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Product Description: Like generations of little girls, Lauren Kessler fell in love with ballet the first time she saw The Nutcracker, and from that day, at age five, she dreamed of becoming a ballerina. But when she was twelve, her very famous ballet instructor crushed those dreams—along with her youthful self-assurance—and she stepped away from the barre...read more

Hardcover:

9780738218311, titled "Raising the Barre: Big Dreams, False Starts, & My Midlife Quest to Dance the Nutcracker" | Da Capo Pr, November 24, 2015, cover price $24.99 | About this edition: Like generations of little girls, Lauren Kessler fell in love with ballet the first time she saw The Nutcracker, and from that day, at age five, she dreamed of becoming a ballerina.

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Hardcover:

9781609613471 | Rodale Pr, June 4, 2013, cover price $24.99

Paperback:

9781623363741 | Reprint edition (Rodale Pr, May 20, 2014), cover price $14.99

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Hardcover:

9780670021697 | Viking Pr, August 5, 2010, cover price $25.95

Paperback:

9780143119456 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, August 30, 2011), cover price $15.00

Miscellaneous:

9781101189788 | Viking Pr, August 5, 2010, cover price $12.99

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Japanese immigrant Masuo Yasui arrived in America in 1903 with nothing but big dreams. He went on to become a successful orchardist and raise a large family. But World War II would change their lives forever.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781433246005 | Mp3 una edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, October 31, 2008), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Japanese immigrant Masuo Yasui arrived in America in 1903 with nothing but big dreams.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781433245961 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, October 31, 2008), cover price $59.95

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Beginning in 1903 with the arrival of sixteen-year-old Masuo Yasui in Oregon, the author chronicles the struggles and ultimate triumph of three generations of Japanese Americans

Hardcover:

9780679414261, titled "Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese-American Family" | Random House Inc, October 1, 1993, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Beginning in 1903 with the arrival of sixteen-year-old Masuo Yasui in Oregon, the author chronicles the struggles and ultimate triumph of three generations of Japanese Americans

Paperback:

9780870714177 | Oregon State Univ Pr, October 15, 2008, cover price $19.95
9780875952963 | Oregon Historical Society Pr, January 30, 2006, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: "Stubborn Twig", originally published in 1994, is a classic American tale of immigrants making their way in a new land.
9780452273016 | Reprint edition (Plume, November 1, 1994), cover price $20.00 | About this edition: In 1903, Masuo Yasui came to America and eventually became a successful orchardist and father of eight children.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781433245978 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, October 31, 2008), cover price $80.00

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Product Description: Previously published in Hardcover as Dancing With Rose One journalist's riveting and surprisingly hopeful in-the-trenches view of Alzheimer's Nearly five million people in the United States are living with Alzheimer's. Like many children of Alzheimer's sufferers, Lauren Kessler, an accomplished journalist, was devastated by the disease that seemed to erase her mother's identity even before claiming her life...read more

Paperback:

9780143113683 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, May 27, 2008), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Previously published in Hardcover as Dancing With Rose One journalist's riveting and surprisingly hopeful in-the-trenches view of Alzheimer's Nearly five million people in the United States are living with Alzheimer's.

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Documents a journalist's work as a caregiver for Alzheimer's patients after the disease claimed her mother's life, a process during which she came to deeply respect and admire the contributions of a care facility's overworked, underpaid, and humor-possessing employees.

Hardcover:

9780670038596 | 1 edition (Viking Pr, May 31, 2007), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: One journalist's surprisingly hopeful in-the-trenches look at Alzheimer's, the disease that claimed her mother's life.

A portrait of the Soviet spy-turned-FBI informant describes her work at the head of two Russian spy rings in America, decision to expose Communist agents in her own government, and contributions to American political life.

Hardcover:

9780060185190 | Harpercollins, August 1, 2003, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: A portrait of the Soviet spy-turned-FBI informant describes her work at the head of two Russian spy rings in America, decision to expose Communist agents in her own government, and contributions to American political life.

Paperback:

9780060959739 | Reprint edition (Perennial, August 1, 2004), cover price $15.99 | About this edition: A portrait of the Soviet spy-turned-FBI informant describes her work at the head of two Russian spy rings in America, decision to expose Communist agents in her own government, and contributions to American political life.

Prebinding:

9781417702305 | Turtleback Books, August 1, 2004, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: A portrait of the Soviet spy-turned-FBI informant describes her work at the head of two Russian spy rings in America, decision to expose Communist agents in her own government, and contributions to American political life.

Covers parts of speech, sentence structure, agreement, case, passive voice, punctuation, spelling, clarity, sexism, and word-use issues

Hardcover:

9780534562113, titled "When Words Collide: A Media Writer's Guide to Grammar and Style" | 6th (Hardcover with CD) edition (Wadsworth Pub Co, April 1, 2003), cover price $65.95
9789990141191, titled "When Words Collide: A Media Writer's Guide to Grammar And Style" | Thomson Learning, April 1, 2003, cover price $0.02

Paperback:

9780534561338, titled "When Words Collide: A Media Writer's Guide to Grammar and Style" | Wadsworth Pub Co, August 1, 1999, cover price $56.95 | also contains Berufliche Karrierewege Nach Dem Psychologiestudium: Ein Kurzüberblick Für Studierende Der Psychologie Und Interessierte
9780534257408, titled "When Words Collide: A Media Writers Guide to Grammar and Style" | Wadsworth Pub Co, June 1, 1995, cover price $43.95 | also contains The Artisans
9780534170288, titled "When Words Collide: A Media Writer's Guide to Grammar and Style" | Wadsworth Pub Co, January 1, 1992, cover price $31.95 | also contains Black Soul | About this edition: Covers parts of speech, sentence structure, agreement, case, passive voice, punctuation, spelling, clarity, sexism, and word-use issues

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Product Description: WHEN WORDS COLLIDE is the most versatile grammar and usage handbook for beginning and continuing media writers. As a main text, the book is praised by students and professors for its straightforward, clear treatment of grammar, offered in a lighthearted, almost conversational tone...read more

Paperback:

9780534562069 | 6 edition (Wadsworth Pub Co, March 1, 2003), cover price $87.95 | About this edition: WHEN WORDS COLLIDE is the most versatile grammar and usage handbook for beginning and continuing media writers.
9789990063103 | 6 edition (Thomson Learning, March 1, 2003), cover price $0.02

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Product Description: Kessler and McDonald's WHEN WORDS COLLIDE is praised by students for its straightforward and clear-almost conversational-presentation of grammar. This versatile grammar and usage handbook will work for you as a beginning student and as you continue as a media writer...read more

Paperback:

9780534562083 | 6 workbook edition (Thomson Learning, March 1, 2003), cover price $56.95 | About this edition: Kessler and McDonald's WHEN WORDS COLLIDE is praised by students for its straightforward and clear-almost conversational-presentation of grammar.
9780534561345 | Thomson Learning, November 1, 1999, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Book by Kessler, Lauren

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Relates the story of pioneer female flying ace Pancho Barnes, chronicling her adventures as an aviator and a hard-drinking friend and host to Hollywood's elite.

Hardcover:

9780375501241 | Random House Inc, May 1, 2000, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Relates the story of pioneer female flying ace Pancho Barnes, chronicling her adventures as an aviator and a hard-drinking friend and host to Hollywood's elite.

Paperback:

9780812992526 | Random House Inc, May 23, 2000, cover price $19.00

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Chronicles the story of the new coach and her underdog women's basketball team at the University of Oregon who overcame administrative and technical obstacles to play a winning season

Hardcover:

9780525940357 | E P Dutton, March 1, 1997, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Chronicles the story of the new coach and her underdog women's basketball team at the University of Oregon who overcame administrative and technical obstacles to play a winning season

Paperback:

9780452274877 | Penguin USA, August 1, 1998, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Chronicles the story of the new coach and her underdog women's basketball team at the University of Oregon who overcame administrative and technical obstacles to play a winning season

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Product Description: This best-selling stylebook is useful as a refresher for basic grammar and as a handy, permanent reference. In a lively and positive manner, the authors move through the basic concepts of grammar, highlighting their discussion with examples from many media.

Paperback:

9780534257415 | Wadsworth Pub Co, August 1, 1996, cover price $20.95 | also contains The Assimilated Cuban's Guide to Quantum Santeria | About this edition: This best-selling stylebook is useful as a refresher for basic grammar and as a handy, permanent reference.

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Product Description: Takes an upbeat approach to discovering the information that mass media professionals require, whether in public relations, advertising, broadcast, or news reporting. It is intended to be of interest to students of journalism and mass communication, newswriting and reporting.

Paperback:

9780534162788 | 2 sub edition (Wadsworth Pub Co, August 1, 1991), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Takes an upbeat approach to discovering the information that mass media professionals require, whether in public relations, advertising, broadcast, or news reporting.

Fifty political activists of the 60s describe how they have integrated socially conscious ideals into their lives and careers

Paperback:

9780938410928 | Thunder''s Mouth Pr, May 1, 1990, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Fifty political activists of the 60s describe how they have integrated socially conscious ideals into their lives and careers

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Product Description: This book should be of interest to degree and diploma students taking courses in media writing.

Paperback:

9780534096786 | Wadsworth Pub Co, October 1, 1988, cover price $36.95 | About this edition: This book should be of interest to degree and diploma students taking courses in media writing.

Based on the latest medical information, this book explains how the human body system changes over time and provides practical advice on how to minimize the effectds of the aging process

Hardcover:

9780816013036 | Facts on File, May 1, 1988, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Based on the latest medical information, this book explains how the human body system changes over time and provides practical advice on how to minimize the effectds of the aging process

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Paperback:

9780534085742, titled "When Words Collide: A Journalist's Guide to Grammar and Style" | Wadsworth Pub Co, October 1, 1987, cover price $26.95 | also contains Emerging Perspectives on the Design, Use, and Evaluation of Mobile and Handheld Devices

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Product Description: Kessler challenges the idea that the worlds of media and journalism have ever conformed to a 'free marketplace' image. This present volume investigates a handful of the many fringe groups who, denied access to the mainstream, started marketplaces of their own...read more

Hardcover:

9780803920866 | Sage Pubns, March 1, 1984, cover price $44.50 | About this edition: Kessler challenges the idea that the worlds of media and journalism have ever conformed to a 'free marketplace' image.

Paperback:

9780803920873 | Sage Pubns, January 1, 1984, cover price $83.00

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