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Brimming with wit and romance, this twisty trip back to the early 2000s follows as a former production assistants upcoming marriage descends into the confusion, chaos, and karmic consequences of reality TV. Its the night before her wedding, and Cassidy Baum isnt sure she wants to get marriedOr maybe she just doesnt want to get married on set, surrounded by cameras and crew, with the crushing weight of everyone watching. As a production assistant, Cassidys used to being behind the camera, not in front of it. But her fiancé is a former child star and musician, and their wedding makes the perfect spin-off for Honeymoon Stage, the groundbreaking celebreality show she once worked on. Five years ago, the show fell apartfor dramatic reasons Cassidy is still struggling to understand. Now, Cassidy is forced to reckon with what happened on set to search out the truth once and for all before her wedding is broadcast to the world. Rumors, lies, and suspicions come rushing back. And if Cassidy cant figure out a way to make sense of the past, her own happily ever after may not be so happy after all.

A new title in the ‘Buster Laugh-a-Lot’ series, this roarsome collection has hundreds of dinosaur-themed jokes for funny kids to enjoy and share.What do you call a dinosaur that never gives up? A tri-tri-triceratops. Why can’t you hear a Pterodactyl using the toilet? Because the ‘p’ is silent.What do you call a palaeontologist who lies around all day?Lazy bones. Filled with over 250 dino-mite jokes that will have kids roaring with laughter, from prehistoric LOLs and witty one liners to knock-knock-asaurs and hilarious poop puns. Designed to be easy to read with wonderfully silly illustrations for extra fun, this laugh-out-loud collection will keep jokers entertained for hours.Also available in the 'Buster Laugh-a-lot' series: 9781780556260 Jokes for Funny Kids: 6 Year Olds 9781780556246 Jokes for Funny Kids: 7 Year Olds 9781780556253 Jokes for Funny Kids: 8 Year Olds 9781780557168 The Jumbo Joke Book for Funny Kids 9781780557083 The Christmas Joke Book for Funny Kids 9781780557847 Animal Jokes for Funny Kids 9781780557854 Knock Knock Jokes for Funny Kids 9781780559087 Silly Jokes for Funny Kids Autorid: Andrew Pinder

A new title in the 'Buster Laugh-a-lot' series, this hilarious collection features over 300 gags for 10-year-olds to share. Whats a banana peels favourite type of shoe? Slippers. Why was the broom late for school? It overswept. What type of music do Egyptian mummies like best? Rap! Ten rib-tickling chapters cover a range of themes, from 'Hilarious History', 'Silly Science' and 'Travel Teasers' to 'Gross Gags', 'Music Mashups' and 'Knee-Slapping Knock-Knocks'. Designed to be easy to read and with wonderfully silly illustrations for extra laughs, this laugh-out-loud collection will keep jokers entertained for hours on end. Also available in the 'Buster Laugh-a-lot' series: 9781780556260 Jokes for Funny Kids: 6 Year Olds 9781780556246 Jokes for Funny Kids: 7 Year Olds 9781780556253 Jokes for Funny Kids: 8 Year Olds 9781780557168 The Jumbo Joke Book for Funny Kids 9781780557083 The Christmas Joke Book for Funny Kids 9781780557847 Animal Jokes for Funny Kids 9781780557854 Knock Knock Jokes for Funny Kids 9781780559070 Dinosaur Jokes for Funny Kids 9781780559087 Silly Jokes for Funny Kids Publishing in 2023: 9781780559636 Jokes for Funny Kids: 5 Year Olds 9781780559643 Jokes for Funny Kids: 9 Year Olds 9781780559438 Gross Jokes for Funny Kids Autorid: Josephine Southon, Andrew Pinder

A new edition of a book, written in a humorous question-and-answer style, that shows how to implement and use an elegant little programming language for logic programming.The goal of this book is to show the beauty and elegance of relational programming, which captures the essence of logic programming. The book shows how to implement a relational programming language in Scheme, or in any other functional language, and demonstrates the remarkable flexibility of the resulting relational programs. As in the first edition, the pedagogical method is a series of questions and answers, which proceed with the characteristic humor that marked The Little Schemer and The Seasoned Schemer. Familiarity with a functional language or with the first five chapters of T he Little Schemer is assumed. For this second edition, the authors have greatly simplified the programming language used in the book, as well as the implementation of the language. In addition to revising the text extensively, and simplifying and revising the "Laws" and "Commandments," they have added explicit "Translation" rules to ease translation of Scheme functions into relations. Autorid: Daniel P. Friedman, William E. Byrd, Oleg Kiselyov, Jason Hemann, Duane Bibby, Guy Lewis Steele, Gerald Jay Sussman, Robert A. Kowalski

