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A Pocketful of Essays, Volume I, Rhetorically Arranged
by David MaddenThe essays include: Brent Staples, "Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space"; Annie Dillard, "A Chase"; Langston Hughes, "Salvation"; George Orwell, "A Hanging"; N. Scott Momaday, "The Way to Rainy Mountain"; Virginia Woolf, "The Death of the Moth"; Joan Didion, "Marrying Absurd"; William F. Buckley, Jr., "Why Don't We Complain?"; Alan M. Dershowitz, "Shouting 'Fire!'"; Jessica Mitford, "Embalming in the U.S.A."; Deborah Tannen, "How to Give Orders Like a Man"; Russell Baker, "Slice of Life"; Suzanne Britt, "Neat People vs. Sloppy People"; Bruce Catton, "Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts"; Rachel Carson, "A Fable for Tomorrow"; E. M. Forster, "My Wood"; Stephen King, "Why We Crave Horror Movies"; Lewis Thomas, "The Lie Detector"; Alleen Pace Nilsen, "Sexism in English: A 1990s Update"; Susan Allen Toth, "Cinematypes"; William Zinsser, "College Pressures"; Bruno Bettelheim, "The Holocaust"; Barbara Ehrenreich, "Cultural Baggage"; Richard Rodriguez, "Growing Up Old"; Martin Luther King, Jr., "I Have a Dream"; Shelby Steele, "Affirmative Action: The Price of Preference"; Jonathan Swift, "A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland from Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public"; and Drew Buckhowski, "Internet Indexing Services: Why You Can't Find What You're Looking For".
A Poor Excuse for a Dragon (Step into Reading)
by Geoffrey Hayes"Punchy dialogue and compact sentences should make this a read-aloud delight."--Publishers Weekly"Part-slapstick, part-fairy tale, the gently humorous plot has enough twists and turns to keep newly independent readers engaged."--School Library JournalFred the dragon has a list of tasks he must complete in order to be a successful dragon--none of which comes naturally. But he's determined to make #5--eat people--work. Before you can say "pass the salt" he's gobbled up three people even though he doesn't have the stomach for it. Luckily a local shepherd, with the help of a giant and a witch, knows how to cure what ails him and get those pesky people out of his belly. It's happily-ever-after for everyone in ways you'd never expect.Geisel award-winning author/illustrator Geoffrey Hayes is a stepped reader maestro. The common threads between his wildly popular Uncle Tooth and Otto SIRs and the more recent Benny and Penny series (Toon Books) are clear and constant. The art is adorable, the characters are bursting with personality, and the stories are humorously subversive. From marauding pirates to misbehaving mice to a dragon who swallows people whole (and then continues to communicate with them in his belly!), Geoffrey always hits that sweet spot for the stepped reader audience--easy to decode, illustrative tales that tickle the funnybone.From the Trade Paperback edition.
A Practical Companion to Ethics
by Anthony WestonA Practical Companion to Ethics, Fourth Edition, is a concise and accessible introduction to the basic attitudes and skills that make ethics work, like thinking for oneself, creative and integrative problem-solving, and keeping an open mind. This unique volume illuminates the broad kinds of practical intelligence required in moral judgment, complementing the narrower theoretical considerations that often dominate ethics courses. It offers practical instruction in problem-solving by demonstrating how to frame an ethical problem and deal effectively with ethical disagreements. The book also presents ethics as an ongoing learning experience, helping students to engage constructively with both the complexities of their individual lives and with the larger issues that exist in the world around them. <p><p> The fourth edition retains the most popular features of the previous edition, including challenging and relevant end-of-chapter exercises and brief text boxes that define key terms and review core strategies. The optimistic tone and brisk pace of the narrative provide an entertaining and intelligent guide to "everyday" morality. Ideal for introductory courses in ethics and applied ethics, A Practical Companion to Ethics, Fourth Edition, can also be used in any course related to critical thinking.
