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How Things Work

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Graham, Ian S., PUBLISHER: Facts on File, Providing definitive answers for inquisitive minds, 101 Questions & Answers is the perfect resource to help satisfy young readers' questions about vehicles, weather, dinosaurs, their own bodies, and hundreds of other topics -- questions, in fact, that often leave adults stumped Imaginative Illustrations Explain Topics in the Physical and Natural Sciences Filled with incredibly clear, colorful drawings and diagrams, each volume uses a fun question-and-answer format to explain 101 popular topics in the physical and natural sciences. The imaginative illustrations and simple text let readers investigate the world like a scientist would, probing and peering into places normally unseen: inside elaborate machines, beneath the Earth's crust, into the inner workings of their own bodies, even back 100 million years ago to the age of the dinosaurs. By showing clearly and creatively how the world around them works, 101 Questions & Answers sends young students on the exciting road of scientific inquiry and discovery. How is pulp made into paper? How do computers work? How can water light up a city?

How to Help Your Child Overcome Your Divorce: A Support

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Benedek, Elissa P. / Brown, Catherine F., PUBLISHER: William Morrow & Company, This book offers parents the latest information and advice, with numerous case examples, on support groups and answers to some of the most common questions on which divorced parents seek guidance. This book counsels: -- how to help children adjust to separation and divorce -- how to tell them the news, and reassure them of their parents' love and care for them -- and how to do just that, -- ways to keep the relationship between ex-spouses as free of conflict as possible, -- how to help childr feel good about themselves and grow as individuals, -- and, much more.

Christian Theology in Asia

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kim, Sebastian C. H., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The majority of the world's Christians now live outside Europe and North America, and global Christianity is becoming increasingly diverse. Interest in the history and theology of churches in non-Western contexts is growing rapidly as 'old world' churches face this new reality. This book focuses on how Asian Christian theologies have been shaped by the interaction of Christian communities with the societies around them and how they relate to the specific historical contexts from which they have emerged. The distinctiveness of Asian Christianity is shown to be the outcome of dealing with various historical challenges. Questions addressed include: - How does Asian Christianity relate to local socio-cultural, religious and political environments? - What is distinctive about the historical development of Asian theologies? - How have Asian theologies contributed to contemporary theological discussions within world Christianity?

Handbook of Clinical Skills

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Springhouse Publishing / Schull, Patricia / Springhouse, PUBLISHER: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inside are more than 340 alphabetically organized nursing procedures, assessments, and the nurse's role in diagnostic tests, with instructions for each and illustrations as needed. Sidebars highlight important data, and logos point to medical equipment, its purpose, and how to use and troubleshoot it; what to write when documenting a procedure (with completed sample charts); and how to prevent or correct equipment problems and patient complications.

God and Man at Work Doing Well and Doing Good in the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Udo Middelmann, PUBLISHER: Wipf and Stock, NA

Predictions for a New Millennium

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tyl, Noel, PUBLISHER: Llewellyn Publications, He predicted the exact dates of the Gulf War and the fall of the Soviet Union. Now Noel Tyl foresees key events, with 58 predictions about the dramatic political, economic, and social changes that will occur between now and the year . See beyond the crisis of the moment to anticipate and prepare for upcoming world changes. How will these events affect the economy, the world powers... how will they affect you? The answers are here.

Aging Is Living: Myth-Breaking Stories from Long-Term Care

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Borins Ash, Irene / Ash, Irv, PUBLISHER: Dundurn Group, Through the inspirational, wise, and informative stories of the residents, either in their own words or based on interviews, and environmental photographs of each, this book focuses on various residents of long-term care facilities and especially on the positive facets of their life, their thoughts, and their feelings. The only issue that reaches the media about nursing homes is the negative and unfortunate events that sometimes occur, but there is so much more to the story. Most people are afraid of long-term care homes because they recognize that it is the last phase in their life - it is the step before death. But some people have years from the time they enter the home until they die. This book shows how many men and women make the best of their situation - often leaving a positive legacy for family and friends - and how these can be fulfilling and quality years.

