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Melding the details of her own experience with the familial biographies of well-known contemporary writers, Miller recreates common experience -- the loss of a father or a mother -- and exposes the often tortuous paths of mourning and attachment that we follow in the wake of loss. She offers pieces of personal history, revealing the mixed emotions provoked by her mother's sudden death from cancer and her father's painful struggle with Parkinso...

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At the threshold of the Post-PC era, as students' expectations change, reference and instruction librarians are responding with new services. In this issue of Library Technology Reports Virginia Tech librarians Miller, Meir, and Moorfield-Lang offer a collection of first-hand accounts of academic library projects using tablets.

What if there was a time when things slowed down? No rotations, activities, or worksheets-just you, your kids, and books. Would you take it?" -Debbie Miller and Barbara Moss We know children learn to read by reading. Is independent reading valuable enough to use precious classroom minutes on? Yes, writes Debbie Miller and Barbara Moss, but only if that time is purposeful. DEAR and SSR aren't enough. Research shows that independent reading must...

Gaia-Verbundenheit beschreibt die dem Menschen innewohnende Fähigkeit, telepathisch mit der spirituellen Erde in Verbindung zu treten, und sie zum Leben erwecken zu können. Das höchste Ziel dieser telepathischen Kommunikation ist, die natürlichen Lebensäußerungen unseres Planeten mit unseren eigenen Lebensäußerungen in Einklang zu bringen, um die Erde zu heilen. Dies geschieht durch bewusst ausgesendete mentale und emotionale Energie des Plane...

For principles of economics, public policy, and social issues courses.Brief, relevant readings that spark independent thinking and classroom discussions.The Economics of Public Issues is a collection of brief, relevant readings that spark independent thinking and classroom discussions in Principles of Economics and Social Issues courses. This text encourages students to apply theoretical discussions to today's important issues and to gain a de...

Develop the research skills you need for success in academic, career, and everyday situations with THE CENGAGE GUIDE TO RESEARCH, 3rd Edition. Recognizing that technology is a part of your daily life, the authors show you how to apply the research skills you use every day (buying a car or choosing a cell phone plan, for example) to academic and professional settings. Annotated student samples, research scenarios, and Techno Tips show you the "...

With a strong focus on problem solving and community-police partnerships, this comprehensive text provides a practical, up-to-date guide to effective community policing. After an introduction to the history and philosophy of the movement that has profoundly shaped modern police operations, the authors emphasize practical strategies and essential skills to help readers apply effective, real-world problem solving within their communities. In lig...

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Do your Customers know you REALLY care? The business world is filled with technology - cell phones, voice mail, blackberries, computers, and laptops. The typical customer can get lost in something as simple as a company's phone routing system. Press 1 if you need information and hours of operation. Press 2 if you need an operator. By the time the customer makes it to a "live" person, they are frustrated or confused!To retain your current custo...

Nonlinear Optical Materials and Devices for Applications in Information Technology takes the reader from fundamental interactions of laser light in materials to the latest developments of digital optical information processing. The book emphasises nonlinear optical interactions in bulk and low-dimensional semiconductors, liquid crystals and optical fibres. After establishing the basic laser--material interactions in these materials, it goes on...

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Takes us back to the world of pogroms and mass emigrations at the turn of the twentieth century

The microanalytical technique of atom probe tomography (APT) permits the spatial coordinates and elemental identities of the individual atoms within a small volume to be determined with near atomic resolution. Therefore, atom probe tomography provides a technique for acquiring atomic resolution three­ dimensional images of the solute distribution within the microstructures of materials. This monograph is designed to provide researchers and stu...

Traditionally, delinquent girls were considered an anomaly, a rare phenomenon attracting little scholarly notice. Today, more than one in four youth offenders is female, and researchers and practitioners alike are quickly turning their attention and resources to address this challenging situation. Delinquent Girls: Contexts, Relationships, and Adaptation synthesizes what is known about girls involved in delinquent behavior and their experience...

The Basics of Deer Hunting ©" is a how-to book written for readers who never hunted whitetail deer with a gun and for experienced hunters who want to improve their hunting skills and increase their success.

From the words of David K. Miller: "Throughout Western history, channeling has come to us in various forms, including mediumship, shamanism, fortunetelling, visionaries, and oracles. There is also a long history of channeling in Kaballah, the major branch of Jewish mysticism. I am intrigued by this, especially because I believe that there is now an urgent necessity for entering higher realms with our consciousness because of the impending chan...

Each year since 1961, the Rochester Trophoblast Conference has grown in the diversity of its approaches to trophoblast research. At the Ninth Conference, Professors Klopper, Villee and Winick molded the conference with their state of the art addresses on Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition of the Trophoblast. The Conference was favored with a multitude of creative studies and with warm, sunny, autumn weather to discuss these results. In Oc...

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The Economics of Macro Issues is a collection of brief, relevant readings that spark independent thinking. The text encourages readers to apply theoretical discussions to today's important issues and to gain a deeper understanding of current macroeconomic policy concerns.