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Maryland Geography: An Introduction
by James DiLisioA grand tour of Maryland’s geographic past through the lens of today’s landscape.When he first laid eyes on the countryside around Chesapeake Bay in 1608, records reveal, Captain John Smith exclaimed, "Heaven and earth seemed never to have agreed better to frame a place for man’s habitation." In Maryland Geography, James DiLisio—another admirer of the Free State—pays tribute to Maryland’s rich cultural, historical, and geographical heritage. This up-to-date, in-depth account interprets the contemporary environmental conditions of the "Marylandscape" by emphasizing its evolving political and socioeconomic contours.This closely researched volume, which is loaded with instructive charts and maps, is the result of DiLisio’s lifelong fascination with the geography of his adopted state and his thirty-five years teaching Maryland geography at Towson University. Arguing that regional geography is a product of both natural and human events, Maryland Geography provides an account of the vital geographical stage that the people of Maryland have created.DiLisio touches on Maryland’s pre-European American Indian heritage, post-colonial agriculture, and shifting industrial geography, as well as the degradation of the Chesapeake Bay and the rise of the modern economy. He considers the emergence of the isolated Eastern Shore; the rural tobacco land of southern Maryland; the rugged mining area of western Maryland; the prosperous, mixed farming area of the Piedmont; and the metropolitan Baltimore-Washington corridor. More than descriptive, the book examines major trends in the state—natural, economic, and demographic—in a way that prompts thinking about the consequences of growth and unbridled development. Aimed at college-level geography students, the book will also be of great interest to general readers, historians, politicians, and anyone involved in making policies relating to Maryland places.
Maryland: A History
by Jean H. Baker Suzanne Ellery Chapelle Jean B. Russo Constance B. Schulz Dean R. Esslinger Edward C. Papenfuse Gregory A. StiversonAn engaging and accessible introductory history of the people, places, culture, and politics that shaped Maryland.In 1634, two ships carrying a small group of settlers sailed into the Chesapeake Bay looking for a suitable place to dwell in the new colony of Maryland. The landscape confronting the pioneers bore no resemblance to their native country. They found no houses, no stores or markets, churches, schools, or courts, only the challenge of providing food and shelter. As the population increased, colonists in search of greater opportunity moved on, slowly spreading and expanding the settlement across what is now the great state of Maryland.In Maryland, historians recount the stories of struggle and success of these early Marylanders and those who followed to reveal how people built modern Maryland. Originally published in 1986, this new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. Spanning the years from the 1600s to the beginning of Governor Larry Hogan’s term of office in January 2015, the book more fully fleshes out Native American, African American, and immigrant history. It also includes completely new content on politics, arts and culture, business and industry, education, the natural environment, and the role of women as well as notable leaders in all these fields. Maryland is heavily illustrated, with nearly two hundred photographs and illustrations (more than half of them in full color), as well as related maps, charts, and graphs, many of which are new to this book. An extensive index and a comprehensive Further Reading section provide extremely useful tools for readers looking to engage more deeply with Maryland history. Touching on major figures from George Calvert to Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman to William Donald Schaefer, this book takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the history of the Free State. It should be in every library and classroom in Maryland.
Masked Raiders: Irish Banditry in Southern Africa, 1880–1899 (Reconsiderations in Southern African History)
by Charles van OnselenBefore the railway system linked South Africa’s major cities in the mid-1890s, the country was largely dependent on a horse-drawn economy. Diamonds from Griqualand West and gold from the Witwatersrand were transported by coach and horses to distant ports for export. For some Irish soldiers based at Fort Napier in Pietermaritzburg, this temptation proved impossible to resist: they deserted in droves and, as members of what later became known as the criminal "Irish Brigade," they embarked on a spree of bank, safe, and highway robberies across southern Africa. With tales of heists, safe-cracking, illegal gold dealings, prison breaks, and hidden roadside treasure, Masked Raiders follows the exploits of legendary Irish brigands such as the McKeone brothers and "One-Armed Jack" McLoughlin, who ravaged the subcontinent, from the mining towns of Barberton, Kimberley, and Johannesburg to the borders of Basotholand, Bechuanaland, Mozambique, and Rhodesia in the years leading up to the Jameson Raid in South Africa.
