Catalogue Search | MBRL
Are you sure you want to remove the book from the shelf?
{{itemTitle}}
140
result(s) for
"Howard, Clara"
Sort by:
The further adventures of Red Sonja
\"She lived in a savage world in an uncivilized age - a world ruled by men and governed by the sword. The[y] called her... Red Sonja - for her flame red hair, and for the smoldering fire of her pride, which gave her sword-arm a strength that few men could match, and none had ever defeated. This collection contains a variety of issues from the original Marvel Comics series 'The Savage Sword of Conan,' as well as Sonja Tales from 'Kull and the Barbarians,' with each page re-mastered for this volume. Also included is a gallery of pin-ups by Frank Thorne, Howard Chaykin, and more. These tales are where it all began, and set the stage for the current Red Sonja series from Dynamite Entertainment\"--back cover.
Book
\Academic Languages Isn't Easy\: English Learners’ Perceptions of Learning in High School
This study examined the experiences of adolescent English learners (ELs) as they described instruction which advanced their academic achievement generally and their academic language development more specifically. Language is an integral part of classroom learning in all subject areas, and to succeed in school, students especially ELs, need opportunities to develop the specialized academic language that is associated with content learning (Bunch, 2013; Gebhard, 2019; Harman, 2018; Short & Echevarria, 2016; Schleppegrell, 2015; Walqui & Bunch, 2018). Previous scholarship on instructional practices that are most effective for the development of academic language and the academic achievement of ELs has largely been driven by theory related to second language acquisition rather than by empirical evidence. This study explored the unique capacity of student voice to reveal first-hand experience of influential instruction in order to help focus what content teachers should know and do to more effectively instruct their linguistically diverse learners. Six ELs from varied language and cultural backgrounds were interviewed in their senior year of high school using Seidman’s three-interview protocol (Seidman, 2015). The Academic Language Learning in Every Subject (ALLIES) Framework (O’Hare & Pritchard, 2017) was adapted to structure both the interview protocols as well as the data analysis. Student perceptions were largely congruent with the literature and one of several conclusions is that EL student voice is potentially a valuable source of professional learning for teachers.
Dissertation
A NEW PHILOSOPHY
In the widest acceptation of the term, philosophical knowledge is the knowledge of effects as dependent on their causes. If Mr. Keely's theories as to cause and effort are sustained by demonstration, as is asserted in this book, this now philosophy is better worthy of such a definition than any of the systems of the schools; for much is explained that has never been satisfactorlly accounted for before.
Magazine Article
Budget Traveler Thankfully, Clark was a bit too gloomy
After writing more than 1,200 Budget Traveler columns over the past nine years, I have decided to scale back. Starting in January, Clara Bosonetto, who has co-authored the Sunday column with me this year, will write two out of every three columns in Travel. She will continue to write the Budget Update column in Wednesday's Living section, as she has done so ably for the past year. Then changes I never could have imagined altered our travel landscape. First, TWA tried a discount operation in Atlanta, bringing great low fares for 18 months until it failed. Then Continental invaded with its CALite discount operation, with bargains up and down the Eastern Seaboard and the Midwest. CALite not only failed in Atlanta, but lost so much money nationally it almost put Continental out of business.
Newspaper Article
Budget Traveler Birmingham sales take turn to west
Once again, it has slashed fares to several Western destinations from Birmingham to an affordable $198 round trip for travel through April 2. With as little as a one day advance purchase you can fly to San Diego, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Ontario, Calif.; Phoenix; Las Vegas and Reno, Nev.; Houston, San Antonio and Austin, Texas; Albuquerque, N.M.; Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Okla.; Omaha, Neb.; Little Rock; or Kansas City, Mo. Finding sale space shouldn't pose too much of a challenge, because several other airlines have matched the Birmingham specials with an expanded list of available cities: Salt Lake City; Oakland and San Jose, Calif.; El Paso and Lubbock, Texas.
Newspaper Article
Budget Traveler Clark offers tips for trips via airlines
If you fly only a couple of times a year, you are in for a shock over the new airline-imposed rules on carry-on bags. Most of the nation's airlines have made it a point to try to separate you from your personal possessions. I witnessed gate agents taking away standard-size carry-ons from some passengers while allowing others to keep them --- even though there were empty bins aboard. The standard regulation wheeled suitcase is 22 inches high, by 14 inches wide, by 8 inches deep. The best advice: Take as little as possible on your trip. If you can, get one of the new junior carry-ons that are only 18 inches high and can fit easily in the overheads when other bags can't. Carry with you jewelry, electronics, laptop computers, money and other valuables, medications, tickets and passports. (Airlines will not compensate you anything for items that are tempting for their baggage handlers, such as jewelry.)
Newspaper Article