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Court Reporting: Bad Grammar Good Punctuation Workbook
by Margaret Wakeman WellsA language arts workbook for court reporting
Making Sense of Statistics: A Conceptual Overview, Fifth Edition
by Fred PyrczakAn overview of descriptive and inferential statistics without formulas and computations. Clear and to-the-point narrative makes this short book perfect for all courses in which statistics are discussed. Helps statistics students who are struggling with the concepts. Shows them the meanings of the statistics they are computing.
Issues in American Advertising: Media, Society, and a Changing World
by Tom ReichertEssays on issues in American advertising.
Successful Nursing Assistant Care (Second Edition)
by Diana L. DuganA student-friendly text, the second edition of Successful Nursing Assistant Care by Diana Dugan, RN is a comprehensive textbook to train nursing assistants that teaches all state, federal, and safety requirements. It is beautifully illustrated and clearly photographed with color tabs for easy location of material. This book emphasizes safety, privacy, and respect before and after providing care. Care guidelines are colored for easy reference, and ways to promote residents right's are emphasized. This book contains updated information on HIPAA and CDC guidelines for infection control. Organized around learning objectives, it contains creative methods to teach care and related observations, ways to promote independence, essential information on preventing abuse and neglect, and chapter-ending material which develops critical thinking, as well as tests the chapter. This textbook reflects author Diana Dugan's 15 years of experience teaching nursing assistants in community colleges, proprietary schools, and long-term care facilities.
Diversity in Sport Organizations
by George B. CunninghamWriting for undergraduate and graduate students, Cunningham (sport management, Texas A&M U.) discusses how diversity affects sports organizations, devoting attention to aspects of race, sex and gender, age, disability, obesity, religion, sexual orientation, and social class. Following an overview of diversity, approaches to its study, and an examination of prejudice and discrimination, he details compositional and relational types, and ways to manage workplace diversity. Both author and subject indexes are included. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Governance and Policy in Sport Organizations (2nd edition)
by Mary A. Hums Joanne MacleanHums (U. of Louisville) and MacLean (Brock U.) provide a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students on the fundamentals of sport governance and its relationship to current policies and ethical issues facing sport managers. It covers managerial activities relating to governance and policy development and the specific governance structures of sport industry segments. In this edition, websites are included, case studies have been added, and new material on how North American high school, intercollegiate, and professional sports programs differ from other countries is provided. Sections on current policy have been updated, with discussion of topics such as recruitment, the use of technology in paralympic sport, and racism in European football. Other new sections cover vision statements, using parliamentary procedure, and the structures of the YWCA, Jewish community centers, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Molecular Thermodynamics
by Donald A. Mcquarrie John D. SimonThis text covers the principles of quantum mechanics before engaging those ideas in the subsequent development of thermodynamics. It includes worked examples and chapter-ending problems with solutions.
A Practical Reader in Universal Design for Learning
by David H. Rose Anne MeyerUniversal Design for Learning (UDL) stands at the forefront of contemporary efforts to create universal access to educational curricula for all students, including those with disabilities. The universal in UDL does not mean there is a single optimal solution for everyone.
Universal Design in Higher Education: From Principles to Practice
by Rebecca Cory Sheryl BurgstahlerUniversal design (UD) has a rich history in applications to commercial products and architecture and is now being applied to instruction and student services. UD holds promise for making educational products and environments more inclusive of all students, faculty, staff, and visitors. This chapter is an overview of topics covered in this book, including the definition and principles of UD, the process of UD, and applications of UD in higher education (UDHE).
Leadership in Leisure Services: Making a Difference (Third Edition)
by Debra J. JordanLeadership is a process and an experience that impacts all of us in our roles as leaders and as followers. This text presents leadership as a personal journey that takes conscious effort to undertake and develop. Leadership is one of the keystones of successful parks, recreation and leisure services agencies, organizations and programs. How we deal with people,how we interact with fellow staff supervisors, participants, and the general public all make an incredible statement about who we are and what our profession is about. This book is designed to help students of leadership begin, or renew, their personal journey toward leadership.
Don't Feed The Ducks: In Your Business or Your Life
by Liam O'ConnellDon't just feed the ducks and wait for something to happen. Do something about it now!Through a series of real life stories, observations and innovative ideas, Liam O’Connell explains how anybody can create an extraordinary successful business. Liam believes in harnessing the power of passionate people to create real life business results. His innovative and off-the-wall style is equally entertaining and thought-provoking. Liam has the ability to communicate positively and his enthusiasm is absolutely contagious.
