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Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs - Official Companion Book to the Exhibition sponsored

5 stars (Amazing book) - This book is an exquisitely done companion book to the exhibit. Every piece from the exhibit is highlighted in the book, with an appropriate discription and background. If you enjoy Ancient Egypt, get this book, whether you have the chance to see the exhibit or not. It's a great companion to the exhibit if you can see it, but a great substitute if you can't. 5 stars (Beautiful Photographs from the National Geographic.) - This magnificant book is the companion book to go with the Tutankhamun exhibition that is currently touring the United States. It features the magnificant photography for which National Geographic is famous complete with a narative written by Zahi Hawass, the secretary general of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities and director of the Giza and Saqqara Pyramids. In the descriptions, he talks about the life of the boy king, the state of Egypt at the time, the religion and much more. Each piece of the exhibit is discussed as to what it is, what significance it has, and where it was found. Perhaps most striking is the reconstructed image of Tutankhamun. It was made by a special CT scanner that obtained images from inside the mummy's wrappings without damaging them. This created the first three-dimensional picture of Tutankhamun. The exhibit will show in LA, June 16 to November 15, 2005, Ft. Lauderdale from December 15 to April 23, 2006, Chicago May 26 to January 1, 2007, and in Philadelphia February 3 to September 30, 2007. 5 stars (King Tut World Tour -- Part II) - Over the next two years, the artifacts found in the Egyptian tomb of King Tutankhamun will be on display at the musuems in Los Angeles, Fort Lauderdale, Chicago and Phildelphia. This expensive coffee-table book is the "Offical Companion" to the exhibition. Every other page is an illustration, a photograph of an artifact or a map which is accompany by a descriptive text on the opposing page. Beautifully laid out, the first section of the book is the hi...
National Geographic :: History & Ancient & Egypt :: Tutankhamen :: :: Middle East - Egypt :: King of Egypt :: History- World :: History - General History :: History :: Historical Archaeolog :: Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs - Official Companion Book to the Exhibition sponsored

Do I Really Have to Teach Reading-- Content Comprehension- Grades 6-12

5 stars (A Book for Every Teacher) - Whether you teach math, English, science, or any discipline in a school, this book will make you a BETTER teacher. In addition, when you apply Tovani's suggestions, your students will IMPROVE. This book is worth taking personal time outside the classroom to read. It will make your time in the classroom more purposeful. 4 stars (Practical, easy to apply strategies.) - This book gave me a lot of ideas for getting students to probe into a text to get beyond basic comprehension of a text to creating personal meaning from text. Her techniques are for every student, the talented and the struggling. The only frustrating thing I found about the book is she assumes all teachers work in ideal environments. She tells teachers to get parents to donate post its for the note taking strategy she uses. Parents at my inner city school would not do this. 5 stars (This book was SO helpful!) - I was assigned this book for a class this semester in my grad program. As a science teacher, I went into the class thinking, "Why do I have to take this class??" After the first day, I went to buy my textbook. That night we were assigned the first chapter. I sat down, to read just that chapter, but ended up reading the entire book. Tovani's style of writing is so easy to read and follow. There are items discussed in the book that you can incorporate into your first day of class, and things to use all year. I feel that with these ideas in place, my students are going to do much better in my class. My eyes are open now to the need for teaching reading in every subject. I would reccommend this book to first year teachers and well seasoned teachers alike. Thank you Ms. Tovani for writing such a great book! ...
Stenhouse Publishers :: Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading :: Secondary :: Reading (Secondary) :: Reading (Middle school) :: Language :: Elementary :: Education & Teaching :: Content a :: Do I Really Have to Teach Reading-- Content Comprehension- Grades 6-12

Infants and Children - Prenatal Through Middle Childhood 5th Edition

Infants and Children : Prenatal Through Middle Childhood (5th Edition)...
Allyn - Bacon :: Social Science & General :: Sociology Of Children :: Sociology - General :: Sociology :: Social Science :: Psychology :: General :: Developmental - Child :: Child dev :: Infants and Children - Prenatal Through Middle Childhood (5th Edition)

