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Launch emergent readers into the wonderful world of Vowels (ar, ea, oo, ou, ay) using biblical concepts through this comprehensive reading program.
Level 2 books teach letter combinations and more sight words. Use Rocket Readers Level 2 if your child: uses phonics skills, knows consonant blends, and knows common vowel combinations.
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1. March to the Ark ("ar"): Noah - Animals march to the ark (Genesis 6-8)
2. Heat the Meat ("ea"): Elijah - God's power is better than Baal (1 Kings 18:18-39)
3. No Noodles ("oo"): Daniel eats God's food (Daniel 1)
4. Best Around ("ou"): Joshua - Walls of Jericho (Joshua 6:1-20)
5. No Way! ("ay"): Jonah and the Fish (Jonah 1-3)
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The coming of sound to film was an event whose importance can hardly be overestimated; sound transformed not only the Hollywood film industry but all of world cinema as well. As economic and film historian Douglas Gomery explains, the business of film became not only bigger but much more complex. As sound spread its power, the talkies became an agent of economic and social change through the globe, extending America's reach in ways that had never before been imaginable.
Over the years, Douglas Gomery's essays on the coming of sound have been key documents in the study of film. Revisiting and amplifying them in the light of new archival research, he has produced a book that provides important historical insight into such topics as the development of movie chains, the early history of Warner Brothers and Fox, and the struggle for control of sound itself.
This will be an essential work for anyone interested in early film, film history and economics, and the history of the American media. Also includes an eight page insert.
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Coming Out Right: The Story of Jacqueline Cochran, the First Woman Aviator to Break the Sound Barrier
Elizabeth Simpson Smith
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A well researched and presented account that will inspire.......1999-07-03
This work by the late Charlotte, N.C., author and philanthropist, Elizabeth S. Smith, presents an inspirational topic that has escaped previous aviation writers. The story of aviator Cochran's achievements, which reflect her determined character and desire to succeed, are highly readable, and energizing, to young people. Many 6-9th grade students continue to enjoy and benefit from this book.
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Sound and the Cinema: The Coming of Sound to American Film
Cameron
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In 1931 Universal Pictures released Dracula and Frankenstein, two films that inaugurated the horror genre in Hollywood cinema. These films appeared directly on the heels of Hollywood's transition to sound film. Uncanny Bodies argues that the coming of sound inspired more in these massively influential horror movies than screams, creaking doors, and howling wolves. A close examination of the historical reception of films of the transition period reveals that sound films could seem to their earliest viewers unreal and ghostly. By comparing this audience impression to the first sound horror films, Robert Spadoni makes a case for understanding film viewing as a force that can powerfully shape both the minutest aspects of individual films and the broadest sweep of film production trends, and for seeing aftereffects of the temporary weirdness of sound film deeply etched in the basic character of one of our most enduring film genres.
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This digital document is an article from The Oral History Review, published by Oral History Association on January 1, 2001. The length of the article is 1156 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: COMING FROM INDIA: A RADIO DOCUMENTARY.(Review) (sound recording review)
Author: Steven Sheehan
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The Oral History Review (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2001
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Volume: 28
Issue: 1
Page: 118
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This digital document is an article from American Journalism Review, published by University of Maryland on July 1, 1994. The length of the article is 873 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
From the supplier: Developments in television technology have produced the instruments necessary for digital editing. This will allow news anchors or producers to sit at a computer and organize all the audio, video and graphics necessary for a news story. The WINK station in Fort Myers, Florida is using digital news videos regularly. News footage is being transferred from video tapes to hard disks because cameras that can record on removable disks are yet to be developed. The problem of limited space for video data on disks also needs to be solved. Television journalists need not fear being replaced by interactive news videos because they will still be collecting the news.
