The need for improved mathematics education at the high school and college levels has never been more apparent than in the 1990's. As early as the 1960's, I.M. Gelfand and his colleagues in the USSR thought hard about this same question and developed a style for presenting basic mathematics in a clear and simple form that engaged the curiosity and intellectual interest of thousands of high school and college students. These same ideas, this development, are available in the following books to any student who is willing to read, to be stimulated, and to learn.
Once Upon a Time - Illustrations from Fairytales, Fables, Primers, Pop-Ups, and Other Children's Books
Many of our most cherished childhood memories recall the pleasure of sitting in a big comfy chair while a doting parent reads from a lovingly illustrated picture book. Jack and the Bean Stalk, Little Red Riding Hood, Robinson Crusoe the colorful illustrations that decorated the pages of these stories remain forever captured in the mind's eye.
This work is an examination of four fictional texts on which Freud himself wrote; a fragmentary poem by Empedocles, Hebbel's "Judith and Holofernes", Jensen's "Gradiva" and E.T.A.Hoffmann's "The Sandman". In her analysis, Kofman is concerned to reassess these texts in the light of Freud's reading of them and to highlight what he misses out. She argues that Freud's claim to give faithful summaries of these works conceals his own editing and distortion of the texts.
The whistle and the dead man's eyes - Penguin Readers Level 2
Two Englishmen go away for a quiet holiday. But it is not very quiet in one man's hotel room. Somebody or something is using the other bed. What is it and why is it angry? The other man sees things, but they are not really there. Or are they? What is happening? Read these ghost stories and be afraid. Be very afraid!
This book provides clear, step-by-step notes to accompany each lesson.
These includes:
reproductions of both Course book and Activity Book pages (with answers provides for the written activities);
a complete tapescript;
guidance of teacher's language and materials needed in each lesson;
ideas for projects in the end of every unit;
optional activities for every lesson.
Finally, there is a resourse of extra ideas of the back of the book relating to the spy theme (the Spy Files). These provides futher optional activities and may be used for coping.
