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Here are some pre-reading activities to help your students understand the racial inequities that existed in 1963 which will be detailed in this novel.

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The war of entertainment is being won by visual media. Some people accept this, however, others like author Tim Dorsey, choose to fight.

Three fabulous novels to provide a starting point for the book lover's summer reading list.

Books make excellent last minute gifts for moms and dads, and friends who are readers and writers. Consulting a good book list can ease the shopping pressures.

Four outstanding voices in American literature, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jon Hassler, Leif Enger, and Louise Erdrich, have strong ties to Minnesota.

Various methods of using technology in your language arts program to improve both reading and writing.

"Kiss Me While I Sleep," published in 2004, is an action filled thriller with romantic tension, beautiful Paris scenery, and a tight action-filled plot.

An overview of the 2008 Nobel Prize winning author, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio.

Here are some of the popular book series that tweens are reading today. They range from easy to read for 9 and 10 year olds and those for 11 and 12 year olds.

Silas House is content to live out his days in the hills of Kentucky where he grew up, where he understands the people who understand him-and those who inhabit his work.

What to take to the beach--or-the pool--to read this summer? Here are some suggestions:

David Roberts adds politics and intrigue to his 1930s murder mystery - but the results are disappointing.

Known primarily for The Great Gatsby and other "jazz age" novels, author F. Scott Fitzgerald actually made his living writing short stories for popular magazines.

Created for Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, and more novels, Charles Dickens' colorful characters have diverse personalities and fictional fates...

To learn Spanish, like learning any language takes time and patience, but there are ways to speed up the learning process and to learn Español in a relatively short time.

It's anything goes in today's society, where everyone can become whomever they'd like to be. But is anything really possible? Learn how to make a working dream come true.

This sample Policies and Procedures assists classroom management by discussing how grading, plagiarism, and extra credit will be handled in the high school classroom.

Blake Morrison's autobiography comes in cinematic form to remind us of the regrets we have in never being able to say what we wished to our parents before dying.

Was Dr Johnson one of the first sufferers from Tourette's Syndrome?

Brett Favre will be sorely missed by everyone, not just sports fans. However, he leaves football with numerous records, a championship, and the hearts of millions.

Holidays are the time for unwinding and kicking back with good summer books. With an abundance of reading material circulating, it's hard to know which books offer value.

Meditation can be started by anybody in all earnestness, but continuing with it is found to be difficult by many. Both discipline and commitment are needed for success.

The Pacific Northwest: hotbed of everything from environmentalism to cafe culture in recent decades. It's also proved a long term attraction to many top American writers.

Mark Twain, who was the most celebrated American writer of his time, believed that "the secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven."

Debunking myths of the 'typical' romance fiction reader with survey results from Romance Writers of America, and some intriguing, fascinating facts!

In Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen presents arguments about the joy of novels, speaks of art and sonnets, and models the settings after ethereal gothic visions.

Since 1908 the leading cause of death among American women has been heart disease. Since 1985 more women than men have died from heart disease. Two decades!

Once a writer sends a story off to a magazine, the waiting begins. Douglas Cohen kindly agreed to talk about his process as slush reader, as well as share some hints.

The Harry Potter era may have drawn to a close, but Bloomsbury have a string of new bestsellers in the wings... So what does it take to make the cut?

The Princess Diet uses attitude change to help women lose weight on a cruise ship. It includes: eating fresh fruit and salad and exercising by walking the promenade deck.