The Search for Rational Drug Control

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Zimring, Franklin E. / Hawkins, Gordon, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This book presents a comprehensive examination of the drug control policy process in the United States. How are policy choices identified, debated and selected? How are the consequences of governmental policy measured and evaluated? How, if at all, do we learn from our mistakes? Zimring and Hawkins present different ways of understanding American drug policy and provide a foundation for an improved policy process. They argue that protection of children and youth should shape policy toward illicit crime, with attention to the fact that youth protection objectives may limit the effectiveness of some drug controls.

Science, Sense and Soul: The Mystical-Physical Nature of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Blood, Casey, PUBLISHER: Renaissance Books, In a world of political and social turmoil, can science tell us anything helpful? Can we make practical use of mysticism-the essence of religion-with its promise of a higher spiritual truth? Is it true that physics and biological science are incompatible with religion? Or can they be fruitfully reconciled? In this groundbreaking work, Dr. Casey Blood shows how quantum physics does indeed explain the true nature of the physical universe. He tells us how neuroscientists can provide an understanding of the way the brain makes sense of our inner and outer worlds. He also shows that neuroscience, in conjunction with a basic knowledge of mysticism, can clarify how and why meditation techniques and other mystical practices work. Most satisfying of all, he paints a world picture in which quantum physics is no only compatible with mysticism but also gives us a deeper understanding of spiritual matters. For Dr. Blood, three diverse disciplines-quantum physics, neuroscience, and mysticism-rather than being in conflict, give a unified picture of human existence. Together they show that the spiritual world has an immense effect on what happens here and now. And they suggest that spiritual practices can enable society to match human aspirations. Though the subjects are profound, "Science, Sense & Soul "is written in a clear, uncomplicated, readable style. The three sections on physics, neuroscience, and mysticism are mini-courses in the basics of those fields of inquiry. These three strands are then interwoven into an intricate design that illuminates the structure of and reason for human existence.

Networking: A Beginner's Guide, Fourth Edition

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hallberg, Bruce / Hallberg Bruce, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media, Here is an unparalleled introduction to networking, offering easy-to-follow details on design and configuration, hardware, networking protocols, remote access, and security. This updated guide contains expanded coverage of wireless networking, the latest Windows and Linux releases, and security measures. New networking professionals will first learn what they need to know about network technology, and then how to apply that knowledge to set up, manage, and secure networks.

Permaculture in a Nutshell

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Whitefield, Patrick / Greenwell, Terry / Kindred, Glennie, PUBLISHER: Permanent Publications, Permaculture is a creative approach to abundant and fulfilling lifestyles. It is for everyone wishing to live sustainable and tread more lightly on the Earth. Permaculture is an ecologically sound approach to providing for our needs, including our food, shelter and financial and social structures. It is based on co-operating with nature and caring for the Earth and its people. "Permaculture in a Nutshell" is a concise and accessible introduction to the principles and practice of permaculture in temperate climates. It covers how permaculture works in the city, the country and on the farm and explores ways in which people can work together to recreate real communities. This inspiring book clearly describes how we can live fruitfully and sustainably and is essential reading for anyone wishing to reduce their environmental impact.

The Kane Chronicles Survival Guide

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Riordan, Rick / Knight, Mary Jane, PUBLISHER: Hyperion Books, Fans of The Kane Chronicles series will adore this gorgeous primer on the people, places, gods, and creatures found in Rick Riordan's #1 "New York Times" bestselling series. Boasting lenticulars, an easy-to-assemble trading card pyramid, and full-color diagrams and maps, this deluxe, lavishly illustrated guide teaches readers how to compile secret messages, read hieroglyphics, and recite ancient magic spells. Featuring enough information and extras to satisfy avid followers and budding Egyptologists alike, this guide will cast a spell on readers of all ages.

