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Arthur K. Wheelock, Johannes Vermeer

Harry N. Abrams, 1997

A beautiful collections of paintings -- Johannes Vermeer
I must confess that I knew Vermeer when I watched the movie "Girl with a Pearl Earring", a not very known movie from 2003, but with a very good story based on the life of this painter. When I bought this book I thought was a normal size book, but it is double the size ...

Readings From Wheelock's Latin

Frederic M. Wheelock

Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2006

Makes Latin sound sexy...
These recordings are a required item for a course that I am taking. THe teacher is Richard A. Lafleur, who is the editor of Wheelock's Latin, so I am going to assume that his recommendation is a good one. I am just getting started with the course but so far I am ...

Wheelock's Latin GrammarQuick!

Richard A. LaFleur, Brad Tillery

Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2007

Wheelock Latin Aid
Wonderful concise condensation of Latin grammar protocol. Laminated, three hole punched for your notebook, built rugged for lasting value. With this and Traupman's* Latin English Dictionary, you will be set to face Cicero et al. *The Bantam New College Latin & English ...

Workbook for Wheelock's Latin

Paul T. Comeau, Richard A. Lafleur

Collins, 2000

Everything a teacher might want.
The text and this workbook are excellent. You need a live teacher to be successful with this study. The teacher will appreciate this workbook only with thee text it is to accompany. This text and workbook are slightly on the AP side of difficulty but still great for ...

Vocabulary Cards and Grammatical Forms Summary for Wheelock's Latin

Richard A. Lafleur, Brad Tillery

Bolchazy Carducci Pub, 2003

Not as bad as all that.
Before buying this product I read a number of negative reviews about it. Most of which talked about the poor quality of the paper used for the cards, how the cards themselves tore easily. As for the provided box to hold the cards in I agree that it is useless, but the ...

Wheelock's Latin Reader, 2e: Selections from Latin Literature (The Wheelock's Latin Series)

Richard A. Lafleur

Collins, 2001

This is for use AFTER Wheelock's Latin
I will revise this review after I read the book, but please note that this is meant to be used AFTER Wheelock's Latin, not simultaneously with it. For simultaneous use, see 38 Latin Stories Designed to Accompany Frederic M. Wheelock's Latin.

Wheelock's Latin (Wheelock's Latin)

Frederic M. Wheelock, Richard A. Lafleur

Collins, 2005

If you want to study Latin as an undergraduate or graduate student...
...this book is tough to beat. The text along with it's workbook and grammar/vocabulary lists are great for the adult learner.

A Comprehensive Guide to Wheelock's Latin: Newly Revised for Wheelock's 6th Edition

Dale A. Grote

Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2001

Let There Be Light
I've been trying to teach myself Latin off and on for years and I purchased the Wheelock book and workbook recently at the suggestion of my brother, a scholar of Latin and Greek. The books are awesome and well written but I often found myself in the dark about grammar ...

Jan Lievens: A Dutch Master Rediscovered (National Gallery Of Art, Washington)

Arthur K. Wheelock

Yale University Press, 2008

Disappointing reproductions
I have just viewed the exhibit at the National Gallery of Art. I was most interested in the oil portraits, and I confess I found them stunning. I hoped to purchase the accompanying text, but after looking at both the hard cover copy and the soft cover copy, I chose ...

38 Latin Stories Designed to Accompany Frederic M. Wheelock's Latin

Anne H. Groton, James M. May

Bolchazy Carducci, 1998

Smooth Transition to Reading Latin
The "38 Stories" in the book, edited to form a progression in difficulty, are an excellent introduction to reading actual Latin authors. The most frustrating time in a Latin student's course of study may be this transition from memorizing grammatical forms to applying ...

Cumulative Chapter Vocabulary Lists for Wheelock's Latin: 6th Edition

Richard A. Lafleur, Brad Tillery

Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2006

Gives exactly what it promises
Any teacher using Wheelock will instantly recognize the utility of a book that lets one know precisely what vocabulary a student has met up to a particular chapter. I like writing stories for my kids and this book helps me know exactly which words I need to gloss. Note ...

Johannes Vermeer

Arthur K. Wheelock, Ben Broos

Yale University Press, 1995

Perfection on a canvas and in a book to take home
The year was 1995. The place was the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. The occasion was the exhibit of 21 of the known three dozen paintings by Johannes Vermeer, Dutch master of the seventeenth century. I missed the exhibit, too, but I have this 12 x 9 1/2 ...

Crossing the Tracks: How "Untracking" Can Save America's Schools
Anne Wheelock

New Press, 1993

One of the hottest controversies in educational circles today concerns the practice of "tracking," or grouping students by ability, beginning in the early grades. With chapters on parental involvement, teacher training, curriculum reform, student aspirations, and examples of programs and practices that have been tried across the nation, Crossing ...

Wheelock's Latin: The Classic Introductory Latin Course, Based on Ancient Authors

Frederic M. Wheelock, Richard A. LaFleur

HarperCollins, 2000

Sorry, folks--Latin IS grammar, and if you don't want to learn it, you can't translate
People who think it is possible to learn Latin the way one would learn a spoken language are going to be mightily disappointed with this book--but they also have no understanding of what Latin is. If you don't learn Latin grammar systamatically and technically, you ...

Rocketdyne: Powering Humans into Space (AIAA Education)

Robert S. Kraemer, Vince Wheelock

AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast, 2005

Rocketdyne: Powering Humans Into Space
I am hungry for liquid rocket engine information, this book helped satisfy that hunger, I loved the authors writing style and found the book easy to read and informative,it was a joy to read about the people involved and the troubles they had to overcome to create ...