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Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention
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Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2010-03-01 Summary: Superb Research and Enthralling Style! ... Although one of the main topics covered in this book is dyslexia and how it may be a culturally defined disorder as well as a neurological disorder, the book covers a wide range of data. Dehaene is very thorough, offering extensive fMRI maps of up to date research on modules of the brain pertaining to reading. The book may be hard to wade through for those of us unfamiliar with extensive neurological terminology, but Dehaene works hard to ensure that his readers understand the issues. A very worthwhile read for any ...more
[2] Rating: 4 Date: 2010-02-08 Summary: Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention ... How does the brain interpret two-dimensional squiggles on a page into sounds with distinct meanings? Anyone even slightly curious about the answer should pick up this book. Mathematician, scientist and psychologist Stanislas Dehaene presents an intricate look into the brain's ability to read and also how this extraordinary feat is accomplished. Director of the Cognitive Neuro-Imaging Unit in Saclay, France, Dehaene included accurate brain-scan images and diagrams enabling the reader to better understand the "cerebral" ...more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-12-09 Summary: Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. ... An astonishing work, explaining convincingly how mankind acquired (only in the last 5,000 years) a skill we all take for granted: reading. The brief explanation, as I (a non-scientist) understand it? Reading takes quite a lot of brain computer firepower (because of the multiple processing required), such that our eventually huge frontal lobes were necessary. The portions of our brain used initially for visual recognition lead to the wiring of our brains to recognize certain key shapes, shapes that eventually become ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | A renowned cognitive neuroscientist's fascinating and highly informative account of how the brain acquires reading How can a few black marks on a white page evoke an entire universe of sounds and meanings? In this riveting investigation, Stanislas Dehaene provides an accessible account of the brain circuitry of reading and explores what he calls the "reading paradox": Our cortex is the product of millions of years of evolution in a world without writing, so how did it adapt to recognize...more
Barron's SAT Critical Reading Workbook (Critical Reading Workbook for the Sat)
Feature: ... ISBN13: 9780764141959; Condition: NEW; Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. ...more
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-12-22 Summary: Awesome Workbook, USE FOR SCORE INCREASE ... So, a friend of mine recommended this workbook to me. He said that it helped him increase by 70 pts from a 670 to a 740. I bought it, did most of the sentence completions, studied the vocab., and did the passages. I went from a 670 on the critical reading (March sat 09') to a 750! (Dec sat 09'). I have to say that I am thoroughly impresseed with this book. It arranges the sentence completions in three sets according to difficulty and the passage based reading questions are harder than the real sat which definitely ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-10-20 Summary: the best study guide ever! ... I bought this book for my daughter to prep for the PSAT and Act and she said of all the study materials she had, this was the best book ever! It not only explained the answers throughly but it was challanging and had materials that were very much related to these tests. ...more
[3] Rating: 4 Date: 2008-09-29 Summary: Barron's provides excellent preparation materials ... I teach SAT prep/review classes independently, and have been using the Barron's workbook for several years. The material is challenging, and provides students with a large number of high-frequency SAT words used in context. The vocabulary lists, root origins of words, and practice tests are all excellent. Kate Connors, Holliston MA ...more
[4] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-09-09 Summary: Good book to have ... I get 200 point more at self SAT exam,after I did all problems in this book. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | Updated to reflect the current SAT format and questions found on its most recent exams, this workbook concentrates on the SAT Critical Reading section with an extensive series of exercises. They reflect that section’s two question types: sentence completion and reading comprehension. The exercises for both question types are divided into three levels of increasing difficulty, labeled from A to C, with all questions answered and explained. Students who master level C of both sections...more
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (P.S.)
