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A moving, intimate, funny, and true-to-life look at the colorful stories of midwifery and families in East London in the '50s. Based on the bestselling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth. When Jenny Lee first arrives in Poplar, she knows nothing about hardship, poverty, and life itself. But Jenny is brought up to speed fast once she joins a team of midwives who provide care to the poorest women.
2) Geometry
Series
Math for children volume 6
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Explores solids and shapes, and teaches how to recognize attributes such as faces, vertices, edges, and corners. Also covers the concepts of symmetry, angles, congruent shapes, perimeter, and area.
Series
Mexico for children volume 3
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Provides a brief history of Mexico, covering the ancient civilizations of the Olmec, the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs, the impact of Catholic missionaries, and the wars for independence fought with other countries and within Mexico's own borders.
4) Addition
Series
Math for children volume 1
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Teaches the ingredients in addition number sentences such as addends, sums, plus signs, and equals signs. Also offers addition tips including adding with zero, making ten, and ordering addends.
5) Subtraction
Series
Math for children volume 11
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Teaches about subtraction equations including minus signs and differences, and offers subtraction tips including counting back, fact families, and subtracting with zero.
6) Number sense
Series
Math for children volume 10
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Looks at counting tricks, comparing and ordering numbers, place value, and the concept of estimation.
7) Measurement
Series
Math for children volume 7
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Teaches about the units and tools that are used to measure length, weight, temperature, and capacity. Kids also experiment with non-standard measurement and discover the value of using standard units like those found in the U.S. Customary System and the metric system.
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Three mid-life Manhattanites have more than a longtime friendship in common. After years of helping their hubbies climb the corporate ladder of success, each has been dumped for a newer, curvier model. The trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts--in the wallet!
11) Fractions
Series
Math for children volume 4
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Teaches about the relationship between parts and wholes, how to names and write fractions with numerators and denominators, how to compare and order fractions, and how to add and subtract fractions with like and unlike denominators.
12) Multiplication
Series
Math for children volume 9
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Teaches the ingredients in multiplication number sentences, such as factors, products, multiplication signs, and equals signs. Covers tips including ordering factors, fact families, multiplying by one and zero, skip counting, and using patterns. Introduces the concept of prime and composite numbers, and offers strategies for multiplying single and double-digit numbers.
Series
Math for children volume 2
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Teaches that decimals name numbers that are less than one and that percents compare numbers with one hundred. Also covers addition and subtraction of decimals and the use of decimals in the context of money.
14) Telling time
Series
Math for children volume 12
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Using analog and digital clocks, kids practice telling time from the hour down to the exact minute. Covers concepts of A.M. and P.M., clockwise motion, time estimation, and how to measure longer periods of time using a calendar.
Series
Math for children volume 5
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Teaches how to gather data and how to use it to solve problems. Covers various types of graphs and illustrates how to analyze data using the mean, median, mode, and range.
16) Money
Series
Math for children volume 8
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Teaches how to identify the value of money and how to write amounts with numbers, symbols, and decimal points. Also covers estimation and comparisons in the context of money, and how to make and receive the correct change when making a purchase.
18) Anastasia
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Anastasia: A princess of Russia's Romanov family grows up in an orphanage after the assassination of her parents and separation from her grandmother, with only vague memories of her childhood, but she discovers her rightful heritage when she is recruited to pose as the lost princess by con men who want to claim a reward for her recovery.
Bartok: When Price Ivan is kidnapped, it is up to Bartok to discover the real hero inside himself and rescue the...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Lewis and Hathaway face three new mysteries inspired by the Inspector Morse novels of Colin Dexter.
DI Robert Lewis and DS James Hathaway investigate the suspicious deaths of a research fellow from Oxford's Department of Psychology and a former biochemistry professor, while during Hathaway's time off, Lewis and Constable Alex Gray look into the questionable mix-up at a crematorium.
Series
Inspector Lewis volume Series 5
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
With his young partner DS Hathaway, they continue solving cases in the seemingly perfect academic haven of Oxford.
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