Massage Mastery: From Student To Professional
by Anne WilliamsThis comprehensive introductory massage text is organized into 24 chapters that cover the key areas addressed in massage programs of 500 to 1200 hours in length. Topics inside the chapters are structured to allow for manageable reading assignments that build a student's sense of accomplishment and motivation. Written and designed for today's adult learner, the book offers a broad discussion of foundation massage with appropriate depth for a beginning student progressing to an entry-level professional. It also contains new topics that are necessary to prepare today's adult learners for successful massage careers. (Note: It does not cover anatomy and physiology, as A&P is best thoroughly covered in a separate textbook. ) A helpful appendix on health care terminology, a comprehensive massage glossary, and a robust set of ancillary materials complete the package. The companion Study Guide contains topic-specific Rubrics, Learning Contracts, and a variety of exercises and activities for students.
Master the SAT Basics: Part I of V
by Peterson'sPeterson's Master the SAT: Basics contains essential information about all aspects of the SAT. Readers will learn about what kinds of questions to expect, how the tests are scored and reported, and how to get ready the night before and day of the test. Peterson's Master the SAT provides students with detailed strategies to help maximize their test scores AND offers hundreds of practice questions to help them prepare for test day. For more information see Peterson's Master the SAT.
Master the SAT Critical Reading: Part III of V
by Peterson'sPeterson's Master the SAT: Critical Reading helps test-takers learn about sentence completion and reading strategies while offering dozens of practice exercises. Readers will learn about the basic steps for solving sentence completion questions and understanding critical reading passages. Peterson's Master the SAT provides students with detailed strategies to help maximize their test scores AND offers hundreds of practice questions to help them prepare for test day. For more information see Peterson's Master the SAT.
Master the SAT Math: Part V of V
by Peterson'sPeterson's Master the SAT: Math gives test-takers essential strategies for multiple-choice and grid-in questions. It includes helpful reviews of numbers and operations, basic algebra, functions and intermediate algebra, geometry, data analysis, statistics, and probability. Peterson's Master the SAT provides students with detailed strategies to help maximize their test scores AND offers hundreds of practice questions to help them prepare for test day. For more information see Peterson's Master the SAT.
Master the SAT Writing: Part IV of V
by Peterson'sPeterson's Master the SAT: Writing provides an in-depth review of the SAT essay. Test-takers will find informative writing strategies, including information on multiple-choice writing questions (identifying sentence errors, improving sentences, and improving paragraphs), an explanation of the writing process and the SAT essay, and a guide to good writing, which includes vocabulary lists of irregular verbs and confusing words. Peterson's Master the SAT provides students with detailed strategies to help maximize their test scores AND offers hundreds of practice questions to help them prepare for test day. For more information see Peterson's Master the SAT.
Master the SAT: Part II of V
by Peterson'sPeterson's Master the SAT: Diagnosing Strengths and Weaknesses contains a diagnostic test designed to help test-takers assess their abilities on the SAT. The test contains critical reading, writing, and math questions-all with detailed answer explanations. In addition, there is a score sheet and a comparison chart to help test-takers pinpoint relative strengths and weaknesses. Peterson's Master the SAT provides students with detailed strategies to help maximize their test scores AND offers hundreds of practice questions to help them prepare for test day. For more information see Peterson's Master the SAT.
Master the SAT: Practice Test 2 of 6
by Peterson'sPeterson's Master the SAT: Practice Test 2 features a full-length SAT exam with detailed answer explanations. The practice test is designed to prepare test-takers for the critical reading, writing, and math questions-as well as the written essays-they will find on the actual exam. Peterson's Master the SAT provides students with detailed strategies to help maximize their test scores AND offers hundreds of practice questions to help them prepare for test day. For more information see Peterson's Master the SAT.