Neuroscience research has exploded, with more than fifty thousand neuroscientists applying increasingly advanced methods. A mountain of new facts and mechanisms has emerged. And yet a principled framework to organize this knowledge has been missing. In this book, Peter Sterling and Simon Laughlin, two leading neuroscientists, strive to fill this gap, outlining a set of organizing principles to explain the whys of neural design that allow the brain to compute so efficiently. Setting out to "reverse engineer" the brain -- disassembling it to understand it -- Sterling and Laughlin first consider why an animal should need a brain, tracing computational abilities from bacterium to protozoan to worm. They examine bigger brains and the advantages of "anticipatory regulation"; identify constraints on neural design and the need to "nanofy"; and demonstrate the routes to efficiency in an integrated molecular system, phototransduction. They show that the principles of neural design at finer scales and lower levels apply at larger scales and higher levels; describe neural wiring efficiency; and discuss learning as a principle of biological design that includes "save only what is needed."Sterling and Laughlin avoid speculation about how the brain might work and endeavor to make sense of what is already known. Their distinctive contribution is to gather a coherent set of basic rules and exemplify them across spatial and functional scales. Autorid: Peter Sterling, Simon Laughlin

A comprehensive introduction to modern applied statistical genetic data analysis, accessible to those without a background in molecular biology or genetics.Human genetic research is now relevant beyond biology, epidemiology, and the medical sciences, with applications in such fields as psychology, psychiatry, statistics, demography, sociology, and economics. With advances in computing power, the availability of data, and new techniques, it is now possible to integrate large-scale molecular genetic information into research across a broad range of topics. This book offers the first comprehensive introduction to modern applied statistical genetic data analysis that covers theory, data preparation, and analysis of molecular genetic data, with hands-on computer exercises. It is accessible to students and researchers in any empirically oriented medical, biological, or social science discipline; a background in molecular biology or genetics is not required.The book first provides foundations for statistical genetic data analysis, including a survey of fundamental concepts, primers on statistics and human evolution, and an introduction to polygenic scores. It then covers the practicalities of working with genetic data, discussing such topics as analytical challenges and data management. Finally, the book presents applications and advanced topics, including polygenic score and gene-environment interaction applications, Mendelian Randomization and instrumental variables, and ethical issues. The software and data used in the book are freely available and can be found on the book's website. A comprehensive introduction to modern applied statistical genetic data analysis, accessible to those without a background in molecular biology or genetics. Autorid: Melinda C. Mills, Nicola Barban, Felix C. Tropf

"The world is getting smarter. Things of all shapes and sizes-from the smart comb to the smart city and everything between-are now being digitally upgraded with the latest sensors, software, and connectivity. Even your toothbrush can now collect data about when, how long, and how well you brush. And, since it is Bluetooth enabled, it sends that brushing data to cloud servers so that your dentist can monitor your performance and send you personalized tips for a brighter smile. The promise of smart tech isthat-by channeling the power of data, networks, and algorithms-we will enjoy a vast array of new capabilities and conveniences. Indeed, it is common for the most energetic boosters to describe smart upgrades in mystical terms. Using smartphones to control our home appliances, they simultaneously exclaim and lament, is the closest we can get to being wand-wielding wizards. While the wonders of smart tech might feel like magical enchantments that enable us to cast digital spells, this book intends to dispel any notions that we inhabit the charmed castle of Fantasia. If anything, it's more like the witchy world of Sabrina, where every spell comes at a cost and unintended consequences abound. Whether celebrating or criticizing smart tech, our attention tendsto be captured by concerns about how we choose to use personal devices. The focus on things like how people should detox from the Internet and practice good cyber hygiene elides a far more important issue: how others use digital systems on us, whether wewant them to or not. Across three different domains-the smart self, smart home, and smart city-this book explores essential questions about whose interests are materialized by new technology, what imperatives drive its creation, and how we are all impacted by its use"-- Who benefits from smart technology? Whose interests are served when we trade our personal data for convenience and connectivity? Who benefits from smart technology? Whose interests are served when we trade our personal data for convenience and connectivity?Smart technology is everywhere: smart umbrellas that light up when rain is in the forecast; smart cars that relieve drivers of the drudgery of driving; smart toothbrushes that send your dental hygiene details to the cloud. Nothing is safe from smartification. In Too Smart, Jathan Sadowski looks at the proliferation of smart stuff in our lives and asks whether the tradeoff—exchanging our personal data for convenience and connectivity—is worth it. Who benefits from smart technology?Sadowski explains how data, once the purview of researchers and policy wonks, has become a form of capital. Smart technology, he argues, is driven by the dual imperatives of digital capitalism: extracting data from, and expanding control over, everything and everybody. He looks at three domains colonized by smart technologies' collection and control systems: the smart self, the smart home, and the smart city. The smart self involves more than self-tracking of steps walked and calories burned; it raises questions about what others do with our data and how they direct our behavior—whether or not we want them to. The smart home collects data about our habits that offer business a window into our domestic spaces. And the smart city, where these systems have space to grow, offers military-grade surveillance capabilities to local authorities. Technology gets smart from our data. We may enjoy the conveniences we get in return (the refrigerator says we're out of milk!), but, Sadowski argues, smart technology advances the interests of corporate technocratic power—and will continue to do so unless we demand oversight and ownership of our data. Autorid: Jathan Sadowski

