New Releases by Carrie Jones

High school junior Zara and her friends continue to try to contain the pixies that threaten their small Maine town, but when a Valkyrie takes Zara''s boyfriend, Nick, to Valhalla, the only way to save him is to trust a pixie king, Astley.

Through creating simple clay kayak models, students in grades six and seven are able to investigate the relationship between the kayak?s shape and its function. By exploring these relationships, students are guided into a series of purposeful mathematical investigations using the scientific method. They collect, organize and analyze data by developing tables, converting tables into graphs, interpreting graphs and using basic statistical techniques to determine whether there is a relationship between form and function. About the Series Math in a Cultural Context This series is a supplemental math curriculum based on the traditional wisdom and practices of the Yup?ik people of southwest Alaska. The result of more than a decade of collaboration between math educators and Yup?ik elders, these modules connect cultural knowledge to school mathematics. Students are challenged to communicate and think mathematically as they solve inquiry-oriented problems, which require creative, practical and analytical thinking. Classroom-based research strongly suggests that students engaged in this curriculum can develop deeper mathematical understandings than students who engage only with a procedure-oriented, paper-and-pencil curriculum.

Through creating simple clay kayak models, students in grades six and seven are able to investigate the relationship between the kayak''s shape and its function. By exploring these relationships, students are guided into a series of purposeful mathematical investigations using the scientific method. They collect, organize and analyze data by developing tables, converting tables into graphs, interpreting graphs and using basic statistical techniques to determine whether there is a relationship between form and function. Includes one teacher resource, one student reader (Kukugyarpak), two posters, and three CD-ROMs. About the Series Math in a Cultural Context This series is a supplemental math curriculum based on the traditional wisdom and practices of the Yup''ik people of southwest Alaska. The result of more than a decade of collaboration between math educators and Yup''ik elders, these modules connect cultural knowledge to school mathematics. Students are challenged to communicate and think mathematically as they solve inquiry-oriented problems, which require creative, practical and analytical thinking. Classroom-based research strongly suggests that students engaged in this curriculum can develop deeper mathematical understandings than students who engage only with a procedure-oriented, paper-and-pencil curriculum.

After her stepfather''s death, Zara goes to live with her grandmother in a small town in Maine, where her new friends tell her that her odd stalker may be a pixie king, and that only "were" creatures can stop him from taking souls.

A timely antidote to the pseudo-honest sex-memoir: an ordinary woman writes beautifully about her erotic life.

From the private papers of Mark Twain and Mozart to those of Robert Browning and Nelson, this book collects together some of the most romantic letters and love poems in history. For some of these great men, love is a ''delicious poison'' (William Congreve); for others, ''a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, & books & music'' (Charles Darwin). Love can scorch like the heat of the sun, or penetrate the depths of one''s heart like a cooling rain. Every shade of love is here, from the exquisite eloquence of Oscar Wilde to the simple devotion of Robert Browning. Taken together, these love letters show that perhaps men haven''t changed so very much over the last decades. Passion, jealousy, hope and longing are all represented here - as is the simple pleasure of sending a letter to, and receiving one from, the person YOU LOVE MOST. The book in the SATC movie has NEVER existed in real; However this Love Letters book is of the most romantic books ever, and it''s reasonable priced.

Zara White heeft het gevoel dat een vreemde kerel haar stalkt. En ze is geobsedeerd door fobieën. Ze is niet echt meer zichzelf sinds haar stiefvader is gestorven. Maar haar verbannen naar het ijskoude Maine om tijdelijk bij haar grootmoeder te gaan wonen? Dat is nogal extreem van haar moeder. De verhuizing moet haar zogenaamd helpen er weer bovenop te komen, maar Zara vermoedt dat haar moeder gewoon denkt dat ze gek is. Haar moeder heeft het fout. De stalker is geen verzinsel van Zara’s overactieve verbeelding. In Maine volgt hij haar nog steeds en laat een vreemd spoor van goudstof achter. Er is iets aan de hand dat bovennatuurlijk lijkt te zijn… en alles wijst naar Zara. In deze meeslepende YA-roman geeft Carrie Jones de lezer romantiek, spanning en een wezen waarvan je nooit had gedacht dat het zo griezelig zou kunnen zijn.