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Great Short Stories by African-American Writers (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Bob Blaisdell Christine Rudisel<p>Offering diverse perspectives on the black experience, this anthology of short fiction spotlights works by influential African-American authors. Nearly 30 outstanding stories include tales by W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Jamaica Kincaid. <p>From the turn of the twentieth century come Alice Ruth Moore's "A Carnival Jangle," Charles W. Chesnutt's "Uncle Wellington’s Wives," and Paul Laurence Dunbar's "The Scapegoat." Other stories include "Becky" by Jean Toomer; "Afternoon" by Ralph Ellison; Langston Hughes's "Feet Live Their Own Life"; and "Jesus Christ in Texas" by W. E. B. Du Bois. Samples of more recent fiction include tales by Jervey Tervalon, Alice Walker, and Edwidge Danticat. Ideal for browsing, this collection is also suitable for courses in African-American studies and American literature.</p>
Delhi: Pages From a Forgotten History
by Arthur DudneyWe shall not cease from exploration, And the end of all our exploring, Will be to arrive where we started, And know the place for the first time’ - Four Quartets, T.S. Eliot The megacity that is today’s Delhi is built upon thick layers of history. For a millennium, Delhi has been at the crossroads of trade, culture, and politics. The stories of its buildings and great historical personalities have been told many times, but this book approaches the past of India’s capital through its literary culture. By focusing on writers and thinkers, we meet a colourful cast of characters only glancingly mentioned in political histories. Many Delhiites are surprised to learn that the language of their city’s cultural heyday was Persian. Despite first being brought to India by invaders, it eventually became an authentically Indian language used in both administration and literature. Although it was cultivated by an elite, it was also a widely available language of aspiration and opportunity, like English today. It connected India to the wider world, and the Indian Subcontinent, particularly Delhi, was once a place where talented poets and scholars from the whole Persian cultural world – from Turkey to eastern China – came to make their fortunes. Its traces remain everywhere but Persian is effectively a dead language in India today.
Writing Successful Science Proposals: Third Edition
by Andrew J. Friedland Carol L Folt Jennifer L. MercerAn authoritative how-to guide that explains every aspect of science proposal writing This fully revised edition of the authoritative guide to science proposal writing is an essential tool for any researcher embarking on a grant or thesis application. In accessible steps, the authors detail every stage of proposal writing, from conceiving and designing a project to analyzing data, synthesizing results, estimating a budget, and addressing reviewer comments and resubmitting. This new edition is updated to address changes and developments over the past decade, including identifying opportunities and navigating the challenging proposal funding environment. The only how-to book of its kind, it includes exercises to help readers stay on track as they develop their grant proposals and is designed for those in the physical, life, environmental, biomedical, and social sciences, as well as engineering.
How to Write a Good Dissertation A guide for University Undergraduate Students
by LornaMarieHow to Write a Good Dissertation - A Guide for University Undergraduate Students is an essential reference guide for university undergraduate student and anyone who wishes to write at professional level. Every undergraduate student will at some point be required to write a dissertation, project, a portfolio or thesis. This could be daunting and having gone through that experience myself, I thought a book like this would be helpful to students around the world. I have tried to keep it concise, succinct, and as brief as much as possible; the last thing a student need is reading a lengthy guide on how to write their onerous project. Most of the chapters cover topics every student will find useful regardless of their course of study. This book covers essential policies, guidelines and procedures set out in the code of practice for writing projects in most reputable universities around the world. The author covered essential topics that every student must have at their fingertips such as choosing a research topic, using the library and using database for searches, copyright, editing, gathering and collating information, citing references, code of practice in research, evidence-based approach, confidentiality, privacy and data protection, and virtual learning environment. Formatting, editing, binding and finishing your project are all succinctly explained in simple English language in this book.
Law Reform in Plural Societies
by Teleiai Lalotoa Mulitalo Ropinisone Silipa SeumanutafaThis book asserts that the Pacific Islands continue to struggle with the colonial legacy of plural legal systems, comprising laws and legal institutions from both the common law and the customary legal system. It also investigates the extent to which customary principles and values are accommodated in legislation. Focusing on Samoa, the author argues that South Pacific countries continue to adopt a Western approach to law reform without considering legal pluralism, which often results in laws which are unsuitable and irrelevant to Samoa. In the context of this system of law making, effective law reform in Samoa can only be achieved where the law reform process recognises the legitimacy of the two primary legal systems. The book goes on to present a law reform process that is more relevant and suitable for law making in the Pacific Islands or any post-colonial societies.