A Practical Guide To Crisis Intervention
by Alan Cavaiola Joseph E. ColfordDesigned for students in counseling, psychology, social work, and human services, as well as crisis workers in-training, this text combines a general introduction to crisis theory and intervention with practical strategies for counseling crisis victims. The L-A-P-C model--a simple yet effective set of intervention techniques applicable to any type of crisis situation by crisis workers at any level of experience, is introduced in Chapter 2. Characteristics of effective crisis counseling and an overview of other theoretical intervention models are also presented throughout the text.
A Practical Guide to Ethics in Public Relations
by Jamie Ward Regina LuttrellOn a daily basis, public relations practitioners are tasked with making ethical decisions, such as advising a client to fully disclose a corporate relationship or advocating for honesty when working with the media. <p><p>A Practical Guide to Ethics in Public Relations is designed for courses in contemporary studies of public relations and communications. This text highlights the delicate balance required to navigate the values and demands implicit to the field of public relations and those that underlie society as a whole. Students are encouraged to examine their own values and compare them to those commonly encountered in a professional setting.
A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming
by Mark G. Sobell"First Sobell taught people how to use Linux . . now he teaches you the power of Linux. A must-have book for anyone who wants to take Linux to the next level. " -Jon "maddog" Hall, Executive Director, Linux International New Chapters on Python and MySQL-Covers Perl, too! Learn from hundreds of realistic, high-quality examples, and become a true Linux command-line guru! NEW! Covers busybox, Midnight Commander, screen, and sshfs/curlftpf Covers the Mac OS X command line and its unique tools 295-page reference covers 98 utilities, including Mac OS X commands! For use with all popular versions of Linux, including Ubuntu(tm), Fedora(tm), openSUSE(tm), Red Hat®, Debian, Mageia, Mint, Arch, CentOS, and Mac OS X, too! The Most Useful Tutorial and Reference, with Hundreds of High-Quality Examples for Every Popular Linux Distribution Linux is today''s dominant Internet server platform. System administrators and Web developers need deep Linux fluency, including expert knowledge of shells and the command line. This is the only guide with everything you need to achieve that level of Linux mastery. Renowned Linux expert Mark Sobell has brought together comprehensive, insightful guidance on the tools sysadmins, developers, and power users need most, and has created an outstanding day-to-day reference. This title is 100 percent distribution and release agnostic. Packed with hundreds of high-quality, realistic examples, it presents Linux from the ground up: the clearest explanations and most useful information about everything from filesystems to shells, editors to utilities, and programming tools to regular expressions. Use a Mac? You''ll find coverage of the Mac OS X command line, including OS X-only tools and utilities other Linux/UNIX titles ignore. Sobell presents a new MySQL chapter. There''s even an expert introduction to Python-today''s most valuable tool for automating complex, time-consuming administration tasks. A Practical Guide to Linux® Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, Third Edition, is the only guide to deliver A MySQL chapter to get you started with this ubiquitous relational database management system (RDBMS) A masterful introduction to Python for system administrators and power users New coverage of the busybox single binary collection of utilities, the screen terminal session manager/multiplexer, and the mc (Midnight Commander) textual file manager, plus a new chapter on using ssh for secure communication In-depth coverage of the bash and tcsh shells, including a complete discussion of environment, inheritance, and process locality, plus coverage of basic and advanced shell programming Practical explanations of 98 core utilities, from aspell to xargs, including printf and sshfs/curlftpfs, PLUS Mac OS X-specific utilities from ditto to SetFile Expert guidance on automating remote backups using rsync Dozens of system security tips, including step-by-step walkthroughs of implementing secure communications using ssh and scp Tips and tricks for customizing the shell, including step values, sequence expressions, the eval builtin, and implicit command-line continuation High-productivity editing techniques using vim and emacs A comprehensive, 295-page command reference section covering 98 utilities, including find, grep, sort, and tar Instructions for updating systems using apt-get and yum And much more, including coverage of BitTorrent, gawk, sed, find, sort, bzip2, and regular expressions.
