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Covers the history of language from its beginnings to the explosion of English as a global language in the twentieth century.

The story of a farm family's Depression-era journey from the Dustbowl of Oklahoma to the California migrant labor camps in search of a better life.

Feeling bad about last year's Field Day, in which her slow running cost the relay team a victory, Nancy, who enjoys using fancy words, finds herself facing another Field Day and another relay race with a mean classmate.

Contains over 150,000 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic equivalents, related words, and contrasted words in alphabetical arrangement.

Provides straightforward information about American-English word usages, spelling, grammar, and punctuation, in an up-to-date guide that provides etymologies for common terms and phrases, word lore, and discussions of why certain rules are disputed by usage authorities.

"First Day - The first day at school can be scary. Can a kind teacher, some new friends, and a fun pet help? Soccer Surprise - Who will be brave enough to get the lost ball back? It rolled in front of the spooky house"--

This delicious alphabet book features Mexican food from A to Z, including burritos, enchiladas and salsa, bringing each dish to life with rhyming text, side-by-side phonetic pronunciation and colorful illustrations.

Aprender un idioma nunca ha sido tan fácil . El inglés americano . American English . Con Assimil, aprender el inglés americano nunca ha sido tan fácil : este método intuitivo ha permitido a millones de estudiantes aprender una lengua extranjera. Eres principiante o falso principiante ? O simplemente quieres recordar el inglés americano ?. Con estas 105 lecciones, repletas de diálogos reales salpicados de notas sencillas y de ejercicios, conseguirás...

There were six of them - three Katherines, two Annes, and a Jane. One of them was the King's wife for twenty-four years, another for only a year and a half. One died, two were divorced, and two were beheaded. It was a dangerous, uncertain life. After the King's death in 1547, his sixth wife finds a box of old letters - one from each of the first five wives. They are sad, angry, frightened letters. They tell the story of what it was like to be the...