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2) Pellucidar
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In this sequel to At the Earth's Core, return to the world of Pellucidar-an exotic, savage land at the center of the Earth, an untamed wilderness where the sun never sets. When American explorer David Innes first discovered Pellucidar, he fell under the spell of the strange world, earning the respect of many, the undying hatred of a few, and the love of the beautiful Dian. Torn from her arms by trickery, Innes vows revenge and returns to the Inner...
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Continuing the saga of Pellucidar, the empire located in the Earth's hollow center, Tarzan at the Earth's Core is the fourth work in this classic series. The American explorer and emperor of Pellucidar, David Innes, has been captured by the deadly Korsar pirates. Picking up on the desperate cries for help emanating from Pellucidar, Jason Gridley of Tarzana brings the message to the only person who can help, Tarzan of the Apes. Together young Gridley...
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"If you have ever wondered what a civilized man of the twentieth century would do if catapulted into an Old Stone Age where huge cave bears, saber-toothed tigers, monstrous carnivorous dinosaurs, mammoths, and mastodons roamed the savage terrain, you need look no further than Land of Terror, the sixth installment of Edgar Rice Burroughs's Pellucidar series. Years ago David Innes and Abner Perry bored straight down through five hundred miles of the...
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Warner Home Video
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[2008]
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Science professor Trevor Anderson's radical theories have tarnished his reputation. While backpacking across Iceland with his nephew Sean, the two find a cave that leads them deep down into the bowels of the planet. They go on a quest to find out what has happened to Trevor's missing brother, also a scientist. Trevor, Sean and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth. There, they discover a bizarre...
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Explains to parents the common core educational standards, meant to ensure a similar level of preparedness for all students regardless of background or region, including what has changed in the classroom and the new math and English standards. --Publishers description.
10) 2012
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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[2010]
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A geophysical team, who are investigating the effect radiation from other solar systems has on the Earth, learn that the core of the Earth is heating up and warn the President of the United States. While the leaders of the world race to build 'arks' to escape the impending doom, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc all over the world.
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Liberal education aspires to excellence through the cultivation of free human beings who excel in thought, word, and deed. But what exactly is excellence, and why do we admire it? How do we conceive of what is excellent? What constitutes excellence-either for human beings, or in the realms of philosophy, literature, science, and politics? Why is excellence an aim of liberal education? What kinds of texts, courses, and inquiries contribute to achieving...
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We know that curriculum is the core of the classroom experience, but what makes a quality curriculum? How can educators be sure that what they teach is strongly aligned to the specific standards that their district or school has adopted? What kinds of lessons, learning experiences, and assessments are most effective, and how should they be embedded within the curriculum? You'll find the answers to these and many other questions in this definitive,...
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Los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) son una iniciativa global adoptada por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas en 2015 con el objetivo de promover el desarrollo sostenible a nivel mundial.Los ODS están compuestos por 17 objetivos interconectados, que abordan los desafíos globales más urgentes de nuestra época, incluyendo la pobreza, la desigualdad, el cambio climático, la degradación ambiental y l aflauta de acceso a educación...
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What's the best way to ensure that grading policies are fair, accurate, and consistent across classrooms? How can schools transition to a grading system that better reflects what students are actually learning? Tim R. Westerberg makes this journey easier by offering a continuum of options, with four "destinations" on the road to improved grading and assessment. Destination 1 critically examines such popular grading mechanisms as the zero, extra credit,...
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“Engaging Worlds: Core Texts and Cultural Contexts” asks what do we learn of texts, cultures, and the world's dynamics when we read core texts, widely and deeply, in core-structured programs of the world's colleges and universities? What books, what arts, what associations and institutions, what sciences, what religions, what cultures, what educations, what citizens, what scholars, are we preparing for the future through an education in core texts...
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Esta colección es un esfuerzo por compilar los trabajos académicos realizados por la comunidad de este centro universitario y una muestra de que las disciplinas que conforman el saber humano están vinculadas, unidas por la noble intención de poner la destreza y el saber al servicio de la sociedad.
En este primer volumen, académicos analizan diversos temas: Margarita Hernández Ortiz y Martha Alejandra Gutiérrez Gómez coordinan este esfuerzo...
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Have you ever wanted to ask a question about vocational assessment but have felt embarrassed because you think you should already know the answer? Or have you asked a question before but weren't sure if you understood the response? Vocational education, assessment and compliance expert Vanessa McCarthy has once been where you are, and so have so many other people she has spoken to over the years. At the time she wished she'd had a handy easy-tip guide...
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As a teacher, what you want most is for your students to learn-to immerse themselves in rich and challenging content and leave your classroom better prepared for school and life. In English language arts and humanities, this includes developing the multifaceted reading, writing, thinking, and communication skills that constitute next generation literacy, including the ability to:
• Read complex text independently
• Develop strong content knowledge...
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