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Mercury / by Walker, Mark

“…Exploring the solar system…”

Moon / by Walker, Mark

“…Exploring the solar system…”

Therapeutic education by Devereux, George

“…(Exploration series in education)…”

How to write a mystery / by Minden, Cecilia

“…Language arts explorer junior…”

Mysteries of lost civilisations / by Millard, Anne

Table of Contents: “…Historical secrets -- Explored in the -- Light of recent scientific discoveries…”

The Kotavehera at Dedigama : Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of Ceylon. Vol. vii / by Godakumbura, C. E.

Table of Contents: “…Antiquarian notices 3. Exploration 4. Excavation 5. Smaller Stupa...…”

Frogs and toads / by Trueit, Trudi Strain

Table of Contents: “…Frog world -- You are the explorer -- A guide to frogs and toads -- Try this! …”

Photoshop elements 12 for dummies / by Obermeier, Barbara

Table of Contents: “…Organizing and editing images -- Managing media -- Selecting and correcting photos -- Exploring your inner artist -- Printing, creating, and sharing -- The part of tens.…”

Data points : visualization that means something / by Yau, Nathan

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Understanding data -- Visualization: the medium -- Representing data -- Exploring data visually -- Visualizing with clarity -- Designing for an audience -- Where to go from here -- Index.…”

The Faithful foreigner : Thilo Hoffmann, the man who saved Sinharaja by Ranasinghe, Douglas B.

Table of Contents: “…The two homelands 2. Travel and exploration 3. Understanding nature 4. The W. N. P. …”

The Faithful foreigner : Thilo Hoffmann, the man who saved Sinharaja by Ranasinghe, Douglas B.

Table of Contents: “…The two homelands 2. Travel and exploration 3. Understanding nature 4. The W. N. P. …”

Foundations of Ajax

Table of Contents: “…Using the XMLHttpRequest object -- Communicating with the server : sending requests and processing responses -- Implementing basic Ajax techniques -- Building the ultimate Ajax developer's toolbox -- Testing JavaScript with JsUnit -- Exploring JavaScript debugging tools and techniques.…”

Text complexity : raising rigor in reading / by Fisher, Douglas

Table of Contents: “…Text complexity is the new black: -- Text complexity defined -- Revisiting how we match readers and texts -- Text complexity and the common core state standards -- The case for struggle -- Conclusion -- Quantitative measures of text complexity: -- Word-level analysis -- Sentence-level analysis --Conventional readability formulas -- Readability formulas that also measure readers -- Measuring coreference and cohesion -- Cautions and criticism of readability formulas -- Readability for early readers -- Conclusion -- Qualitative measures of text complexity: -- Considerate texts -- But not all texts are considerate -- Levels of meaning and purpose -- Structure -- Language conventionality and clarity -- Knowledge demands -- Returning to the hunger games, qualitatively -- Cautions and criticisms of qualitative analysis of text complexity -- Conclusion -- Matching readers to texts and tasks: -- Exploring the reader -- Exploring the task -- Exploring the question -- Shifting expectations -- Cautions and criticisms of matching readers with texts and tasks -- Conclusion -- A close reading of complex texts: Close reading -- Close reading up close in fourth grade : "post-it-notes" -- Close reading up close in ninth grade : "The road not taken" -- Conclusion.…”

Text complexity : raising rigor in reading / by Fisher, Douglas

Table of Contents: “…Text complexity is the new black: -- Text complexity defined -- Revisiting how we match readers and texts -- Text complexity and the common core state standards -- The case for struggle -- Conclusion -- Quantitative measures of text complexity: -- Word-level analysis -- Sentence-level analysis --Conventional readability formulas -- Readability formulas that also measure readers -- Measuring coreference and cohesion -- Cautions and criticism of readability formulas -- Readability for early readers -- Conclusion -- Qualitative measures of text complexity: -- Considerate texts -- But not all texts are considerate -- Levels of meaning and purpose -- Structure -- Language conventionality and clarity -- Knowledge demands -- Returning to the hunger games, qualitatively -- Cautions and criticisms of qualitative analysis of text complexity -- Conclusion -- Matching readers to texts and tasks: -- Exploring the reader -- Exploring the task -- Exploring the question -- Shifting expectations -- Cautions and criticisms of matching readers with texts and tasks -- Conclusion -- A close reading of complex texts: Close reading -- Close reading up close in fourth grade : "post-it-notes" -- Close reading up close in ninth grade : "The road not taken" -- Conclusion.…”

Envisioning family : a photographer's guide to making meaningful portraits of the modern family / by Lackey, Tamara

Table of Contents: “…Exploring family -- Waiting on a family -- The overall kit : what's in the bag -- Setting up a working studio -- Technically speaking -- Interacting with your subjects -- A session in the family's home -- A session in the studio -- A session on the move -- Designing the frame : posing and composition -- Lighting the frame.…”

Learning to write with purpose : effective instruction in grades 4-8 / by Allan, Karen Kuelthau

Table of Contents: “…Communicating ideas : writers to readers -- A writer's cognitive processes -- Creating a community of writers -- The writers in our classroom : recognizing student diversity -- Writing to explore -- Writing to entertain -- Writing to inform -- Reading to evaluate writing -- Knowing how to revise and edit -- Preparing students for high-stakes writing -- Teachers as writers.…”
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The minority report : and other classic stories / by Dick, Philip K.

Table of Contents: “…Autofac -- Service call -- Captive market -- The mold of Yancy -- The minority report -- Recall mechanism -- The unreconstructed M -- Explorers we -- War game -- If there were no Benny Cemoli -- Novelty act -- Waterspider -- What the dead men say -- Orpheus with clay feet -- The days of perky Pat -- Stand-by -- What'll we do with Ragland Park? …”
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Fire tablets for dummies / by Muir, Nancy

Table of Contents: “…Getting an overview of Fire tablets ; Firing up your Fire tablet ; Exploring Fire tablet quick settings ; Setting up your Fire ; Fire tablets and your family -- Taking the leap online. …”
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The everything guide to narcissistic personality disorder : professional, reassuring advice for coping with the disorder : at work, at home, and in your family / by Goodman, Cynthia Lechan

Table of Contents: “…-- Treatments for NPD -- Additional methods for dealing with NPD -- What happens without treatment -- Asking for help when dealing with a narcissist -- Exploring myths and lifestyles -- Tools and coping techniques -- Understanding megalomania -- Narcissism and depression -- Changing perspectives of the relationships -- The digital narcissist -- If you believe someone needs help with NPD -- Living every day with someone who has NPD -- Handling interactions with a narcissist -- Ongoing controversies -- Where do you go from here?…”

Understanding the predictive analytics life cycle / by Cordoba, Alberto

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Problem Identification and Definition Importance of Clear Business Objectives Office Politics Note Chapter 2 Design and Build The Managing Phase The Planning Phase The Delivery Phase Notes Chapter 3 Data Acquisition Data: the Fuel for Analytics A Data Scientist's Job Notes Chapter 4 Exploration and Reporting Visualization Cloud Reporting Chapter 5 Modeling Churn Model Risk Scoring Model Notes Chapter 6 Actionable Analytics Digital Asset Management Social Media Chapter 7 Feedback What the Different Software Components Should Do Note Conclusion Appendix: Useful Questions Bibliography About the Author Index .…”
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