Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity

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Scotland's Forth Bridge represents one of the greatest engineering triumphs of Victorian Britain.

Bridges, Islands and Villages of the Firth of Forth

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Bridges, Islands and Villages of the Firth of Forth
Malcolm Archibald
Manufacturer: Lang Syne Publishers Ltd
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1852171413

Dieter Appelt: Forth Bridge-Cinema.Metric Space = Forth Bridge-Cinema.Espace Metrique

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Dieter Appelt: Forth Bridge-Cinema.Metric Space = Forth Bridge-Cinema.Espace Metrique

Manufacturer: Not Avail
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 092078576X

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The Forth Bridge
Sheila Mackay
Manufacturer: Mercat Press
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Binding: Paperback

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The Forth Bridge (Souvenir Guides)
Jim Crumley
Manufacturer: Colin Baxter Photography Ltd
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1841070017

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Forth Bridge - A Picture History
Sheila MacKay
Manufacturer: Stationery Office Books (TSO)
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Binding: Paperback

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The Forth Bridge in Its Various Stages of Construction and Compared with the Most Notable Bridges of the World

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The Forth Bridge in Its Various Stages of Construction and Compared with the Most Notable Bridges of the World

Manufacturer: R Grant & Son
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000H61H6S

Forth Bridge-Cinema. Metric Space / Forth Bridge-Cinema. Espace Métrique (Tangent)

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Forth Bridge-Cinema. Metric Space / Forth Bridge-Cinema. Espace Métrique (Tangent)
Dieter Appelt
Manufacturer: Lars Müller Publishers
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 3037780487

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In the 1970s, German photographer and filmmaker Dieter Appelt first saw the Forth Rail Bridge, built in 1890 to cross the River Forth in Scotland. The spectacular cantilevered steel span, a marvel of 19th-century engineering over 8,000 feet long and still in regular use today, fascinated him with its kinetic and cinematic appearance. Invited by the Canadian Centre for Architecture to work with its collection for the mixing-of-disciplines Tangent series, he found photographs of the bridge in the archives and then revisited it in person. In keeping with his longstanding practice of analyzing architectural constructs in spatial and temporal terms, he produced a work of 312 black-and-white 35mm film stills and sound recordings. As Appelt says, "It is an organized dance of signs." The book contains some of CCA's archive photographs as well. Essays by Hubertus von Amelunxen and Louise Désy. Hardcover, 7.5 x 9 in./68 pgs / Illustrated throughout.

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When writers read, they evaluate all the time. They can't help it. But they can become better at it, and that's what this second edition of When Writers Read is about: what students can do to become better evaluators of themselves as writers and readers, and how you can help.Extensively revised, the second edition is organized around five concepts that are central to an effective writing-reading program.

Voices: When writers read, they listen for a strong author voice; they know they can hear their own when they write and assume other authors' voices come through as well. It's essential that all voices, both those of students and professional writers, be honored and supported by an evaluation system dedicated to this notion.
Decisions: When writers read, they make decisions, so it's only natural that they look for evidence of the decisions other authors make. To become effective writers and readers, students must learn to make decisions about which types of writing to create, what to write and read about, where to work, when to do so, whom to share their work with, and what to do to become better writers and readers.
Time: When writers read, they read and read and read. One of your primary responsibilities as their teacher is to provide plenty of opportunities for them to do so and create an overall framework in which students spend their time wisely.
Response: When writers read, they look for a message. Students need to understand that to respond effectively to other writers, they should listen closely and think appreciatively and critically about the author.
Self-discipline: When writers read, it's their self-discipline that keeps them engaged. By providing plenty of good books, writing possibilities, and self-evaluation opportunities, you can help ensure your students are self-disciplined and eager.

Social Studies Through Childrens Literature: An Integrated Approach

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Social Studies Through Childrens Literature: An Integrated Approach
Anthony D. Fredericks
Manufacturer: Teacher Ideas Press
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ASIN: 0872879704

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Use this activity-centered, literature-based approach to get students excited about social studies. These 32 units have summaries of books, social studies topic areas, lists of content-related words, curricular perspectives, and critical-thinking questions, as well as myriad activities. Fredericks also gives you an excellent annotated bibliography of children's literature and a list of social studies resources.