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Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 4 Date: 2010-03-03 Summary: This belongs on every writer's shelf ... Francine Prose's "Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Wrote Them" belongs on every writer's bookshelf. After reading it, you'll catch yourself reading in a new, more careful manner. Ms. Prose teaches us to slow down and notice each word choice, the structure of each sentence and paragraph, the way the individual authors choose to show characterization. I highly recommend this book. ...more
[2] Rating: 4 Date: 2010-02-22 Summary: Get writing, but read this first ... Dear readers, The most valuable hints for writers pertain to careful word usage and sentence structure (the first few chapters of the book). I have read a few 'how to' books about creative writing and none have touched on the importance of a good paragraph. This is the best book yet on this area of writing. However, I did find the section on dialogue pretty tedious and skipped over much of this, as it seemed to reduce itself to an opinion of an author backed up by excerpts to prove the opinion. If I want this, I read ...more
[3] Rating: 4 Date: 2010-01-01 Summary: Writer's POV ... I read this for a creative writing course. After reading many "handbooks" on writing over the past few years, I can say that this was the first that went beyond nuts and bolts issues of technique to provide a perspective on the writer's point of view itself as subject matter. It made me conscious of my reading process, and has changed how I read. I can see now that I used to read mainly for plot. Events and actions made immediate sense to me. Now I read for the pleasures of character and style as well. Prose does an ...more
[4] Rating: 4 Date: 2009-12-28 Summary: Reads like prose ... Love for literature can easily become an affectation. If a stranger or an acquaintance comes up to you and says something like "good literature can be appreciated down to every single word..." you'll probably dismiss the person as a pedantic-snobbish-pompous moron. When Francine Prose does it (with a better choice of words, of course), she makes you believe her and pay attention to her. She writes with such sincerity and candidness that you drop your cynicism and enjoy the ride as she exalts writers you do or don't ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | Long before there were creative-writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predecessors and contemporaries, says Francine Prose. In Reading Like a Writer , Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and the tricks of the masters. She reads the work of the very best writers—Dostoyevsky, Flaubert, Kafka, Austen, Dickens, Woolf, Chekhov—and discovers why their work has endured. She takes pleasure...more
Bread And Wine: Readings For Lent And Easter
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Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2010-03-08 Summary: One of the best ... For a good read of various writers this devotional for the Lenten Season cannot be beat. It deals with real situations of real people and gives one much food for thought and prayer. Highly recommend! ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-04-01 Summary: Bread and Wine - MUST READ! ... This is a collection of writings that serve as short devotionals leading up to Easter. It has profoundly affected me and caused me to see the death and resurrection of Christ from many new perspective written by many great spiritual writers - CS Lewis, Bonhoffer, Nouwen, Mother Theresa and more! ...more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-03-26 Summary: A True Gem! ... We are using this devotional as our study guide for a Friday night group meeting. It has been wonderful and we love it! We can't wait to get the one for Advent! ...more
[4] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-02-28 Summary: Refreshing! ... After a recommendation from Pastor Harrell at City Church, I purchased this book and have read the first 20 pages and so far love it- it's rich and reflective and a great devotional in light of Lent and Easter. Definitely recommend it!!! And Amazon got it to me in 2 days- great service! ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | From the world's best-loved spiritual writers, here is an unparalleled gathering of reflections for Lent. A time of self-denial, soul searching, and spiritual preparation, Lent is a fitting season for daily reading and reflection. Grouped around such themes as temptation, crucifixion, resurrection, and new life, Bread and Wine can be dipped into at leisure or used as a guide to daily devotions--and returned to at any time year for spiritual revitalization. Selections include writings by...more
Do I Really Have to Teach Reading?
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Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-02-21 Summary: Great tool ... This book is specifically required for my masters degree/teacher certification program. I enjoy reading it. It has a lot of nice tips and tricks and is written in an easy to read format. ...more
[2] Rating: 4 Date: 2008-08-14 Summary: Good book for educators ... I bought this book for one of my graduate classes on teaching reading in subject areas that don't normally cover it. It's very insightful, and there are a lot of helpful suggestions. ...more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-06-26 Summary: Great Book for Teachers ... We are all reading teachers. We must teach the students to read so they will be able to succeed in all subjects. This book has strategies for all teachers. The author makes some good points when describing an encounter with an industrial arts teacher who said, "students don't have to read in my class." This book will show you how to make connections in your subject area to reading. If you teach a student to read, they can do anything. ...more
[4] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-05-15 Summary: Amazing ... This book really speaks to the reader and teachers. Cris Tovani is very hilarious when makiing comparisons to other subjects and students. This book is a must have for teachers that experience the hardships of trying to get students read with a purpose. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | “Do I really have to teach reading?” This is the question many teachers of adolescents are asking, wondering how they can possibly add a new element to an already overloaded curriculum. And most are finding that the answer is “yes.” If they want their students to learn complex new concepts in different disciplines, they often have to help their students become better readers. Building on the experiences gained in her own language arts classroom as well as those of colleagues in...more