Author: Stephen Rabley
Publisher: Penguin Longman
ISBN: 9781405880633
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Original / British English Maisie King lives in the Bahamas. Her mother and father work at an Animal Hospital. Maisie has a new friend. His name is Ben and he's a dolphin. Ben is very ill. Maisie helps him. Then Maisie has a big problem. Can Ben help her?
Maisie and the Dolphin
Author: Stephen Rabley
Publisher: Penguin Longman
ISBN: 9781405880633
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Original / British English Maisie King lives in the Bahamas. Her mother and father work at an Animal Hospital. Maisie has a new friend. His name is Ben and he's a dolphin. Ben is very ill. Maisie helps him. Then Maisie has a big problem. Can Ben help her?
Publisher: Penguin Longman
ISBN: 9781405880633
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Original / British English Maisie King lives in the Bahamas. Her mother and father work at an Animal Hospital. Maisie has a new friend. His name is Ben and he's a dolphin. Ben is very ill. Maisie helps him. Then Maisie has a big problem. Can Ben help her?
The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day
Author: Christopher Edge
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 052564640X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
On her tenth birthday, super-smart Maisie wakes to a shifted reality and must work within the laws of the universe and trust the love of her family to set the world right. Alternate chapters present divergent timelines.
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 052564640X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
On her tenth birthday, super-smart Maisie wakes to a shifted reality and must work within the laws of the universe and trust the love of her family to set the world right. Alternate chapters present divergent timelines.
The Case of the Stolen Sixpence
Author: Holly Webb
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544339282
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Junior sleuth Maisie Hitchins, who lives in her grandmother's boarding house in Victorian London, uncovers an intriguing plot involving stolen sausages, pilfered halfpennies, and a fast-paced bicycle chase.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544339282
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Junior sleuth Maisie Hitchins, who lives in her grandmother's boarding house in Victorian London, uncovers an intriguing plot involving stolen sausages, pilfered halfpennies, and a fast-paced bicycle chase.
Sea
Author: Patricia Hegarty
Publisher: Little Tiger Kids
ISBN: 9781788819183
Category : Board books
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
A colourful array of sea creatures is brought to life by award-winning illustrator Britta Teckentrup in this delightful peep-through book.
Publisher: Little Tiger Kids
ISBN: 9781788819183
Category : Board books
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
A colourful array of sea creatures is brought to life by award-winning illustrator Britta Teckentrup in this delightful peep-through book.
The Progress of Love
Author: Alice Munro
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307814564
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Eleven stunning stories that explore the most intimate and transforming moments of existence, from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro, “one of the foremost practitioners of the short story” (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times). “Throughout this remarkable collection moments of insight flash from the pages like lightning, not necessarily providing answers—more like showing the way to new questions.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer A divorced woman returns to her childhood home where she confronts the memory of her parents’ confounding yet deep bond. The accidental near-drowning of a child exposes to the shaken mother the fragility between children and parents. A young man, remembering a terrifying childhood incident, wrestles with the responsibility he has always felt for his hapless younger brother. A man brings his lover on a visit to his ex-wife, only to feel unexpectedly closer to his estranged partner. In these and other stories, Alice Munro proves once again a sensitive and compassionate chronicler of our times. Drawing us into the most intimate corners of ordinary lives, she reveals much about ourselves, our choices, and our experiences of love.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307814564
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Eleven stunning stories that explore the most intimate and transforming moments of existence, from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro, “one of the foremost practitioners of the short story” (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times). “Throughout this remarkable collection moments of insight flash from the pages like lightning, not necessarily providing answers—more like showing the way to new questions.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer A divorced woman returns to her childhood home where she confronts the memory of her parents’ confounding yet deep bond. The accidental near-drowning of a child exposes to the shaken mother the fragility between children and parents. A young man, remembering a terrifying childhood incident, wrestles with the responsibility he has always felt for his hapless younger brother. A man brings his lover on a visit to his ex-wife, only to feel unexpectedly closer to his estranged partner. In these and other stories, Alice Munro proves once again a sensitive and compassionate chronicler of our times. Drawing us into the most intimate corners of ordinary lives, she reveals much about ourselves, our choices, and our experiences of love.
Dino's Day in London
Author: Stephen Rabley
Publisher: Penguin Longman
ISBN: 9781405880565
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Tommy Grant is a taxi driver. One morning his boss telephones him. ‘Can you be at the Ritz hotel at 9 o’clock?’ he asks. The 12-year-old son of a film star is in London. His name is Dino. ‘Be very nice to the boy,’ Tommy’s boss says.
Publisher: Penguin Longman
ISBN: 9781405880565
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Tommy Grant is a taxi driver. One morning his boss telephones him. ‘Can you be at the Ritz hotel at 9 o’clock?’ he asks. The 12-year-old son of a film star is in London. His name is Dino. ‘Be very nice to the boy,’ Tommy’s boss says.
The Consequences of Fear
Author: Jacqueline Winspear
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062868039
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER As Europe buckles under Nazi occupation, Maisie Dobbs investigates a possible murder that threatens devastating repercussions for Britain's war efforts in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling mystery series. October 1941. While on a delivery, young Freddie Hackett, a message runner for a government office, witnesses an argument that ends in murder. Crouching in the doorway of a bombed-out house, Freddie waits until the coast is clear. But when he arrives at the delivery address, he’s shocked to come face to face with the killer. Dismissed by the police when he attempts to report the crime, Freddie goes in search of a woman he once met when delivering a message: Maisie Dobbs. While Maisie believes the boy and wants to help, she must maintain extreme caution: she’s working secretly for the Special Operations Executive, assessing candidates for crucial work with the French resistance. Her two worlds collide when she spots the killer in a place she least expects. She soon realizes she’s been pulled into the orbit of a man who has his own reasons to kill—reasons that go back to the last war. As Maisie becomes entangled in a power struggle between Britain’s intelligence efforts in France and the work of Free French agents operating across Europe, she must also contend with the lingering question of Freddie Hackett’s state of mind. What she uncovers could hold disastrous consequences for all involved in this compelling chapter of the “series that seems to get better with every entry” (Wall Street Journal).
