Andrew Peterson: 13 books
On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness
Adventure. Peril. Lost Jewels. And the Fearsome Toothy Cows of Skree.
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2008
Once, in a cottage above the cliffs on the Dark Sea of Darkness, there lived three children and their trusty dog Nugget. Janner Igiby, his brother Tink, their crippled sister Leeli are gifted children as all children are, loved well by a noble mother and ex-pirate grandfather. But they will need all...
The Next Ten Minutes
51 Absurdly Simple Ways to Seize the Moment
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
The Next Ten Minutes provides practical and entertaining ways to rethink the everyday and experience the transformative power of the present moment—turning mundane activities into meditative opportunities for self-awareness and personal growth.
The desire to discover meaning in our lives...
North! Or Be Eaten
Wild escapes. A desperate journey. And the ghastly Fangs of Dang.
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2009
Janner, Tink, and Leeli Igiby thought they were normal children with normal lives and a normal past. But now they know they’re really the Lost Jewels of Anniera, heirs to a legendary kingdom across the sea, and suddenly everyone wants to kill them.
In order to survive, the Igibys must flee to the...
by Andrew Peterson, Ian Davies, Terrie Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
'Globalization' and 'the Nation' provide significant contexts for examining past educational thinking and practice and to identify how education has been influenced today. This book, written collaboratively, explores country case studies - Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the UK and USA as well as discussing the transnational European Union.
Compassion and Education
Cultivating Compassionate Children, Schools and Communities
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
This book makes a defence of compassion as an essential and significant quality that should be at the heart of the education of young people. It provides a careful exploration of what compassion means; how it is relevant to the various relationships among students, teachers, and the wider community;...
by Andrew Peterson, Kelly Wood
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
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An Engagingly Written, Case-Based Review for the Pediatrics Board Exam
McGraw-Hill Specialty Board...
Global Learning and Education
An introduction
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
What is globalisation?
How are its effects felt by different people across the world?
How can we help young people flourish in a world characterised by globalisation?
Conflict, poverty, breaches of human rights, and environmental sustainability are everyday issues for global citizens...
Zones of Control
Perspectives on Wargaming
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Examinations of wargaming for entertainment, education, and military planning, in terms of design, critical analysis, and historical contexts.
Games with military themes date back to antiquity, and yet they are curiously neglected in much of the academic and trade literature on games and game...
Civic Media
Technology, Design, Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life.
Countless people around the world harness the affordances of digital media to enable democratic participation,...
Misfit Children
An Inquiry into Childhood Belongings
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
Misfits are often confused with outcasts. Yet misfits rather find themselves in-between that which fits and that which does not. This volume is interested in this slipperiness of misfits and explores the blockages and the promises of such movements, as well as the processes and conditions that produce...
by Dr N. M. Schreurs, P. R. Kenyon, Dr E. K. Doyle
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Discusses research on factors affecting carcass composition and meat quality;
Reviews advances in breeding such as the use of molecular markers;
Summarises key developments in understanding and improving the health and welfare of sheep
Gun Digest Book of Modern Gun Values
The Shooter's Guide to Guns 1900 to Present
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
The No. 1 Guide to the Most Popular Guns of All Time!
Today's firearms are bought, sold and traded more than ever before. This updated 18th edition of Gun Digest Book of Modern Gun Values will help you buy and sell in this active market with the utmost confidence. It is the only illustrated...
Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice
A Practical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
Be ready to prescribe and administer drugs safely and effectively—and grasp all the vitals of pharmacology—with the fully updated Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice, 4th edition. Written by pharmacology nursing experts, this easy-to-read text offers proven frameworks for treating more...