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  • Strange and Obscure Stories of the Civil War

    by Tim Rowland ...
    Strange and Obscure Stories of the Civil War is an entertaining look at the Civil War stories that don’t get told, and the misadventures you haven’t read about in history books. Share in all the humorous and strange events that took place behind the scenes of some of the most famous Civil War moments. Picture a pedestal in a public park with no statue on top; Rowland’s book explains that when the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Politics Weird-o-Pedia

    The Ultimate Book of Surprising, Strange, and Incredibly Bizarre Facts about Politics

    by Tim Rowland ...
    Series series Weird-o-Pedia
    Government and politics might seem twisted today, but they’ve always been strange.There’s something about public office that, throughout time, has transcended normalcy. Politics Weird-o-Pedia presents some of the oddest and most interesting political absurdities and tidbits from around the world, from Peter the Great’s tax on beards to a lawmaker’s mistress whom he kept on the congressional ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Strange and Obscure Stories of New York City

    Little-Known Tales About Gotham's People and Places

    by Tim Rowland ...
    The 1948 crime film The Naked City (later a television show) ended with this iconic line There are eight million stories in the naked city.” Things have not changed either before or since: every era and neighborhood is full of true tales and legends about which even residents are likely to be unaware. Strange And Obscure Stories Of New York City takes the reader on a breathtaking tour of the five ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • All Pets are Off

    A Collection of Hairy Columns

    by Tim Rowland ...
    Of all the columns Tim Rowland writes, the ones that always get the biggest response are those about animals. Maybe it’s not too surprising that people pick critters over politicians: the animals are more intelligent and, on a per-pound basis, cost less to feed. ALL PETS ARE OFF is a comical collection of those warm and funny columns, collected through the years as animals have come and gone ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Maryland's Appalachian Highlands

    Massacres, Moonshine & Mountaineering

    by Tim Rowland ...
    A young George Washington once roamed the peaks, Civil War soldiers battled along the ridges, and bloody Prohibition skirmishes echoed among the dark hemlocks of Maryland�s Appalachian Highlands. Local columnist and outdoorsman Tim Rowland introduces the remarkable history of the mountains of Western Maryland, from the rocky relations of Native Americans and early settlers and the Battle of South ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Strange and Obscure Stories of the Revolutionary War

    by Tim Rowland ...
    Astonishing Events from the American Revolution That They Don’t Teach in School!We all know about Washington’s crossing of the Delaware and Betsy Ross’s stitching together the Stars and Stripes, but how about a little-known, valid reason for the war itself and why General George was able to survive a plague that wiped out many of his fellow countrymen?History buff Tim Rowland provides an ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • High Peaks

    A History of Hiking the Adirondacks from Noah to Neoprene

    by Tim Rowland ...
    The unique geological history of the Adirondacks can be found in a pebble. So discovers humorist and outdoorsman Tim Rowland as he chronicles the evolution of hiking in the howling wilderness of the High Peaks. From nineteenth-century guides� �random scoots� to Melville Dewey�s �Adirondaks Loj� to today�s technologically enhanced weekenders, Rowland, who has climbed the forty-six himself, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tim Rowland's Creature Features

    by Tim Rowland ...
    When Tim Rowland’s earlier book of his animal essays, All Pets are Off, was published, readers immediately clamored for more. Their preference for animal stories over the political columns Tim’s also known for is understandable: animals are way more fun to read about than politicians. Especially now. So here’s a new volume of over 75 columns, from the introduction to the farm of bovines Cleopatra ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Strange and Obscure Stories of Washington, DC

    Little-Known Tales about Our Nation's Capital

    by Rowland, Tim ...
    Strange and Obscure Stories of Washington, DC is a collection of wild but true tales about our nation’s capital. Starting in the early days of the republic and reaching into modern times, the book recounts odd and humorous events that didn’t make their way into the history books. Along the way the book introduces a host of memorable characters: • Land speculators James Greenleaf and Robert Morris, ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Developing Primary Mathematics Teaching

    Reflecting on Practice with the Knowledge Quartet

    How can KS1/2 teachers improve their mathematics teaching? This book helps readers to become better, more confident teachers of mathematics by enabling them to focus critically on what they know and what they do in the classroom. Building on their close observation of primary mathematics classrooms, the authors provide those starting out in the teaching profession with a four-stage framework which ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • MasterClass in Mathematics Education

    International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning

    by Sue Brindley ...
    Series series MasterClass
    MasterClass in Mathematics Education provides accessible links between theory and practice and encourages readers to reflect on their own understanding of their teaching context.Each chapter, written by an internationally respected authority, explores the key concepts within the selected area of the field, drawing directly on published research to encourage readers to reflect on the content, ideas ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • The Pragmatics of Mathematics Education

    Vagueness and Mathematical Discourse

    by Tim Rowland ...
    Drawing on philosophy of language and recent linguistic theory, Rowland surveys several approaches to classroom communication in mathematics. Are students intimidated by the nature of mathematics teaching? Many students appear fearful of voicing their understanding - is fear of error part of the linguistics of mathematics? The approaches explored here provide a rationale and a method for exploring ... Read more

    $72.99 USD