John Warner
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Language
English
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"For anyone aiming to improve their skill as a writer, a new approach to establishing robust writing practices inside and outside the classroom. After a decade of teaching writing using the same methods he'd experienced as a student many years before, writer, editor, and educator John Warner realized he could do better. Drawing on his classroom experience and the most persuasive research in contemporary composition studies, he devised an innovative...
Author
Language
English
Description
The funny man is a middling comic in an unnamed city. By day he takes care of his infant son, by night he performs in small clubs, sandwiched between other aspiring comics. His wife waits tables to support the family. It doesn't sound like much, but they're happy, more or less. Until the day he comes up with it. His thing. His gimmick. And everything changes. He's a headliner, and the venues get bigger fast. Pretty soon it's Hollywood and a starring...
Author
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Language
English
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Description
"Collection of one-minute mysteries has sold more than 100,000 copies, and the two offer more fun thinking puzzles for super-sleuths of various ages. It illustrated with a hilarious cartoon that presents an obvious (and obviously incorrect!) solution." --
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"There seems to be widespread agreement that--when it comes to the writing skills of college students--we are in the midst of a crisis. In Why They Can't Write, John Warner, who taught writing at the college level for two decades, argues that the problem isn't caused by a lack of rigor, or smartphones, or some generational character defect. Instead, he asserts, we're teaching writing wrong. Warner blames this on decades of educational reform rooted...
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English
Description
Sharpen Your Sleuthing Skills with These Super Brain-Strainers
Mystery:
A burglar robs many homes throughout the day. At the last house, he breaks in through the back door. This house has more valuables than any of the other houses, and nothing is there to stop him from taking them, but he doesn't take anything. How come?
Put on your detective hat and prepare to solve the best mindbenders from the popular puzzle book series One-Minute Mysteries....
14) Shrek 2
Series
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Right after Shrek and Princess Fiona's honeymoon, the newly wed couple goes to Princess Fiona's parents for dinner. When a Fairy Godmother discovers Fiona and Shrek are married she reminds the king about a deal they areed on years ago, that Fiona should have married her son, who happens to be Prince Charming. The King then hires a cat named Puss-in-Boots, a sword fighting cat and ogre slayer, to kill Shrek.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Veterans share their stories of the "Forgotten War", reminding the viewer of the human and social costs the Korean war had on America. Interviewees include Senators John Glenn and John S. Warner, baseball player Ted Williams, musician Willie Nelson, former Secretary of State James Baker, Rep. Charles Rangel, LtCol Charles B. "Brad" Smith, Gen. Raymond Davis, and others.
17) Shrek
Series
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Relive every moment of Shrek's daring quest to rescue feisty Princess Fiona, with the help of his lovable loudmouthed Donkey, and win back the deed to his beloved swamp from scheming Lord Farquaad. Includes commentary, deleted scenes, music and featurettes.
18) Shrek
Series
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A reclusive ogre and a chatterbox donkey go on a quest to rescue a princess for a tyrannical lord.
Author
Publisher
Marvel Enterprises
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
(Summary)The MU's most marvelous monster-hunter, unleashed! And she's brought along a few friends... When young Elsa Bloodstone learns that her father was the legendary creature-killer, Ulysses Bloodstone, she soon discovers that blood runs thicker than water! With her father's powerful gem around her neck, Elsa takes up the family business - so look out Dracula and the rest! Watch Elsa Bloodstone kick beastly behind with her NextWave pal Boom Boom,...