A hands-on, practical toolkit for students, this is a complete guide to the practice of sports journalism across all platforms. The sports journalist of today needs to be well equipped for the digital age. From the challenges of minute-by-minute reporting to the demands of writing for online outlets, blogging and podcasting, sports journalism is now fully immersed in new and social media.Sports Journalism: A Practical Guide will give you the skills you need to navigate these new platforms, whilst also teaching you the basics of interviewing, reporting, feature writing for print and commentary for radio and television. This new edition now includes: New examples demonstrating the use of social media in sports journalism A new chapter on the current professional working practice of sports journalism, covering the skills required of agency and freelance journalists today A new chapter on sports public relations Expanded coverage of radio and television sports journalism, with more emphasis on commentary and multi-platform working Quotes from working journalists, offering valuable insights into the industry.This book is a complete guide to the practice of sports journalism across all platforms: print, online, radio, television and social media sites. Autorid: Phil Andrews

The Comprehensive Intervention Model: Fostering Self-Regulated Readers Through Responsive Teaching by Linda Dorn, Carla Soffos, and Adria Klein introduces educators to an innovative intervention model that puts theory to practice then gives that practice a framework. When implemented with fidelity, the framework has the potential to close the gap between low-progress readers and their grade-level peers.The Comprehensive Intervention Model (CIM) organizes essential educational theory and effective instructional practices under a complete, layered intervention model. CIM includes both a professional book and resource manual that correlates the intent behind the Response to Intervention (RTI) movement. This well-researched and practical resource begins by laying the theoretical foundation for its methodology before describing its multi-tiered system of instruction across a range of components. The book concludes with a collection of examples that show the model in action.The CIM professional book includes: High-quality, differentiated classroom instructionA portfolio of evidence-based interventionsA seamless assessment system at an individual and system levelSchool-embedded professional learning for increasing teacher efficacy and building capacity in schoolsBeyond boxed programs and quick-fix options, the authors outline and advocate for an intervention approach that includes a commitment to systemic reflection, teacher development, precise assessments, and data-driven, responsive instruction—all centering on student needs. The resource manual provides administrators, coaches, and teachers with the tools needed to implement the CIM with fidelity including planners, guide sheets, observation forms, data collection forms, phonics and word learning guides, and more. Use these two books together to support a Response to Intervention (RTI) method for closing the gap between low-progress readers and their grade-level peers. The Comprehensive Intervention Model: Fostering Self-Regulated Readers Through Responsive Teaching by Linda Dorn, Carla Soffos, and Adria Klein introduces educators to an innovative intervention model that puts theory to practice then gives that practice a framework. Autorid: Linda Dorn, Carla Soffos

