Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the bestseller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperity and renewal in the face of radical changes
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This book constitutes the joint refereed proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Problems, APPROX 2005 and the 9th International Worksh
The legendary story of Harley-Davidson's rise to power--not only as an international industry leader but as an American cultural icon.How did the Harley-Davidson motorcycle, originally a machine for c
"A Gecko in the Machine....Postcards from the Bahamas" covers a period from the emigration by the author and his wife with Habu, their German Shepherd dog to their newly built home on the island of Ex
Bob's just moved in near his granddad. He finds everything boring until he discovers a time machine in his granddad's attic. Bob and his new friend, Tom, are sent on a mission to stop Bob's evil great
What's Worth Learning? addresses the central question of general education. For learners facing a complex, unpredictable, and dangerous future, it asks and answers the question: What knowledge is abso
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A study of child development designed for parents describes patterns of learning between the ages of five and eleven and examines means of improving the youngster's educational environment
Mobile Authentication: Problems and Solutions looks at human-to-machine authentication, with a keen focus on the mobile scenario. Human-to-machine authentication is a startlingly complex issue. In the
Technology enhanced learning (TEL) aims to design, develop and test sociotechnical innovations that will support and enhance learning practices of both individuals and organisations. It is therefore a
So...Why Are Students NOT Learning On The School Bus?According to Dr. Keshia L. Gaines, students should learn from academic content on the school bus and other unique learning areas (the bus stop, caf
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization, EvoCOP 2010, held in Instanbul, Turkey, in April 2010.The 24 r
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Hybrid Learning, ICHL 2013, held in Toronto, ON, Canada, in August 2013. The 35 papers presented in this volume we
It's not about size or shape. It's not about skinny or fluffy. It's about balancing your scale and learning to be healthy for life. In My Healthy for Life Journal, author Dr. Olga Vaca Durr offers a v
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An opera singer meets her greatest teacher in a Manhattan pet shop.In "Learning to Live with Fritz" author E. Rawlins tells the story of how one crazy little dog changed her life.A soon-to-be divorced
Maria Martin is a small woman with a big heart and a strong mind who always looks for the good in people. A teacher who loves to share her passion for learning with her high school students, Maria nev
Empathy and Intuition in Distance Learning Professor of cognitive sciences and education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Howard Gardner is among the most influential education theorists i
Follow Joey as he learns more about living through the game of golf than he ever could on a therapist's couch. Learning to Live One Golf Swing at a Time is a look at the way golf grabs a hold of the p
Learning English as a second language can be daunting for beginners. I want to allay the fears that confront students. This book will show students that by applying the recommended methods, from the i
Communicating the importance of proper diction for Christians, in "English First," author Pan Troglodytes provides a guide for learning to talk and write like a humble Christian, in American English.
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Butty and the Mosquito is the first in a series aimed at simplifying scientific concepts in biology and related subjects for youngsters. It makes learning about nature an easy task. Butty, a beautiful
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THE TEACHER begins with young BRIAN DESMOND teaching math at Newtown High School in Queens, New York despite a learning disability -- he cannot write legibly. He paid for his college education by fixi
"Charting Living Waters "draws upon learning styles to offer a refreshing approach as a teaching resource for Bible study leaders or participants. The charts, comparisons, parallels, and puzzles inclu
This book is based on the author's practice in teaching and learning literature. It approaches this subject as a privileged context for critical thinking, knowledge construction, and autonomy both for
"Learning To Begin Again: Daily Reflections On Recovering And Renewal" presents a cognitive skill set based on the author's extensive experience as well as the teachings of spiritual leaders from both
Just the fax, ma'am. Alissa Lindley didn't mean to take it out on the fax machine. But when your not-yet-ex-husband knocks up his girlfriend and your divorce is going worse than the next World War --
In this supplementary undergraduate text, Steeb (applied mathematics, Rand Afrikaans University) walks through the solution of 154 problems for engineering students learning how to work with the discr
The Little Angel of Understanding gets along with everyone -- except for the Little Angel of Learning. He uses big words, and the little angel doesn't always know what they mean. Will the Little Angel
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An airplane crashes, killing eighty-seven passengers. A cancer patient receives a fatal dose of radiation from a machine designed to be foolproof. The ATMs at a New York bank debit customers twice the
