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Larousse Advanced French-English/English-French Dictionary (Hardcover)

Larousse Advanced French-English/English-French Dictionary

Completely updated! The ultimate reference for advanced students of French–or anyone wishing to master the French language. Modern and comprehensive, the “Larousse Advanced Dictionary” is aimed at people who want to take their learning of French to the highest level. It stands apart from other dictionaries of its size thanks to its user-friendly and educational design. Included are 250,000 terms and references and over 400,000 translations. This dictionary contains boxed notes help clarify the most common expressions,insuring the correct usage every time. Every advanced learner of French will find that this is THE dictionary of French language and culture.

About the Author

The Larousse editorial team includes many language and reference experts based in countries around the world. In this way the linguistic team keeps it’s finger on the pulse of living languages as spoken by the native language speakers of these countries.

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What Great Teachers Do Differently: 14 Things That Matter Most (Paperback)

What Great Teachers Do Differently: 14 Things That Matter Most

This book describes the beliefs, behaviors, attitudes, and interactions that form the fabric of life in our best classrooms and schools. It focuses on the specific things that great teachers do … that others do not. It answers these essential questions: – Is it high expectations for students that matter? – How do great teachers respond when students misbehave? – Do great teachers filter differently than their peers? – How do the best teachers approach standardized testing?

About the Author

One of the nation’s leading authorities on motivation, teacher leadership, and principal effectiveness, Todd Whitaker is a former middle and high school teacher and principal, now a professor at Indiana State University.

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Programming in Objective-C 2.0 (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

Programming in Objective-C 2.0 (2nd Edition)

Review

“This book spends half the time talking about the Objective-C language itself and half the time talking about Apple’s Foundation and Cocoa frameworks. The chapters are well organized and concepts are well explained, so you end up with a solid foundation in the language. It’s an easy read even with very little programming experience. The book doesn’t cover Cocoa or the other higher level frameworks, but you’ll be completely ready to pick it up by the time you’re done with this book.” 

THE #1 BESTSELLING BOOK ON OBJECTIVE-C 2.0 Programming in Objective-C 2.0 provides the new programmer a complete, step-by-step introduction to Objective-C, the primary language used to develop applications for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac OS X platforms.   The book does not assume previous experience with either C or object-oriented programming languages, and it includes many detailed, practical examples of how to put Objective-C to use in your everyday i (more…)