What Should I Feed My Baby: Introducing Your Child To Life-long Healthy Eating
by Pure EbbaWhat should I feed my baby? is a simple but thorough guide for parents who want to introduce their baby to wholesome and nutritious food right from the start. Even if you are not skilled in the kitchen you will learn how to cook fresh and natural food so that you know your baby is receiving only the healthiest foods. This book takes a parent from baby's first taste of solid food at around 4/6 to 12 months and beyond, and includes: A detailed list of organic and superfoods that your baby can eat at particular ages; Guidelines on fruit, vegetables, seeds, whole grains, nuts and superfoods; Simple recipes for babies and young children; Healthy recipes for the whole family to enjoy together; Healthy and delicious recipes for special occasions, such as baby's birthday! Ebba sees herself as a new Annabel Karmel, but with a stronger focus on introducing superfoods to your baby at the weaning stage so that they become part of their everyday diet. This book is not just about what your baby can eat at different stages but about what are the best and most nutritional foods for them to eat in order to develop into healthy and strong children.
Dress Rehearsal
by Zoe ThurnerLara Pearlman loves acting, cream on her muffins, and her best friend Oggy. She also may be falling in love with Blake Taylor, the cute boy from school with a dubious past. In an attempt to get closer to Blake, Lara joins him in the cast of a school play. Her plans, however, backfire as she ends up battling Oggy and the flirty Chelsea Wilson for his attention. Among love triangles and an increasingly strange school production, events turn sinister and Lara has to decide where her loyalties lie. Sure to appeal to anyone who has ever dreamed of being an actor or had a crush on an unattainable boy, this witty novel offers plenty of action as well as a positive message about being confident in oneself.
Have You Seen Ally Queen?
by Deb FitzpatrickAt 15 years old, Ally Queen is uprooted from her comfortable city existence and dumped in a small town. Her mother, witness to a hit-and-run, is suffering from post-traumatic stress, and the quiet country life is supposed to improve her emotional state. Instead, the move just seems to make things worse—for Mom, for Ally, for everyone. Ally misses the way things used to be; she misses playing with her dad and little brother. But she's a teenager now, and teenage girls don't go fishing even if they really like it. When Ally meets Rel, she feels like she's hit rock bottom, but first impressions can be deceptive. As she starts to relax into herself, Ally finds life doesn't need to be as hard as she makes it. This is an absorbing and poignant story of first love and self-discovery for readers both young and old.
Creepy & Maud
by Dianne TouchellHilarious and heartbreaking, Creepy & Maud charts the relationship between two social misfits, played out in the space between their windows. Creepy is a boy who watches from the shadows keenly observing and caustically commentating on human folly. Maud is less certain. A confused girl with a condition that embarrasses her parents and assures her isolation. Together Creepy and Maud discover something outside their own vulnerability — each other's. But life is arbitrary; and loving someone doesn't mean you can save them. Creepy & Maud is a blackly funny and moving first novel that says; 'You're ok to be as screwed up as you think you are and you're not alone in that.'
International Baccalaureate Business & Management (Second Edition)
by Paul HoangThis book follows the format of the IB Business & Management syllabus (first examination in 2009). It is a dedicated text for both the Standard Level (SL) and Higher Level (HL) courses.
Mathematical Studies
by Mal Coad Glen Whiffen Sandra Haese Michael Haese Mark HumphriesMathematics for the International Student: Mathematical Studies SL has been written to embrace the syllabus for the two-year Mathematical Studies SL Course, to be first examined in 2014.
Crashing Down
by Kate McCaffreyLucy is under pressure to succeed and needs to focus on her end-of-year exams—the last thing she needs now is an intense boyfriend. Even though Carl loves Lucy, breaking up with him feels like the only way to keep her dreams on track. But sometimes even right decisions can have awful consequences. Carl crashes his car, breaking his best friend's neck and leaving himself in a coma. Meanwhile, Lucy discovers that she's pregnant. What unfolds is a complex drama, full of unexpected twists and turns that will keep teen readers hooked until the very end.
In Flanders Fields
by Norman JorgensenAn eloquent counterpoint to the senselessness and inhumanity of war, In Flanders Fields tells the story of a young homesick World War I soldier who risks his life to cross the no-man's-land and rescue a robin caught in the barbed wire that separates the opposing forces.
