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George Bull

George Bull was an author and journalist who translated six volumes for the Penguin Classics: Benvenuto Cellini’s AutobiographyThe Book of the Courtier by Baldesar Castiglione, Giorgio Vasari’s Lives of the Artists (two volumes), The Prince by Machiavelli, and Pietro Aretino’s Selected Letters. He was also consultant editor to the Penguin Business Series. After studying history at Brasenose College, University of Oxford, George Bull worked for the Financial Times, McGraw-Hill World News, and for Director magazine, of which he was editor in chief until 1984. His other books include Vatican Politics; Bid for Power (with Anthony Vice), a history of takeover bids; Renaissance Italy, a book for children; Venice: The Most Triumphant City; and Inside the Vatican.

PRH Education High School Collections

All reading communities should contain protected time for the sake of reading. Independent reading practices emphasize the process of making meaning through reading, not an end product. The school culture (teachers, administration, etc.) should affirm this daily practice time as inherently important instructional time for all readers. (NCTE, 2019)   The Penguin Random House High

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PRH Education Translanguaging Collections

Translanguaging is a communicative practice of bilinguals and multilinguals, that is, it is a practice whereby bilinguals and multilinguals use their entire linguistic repertoire to communicate and make meaning (García, 2009; García, Ibarra Johnson, & Seltzer, 2017)   It is through that lens that we have partnered with teacher educators and bilingual education experts, Drs.

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PRH Education Classroom Libraries

“Books are a students’ passport to entering and actively participating in a global society with the empathy, compassion, and knowledge it takes to become the problem solvers the world needs.” –Laura Robb   Research shows that reading and literacy directly impacts students’ academic success and personal growth. To help promote the importance of daily independent

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