Boushey, an educator, author, speaker, and entrepreneur, and Behne, a teacher, writer, and speaker, outline a system for teachers to use to engage all students in literacy instruction and assessment using CAFE (comprehension, accuracy, fluency, and expanding vocabulary strategies) when reading. The framework consists of assessment and using assessments to inform instruction, an instruction method, and accountability methods. They describe how to use conferring notebooks for accountability, assessing student strengths and needs, an instruction protocol for designing student-centered lessons, designing a student-centered classroom and introducing the method to students, and frequently asked questions. This edition includes a new process of planning data-driven instruction using the Seven Steps from Assessment to Instruction; a framework to guide instruction and planning; resources to help in lesson planning, assessment, goal setting, and parent involvement; a revised CAFE menu and checklist of skills for emerging readers; new and improved forms for the online conferring notebook and pencil/paper notebook to support more effective conferring with students; a resource to guide understanding of student-focused instruction; new and revised Ready Reference Guides that include when to teach the strategy, options for differentiating instruction, and partner strategies; a deeper dive into strategy acquisition through the cognitive processes of reading; and discussion of the instructional practices used to teach. Annotation ©2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com) For the past ten years, Gail Boushey and Allison Behne worked with hundreds of teachers and students nationwide to gain insights into the best practices for reading instruction. Using their findings, they developed The CAFE Book, Expanded Second Edition: Engaging All Students in Daily Literacy Assessment and Instruction to share what their research has proven - that reading instruction is not about the setting or the book level, but rather effective reading instruction is based off of what the student needs in that moment.With the release of The CAFE Book in 2009, the CAFE system (Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and Expanding Vocabulary) has been implemented in classrooms all over the world. It changed the way educators assess, teach, and track student information and has positively impacted the way students learn, practice, and talk about reading.The CAFE Book, Expanded Second Edition builds on the same research-based, student-centered foundations, but now includes:Seven Steps from Assessment to Instruction to plan data-driven classwork The Instruction Protocol – a framework to guide your teaching and planningCAFE's Essential Elements resource to guide your understanding of student-focused instructionA revised CAFE menu and a checklist of skills vital for emerging readersReady Reference Guides that include when to teach the strategy, options for differentiating methods, and partner strategiesSignificant resources to help with lesson planning, assessments and goal setting, and parent involvementNew and improved forms for both online conferring notebook and a pencil/paper notebook to support more effective conferring with studentsThe CAFE Book, Expanded Second Edition offers a variety of tools to structure your literacy block and create an environment where your students are engaged readers and writers with resources that set them up for success. The CAFE system is all you need to support, guide, and coach your students toward the strategies that will move them forward. For the past ten years, Gail Boushey and Allison Behne worked with hundreds of teachers and students nationwide to gain insights into the best practices for reading instruction. For the past ten years, Gail Boushey and Allison Behne worked with hundreds of teachers and students nationwide to gain insightsinto the best practices for reading instruction. Using their findings, they developed The CAFE Book, Expanded Second Edition: Engaging All Students in Daily Literacy Assessment and Instruction to share what their research has proven - that reading instruction is not about the setting or the book level, but rather effective reading instruction is based off of what the student needs in that moment.With the release of The CAFE Book in 2009, the CAFE system (Comprehension, Accuracy, Flluency, and expanding Vocabulary) has been implemented in classrooms all over the world. It changed the way educators assess, teach, and track student information and has positively impacted the way students learn, practice, and talk about reading.The CAFE Book, Expanded Second Edition builds on the same research-based, student-centered foundations, but now includes: Seven Steps from Assessment to Instruction to plan data-driven classworkThe Instruction Protocol - a framework to guide your teaching and planning CAFE's Essential Elements resource to guide your understanding of student-focused instructionA revised CAFE menu and a checklist of skills vital for emerging readersReady Reference Guides that include when to teach the strategy, options for differentiating methods, and partner strategiesSignificantresources to help with lesson planning, assessments and goal setting, and parent involvementNew and improved forms for bothonline conferring notebook and a pencil/paper notebookto support more effective conferring with studentsThe CAFE Book, Expanded Second Edition offers a variety of tools to structure your literacy block and create an environment where your students are engaged readers and writers with resources that set them up for success. The CAFE system is all you need to support, guide, and coach your students toward the strategies that will move them forward. Autorid: Gail Boushey, Allison Behne

What is lost when tradition and religion are discarded--community, connection to Earth, and sense of our physical/animal nature. This results in a surprising, often secret grief as we mourn what we felt proud to not want or need. Contrasted with traditional spiritual offerings, this book reclaims connection and inner joy. A compelling and timely exploration of the spiritual void in modernity, and an invitation to reclaim a more connected and spiritually fulfilling way of life. What is lost when we lose our religion? Our traditions? Connection and community? In The Secret Despair of the Secular Left, minister and Jewish scholar Ana Levy-Lyons seeks to find out. Levy-Lyons provides insights into what goes missing when we lose our religious underpinnings and deeply held beliefs and rituals. Drawing from a wide range of perspectives, including religious traditions, Indigenous societies, and countercultural communities, Levy-Lyons aims to understand the sources of our modern despair and allow readers to find pathways of healing and reconnection.Levy-Lyons investigates three primary losses in today's world. Disconnection refers to the loss of ties to community and each other in a world dominated by virtual interactions and polarizing social media. Dislocation is when we are separated from the earth and deprived of an intrinsic relationship with the land and our roots. Finally, disembodiment finds us disconnected from our physical selves and our spiritual essence. In a society increasingly detached from our essential nature, we have forgotten the profound knowledge and wisdom that our bodies hold.When we realize what we've lost, we experience deep grief. But in examining these losses, we are also self-empowered to reclaim pathways to more connected, grounded, and spirit-filled lives. Autorid: Ana Levy-Lyons