Study It Grammar Level 1: English Grammar for ESL Students
by James Rice Jamie MatechukWinner 2015 Digital Book Award - Academic Category Awarded QED Certification for Quality, Excellence and Design The Study It ESL Grammar series is an easy-to-use integrated skills ESL textbook for International students, language teachers and English language programs in schools or language schools. It is an exciting new series for teachers interested in Mobile Learning, Project-Based Learning or Flipping the Classroom. The Study It English Grammar series consists of 8 different levels. Book 1 of 8 is for Beginner English as a Second Language learners. The Study It Grammar Book 1 consists of the following: - Video and Audio exercises - 5 different themes including introducing the Be Verb, basic nouns, adjectives verbs. - Each unit contains vocabulary, listening, speaking, writing and reading practice. ESL Teachers can access our online community which offers teachers a chance to share ideas for improving the English class
Study It Grammar Level 3: English Grammar for ESL Students
by James Rice Jamie MatechukWinner 2015 Digital Book Award - Academic Category Awarded QED Certification for Quality, Excellence and Design The Study It ESL Grammar series is an easy-to-use integrated skills ESL textbook for International students, language teachers and English language programs in schools or language schools. It is an exciting new series for teachers interested in Mobile Learning, Project-Based Learning or Flipping the Classroom. The Study It English Grammar series consists of 8 different levels. Book 3 of 8 is for Beginner English as a Second Language learners. The Study It Grammar Book 3 consists of the following: - Video and Audio exercises - 5 different themes including introducing the different English tenses such as the past tense, present perfect tense, past continous tense and modals more - Each unit contains vocabulary, listening, speaking, writing and reading practice. ESL Teachers can access our online community which offers teachers a chance to share ideas for improving the English class
Study It Grammar Level 2: English Grammar for ESL Students (Study It )
by James Rice Jamie MatechukWinner 2015 Digital Book Award - Academic Category Awarded QED Certification for Quality, Excellence and Design The Study It ESL Grammar series is an easy-to-use integrated skills ESL textbook for International students, language teachers and English language programs in schools or language schools. It is an exciting new series for teachers interested in Mobile Learning, Project-Based Learning or Flipping the Classroom. The Study It English Grammar series consists of 8 different levels. Book 2 of 8 is for Beginner English as a Second Language learners. The Study It Grammar Book 2 consists of the following: - Video and Audio exercises - 5 different themes including introducing the simple present tense, comparatives, basic English tenses, count and non-count and much more - Each unit contains vocabulary, listening, speaking, writing and reading practice. ESL Teachers can access our online community which offers teachers a chance to share ideas for improving the English class
Study It Grammar Level 4: English Grammar for ESL Students (Study It)
by James Rice Jamie MatechukWinner 2015 Digital Book Award - Academic Category Awarded QED Certification for Quality, Excellence and Design The Study It ESL Grammar series is an easy-to-use integrated skills ESL textbook for International students, language teachers and English language programs in schools or language schools. The Study It English Grammar series consists of 8 different levels. It is an exciting new series for teachers interested in Mobile Learning, Project-Based Learning or Flipping the Classroom. Book 4 of 8 is for Beginner English as a Second Language learners. The Study It Grammar Book 4 consists of the following: - Video and Audio exercises - 5 different themes including introducing gerunds and infinitives, present perfect continuous, reported speech, 3rd conditional and much more - Each unit contains vocabulary, listening, speaking, writing and reading practice. ESL Teachers can access our online community which offers teachers a chance to share ideas for improving the English class
Study It Grammar Level 5 (Study It )
by James Rice Diana Rechichi-GjorvskaWiner 2015 Digital Book Award - Academic Category Awarded QED Certification for Quality, Excellence and Design The Study It Grammar series is an easy-to-use integrated skills ESL textbook for ESL students, language teachers and English language programs in schools or language schools. It is an exciting new series for teachers interested in Mobile Learning, Project-Based Learning or Flipping the Classroom. The Study It English Grammar series consists of 8 different levels. Book 5 of 8 is for Intermediate English as a Second Language learners. The Study It Grammar Book 5 consists of the following: - Video exercises - 5 different themes including future tenses, the past perfect tense, time expressions, phrasal verbs, conjunctions and relative clauses.. - Each unit contains vocabulary, listening, speaking, writing and reading practice. ESL Teachers can access our online community which offers teachers a chance to share ideas for improving the English class