Art experiences;: An experimental approach

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Art experiences;: An experimental approach
Bernice B Loughran
Manufacturer: Harcourt, Brace & World
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0007DFFDC

Reading Through Colour: How Coloured Filters Can Reduce Reading Difficulty, Eye Strain, and Headaches

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Reading Through Colour: How Coloured Filters Can Reduce Reading Difficulty, Eye Strain, and Headaches
Arnold Wilkins
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0470851155

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The use of coloured overlays on text can improve reading in certain individuals, including children. They have been shown to reduce fatigue and increase fluency and can be used with both dyslexic and non-dyslexic children and adults.

Reading with Colour provides a review and interpretation of the scientific evidence, gathered over the last decade, along with very practical guidance for teachers and parents about how to use the overlays, who will benefit from their use and how to assess their effectiveness.

Unique - nothing else on this topic
Comprehensive - includes both the scientific evidence in lay terms as well as practical "how to" information
Very practical - includes information on classroom management and the design of typefaces for children

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Today, comic art is the favorite reading fare for millions of Asians, and is a government-sanctioned, value-added product, as in the case of Korean and Japanese animation. Yet not much is known about Asian cartooning.
Themes and Issues in Asian Cartooning uses overviews and case studies by scholars to discuss Asian animation, humor magazines, gag cartoons, comic strips, and comic books. The first half of the book looks at contents and audiences of Malay humor magazines, cultural labor in Korean animation, the reception of Aladdin in Islamic Southeast Asia, and a Singaporean comic book as a reflection of that society’s personality. Four other chapters treat gender and Asian comics, concentrating on Japanese anime and manga and Indian comic books.

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A seminal and benchmark contribution to the subject.......2001-01-16

Themes And Issues In Asian Cartooning: Cute, Cheap, Mad, And Sexy employs overviews and case studies by noted scholars in an informative and insightful discussion of Asian animation, humor magazines, gag cartoons, comic strips, and comic books. A seminal and benchmark contribution to the subject, Themes And Issues In Asian Cartooning is essential reading for students of Asian popular culture and of intense interest for comics fandom from anima movies to manga comics.

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Fedor Chizhov built the first railroad owned entirely by Russian stockholders, created Moscow's first bank and mutual credit society, and launched the first profitable steamship line based in Archangel. In this valuable book, Thomas Owen vividly illuminates the life and world of this seminal figure in early Russian capitalism.

Chizhov condemned European capitalism as detrimental to the ideal of community and the well-being of workers and peasants. In his strategy of economic nationalism, Chizhov sought to motivate merchants to undertake new forms of corporate enterprise without undermining ethnic Russian culture. He faced numerous obstacles, from the lack of domestic investment capital to the shortage of enlightened entrepreneurial talent. But he reserved his harshest criticism for the tsarist ministers, whose incompetence and prejudice against private entrepreneurship proved his greatest hindrance.

Richly documented from Chizhov's detailed diary, this work offers an insightful exploration of the institutional impediments to capitalism and the rule of law that plagued the tsarist empire and continue to bedevil post-Soviet Russia.

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Competition, Monopoly and Corporate Governance covers three broad themes, each associated with a particular strand of Keith Cowling's own writings in industrial economics and each represented by four specially commissioned papers.

Providing a critical perspective on many current issues in industrial economics, the themes are as follows: internationalization, trans-nationalism and technical change; monopoly, oligopoly and social welfare; and corporate governance, mergers and the evolution of industrial structure. These chapters provide a challenge to much of the prevailing orthodoxy. There is also an appreciation of Keith Cowling's long association with the University of Warwick, spanning more than 30 years. A distinguished series of authors have contributed to the book, including several of Europe's best-known industrial economists.

Academics, economists and political scientists in the area of industrial economics will find this volume invaluable.

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