The Past, Present and Future of Comparative Law - Le passé, le présent et le futur du droit comparé: Ceremony of 15 May 2017 in Honour of 5 Great Comparatists - Cérémonie du 15 mai 2017 en l'honneur de 5 grands comparatistes (Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law #29)
by Katharina Boele-Woelki Diego P. Fernàndez ArroyoThis book is published by the International Academy of Comparative Law to honor five great comparatists: Jean-Louis Baudouin from Canada, Xavier Blanc-Jouvan from France, Mary Ann Glendon from the United States of America, Hein Kötz from Germany, and Rodolfo Sacco from Italy. The five great minds present their thoughts on the past, the present and future of comparative law and in doing so they particularly focus on the future of the International Academy of Comparative Law, comparative law methodology and the teaching of comparative law. The book is essential reading for researchers and academics wanting to know what these respected legal scholars have contributed to comparative law, how they differ and when and why they excelled. Moreover, the views presented suggest how the role of the Academy can be developed in order to deal with the current challenges of comparative law.Ce livre est publié par l'Académie internationale de droit comparé en l'honneur de cinq grands comparatistes : Jean-Louis Baudouin du Canada, Xavier Blanc-Jouvan de France, Mary Ann Glendon des États-Unis, Hein Kötz d'Allemagne et Rodolfo Sacco d'Italie. Ces cinq grands esprits offrent leurs réflexions sur le passé, le présent et le futur du droit comparé et, ce faisant, se concentrent particulièrement sur l'avenir de l'Académie internationale de droit comparé, la méthodologie ainsi que l'enseignement du droit comparé. Ce livre est une lecture essentielle pour les chercheurs et les universitaires qui s’intéressent aux contributions au droit comparé de ces juristes respectés, la manière dont ils diffèrent et quand et pourquoi ils ont excellé. De plus, les points de vue présentés suggèrent comment le rôle de l'Académie peut être développé pour faire face aux défis actuels du droit comparé.
A Handbook for the Prospective Guide Dog Handler
by Guide Dog Users Inc.A handbook full of information for those considering getting a guide dog.
The Emigrant Experience: Songs of Highland Emigrants in North America (The Royal Society of Canada Special Publications)
by Margaret MacDonellEvery man has a story to tell and this was no less true of the hundreds of emigrants from the Highlands and the Hebrides who crossed the Atlantic from the late eighteenth century to the early twentieth century to settle in North America. This selection of Scottish Gaelic songs brings to light the revealing and often touching poems of some twenty such emigrants. Focusing on themes of emigration and exile, their subjects range from the biblical motif of liberation from tyranny (pre-destined by the Creator who provided a land of bounty across the seas), to the happier future anticipated for his daughter by a loyalist fugitive in North Carolina; from a sense of security on the part of a clergyman settled in Pictou County after the disruption in his homeland, to the disenchantment of an emigrant to Manitoba who longed to move on to North Dakota. Their tone may be lyrical, elegaic, or satirical. Songs from various parts of the new world – the Carolinas, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Ontario, and the Canadian west – are included in Gaelic with a facing English translation. A short biography of each bard prefaces the selections attributed to him or her. Detailed notes provide a guide to sources and variant texts, elucidate obscure passages, and define the social and cultural context in which the songs originated. An appendix reproduces the tunes for nine of these songs.This is a book that will inform and entertain both the specialist and the general reader.
Canadian Books for Young People/Livres canadiens pour la jeunesse, 3e (The Royal Society of Canada Special Publications)
by Irma McDonoughThis third, completely revised edition contains hundreds of new entries for a total of almost 2,000 children's books and magazines carefully selected and described by a team of children's librarians. Entries are arranged by subject, with reading levels indicated where necessary, and are also listed in a separate author-title index. A list of prize-winning Canadian children's books and a basic book list for librarians, teachers, and parents are included in this charmingly illustrated volume.
A Guide to Old English: Revised with Texts and Glossary (The Royal Society of Canada Special Publications)
by Bruce Mitchell Fred RobinsonA Guide to Old English has established itself as the most thorough and most stimulating introduction to the language of Anglo-Saxon England. This revised edition adds ten basic texts, together with full notes and a comprehensive glossary, which convert the Guide into a self-contained course book for students beginning a study of Old English. The texts, such as Cynewulf and Cyneheard, the story of Caedmon and the conversion of Edwin, are those that have traditionally been chosen by teachers precisely becasue they offer the best introduction to the literature and culture of the time. They are arranged in order of increasing difficulty. The notes and glossary constantly refer to the grammatical explanations in the Guide, so that course is fully integrated and easy to follow.