Middle School Success Deluxe 2006 DW DVD

Middle School Success Deluxe 2006 (DW DVD) ...
Topics Entertainment :: Secondary Education (High School) :: Reference :: Education (Educational) :: Kids (Children) :: Computer software (programs) :: :: Middle School Success Deluxe 2006 (DW DVD)

Over a Barrel - Breaking the Middle East Oil Cartel

1 stars (Don't get me started...) - As the author of two books on Peak Oil, I admit to having a bias. Even so, I'd be happy to discuss Learsy's book in an even-handed way, questioning his arguments by stating counter-arguments, and supporting those with data. However, it is impossible to do this because Learsy makes no real effort to mount a scientific case in favor of his cornucopian assertions about plentiful oil for decades to come. Instead, what he offers in his chapter "debunking" peak oilers is logical fallacy upon logical fallacy, with nary a fact to break the monotony. His favorite form of fallacy is the straw man: he attacks geologists like Hubbert, Campbell, and Laherrere for predicting that global oil production will follow a smooth bell curve--when NONE of them does so. He also says that most of the Peak Oil authors work for the oil companies or for oil-producing countries. How about some examples? I know just about every significant Peak Oil author (except Hubbert, who is deceased) and I can only think of one out of maybe a dozen who fits Learsy's description--which, if it were accurate, might lead the reader to think that Peak Oil authors have ulterior motives. These are just two examples out of many. It is really frustrating to see what should be a scientific discussion brought down to the equivalent of name-calling--evidently because the author has no actual evidence with which to argue his case. Now to the author's primary assertion: that OPEC is gouging the world by imposing high oil prices. In fact, for most of its history OPEC has bent over backwards to supply oil at prices agreeable to Washington. The Saudis even let go of billions in potential earnings in the 1980s in order to flood the world with cheap crude so as to help bankrupt the USSR (it worked)--all to cozy up to George H. W. Bush and friends. Yes, OPEC countries could be spending more on production capacity, but the real reason for high oil prices today is that 33 out of 48 producin...
Nelson Current :: Political Science & General :: Religion :: Politics & State :: Politics&International Relations :: Political aspects :: Political Science :: Petroleum industry an :: Over a Barrel - Breaking the Middle East Oil Cartel

The Lord of the Rings- The Battle for Middle-Earth DVD-ROM

4 stars (Fun, but overall...) - Now, don't get me wrong here. Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth is a very pleasing, eye-catching game that can keep one entertained for quite a long time. But if you choose to venture on a campaign, after returning to your computer to play a bit more again and again, you'll begin to notice that the game starts to become more and more repetitive as you progress. In the game, your goals are very simple: Build some places, nab some resources, beat the stuffing out of people who get into your way. The variation in scenery and in different battalions is pleasing and adds to the eyecandy of the game, but eyecandy doesn't make the playing much more fun - thus, even in the larger, more exciting battles, I began to get bored as the game progressed. Overall, the game will be a great enjoyment for hardcore LOTR fans, but for people who aren't as attatched to the series, it may be a bit of a disappointment - especially considering the heavy price. If you love games with fancy graphics and heaps of battle events, though, it's worth the $40 dollars you'll spend on it. 3 stars (Great Singleplayer, Lackluster Multiplayer / Replayability) - If you're looking at this game for the single player campaign, you won't be disappointed. It's fun and pretty lengthy. The graphics and the combat are all superb, as is the storyline and voice acting, much of which is done by the actors from the movies. However, this game has two faults: 1) Replayability. There really isn't any. It's a shame because with the "Risk-style" overhead map of middle earth, they could have turned this into some sort of large scale strategy wargame without much more effort. Instead, it's a fairly linear game and once you've played it through once there's not much point in playing it through again. So the campaign is long and fun but replayability is low. 2) Multiplayer isn't that great. I'll go into some depth on this: Multiplayer will seem fun at first. It's wel...
Electronic Arts :: Fantasy :: Strategy (Strategic) :: Adventure :: Action :: Computer Games :: Computer Role Playing Games (Game :: rpgs :: rpg :: crpg :: crpgs) :: :: The Lord of the Rings- The Battle for Middle-Earth (DVD-ROM)

