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Found in this book are four smaller essays by Geber, the famous Arabian Prince and Philosopher. Contents: His Book of Furnaces; Of The Investigation or Search of Perfection; His Book of the Invention of Verity or Perfection; and The Discovery of Secrets attributed to Geber with a rendering into English. Written in Old English. ... Read more

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...a professional resource promoting oral communication by using thelow-text picture-book genre of children's literature ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

Wonderful Book
The price of this book is high. As an educator, I found it well worth the cost. I can link all language goals with literacy. Ideas for articulation, pragrmatics, social skills, etc. are included.Gebers provides an excellent resource for language rich books. I have used her lessons with Eleanor and Ameilia go For a Ride, The Wolf's Side of the Story, The Cremation of Sam Magee and many more. I have worked on the topics of seeing other's perspectives, making inferences, articulation, pragmatics etc.. Content rich book. Highly Recommended!!!

Great inspiration
This book is so very helpful in planning speech and language therapy.The books suggested have been well researched, the plans explicit and easy to implement.I loved this book so much I used it as the "bible" of a group study another speech therapist and I did last year.She had never used literature as extensively as I have.As we delved into the wonderful children's books and how to use them, she found it to be an approach that is fun for both therapist and child, motivating and effective in bringing about significant change in children's speech and language.

My enthusiasm was so effervescent about this book that my daughter, now a grad student in speech and language is using this book to help her plan for activities with her clinical literacy group.

Wonderful language facilitation book!
I am so pleased with this book -it helps me to plan lessons with my speech-language kids by using the children's books that they already know!I get so much help from this source, I don't what I would do without it!I use it with my own child, too.The activities are so fun and creative,there is never a dull moment.Hats off to J. Gebers for giving bothteachers and parents such a great reference tool!

A comprehensive resource for using children's picture books.
This resource catalogs hundreds of low-text children's picture books that are ideal for promoting interaction and conversation with children while reading aloud.A brief synopsis, suggested interest levels and methods foruse coordinate for each book listed.Suggestions are given on how to use aparticular children's book to enhance language development and other oralcommunication skills.

Originally written for speech-languagepathologists, this revised edition is suitable for regular and specialeducation teachers (from preschool on up) as well for parents who want tomaximize their read-aloud times with their children in order to stimulategood language development.Many listed books are classic, familiarfavorites, and most are currently available in school and public libraries,at bookstores, and on-line.

Do you want to encourage a particularlanguage skill?Just look up what you want to enhance (whether it'svocabulary building, grammatical structures, critical thinking and more) inthe easy-to-use Skills Index (p. 317) and find the book in 1, 2 or all 3catalog sections. (One catalog for preschool through kindergarten, onecatalog for children grades 1-5, and another catalog for children grades6-12.)

Parents will find suggestions for selecting picture books thatbuild good oral language skills as well as suggestions for how to readaloud to stimulate interaction and good communication skills in theirchildren.

Teachers will find this a timesaving resource that includesreproducible handouts for parents (ideal for suggestions at parentconferences), books organized by thematic units (see Topic ExplorationIndex on p. 303) as well as loads of classroom activities for each booklisted in the catalogs.

This is an all-around, time saving resource thatgives a reader the extensive background needed for tapping the bounty ofchildren's literature.It has been a popular best seller in itspublisher's line of educational materials for many years. ... Read more

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Alchemy was a subject of no small controversy in the MiddleAges. To somescholastics, alchemy seemed to arrogate the power ofdivinity itself in itsclaim that man could replicate the products ofnature by means of art; othersviewed alchemy as a pure technology,unworthy of inclusion in a curriculumdevoted to the study ofscientiae.The Summa perfectionis of Pseudo-Geber, written around theend of the13th century as a defense of the art, became `the Bible ofthe medievalalchemists,'and was still being used as late as the 17thcentury. The presentwork contains a critical edition, annotatedtranslation, and commentary of theSumma. ... Read more

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THIS 7 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Alchemists through the Ages, by Arthur Edward Waite. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564594572.Download Description
THIS 7 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Alchemists through the Ages, by Arthur Edward Waite. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564594572. ... Read more

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1900. Benton's historical novel begins: The traveler of today who visits the dirty, straggling, little town of Tersous on the Cydnus, finds little to remind his imagination that this is the Tarsus of the apostle Paul, one of the famous marts of the world, an ancient center of learning and culture only rivaled by Alexandria or later by Baghdad; a city considered worthy of a visit by the luxury-loving Cleopatra and the enchained Marc Antony, in a gilded galley with sails of purple silk and oars of silver. He will scarcely now find the footprint of winged Pegasus on the first slopes of bold Taurus, and no one will tell him that only here could Apollo's sacred sword be cleansed in the cold, swift waters of the Cydnus. ... Read more

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Geber is the Westernized form of Jabir, the name of the celebrated Arab chemist to whom the books here printed have been ascribed. Within the last few years the mystery surrounding him has begun to disperse and the story of his life may be told here with some degree of probability. ... Read more

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The Geber Name in History is a customized book offering a unique blend of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary about the Geber name.The book is just one of an entire series of family name books in the Our Name in History collection.Each book in the collection is printed on demand and is compiled from hundreds of millions of records from the world's largest online resource of family history, Ancestry.com.This particular book follows the Geber family name through history and makes the perfect gift for your family members and anyone interested in the Geber name. In the book you'll find out about where people with the Geber last name originated. You may discover the countries and ports they left behind, the ships they sailed and more. You'll get a better idea of where people sharing the Geber name settled and where they may reside today in the United States, Canada, England and other countries.You'll get all this information and much more in your Geber family name book. If your last name is not Geber, then check out our collection of nearly 300,000 family name books to find other available names in the series. ... Read more

Product Description
The Gebers Name in History is a customized book offering a unique blend of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary about the Gebers name.The book is just one of an entire series of family name books in the Our Name in History collection.Each book in the collection is printed on demand and is compiled from hundreds of millions of records from the world's largest online resource of family history, Ancestry.com.This particular book follows the Gebers family name through history and makes the perfect gift for your family members and anyone interested in the Gebers name. In the book you'll find out about where people with the Gebers last name originated. You may discover the countries and ports they left behind, the ships they sailed and more. You'll get a better idea of where people sharing the Gebers name settled and where they may reside today in the United States, Canada, England and other countries.You'll get all this information and much more in your Gebers family name book. If your last name is not Gebers, then check out our collection of nearly 300,000 family name books to find other available names in the series. ... Read more