Vengeance for a Fallen Angel is a powerful and gritty crime novel set in North Devon in England. It is an absorbing and beguiling read with intriguing supernatural elements. A young girl is raped, degraded and murdered by a local voodoo cauldron, and a string of murders follow. Are all of the crimes linked? Is a serial killer on the loose? A deep dive into immorality so rampant in 1960s society puts an unusual spin on the classic murder investigation plot, with an insight into the worlds of voodoo and the occult. The plot keeps an intense pace, with settings chosen to weave intricate details into the narrative. Autorid: Christophe Medler

Make the most of every day and every dollar with Rick Steves! This colorful, compact guidebook is perfect for spending a week or less in Prague:City walks and tours: Five detailed self-guided walks, including a walk from the Old Town Square to the Charles Bridge and tours of The Jewish Quarter and Prague Castle Rick's strategic advice on what's worth your time and money What to eat and where to stay: Savor a traditional goulash stew, mingle with locals over a Czech beer or two, and stay in a romantic hotel Day-by-day itineraries to help you prioritize your time A detailed, detachable fold-out map, plus museum and city maps throughout Full-color, portable, and slim for exploring on-the-go Trip-planning practicalities like when to go, how to get around, basic Czech phrases, and more Lightweight, yet packed with info on Prague's history and culture, Rick Steves Pocket Prague truly is a tour guide in your pocket. Extending your trip? Try Rick Steves Prague & the Czech Republic. Autorid: Honza Vihan, Rick Steves

This authoritative history of Latin literature offers a comprehensive survey of the thousand-year period from the origins of Latin as a written language to the early Middle Ages. At once a reference work, a bibliographic guide, a literary study, and a reader's handbook, Latin Literature: A History is the first work of its kind to appear in English in nearly four decades. From the first examples of written Latin through Gregory of Tours in the sixth century and the Venerable Bede in the seventh, Latin Literature offers a wide-ranging panorama of all major Latin authors. Including names, dates, edition citations, and detailed summaries, the work combines the virtues of an encyclopedia with the critical intelligence readers have come to expect from Italy's leading Latinist, Gian Biagio Conte. Autorid: Gian Biagio Conte, Joseph Solodow, Don P. Fowler, Glen W. Most

Learn data science with Python by building five real-world projects! Experiment with card game predictions, tracking disease outbreaks, and more, as you build a flexible and intuitive understanding of data science.In Data Science Bookcamp you will learn: Techniques for computing and plotting probabilities Statistical analysis using Scipy How to organize datasets with clustering algorithms How to visualize complex multi-variable datasets How to train a decision tree machine learning algorithm In Data Science Bookcamp you’ll test and build your knowledge of Python with the kind of open-ended problems that professional data scientists work on every day. Downloadable data sets and thoroughly-explained solutions help you lock in what you’ve learned, building your confidence and making you ready for an exciting new data science career. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the technology A data science project has a lot of moving parts, and it takes practice and skill to get all the code, algorithms, datasets, formats, and visualizations working together harmoniously. This unique book guides you through five realistic projects, including tracking disease outbreaks from news headlines, analyzing social networks, and finding relevant patterns in ad click data. About the book Data Science Bookcamp doesn’t stop with surface-level theory and toy examples. As you work through each project, you’ll learn how to troubleshoot common problems like missing data, messy data, and algorithms that don’t quite fit the model you’re building. You’ll appreciate the detailed setup instructions and the fully explained solutions that highlight common failure points. In the end, you’ll be confident in your skills because you can see the results. What's inside Web scraping Organize datasets with clustering algorithms Visualize complex multi-variable datasets Train a decision tree machine learning algorithm About the reader For readers who know the basics of Python. No prior data science or machine learning skills required. About the author Leonard Apeltsin is the Head of Data Science at Anomaly, where his team applies advanced analytics to uncover healthcare fraud, waste, and abuse. Table of Contents CASE STUDY 1 FINDING THE WINNING STRATEGY IN A CARD GAME 1 Computing probabilities using Python 2 Plotting probabilities using Matplotlib 3 Running random simulations in NumPy 4 Case study 1 solution CASE STUDY 2 ASSESSING ONLINE AD CLICKS FOR SIGNIFICANCE 5 Basic probability and statistical analysis using SciPy 6 Making predictions using the central limit theorem and SciPy 7 Statistical hypothesis testing 8 Analyzing tables using Pandas 9 Case study 2 solution CASE STUDY 3 TRACKING DISEASE OUTBREAKS USING NEWS HEADLINES 10 Clustering data into groups 11 Geographic location visualization and analysis 12 Case study 3 solution CASE STUDY 4 USING ONLINE JOB POSTINGS TO IMPROVE YOUR DATA SCIENCE RESUME 13 Measuring text similarities 14 Dimension reduction of matrix data 15 NLP analysis of large text datasets 16 Extracting text from web pages 17 Case study 4 solution CASE STUDY 5 PREDICTING FUTURE FRIENDSHIPS FROM SOCIAL NETWORK DATA 18 An introduction to graph theory and network analysis 19 Dynamic graph theory techniques for node ranking and social network analysis 20 Network-driven supervised machine learning 21 Training linear classifiers with logistic regression 22 Training nonlinear classifiers with decision tree techniques 23 Case study 5 solution Autorid: Leonard Apeltsin