Educator-s Choice Middle School Excelerator Grades 7-10

5 stars (A good value for the money) - My daughter enjoyed this program. She learned a lot of different words. The animations are clever and she enjoyed completing the spaceship to get Quixel home. This is a good program to build a foreign language vocabulary. 1 stars (Beware!) - I thought this would be good for my students until I tried it out myself. First I tried the Italian. When I discovered that they translated "potato chips" as "microchips", I was surprised. In telling time, they expressed the correct feminine plural but displayed the incorrect masculine singular "il due" for 2:00. Now for the French...I learned that "potato chips" were "eclats" as in "paint chips". Wrong chips both times folks - and good luck in a restaurant! I stopped there. It's a shame they never got a native speaker to check it before releasing this as an educational item. They did get native speakers to read aloud the vocab lists however. That's the one-star part. ...
Topics Entertainment :: Great Deals (Outlet store) :: Learn learning :: Portuguese :: Spanish Espanol :: Foreign Languages (Language) :: Secondary Education (High School) :: Reference :: T :: Educator-s Choice Middle School Excelerator Grades 7-10

Middle School Learning System 2006 PC - Mac

Middle School Learning System 2006 (PC & Mac)...
Fogware Publishing :: Secondary Education (High School) :: Reference :: Education (Educational) :: Kids (Children) :: Computer software (programs) :: :: Middle School Learning System 2006 (PC - Mac)

The Lord of the Rings- The Battle for Middle-Earth

4 stars (Fun, but overall...) - Now, don't get me wrong here. Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth is a very pleasing, eye-catching game that can keep one entertained for quite a long time. But if you choose to venture on a campaign, after returning to your computer to play a bit more again and again, you'll begin to notice that the game starts to become more and more repetitive as you progress. In the game, your goals are very simple: Build some places, nab some resources, beat the stuffing out of people who get into your way. The variation in scenery and in different battalions is pleasing and adds to the eyecandy of the game, but eyecandy doesn't make the playing much more fun - thus, even in the larger, more exciting battles, I began to get bored as the game progressed. Overall, the game will be a great enjoyment for hardcore LOTR fans, but for people who aren't as attatched to the series, it may be a bit of a disappointment - especially considering the heavy price. If you love games with fancy graphics and heaps of battle events, though, it's worth the $40 dollars you'll spend on it. 3 stars (Great Singleplayer, Lackluster Multiplayer / Replayability) - If you're looking at this game for the single player campaign, you won't be disappointed. It's fun and pretty lengthy. The graphics and the combat are all superb, as is the storyline and voice acting, much of which is done by the actors from the movies. However, this game has two faults: 1) Replayability. There really isn't any. It's a shame because with the "Risk-style" overhead map of middle earth, they could have turned this into some sort of large scale strategy wargame without much more effort. Instead, it's a fairly linear game and once you've played it through once there's not much point in playing it through again. So the campaign is long and fun but replayability is low. 2) Multiplayer isn't that great. I'll go into some depth on this: Multiplayer will seem fun at first. It's wel...
Electronic Arts :: Computer Role Playing Games (Game :: rpgs :: rpg :: crpg :: crpgs) :: Fantasy :: Strategy (Strategic) :: Adventure :: Action :: Computer Games :: :: The Lord of the Rings- The Battle for Middle-Earth

Middle School Advantage 2006

4 stars ( Middle School Advantage 2006 ) - Great product. Am having some difficulty loading one of the CD. Contacted the publisher of the product and they are of no help with support. I would recommend this to everyone. ...
Encore Software :: Secondary Education (High School) :: Writing (Literature :: Science (Sciences) :: History (Historical) :: Atlas (Atlases) :: Geography (Geographical) :: Reference :: Middle School Advantage 2006

Rich Dad- Poor Dad- What the Rich Teach Their Kids about Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do No

