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IlluStory Make Your Own Story Kit
$21.95
My 6 year old daughter got this as a Christmas gift and she and my 8 year old son decided to do it together. He was the author and she the illustrator. It was a great family acivity and the company was wonderful. My son spelled his cousins name differently on 2 pages and they caught it and actually called me personally to check. The finally copy was adorable and it made a wonderful gift for their grandfather who cried when he recieved it. I would definitely do this again!

Authors of Their Own Lives: Intellectual Autobiographies by Twenty American Sociologists
$37.95
All students and scholars are curious about the human faces behind the impersonal rhetoric of academic disciplines. Here twenty of America's most prominent sociologists recount the intellectual and biographical events that shaped their careers. Family history, ethnicity, fear, private animosities, extraordinary determination, and sometimes plain good fortune are among the many forces that combine to mold the individual talents presented in Authors of Their Own Lives. With contributions from women and men, young and old, native-born Americans and immigrants, quantitative scholars and qualitative ones, this book provides a fascinating source for students and professional sociologists alike.
Some of the autobiographies maintain their reserve, others are profoundly revealing. Their subjects range from childhood, educational, and intellectual influences, to academic careerism and burnout, to the history of American sociology. Authors stands alone as a deeply personal autobiographical account of contemporary sociology.

White Thong with Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.
$12.99
5.8 oz., 100% combed ringspun cotton low-rise thong. 1x1 baby rib. 3/8 binding around matching elastic trim.

Computer Game Maker Lite
$29.95
Ok, so it's a Pygmalion sort of situation. I have fallen in love with my own "invention." As a former teacher of the deaf, I noticed that my students loved playing the old MECC software "memory" game. I remember my little red-headed student, Amber, clicking on the word "tooth" and "brush" and being delighted when she made a match. The problem? The sight words "tooth" and "brush" were not in her recognizable reading vocabulary as yet, and she had no idea she was creating the new word "toothbrush".

Watching Amber, I thought, "I wish I had control over this content." I knew the kind of games I would make for Amber and my other students if I had this capability. I would add words that were merging into her recognizable sight reading vocabulary and pictures to match. I'd make a game of vocabulary from new units we were studying or of content that was motivating to her.

And so, with the help of a seasoned software developer, I did just that. He and I created our OWN computer "memory" game. Before long, our company decided that we needed to make this game customizable for EVERYONE. Voila', we have Computer Game Maker-Lite - an easy-to-use, do-it-yourself, inexpensive piece of software that allows the user to add his or her own content, pictures, and even voice! My former colleagues in Speech Pathology and Deaf Ed. find this software easy to use and the games they create, motivating. We even have had businesses purchase Computer Game Maker-Lite for employee training. Computer Game Maker-Lite is an off-shoot of our older Computer Game Maker. The LITE version is focused solely on the memory game, has the capability of adding voice with mp3 files, and is easy to use! That's why we call it "Lite". Our newest version also has a choice of "card backs" and screen background colors, to make games that are appropriate for all ages from pre-schoolers to life-long learners!

A recent customer who purchased "Computer Game Maker-Lite" sent us an email with this comment:

So in general, I know your prices are lower than others. That is the original reason why I contacted you about the Game Maker Lite program.

1. You had exactly what we were looking for at the time
2. The price was much lower than anyone else we could find.
3. The program was super easy for us to use.


So, you can understand why I love this software program we've created, and I hope you'll fall in love with it too. It really is my very own Pygmalion.