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Memoirs (Paperback)
Robert Lowell; Edited by Steven Gould Axelrod, Grzegorz Kosc
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From Epic! Originals comes an even spookier, sillier, slimier
collection of illustrated stories guaranteed to make you laugh so
loud you'll wake the monster under the bleachers! The Cafetorium is
open for lunch—and play rehearsal, gym class, and unintentional
interdimensional travel! Join comic book fan Dee Dee, master gamer
Jackie, and the rest of the crew (including everyone’s favourite
goat) in this brand-new set of wonderfully weird tales.Â
These charming stories present kids' everyday school and friendship
challenges in unexpected ways, letting kids laugh while they build
empathy, resilience, social skills, and more.
This book takes a closer look at the diversity of fiction writing
from Diderot to Markson and by so doing call into question the
notion of a singular "theory of fiction," especially in relation to
the novel. Unlike Forster's approach to "Aspects of the Novel,"
which implied there is only one kind of novel to which there may be
an aspect, this book deconstructs how one approach to studying
something as protean as the novel cannot be accomplished. To that
end, the text uses Diderot's This Is Not A Story (1772) and David
Markson's This Is Not A Novel (2016) as a frame and imbedded within
are essays on De Maistre's Voyage Around My Room (1829), Machado de
Assis's Posthumous Memoirs Of Braz Cubas (1881), Andre Breton's
Nadja (1928) and Elizabeth Smart's By Grand Central Station I Sat
Down And Wept (1945).
This creative yet scholarly book discusses prose's important
relationship to close literary analysis, showing how such an
approach can be beneficial for readers, scholars, and writers
alike. Bringing together a literary history that consists of
writers such as Lermontov, Chekhov, Camus, and Calvino, Mark
Axelrod masterfully interweaves discussions of structure, context,
genre, plot, and other key elements often applied to poetry but
seldom applied to various forms of prose in order to offer bold and
surprisingly fresh claims about the writer's purpose. By peeling
back these layers of technique and style, this book opens up
discussions to better understand and appreciate great dramatists,
writers, and poets throughout time by returning back to the core
elements that originally comprised their writing crafts.
* MOST ANTICIPATED: Buzzfeed, Goodreads, Country Living, Bookish,
Frolic, and more! * A Star is Born meets Daisy Jones and the Six by
way of Colleen Hoover in this unique story following an all-female
band on the brink of breaking out. This diverse cast of characters
play hard and love harder...no matter the ultimate price. "Sharp,
propulsive, and sexy. Once I started, I couldn't put it down.
Antonia and Seb are imprinted in my book-loving heart. I genuinely,
truly, relished this book."-CHRISTINA LAUREN, NYT and #1
International Bestselling Author Growing up in dive bars up and
down the East Coast, Toni Bennette's guitar was her only
companion...until she met Sebastian Quick. Seb was a little older,
a lot wiser, and before long he was Toni's way out, promising
they'd escape their stifling small town together. Then Seb turned
eighteen and split without looking back. Now, Toni's all grown up
and making a name for herself in Philadelphia's indie scene. When a
friend suggests she try out for a hot new up-and-coming band, Toni
decides to take a chance. Strong, feminist, and fierce as fire,
Toni B. and the Lillys are the perfect match...except Seb's now
moonlighting as their manager. Whatever. Toni can handle it. No
problem. Or it wouldn't be if Seb didn't still hold a piece of her
heart...not to mention the key to her future. "Fans of Daisy Jones
& the Six will enjoy this rich, romantic novel."-Booklist
Reading Intervention Case Studies for School Psychologists provides
vivid, real-world examples of school-based interventions targeting
students’ phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, and
comprehension in reading. This book offers a rich variety of
applied reading interventions in school settings , spanning
strategies such as incidental teaching, word boxes, peer tutoring,
taped words, story mapping, and beyond. Each case includes thorough
descriptions of the specific area of concern, detailed intervention
protocols, data collection and analysis methods, and tips for
ensuring social acceptability and treatment integrity. School
psychologists, along with related professionals in special
education, general education, and speech-language pathology, will
come away with new insights into this comprehensive set of
well-researched and frequently applied reading interventions.
Would you choose to swim with a great white shark or a box
jellyfish? You must pick one or the other Test your decision-making
skills with these outrageous animal questions. Then try them on
your friends "
This book provides a theoretical background of branching processes
and discusses their biological applications. Branching processes
are a well-developed and powerful set of tools in the field of
applied probability. The range of applications considered includes
molecular biology, cellular biology, human evolution and medicine.
