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Focus on the development of the English language from before its Anglo-Saxon sources to the present. Examine the etymology of several English expressions, in an attempt to arouse the interest of students in the study of etymology. The language history is then linked to building vocabulary through a study of the denotative and connotative meanings of words. Includes sheets of vocabulary exercises, those tried and true vocabulary lists for dicti...

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One of Dicken's most renowned and enjoyable novels, Great Expectations tells the story of pip, an orphan boy who wishes to transcend his humble origins and finds himself unexpectedly given the opportunity to live a life of wealth and respectability. Over the course of the tale, in which pip encounters such famous characters as Miss Havisham, Herbert Pocket and Joe Gargery, he comes to realize that his money is tainted and the girl he loves wil...

The Actors in Europe's Foreign Policy" is a timely survey of the interplay between the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy and the long-established national foreign policies of the Union's member states.

Make a wish! Samantha Byrd is a klutz. An accident waiting to happen. She's the laughingstock of the girls' basketball team. And that mean, rotten Judith Bellwood is making her life miserable on and off the court. But everything's about to change. Sam's met someone who can grant her three wishes. For real. Too bad Sam wasn't careful what she wished for. Because her wishes are coming true. And they're turning her life into a living nightmare!

The field of unimolecular reaction has witnessed impressive advances in both experimental and theoretical techniques during the past 20 years. These developments have resulted in experimental measurements that finally permit critical test of the major assumptions made more than 60 years ago when Rice and Ramsperger and Kassel first proposed their statistical RRK theory of unimolecular decay.

Whether, with whom, and when to have children are among the most precious of our private decisions. Increasingly, however, the interests of others in these decisions raise difficult questions about the role of government and health professionals in influencing reproductive choice. Nowhere is this tension felt more keenly than in the context of HIV and AIDS. This book takes on the tough issues related to HIV and childbearing: Is there a moral r...

The New South-replete with shopping malls, hub airports, educated African Americans, and immigrants from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Haiti-is still haunted by the Gothic ghosts of its past. Does the collision between past and present account for the continued preeminence of Southern writers in America's literary culture? Bobbie Ann Mason, Ernest Gaines, Rita Mae Brown, Robert Olen Butler, Cormac McCarthy, Dorothy Allison, and Allan Gurganus are jus...

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This work introduces the new or prospective university student to the BA degree. It explains the purpose of liberal education and aims to help students decide whether a BA is right for them. It also provides practical advice for choosing a course of study and for evaluating courses and professors.

This work is a historically-based sociological study of the black communities in South Florida, with an emphasis on Miami and Fort Lauderdale. It details the history of the black communities and analyzes specific issues within them. It concludes with an analysis of self-images of blacks.