Reading and Variant in Petronius: Studies in the French Humanists and their Manuscript Sources (The Royal Society of Canada Special Publications)
by Wade T. RichardsonCritical editions of most classical authors are based on readings transmitted by medieval scholars that can be examined and collated. Modern editions of Petronius, on the other hand, are principally based on printed editions, most of them published in France during the sixteenth century. In this volume T. Wade Richardson considers the use made of the Petronius manuscripts then extant by seven French humanist editors for their various editions, commentaries, and notes.Some of the manuscripts they used may be equated with extant exemplars, which therefore serve as a good check on the quality of their readings. But as much as half of the text rests on the sixteenth-century witness alone. Through a broad and integrated study of the problems of the Petronius text the author attempts to unravel the tangled skein of humanist work on Petronius, to settle some of the old textual puzzles, and to solidify the text and recast the apparatus.Richardson also provides information on the codicology and palaeography of the texts and on the talents and habits of the scholars who created them.
Dual-Process Theories of Numerical Cognition (SpringerBriefs in Philosophy)
by Mario GrazianoThis book presents a philosophical interpretation to numerical cognition based on dual process theories and heuristics. It shows how investigations in cognitive science can shed light on issues traditionally raised by philosophers of mathematics. The analysis will also help readers to better understand the relationship between current neuroscientific research and the philosophical reflection on mathematics. The author seeks to explain the acquisition of mathematical concepts. To accomplish this, he needs to answer two questions. How can the concepts of approximate numerosity become an object of thought that is so accessible to our consciousness? How are these concepts refined and specified in such a way as to become numbers? Unfortunately, there is currently no model that can truly demonstrate the role of language in the development of numerical skills starting from approximate pre-verbal skills. However, the author details a solution to this problem: dual process theories. It is an approach widely used by theorists focusing on reasoning, decision making, social cognition, and consciousness. Here, he applies this approach to the studies on mathematical knowledge. He details the results brought about by psychological and neuroscientific studies conducted on numerical cognition by key neuroscientists. In the process, he develops the foundations of a new, potential philosophical explanation on mathematical knowledge.
A Writer's Companion (4th Edition)
by Richard MariusThis brief guide to writing the essay and writing across the curriculum is indeed true to its title. It offers excellent advice on developing and polishing prose, with an emphasis on style and process--all with wit, charm, and intelligence.
Every Landlord's Tax Deduction Guide
by Stephen FishmanMaximize your tax deductions Rental real estate provides more tax benefits than almost any other investment. Whether you own a ten-unit rental apartment building or rent a room in your home through Airbnb, you need to know about all the valuable deductions you are entitled to take as a landlord. Every Landlord's Tax Deduction Guide is the only book that focuses exclusively on IRS rules and deductions for landlords. Find out how to: handle casualty and theft losses distinguish between repairs and improvements deduct home office, car, travel, and meals proper tax records—and much more. The book also covers landlord tax classifications, reporting rental income, hiring workers, and depreciation. Filled with practical advice and real-world examples, Every Landlord’s Tax Deduction Guide will save you money by making sure you owe less to the IRS at tax time. If the tax laws change, we will post updates on a special page on Nolo.com. That way, you’ll always have access to up-to-date information if there are significant changes to the law. All the information in the book remains up-to-date for the 2017 tax year. The changes brought about by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act all take effect in 2018, except for an increase in bonus depreciation which took effect September 27, 2017. Anyone who purchases the book has access to an update page on the Nolo website specific to this book which explains the 2017 bonus depreciation change and summarizes how the new tax law affects small business owners’ taxes for 2018 and later. A new edition of the book, completely updated for the new tax law, will be published August 1, 2018.
Defining New Moon: Vocabulary Workbook For Unlocking The Sat, Act, Ged, And Ssat
by Brian Leaf"Brian Leaf has done it again! Just as Defining Twilight did, Defining New Moon continues to help students improve their vocabulary while reading Stephenie Meyer's New Moon." -Peter Facinelli (Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the Twilight saga movies). Why is Bella desolate and haggard? Will Jacob win her over with his infectious affability? Can Edward dare to flout the rules and summon the belligerent ire of the Volturi? State your allegiance: Team Edward or Team Jacob? Join Bella, Jacob, and Edward as you learn more than 600 vocabulary words for the SAT, ACT, GED, and SSAT! With hundreds of new vocabulary words, this book can be used completely on its own or as a follow-up to Defining Twilight. Use this workbook side-by-side with your own copy of Stephenie Meyer's New Moon! Each chapter of the workbook gives you eight words taken from New Moon, with page references for you to read the words in the context of your favorite novel. Define the words on your own before turning back to the workbook for their actual definitions. Take SAT, ACT, GED, and SSAT drills and quizzes to review and integrate what you've learned. Plus, you'll learn synonyms, Latin word parts, and memorization tools throughout the workbook.
