Sam's Race


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Designed to be used by children in their first six months of school PM Starters One and Two




Number One Sam


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An acclaimed, winning tale about losing -- from champion humorist and three-time Geisel-recipient Greg Pizzoli!--~i~-- They're off! Sam is the best race-car driver in history -- he is number one at every race! But when his best friend, Maggie, shows that she has racing talent of her own, Sam doesn't know how to handle coming in second place. Will he learn what it truly means to be a winner? With his signature light touch, Greg Pizzoli's upbeat story about being a good sport is perfect for read-aloud.!--~i~-- * "Another winner from Pizzoli." ---Publisher's Weekly, starred review!--~i~-- * "The simple yet exciting text drives the story forward and will make it a popular choice at storytimes." ---School Library Journal, starred review!--~i~-- !--~i~--Don't miss these other favorites from Greg Pizzoli:The Watermelon SeedGood Night OwlThe Book HogThe Twelve Days of ChristmasTempleton Gets His WishThis Story is for You




Intelligence, Genes, and Success


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A scientific response to the best-selling The Bell Curve which set off a hailstorm of controversy upon its publication in 1994. Much of the public reaction to the book was polemic and failed to analyse the details of the science and validity of the statistical arguments underlying the books conclusion. Here, at last, social scientists and statisticians reply to The Bell Curve and its conclusions about IQ, genetics and social outcomes.




New People


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"As the twentieth century draws to a close, Maria is at the start of a life she never thought possible. She and Khalil, her college sweetheart, are planning their wedding. They are the perfect couple, 'King and Queen of the Racially Nebulous Prom.' Their skin is the same shade of beige. They live together in a black bohemian enclave in Brooklyn, where Khalil is riding the wave of the first dot-com boom and Maria is plugging away at her dissertation on the Jonestown massacre ... Everything Maria knows she should want lies before her--yet she can't stop daydreaming about another man, a poet she barely knows"--Back cover.




ABC's of Pain Relief and Treatment


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Dedicated pain psychologist Dr. Tim Sams has teamed with hundreds of pain physicians over his career. In his groundbreaking work, ABC's of Pain Relief and Treatment: Advances, Breakthroughs, and Choices, you will discover his unique paradigm for achieving and maintaining the best possible pain relief. Dr. Sams's expert advice has helped thousands of patients create their own Personal Pain Paradigm. The PPP advocates directing your doctor through the most recent treatment advances; breakthroughs in coping that accelerate pain relief; and choices that raze the barriers to maximally effective medical treatment. You too can master the following: * Learning the eleven-step hierarchy of medical treatments for pain * Negotiating more effective pain treatments with your doctor * Delighting in social, pleasurable, and productive activity without pain increases * Selecting the best medication regimen for your specific condition * Using nutritional supplements to enhance your pain relief * Enjoying physical activity and exercise without pain increases * Assessing how you may be sabotaging your medical care Combining blunt, practical advice with warm humor and vivid examples, ABC's of Pain Relief and Treatment is for those who are sincere about pain relief. Let your Personal Pain Paradigm help you build a pain-resistant life and re-discover passion and purpose.




PM Plus


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PM is a firm favourite amongst Primary Schools due to its reputation for reading success. Offering over 800 carefully levelled fiction and non-fiction books, PM builds confidence through gradual progression and step-by-step support.




Sam Is My Sister


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2022 ALA Rainbow Book List An inspiring story about affirming a sibling's gender identity. Evan loves being big brother to Sam and Finn. They do everything together—go fishing, climb trees, and play astronauts. But lately, Evan notices that he and Sam don't look like brothers anymore. Sam wants to have long hair, and even asks to wear a dress on the first day of school. As time goes by, Evan comes to understand why Sam wants to look like a girl—because Sam is a girl. Sam is transgender. And just like always, Sam loves to dream with Evan and Finn about going to the moon together. Based on one family's real-life experiences, this heartwarming story of a girl named Sam and the brothers who love and support her will resonate with readers everywhere.




