Books with author Stone

SSAT (Middle) & ISEE (Middle/Lower) Vocabulary Helping you learn hundreds of words quickly with; Fun Cartoons, Synonyms/Antonyms & Sentences for EACH Word! To improve your memory you must increase the number and variety of your mental associations.When you learn new words, make sure you learn them in a context.It is far easier to remember a picture than an abstract concept. So the trick to remember an abstract word, is to turn it into a picture. And….. It is much easier to picture a sentence rather than picture a word in isolation.When you create the picture, make sure it meets one or more of the following criteria so that it ‘sticks’.OUT OF PROPORTION - In all your images, try to distort size and shape. You can imagine things much larger than their normal size or conversely, microscopically small.SUBSTITUTION - You could visualise footballers kicking a television around a football pitch instead of a football, or pens growing on a tree instead of leaves. Substituting an out of place item in an image increases the probability of recall.EXAGGERATION - Try to picture a very large quantity in your images.MOVEMENT - Any movement or action is always easy to remember.HUMOUR - The funnier, more absurd and zany you can make your images, the more memorable they will be.Applying multiple combination of these five principles when forming your images will help make your mental associations truly outstanding and memorable.At first, you may find that you need to consciously apply one or more of the five principles in order to make your pictures sufficiently ludicrous. After a little practice however, you should find that applying the principles becomes an automatic and natural process. Some UNIQUE features of this book; -All the hard work done for you. Over 200 words converted into pictures utilizing the concepts above!-Focus on words likely to appear in the SSAT (Middle) & ISEE (Middle/Lower) Exams-Synonyms/Antonyms and Sentences for EACH word- Over 1500 high frequency SSAT/ISEE words in total!!

SSAT (Middle/Elementary) & ISEE (Middle/Lower) Vocabulary II This is the second volume of the bestselling “SSAT & ISEE Vocabulary” book and has been written due to the strong demand from students, teachers and parents. Helping you learn hundreds of words quickly with; Fun Cartoons, Synonyms/Antonyms & Sentences for EACH Word! To improve your memory you must increase the number and variety of your mental associations.When you learn new words, make sure you learn them in a context.It is far easier to remember a picture than an abstract concept. So the trick to remember an abstract word, is to turn it into a picture. And….. It is much easier to picture a sentence rather than picture a word in isolation.When you create the picture, make sure it meets one or more of the following criteria so that it ‘sticks’.OUT OF PROPORTION - In all your images, try to distort size and shape. You can imagine things much larger than their normal size or conversely, microscopically small.SUBSTITUTION - You could visualise footballers kicking a television around a football pitch instead of a football, or pens growing on a tree instead of leaves. Substituting an out of place item in an image increases the probability of recall.EXAGGERATION - Try to picture a very large quantity in your images.MOVEMENT - Any movement or action is always easy to remember.HUMOUR - The funnier, more absurd and zany you can make your images, the more memorable they will be.Applying multiple combination of these five principles when forming your images will help make your mental associations truly outstanding and memorable.At first, you may find that you need to consciously apply one or more of the five principles in order to make your pictures sufficiently ludicrous. After a little practice however, you should find that applying the principles becomes an automatic and natural process. Some UNIQUE features of this book; -All the hard work done for you. Over 200 words converted into pictures utilizing the concepts above!-Focus on words likely to appear in the SSAT (Middle) & ISEE (Middle/Lower) Exams-Synonyms/Antonyms and Sentences for EACH word- Over 1500 high frequency SSAT/ISEE words in total!

It’s the tribal legends of the Coyotes (CYOT) Tribe that holds the key to the question that has intrigued mankind for years, “Do the Sasquatch exist?” As the history of the tribe unfolds they must ask themselves if they can stand against whatever creatures are killing the residents of Chelan Falls and the Reservation.The gruesome deaths remain unsolved and the victim’s bodies are the only clues that Sheriff Jack Talking-Crow and Deputy Seth Cole have to go on. Who are the blood thirsty creatures responsible? Mountain lions, wolves, coyotes, zombie beasts, a cult and the Sasquatch have all made the headlines! Solving the killings is Deputy Seth Cole’s priority, that is, if he can stay focused on the investigation. Ever since meeting Sage Running-Bear he can think of nothing else but her and between her, his job, and fighting off his old girlfriend Lauren, he has little time to spare. Chief Running-Bear, Sage’s father will do anything to keep her away from Seth, but why? The answers to these questions will surprise you. Be prepared to believe in things that you would normally not believe in as you experience Chelan Falls and its residents in a way you can’t imagine.

