Would you like your children to grow up bilingual, even if you aren't yet? Then speak to your kids in Spanish as you learn the language along with them. Becoming a Bilingual Family gives English-speaking parents the tools to start speaking Spanish with their kids in their earliest years, when children are most receptive to learning languages. It teaches the vocabulary and idioms for speaking to children in Spanish and offers practical, proven ways to create a language-learning environment at home.
The first part of the book introduces parents to many resources—books, audio books, music, television, computer programs, childcare workers, school, and friends—that can help you establish a home environment conducive to the acquisition of Spanish. The second part is a Spanish phrasebook that takes you through all the typical activities that parents and children share, from getting up in the morning to going to bed at night. Few, if any, other Spanish study aids provide this much vocabulary and guidance for talking to small children about common daily activities. The authors also include a quick course in Spanish pronunciation and enough grammar to get a parent started. Spanish-language resources, kids' names in Spanish, and an easy-to-use index and glossary complete the book.
Take the Markses' advice and start talking to your kids in Spanish, even if it's not perfect. You'll learn the language together and share the excitement of discovering the peoples and cultures that make up the Spanish-speaking world.

Becoming a Bilingual Family: Help Your Kids Learn Spanish (and Learn Spanish Yourself in the Process)

Education & Teaching

Marks, Jeffrey

Marks, Stephen

Schools & Teaching

University of Texas Press

15 CANINE CRIMES COMMITTED BY A KENNEL OF TOP WRITERS  ¸  Deborah Adams  ¸  Laurien Berenson  ¸  Melissa Cleary  ¸  Amanda Cross  ¸  Brendan DuBois  ¸  Jonnie Jacobs  ¸  Dean James  ¸  Jeffrey Marks  ¸  Taylor McCafferty  ¸  Anne Perry  ¸  Lillian M. Roberts  ¸  S. J. Rozan  ¸  Polly Whitney  ¸  Valerie Wolzien  ¸  Steven WomackHere is a captivating collection of never-before-published stories with bark--and an occasional bite--as some of the most illustrious names in contemporary crime fiction pay homage to our loyal friends.A pair of friendly mutts help solve a haunting Central Park mystery . . . A Seeing Eye dog on Fifth Avenue sees more than he's meant to . . . A golden retriever lends a helping paw to his mistress's curious pursuits . . . A Jack Russell terrier sniffs out a human rat . . . Some beloved pets thwart their owner's murderously greedy son . . . A Labrador retriever confounds a kidnapper's design . . . and many more!

Canine Crimes

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Ballantine Books

Winner, Bouchercon Anthony Award for Best Critical Non-Fiction Work.
 Finalist, Agatha Award, Best Non-Fictional Work
 American author, editor, and critic William Parker White, better known to most as Anthony Boucher, made countless contributions to the fields of mystery and science fiction. After beginning his career as a mystery writer at 16, Boucher went on to become a New York Times mystery critic, a host for several radio programs, and the founding editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
 This comprehensive biobibliography places particular emphasis on the writings and edited publications that established his reputation among readers of science fiction. Several appendices include complete bibliographic citations for Boucher's novels, articles, short stories, unpublished works, reviews, radio plays, anthologies, translations, and other written works.

Anthony Boucher: A Biobibliography

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

McFarland

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Reference

Catalogs & Directories

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Craig Rice, the author of fourteen novels, countless short stories, and a number of true crime pieces, once rivaled Agatha Christie in sales. She was on the cover of Time Magazine in 1946. However, the past fifty years have seen her fall into relative obscurity. Rice made for an interesting subject for a biography because nearly every identification point about the author was in dispute: her birth, her real name, her number of marriages, number of children, her canon of fiction, and the cause of her early death. Marks had to wade through years of research to come up with the answers to those questions. Following a trail that went from Venice, Italy to Venice Beach, CA, he talked to a number of her contemporaries, her family, and friends to come up with an engaging book that reminds readers why Rice remains the undisputed queen of the comedic mystery.

Who Was That Lady? Craig Rice: The Queen of Screwball Mystery

Leaders & Notable People

Delphi Books

America in the 1950s was a place of Eisenhower, the Korean Conflict, McCarthy, and Sputnik. Women found themselves trapped into a mold of Donna Reed and June Cleaver, marginalized by the hyper-masculinity of the age. Mystery fiction had become a male bastion as well, promoting hardboiled private eye novels and spy fiction. It would be another three decades before groups to promote equality between the sexes in mystery fiction appeared. 
Yet during that post-World War II era, seven women carved out a place in the genre. These women became the bestsellers of their time by innovation and experimentation. Margaret Millar, Patricia Highsmith, Leslie Ford, Charlotte Armstrong, Dorothy B. Hughes, Mignon Eberhart, and Phoebe Atwood Taylor are in no way similar to each other in style, theme, or subject matter. However, their writings created an Atomic Renaissance that continues to impact the mystery field today.

Atomic Renaissance: Women Mystery Writers of the 1940s and 1950s

Community & Culture

The Scent Of Murder

Grace Abraham Pub

“A fun read about the goings-on in a busy shopping mall that climax in murder in a department store. Is the scented vandalism connected with the murder? That's the question Marissa found herself trying to answer when the bloody body of the woman who stole her husband was found lying over her desk. Can Marissa keep herself from being charged with murder? That's the second question she needed to find an answer for--and fast. An ailing child, an incompetent boss, an ex-husband in mourning for his lost love, and a pushy boyfriend add to Marissa's problems, making a complex situation seem almost chaotic. In her search for answers, Marissa learns people aren't what they seem, particularly the dead woman. Recommended reading for any mystery fan. Lots of suspects and false trails, a story to keep you reading. Written by a talented author, Jeffrey Marks, this is a book you will enjoy.” Anne K. Edwards eBook Reviews Weekly

The Scent of Murder (Marissa Scott mysteries)

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