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A delightfully fun, fact-filled planetary tale from the creator of the Baby University series! Travel around the solar system and celebrate what makes each planet unique! From Neptune to Mercury and all the planets in between, each one is different and each one is happy to be what they are. Old slow Neptune looks a bit behind. Orbiting the Sun takes an awful long time. But the 8th little planet doesn't need to worry. It spins on its axis in a really big hurry! Vibrant, joyful art, playful verse, and a fun die-cut shape are sure to have astronomers of all ages celebrating their own uniqueness while they party with the planets. Product details Format Board book | 18 pages ...

The Fake News Panic of a Century Ago: Reflections on Globalization, Democracy, and the Media is a study in intellectual and social history, focusing on the ways in which public information has been shared over time, and the changing implications of ideas such as globalization and democracy. Just as the term "fake news" has recently exploded into public consciousness, so did the concept of "propaganda" a century ago. Then, as now, the terminology both intr Product details Format Hardback | 394 pages Dimensions 178 x 254 ...

Teaching and Learning Language Arts from a Diverse Perspective: An Anthology introduces future educators to theories, instructional strategies, and student activities to help them effectively prepare to teach English language arts. With a focus on inclusivity, the author introduces readers to specific populations of learners and provides them with teaching approaches that support special and exceptional groups of students. Throughout 10 chapters, readers learn how to create a culture of learning within a classroom, how to successfully work with English Language Learners, foundational knowledge about spectrum disorders, and how to serve students with emotional disturbances. Additional chapters address how to facilitate academic and social achievement for students with hearing loss, speech and language impairments, and mild or moderate intellectual disabilities. The book closes with a chapter dedicated to the successful instruction of gifted and talented students. Through engaging activi...

Lyndon Baines Johnson, Margaret Thatcher, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Barack Obama, Gordon Brown, Theresa May, and Donald Trump: each had different motivations, methods, and paths, but they all sought the highest office. And yet when they reached their goal, they often found that the power they had imagined was illusory. Their sweeping visions of reform faltered. They faced bureaucratic obstructions, but often the biggest obstruction was their own character. However, their personalities could help them as much as hurt them. Arguably the most successful of them, LBJ showed little indication that he supported what he is best known for - the Civil Rights Act - but his grit, resolve, and brute political skill saw him bend Congress to his will. David Runciman tackles the limitations of high office and how the personal histories of those who achieved the very pinnacles of power helped to define their successes and failures in office. These portraits show what characters are most effective in t...

From its 1790 founding until 1974, Washington, D.C.--capital of "the land of the free--lacked democratically elected city leadership. Fed up with governance dictated by white stakeholders, federal officials, and unelected representatives, local D.C. activists catalyzed a new phase of the fight for home rule. Amid the upheavals of the 1960s, they gave expression to the frustrations of black residents and wrestled for control of their city. Bringing together histories of the carceral and welfare states, as well as the civil rights and Black Power movements, Lauren Elizabeth Pearlman narrates this struggle for self-determination in the nation's capital. She captures the transition from black protest to black political power under the Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon administrations and against the backdrop of local battles over the War on Poverty and the War on Crime. Through intense clashes over funds and programming, Washington residents pushed for greater participatory democra...

Did you know Band-Aids were invented by accident?! And that they weren't mass-produced until the Boy Scouts gave their seal of approval? 1920s cotton buyer Earle Dickson worked for Johnson & Johnson and had a klutzy wife who often cut herself. The son of a doctor, Earle set out to create an easier way for her to bandage her injuries. Band-Aids were born, but Earle's bosses at the pharmaceutical giant weren't convinced, and it wasn't until the Boy Scouts of America tested Earle's prototype that this ubiquitous household staple was made available to the public. Soon Band-Aids were selling like hotcakes, and the rest is boo-boo history. Appealingly designed and illustrated, an engaging, fun story -- Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW Product details Format Hardback ...