Twins

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sandweiss, Ruth / Fields, David, PUBLISHER: Running Press Book Publishers, The connection between twins is powerful, enduring, and multifaceted. Celebrate this special relationship along with twins of all ages and backgrounds who tell their stories through original essays and striking duotone photographs. With candor and humor they relate what they have learned about themselves through their twin. Read tales of the famous and not-so-famous, including Mario and Aldo Andretti; Jane Seymour's children, Kristopher and John; Muhammad Ali's twin daughters, Rasheda All-Walsh and Jamillah Ali; Holocaust survivors Boris and Joseph Fisch; and NASA astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly.

Reaching for the Sun

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: King, John, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, From their ability to use energy from sunlight to make their own food, to combating attacks from diseases and predators, plants have evolved an amazing range of life-sustaining strategies. Written with the non-specialist in mind, John King's lively natural history explains how plants function, from how they gain energy and nutrition to how they grow, develop and ultimately die. New to this edition is a section devoted to plants and the environment, exploring how problems created by human activities, such as global warming, pollution of land, water and air, and increasing ocean acidity, are impacting on the lives of plants. King's narrative provides a simple, highly readable introduction, with boxes in each chapter offering additional or more advanced material for readers seeking more detail. He concludes that despite the challenges posed by growing environmental perils, plants will continue to dominate our planet.

Motivating and Managing Today's Volunteers: How to Build and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: MacLeod, Flora, PUBLISHER: Self-Counsel Press, Motivation is the biggest challenge facing nonprofit organizations. Today, only one in five adults donates time to a group, and of those, many new and long-time members sometimes end up quitting; they feel their ideas and expertise are neither considered nor valued. But, with funding drying up, and contributions slipping, now, more than ever, organizations need their unpaid angels. Managing volunteers and making sure they feel they are full-fledged contributors to the organization is a full-time job. This book will help you hire a volunteer program manager and set up a program that organizes, evaluates, and recognizes your volunteers. Also includes details on: -- Attracting new volunteers and maintaining a community presence -- Interviewing and selecting the right volunteers for your organization -- Orientation and training for new volunteers -- Maintaining volunteer commitment through supervision, support, and recognition -- Evaluating volunteer performance and placement -- Designing and using volunteer program forms and records -- A listing of useful resources, a full bibliography, and helpful sample forms

A Sport and a Pastime

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Salter, James / Price, Reynolds, PUBLISHER: Farrar Straus Giroux, "As nearly perfect as any American fiction I know," is how Reynolds Price ("The New York Times") described this classic that has been a favorite of readers, both here and in Europe, for almost forty years. Set in provincial France in the s, it is the intensely carnal story--part shocking reality, part feverish dream --of a love affair between a footloose Yale dropout and a young French girl. There is the seen and the unseen--and pages that burn with a rare intensity.

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Josephine Hart These voices speak with piercing emotion and intellect and, in Josephine Hart's deft hands, they describe whole lives. Moment by moment we come to understand how these men and women are shaped in essential ways by the boy's death, by their (cod. I_)

Dolphins

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stoops, Erik Daniel / Martin, Jeffrey / Stone, Debbie Lynne, PUBLISHER: Sterling Publishing (NY), Dive into the fascinating world of dolphins and porpoises, and learn about some of the most beautiful and intriguing animals on earth. Filled with more than 100 full-color photographs, almost all taken in the wild, this informative introduction is organized in an easy-to-read question-and-answer format. Find out where dolphins live, what their bodies are like, how their senses meet the demands of life in the sea, what and how they eat, the way they reproduce and care for their young, how they protect themselves, and their relationships with people. Meet the whole family of dolphin species from the well-known Bottlenose Dolphin (made popular by the Flipper television show and film) to the extremely rare Vaquita porpoise, which only grows to an average of 4 1/2 feet long. Discover amazing facts such as that the Killer Whale is actually a dolphin, that dolphins and porpoises first swam in the seas around 12 million years ago, that they swallow their food whole, and that they use their own language to talk to each other. Learn also about how people's actions are endangering the world's dolphin population and find out what can be done to protect these intelligent and graceful creatures. 80 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 8 1/2. NEW IN PAPERBACK

