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It started as a normal day in the Scott household, just outside of Chicago. Mathew Scott's wife made breakfast, while his son sat nearby, waiting to be fed. Mathew hadn't slept well the night before. He'd wandered around the house a bit, which was when he'd seen the shadow fall across the moon. Maybe it was a dream, that was what he told himself on his way to the office. That afternoon, Mathew was put in charge of a large amount of company mon...

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...Gravity is anything invisible that holds us down. For too long I allowed fear and shame to keep me from trying anything physical. I was terrified I couldn't do it. Defying Gravity is about moving beyond the things that hold us down...." All proceeds of this book will benefit breast cancer research.

Presents a collection of previously unpublished papers in which contributing authors describe and recommend best practices for creating, developing, and teaching credit-bearing information literacy (IL) courses at the college and university level. The book includes case studies of both classroom and online IL courses. Contributors discuss effective methods for developing, teaching, assessing, and marketing the course.

This landmark volume provides a broad-based, comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of current knowledge and research into second language teaching and learning. Volume II captures new and ongoing developments, research, and trends in the field.

One of the most important ceramic concerns in Staffordshire in the early nineteenth century, examined here for the first time. Presenting entirely new research which identifies a long-forgotten factory, the wares of which have been generally admired but w

This audio CD package contains the audio of all listening exercises in Listening Power 2. These Audio CDs do not contain Student Book content. Listening Power is a three-book series with a targeted approach to teaching the listening skills that students need inside and outside the classroom and on standardized tests such as the TOEFL and TOEIC. The Listening Power 2 Student Book (available separately) features four distinct parts designed to b...

This book presents a new picture of the politics, economics and process of government in the Soviet Union under the leadership of Nikita Khrushchev. Based in large part on original research in recently declassified archive collections, the book examines the full complexity of government, and provides an overview of the internal development of the Soviet Union in this period, locating it in the broader context of Soviet history.

The Go Getter The Go-Getter is Kynes most famous work. The Go-Getter tells the story of former soldier William Peck and his struggle to prove himself to his new employer, Rick's Logging and Lumber Company. You can learn from this simple story how to stay self motivated and be ready to face anything that comes your way. Although the story is short and can be read through in a single sitting, the lessons you learn from it will continue to help y...

Cosmetic Bootcamp Primer

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Practical, engaging, and informed by current ideas on teacher research, this text outlines and illustrates strategies and experiences to foster literacy teachers¿ abilities to conduct action research in their classrooms or schools.

The Western field of oriental studies and orientalism - criticised by Edward Said among others for encouraging the orient to be viewed in a particular way - has a counterpart in Russia and the Soviet Union. This book examines this Russian/Soviet intellectual tradition of oriental scholarship covering Islamic history and Muslim literatures of the USSR republics of Central Asia and the Caucasus.

Drawing on the experience and knowledge of a practicing professional, this book provides a comprehensive introduction and practical guide to the development, optimization, and application of artificial neural networks (ANNs) in modern environmental and biological analysis. Based on our knowledge of the functioning human brain, ANNs serve as a modern paradigm for computing. Presenting basic principles of ANNs together with simulated biological ...

For the past twenty-five years, no one has been better at revealing secrets than Oprah Winfrey. On what is arguably the most influential show in television history, she has gotten her guests-often the biggest celebrities in the world-to bare their love lives, explore their painful pasts, admit their transgressions, reveal their pleasures, and explore their demons. In turn, Oprah has repeatedly allowed her audience to share in her own life stor...

A critical rethinking of women's studies, focusing on narratives of progress, loss, and return within the discipline.

No one ever took Joan seriously...Joan of Arc was gifted with visions instructing her to liberate France from the armies of the English. As a young woman she defied friends, family, and even members of the government in her attempts to free the French.By the strength of her personality and her ability to foretell the future, Joan convinced the King of France to grant her an armed force. In return, she led her small band of followers to take on...

First published in Japan in 2002 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo.

Lady Emma Wells-Finch has only two weeks to destroy her reputation. The ever-so-proper headmistress of England's St. Gertrude's School for Girls, Emma arrives in Texas knowing that only one thing will save her from losing everything she holds dear: complete and utter disgrace. Meanwhile, world famous playboy-athlete Kenny Traveler—suspended from the sport he loves because of very bad behavior—knows the only thing that can restore his career is...