High-Risk Reunion

No one sat me down and told me I was a Negro. That was something I figured out on the sly...So begins acclaimed critic and novelist Darryl Pinckney’s debut novel, High Cotton, an elegant and insightfu

Viewed from the perspective of environmental management, this study describes the implications and applications of the precautionary principle - a theory of avoiding risk even when its likelihood seem

This book offers 14 contributions that examine key questions concerning bankers´ decision making, their confidence in partners and customers, and their risk management practices from Early Modernity t

This work illustrates how risk management can be applied to educational systems in general, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education in particular. The rationale for this

The Oxford Picture Dictionary High Beginning Workbook offers high-interest exercises that correspond to each page of the Oxford Picture Dictionary, Third Edition. A wide range of activity types addres

Just like any dysfunctional family reunion, loyalty, love, and good times soon turn to bitterness, regret, and promises to never see one another again. At the end of the day, the Banks sisters a

Conduct risk is at the core of a new approach to regulating financial services, behavioural regulation, whose new agencies and public prosecutors have spread rapidly across the world. Its prosecutors

Teaching Students with High-Incidence Disabilities by Mary Anne Prater is a textbook for pre-service special educators taking courses in teaching methods for high-incidence or mild/moderate disabilit

Lance Wright shows why business in the 21st century requires a new understanding of the intersection of risk, security, and human resource management. He argues that these areas should no longer be co

The Gower Handbook of Extreme Events reviews approaches for assessing and managing the risk of extreme events: environmental catastrophe; engineering failure; financial or business meltdown; nuclear o

This groundbreaking new middle-grade series by award-winning author Lisa Yee follows DC Comics’ most iconic female super heroes and villains . . . as high schoolers. At Super Hero High, the galaxy’s m

Researchers in a variety of healthcare professions explore risk and resilience across the life span, emphasizing the shift from societal to individual responsibility, human rights and citizenship,

It's a Scooby-Doo reunion when Scooby and the rest of the Mystery Gang gather at a circus carnival under the big top. But when the clowns enter the ring, things go from merry to mayhem: clowns turn in

Written by a leading ADC designer, this book describes high speed Nyquist analogue-to-digital converters (ADC) including architecture design, design methodology, circuit design techniques, problems, a

Written by the creator of the Guided Inquiry Design (GID) framework as well as an educator, speaker, and national consultant on the topic, this book explains the nuances of GID in the high school context as well as background research and explanation of guided inquiry and the information search process.• Supplies practitioner-friendly units of instruction specifically designed for high school students using GID process• Provides background research and a complete explanation of the GID process• Presents practical, proven information that is ready to use in faculty study groups at the high school level but also summarizes and explains the research basis of GID• Addresses the critical need for proper implantation of Guided Inquiry Design in school districts nationwide

The aim of the book is to provide a practical overview of the project risk management process that covers both theory and practice and would serve as a useful guide to a wide range of readers from stu

Covering technical design and construction aspects as well as financial analysis and risk assessment, this professional reference work provides a comprehensive overview of solar power technology. Whether or not you have a technology background, this essential guide will help you to understand the design, construction, financial analysis, and risk assessment of solar power technology. The first two chapters present an uncomplicated overview of solar power technology physics, solar cell technology, applications, and equipment. In subsequent chapters, readers are introduced to fundamental econometric analysis in such a way that will allow anyone, whether or not they have a background in finance, to become familiar with the fundamental costing and financing of large scale solar power programs. This book is essential reading for anyone involved with solar power project development, and is suitable for both graduate students and professionals.

Intelligent Credit Scoring is an updated second edition of Credit Risk Scorecards: Developing and Implementing Intelligent Credit Scoring. This book presents a business-oriented process for the develo

In Policy Debate: A Guide for High School and Collegiate Debaters, Shawn F. Briscoe introduces educators, coaches, and students at the high school and collegiate levels to the concepts at the foundati

This book brings together psychological and psychotherapeutic contributions in clinical practice with at-risk children and their families Chapters by experts working in a range of edge-of-care setting

This book presents a broad overview of risk management in the banking industry, with a special focus on strategic thinking and decision-making. It reveals the broader context behind decision models a

Legal risk covers all areas of business where regulation and the law impact on operations and decisions. From risks arising from contract drafting and management, through to regulators' new focus on c

Emma Lee Raines sees dead peopleProprietor of the Eternal Slumber Funeral Home, Emma Lee can see, hear, and talk to ghosts of murdered folks. And when her high school nemesis is found dead, Jade Lee P

This book goes beyond traditional financial institutions textbooks, which tend to focus on mathematical models for risk management and the technical aspects of measuring and managing risk. It focuses

This book goes beyond traditional financial institutions textbooks, which tend to focus on mathematical models for risk management and the technical aspects of measuring and managing risk. It foc

In this poignant spiritual novel that echoes the emotional resonance of The Glass Castle and Running with Scissors, an unexpected reunion at a remote lakeside camp in the Maine woods offers the possib

Risk avoidance has to be addressed not only at the outset of any building project but throughout its lifespan and by all parties involved in the contract. This book covers each stage of the constructi

What is online risk? How can we best protect children from it? Who should be responsible for this protection? Is all protection good? Can Internet users trust the industry? These and other fundamental

(Volume 4)Down in the emergency shelter of the school, what could have been a dream reunion becomes a gruesome nightmare...With Kurumi injured and her condition worsening, the newest member of the Sch

This collection of essays deals with the situated management of risk in a wide variety of organizational settings - aviation, mental health, railway project management, energy, toy manufacture, financ

In The High Church Revival in the Church of England the author reassesses the nature and impact of High Churchmanship, asserting its creativity and complexity as an enduring element of Anglican tradit

Providing new knowledge on risk analysis and simulation for megaprojects, this book is essential reading for both academics and practitioners. Its focus is on technical descriptions of a newly develop

Controlling Risk—In A Dangerous WorldHow do operators prevent the next accident that is inevitably trying to kill them? How do they improve performance? Can they do both simultaneously?On the front li

Coming soon! High Speed Holiday by Katy Lee will be available Nov 8, 2016.

Aimed at all aspiring badminton players, High Performance Badminton is packed with advice on how to improve your game, including an extensive section of tips from star players. Covering both the physi

A creeperific set of books for Monster High fans! This clawesome box contains all fiveMonster High Diaries!cMattel 2016. All rights reserved.

A Christmas Reunion Noah Carlisle is surprised to see first love Beth Montgomery back in Dover. Beth left their small Mississippi town?and him?years ago for a ballet career. Now the only female in Noa

The risk assessment process, the interventions and treatment commenced as a result of it and the theory behind it are central to the administration of criminal justice programmes around the world. Mos

Ruin Probabilities: Smoothness, Bounds, Supermartingale Approach deals with continuous-time risk models and covers several aspects of risk theory. The first of them is the smoothness of the survival p

High-pressure science has undergone a revolution in the last 15 years. The development of intense new x-ray and neutron sources, improved detectors, new instrumentation, greatly increased computation