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1996276 pages including index. Parents learn how to be "reading helpers" without replacing or superseding the teacher - by supporting a child's reading habits and sharing the pleasures of fiction, poetry, and prose. Home learning parents will also find a wealth of information here. Lightly worn. Moderate quantitiy of pencil underlining and green highlighting. Bright glossy laminated covers Book
1931Features: Ivory - the pearl of the forest - the age-old industry built around the teeth of elephants; Editorials - blindness and false shame - help needed - too fat? - international affairs; Testing the astronomical yardstick - when Eros approaches the earth, Astronomers will study him further; A stone dam greater than Cheops' pyramid - novel methods of construction on World's largest rock-filled dam; Has living matter been produced in the laboratory? - Mexican scientist produces what resembles low forms of life; The volcanic birth of a new island - an eruption in hte bay that was Krakatoa's crater; Mining the sky for scientific knowledge - problems and questions that may be solved by the exploring rocket; Modern 'alchemy' in iron and steel - scientists are making iron almost a noble metal; Preserving newspaper files - tissue coating adds to strength of wood pulp paper; An actor turns inventor - safety oven shelf spells financial success; Practical X-ray crystal analysis in engineering - inner characteristics of materials can now be ascertained; Pre-constructed pip-line hauled out to sea - launching a huge pipe to make an ocean filling station for tankers; Giant Tortoises - they are now being propagated in the U.S.; From the archeologist's notebook - Petra - Chinese pottery dogs - a venus from the sea; Landscaping with fully-grown trees - difficult procedure in moving large trees; On the track of the Mayas - modern Mayas mix Christianity with their old paganism. Back cover features interesting advertisement by Southern California Edison with photo of enormous new transmission tower supplying Los Angeles. Uncommon Auburn Automobile advertisement inside front cover features their Cord Front Drive feature. One inch opening between top of spine and front cover. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. Book
1978Features: "Stopped at the Border - Plant Quarantines"; Description of Materials available; and more Book
1965Approx. 25 pages. Contents divided into the following sections: Repairs with Green Edge Materials and Vulc-Cement L5; Repairs with Sheet Material; Endless Joints; Conveyor Belt Cleats; Liquid Neoprene for Conveyor Belts; Tools; Infra Drying Hood; Double Acting Roller; Belt Tightening Clamps, Buffing Motors. Average wear. Unmarked. One inch tear to top edge of front cover. One inch opening at base of cover fold. Book
1973170 pages including index. Provides a practical and easily understood background to assist the beginning and mature teacher in his/her efforts to master new techniques which are demanded by the physical materials with which he/she is being provided and from which children are expected to learn about their environment. Average wear. Unmarked. Illustrated Book
1990162 pages including index. Through art, children learn discipline, aesthetics, and much more. This marvelous, practical book tells how and why. Clean. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
1973468 pages including index. Presents students with with the fundamental aspects of all the important materials used in modern construction. Gives a brief description of how some of these materials can be used to the best advantage. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
1989Set includes 4 cassette tapes, book and materials package in plastic case. An employee's training course including: sample telemarketing scripts; special closing techniques; objection-handling techniques; company policies; compliance; and Sales Processing. A guide to developing a sales and training program. All materials in nice shape. Books clean and unmarked. Book
1991162 pages including index. An evocative collection of photographs and archival materials depicting the so-called "Golden Age" of British Columbia, the post-war years of 1945 to 1975, a period during which B.C.'s industries grew to unprecedented heights, and with it a new sense of economic social prosperity. Unmarked. Faint wear. Excellent copy. Book
1983102 pages including index. Includes directions for selecting, buying and using beading materials; Guidelines for either buying or making your own beadwork loom; An examination of Indian beadwork designs, their development, significance and uses. Step-by-step instructions for all of the variations of beading techniques used in both look and applique work. Directions for beading round objects, rosettes and necklaces. approximately 200 illustrations, examples and photos of beaded articles from 1835 to present. Average wear. Some soiling and staining. Binding intact. Good working copy. Book
1980126 pages including index. Undated - circa 1980?. A humorous guide to professional drinking. "Spirits are meant to go with good times and good friends. Entertaining today is very much an art and as the artist you must know about the basic materials and techniques. This book has been written to help you acquire some technical skills you need to entertain in style. Give the best you have - especially the best of yourself - and you are guaranteed to always succeed." - from Introduction. Sections include: Your basic bar requirements; Technique and Measurements; Drink Definitions; Enigmania - what is it?; Drink Recipes; Enigmania answers. Moderate wear. Contents clean and unmarked. Book