As much as Rick Bayless loves the bold flavors of Mexican food, he understands that preparing many Mexican specialties requires more time than most of us have for weeknight dinners. Mexican Everyday is written with an understanding of how busy we all are. It is a collection of 90 full-flavored recipes-like Green Chile Chicken Tacos, Shrimp Ceviche Salad, Chipotle Steak with Black Beans-that meet three criteria for "everyday" food: 1) most need less than 30 minutes' involvement; 2) they have the fresh, delicious taste of simple, authentic preparations; and 3) they are nutritionally balanced, fully rounded meals-no elaborate side dishes required. Filled with recipes featured on Rick's Public Television series, Mexico-One Plate at a Time, this book provides dishes you can enjoy with family and friends, day in and day out. Product details Format ...

"Eco wittily and enchantingly develops themes often touched on in his previous works, but he delves deeper into their complex nature . . . this collection can be read with pleasure by those unversed in semiotic theory." -Times Literary Supplement Product details Format Paperback | 256 pages Dimensions 155 x 235 x 19.05mm | 399.16g Publication...

What is the way forward for the church? Tragically, in recent years, Christians have gotten used to revelations of abuses of many kinds in our most respected churches--from Willow Creek to Harvest, from Southern Baptist pastors to Sovereign Grace churches. Respected author and theologian Scot McKnight and former Willow Creek member Laura Barringer wrote this book to paint a pathway forward for the church. We need a better way. The sad truth is that churches of all shapes and sizes are susceptible to abuses of power, sexual abuse, and spiritual abuse. Abuses occur most frequently when Christians neglect to create a culture that resists abuse and promotes healing, safety, and spiritual growth. How do we keep these devastating events from repeating themselves? We need a map to get us from where we are today to where we ought to be as the body of Christ. That map is in a mysterious and beautiful little Hebrew word in Scripture that we translate "good," the word tov. In this book...

As the recession worsens, more and more Americans must turn to welfare to make ends meet. Once inside the agency, the newly jobless will face a bureaucracy that has undergone massive change since the advent of welfare reform in 1996. A behind-the-scenes look at bureaucracy's human face, "The New Welfare Bureaucrats" is a compelling study of welfare officers and how they navigate the increasingly tangled political and emotional terrain of their jobs. Celeste Watkins-Hayes here reveals how welfare reform engendered a shift in focus for caseworkers from simply providing monetary aid to the much more complex process of helping recipients find work. Now that welfare officers are both more intimately involved in their clients' lives and wield greater power over their well-being, their racial, class, and professional identities have become increasingly important factors in their work. Based on the author's extensive fieldwork in two very different communities in the nort...

There are many books on the market providing advice on how to structure your finances, take control of your spending and improve your savings habits. But once you have your finances in order, many find themselves asking "What now?" Engines of Wealth answers this question with a step-by-step guide to building a commercial property portfolio that leverages your savings to create a long-term engine of wealth. This investment approach delivers a positively geared income that is indexed to inflation and will be there for your family long into the future. Engines of Wealth provides a solution to the problem facing many young Australians of today: how to purchase a home in the face of increasing residential property prices. Phillip recommends a completely different approach: invest first in commercial properties that have a lower barrier to entry, build equity that can then be leveraged for a home purchase later. This means anyone, no matter what age, can build wealth that brings th...

The lively real-world infographics at the start of every unit encourage students to express their own ideas and think critically about the world around them and current topics. Exam tips, graded language and skills exercises develop exam technique, plus Exam challenge activities provide graded exposure to realistic exam practice. The Student's Book includes a full practice test, as well as access to Online Practice, and another full practice test online. The Online Practice features grammar, vocabulary and skills exercises, 'speak and record' activities, plus extra exam practice tasks. The automatic marking, dictionary look-up and feedback on answers provide students with support outside the classroom. Product details Format  CD-Audio Dimensions  129 x 141 x 9mm | 98g Publication date  29 Jan 2015 Publisher   Oxford University Press Publication City/Country  Oxford, United Kingdom Language  English ISBN10  0194705382 ISBN13  9780194705387 Bestsellers rank  1,239,006 Downloa...