America's Ancient Treasures: A Guide to Archeological Sites

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Folsom, Franklin / Folsom, Rachel / Folsom, Mary Elting, PUBLISHER: University of New Mexico Press, This book is a revised and expanded edition of a highly praised travel guide to U.S. and Canadian archeological sites and museums or prehistoric Indian life. Included and described are all of the archeological sites that have been prepared for public view in North America. Here, too, are profiles of the museums and collections that interpret America's aboriginal past. This guide enables visitors to discover the America of an earlier era--where the prehistoric Indians came from, how they clothed and fed themselves, and what they left as evidence of their art, religion, and daily life.

The No-Nonsense Guide to Class, Caste & Hierarchies

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Seabrook, Jeremy, PUBLISHER: Between the Lines, Upper, middle, or lower? Which class are you? Hierarchies and rankings have been with us since the earliest times and, as Seabrook argues, they show no sign of disappearing yet. Those at the top would have too much to lose. This "No-Nonsense Guide" gives the full picture of how class analysis emerged from earlier categorizations, and how it affected and still affects people's lives even today in our globalized world.

Animated Cartoons: Everything You Need to Know to Get

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nunn, Janet, PUBLISHER: HarperCollins UK, Today there is a great and growing interest in 'adult' animation, such as The Simpsons, South Park, Wallace & Gromit and Beavis & Butthead. For every two or three people who enjoy watching animated films there's at least one other who wants to know how it's done and how to do it. Many of those who enjoy cartoon drawing also want to know how to take their drawings a few steps further - in other words, how to make them move. There are very few basic books on drawing animated cartoons around.

The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schwager, Jack D., PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers, Learn the successful trading tactics and methods of the best and the brightest traders. Widely diverse in the methods they use and the markets they trade, Schwager pulls together the common attributes that they share, so you can learn from their success. Indispensable.

Mastering Excel : A Problem-Solving Approach

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gips, James, PUBLISHER: Pearson Learning Solutions, Not just another how-to book, "Mastering Excel(R) "goes beyond teaching how to use Excel by demonstrating how to use it for problem-solving. From basics through the advanced, it explains the concepts that underlie the keystrokes and mouse clicks and emphasizes how they can be used to solve real problems. ""Mastering Excel "(R) " "is an excellent book that both students and instructors will like. I have taught college courses from this book and must say that it includes everything you need to know about spreadsheets, and nothing that will not help you. The exercises in each section are also very useful and vary from easy to challenging. But what I like the most about "Mastering Excel "(R) is that it requires and develops critical thinking skills, while students implement their ideas in a very practical context. I have even had students who have learned the material in the book, and then found jobs as a result of how well they know Excel(R).""- Fred J. Rispoli, Dowling College"

Everyday Leadership: Attitudes and Actions for Respect and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: MacGregor, Mariam G. / Taswell, Ruth, PUBLISHER: Free Spirit Publishing, Written and experiential activities help teens discover their own leadership potential and develop skills that guide them to act responsibly and make a difference in the world around them. Teens gain a greater understanding of who they are, what matters to them, how that translates into leadership, and how leadership relates to everyday life. Written activities encourage reflection; "do something" activities call for commitment and action. Both enable teens to reach new levels of leadership. Created for use with "Building Everyday Leadership in All Teens," this consumable guide also functions as a stand-alone resource for personal growth.

Exploring Writing and Play in the Early Years, Second

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hall, Nigel / Hall Nigel / Robinson, Anne, PUBLISHER: David Fulton Publishers, The second edition of this text shows how play and literacy can combine to help young children develop a more complete understanding of writing, as well as literacy more generally. In addition to discussing the implications of the new Guidance for the Foundation Stage, the authors use more recent research to extend the discussion of how and why play and literacy work together so powerfully, and provide further advice on planning and developing effective experiences. Early years practitioners should find that this book helps them to focus on the development of literacy knowledge and skills.

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