books by Alexander Harrison

books by Alexander Harrison

books:

Alexander Harrison

Challenging De Gaulle: The O.A.S and the Counter-Revolution in Algeria, 1954-1962
Alexander Harrison

Praeger Publishers, 1989

Challenging De Gaulle tells the story of the Algerian counterrevolution from the viewpoint of the ordinary foot soldier in the O.A.S. (Organisation Armee Secrete). In a series of interviews with former O.A.S. participants, and using many unpublished documents and personal diaries, Alexander Harrison examines the motives of these defenders of ...

Slideshow
Darsie Alexander, M. Darsie Alexander, ...

Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005

Since the Renaissance, most art has been prized because of the prodigious skills that went into its making. Why would any artist choose to work with slides? It's tempting to see slide projection as quick and easy. Indeed, many artists cite these qualities when explaining their initial attraction to the medium. But the process can be complicated, ...

Serpentine Geoecology of Western North America: Geology, Soils, and Vegetation

Earl B. Alexander, Robert G. Coleman, ...

Oxford University Press, USA, 2006

The Enigma of Serpentine Endemism
Kruckeberg's CALIFORNIA SERPENTINES was my first intro to CA's kooky serpentine habitats, especially those I've witnessed in my own region at Table Mountain, Coyote Ridge and New Idria. For an extended treatment of the soils, geology and domains of western North ...

Flocabulary: The Hip-Hop Approach to U.S. History (Flocabulary Study Guides)

Blake Harrison, Alexander Rappaport

Cider Mill Press, 2006

Great Tool
What a great tool. While I don't expect the songs to ever make it to the American Top 40 they are adequate and have a good beat. They have actually made it fun (or dare I say easy) to learn history!

The Selected Prophecies of Nostradamus (Book Blocks)
Nostradamus

CRW Publishing Limited, 2003

Is it realistic to apply the well-intentioned words of a 16th-century scientist to the present and future condition of our modern world? This selection of Michel de Notradamus's original writings, lucidly translated, suggests what he had to say deserves our serious attention.

My Great, Wide, Beautiful World (African-American Women Writers, 1910-1940)

Juanita Harrison

MacMillan Publishing Company, 1996

She's Not Your Average World Traveler
Juanita Harrison, a southern African American woman, overcame the obstacles of poverty, a lack of formal education, racism, and a little thing called the Great Drepression to fulfill her dream of seeing the world on her own terms. This collection of her diary entries, ...

Flocabulary: The Hip-Hop Approach to SAT-Level Vocabulary Building (Flocabulary Study Guides)

Blake Harrison, Alexander Rappaport

Cider Mill Press, 2006

My favorite so far
I'm a student that has always had trouble memorizing vocabulary words... I got the equivalent of a 710 Critical Reading on the PSAT, and one of my weaknesses is vocabulary, which makes me lose around 20-40 points. It's just ridiculously boring and I forget the words a ...

Flocabulary Workbook: A Dictionary and a Microphone
Blake Harrison and Alexander Rappaport

Flocabulary.com, 2000

This dynamic SAT verbal workbook features 500 SAT words, definitions, exercises and lesson plans. This unique, interactive workbook was designed to be used in conjunction with Flocabulary's debut CD: A Dictionary and A Microphone . Flocabulary is the most effective SAT verbal tool on the market, harnessing the power of music and rhyme ...