"In secret the Giver made a new land by gathering together many of the shards of the Maker's first egg. Some pieces had lowlands and tropical forests. Others had evergreen mountains and gorges filled with wild rivers. Still others rose up in terrible volcanoes. The Giver then placed the new land far away from all the other islands and gifted it to birds for their own, free from predators." For thousands of full-rounds birds have lived peacefully in the Given Land. On their secluded island, they have evolved a unique culture, with Walkers and Flyers both living without fear of...
"In secret the Giver made a new land by gathering together many of the shards of the Maker's first egg. Some pieces had lowlands and tropical forests....
Humans development of literacy has been a recent focus of intense research from the reading, cognitive, and neuroscience fields. But for individuals who are deaf who rely greatly on their visual skills for language and learning the findings don t necessarily apply, leaving theoretical and practical gaps in approaches to their education.
Assessing Literacy in Deaf Individuals: Neurocognitive Measurement and Predictors narrows these gaps by introducing the VL2 Toolkit, a comprehensive test battery for assessing the academic skills and cognitive functioning of deaf persons who...
Humans development of literacy has been a recent focus of intense research from the reading, cognitive, and neuroscience fields. But for individual...
Material Cultures in Canada presents the vibrant and diverse field of material culture studies in Canadian literary, artistic, and political contexts today. The first of its kind, this collection features sixteen essays by leading scholars in Canada, each of whom examines a different object of study, including the beaver, geraniums, comics, water, a musical playlist, and the human body.
The book s three sections focus, in turn, on objects that are persistently material, on things whose materiality blends into the immaterial, and on the materials of spaces. Contributors...
Material Cultures in Canada presents the vibrant and diverse field of material culture studies in Canadian literary, artistic, and politica...
Some folks are bothered that most love stories seem a bit contrived and have a suspension of belief. They normally label themselves as realists-"not into that fairy-tale stuff." But what better way to deal with the real world, 24/7, than to take a break, experience a lovelier world- one that transforms the mood and lifts the spirit, giving hope to something better. Although my story is fictional, the magical thing about it is that it could really happen. Jenny Kissed Me is a clean & wholesome novel for the truly romantic. When Jenny finds an old letter in a shoebox, her mind is flooded with...
Some folks are bothered that most love stories seem a bit contrived and have a suspension of belief. They normally label themselves as realists-"not i...
Humans development of literacy has been a recent focus of intense research from the reading, cognitive, and neuroscience fields. But for individuals who are deaf who rely greatly on their visual skills for language and learning the findings don t necessarily apply, leaving theoretical and practical gaps in approaches to their education.
Assessing Literacy in Deaf Individuals: Neurocognitive Measurement and Predictors narrows these gaps by introducing the VL2 Toolkit, a comprehensive test battery for assessing the academic skills and cognitive functioning of deaf persons who...
Humans development of literacy has been a recent focus of intense research from the reading, cognitive, and neuroscience fields. But for individual...
