This eBook can help students develop expert reading strategies, understand how to read faster and with greater comprehension, overcome reading anxiety, and even increase their appreciation of reading for pleasure. With reading comprehension passages covering U.S. history, medicine, humanities, science, and sports, it's Ideal practice to master the reading comprehension questions found on all standardized tests including the SAT, ACT, HiSET, GED, and...

"The second of two, this practice test is modeled on the Praxis English Language Arts: Content Knowledge (5038) exam, which gauges the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to teach secondary-school ELA. It includes 130 practice questions, instant scoring, and detailed answer explanations." --

From New York and Hollywood to France, a family of four friends are compelled to reevaluate their lives and strengthen their commitments.

With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it has fallen prey to Boss Masagoro, the son of a merchant rumored to have stolen gold from the shogunate. The boss has hired Yojimbo as his hard-drinking enforcer, but Yojimbo is both a spy for the shogunate, trying to find the gold, and in love with the merchant's unwilling mistress, Umeno. Ichi hires on as the merchant's masseur and buys Umeno's freedom...

Any crafter, even those with minimal skills, can successfully complete one of these 20-odd projects. Introduced by historical notes and instructions on mortise and tenon construction (square pegs fitting into square holes), each of the patterns, from a Morris chair to a Greene & Greene patio table, includes pictures and text as well as information about saving money on lumber and aging steel hardware with gun blue, among other topics.

"Aang and friends must join together once again as the four nations' tenuous peace is threatened by an impasse between Fire Lord Zuko and Earth King Kuei! As the world heads toward another devastating war, Aang's friendship with Zuko throws him into the middle of the conflict! Available for the first time in an omnibus format, this is the official continuation of the Avatar: The Last Airbender series from Nickelodeon."--Publisher.

Kirby Dick's provocative film investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates films. Kirby looks at some of the controversial rating decisions of the past four decades, hires a private eye to find out who these anonymous raters are and puts his own film through the rating process.

This eBook is the perfect companion to any student's classroom instruction, and helps students at all learning levels build their reading skills, track their progress, and master Common Core State Standards in no time.

The PostSecret phenomenon lives on! Frank Warren, “the most trusted stranger in America,” offers the fifth book in his New York Times bestselling series. PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death, and God — born from Warren’s collaboration with the American Visionary Art Museum’s “All Faiths Beautiful” exhibition — is another provocative collection of never-before seen, artistically created postcards from around the world revealing the...