The Case for Pluto: How a Little Planet Made a Big DifferenceIn support of Pluto–the cutest and most unfairly treated planet
Pity poor Pluto: It?s a planet that was discovered because of a mistake, a planet that turned out not to be a planet at all, thanks to a still–disputed decision made in 2006. And yet, Pluto is the planet best–loved by Americans, especially children, one that may have contained the building blocks of life billions of years ago and may well serve as life?s last redoubt billions of years from now.
An effective resource for improving young students′ comprehension skills With 100 high–interest reading activities, this book is designed to help students gain fundamental comprehension skills so they can succeed in reading complex and varied types of texts. Each lesson includes a brief reading selection followed by questions, multiple–choice selections, and thinking and writing activities. The activities, all on reproducible worksheets, can be used to give individual students or groups extra practice, or as supplemental skill–building and test–prep activities.
The ultimate companion for mixing drinks and tending bar. Whether entertaining at home or working the bar at a popular club, a good bartender wants people to enjoy their drinks–and The Bartender’s Best Friend makes it easy! With A-to-Z coverage, this definitive guide presents an alphabetical listing of every drink imaginable, including the latest and hottest–such as the Cosmopolitan, Green Apple Martini, and Mojito
Metaphorical and metonymical compounds – novel and lexicalised ones alike – are remarkably abundant in language. Yet how can we be sure that when using an expression such as land fishing in order to speak about metal detecting, the referent will be immediately understood even if the hearer had not been previously familiar with the compound? Accordingly, this book sets out to explore whether the semantics of metaphorical and metonymical noun–noun combinations can be systematically analysed within a theoretical framework...
