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  • Miss Hargreaves

    A Novel

    by Frank Baker ...
    When, on the spur of a moment, Norman Huntley and his friend Henry invent an eighty-three year-old woman called Miss Hargreaves, they are inspired to post a letter to their new fictional friend. It is only meant to be a silly, harmless game - until Miss Hargreaves arrives on their doorstep, complete with her cockatoo, her harp and - last but not least - her bath. She is, to Norman's utter ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Stories of the Strange and Sinister

    by Frank Baker ...
    Sadly neglected today, Frank Baker (1908-1983) was an intriguing and highly original author of fantasy and horror fiction, best known for his post-apocalyptic novel of an avian attack, The Birds (1936), which may have been an influence on Hitchcock's film, and Miss Hargreaves (1940), a classic in which two young men invent a story about an unusual old woman only to discover that they have actually ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Birds

    by Frank Baker ...
    Thousands, even millions, of birds are descending on London - gathering, sitting, watching. At first their arrival is met with curiosity and amusement, as people debate where the birds have come from and what they're doing here. But soon the feathered invaders start to show their sinister side, attacking, maiming, and even killing in incidents of tremendous brutality and violence. Are they an ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Media Literacy in the K-12 Classroom, Second Edition

    by Frank W. Baker ...
    Today's average youth spends over 10 hours a day consuming media. Aided by technology, young people can instantly share and engage with media messages to find answers, get directions, shops or connect with friends. But access alone doesn't lead to critical thinking. Media are texts, designed to be read, analyzed, deconstructed and reconstructed. Understanding how to interpret advertising messages, ... Read more

    $16.95 USD

  • Take Us to a Better Place

    Stories

    by Madeline Ashby, Hannah Lillith Assadi, Calvin Baker, Frank Bill, Yoon Ha Lee, Karen Lord, Mike McClelland, Achy Obejas, David A. Robertson, Martha Wells ...
    A profound and unforgettable original story collection about well-being and the future of health and the planet. With a foreword by bestselling author Roxane Gay and an introduction from Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Pam Belluck. Offered to readers free by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. TAKE US TO A BETTER PLACE: Stories is a collection of powerful, perceptive, and seamlessly crafted ... Read more

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  • Risk, Resilience, and Redemption

    A Miraculous Holocaust Survival Story

    by Frank W. Baker ...
    What is it like to have lived through six years of Holocaust slave labor and survive?Bluma Tishgarten and Felix Goldberg were torn from their families and communities and cast into Hell... Adolf Hitler was the devil that presided over Germany's descent into madness and led the Nazis in their murderous march across Europe and beyond from 1939 to 1945. Despite not knowing if their friends and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • We Survived the Holocaust

    The Bluma and Felix Goldberg Story

    by Frank W. Baker ...
    During Adolf Hitler's rule over Germany, there were over 40,000 Nazi concentration, labor, and death camps built with the intent of erasing an entire population of Jews, Sinti, and Roma, as well as "other examples of impure races." Bluma Tishgarten and Felix Goldberg were both young Polish Jews caught up in the Holocaust, Hitler's rise to power, the rise of antisemitism, and more. Yet they ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Close Reading the Media

    Literacy Lessons and Activities for Every Month of the School Year

    by Frank Baker ...
    Teach middle school students to become savvy consumers of the TV, print, and online media bombarding them every day. In this timely book copublished by Routledge and MiddleWeb, media literacy expert Frank W. Baker offers thematic lessons for every month of the school year, so you can engage students in learning by having them analyze the real world around them. Students will learn to think ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • The Twisted Tree

    by Frank Baker ...
    The "twisted tree" is a blackthorn branch, picked by Tansy Penderil, a naive young Cornish girl, on the same day she meets the handsome but diabolical Roger Chailey in the woods for the first time. But it is not the only souvenir of their encounter: eighteen years later, Tansy's son, David, is the living image of Chailey, sharing not only his father's good looks but also his immoral ways. David's ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Random Fascinating Facts About James Bond

    Interesting Facts About the World of 007

    by Frank Baker ...
    Many people are fans of the great British spy James Bond. James Bond was first introduced to the world by creator Ian Fleming with his first Bond novel Casino Royale in 1953. In 1962 the official James Bond film series started with Dr No. The film series would make James Bond a phenomenon and cultural icon, breaking box office records, introducing new ways of filmaking and marketing. The world of ... Read more

    $3.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Strange Unexplained True Mysteries - Volume 1

    by Frank Baker ...
    The world holds many strange mysteries and strange incidents occur every day.In this book there are a collection of weird and eerie tales of the unexplained. From headless ghosts to small green aliens on a moor. From strange phone calls from the dead to human blood leaking from a ceiling during a dinner party. These mysteries will hopefully fascinate as well as scare.I hope you enjoy this ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Basics of Item Response Theory Using R

    by Frank B. Baker, Seock-Ho Kim ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This graduate-level textbook is a tutorial for item response theory that covers both the basics of item response theory and the use of R for preparing graphical presentation in writings about the theory. Item response theory has become one of the most powerful tools used in test construction, yet one of the barriers to learning and applying it is the considerable amount of sophisticated ... Read more

    $80.09 USD