Books with author David Lewman

William Mesny ran off to sea as a boy and jumped ship at Shanghai in 1860 when he was just 18. Amid the chaos of foreign intrigue and civil war in 19th-century China, he became a smuggler, a prisoner of the Taiping rebels, a gun-runner and finally enlisted in the Chinese military. After five years of fierce campaigning against the Miao in remote Guizhou province, Mesny rose to the rank of general and used this privileged position to travel around China – to the borders with Burma, Tibet and Vietnam – writing opinionated newspaper articles, collecting plants and advising government officials on the development of railways, telegraphs and other modern reforms. Mesny eventually settled in Shanghai with a 16-year-old concubine and published Mesny's Chinese Miscellany, a weekly magazine about his experiences. But his story was not to end well. After his implication in an illicit arms deal, his fortunes never recovered, and when he died in 1919 he was working as a desk clerk. David Leffman has spent over 15 years footstepping Mesny's travels across China, interviewing locals and piecing together his life story from contemporary journals, private letters and newspaper articles.

The AP Calculus (AB) book has six sample exams consisting of 45 multiple-choice questions and 6 free-response questions in each sample exam. Section I Part A consists of 28 multiple-choice questions and does not allow the use of a calculator; and Section I Part B consists of 17 multiple-choice questions and requires a graphing calculator for some questions. Section II consists of 6 free response questions. Section II Part A consists of two free-response questions for which graphing calculators are required, and Section II Part B consists of four free-response questions for which graphing calculators are not allowed. In addition, the book has workspace area for students to work out each problem (multiple-choice and free-response), an index which acts as a cross reference for all multiple-choice questions, and a separate Answer Key for the multiple-choice and free-response section of each sample exam. Thousands of high schools throughout the country who are using our books find that they make a significant impact on student test scores.

Make Me Laugh Rhymes are full of clever concepts, interesting characters, strong rhymes and fun twists that tickle the funny bone of kids at all ages. Volume 3 includes, "No Fishing", "Trick'n a Chicken", and "Fruity". These books have adorable illustrations to keep the pages turning. Enjoy the poems as fun bedtime bed-rhyme readers or anytime you want a laugh! Read them to your kids, or let them read the poems on their own. They will come to love poetry while they laugh.Excerpt from "No Fishing”Said Mr. Trout to Miss Bass"I am looking for a little lassWho wants to settle downOn the right side of town. . .- where they don't allow fishing." - Download the book for the full content and have a giggle with your littles tonight!

Make Me Laugh Rhymes are funny poems full of clever concepts, interesting characters, strong rhymes and fun twists that tickle the funny bone of kids at all ages. Volume 6 includes, "In the Beginning", "Prototype Man", and “Differences". These books have adorable illustrations to keep the pages turning. Enjoy the poems as fun bedtime bed-rhyme readers or anytime you want a laugh! Read them to your kids, or let them read the poems on their own. They will come to love poetry while they laugh.Excerpt from "Prototype Man”The Neanderthal had a very small brain,And was an important part of the dinosaur food chain.He ate rodents and insects and all sorts of fishes,But he was one of the sabertooth’s favorite dishes. - Download the book for the full content and have a giggle with your littles tonight!