-1994

Seller ID: 73121

ISBN: 0806627158

Condition: Used - Very Good

The Reader includes ten contemporary literature selections, brief author profiles, and discussion and reflection questions are arranged into eight chapters. Included are selections from: Flannery O'Connor, Frederick Buechner, Patricia Hampf, Raymond Carver, Annie Dillard, and Alice Walker.
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Reading Between the Lines: A Christian Guide to Literature (Turning Point Christian Worldview Series)

By: Gene Edward Veith, Jr.

Price: $5.50

Publisher: Crossway Books: September 1990

Seller ID: 102180

ISBN: 0891075828

Condition: Used - Very Good

Here is a guidebook for those who want to learn how to recognize books that are spiritually and aesthetically good--to cultivate good literary taste. Gene Edward Veith presents basic information to help book lovers understand what they read--from the classics to the bestsellers. He explains how the major genres of literature communicate. He explores ways comedy, tragedy, realism, and fantasy can portray the Christian worldview. These discussions lead to a host of related topics--the value of fairy tales for children, the tragic and the comic sense of life, the interplay between Greek and Bi...
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