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062868039
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER As Europe buckles under Nazi occupation, Maisie Dobbs investigates a possible murder that threatens devastating repercussions for Britain's war efforts in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling mystery series. October 1941. While on a delivery, young Freddie Hackett, a message runner for a government office, witnesses an argument that ends in murder. Crouching in the doorway of a bombed-out house, Freddie waits until the coast is clear. But when he arrives at the delivery address, he’s shocked to come face to face with the killer. Dismissed by the police when he attempts to report the crime, Freddie goes in search of a woman he once met when delivering a message: Maisie Dobbs. While Maisie believes the boy and wants to help, she must maintain extreme caution: she’s working secretly for the Special Operations Executive, assessing candidates for crucial work with the French resistance. Her two worlds collide when she spots the killer in a place she least expects. She soon realizes she’s been pulled into the orbit of a man who has his own reasons to kill—reasons that go back to the last war. As Maisie becomes entangled in a power struggle between Britain’s intelligence efforts in France and the work of Free French agents operating across Europe, she must also contend with the lingering question of Freddie Hackett’s state of mind. What she uncovers could hold disastrous consequences for all involved in this compelling chapter of the “series that seems to get better with every entry” (Wall Street Journal).
Maisie and the Dolphin.
Author: Stephen Rabley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783526031482
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783526031482
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
A Secret Shared...
Author: Marion Lennox
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460339460
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Is a secret halved…? High-flying oncologist professor Jack Kincaid isn't convinced by the treatment offered at Dolphin Bay Healing Resort. But if there's the slightest possibility that dolphins can help his little nephew Harry, he needs to give it a chance! Especially when he recognizes beautiful therapist Dr. Kate Martin—the woman he once knew as Cathy! Jack can't help but be intrigued, and he's just as attracted to her as he always was. And when Kate reveals to him the devastating secret that she will do anything to escape, not only does she share her burden, but she starts to open up Jack's locked-away heart, too….
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460339460
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Is a secret halved…? High-flying oncologist professor Jack Kincaid isn't convinced by the treatment offered at Dolphin Bay Healing Resort. But if there's the slightest possibility that dolphins can help his little nephew Harry, he needs to give it a chance! Especially when he recognizes beautiful therapist Dr. Kate Martin—the woman he once knew as Cathy! Jack can't help but be intrigued, and he's just as attracted to her as he always was. And when Kate reveals to him the devastating secret that she will do anything to escape, not only does she share her burden, but she starts to open up Jack's locked-away heart, too….
Listening Automaticity: A Reduction of Dual-Task Interference and Working Memory Demands
Author: Bartolo Bazan
Publisher: IPR Journals and Book Publishers
ISBN: 9914752462
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
SUMMARY This book explores the concept of automaticity in the context of second language listening, focusing on how practice can lead to the ability to perform listening tasks with minimal cognitive effort. The author argues that through practice, lower-level subcomponents of listening can be executed autonomously, requiring less executive control and reducing dual-task interference, an indication of automaticity. Despite the extensive research on automatization across various skills, this book addresses a gap in the literature regarding second language listening from a cognitive psychology perspective. It integrates theories from cognitive sciences, such as attentional theories of skill acquisition, working memory, and imagery, with linguistic concepts to create a comprehensive framework for investigating listening automaticity. Key features of the study include an examination of what types of practice are most effective in fostering listening automaticity. The book discusses innovative approaches to assessing listening automaticity, including the use of combined tests to evaluate constructs accurately. Additionally, the research investigates whether practice leads to a decrease in the involvement of executive functions during listening tasks and explores the potential of visuospatial working memory as a predictor of listening automaticity. Utilizing Rasch models, the research offers validation for the cognitive and linguistic measures employed, linking longitudinal data through common items to provide deeper insights into the automatization process. The implications of this research extend to both theoretical understanding and practical applications in pedagogy, making it relevant for educators, researchers, and students in cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, and assessment. Overall, the book aims to contribute to the advancement of automaticity research, particularly in the realm of second language acquisition.
Publisher: IPR Journals and Book Publishers
ISBN: 9914752462
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
SUMMARY This book explores the concept of automaticity in the context of second language listening, focusing on how practice can lead to the ability to perform listening tasks with minimal cognitive effort. The author argues that through practice, lower-level subcomponents of listening can be executed autonomously, requiring less executive control and reducing dual-task interference, an indication of automaticity. Despite the extensive research on automatization across various skills, this book addresses a gap in the literature regarding second language listening from a cognitive psychology perspective. It integrates theories from cognitive sciences, such as attentional theories of skill acquisition, working memory, and imagery, with linguistic concepts to create a comprehensive framework for investigating listening automaticity. Key features of the study include an examination of what types of practice are most effective in fostering listening automaticity. The book discusses innovative approaches to assessing listening automaticity, including the use of combined tests to evaluate constructs accurately. Additionally, the research investigates whether practice leads to a decrease in the involvement of executive functions during listening tasks and explores the potential of visuospatial working memory as a predictor of listening automaticity. Utilizing Rasch models, the research offers validation for the cognitive and linguistic measures employed, linking longitudinal data through common items to provide deeper insights into the automatization process. The implications of this research extend to both theoretical understanding and practical applications in pedagogy, making it relevant for educators, researchers, and students in cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, and assessment. Overall, the book aims to contribute to the advancement of automaticity research, particularly in the realm of second language acquisition.