Master the SAT: Practice Test 3 of 6
by Peterson'sPeterson's Master the SAT: Practice Test 3 features a full-length SAT exam with detailed answer explanations. The practice test is designed to prepare test-takers for the critical reading, writing, and math questions-as well as the written essays-they will find on the actual exam. Peterson's Master the SAT provides students with detailed strategies to help maximize their test scores AND offers hundreds of practice questions to help them prepare for test day. For more information see Peterson's Master the SAT.
Master the SAT: Practice Test 4 of 6
by Peterson'sPeterson's Master the SAT: Practice Test 4 features a full-length SAT exam with detailed answer explanations. The practice test is designed to prepare test-takers for the critical reading, writing, and math questions-as well as the written essays-they will find on the actual exam. Peterson's Master the SAT provides students with detailed strategies to help maximize their test scores AND offers hundreds of practice questions to help them prepare for test day. For more information see Peterson's Master the SAT.
Master the SAT: Practice Test 5 of 6
by Peterson'sPeterson's Master the SAT: Practice Test 5 features a full-length SAT exam with detailed answer explanations. The practice test is designed to prepare test-takers for the critical reading, writing, and math questions-as well as the written essays-they will find on the actual exam. Peterson's Master the SAT provides students with detailed strategies to help maximize their test scores AND offers hundreds of practice questions to help them prepare for test day. For more information see Peterson's Master the SAT.
Master the SAT: Practice Test 6 of 6
by Peterson'sPeterson's Master the SAT: Practice Test 6 features a full-length SAT exam with detailed answer explanations. The practice test is designed to prepare test-takers for the critical reading, writing, and math questions-as well as the written essays-they will find on the actual exam. Peterson's Master the SAT provides students with detailed strategies to help maximize their test scores AND offers hundreds of practice questions to help them prepare for test day. For more information see Peterson's Master the SAT.
Mastering Your Adult ADHD A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Program
by Steven A. Safren Carol A. Perlman Susan Sprich Michael W. OttoUsed in conjunction with the corresponding client workbook, this therapist guide offers effective treatment strategies that follow an empirically-supported treatment approach. It provides clinicians with effective means of teaching clients skills that have been scientifically tested and shown to help adults cope with ADHD. The step-by-step, session-by-session descriptions are a practical resource for therapists who deliver the treatment to clients with ADHD. Together, the therapist guide and client workbook contain all of the information and materials necessary to delivery this treatment in the context of individual outpatient cognitive behavioral therapy.
Matchmaking and the Marriage Market in Postrevolutionary France
by Andrea ManskerMatchmaking and the Marriage Market in Postrevolutionary France uncovers the unexplored history of matrimonial agents, their novel marketing tactics, and the rise of personal advertisements to track the commercialization of marriage in nineteenth-century France. Brokers transformed courtship and marriage into forms of commercial exchange, linking them to the burgeoning urban values of abundance, pleasure, and social mobility. By studying agents' and readers' media fictions on love alongside court cases, legislation, and literature surrounding the industry, Andrea Mansker reveals the intimate and socioeconomic pressures of finding a spouse. At the same time, she demonstrates how contemporaries used the business of matrimony to reimagine their public identities, relationships, and courtship rituals following unprecedented historical change due to the French Revolution and Napoleonic wars. The matchmaking business both responded to and helped shape national anxieties over fluctuating nuptial rates and changing laws on marriage and divorce. As a result, marriage itself was reconceived as a commercial contract inseparable from the atomistic and corrupt marketplace. The debates and pressures Mansker describes in Matchmaking and the Marriage Market in Postrevolutionary France are still relevant today. As contemporary online daters likely understand, the possibility of finding a mate in an expanded pool of candidates beyond one's family, locality, and nation offered individuals the liberating opportunity to explore new personas just as it produced a novel sense of danger about these impersonal transactions in the anonymous marketplace.