The Professional Counselor's Desk Reference (Second Edition)
by Irmo Marini Mark A. StebnickiWithout a doubt, many practitioners, students, supervisors, counselor educators, and researchers will treasure this unique handbook that contains a wealth of information on a variety of topical areas, some of which include professional identity, ethical and professional issues, case management and consultation, multicultural counseling issues, counseling theories and techniques, career counseling across the life span, assessment and diagnosis, counseling couples and families, disability-affirmative counseling, counseling diverse client populations, and contemporary issues in counseling.
Scholastic Children's Dictionary
by Scholastic Inc. StaffThe updated Scholastic Children's Dictionary features nearly 200 new entries that will keep this evergreen title current and competitive. The new words have been carefully chosen.
Climbing to Good English: Grade 6
by Rod Staff<p>Our main goal, of course, is to improve our communication skills -- to understand what we hear or read and to express ourselves clearly in speaking and writing. However, to attain these skills, we need the building blocks of grammar, mechanics, and usage. For these reasons we have begun each unit with a composition lesson in which pupils are exercised in listening, reading, evaluation, taking notes, organizing, building vocabulary, explaining, writing, editing, and rewriting. <p>Between the composition assignments, pupils are drilled on how to handle the building blocks of grammar (sentence structure, parts of speech, etc.), mechanics (punctuation and capitalization), and usage (word study). Our language series, Climbing to Good English (CGE), is different from most others on the market in that it is programmed for use in multi-grade classrooms. This means that the pupils are expected to help themselves -- do much of the work independently without much teacher help. The older a pupil becomes, the more he is expected to do this.</p>
Nursing Care Plans (Seventh Edition): Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes
by Meg Gulanick Judith L. MyersOur primary goal for this edition of Nursing Care Plans: Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes has been to build on the quality of the premier resource used by nurses to plan care for an increasingly diverse population of patients. This work is the most comprehensive care planning book on the market, with over 200 care plans covering the most common nursing diagnoses and clinical problems in medical-surgical nursing patients.
Proportionality in Law: An Analytical Perspective
by David Duarte Jorge Silva SampaioThis book addresses the principle of proportionality, which is currently one of the most important instruments of judicial review, from both analytical and theory of law perspectives. As such, the analysis provided is far more comprehensive and can be applied to all areas of law, not just constitutional law. On the one hand, the volume offers a broad perspective on several aspects related to proportionality, such as its structure, the balancing methodology and the distinction between rules and principles. On the other, it provides an innovative, normativist and analytical approach to proportionality, helping readers understand its structure and behaviour.
Das Ende der Demokratie?
by Volker Boehme-NeßlerWie verändert sich die Demokratie durch die Digitalisierung? Dieser Frage geht das Buch aus verfassungsrechtlicher, technikrechtlicher, politikwissenschaftlicher und psychologischer Sicht nach. Dazu arbeitet es zunächst die Charakteristika von Digitalisierung heraus. Es fragt, wie sich die Digitalisierung auf das Denken, das Verhalten und die (politische) Kommunikation auswirkt. Auf dieser Grundlage vertritt der Autor die These, dass sich die Demokratie grundlegend verändern muss und wird. Im letzten Teil skizziert er, wie die Demokratie konkret im digitalen Zeitalter funktionieren könnte.
Linguistic Disobedience: Restoring Power to Civic Language
by Yuliya Komska Michelle Moyd David GramlingThis book asks how we—as citizens, immigrants, activists, teachers—can counter the abuse of language in our midst. How can we take back the power of language from those who flaunt that power to silence or erase us and our fellows? In search of answers, Linguistic Disobedience recalls ages and situations that made critiquing, correcting, and caring for language essential for survival. From turn-of-the-twentieth-century Central Europe to the miseries of the Third Reich, from the Movement for Black Lives to the ongoing effort to decolonize African languages, the study and practice of linguistic disobedience have been crucial. But what are we to do today, when reactionary supremacists and authoritarians are screen-testing their own forms of so-called disobedience to quash oppositional social justice movements and their languages? Blending lyric essay with cultural criticism, historical analysis, and applied linguistics, Linguistic Disobedience offers suggestions for a hopeful pathway forward in violent times.
