explores social values with lively stories and encourages cross-curricular thinking with fascinating 'English for school' sections
Sweet Nothings is about absences
Jim Crumley shines a light into the darker corners of the Great Wood
the Bullied
he takes us to dimensions of time and space that have haunted our dreams for centuries -- and shows us ourselves as we really are
The Autobiography of Mark Twain: In Defense of Naps, Bacon, Martinis, Profanity, and Other Indulgences Manipulatives explores social values with livelyA book filled with richnesses of humor and tragedy of disappointment and triumph, of sweetness and bitterness, and all in that unsurpassed American prose. New York Herald Tribune Book Review Mark Twain was a figure larger than life: massive in talent, eruptive in temperament, unpredictable in his actions. He crafted stories of heroism, adventure, tragedy, and comedy that reflected the changing America of the time, and he tells his own storywhich