1974188 pages including notes. Combines existential interpretation of learning and teaching with the theory of socialization developed by Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann to raise a number of important questions including: What taken-for-granted cultural assumptions are transmitted in the classroom?; How accurately do curricular materials reflect social and environmental conditions?. "Starting with the understanding of education as a genuine dialigue between teacher and student this book elucidates in direct and vivid prose that combination of 'psychosocial moratorium' for the student and existential maturity of the teacher that is necessary if the hidden human image is to be revealed by education rather than obscured." - Maurice Friedman, author of Touchstones of Reality. Minimal markings. Average wear. Binding intact. Good working copy. Book
1991150 pages including references and index. A highly personal book that shows teachers how to involve the spirit as well as the intellect in their teaching. Shows teachers how to take charge of their teaching: Advocates a teaching approach that combines artistry with research-based information, and constant reflection on what is done, how it is done, and why; Includes specific teaching strategies for different purposes, including activities for first and last sessions; An entire chapter devoted to teaching strategies which encourage and sustain critical thinking for learners; an extensive annotated bibliography of materials related to teaching adults. Clean, bright and unmarked with zero wear. Super copy. Book
1942132 pages including index and bibliography. "Offers a series of lab exercises that suggest many commercial acceptance tests. These tests have been adapted to ordinary school or college lab equipment and may all be done in the usual three hour period." - from preface. illustrated in black and white. Contents lightly yellowed else clean and unmarked. Light wear to grey boards. Very nice copy. Book
1992492 pages. Describes a rich variety of approaches to teaching. Minimal markings. Top corner of front endpaper clipped. Very light wear. Nice bright copy. Book
195430 pages. Illustrated. Includes notes to discussion leaders. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
197788 pages including index. Black and white illustrations. Recaps methods for preserving flowers and lists plant materials most suited to each method. Explains how to set about designing your first simple plaque or picture, the secrets of colour-scheming, selecting a suitable background and the successful combination of different plant materials. Excellent reference. Price-clipped from dust jacket. Light to moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice solid copy. Book
1967408 pages including index. Binding sound. Moderate wear. Prior owner's details upon front flyleaf else clean and unmarked. Nice solid copy. Book
1977208 pages including glossary. "Describes clinker and cold-moulded construction methods for sailing, rowing or powered boats up to 20 feet in length. Covers every stage in the process from preparation, tools, materials, plans, keel structure, planking, frames, centreboards and decks to finishing off the hull, masts and oars. Includes specifications for 3 clinker boats which can be built at home by the amateur." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with minimal wear and some foxing to top edge. Moderate wear to price-clipped dust jacket. Book
197146 pages including selected bibliography. Black and white illustrations. Chapters include: The History of Papermaking; The Enemies of Paper; Matting and Framing; A Note on Restoration; Materials and Services. Minimal library markings. Light wear. Nice clean working copy. Book
1989540 pages. Index. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Excellent copy. Book
1952414 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. Colour plates including frontis. Prepared for students 12 to 16 years of age. Units include: Man's Mastery of Plants; Man Utilizes the Materials of the Earth's Crust; The Earth's Crust Yields Substances of Great Importance; Applying Scientific Principles to Building Construction; Propagating Useful Plants and Animals. School stamps and card pocked to endpapers else unmarked. Average wear. Nice copy of this informative text. Book
1914304 pages. Index. Colour and black and white photographic plates. Maps. Foldouts. Chapters include: Limestones; Sandstones; Granites and Gneisses; The So-Called Black Granites and Related Rocks; Marbles; Serpenties and Serpentine Marbles; Slates; Glacial Drift; Rarer Decorative Materials; plus appendices. Average wear and soiling externally. Binding intact. Tears to top of spine. Solid copy of this authoritative reference. Book
1987244 pages. Contents include: Physiography; Bedrock Geology; Surficial Materials; Hydrogeology; Climate; Vegetation; Soil Genesis; Soil Classification; Soil Mapping; Soil Groups and Units; References; Glossary; plus many tables, figures and plates. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Book
1944Photos: Materials being unloaded at Anzio bridgehead; Landing craft No. 349 is wrecked off the Italian coast; Berlin by daylight - as seen by American bombers; new pictures from the Russian front; stocking up the invasion supplies; and much more. Above-average wear to covers, otherwise a sound copy. Book