The 21-Day Shred: The Simple, Scientific Program to Get Lean Now!
by Mike Simone the Editors of Men's FitnessStrip fat from your body and sculpt the perfect physical form--in just three weeks!--with this e-short from the editors of Men's Fitness. In The 21-Day Shred, Mike Simone and the experts at Men's Fitness call on decades of fitness, nutrition, and wellness research to create an intense, easy-to-follow program that will have your body burning fat and building muscle all day and all night. Discover how you can: * Max out your muscle-building hormones! Discover the magic 30-minute window in your day when your hormones are perfectly primed for muscle growth--and how to trigger the muscle-up mechanism with the right nutrition. Make body sculpting automatic! * Burn only fat calories with our 7-Minute Morning Grinder workouts. These specially calibrated regimens take no time, but start your metabolism hunting down fat and torching it without mercy! * Plan your ideal body with this simple calculation! You'll learn how easy it is to target your ideal fat loss and muscle gain, and calculate the precise meal plan for your ideal body! * Eat 6 times a day--and still lose weight! This hardcore shred program is going to make you hungry; we'll show you how to constantly feed your muscles so they grow and grow! * Boost your sexual performance, energy levels, and even mood! Our balanced training, nutrition and lifestyle plan will cut stress and unleash testosterone, HGH, IGF-1, and other growth-factor hormones to boost mood, muscle, and sex drive! * Make every workout easier and more effective! In one study, just 30 days of using this secret nutritional supplement made a college football team measurably stronger--and boosted their endurance. * Strip away fat and build muscle--at the same time! This special sprint-interval workout smokes calories while replacing flab with lean, powerful muscle tissue. With The 21-Day Shred, you'll be ready to strip away fat, build lean, hard muscle, and unveil a perfect, chiseled, shredded physique in just weeks.
The 21-Day Big Muscle Plan
by Sean Hyson the Editors of Muscle & FitnessWith a simple, scientific program to build muscle and boost testosterone, this e-short from the editors of Muscle & Fitness will help you sculpt the perfect male physique--in just three weeks! As group training director for Men's Fitness and Muscle & Fitness, Sean Hyson, C.S.C.S., has built his career around helping men just like you build lean, powerful muscle, maximize their strength, and improve their physical and emotional health. Now, the secrets of more than a decade of authoritative research into exercise, nutrition and supplementation are boiled down into one effective, no-B.S. plan for maximum muscle gain. In just 21 days, you'll: * Maximize testosterone--and maintain peak energy and potency all day and all night! Discover the remarkable hormone-boosting workout that makes lean muscle growth automatic! * Build bigger arms, chest, and back with targeted, high-intensity workouts. Not one second of your gym time is wasted in an exercise plan that makes maximum muscle growth your daily payoff. * Pack on a pound and a half of muscle every week! Flex your bicep: That's what four pounds of muscle looks like. In just 21 days, that's how much you'll be adding to your body. * Eat the perfect muscle foods--at every meal. This 6-times-a-day nutrition plan gives you the exact ratio of protein, carbs, and fat to fuel hypertrophic muscle growth each time you eat. * Burn only fat calories! Discover the nutrition secret that turns any workout into an exercise in pure body-fat torching. * Boost energy and sexual performance. This high-powered plan will boost your endorphins and unleash HGH, IGF-1, and other growth-factor hormones to boost mood, muscle, and sex drive. * Reach higher intensity--without pain or muscle soreness. Cutting edge research reveals the unique nutritional supplements that give you the edge in the gym, and make your recovery hyper-efficient. With The 21-Day Big Muscle Plan, you'll turn soft fat into pure, hard muscle, and reveal a stronger, more powerful, more potent new you in just three weeks!
Profesión: Mamá
by Irma Gallo¿Eres de las mujeres que afirmaban vehementemente que nunca tendría hijos y un día, de pronto, sentiste que era el momento y te embarcaste en esta aventura? ¿Cuándo nació tu bebé te sentiste tan abrumada, tan sola, tan pequeña que sentiste que no ibas a poder con semejante tarea? ¿Amas tanto tu trabajo, profesión, oficio como a tu hijo y en ocasiones sientes que no le das la atención que merecen? ¿Tienes una pareja que te apoya con la crianza? ¿Eres una mamá sola que a menudo siente que no puede más con todo? ¿Eres un papá interesado en compartir a plenitud esta experiencia, y asumir las responsabilidades de la paternidad?