The branching processes discussed include Galton-Watson, Markov,
Bellman-Harris, Multitype, and General Processes. As an aid to
understanding specific examples, two introductory chapters, and two
glossaries are included that provide background material in
mathematics and in biology. The book will be of interest to
scientists who work in quantitative modeling of biological systems,
particularly probabilists, mathematical biologists,
biostatisticians, cell biologists, molecular biologists, and
bioinformaticians. The authors are a mathematician and cell
biologist who have collaborated for more than a decade in the field
of branching processes in biology for this new edition. This second
expanded edition adds new material published during the last
decade, with nearly 200 new references. More material has been
added on infinitely-dimensional multitype processes, including the
infinitely-dimensional linear-fractional case. Hypergeometric
function treatment of the special case of the Griffiths-Pakes
infinite allele branching process has also been added. There are
additional applications of recent molecular processes and
connections with systems biology are explored, and a new chapter on
genealogies of branching processes and their applications. Reviews
of First Edition: "This is a significant book on applications of
branching processes in biology, and it is highly recommended for
those readers who are interested in the application and development
of stochastic models, particularly those with interests in cellular
and molecular biology." (Siam Review, Vol. 45 (2), 2003) "This book
will be very interesting and useful for mathematicians,
statisticians and biologists as well, and especially for
researchers developing mathematical methods in biology, medicine
and other natural sciences." (Short Book Reviews of the ISI, Vol.
23 (2), 2003)
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addition, a new kitchen, an in-law suite, a new facade, a porch,
whole house makeover - or whatever - this unique book will help you
arrive at the correct design solution for your specifi c home.
Written and illustrated by a licensed architect, nationally
recognized for his expertise in the fi eld, this book is specifi
cally written to help steer you clear of the many pitfalls
encountered in remodeling. Whether you're a do-it-yourselfer, or
you intend to engage professional contractors, this is a step by
step guide organized to help you make the correct design choices
for your home. With over 1000 illustrations and 300 different plans
there is likely a plan, or many different plans, that should
satisfy your budget as well as your needs.
This work deals with the fundamentals of novel writing and the
execution of such. Though it engages specific notions of literary
and cultural theory, it privileges the architectonics of the texts
themselves as it crosses boundaries of both time and culture. The
novels include: Austen's "Northanger Abbey", Beckett's "Company",
Bronte's "Wuthering Heights", Cervantes' "Don Quixote", Flaubert's
"Madame Bovary", Hamsun's "Hunger", Hardy's "Tess of the
D'Urbervilles", Lispector's "Hour of the Star" and Smart's "By
Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept".
Unlike most screenwriting guides that generally analyze several
aspects of screenwriting, Constructing Dialogue is devoted to a
more analytical treatment of certain individual scenes and how
those scenes were constructed to be the most highly dramatic vis a
vis their dialogue. In the art of screenwriting, one cannot
separate how the scene is constructed from how the dialogue is
written. They are completely interwoven. Each chapter deals with
how a particular screenwriter approached dialogue relative to that
particular scene's construction. From Citizen Kane to The Fisher
King the storylines have changed, but the techniques used to
construct scene and dialogue have fundamentally remained the same.
The author maintains that there are four optimum requirements that
each scene needs in order to be successful: maintaining scenic
integrity; advancing the storyline, developing character, and
eliciting conflict and engaging emotionally. Comparing the original
script and viewing the final movie, the student is able to see what
exactly was being accomplished to make both the scene and the
dialogue work effectively.
This book examines one work dealing with madness from each of five
prominent authors. Including discussion of Fowles, Hamsun, Hesse,
Kafka, and Poe, it delineates the specific type of madness the
author associates with each text, and explores the reason for that
- such as a historical moment, physical pressure (such as
starvation), or the author's or his narrator's perspective. The
project approaches the texts it explores from the perspective of a
writer of fiction as well as from the perspective of a critic, and
discusses them as unique manifestations of literary madness. It is
of particular significance for those interested in the interplay of
fiction, literary criticism, and psychology.
In May 1986, the Association for Behavior Analysis (ABA)
established a task force on the right to effective behavioral
treatment. The mandate of this task force was to identify and
delineate specific rights as they apply to behavioral treatment.