Petit Ours Brun visite la ferme : il est tout excité de voir les animaux ! Mais oh, oh, voilà les vaches ! Petit Ours Brun est un peu inquiet... Product details Publication date 19 Jun 2014 Publisher Bayard Editions Jeunesse Publication City/Country Montrouge, France Language French ...

________________________________________ Obsessed with Netflix's Mindhunter? Celebrate the launch of Season 2 with the bestselling true story of how one underfunded FBI team became the first to explore the dark world of serial murderers. John Douglas is a former FBI Special Agent and expert in criminal profiling and behavioural science. He made a career of looking evil in the eye - and understanding it. No wonder that he was the inspiration for Special Agent Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs, as well as the film's consultant on the reality of serial killers. Douglas invented and established the practice of criminal profiling, and submerged himself in the world of serial killers in a quest to understand why they killed, and to help prevent more innocent lives from being ended by future killers. As his serial crime unit developed from a derided two-bit operation in a dingy officer to one of the FBI's elite task forces, Douglas personally confronted the most terribl...

Optimal vorbereitet in die schriftliche Steuerberaterprüfung! Anleitung zur konkreten Bearbeitung der Steuerberaterklausuren! Die drei schriftlichen Prüfungsklausuren sind die ersten großen Hürden auf dem steinigen Weg zum Steuerberater. Oftmals fehlen den Examenskandidaten nur zwei oder drei Punkte, um diese Hürden zu meistern. Das darf nicht sein. Das vorliegende Buch zeigt mit Bearbeitungsschemata und Formulierungshilfen eine punkteorientierte Klausurbearbeitung auf und macht damit die schriftliche Prüfung kalkulierbarer. Oft liegen die sogenannten Fußgängerpunkte auf der "Klausurstraße" und müssen nur aufgehoben werden. Darauf zielt das Buch ab. Die Autoren haben die Originalklausuren der letzten 15 Jahre ausgewertet. Sie zeigen standardisierte Klausureinstiege, typisierte Lösungswege und Formulierungshilfen auf, an die sich die Examenskandidaten im Ernstfall halten können. Die zu erwartenden Klausurschwerpunkte und Themenfelder werden umfassend aufbereitet und vorgestell...

Are you excited about Photoshop but not how to use the features? Check out our high quality examples of advanced Photoshop features in this book. A book dedicated to walking you through how to use Photoshop on a more advanced level. These examples represent nearly 90% of the work done in Photoshop on a daily basis. These examples range from changing the eye color of an individual, completely changing the background of a person, developing oval-type portraits and much more. Here's What You'll Learn in This Book: Basic Photoshop Tools Example to use Blurring in Photoshop Color Grading Photoshop Example Layers Photoshop Example Color Manipulation Photoshop Example Photoshop Keyborad Shortcuts Product details Format Hardback | 86 pages ...

With paintings that capture all the beauty of Appalachia in authentic detail, this tender story about a resourceful mountain girl's special coat will touchreaders with its affirming message of love and friendship. Product details For ages 9-12 Format Hardback | 32 pages Dimensions 210 x 260 x 19mm | 310g ...

What happens to your body after you have died? Fertilizer? Crash Test Dummy? Human Dumpling? Ballistics Practise? Life after death is not as simple as it looks. Mary Roach's Stiff lifts the lid off what happens to our bodies once we have died. Bold, original and with a delightful eye for detail, Roach tells us everything we wanted to know about this new frontier in medical science. Interweaving present-day explorations with a history of past attempts to study what it means to be human Stiff is a deliciously dark investigations for readers of popular science as well as fans of the macabre Product details Format Paperback | 304 pages Dimensions ...

