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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Here's another fascinating surprise: Aging does not inevitably lead to learning and memory problems. In fact, there are substantial differences in how aging affects different cognitive functions and in how it affects different people. Fortunately, Professor Polk demonstrates several proven - and enjoyable - methods of maintaining and even improving our brains as we get older.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Time series analysis provides a way to model response data that is correlated with itself, from one point in time to the next, such as daily stock prices or weather history. After disentangling seasonal changes from longer-term patterns, consider methods that can model a dependency on time, collectively known as ARIMA (autoregressive integrated moving average) models.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Consider the relationship between customs and heritage, and uncover the language for French myths and traditions. Then hone the necessary skills to help you follow a story in French. Find out how to make your descriptions livelier with adjectives and adverbs, including words of "degree" - très, trop, peu, and the like.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Get acquainted with a powerful new tool in machine learning, causal inference, which addresses a key limitation of classical methods: the focus on correlation to the exclusion of causation. Practice with a historic problem of causation: the link between cigarette smoking and cancer, which will always be obscured by confounding factors. Also look at other cases of correlation versus causation.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Take the measure of guitarist Charlie Christian and alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, each of whom transformed jazz and their instruments. Grasp how to work for greater speed and accuracy when playing melodies. Learn "movable" chord shapes for major and minor seventh chords, practice the Dorian modal scale, and use them in a minor blues tune.
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Series
Language
English
Description
In this episode, explore geminates: roots where radicals two and three are the same. Along the way, you'll learn how to spot these common two-letter combinations, consider a fascinating example from Ezekiel's vision of the messianic future Temple, and begin reading Numbers 22 from start to finish.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Enter the world of fantasy with a Märchen (fairy tale) designed especially for this series to present verbs in the simple past tense. Featuring a widow in distress, strange men with red beards, and a gruesome plot twist, the story is so thrilling that the seven classes of simple past endings for strong verbs, plus the much less complicated paradigms for weak verbs, will go down like candy.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Return to the culturally rich Campania region as you review the imperative mood (commands), and learn how the imperative functions with pronouns (where "Eat the pizza!" becomes "Eat it!"). Explore both the informal and formal imperative, double pronouns ("Give it to her."). Then, practice them in describing Campania's ancient cities, scenic beauties, and beloved culinary specialties.
9) Learning Spanish II: How to Understand and Speak a New Language: Episode 22,How to Use Para and Por
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Add more adverbs and adjectives to your vocabulary, and learn how to change adjectives into nouns. Study how to use two of the most important prepositions, which can be challenging for Spanish learners: para and por, both of which translate into English as "for." Learn the key contexts for each, and the usage differences you must grasp to speak Spanish correctly.
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Series
Language
English
Description
In LEARN GENRE FILM SECRETS Part One readers will learn what Genre is, how each of 11 genres work then how film intensifies and satisfies aficionado expectations. They will discover all stories need Mystery... Science Fiction plays with possibility... Fantasy triggers imagination... Comedy lightens darkness... Juvenile stories teach... Horror's nightmares can comfort... Romance connects... Western rebels want security... Historicals create relevance......
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
ONCE IN NINE LIVES, SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENS.
The last thing Gwen Cooper wanted was another cat. She already had two, not to mention a phenomenally underpaying job and a recently broken heart. Then Gwen’s veterinarian called with a story about a three-week-old eyeless kitten who’d been abandoned. It was love at first sight.
Everyone warned that Homer would always be an “underachiever.” But the kitten...
The last thing Gwen Cooper wanted was another cat. She already had two, not to mention a phenomenally underpaying job and a recently broken heart. Then Gwen’s veterinarian called with a story about a three-week-old eyeless kitten who’d been abandoned. It was love at first sight.
Everyone warned that Homer would always be an “underachiever.” But the kitten...
Author
Language
English
Description
Bestselling Author Reveals How God Empowers Women for Leadership and Purpose. Christian women are often led to believe they are God's afterthoughts--as if they were created inferior to men or destined by God to play a secondary role in life. Not so, says bestselling author J. Lee Grady, father of four daughters and a leading international voice confronting the abuse of women. He counters that the Bible's message is neither sexist nor patronizing....
15) The orchard
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Language
English
Description
For generations, Ellie Hostetler's family has tended their orchard, a tradition her twin brother, Evan, will someday continue. But when Evan is drafted for the Vietnam War, the family is shocked to learn he has not sought conscientious objector status. Can Ellie, with the support of a new beau, find the courage to face a future unlike the one she imagined?
16) Hourglass
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Star-crossed lovers Lucas and Bianca are on the run, pursued not only by Black Cross vampire hunters but also by the powerful vampires of Evernight, when Bianca learns that her destiny is tied to that of the wraiths.
17) Smoke Mountain
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When the bears learn of the legendary Last Great Wilderness, a fabled bear paradise, they believe that this must be their ultimate destination.
19) Up for air
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Learning disabilities make school painful for Annabelle, but a summer of swimming with the high school team is fantastic until a prank goes wrong, spoiling everything.
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