AngularJS, JavaScript, and jQuery All in One, Sams Teach Yourself


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Learn AngularJS, JavaScript and jQuery Web Application Development In just a short time, you can learn the basics of the JavaScript language, jQuery library, and AngularJS framework – and find out how to use them to build well-designed, reusable components for web applications. Sams Teach Yourself AngularJS, JavaScript, and jQuery All in One assumes absolutely no previous knowledge of JavaScript or jQuery. The authors begin by helping students gain the relevant JavaScript skills they need, introducing JavaScript in a way specifically designed for modern AngularJS web development. Each short, easy lesson builds on all that's come before, teaching new concepts and techniques from the ground up, through practical examples and hands-on problem solving. As you complete the lessons in this book, you'll gain a practical understanding of how to provide rich user interactions in your web pages, adding dynamic code that allows web pages to instantly react to mouse clicks and finger swipes, and interact with back-end services to store and retrieve data from the web server. Learn how to: Create powerful, highly interactive single-page web applications Leverage AngularJS’s innovative MVC approach to web development Use JavaScript in modern frameworks Implement JavaScript, jQuery, and AngularJS together in web pages Dynamically modify page elements in the browser Use browser events to interact with the user directly Implement client-side services that interact with web servers Integrate rich user interface components, including zoomable images and expandable lists Enhance user experience by creating AngularJS templates with built-in directives Bind user interface elements and events to the data model to add flexibility and support more robust interactivity Define custom AngularJS directives to extend HTML’s capabilities Build dynamic browser views to provide richer user interaction Create custom services you can integrate into many AngularJS applications Develop a well-structured code base that’s easy to reuse and maintain Contents at a Glance Part I: An Introduction to AngularJS, jQuery, and JavaScript Development 1 Introduction to Dynamic Web Programming 2 Debugging JavaScript in Web Pages 3 Understanding Dynamic Web Page Anatomy 4 Adding CSS/CSS3 Styles to Allow Dynamic Design and Layout 5 Jumping into jQuery and JavaScript Syntax 6 Understanding and Using JavaScript Objects Part II: Implementing jQuery and JavaScript in Web Pages 7 Accessing DOM Elements Using JavaScript and jQuery Objects 8 Navigating and Manipulating jQuery Objects and DOM Elements with jQuery 9 Applying JavaScript and jQuery Events for Richly Interactive Web Pages 10 Dynamically Accessing and Manipulating Web Pages with JavaScript and jQuery 11 Working with Window, Browser, and Other Non-Web Page Elements Part III: Building Richly Interactive Web Pages with jQuery 12 Enhancing User Interaction Through jQuery Animation and Other Special Effects 13 Interacting with Web Forms in jQuery and JavaScript 14 Creating Advanced Web Page Elements in jQuery 15 Accessing Server-Side Data via JavaScript and jQuery AJAX Requests Part IV: Utilizing jQuery UI 16 Introducing jQuery UI 17 Using jQuery UI Effects 18 Advanced Interactions With jQuery UI Interaction Widgets 19 Using jQuery UI Widgets to Add Rich Interactions to Web Pages Part V: Building Web Applications with AngularJS 20 Getting Started with AngularJS 21 Understanding AngularJS Application Dynamics 22 Implementing the Scope as a Data Model 23 Using AngularJS Templates to Create Views 24 Implementing Directives in AngularJS Views 25 Creating Your Own Custom Directives to Extend HTML 26 Using Events to Interact with Data in the Model 27 Implementing AngularJS Services in Web Applications 28 Creating Your Own Custom AngularJS Services 29 Creating Rich Web Application Components the AngularJS Way




You've Reached Sam


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An Instant New York Times Bestseller! If I Stay meets Your Name in Dustin Thao's You've Reached Sam, a heartfelt novel about love and loss and what it means to say goodbye. Seventeen-year-old Julie Clarke has her future all planned out—move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city; spend a summer in Japan. But then Sam dies. And everything changes. Heartbroken, Julie skips his funeral, throws out his belongings, and tries everything to forget him. But a message Sam left behind in her yearbook forces memories to return. Desperate to hear him one more time, Julie calls Sam's cell phone just to listen to his voice mail recording. And Sam picks up the phone. The connection is temporary. But hearing Sam's voice makes Julie fall for him all over again and with each call, it becomes harder to let him go. What would you do if you had a second chance at goodbye? A 2021 Kids' Indie Next List Selection A Cosmo.com Best YA Book Of 2021 A Buzzfeed Best Book Of November A Goodreads Most Anticipated Book




The Global Education Race


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A global education race now pits countries, regions, and school systems against one another. The racecourse has been created by a small number of influential international testing programs, and the popular media announces winners and losers. Fear of falling behind haunts policy-makers and shapes educational priorities around the world. But are we running in the right direction? We all have a stake in education, and as informed citizens we need to understand the increasingly influential and controversial phenomenon of international testing and what it means for students and the future of our schools. The Global Education Race provides educators, parents, and policy-makers with a lively and accessible introduction to the most influential international testing program: PISA, the Programme for International Student Assessment, operated by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The authors draw on the latest research on assessment and education policy to provide a clear account of how the test works and to investigate PISA’s influence on educational goals and practice in schools around the world. The book aims to provoke informed debate about the role of testing, data, and comparison in educational change. Includes a foreword by David C. Berliner and Pasi Sahlberg.