A Practical Guide to Recovery-Oriented Practice: Tools for Transforming Mental Health Care
by Janis Tondora Larry Davidson Michael Rowe Maria J. O'Connell Martha Staeheli LawlessThis book takes a lofty vision of "recovery" and of "a life in the community" for every adult with a serious mental illness promised by the U. S. President's 2003 New Freedom Commission on Mental Health and shows the reader what is entailed in making this vision a reality. Beginning with thehistorical context of the recovery movement and its recent emergence on the center stage of mental health policy around the world, the authors then clarify various definitions of mental health recovery and address the most common misconceptiosn of recovery held by skeptical practitioners and wroriedfamilies. With this framework in place, the authors suggest fundamental principles for recovery-oreinted care, a set of concrete practice guidelines developed in and for the field, a recovery guide model of practice as an alternative to clinical case management, and tools to self-assess therecovery orientation of practices and practitioners. In doing so, this volume represents the first book to go beyond the rhetoric of recovery to its implementation in everyday practice. Much of this work was developed with the State of Connecticut's Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, helping the state to win a #1 ranking in the recent NAMI report card on state mental health authorities. Since initial development of these principles, guidelines, and tools inConnecticut, the authors have become increasingly involved in refining and tailoring this approach for other systems of care around the globe as more and more governments, ministry leaders, system managers, practitioners, and people with serious mental illnesses nad their families embrace the needto transform mental health services to promote recovery and community inclusion. If you've wondered what all of the recent to-do has been about with the notion of "recovery" in mental health, this book explains it. In addition, it gives you an insider's view of the challenges and strategies involved in transforming to recovery and a road map to follow on the first few stepsdown this exciting, promising, and perhaps long overdue path.
A Practical Introduction To Homeland Security: Home And Abroad
by Bruce Newsome Jack A. JarmonThis text provides students with a practical introduction to the concepts, structure, politics, law, hazards, threats, and practices of homeland security everywhere, focusing on US “homeland security,” Canadian “public safety,” and European “domestic security.” It is a conceptual and practical textbook, not a theoretical work. It is focused on the knowledge and skills that will allow the reader to understand how homeland security is and should be practiced.
A Present for Everypony: My Little Pony (Passport to Reading Level 1)
by Jennifer FoxAn exciting leveled reader based on the upcoming holiday special My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever!Passport to Reading Level 1 ©2018 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.
A Present for Millicent (Fountas & Pinnell Classroom, Guided Reading)
by Catherine Nichols Joe SutphinNIMAC-sourced textbook. Oh No! It's Millicent's birthday. But Kay and Fay and May forgot all about it. Now they don't have a present for their cousin. What will they do?
A Primer In Probability (Statistics: A Series Of Textbooks And Monographs #Vol. 111)
by Kathleen SubrahmaniamSomewhat revised/expanded new edition of a problem-oriented introductory undergraduate text, the first edition of which appeared about a decade ago. The author writes with courteous clarity, and imposes only modest demands upon the mathematical skills of her readers.
A Primer in Positive Psychology
by Christopher PetersonPositive psychology is a new approach that is based upon the scientific study of what goes right in life. Suitable for a one-semester college course, this introductory text covers all of the main topics of concern to the field. These include (for example) happiness, character strengths, values, wellness, and positive interpersonal relationships. Peterson teaches psychology at the U. of Michigan. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
A Primer in Theory Construction
by Paul Davidson ReynoldsThis book is brief, but it treats a complex topic with many facets. Undergraduates who have reviewed earlier versions have commented that the book was easier to understand the second time that they read it. It is suggested, therefore, that the reader, particularly if this is his first contact with this topic, plan to cover the book twice.