Material Girls: A Novel
by Elaine DimopoulosIn Marla Klein and Ivy Wilde&’s world, teens are the gatekeepers of culture. A top fashion label employs sixteen-year-old Marla to dictate hot new clothing trends, while Ivy, a teen pop star, popularizes the garments that Marla approves. Both girls are pawns in a calculated but seductive system of corporate control, and both begin to question their world&’s aggressive levels of consumption. Will their new &“eco-chic&” trend subversively resist and overturn the industry that controls every part of their lives? Smart, provocative, and entertaining, this thrilling page-turner for teens questions the cult like mentality of fame and fashion. Are you in or are you out?
Materials in Trial Advocacy: Problems and Cases (Seventh Edition)
by Thomas A. Mauet Warren D. Wolfson Stephen D. EastonA leading text in trial advocacy for its authority and effectiveness, Materials in Trial Advocacy uses actual cases and Trial Files to engage students in the whole process of litigation. Each chapter contains both civil and criminal problems presented at graduating levels of complexity. The Seventh Edition welcomes new co-author Steve Easton, an accomplished litigator and award-winning trial advocacy teacher. Several new Trial Files and problems have been added to the text, while the Trial Files from Chapter 9 have been located to a CD to reduce the size and weight of the book itself. Hallmark features of Materials in Trial Advocacy: user-friendly organization 1. problems organized in chronological order, from voir dire to final argument 2. self-contained problems of manageable size 3. complete trials raising common evidentiary and trial strategy issues accessible and comprehensive coverage problems and trials that raise both simple and complex issues Updated in every detail, the revised Seventh Edition presents: a new Trial File containing allegations of driving while intoxicated and reckless driving a second new Trial File arising out of a shoving incident, with video of the actual incident ,which can be tried in any of three ways 1. as a criminal battery trial 2. as a civil damages case by one combatant against the other 3. as a civil rights suit against the police officer who pepper-sprayed one of the combatants two contemporary new problems regarding the authentication of documents that were allegedly produced by computers
Materiomics: High-throughput Screening of Biomaterial Properties
by Jan De Boer Clemens A. van BlitterswijkThis complete, yet concise, guide introduces you to the rapidly developing field of high throughput screening of biomaterials: materiomics. Bringing together the key concepts and methodologies used to determine biomaterial properties, you will understand the adaptation and application of materomics in areas such as rapid prototyping, lithography and combinatorial chemistry. Each chapter is written by internationally renowned experts, and includes tutorial paragraphs on topics such as biomaterial-banking, imaging, assay development, translational aspects, and informatics. Case studies of state-of-the-art experiments provide illustrative examples, whilst lists of key publications allow you to easily read up on the most relevant background material. Whether you are a professional scientist in industry, a student, or a researcher, this book is not to be missed if you are interested in the latest developments in biomaterials research.
Maternal Child Nursing Care (4th Edition)
by Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk Shannon E. Perry Marilyn J. Hockenberry David WilsonThis fourth edition of Maternal Child Nursing Care combines essential maternity and pediatric nursing information into one text. The text focuses on the care of women during their reproductive years and the care of children from birth through adolescence. The book provides students with the knowledge and skills they need to become competent critical thinkers and to attain the sensitivity needed to become caring nurses.
Math Hacks for Scratch: Unlock the Power of Math with Scratch Programming
by Michael MaysPush Scratch programming to the limits as you explore primes, Fibonacci numbers, Pascal&’s triangle, and other mathematical curiosities through hands-on coding projects.If you&’re a student looking for project ideas to practice your math and coding skills, or a Scratch enthusiast just looking for something different, this is the book for you!Discover the exciting intersection of mathematics and programming with Math Hacks for Scratch®. This book is perfect for kids, educators, and programming enthusiasts eager to learn or teach math through fun, hands-on projects using Scratch, the popular visual programming language.You&’ll see how a little bit of planning, combined with the right mathematical or coding tricks, can make complex calculations doable. These are the &“hacks&” mentioned in the title. You&’ll write programs to speed up factoring big numbers, sort out a pizza party with Pascal&’s triangle, explore Fibonacci&’s famous sequence for counting rabbits, use cryptography to create unbreakable secret codes, and so much more.Inside, you&’ll find:Step-by-Step Projects: Learn how to create interactive games, animations, and simulations that bring math concepts to life. Convert between binary and decimal to see how computers keep track of numbers. Make sense of patterns in lists, sequences, and arrays. Encode cryptograms, unscramble secret messages, and crack the Caesar cipher.Real-World Applications: See how math is used every day to calculate probabilities in games and create dynamic graphics.Expert Guidance: Benefit from the insights of author Michael Mays, a seasoned math educator with a PhD in mathematics and a 40-year teaching career.Accessible Learning: Ideal for both beginners and experienced programmers, this book offers clear explanations and practical examples that make learning fun and easy.Whether you&’re a beginning coder wanting to enhance your Scratch skills, a teacher looking to inspire students, or a parent supporting your child&’s education, Math Hacks for Scratch provides the tools to turn coding projects into math adventures.
