Introduces the dos and don'ts of English grammar--ranging from punctuation to spelling and sentence construction--using humorous, down-to earth examples.

"This book--for junior and senior high school students--asks students meaningful questions about their reading preferences and difficulties and helps them discover what type of reader they are and how to improve overall comprehension. Guided by the author, who is an experienced teacher, students will gain important and useful techniques and exercises to learn how to read with ease, and to comprehend what they are reading. Most important, they discover...

Learn how to solve fun fractions puzzles by using simple math rules, see how understanding fractions will help you figure out practical problems in everyday life, and discover painless methods for learning to use fractions, convert them into decimals and percentages, and more.

This grammar tutorial will help you lean how to construct sentences the right way, to utilize your grammar knowledge for fun school activities, and to test your learning progress with quizzes, and more.

Introduces the language, number systems, integers, and different types of problems of algebra, including variables, quadratic equations, exponents, roots, and radicals.

A guide for improving students' writing skills and technique.

"Titles in Barron's extensive Painless Series cover a wide range of subjects as they are taught on middle school and high school levels. These books are written for students who find the subjects unusually difficult and confusing--or in many cases, just plain boring. Barron's Painless Series authors' main goal is to clear up students' confusion and perk up their interest by emphasizing the intriguing and often exciting ways in which they can put each...

Presents a guide to the fundamentals of Earth science, including the studies of geology, earthquakes, volcanoes, and climate, and provides quizzes with full explanations of each answer.