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Title: Coming up: digital pictures at 11. (television news and digital editing) (Column)
Author: Lou Prato
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Date: July 1, 1994
Publisher: University of Maryland
Volume: v16
Issue: n6
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This digital document is an article from Music Trades, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1285 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Exhibitors sound off! Candid comments on the show and what to expect in the coming year.(NAMM 2007)
Author: Gale Reference Team
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Music Trades (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2007
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Volume: 155
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This digital document is an article from SaskBusiness, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2005. The length of the article is 600 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: First Nations sustainable houses built to last: the sound of hammers at work in Leoville tells the story of three First Nations coming together to successfully address some chronic housing problems.(MANUFACTURING)
Author: Tim Tororey
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SaskBusiness (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2005
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Volume: 26
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The Singer and the Scribe brings together studies of the European ballad from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century by major authorities in the field and is of interest to students of European literature, popular traditions and folksong. It offers an original view of the development of the ballad by focusing on the interplay and interdependence of written and oral transmission, including studies of modern singers and their repertoires and of the role of the audience in generating a literary product which continues to live in performance. While using specific case studies the contributors systematically extend their reflections on the ballad as song and as poetry to draw broader conclusions. Covering the Hispanic world, including the Sephardic tradition, Scandinavia, The Netherlands, Greece, Russia, England and Scotland the essays also demonstrate the interconnections of a European tradition beyond national boundaries.
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Can you be a Kakuro king?
Find out how to solve these super-cool puzzles and progress from a brainy beginner to a genuine genius and number ninja.
This book has puzzles of different difficulty levels to test your talent, and tips and tricks that will ensure you are the first kid in class to master Kakuro.
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the Kids' Book of kakuro.......2007-01-03
I think my grand daughter will enjoy doing this. She loves all of Kakuro
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Sayonara, sudoku! Say hello to kakuro, the hot new puzzle from Japan that’s sweeping the globe! This fun and exciting book offers 100 challenging — some say fiendish! — cross sums puzzles, with complete solutions.
Like sudoku, kakuro is a cross sums puzzle that requires logic and patience to crack the grid. But, unlike sudoku, kakuro incorporates filled and empty cells similar to a crossword puzzle for a more challenging, more exciting, brain-twisting experience.
This stimulating volume of kakuro puzzles makes the perfect companion for quiet evenings at home, daily commutes, or vacations!
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Kakuro for Kids: Ninja Edition
Alastair Chisholm
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Hot on the heels of Sudoku comes Japan’s latest craze: Kukuro
Kakuro for Kids: Ninja Edition contains 100 puzzles, ranging from White Belt (easy) to Black Belt (challenging), created by puzzle master Alastair Chisholm. With an introduction that gives step-by-step directions for using magic Kakuro Blocks to unlock the mysteries of the grids and challenging puzzles in all shapes, sizes, and levels of difficulty, Kakuro for Kids will soon kick Sudoku off the top of the puzzle charts.
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Kakuro is a Japanese game of logic -- and the next big puzzle craze to sweep the world since Su Doku. Like Su Doku, Kakuro is played on grids of varying sizes, using the numbers 1 to 9 and, like Su Doku, Kakuro is absorbing, addictive and utterly compelling. Combining numbers and logic, and with the interconnectedness of a crossword puzzle, this is a game for everyone -- all you need is the ability to add two numbers together.
Like the first volume in this series, The Essential Book of Kakuro 2 contains full instructions to the game, along with hints, tips and invaluable number-combination tables, as well as more than 100 original puzzles for beginners to experts (and their solutions).
If you like Su Doku, then you are certain to fall under the spell of the endlessly diverting, uniquely challenging Kakuro!
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ASIN: 0802796079
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Hot on the heels of Sudoku comes Japan’s latest craze: Kukuro
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Kakuro 2: 54 Cross-Sums Puzzles
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54 cross-sums puzzles!
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More challenging and more addictive than Su Doku, Kakuro is the new puzzle craze to spellbind the nation and this is the first Kakuro book to be published in the States.Kakuro has already become more popular than Su Doku in Japan, delighting millions with its blend of total simplicity and devilish complexity. Now the US has the chance to become hooked on Kakuro. In these bumper books of all-new Kakuro there are hundreds of puzzles divided into three difficulty ratings - including some fiendishly difficult ones . . .
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Too easy, too much repetition.......2006-09-17
The pros of this books are that it contains quite a large number of puzzles, there is plenty of space to make entries and write notes, and the paper does not shred when penciled entries are erased.
The cons are two: even "very hard" puzzles are not that challenging (the "Easy" puzzles should be labelled "Really simple") and there is too much repetition (computer-generated, I expect), both among and within puzzles. As an example of the latter criticism, the upper left corner of a puzzle may be a near carbon copy of the bottom left corner. Once insight is gain on how to fill in the top left area, the same approach can be used to complete the bottom left area.
For those looking for a book with very tough Kakuro puzzles, I recommend "The Book of Kakuro #1" by Michael Mepham.