Impetus for this project came in part from the controversy over the
use of aversive procedures, which some held had no place in
treatment and, with evolution of the treatment process, were no
longer necessary. In con trast, others cited evidence that programs
based on positive reinforcement alone were sometimes not effective
in treating severe problems. These re searchers and practitioners
desired to ensure that clients and guardians be permitted to choose
treatments that included punishment procedures when assessments
warranted their use. The first editor approached Ogden Lindsley,
president of ABA, about establishing a task force to examine this
isuse. The ABA council decided to broaden the mandate to include an
examination of clients' right to effective behavioral treatment in
general. The first editor was asked to chair the task force and
appointed Saul Axelrod, Jon S. Bailey, Judith E. Favell, Richard M.
Foxx, and 0. Ivar Lovaas as members. Brian A. Iwata was appointed
liaison by the ABA council."
Approaching the question of how male novelists perceive their
female characters, this collection of creative yet analytic
literary essays unwinds the complexities of male authorship versus
narration. Mark Axelrod looks at a wide range of male authors
including Fydor Dostoevsky, D.H. Lawrence, Carlos Fuentes, and the
theories of Jacques Lacan.
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Cat Ninja: Cat's Claw
Matthew Cody, Jadzia Axelrod, Dan Nordskog, Kurtis Scaletta, Chris Schweizer; Illustrated by …
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Cat Ninja is back in an adventure-packed volume featuring new
friends, old foes, and the Cat Lady who started it all! When a
notorious band of ninjas discovers a certain Metro City hero
wearing their colours and practising their Kat Fu, their leader
sets out to settle an old score. Plus, a nocturnal ninja flaps into
town, Octopunch puts up his dukes (all eight of ’em!), Adonis
plays hero, Master Hamster’s creative kitchen repairs end with a
scorching surprise, and our favourite frenemies-against-the-odds
compete in the villainous Vroomin' Race!
Reading Intervention Case Studies for School Psychologists provides
vivid, real-world examples of school-based interventions targeting
students’ phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, and
comprehension in reading. This book offers a rich variety of
applied reading interventions in school settings , spanning
strategies such as incidental teaching, word boxes, peer tutoring,
taped words, story mapping, and beyond. Each case includes thorough
descriptions of the specific area of concern, detailed intervention
protocols, data collection and analysis methods, and tips for
ensuring social acceptability and treatment integrity. School
psychologists, along with related professionals in special
education, general education, and speech-language pathology, will
come away with new insights into this comprehensive set of
well-researched and frequently applied reading interventions.
Gangs are responsible for over 80 percent of the crime in the
United States. The cost of gang violence is staggering. In many
communities, no one feels safe walking down his or her own
streets-and that, Dan Googen feels, is simply too high a cost to
pay.
Dan was a soldier, trained in combat overseas. When he returns
home to see that his own neighborhood is held captive by a violent
invasion force of its own, he springs into action. He goes
undercover and begins to live the gangland life. What he doesn't
count on is how his life will be affected by the friendships he
forms with the members of the gangs. His new secret life is in
bitter conflict with his ideals and goals. Can he do what needs to
be done-or will these new friendships test his resolve?
While living undercover, Dan befriends Tiny, one of the gang
members. With Dan's help, Tiny is able to accomplish the
unthinkable: he breaks free from the gangs and enrolls in college.
There, he becomes a breakout basketball star; his life is now on an
unstoppably positive path. When Tiny's dreams of playing pro ball
finally come true, he makes good on his promise to help the kids he
left behind in the hood. He comes home, a local hero determined to
do anything he can to help.
Tiny receives the answer to his prayers ... but not the one he
expected.
An homage to Nabokov's Lectures on Literature, this collection of
essays sheds new light on canonical authors such as Ibsen, Beckett,
and Strindberg. Using style and structure as the connective thread,
Mark Axelrod joins a wide and deep conversation on writers on
writing.
With chapters written by leading scholars such as Steven Gould
Axelrod, Cary Nelson, Aldon Lynn Nielsen and Marjorie Perloff, this
comprehensive Handbook explores the full range and diversity of
poetry and criticism in 21st-century America. The Bloomsbury
Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry covers such topics as: *
Major histories and genealogies of post-war poetry - from the
language poets and the Black Arts Movement to New York school and
the Beats * Poetry, identity and community - from African American,
Chicana/o and Native American poetry to Queer verse and the poetics
of disability * Key genres and forms - including digital, visual,
documentary and children's poetry * Central critical themes -
economics, publishing, popular culture, ecopoetics, translation and
biography The book also includes an interview section in which
major contemporary poets such as Rae Armantrout, Charles Bernstein
and Claudia Rankine reflect on the craft and value of poetry today.
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