The book sketches periods in America`s history - from the colonial period and Revolution through the Civil War, to the Gilded Age, World War II, and modern art - to create a vibrant portrait of creativity, reflection, and celebration

The development of the movie poster shares a parallel history with the evolution of film, from its beginnings in the 1900s to the present day. This book charts 100 years in the visual development of the movie poster and brings together a unique collection of posters from around the world

Assesing Young Learners helps teachers to assess children's progress in English, in a way that is appropriate for young learners. Jargon-free and practical, it shows that assessment can be fun and motivating, and integrates assessment into teaching. It helps children to think about their own progress and encourages teachers to reflect on their pupils' learning

This book provides a wealth of creative, imaginative activities with integrated language practice. The focus is on involving children simultaneously in activities promoting their personal development and in helping them to learn the language. Art and craft activities serve these twin aims in an ideal fashion. While making things, the children also make meaning. As they explore shapes, colours, textures, constructions, they are extending their experience and understanding of the world-and doing it through the medium of the foreign language

Edited and with an introduction by Sam Watters, American Gardens has more than 250 archival photographs and plans and an invaluable biography section profiling the schooling and projects of the landscape designers whose work is featured in the book. In a large landscape format, American Gardens captures estate gardens as they existed for one generation, a time when people had the land, the time, and the skill to fulfill the grandest gardening fantasies

This book is as much a tribute to the people living today who have so much to share about a time and a way of life, as it is to the man who helped record it in so much detail

This book affords an unprecedented opportunity to visit the private homes where our greatest writers crafted their masterpieces. In the process it opens a window onto the writer's life that will forever change the way you read. And this book takes readers on a tour of the American literary heritage that is at once grand and intimate

American Headway 2 builds on the firm grammatical, lexical and functional foundation laid in American Headway 1. Students` understanding of English is widened and their abilities to use the language for communicative purposes are extended. This Teacher`s Book describes the rationale for the methodology of the series and provides extensive guidance on using the material effectively

Child imagery has played an important role in China"s traditional art of painting. The earliest depictions of children were found during the Warring States Period

Aksu is located along the north route of the ancient Silk Road, which has three routes. Through the Silk Road, civilizations from the east and the west gathered here and left behind rich cultural relics