Nonfiction category: 1132351 books
by Linda Pendleton
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2011
Missions California“…for those who live beneath the blue skies of California, and for those who wander awhile as visitors among her scenes of wonder and enchantment, the old mission buildings will ever be objects of curious and unique interest.” ~William Henry Hudson, 1901.In 1901,...
From Me to We
Using Narrative Nonfiction to Broaden Student Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
With this practical book, you’ll learn effective ways to engage students in reading and writing by teaching them narrative nonfiction. By engaging adolescents in narrative, literary, or creative nonfiction, they can cultivate a greater understanding of themselves, the world around them, and what...
Teaching Evidence-Based Writing: Nonfiction
Texts and Lessons for Spot-On Writing About Reading
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
At heart, learning to read and write analytically is learning to think well
For Evidence-Based Writing: Nonfiction, renowned teacher Leslie Blauman combed the standards and her classroom bookshelves to craft lessons that use the best nonfiction picture books, biographies, and article excerpts...
Get Real with Storytime: 52 Weeks of Early Literacy Programming with Nonfiction and Poetry
52 Weeks of Early Literacy Programming with Nonfiction and Poetry
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
The right nonfiction titles—ones with colorful photographs and facts that are interesting to young imaginations—give librarians an opportunity to connect with children who are yearning for "true stuff." Presenting poetry in storytime encourages a love of language and the chance to play...
The Nonfiction Now Lesson Bank, Grades 4-8
Strategies and Routines for Higher-Level Comprehension in the Content Areas
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
What exactly makes The Nonfiction NOW Lesson Bank such a stand-out? If you consider the amount of instructional support, that alone is substantial enough to transform your teaching. But Nancy Akhavan happens to be an educator who has performed many roles over her career so she divests in this book...
Nonfiction Strategies That Work
Do This--Not That!
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Teachers are being bombarded with ideas for teaching nonfiction, but what really works? In this essential book, dynamic author Lori G. Wilfong describes ten best practices for teaching nonfiction and how to implement them in the classroom. She also points out practices that should be avoided, helping...
Future Present
The Autobiographical Ramblings from the Little Man in the Boat
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2003
Synopsis of Future Present
This book, set against of the backdrop of his partners decline and death from AIDS, relates the review the author experienced of his life when confronted with this tragedy. It is told in anedotes, stories, and insights with his poems (18) and paintings (104) while...
by George Iles
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
This is a compilation of several autobiographical works and writings by some of history’s most famous actors. A table of contents is included.
Il Mondo
One Man's World
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Amid a childhood steeped in tragedy, murder, and abuse clouded by the familys alcoholism and inner demons, one boy, crowned with an innate gift imposed on him by the miracle of human creation, at the age of fourteen, separates himself from the family ignominies and to stave off poverty. He is determined...
by Andy Hagel
Language: German
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Language: German
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Mitten im Saal - eine Geschichte über eine Probe des Tanztheaters Pina Bausch in Wuppertal, eine Geschichte über Pina Bausch von Andy Hagel. Vor vielen Jahren arbeitete ich am Tanztheater Pina Bausch in Wuppertal und war Ihr ein, zwei mal begegnet - Pina Bausch - der Grande Dame des Tanztheaters...
Diese Erzählung schildert einen Augenblick im Leben von Pina Bausch. Ein Nachruf!
by Heidi Shank-Bridges, Kimberly Causby
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
Most girls grow up fantasizing about the type of man they are going to marry and how their wedding will be, and they imagine things like the house with the white picket fence, two kids, and maybe a dog.
No girl grows up dreaming about a man who will want to marry her, control her, and nearly kill her. However, the truth is that many girls end up doing just that.
Authenticity is a Feeling
My Life in PMR-ART
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2018
Authenticity is a Feeling: My Life in PME-ART is a compelling hybrid of history, memoir, and performance theory. It tells the story of the interdisciplinary performance group PME-ART and their ongoing endeavour to make a new kind of highly collaborative theatre dedicated to the fragile but essential...
Bonhomme Ecriture
Naissance à l'écriture
Language: French
Release Date: July 6, 2018
L’apprentissage de la langue, de la littérature, du monde enfin, conduit l’auteur de l’école à son destin d’écrivain.
D ’un trait léger et profond, Philippe de Boissy écrit son enfance, sauvée par l’écriture. Ce Bonhomme Écriture traverse la vie avec une force qu’il doit...
Dühödt ámulat
Monet és a vízililiomok
Language: Hungarian
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Ross King a rá jellemző alapossággal, levelek és visszaemlékezések ismeretében ábrázolja a legendás festő portréját, és meséli el legemlékezetesebb művészi vállalkozásának történetét.
Claude Monet vízililiomos képei a múlt század legismertebb és legnépszerűbb...