An in-depth guide to executing longitudinal confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM) in Mplus, this book uses latent statetrait (LST) theory as a unifying conceptual framework, including the relevant coefficients of consistency, occasion specificity, and reliability. Following a standard format, chapters review the theoretical underpinnings, strengths, and limitations of the various models; present data examples; and demonstrate each model's application and interpretation in Mplus, with numerous screen shots and output excerpts. Coverage encompasses both traditional models (autoregressive, change score, and growth curve models) and LST models for analyzing single- and multiple-indicator data. The book discusses measurement equivalence testing, intensive longitudinal data modeling, and missing data handling, and provides strategies for model selection and reporting of results. User-friendly features include special-topic boxes, chapter summaries, and suggestions for further reading. The companion website features data sets, annotated syntax files, and output for all of the examples. Autorid: Christian Geiser

Which types of validity evidence should be considered when determining whether a scale is appropriate for a given measurement situation? What about reliability evidence? Using clear explanations illustrated by examples from across the social and behavioral sciences, this engaging text prepares students to make effective decisions about the selection, administration, scoring, interpretation, and development of measurement instruments. Coverage includes the essential measurement topics of scale development, item writing and analysis, and reliability and validity, as well as more advanced topics such as exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, item response theory, diagnostic classification models, test bias and fairness, standard setting, and equating. End-of-chapter exercises (with answers) emphasize both computations and conceptual understanding to encourage readers to think critically about the material. The companion website (www.guilford.com/bandalos-materials) provides annotated examples, syntax, and datasets in both SPSS and SAS (for most chapters), so that readers can redo the analyses in each chapter. Autorid: Deborah L. Bandalos

How can programs and organizations ensure they are adhering to core principles--and assess whether doing so is yielding desired results? From evaluation pioneer Michael Quinn Patton, this book introduces the principles-focused evaluation (P-FE) approach and demonstrates its relevance and application in a range of settings. Patton explains why principles matter for program development and evaluation and how they can serve as a rudder to navigate the uncertainties, turbulence, and emergent challenges of complex dynamic environments. In-depth exemplars illustrate how the unique GUIDE framework is used to determine whether principles provide meaningful guidance (G) and are useful (U), inspiring (I), developmentally adaptable (D), and evaluable (E). User-friendly features include rubrics, a PF-E checklist, firsthand reflections and examples from experienced P-FE practitioners, sidebars and summary tables, and end-of-chapter application exercises. How can programs and organizations ensure they are adhering to core principles--and assess whether doing so is yielding desired results? From evaluation pioneer Michael Quinn Patton, this book introduces the principles-focused evaluation (P-FE) approach and demonstrates its relevance and application in a range of settings. Patton explains why principles matter for program development and evaluation and how they can serve as a rudder to navigate the uncertainties, turbulence, and emergent challenges of complex dynamic environments. In-depth exemplars illustrate how the unique GUIDE framework is used to determine whether principles provide meaningful guidance (G) and are useful (U), inspiring (I), developmentally adaptable (D), and evaluable (E). User-friendly features include rubrics, a P-FE checklist, firsthand reflections and examples from experienced P-FE practitioners, sidebars and summary tables, and end-of-chapter application exercises. Autorid: Michael Quinn Patton