5 stars (Complete guide to making tons of money) - Robert Kiyosaki is probably one of the few published business people who actually know what they are talking about. I say this because most business people would have you believe that getting rich isn't easy, or real estate is a bad investment because tenants could damage your property...which is absurd Rich Dad, Poor Dad shows the simplicity to acquiring great wealth. To invest in things with predictable earnings (real estate) To get out of liabilities, and to strive to growing your wealth. Some of the richest people in the world today use this method, and gained lots of money. Warren Buffet, for instance, use these factors when it comes to managing his finances, and he is the Second Richest Man in the world. This book is simple, yes, but it's simplicity boils down hard financial concept into concepts that you and I can understand, and TO ALL YOU NEGATIVE REVIEWERS OUT THERE: If you are not happy about a book that shows you how getting rich is easy, get out of the way and let others enjoy the book! 5 stars (An Excellent Book {Read With Caution}) - Yes this is a great book. But the content boils down to a motivational speech about oversimplified common sense {common sense repeated a lot and in a lot of different ways}. That being said, there's a great reason to repeat common sense rules like Kiyosaki does in Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Sometimes common sense just isn't as common as we think it is. Maybe the reason the book sells so well is people need to here them, because as simple as they are, people just aren't getting them. Yes, Kiyosaki is short on specifics. But then, if you want to know how to pick stocks, what rules to use when buying real estate, or how to hire contractors you should expect to buy more than one book. Maybe that's why there's a list of further readings in many of Kiyosaki's books. Many of those books weren't written by Kiyosaki {a real sign of a selfish guru <- sarcasm.} Most negative reviewer...
Warner Books :: Personal Finance - General :: Business & Economics & Finance :: Business & Economics-Personal Finance - General :: Business & Economics :: Sharon L Lechter :: :: Rich Dad- Poor Dad- What the Rich Teach Their Kids about Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do No

Elementary and Middle School Mathematics- Teaching Developmentally- Fifth Edition

5 stars (Van de Walle achieves high marks) - Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally, Fifth Edition is an extremely practical and useful tool for teachers. Chapters include information for varying grade levels. All chapters relate mathematics instruction to the NCTM content and process standards. Principles of a high quality mathematics program (equity, curriculum, teaching, learning, assessment and technology) are presented throughout. Great suggestions for manipulatives and alternative ways to assist student's understanding of the concepts. This text helps the teacher make math "real world" and better yet, fun! 5 stars (a must have for any elementary - middle school math teacher) - This book has not only taught me to teach math effectively but it has changed the way I understand mathematic concepts as well. I was taught math walking step by step through each chapter in a text book, learning skills and not concepts, learning algorithms rather than developing logical reasoning strategies. Van De Walle has suited me as a textbook for myself and a resource for curriculum planning in my sixth grade math class. I am so thankful to have stumbled into this text - it has been a life saver! 5 stars (Must have!) - If you learned math from traditional methods or algorithms, you must read this book. Math today is so different from how I learned it. This book explains how and why math has changed so much. I recommend it to teachers and parents alike. The author explains how to teach math using problem-solving. The method makes so much more sense than traditional mathematics. The book is filled with activities for every math concept and age that are easy to find, read, and use without much prep or prop. It also has ideas and resources for including literature and technology into math class. I find it highly valuable as a 3rd year teacher of fifth grade. My district uses the Visual Math program, and this book has helped me understand w...
Allyn - Bacon :: Education & Teaching Methods & Materials & Mathematics :: Study and teaching (Middle school) :: Study and teaching (Middle sch :: Study and teaching (Elemen :: Elementary and Middle School Mathematics- Teaching Developmentally- Fifth Edition

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Cool Mouse

The right-mouse button in Windows gets a good workout, but that poor old middle button on three-button mice gets ignored. Cool Mouse rectifies that. Once it's running in your system tray, this great tool lets you use your middle button to pop up the Start menu underneath the mouse cursor, minimize windows to the system tray, roll up windows to their title bar, and more....
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