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This book presents a critical reimagining of education and educational research in addressing practices of representation and their relation to epistemology, subjectivity and ontology in the context of early childhood education. Drawing on posthumanist perspectives and the immanent materialism of De... More

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Workshop on E-Business (WEB 2011), held in Shanghai, China, on December 4, 2011. The 40 papers, which were selected from 88 submissions to the workshop, touch on topics that are diverse yet highly relevant to the challenges faced by today's e-bu... More

This is an anthology of original science fiction and fantasy stories selected by the editors at Berkley Books in 1981. These stories include: Fairy Tale by Jack Dann, Margaret Dead, Margaret Alive by Alan Ryan, Distress Call by Connie Willis, In Deepest Glass by R. A. Lafferty, Youngold by Devin O'... More

In the 1950s the brethren at the Benedictine Abbey of Saint John the Baptist in Collegeville, Minnesota--the largest Benedictine abbey in the world--decided to expand their campus, including building a new church. From a who's who of architectural stars--such as Walter Gropius, Richard Neutra, Pietr... More

This book is an anthology of original science fiction stories including: Billy Big-Eyes by Howard Waldrup; The Gods of Reorth by Elizabeth A. Lynn; Sergeant Pepper by Karl Hansen; The Princess and the Bear by Orson Scott Card; Raising the Green Lion by Janet E. Morris; Last Things by John Kessel;... More

This book is an anthology of original science fiction and fantasy short stories collected by the science fiction editors of Berkley Books including: Soldier of an Empire Unacquainted with Defeat by Glen Cook, Hear Today by Freff, Child of Darkness by P. C. Hodgell, Doll's Eyes by Karl Hansen, To Se... More

An anthology of original science fiction and fantasy stories selected by the science fiction editors of Berkley Books including: The Oonaa Woman by Robert Thurston, Lincoy's Journey by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Two Poems by Tom Disch, On the Uses of Torture by piers Anthony, The Dolls: A Tragic Roma... More

Have Sex for 30 Days - and Transform Your Marriage! Let's face it: Sex is the barometer of your relationship. When the sex is great, odds are your relationship is great, too. But when the sex is not so great-or nonexistent!-your relationship suffers as well. Time for The 30-Day Sex Solution! This se... More

Urban spaces have always functioned as cradles and laboratories for religious movements and spiritualities. The urban forms a central and nourishing agent for the creation of new religious expressions, and continually negotiates new ways of being spiritual and establishing spiritual ideas and practi... More

Have Sex for 30 Days — and Transform Your Marriage! Let's face it: Sex is the barometer of your relationship. When the sex is great, odds are your relationship is great, too. But when the sex is not so great—or nonexistent!—your relationship suffers as well. Time forThe 30-Day Sex Solution! This ... More

Follow the brilliant and hilarious adventures of a mad Zen Buddhist monk who rose from humble beginnings to become one of China's greatest folk heroes!Ji Gong studied at the great Ling Yin monastery, an immense temple that still ranges up the steep hills above Hangzhou, near Shanghai. The Chan (Zen)... More

Emerging market economies account for eighty percent of the world's population and some 75% of its trade growth in the foreseeable future, following US Department of Commerce data. This volume provides insights for success in rapidly growing education markets that can be used by educators, administ... More

The authors collectively see fortifications as nodes within entangled spaces in West Africa where different peoples interacted, negotiated, and transformed each other socially, politically, culturally, and economically. This multi-discipline collection presents a nuanced image of fortifications, sh... More

Blackstone's GSO Capital: Crosstex Investment by Victoria Ivashina, John D. Dionne, Jeffrey Boyar... More

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These are New Year's resolutions worth keeping!Take a risk. At the inaugural New Year's Eve party at Jack's Bar, two lonely revelers decide the best balm for their broken hearts might just be each other. Find the perfect work-life balance. When a flinty lawyer with a bad-boy addiction meets the quin... More

A Christmas Child by Carolyn DavidsonMarianne Winters has no one in the world but her baby brother and, with Christmas approaching, she needs somewhere warm to stay. Will she find her home, and a loving heart, with the lonely pastor, David McDermott?The Christmas Dove by Victoria BylinMaddie Cutler... More

Consumption is well established as a key theme in the study of the eighteenth century. Spaces of Consumption brings a new dimension to this subject by looking at it spatially. Taking English towns as its scene, this inspiring study focuses on moments of consumption – selecting and purchasing goods... More

This case follows Prakash Melwani (HBS MBA '86), CIO of Blackstone's Private Equity Group, and his teams' investment in the footwear company Crocs. Instead of a traditional secondary offering, Crocs opted for a unique deal structure by taking Blackstone's cash in a private investment in public equit... More

Jeanne Rose, affectionatley known as the Grand Dame of aromatherapy to those in the field, has compiled over the years a wealth of practical and researched information about aromatherapy. With her charming humor she weaves the history of aromatherapy. In this book you will find almost anything you w... More

Exam Board: CambridgeLevel: KS4Subject: Digital MediaFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2018Support your teaching of the new Cambridge Technicals 2016 suite with Cambridge Technical Level 3 Digital Media, developed in partnership between OCR and Hodder Education; this textbook covers eac... More

How fast can your organization change? How long does it take to adopt new technology? Do things run the same when you bring in a new leader? How does the culture evolve with new acquisitions? There is an underlying thread in all these questions. Workplace attachment or our instinctual (biological) r... More

Value-added tax was first introduced less than 50 years ago. Today, it is a key component of tax systems around the world, and major source of government revenue in over 120 countries. The IMF has attached considerable importance to the proper design and implementation of the tax, and this book dr... More

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 22nd International Symposium on Trends in Functional Programming, TFP 2021, which was held virtually in February 2020. The 6 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 18 submissions. They were organized in... More

In this book, cultural participation is analyzed as a substantial aspect of European citizenship, but also as a tool for improving individual and societal wellbeing through educational and inclusive policies. It offers an up-to-date overview of ongoing research on the measurement, analysis and pros... More