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Kids' Kakuro (Dover Hobbies and Amusements for Children)
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Also known as "cross sums," this new Japanese puzzle sensation is rivaling the popularity of sudoku. Kakuro helps sharpen math skills, and children will find these brainteasers both absorbing and entertaining. Designed especially for kids, the 48 puzzles feature whimsical illustrations. Solutions included.
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Praise for The Financial Numbers Game
"So much for the notion those who can, do-those who cant, teach. Mulford and Comiskey function successfully both as college professors and real-world financial mercenaries. These guys know their balance sheets. The Financial Numbers Game should serve as a survival manual for both serious individual investors and industry pros who study and act upon the interpretation of financial statements. This unique blend of battle-earned scholarship and quality writing is a must-read/must-have reference for serious financial statement analysis." —Bob Acker, Editor/Publisher, The Acker Letter
"Wall Streets unforgiving attention to quarterly earnings presents ever increasing pressure on CFOs to manage earnings and expectations. The Financial Numbers Game provides a clear explanation of the ways in which management can stretch, bend, and break accounting rules to reach the desired bottom line. This arms the serious investor or financial analyst with the healthy skepticism required to drive beyond reported results to a clear understanding of a firms true performance." —Mark Hurley, Managing Director, Training and Development, Global Corporate and Investment Banking, Bank of America
"After reading The Financial Numbers Game, I feel as though Ive taken a masters level course in financial statement analysis. Mulford and Comiskeys latest book should be required reading for anyone who is serious about fundamentally analyzing stocks." —Harry Domash, San Francisco Chronicle investing columnist and investment newsletter publisher
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Bad editor + basic material = poor investment.......2006-07-17
I thought this was going to be a penetrating, incisive look at financial statement chicanery -- instead I got a recap of things I already learned in HOWARD SCHLIT's (better edited, clearer) book.
Most of what is in this book is either a) something you already know or b) material you can get for free on the web (investopedia.com tutorials, etc). Given the fact that the book's authors are well-known names in the field, I expected much more from this offering. Save your money...
Financial Numbers Game.......2006-05-05
The book is fine for those not informed on the topic of financial reports, but those that have some insight on that topic would find it boring and not as informative as expected.
I also found several issues repeated, and other topics just to vague to be of much use.
service was great.......2005-09-26
I got the item quickly. It was the correct item and in excellent condition.
Too basic and the title is really a misnomer.......2005-03-09
Given the promise of the book's title, I was disappointed. "The Financial Numbers Game" is really alomst a misnomer as the book spends many pages on explanations of basic accounting principles - much like an introductory textbook - and then discussed some of the more obvious creative accounting practices. What you do get from this textbook is an overall solid overview of basic GAAP, with a large number of real world examples (which is good). What you don't get is real insight into some of the more interesting ways companies use to manage earnings and their balance sheet. For example, I could not find anything on special purpose entities, off balance sheet financing, dirty surplus accounting, a meaningful discussion of EBITDA beyond the basics, and anything beyond the obvious, really. I also thought the discussion of receivable days was problematic (chapter eight). This may go into too much detail but the authors calculate this ratio based on the ending balance of accounts receivable rather than some average (eg, beginning and ending balance if nothing else is at hand). This actually distorts the ratio and results in an incorrect analysis of the development of receivables where they change between periods. This is not good for two academics.
As previous reviewers pointed out, the book has too many repetitions which a good editor should have caught.
I like the solid accounting overview and the multitude of examples the text provides and that merits three stars. If you are an MBA student who is interested in an accounting refresher, this may be a book for you. If on the other hand you are a professional analyst or investor - what the authors call serious readers of financial statements in their preface - then this will disappoint you.
Highly Recommended!.......2004-06-07
A special note in the preface of this book explains that it went to press just as the Enron story was beginning to break. Three of its chapters provide almost all the information anyone would have needed to spot the problems at Enron, not to mention at the other big corporations whose scandals made recent headlines. Spotting fraud isn't that hard. The authors provide a very useful toolkit that even a novice investor can use. Some of their coverage of the regulatory apparatus will no doubt have to be changed in future editions, as the regulations themselves keep changing, but this enlightening introduction to the nitty-gritty of skeptical financial statement analysis will have enduring utility. It's written by accountants, so it gets a bit plodding in spots, but their anecdotes relieve the tedium and their information is invaluable. We recommend this reality check for every investor's bookshelf, as well as every employee's and every financial reporter's. Anyone who depends on corporate performance or who uses corporate financial statements should read it.
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