Word: paperback
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...51st installment of the Library of America series, the black-jacketed, red-white-and-blue-striped, gold-embossed collection from the people who bring you Penguin Classics. You might have read Absalom, Absalom out of one. Library of America specializes in collections of novels widely available in paperback which--when tastefully reset and bound in cloth--somehow warrant a $35 price...
...found at my local Barnes & Noble on Long Island. And, eager as I was for Harvard-stamped wisdom, I decided against waiting out a special order. Instead, I ventured to the downtown Barnes & Noble, the largest bookstore in the world at the time, and found one lonesome paperback hidden amidst its gigantic stacks and narrow aisles. Twelve dollars later, I was pleased to make the acquaintance of Isaiah Berlin. (Apologies to all fellow small-bookstore fans for not being able to tell a more pleasant tale of finding that special, most thoughtful and desperately desired book at anything other than...
...true that conservatives have taken up phonics as a cause, but in California, where there are plenty of liberals in the legislature, pro-phonics legislation passed unanimously. Asked what the best response to pro-phonics research is, Goodman refers to his book Phonics Phacts, a folksy 100-page paperback. Preferring the "ethnographic" data he collects, Goodman dismisses the research conducted by his opponents. Asked if there is research from other fields that confirms his findings, he cannot think of any. His final defense is that phonics teaches the ability to recognize individual words, not to understand text, but studies confirm...
...come. Will their record sell? Will they become rich and famous? The same questions can be asked about their creator. Will Geniuses of Crack find the twenty-something audience that will appreciate the allusions and references? Will these same twenty-somethings be willing to shell out $12 for a paperback? Only time will tell, but it is clear that Gomez, too, deserves a sequel, and there is no doubt he will...
...writer Daniel Goleman published Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, which contends that children's ability to recognize their own emotions, empathize with peers and deal with crises--their "emotional quotient," or EQ--influences their life chances as much as native intelligence. The book, now a paperback best seller, has had a catalytic effect. Rutgers psychologist Maurice Elias, a pioneer in emotional education, says he fields endless calls, E-mails and faxes from interested educators. "There is credibility now given to taking time in the school day to carry out this kind of work," he says...