Reading for Understanding

Reading for Understanding
Author: Catherine Snow
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2002-04-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0833032275

In fall 1999, the Department of Education's Office of Educational Researchand Improvement (OERI) asked RAND to examine how OERI might improve thequality and relevance of the education research it funds. The RAND ReadingStudy Group (RRSG) was charged with developing a research framework toaddress the most pressing issues in literacy. RRSG focused on readingcomprehension wherein the highest priorities for research are: (1)Instruction

Jazz in the Key of Light

Jazz in the Key of Light
Author: Ken Franckling
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2014-10-15
Genre: Jazz
ISBN: 9780692265055

JAZZ IN THE KEY OF LIGHT is not your typical fine art photography book. In addition to visually capturing a variety of the world's jazz greats in performance or moments of personal reflection, author Ken Franckling paired the images with essential quotes from interviews he conducted with those same musicians in assignments for a variety of mainstream and music publications. The spotlighted musicians, some captured in historically important images, range from legends Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis and Sarah Vaughan to a variety of today's rising stars, including Nicki Parrott, Gregory Porter and Miguel Zenón.

The Annenbergs

The Annenbergs
Author: John E. Cooney
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Total Pages: 456
Release: 1982
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

"This is the colorful and dramatic biography of two of America's most controversial entrepreneurs: Moses Louis Annenberg, 'the racing wire king, ' who built his fortune in racketeering, invested it in publishing, and lost much of it in the biggest tax evasion case in United States history; and his son, Walter, launcher of TV Guide and Seventeen magazines and former ambassador to Great Britain."--Jacket.

Social Cognition in Bipolar Disorder

Social Cognition in Bipolar Disorder
Author: Guillermo Lahera
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Bipolar disorder
ISBN: 9781612095301

Bipolar disorder is associated with a significant impairment in overall functioning in work, social and family levels, even during periods of sustained and substantial remission. Social cognition implies those processes in "how individuals think about themselves, others, social situations and their interactions". This book reviews the social cognition deficits in bipolar disorder and its possible influence in psychosocial disadjustment.

Blood and Wine

Blood and Wine
Author: Ellen Hawkes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1993
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Both an eye-opening account of the financial and personal scandals at the nation's number-one winery and a devastating portrait of patriarch Ernest Gallo, Blood and Wine tells the riveting saga of the ruthless Gallo family and the history of the business that dominates the American wine industry. Photographs.

Author Catalog

Author Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1953
Genre: American literature
ISBN:

Donna Kooler's Encyclopedia of Crochet

Donna Kooler's Encyclopedia of Crochet
Author: Donna Kooler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2002
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN:

"Materials and basic techniques are clearly illustrated, step-by-step, to make learning crochet simple."--