A Primer of Conservation Biology
by Richard B. PrimackA Primer of Conservation Biology, Fifth Edition, incorporates background, theory, and examples in a lively and readable text that will appeal to a wide audience and stimulate interest in conservation biology. <p><p> The book provides the most up-to-date perspective on many high-profile issues in the field, such as sustainable development, global warming, payments for ecosystem services, and strategies to save species on the verge of extinction. <p><p> The Primer is divided into nine chapters, focusing successively on biological diversity and its value, the threats to biological diversity, conservation at the population and species levels, protecting, managing and restoring ecosystems, and sustainable development. The book provides many examples of successful conservation approaches, such as one involving sea turtles in Brazil, and ends with suggestions for a future agenda. Throughout, the choice of examples is well balanced to show the full range of species, ecosystems, and geographic areas of the world. These examples are also selected to demonstrate the controversies in the field, and stimulate thought and discussion. The links between conservation biology and environmental law, environmental economics, philosophy, social sciences and anthropology, park management, and government policy are clearly presented. <p><p> The book is very well illustrated in color. The reader-friendly text is backed by an extensive bibliography (covering literature through 2012) and a glossary. There is an annotated list of suggested readings, a summary, and discussion questions at the end of each chapter. Key conservation organizations and their websites are presented in an Appendix. <p><p> A Primer of Conservation Biology is ideally suited for use in short undergraduate courses, either as a stand-alone text or supplemented by outside readings. It can also be used effectively as a supplemental resource in courses in introductory biology, general ecology, population biology, environmental science, and wildlife management. Its broad perspective, concise format, and appealing writing style make the Primer the perfect choice for students, professionals, government policymakers, and others who are eager to learn more about conservation biology. These same qualities give the book a strong appeal to students whose first language is not English.
A Primer on American Labor Law (4th edition)
by William B. GouldThis book is an accessible guide written for non specialists' labor and management representatives, students, general practice lawyers, as well as trade unionists, government officials, and academics from other countries.
A Primer on Sustainable Business
by Nancy E. Landrum Sandra EdwardsSustainable (and green) business seems to have become mainstream practically overnight. This growth in interest in sustainable business practices stems from changing societal expectations and a growing awareness that sustainability creates a win-win situation for the business and humanity alike. A Primer on Sustainable Business is a brief introduction to sustainability as it applies to business. This book will offer an overview of how sustainability is applied throughout the organization. We offer chapters organized by familiar departments or functions of the business and cover the applications and terminology of sustainability throughout each area. Whether you are an executive, an entrepreneur, an employee, or a business student, this book will help you understand the big picture of what it means to be a sustainable business and will give you the information you need to begin your journey toward sustainability.
A Problem Solving Approach To Mathematics For Elementary School Teachers
by Rick Billstein Shlomo Libeskind Johnny LottA Problem Solving Approach to Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers
A Problem Solving Approach to Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers
by Rick Billstein Johnny W. Lott Shlomo Libeskind Barbara BoschmansA Problem Solving Approach to Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers not only helps students learn the math - it provides an invaluable reference to future teachers by including professional development features and discussions of today's standards. <p><p> Revised throughout to prepare students more effectively for their own classrooms, the 13th Edition gives instructors a variety of approaches to teaching, and encourages discussion and collaboration among students and with their instructors. The MyLab(TM) Math course for this revision is updated extensively with new resources and features.
A Promise Is a Promise
by Robert Munsch Michael Kusugak Vladyana KrykorkaWhen Allashua disobeys her parents and goes fishing on the sea ice, she has to use her wits to escape and to further trick the Qallupilluit when she promises to bring her brothers and sisters back to them.This fixed-layout ebook, which preserves the design and layout of the original print book, features read-along narration by the author as well as music and sound effects.
A Puzzle of Paws #12
by Andrew Farley Sue Bentley Angela SwanRosie is devastated when her parents tell her that when they move to their new, smaller house, there won't be any room for her pets. She's going to have to find new homes for them all! Then Rosie discovers cuddly black kitten Flame, and suddenly moving day doesn't seem so bad after all.
A Rain Forest (Fountas & Pinnell Classroom, Guided Reading Kindergarten)
by Judy Kentor SchmaussNIMAC-sourced textbook
A Rainbow Shopping Day (Early Reader)
by Vivian FrenchEarly Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey.Jason and his little sister Daisy B go shopping, help wash the car, and splash about in the bath.