This book addresses the question of agency in the revitalisation of minoritized languages in Europe, with each chapter presenting an ethnographic account of how language policy operates in a specific linguistic context. The chapters investigate how grassroots actors shape revitalisation, and how individuals and groups negotiate historical factors, motivations, and institutionalised initiatives and policies in a variety of efforts. Between them the chapters address both contexts where social actors have gained and exerted agency in their revitalisation efforts, and contexts where issues of authority, authenticity and lack of engagement plague efforts; these chapters provide insights into how social actors work within and against social conventions and strictures.This book is available Open Access under a CC BY ND License. This book addresses the question of agency in the revitalisation of minoritized languages in Europe. The chapters investigate how grassroots actors shape revitalisation, and how individuals and groups negotiate historical factors, motivations, and institutionalised initiatives and policies in a variety of efforts. Autorid: Mary S. Linn, Alejandro Dayán-Fernández

This book contains a comprehensive range of data, which is required in the metalworking workshop and by those designing a wide range of engineered items, tools and machines. It provides, in a single concise volume, data that is only otherwise available by reference to many different sources or more expensive publications. For those involved in restoration work, the book also includes details of items not now used, and for which data is not easy to locate. Harold Hall was, for a number of years, the editor of Model Engineers' Workshop magazine and is the author of four previous books in this indispensable series. Autorid: Harold Hall

Mamma Muu on lehm, kes sööb rohtu, kuid teeb ka kõike muud. Selles raamatus Mamma Muu kurvastab. Vares ei pane tähelegi, kui ta hoolimatult Mamma Muule haiget teeb. Kuid tõelised sõbrad jäävad alati sõpradeks. Raamatu muudavad elavaks Sven Nordqvisti lõbusad värvilised pildid. "Kas sa oled minu sõber, Vares?" küsis Mamma Muu.Vares ei pannud tähelegi, et Mamma Muu kurvastab.Ta lendas jälle läbi akna välja."Lähen vaatan, ehk on Liina mulle pitsat toonud!"hüüdis Vares lootusrikkalt. Autorid: Jujja Wieslander

Winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant WritingShortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel PrizePriyanka Champaneri’s transcendent, prize-winning debut novel brings us inside India’s holy city of Banaras, where the manager of a death hostel shepherds the dying who seek the release of a good death, while his own past refuses to let him go.As the dutiful manager of a death hostel in Banaras on the banks of the Ganges, Pramesh Prasad administers to dying Hindu pilgrims who hope to be released from earthly reincarnation. He lives and works contentedly with his wife, Shobha, their young daughter, Rani, the hostel priests, his hapless but winning assistant Mohan, and the constant flow of families with their dying kin. But one day the past arrives in the form of a body pulled from the river—a man with an uncanny resemblance to Pramesh.Called “twins” in their childhood village, he and his cousin Sagar are inseparable until Pramesh leaves to see the outside world and Sagar stays to tend the land. After Pramesh marries Shobha, defying his family’s wishes, a rift opens between the cousins that he has willed himself to forget. Yet for Shobha, Sagar’s reemergence casts a shadow over the life she’s built for her family. Soon, an unwelcome guest takes up residence in the death hostel, the dying mysteriously continue to live, and Pramesh is forced to confront his own ideas about death, rebirth, and redemption.Told in lush, vivid detail and with an unforgettable cast of characters, The City of Good Death is a remarkable debut novel of family and love, memory and ritual, and the ways in which we honor the living and the dead. Autorid: Priyanka Champaneri

"How Many? A Counting Book is a student book and accompanying teacher's guide that explore the essential mathematical ideas of units and place value."-- Author Christopher Danielson makes counting fun and welcoming in How Many : A Counting Book. Students might count one pair of shoes, or two shoes, or four corners of a shoebox. They might discuss whether two shoes have two shoelaces, or four. They might notice surprising patterns and relationships, and share their discoveries and logic Along with the counting book, this bundle includes the Teacher's Guide where Danielson explores deep mathematical ideas such as counting, number language, units, grouping, partitioning, place value, and vocabulary. Throughout, he shares stories and excerpts from real classrooms where he facilitated How Many? discussions. Danielson helps teachers anticipate what students might notice and gives practical suggestions for facilitating rich conversations with students. Danielson's interest in students' ideas is infectious, and readers will soon find themselves seeking out opportunities to ask young mathematicians, "How Many?" Author Christopher Danielson makes counting fun and welcoming in How Many : A Counting Book. Students might count one pair of shoes, or two shoes, or four corners of a shoebox. They might discuss whether two shoes have two shoelaces, or four. They might notice surprising patterns and relationships, and share their discoveries and logic Along with the hard cover counting book, this bundle includes the invaluable Teacher's Guide where Danielson explores deep mathematical ideas such as counting, number language, units, grouping, partitioning, place value, and vocabulary. Throughout, he shares stories and excerpts from real classrooms where he facilitated How Many? discussions. Danielson helps teachers anticipate what students might notice and gives practical suggestions for facilitating rich conversations with students. Danielson's interest in students' ideas is infectious, and readers will soon find themselves seeking out opportunities to ask young mathematicians, "How Many?". Author Christopher Danielson makes counting fun and welcoming in How Many : A Counting Book. Students might count one pair of shoes, or two shoes, or four corners of a shoebox. Autorid: Christopher Danielson