Zac is sent to the Great Icy Pole to investigate suspicious activity in the area. It's a freezing, scary place where your eyeballs can freeze in their sockets and your fingers can snap off! And if Zac misses his helicopter ride back, he'll be stuck there all winter. . . . Product details For ages 12-17 Format Paperback | 91 pages Dimensions 137 x 194 x 7mm ...

This adaptation of the book Hillary Clinton calls "a page-turning drama and an inspiration" will spark the attention of young readers and teach them about activism, civil rights, and the fight for women's suffrage--just in time for the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. Includes an eight-page photo insert! American women are so close to winning the right to vote. They've been fighting for more than seventy years and need approval from just one more state. But suffragists face opposition from every side, including the "Antis"--women who don't want women to have the right to vote. It's more than a fight over politics; it's a debate over the role of women and girls in society, and whether they should be considered equal to men and boys. Over the course of one boiling-hot summer, Nashville becomes a bitter battleground. Both sides are willing to do anything it takes to win, and the suffragists--led by brave activis...

The art of negotiation--from one of the country's most eminent practitioners and the Chair of the Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation. One of the country's most eminent practitioners of the art and science of negotiation offers practical advice for the most challenging conflicts--when you are facing an adversary you don't trust, who may harm you, or who you may even feel is evil. This lively, informative, emotionally compelling book identifies the tools one needs to make wise decisions about life's most challenging conflicts. Product details Format Paperback | 320 pages Dimensions ...

Want to learn more about how GoogleDocs can increase your productivity? Look no further than our new 3-panel guide, which features the latest, most up-to-date information about this powerful suite of online products. Each GoogleDocs application--from word processing to spreadsheets--is examined in detail through step-by-step instructions, key definitions and full-color screen shots. Every GoogleDocs user will want to have this comprehensive reference tool by his or her side! Product details Format Fold-out book or chart | 6 pages Dimensions 215 x 279 ...

Strategic Industry-University Partnerships: Success-Factors from Innovative Companies unveils insights of experts from leading companies on managing partnerships with universities. Industry-university partnerships have proved vital to innovation, and although these partnerships can be challenging, careful choices and wise management around five success-factors leads to a systematic approach that unlocks value for both parties. University assessments of these partnerships have been widely described, but industry perspectives are less well understood. This volume captures observations of leading international corporations without omitting university views. It can serve all partners in alliances as a guide to strengthening their organizations. Product details Format Paperback | 2...

Fiction. From Aztec princess to slave and concubine, Hummingbird--or HuitzitzilAAn in her native Nahuatl--recounts her life during the Spanish conquest of Mexico to Father Benito, the priest who seeks to confess and convert her, to offer her an absolution she neither needs nor wants. Instead, she forces him to see the conquest, for the first time, through the eyes of the conquered. Other novels by Graciela Limon available from SPD include IN SEARCH OF BERNABE, THE DAY OF THE MOON, ERASED FACES, and THE MEMORIES OF ANA CALDERON. Product details Format Paperback | 217 pages Dimensions 140.21 ...

Discover who the aliens are - the benevolent ones and those who mean us harm - and what they want from us. Here is the ultimate field guide to the 82 extraterrestrial species that populate the universe. Fully illustrated throughout. This is the ultimate field guide to the 82 extraterrestrial species that populate the universe. ET enthusiast Craig Campobasso explores the origins, physical characteristics, technological and consciousness abilities, dimensional capacities, belief systems, and cosmic agendas of each of the species. The species fall into two categories: 1) benevolent races, which function as the guardians of humanity, whose goals include helping people overcome duality, healing, and protecting; and 2) malevolent races, which are responsible for abductions, cloning, and ultimately domination. This intergalactic expose will entertain all those interested in UFOs, aliens, ETs. Sci-fi and fantasy fans of the Marvel universe; Star Trek, Star Wars, and other popular TV shows like...