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The music teaching artist's bible: becoming a virtuoso educator
Par Eric Booth. 2009
Filled with practical advice on the critical issues facing the music teaching artist - from the economic and time-management issues…
of being a musician and teacher to communicating effectively with students. Includes advice on becoming a mentor, succeeding in school environments, partnering with other teaching artists, advocating for music and arts education, and private lessons. 2009.The chocolate box secrets (Chocolate box girls. #8)
Par Cathy Cassidy. 2015
Cherry, Summer, Skye, Coco and Honey may be very different but they all love crafting and creating! From hosting a…
chocolate-themed sleepover to designing a flower headband and concocting a cupcake-sensation, each Chocolate Box sister shares her secrets in this collection. With ideas for every season, which will you make first? Grades 5-8. 2015.The rise and fall of the dinosaurs: a new history of a lost world
Par Stephen Brusatte. 2018
Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth's most fearsome and spectacular creatures vanished. Today their extraordinary true story remains one of…
our planet's great mysteries. In this stunning narrative spanning more than 200 million years, Steve Brusatte, a young American paleontologist who has emerged as one of the foremost stars of the field--discovering ten new species and leading groundbreaking scientific studies and fieldwork--masterfully tells the complete, surprising, and new history of the dinosaurs, examining their origins, their habitats, their extinction, and their living legacy. 2018.Writing romance (The writing series)
Par Vanessa Grant. 1997
A step-by-step guide on writing and selling a romance manuscript. From plotting, developing believable characters, writing romantic scenes, and editing,…
to working with an agent and finding a publisher. Includes examples from published romance novels, and a resource guide for both new and experienced writers. 1997. (Self-Counsel writing series)Would you put that in writing?: how to write your way to success in business
Par Dianna Daniels Booher. 1983
Woodworking projects for the garden: 40 fun & useful things for folks who garden
Par Richard Freudenberger. 1994
Visions and revisions
Par Dale Peck. 2015
Novelist and critic Dale Peck's latest work - part memoir, part extended essay - is a foray into what the…
author calls "the second half of the first half AIDS epidemic," i.e., the period between 1987, when the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) was founded, and 1996, when the advent of combination therapy transformed AIDS from a virtual death sentence into a chronic manageable illness. 2015.Unraveling Piltdown: the science fraud of the century and its solution
Par John Evangelist Walsh. 1996
Recounts the infamous scientific fraud known as "Piltdown" and suggests its perpetrator. Tells of the 1913 discovery in England of…
a humanoid skull and jawbone, which were purported to represent the "missing link" in the evolution of man from ape. Explains how scientists were deceived for forty years. 1996.Trading in memories: travels through a scavenger's favorite places
Par Barbara Hodgson. 2007
Hodgson's diary of her journeys through the flea markets of Europe, North Africa and North America guides readers down back…
alleys and into musty shops. We flank Hodgson as she gently fingers trinkets and seashells, sifts through distressed maps, stacks and unstacks slides and expired passports, all the while conversationally remarking on what this detritus represents - or could represent, given the right context and a bit of back story. c2007.Tomboy survival guide
Par Ivan E Coyote. 2016
A memoir told in stories, about how Coyote learned to embrace their tomboy past while carving out a space for…
those of us who don't fit neatly into boxes or identities or labels. Ivan writes about their years as a young butch, dealing with new infatuations and old baggage, and life as a gender-box-defying adult, in which they offer advice to young people while seeking guidance from others. (And for tomboys in training, there are even directions on building your very own unicorn trap.) Recounts Ivan's past as a diffident yet free-spirited tomboy, and maps their journey through treacherous gender landscapes and a maze of labels that don't quite stick, to a place of self-acceptance and an authentic and personal strength. 2016.The way to write: a stimulating guide to the craft of creative writing
Par John Fairfax, John Moat. 1981
The stick book: loads of things you can make or do with a stick (Going Wild Ser.)
Par Fiona Danks. 2012
The stick is a universal toy. This book offers many suggestions for things to do with a stick, in the…
way of adventures, creative and imaginative play, games, woodcraft and conservation, music and more! Grades 3-6. c2012.Six million people in the UK, often unnoticed by the rest of us, provide unpaid care for disabled or elderly…
relatives, friends or neighbours. Their job is long, lonely and hard, yet there is limited support and no formal training. As a result, carers suffer frequent damage to physical and mental health. This book is written for them - and also for the rest of us who don't know what being a carer is all about. The book airs such topics as sex, thoughts of murder, and dealing with the responses of friends and officials who fail to understand. 2006.The self-sufficient gardener: a complete guide to growing and preserving all your own food
Par John Seymour. 1978
The scented garden
Par Rosemary Verey. 1981
All too often a garden is only a show-piece for colour and shape: without that extra dimension of perfume it…
loses its soul. In this book the author presents over a thousand plants which she finds best able to provide a framework for a fragrant garden, how to grow them and how to bring their flavours indoors. A bonus is the rediscovery of plants that have been grown and used in the past in Egypt and Rome, through the Middle Ages and Tudor England to the Victorians. 1981.The rise and fall of the dinosaurs: a new history of a lost world
Par Stephen Brusatte. 2018
Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth's most fearsome and spectacular creatures vanished. Today their extraordinary true story remains one of…
our planet's great mysteries. In this stunning narrative spanning more than 200 million years, Steve Brusatte, a young American paleontologist who has emerged as one of the foremost stars of the field--discovering ten new species and leading groundbreaking scientific studies and fieldwork--masterfully tells the complete, surprising, and new history of the dinosaurs. 2018.The Runner's World complete book of running for beginners
Par Amby Burfoot. 2005
Everything you need to know to begin running for pleasure, for health - for life! From the first steps you…
take (and the shoes you take them in) to building a sound training plan, boosting your endurance and learning to run with an ease and speed you could never have imagined possible. 2005.The rock-n-roll singer's survival manual
Par Mark Baxter. 1990
Considered the "bible" of rock singing, this is a thorough yet easy-to-understand presentation of the basic elements necessary to sing…
with confidence. There are sections on vocal production, training, breathing, posture, diet, and even overcoming nervousness and dealing with emotions. Also exposes the true consequences of coffee, alcohol, and smoking. c1989, 1990.The inheritance of shame: a memoir
Par Peter Gajdics. 2017
Author Peter Gajdics spent six years in a bizarre form of conversion therapy that attempted to “cure” him of his…
homosexuality. Kept with other patients in a cult-like home in British Columbia, Canada, Gajdics was under the authority of a rogue psychiatrist who controlled his patients, in part, by creating and exploiting a false sense of family. Juxtaposed against his parents’ tormented past--his mother’s incarceration and escape from a communist concentration camp in post-World War II Yugoslavia, and his father’s upbringing as an orphan in war-torn Hungary--Gajdics explores the universal themes of childhood trauma, oppression, and intergenerational pain. 2017.The insurance book: what Canadians really need to know before buying insurance
Par Sally Praskey, Helena Moncrieff. 1999
A guide to buying property, health, car, disability, life and travel insurance. Some of the most common questions about the…
ins and outs of insurance policies are answered in a straight forward, easy-to-understand manner. 1999.