Originally published in 1994, this book links the distant past with the urgent problems of today, taking the reader on a literary and scientific tour of global pollution from pre-history to the post-industrial age.

Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 304, Publishers: Octopus, Author: Mark Hodgkinson, ISBN-13: 9781788406253, Date of issue: 2026

Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 101, Publishers: ASIA PUBLISHERS, Author: seo, ISBN-13: 9791156625339, Date of issue: 2021

Experts offer strategies for managing people in technocentric times. Autorid: MIT Sloan Management Review

A young woman from Barcelona embarks on a life-changing adventure in an exuberant, emotional, and relatable novel about family, coming of age, and finding oneself in the most unexpected places.After Rita Racons fails her college’s required English course and her plans for a summer with friends are ruined, she loses all sense of direction. Until Rita heeds her free-spirited grandmother’s advice to get off their roof terrace and go out and find her place in the world. Boarding a plane from Barcelona to New York is just the beginning. Fate eventually lands Rita in Atlanta as an au pair with two questions: What is an au pair, and where the hell is Atlanta?The Booklands, a cultured, well-read, picture-perfect American couple, have hopes that Rita will be up to the standards set by their three intellectually gifted children. She won’t be. Entirely. But Rita can brush up on her English, the kids can refine their Spanish—and what’s more, during Rita’s sometimes-chaotic stay in America, her charges will experience a life beyond books and privilege. As for Rita, her grandmother’s words have never sounded truer: “You don’t go travelin’ to escape. You go travelin’ to find yourself.” Rita is well on her way. Autorid: Regina Rodríguez Sirvent, Beth Fowler

You knew her. You loved her. Then she vanished When celebrated singer Calista plunges to her death during a concert in Rio, her former girlfriend Stevie is watching, along with the rest of the world. But while millions of fans mourn, Stevie can’t shake the feeling that something isn’t right.Then Calista returns—alive, a little changed, but wanting Stevie back in her life for the first time in years. At first, seeing her again feels like a miracle. But as Stevie is drawn deeper into Calista’s world of smoke and mirrors, she begins to question everything: Calista’s overprotective team, the gaps in her memory and the clues that don’t add up about what really happened the night she fell.As she gets closer to the truth, Stevie is also falling for Calista all over again. Stevie must decide: is uncovering the truth worth losing the person she loves twice?Perfect for fans of Luckiest Girl Alive and Taylor Jenkins Reid, So Very Lucky asks: how well do we ever really know the people we love? An incredibly suspenseful novel, packed with secrets, that will stay with you long after you finish reading. Autorid: Caitlin Devlin

Language: English, Binding: Book, Publishers: MM PUBLICATIONS, ISBN-13: 9786180562538, Date of issue: 2023

The key to flexible, skillful decision making in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) lies in understanding the connections between moment-to-moment clinical strategies and core principles. This lucid guide from leading DBT authority Charles R. Swenson offer

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We live in a world where sexuality is ruined by sin, its beauty obscured by our brokenness. We need a divine vision for the way love was meant to be, with a gospel that offers forgiveness for sin and grace to live in the way that God has made us to be. In the Song of Songs, we encounter a love story that is part of the greatest love story ever told. Philip Ryken walks through this biblical love poem verse by verse, reflecting on what the Bible says about Gods design for love, intimacy, and sexuality and offering insights into not only human relationships but also our relationship to God himselflearning more about the One who has loved us with an everlasting love. Includes a discussion guide in the back of the book Walks through the book of the Song of Songs verse by verse Reveals how the story of love and marriage depicted in the Bible offers important insights into romance, marriage, friendship, and human sexuality Autorid: Philip Graham Ryken

Play and learn with Bing! Learn about daily routines with lots of help from Bing and his friends. Learning about daily routines. Its a Bing thing. This colourful and fun activity book will help your child take their first steps to: Learn the days of the week Think about daily routines Expand vocabulary with age-appropriate words Take turns and share with one another Ideal for pre-schoolers getting ready for school. Children will love learning about their day with Bing. Autorid: Collins Preschool

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