Math Maker Lab: 27 Super Cool Projects (DK Activity Lab)
by DKA fun and engaging STEM activity book for kids that combines creativity and calculations - perfect for budding mathematicians!This is the perfect math exercise book for children interested in the STEM field. Choose between 27 creative projects and experiments that will turn your child into a math whizz! It's the perfect book for curious minds interested in taking the mystery out of math. Explore the exciting world of numbers and math problem-solving! In the pages of this math book for kids you&’ll discover: • 27 hands-on creative projects to engage reluctant mathematicians between the ages of 9-12 • Easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions will show you how to make each project • All materials used can be easily found around your home with no specialist equipment needed • Every project includes an explanation of how math is involved in creating the project or the results of the experiment • Real-world math projects show that math isn&’t just abstract - it has an impact in the real world too! Produced in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution, SI Math Maker Lab is designed to appeal to math geeks and those that prefer practical projects. To complete these engaging projects, kids don&’t need to be math geniuses or even know how to use a calculator. Each task comes with easy-to-follow instructions, photographs, and illustrations to help whip up super cool mathematics creations!SI Math Maker Lab features interesting activities that cover many aspects of the subject including measurement, geometry, and trigonometry. Kids will combine art and math by learning to draw impossible objects - creating beautiful patterns to make things like a timetable dreamcatcher or perfect the ratio for making refreshing fruit drinks. Each project has an explanatory box that demonstrates how math is applied to the activity to demystify and make math fun!
Math for Meds: Dosages and Solutions (10th Edition)
by Anna M. CurrenIncrease your confidence and aptitude in dosage calculations with the best-selling ratio and proportion book on the market! Learn from the master, Anna Curren, who has successfully taught dosage calculations to thousands of students. This new edition of Math for Meds includes full-color drug labels and syringes throughout, which are tied to questions that test your understanding and mastery of the concepts. With the goal of helping you become a safe and effective practitioner, Math for Meds walks you through basic and advanced calculations in detail, including intravenous and pediatric calculations.
Mathematics for Elementary Teachers with Activities Fourth Edition
by Sybilla BeckmannAn inquiry-based approach to this course allows future teachers to learn through exploration and group work, leading to a deeper understanding of mathematics. Known for her contributions in math education, Sybilla Beckmann writes the leading text for this approach. In Mathematics for Elementary Teachers with Activities, students engage, explore, discuss, and ultimately reach a true understanding of mathematics. The Fourth Edition provides a new full-color design, making the math come alive. For the first time, the content and activities are combined into the same text, creating a self-contained resource for this course and beyond. Common Core State Standards are integrated to complement the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Mathematics for Plumbers and Pipefitters
by Lee SmithNow in its 8th edition, MATHEMATICS FOR PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS delivers the essential math skills necessary in the plumbing and pipefitting professions. Starting with a thorough math review to ensure a solid foundation, the book progresses into specific on-the-job applications, such as pipe length calculations, sheet metal work, and the builder's level. Broad-based subjects like physics, volume, pressures, and capacities round out your knowledge, while a new chapter on the business of plumbing invites you to consider an exciting entrepreneurial venture. Written by a Master Plumber and experienced vocational educator, MATHEMATICS FOR PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS, 8th Edition includes a multitude of real-world examples, reference tables, and formulas to help you build a rewarding career in the plumbing and pipefitting trade.