"In this eBook, you'll learn the principles of grammar and how to manipulate your words until they're just right. Strengthen your revising and editing skills and become a clear and consistent writer." --

Walking his two young children to school every morning, Thad Carhart passes an unassuming little storefront in his Paris neighborhood. Intrigued by its simple sign—Desforges Pianos—he enters, only to have his way barred by the shop’s imperious owner. Unable to stifle his curiosity, he finally lands the proper introduction, and a world previously hidden is brought into view. Luc, the atelier’s master, proves an indispensable guide to the history and art of the piano. Intertwined with the story of a musical friendship are reflections on how pianos work, their glorious history, and stories of the people who care for them, from amateur pianists to the craftsmen who make the mechanism sing. The Piano Shop on the Left Bank is at once a beguiling portrait of a Paris not found on any map and a tender account of the awakening of a lost childhood passion. Praise for The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: “[Carhart’s] writing is fluid and lovely enough to lure the rustiest plunker back to the piano bench and the most jaded traveler back to Paris.” –San Francisco Chronicle “Captivating . . . [Carhart] joins the tiny company of foreigners who have written of the French as verbs. . . . What he tries to capture is not the sight of them, but what they see.” –The New York Times “Thoroughly engaging . . . In part it is a book about that most unpredictable and pleasurable of human experiences, serendipity. . . . The book is also about something more difficult to pin down, friendship and community.” –The Washington Post “Carhart writes with a sensuousness enhanced by patience and grounded by the humble acquisition of new insight into music, his childhood, and his relationship to the city of Paris.” –The New Yorker NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD

Hours of Guided Practice to prepare for the STAAR Language Arts Exam!Do you need a resource to give your students extensive practice in the often difficult and elusive skills of editing and revising? These workbooks may be just what you're looking for. Students are required to read passages embedded with errors of grammar, usage, mechanics, content, and organization. They are then asked multiple-choice questions designed to help them recognize and correct these mistakes. These exercises will help students to better understand the essential skills of finding and correcting editorial problems and revising writing appropriately. Students will soon be on their way to mastering these two very important steps in the writing process.• Hours of practice on skills leading to editing and revising mastery.• High-interest passages embedded with the most common errors of grammar, usage, mechanics, content, and organization. • Multiple-choice questions after each passage help students find, recognize and correct mistakes. • Teacher Editions provide correct answers and identify the skill targeted in each question. Grade Levels 2–8These books are great for home schooling!

Designed to teach nurses about the development, motivational, and sociocultural differences that affect teaching and learning, this text combines theoretical and pragmatic content in a balanced, complete style. --from publisher description.

Hoewel enorm invloedrijk in Duitstalig Europa, heeft de conceptuele geschiedschrijving (Begriffsgeschichte) tot nu toe weinig aandacht in het Engels gekregen. Dit genre van intellectuele geschiedschrijving verschilt van zowel de Franse geschiedschrijving van mentalités als de Engelstalige geschiedschrijving van verhandelingen door het concept. Aan de hand van practische voorbeelden in de geschiedschrijving wordt deze vorm toegelicht door Bram Kempers, Eddy de Jongh en Rolf Reichardt.

Daily Paragraph Editing, Grade 3 covers grade-level skills in these areas: - capitalization - language usage - punctuation: apostrophes - punctuation: commas - punctuation: periods - punctuation: quotation marks - other types of punctuation - spelling Daily Paragraph Editing "extras" include: - a reproducible student language handbook that provides simple, clear rules and examples of their application to guide students in correct use of the mechanics, grammar, and spelling skills covered in the daily paragraphs. - a page of reproducible proofreading marks that models the standard markings used to correct and edit text. - an editing checklist to guide students in reviewing and revising their own writing or that of a peer. - an assessment rubric to guide teachers in conducting a holistic evaluation of student writing.