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The CAS Professional Standards for Higher Education (9th edition) book contains 44 sets of functional area standards and guidelines. This text provides an introduction to the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS), its mission, initiatives, and the principles upon which...

Mentoring is a compulsory teaching requirement. This volume provides a practical and up-to-date mentoring guide for all practising mentors working in schools at primary and secondary levels, as well as those responsible for initial teacher training.

Computational Fluid Dynamics enables engineers to model and predict fluid flow in powerful, visually impressive ways and is one of the core engineering design tools, essential to the study and future work of many engineers. This textbook is designed to explcitly meet the needs engineering students...

BeeZee--one of the few android P.I.s in the gritty, glitzy city--lives hand-to-powerpak, wondering where its next full recharge might come from when a hot number walks in the door and tries to hire it to murder her cheating husband! NoirPunk thriller.

South Asia in World Politics offers a comprehensive introduction to the politics and international relations of South Asia, a key area encompassing the states of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. While U.S. interest has long been sporadic and reactive,...

''Minnesota nice'' casts a long shadow. Dark emotions and even darker thoughts seep from these murky depths, harvested by writers whose stories take us down in flames, up in smoke, and leave us helplessly entranced by the haunting call of the loon. Foreword by Ellen Hart, award-winning author...

London, in the not-so-distant future. Society has been divided into Pures and Crazies according to the results of a DNA test. But seventeen-year-old Ana, whose father invented the Pure test, has uncovered a recording with dangerous evidence that the tests are fake. Ana has escaped her father...

Eine Kindheits- und Liebesgeschichte vor dem Hintergrund der aufkommenden Militärdiktatur in Argentinien, die zu Tränen rührt.Alma verbringt mit ihren Eltern jedes Wochenende auf einer Insel im Flussdelta in der Nähe von Buenos Aires. Die Nachbarskinder Carmen und Marito werden zu ihren Spielgefährten...

Women of color remain arguably the most economically, politically, and socially marginalized group in the United States and the Third World. In Spoils of War, a diverse group of distinguished contributors suggest that acts of aggression resulting from the racism and sexism inherent in social institutions can be viewed as a sort of 'war,' experienced daily by women of color.

Do Christians, Jews, and Muslims all pray to the same God? Is it okay to be mad at God? Did Adam have a belly button? We all have questions, even if we don’t know how to find answers. Over the last 30 years, *Today in the Word *from the Moody Bible Institute has taken questions from people...

We all long for meaningful relationships, the Colossians 3:14 kind that fulfill our desire for unity and connection with God, our friends, and our community. But where do we start? Craving Connection is a journey with (in)courage writers sharing real-life stories, practical Scripture application,...

Ever since Plato’s Socrates exiled the poets from the ideal city in The Republic, Western thought has insisted on a strict demarcation between philosophy and poetry. Yet might their long-standing quarrel hide deeper affinities? This book explores the distinctive ways in which twentieth-century and...

The Secret To Success Is Here! Do you want to reach your goals and become a millionaire? Do you think that it’s simply impossible? Well, you won’t accomplish much with this attitude! The secret to success is to truly think and act like you already are a millionaire! With this book...

This book is the first truly interdisciplinary intervention into the burgeoning field of Irish ecological criticism. Providing original and nuanced readings of Irish cultural texts and personalities in terms of contemporary ecological criticism, Flannery’s readings of Irish literary fiction, poetry,...