Things are heating up at Lincoln High. Dr. Alexander and Antoinette Von-Allenberg taught Vampires 101 last semester and despite their hope for young vampires to take the class only one vampire, Emma had taken it. Now it is time for Vampires 200 and a gang of dangerous vampire students have showed up, vampires with no respect for human life. After two students turn up dead at the school dance, sparks fly between Luke, the leader of the vampires and Alexander and Antoinette. Luke’s interest in Ariel, Alexander’s human girlfriend fuels the fire between them and soon a personal war ensues! Can Antoinette and Alexander turn some of Luke’s gang from him? What happens will surprise you, Luke is out for revenge, and Ariel might just be the way to get it!

Ariel has been kidnapped by Luke and his friends and taken to Calicia Claig’s coven in Canada, what does Calicia want from Alexander and Antoinette? Alexander and Antoinette mount a rescue with the help of Mia, Zack and Jeremy, but will they arrive in time to save her? Meanwhile back at Lincoln High things are sizzling! Melissa and Levi’s deaths were ruled an accident but Erin and David suspect murder and that Luke and his friends are to blame, will they learn the truth? There are two days left in the semester and Mirka, Lauren and Joseph volunteer to teach class, can they successfully fend off Principle Hines until their teachers return?And lastly, in the midst of all that has happened, the most important issue remains, has Luke changed Ariel? Alexander is forced to make the ultimate sacrifice.

Three thirteen-year old boys meet by chance over their summer vacations in a small and boring seaport village in Nova Scotia. They become friends by necessity; end up searching for pirate treasure and trying to solve the 250 -year old mystery of the Oak Island Money Pit. Seth Goldstein is the wimpy but super- intelligent son of a powerful New York City attorney. Jake Harris is a muscular, football fanatic from an oil family in Horseshoe Bay, Texas and Rob Harmon is a troubled, long-haired surfer kid from San Diego.One day while taking a short cut through and alley they are approached by a homeless man who makes them an unusual and speculative offer- a treasure map! Although highly suspicious the boys accept the man's deal. The deal as it turns out will take them on a quest through nearly five-hundred years of history, from the Spanish Conquistadors, to the American Revolution to present day.Unbeknownst to them they are not the only one looking for this treasure. For more than two hundred years since another trio of teens in 1795 found the first clues the legend of treasure buried on Oak Island has been one involving pirates, presidents, powerful, greedy people and obsessed treasure hunters. The boys are in danger before they know it. Soon they realize they are risking their lives at every turn but are too far in to turn back. The perils of their journey force them to reach deep inside themselves for the strength and character they will need to survive. It is an adventure that will change their lives forever.

Blood, Gore, and Faith! Drafted and imprisoned in time. Forced to train in nightmares and suffer countless deaths. Deposited in a world where believers are reviled and marginalized. How does a Christian walk in the light while others are descending into a world of blood, gore, and darkness?Quarantined with the rest of the faithful to prevent them from “infecting or offending” others with their delusional beliefs, but they should have been worried about a different type of infection.As the zombie outbreak explodes and the world descends into chaos, can Private Garden and the rest of Company J hold the line? Will they be able to maintain their faith in God as the bodies start to pile up and they are forced to make the tough choices?

Meet, Dr. Alexander and Antoinette Von-Allenberg, a brother/sister vampire Duo who moved from England to teach a mythology course called “Vampires 101” at Lincoln High, located in the Goose Hollow Neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. Why would a vampire want to teach a course about vampires? What are Alexander and Antoinette really doing at Lincoln High? Enter, Emma a troubled rebellious teenage vampire who hates her life because she had to move from Fairbanks, Alaska to Portland, Oregon with her vampire family and leave her human boyfriend and one true love “Taylor”. In “Vampires 101” the truth about vampires is finally exposed, where did they come from? Did they evolve or were they created? When did they first surface in society? And do they really exist? What Emma learns in “Vampires 101” answers a lot of questions that that she had for the last forty-five years of her existence and what she does learn will change her life forever!

When she was six, my granddaughter Charlotte sent this charming, spontaneous thank-you card to Santa in early January. She became totally convinced that she held the honor of being the first child to write him an after Christmas note when he told her so in his next Santa letter. Opening letters from Santa has been a tradition in our family for two generations. On Christmas mornings, my sons as well as my grand girls have always taken them out of their stockings to read even before checking out their gifts. After enjoying this book, why not begin both traditions in your family? If you do, your holidays will become more heart-warming, and Santa's secret wish will come true much sooner.