Miss Piggy's Rules


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Now the goddess of romance herself tells you her secrets for getting what you want, getting rid of what you don't, and getting the most of love, life, and yourself. Move over Ellen and Sherrie, "Miss Piggy's Rules" is the only book you'll need. Spanning the entire are of relationships -- from dating through commitment and out the other side -- this guide is about discovering and landing that object of your desire, turning him into the love of your life, and dealing with him (and yourself) after he has become "the supreme scum of the universe". Divided into 3 sections, "Miss Piggy's Rules'" humorous approach sets you straight on the do's and don'ts of love: -- Dating: The Beginning -- Finding and Getting Mr. Right -- The Relationship -- Getting Mr. Right's Stuff -- The Afterlife -- Getting Rid of Me. Wrong (and Getting on with Your Life!) Plus a special bonus section -- Moi's Guide to Getting Even! (Because sometimes he deserves a good deal more than goodbye.) Included are quizzes, top ten lists on such topics as what to wear and when to call collect, diagram, and charts, and "Dear Piggy", where the expert herself answers your questions.




Miss Piggy's Guide to Life


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This eclectic spoof of self-help books has the popular Miss Piggy offering advice on beauty, etiquette, finances, love, career planning, cooking, travel, and psychological therapy




Lord of the Flies


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A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance. First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern classics. Now fully revised and updated, this educational edition includes chapter summaries, comprehension questions, discussion points, classroom activities, a biographical profile of Golding, historical context relevant to the novel and an essay on Lord of the Flies by William Golding entitled 'Fable'. Aimed at Key Stage 3 and 4 students, it also includes a section on literary theory for advanced or A-level students. The educational edition encourages original and independent thinking while guiding the student through the text - ideal for use in the classroom and at home.




Language Acquisition and Linguistic Theory


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Although the relevance of language-acquisition research to issues in linguistic theory has been recognized for some time, this is the first book to bring together contributions that focus entirely on the relationship between the two areas.In particular, it provides new data about child language that suggest ties between children's developing grammar and adult grammars, and proposes approaches to the study of child language that have testable hypotheses within a unified theoretical framework. Language-acquisition data are related to a wide variety of theoretical questions, including anaphoric interpretation, proposed universal constraints, the structure of the base, and structural analyses of complex sentences. In each case, links are established between children's developing grammars and the target adult grammar.Contents: "Introduction, " Thomas Roeper; "Language Acquisition Markedness, and Phrase Structure, " Edwin S. Williams; "A Lexical Approach to Language Acquisition, " Thomas Roeper, Steven Lapointe, Janet Bing, Susan L. Tavakolian; "The Acquisition of Structural Restrictions on Anaphora, " Lawrence Solan; "Constraints on Anaphora in Child Language: A Prediction for a Universal, " Barbara Lust; "Children's Interpretations of Sentences Containing Reciprocals, " Edward H. Matthei; "Children's Interpretation of Negation in Complex Sentences, " Marianne Phinney; "Children's Grammar of Complement-Subject Interpretation, " Helen Goodluck; "The Conjoined-Clause Analysis of Relative Clauses, " Susan L. Tavakolian; "A 'Little Linguist' Model of Syntax Learning, " Virginia Valian, Judith Winzemer, Anne Erreich. References, Index.




I Can Follow the Rules


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Eva feels that rules are getting in the way of her fun at school. Will she discover that classrooms have rules for a reason?




Inside Out & Back Again


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Moving to America turns H&à's life inside out. For all the 10 years of her life, H&à has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by, and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. H&à and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, H&à discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food, the strange shape of its landscape, and the strength of her very own family. This is the moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing as she journeys from one country to another, one life to the next.




The Pig Book


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The federal government wastes your tax dollars worse than a drunken sailor on shore leave. The 1984 Grace Commission uncovered that the Department of Defense spent $640 for a toilet seat and $436 for a hammer. Twenty years later things weren't much better. In 2004, Congress spent a record-breaking $22.9 billion dollars of your money on 10,656 of their pork-barrel projects. The war on terror has a lot to do with the record $413 billion in deficit spending, but it's also the result of pork over the last 18 years the likes of: - $50 million for an indoor rain forest in Iowa - $102 million to study screwworms which were long ago eradicated from American soil - $273,000 to combat goth culture in Missouri - $2.2 million to renovate the North Pole (Lucky for Santa!) - $50,000 for a tattoo removal program in California - $1 million for ornamental fish research Funny in some instances and jaw-droppingly stupid and wasteful in others, The Pig Book proves one thing about Capitol Hill: pork is king!




The Diva Code


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From one of the most famous divas of our time comes The Diva Code: Miss Piggy on Life, Love, and the 10,000 Idiotic Things Men Frogs Do. Over her years of celebritude, Miss Piggy has gleaned, glommed, and garnered much wisdom about what's wrong with everyone else and what's right with her. Now, in the latest book from the Muppets, Miss Piggy is ready to share with vous her best advice on love, fashion, career, attitude, and her secrets of diva-dom! It's time for you to release your inner diva! Get what you deserve! And give others exactly what they deserve! Take, for example, Miss Piggy's insights on a few of the idiotic things men frogs do... HE'S JUST NOT READY TO COMMIT--You give him the pleasure of your company (plus untold hours of prep time) and in return he's not willing to commit to anything. Mention a romantic getaway, a steady and exclusive dating policy, a long-term relationship, marriage . . . and he runs for the exit! WHAT VOUS NEED TO DO: The best defense is a good offense, which means that you must never give up trying to make him commit. Remember: Never stop being offensive. HE'S STATUS OBSESSED--It's all about the label, the fancy car, the platinum-encrusted watch, the vacation place in Gstaad, and the showy perks. WHAT VOUS NEED TO DO: Give moi his number. HE'S A NARCISSIST--This guy can usually be found at the gym defining his triceps, biceps, bicuspids, you name it. And when he's not pumping iron, he's primping in front of the mirror--tweezing, conditioning, moisturizing, and otherwise invading your personal grooming space. WHAT VOUS NEED TO DO: Ask yourself if he's such a hunk that he's worth it. If so, get more mirrors. If not, dump him . . . but get more mirrors anyway. After all, narcissism isn't a bad thing if it's about vous.




Rules for Radicals


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“This country's leading hell-raiser" (The Nation) shares his impassioned counsel to young radicals on how to effect constructive social change and know “the difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical one.” First published in 1971 and written in the midst of radical political developments whose direction Alinsky was one of the first to question, this volume exhibits his style at its best. Like Thomas Paine before him, Alinsky was able to combine, both in his person and his writing, the intensity of political engagement with an absolute insistence on rational political discourse and adherence to the American democratic tradition.




Hatastrophe (Disney Muppet Babies)


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A Little Golden Book based on the new Disney Junior show Muppet Babies! Oh, no--Fozzie's hat is missing! Join Kermit, Piggy, and their friends as they work together to get the hat back in this Little Golden Book based on the Disney Junior show Muppet Babies! This is perfect for children ages 2 to 5. Muppet Babies explores a boundless realm of creative play for preschoolers while fostering their imagination in a world of bold new adventures!