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Michael Perham shaped the worship of the Church of England as we know it today. This collection brings together the very best of his unpublished writings to offer inspiring reflections on the seasons of the Christian year.

Critical Theory and Qualitative Data Analysis offers a path-breaking explanation of how critical theories can be used within the analysis of qualitative data to inform research process, such as data collection, analysis, and interpretation.

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This book discusses the genesis of and increasing references to "European values", their appropriation by diverse groups of actors and their impact on public action.

Drawing upon the pioneering work of the British theologian David Brown who argues for a non-static, 'moving text' that reaches beyond the biblical canon, this volume brings together twelve interdisciplinary essays, as well as a response from Brown.With essays ranging from New Testament textual criticism to the fiction of David Foster Wallace, The Moving Text provides an introduction to Brown and the Bible that will be of interest to undergradu...

*** WINNER: Christy Award, Visionary*** A planet on the edge of life. A woman on the edge of hope. Microbiologist Graysha Brady-Phillips accepts a hazardous position assisting in terraforming the planet Goddard, partly to get out of debt and partly in desperate hope. There's a chance that the colonists are conducting illegal genetic research, which could provide a cure for the genetic disorder slowly killing her. But genetic engineering is ban...

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Undergraduate research has long been recognized as a high-impact practice, but has unfortunately been offered only to juniors and seniors, and very few of them. This book shows how to engage students in authentic research experiences, built into the design of courses in the first two years, thus making the experience available to a much greater number of students.

Bringing together cultural heritage scholars and activists from across the world, the volume showcases a spectrum of exciting new approaches to heritage protection, community involvement, and strategic utilization of expertise. The contributions deal with highly topical issues, including armed conflict and non-state actors, as well as broad questions of public heritage, museum roles in society, heritage tourism, and disputed ownership. Offerin...

Epistemic Freedom in Africa is about the struggle for African people to think, theorise, interpret the world and write from where they are located, unencumbered by Eurocentrism. Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni argues the need to globalise knowledge from Africa, and to centre Africa as a legitimate epistemic site from which to interpret the world.

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Student Ownership details a specific set of strategies used by a case study school to effectively triple the school's number of college and/or career ready students over a two year period. The school moved from the bottom 5 percent in the state in transition readiness for students to the top 5 percent by implementing strategies that helped the students take ownership of their futures by implementing these strategies. In addition, companion str...

The demand for effective communication and marketing at the campus and district level has never been more urgent and educational agencies have limited resources that can be directed to these efforts. It is important that our time and energy are directed towards those communication and marketing strategies that will have the most significant impact. Through practical advice, useful examples, and detailed case studies, this book will provide a c...

The Science of Biometrics covers technical aspects of iris and facial recognition, focusing primarily on mathematical and statistical algorithms that run the verification and identification processes in these modalities.

This volume contains the proceedings of the XII Symposium of Probability and Stochastic Processes which took place at Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan in Merida, Mexico, on November 16–20, 2015. This meeting was the twelfth meeting in a series of ongoing biannual meetings aimed at showcasing the research of Mexican probabilists as well as promote new collaborations between the participants.The book features articles drawn from different researc...

This book provides cutting-edge information on the epidemiology, etiology and pathophysiology of several prevalent occupational and environmental skin diseases (OSD/ESD), with a particular focus on skin health safety issues, risk factors, preventive measures and recent advances in the management of these diseases. It also highlights recent discoveries and developments concerning novel therapeutic agents for inflammatory OSD, especially finding...

Das Katzenmädchen Mimi besucht New York, erlebt dabei zahlreiche Abenteuer und findet viele neue Freunde.Eine wahre Geschichte über Freundschaft, bei der Herkunft und Sprache keine Rolle spielen.Mit Illustrationen von Rolo aus New York City, koloriert von Edwin, der auf den Philippinen lebt.Ideal zum Vorlesen. Für Erstleser geeignet.

This 2nd edition of the Handbook explores how to conceptualize new realities of race and ethnic relations. Now that the decade of the 1960s, the pivotal moment of mobilization against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related tolerance is behind us, we are witnessing the intensification of racial and ethnic inequality, an increasing frequency of racial and ethnic conflict and violence, but also the sound of powerful voices of strug...

This is the first book to provide a rigorous yet accessible overview of behavioral economics, a growing field that attempts to uncover the psychological processes which mediate the economic decisions we make. Acknowledging that people are swayed by biases and emotions, and don¿t necessarily have access to good memories or perfect numeracy, behavioral economics challenges the assumptions of informed self-interest within mainstream economic theo...

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