The Shape of Script

In this rich compilation, Emeka Nwosu takes the reader to a journey of the issues that have helped to shape discourses on various aspects of the Nigerian state and society. The articles, originally pu

Sweeping in its scope, The Legends of Hip Hop is an intimate look at the visionaries, the movers and the shakers, and the pioneers who have helped shape the world of hip hop. Groundbreaking artist J

This title features images, in which an array of hydra-like tentacles surround a ragged white ring (the immediate aftermath of a drop of milk falling onto a table); and a sensuous red shape being stre

A young boy’s favorite storybook tells of a Golden Snail that lived long ago in the mythical Spiral Isles. When it journeyed through its magical realm, it took on the shape of a fantastical golden sai

A republication of the author's most autobiographical novel tells the story of a young opera singer who, leaving behind the dull values of her small hometown, is determined to shape her own destiny, d

With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. 'I saw him take a different shape before my eyes. His loose draperies fell about him...and there issued out of them a monstrous creature of the beetle trib

An investigation into the ways in which early modern books were advertised, this study argues that those means of advertisement both record and help to shape social interactions between people and boo

From wagon trails to interstate highways, this book retraces how the leaders and employees of the Washington State Department of Transportation and their predecessors helped to shape Washington’s tran

Flip books, shape books, step books, accordion books, and other fun formats-just right for emergent readers! Favorite topics take you through the school year: seasons, holidays, animals, and more. Gre

This book demystifies the foreign exchange market by focusing on the people who comprise it. Drawing on the expertise of the very professionals whose decisions help shape the market, Thomas Oberlechn

Hank Zipzer, whose love of science does not extend to doing science projects, finds a great experiment--disassemble the cable box to slow the program directory scroll--but trouble, in the shape of an

What kinds of intellectual practices are influential in the making and remaking of nations? How do literary texts shape nation-making? When are intellectuals most and least relevant to developing the

How do the spaces in which science is done shape the identity of the scientist and the self-conception of scientific fields? How do the sciences structure the identity of the architect and the practic

How do the spaces in which science is done shape the identity of the scientist and the self-conception of scientific fields? How do the sciences structure the identity of the architect and the practic

Shows how transnational corporations use lobby groups to shape EU policy. New updated edition

A new shape for the world auto industry emerges from this far-ranging study, whichreveals a path of development quite different from those widely forecast and leaves no doubt thatthe changes ahead wil

The fiery editor of the Liberator helped shape the destiny of a divided nation rapidly moving toward war. His letters ring with denunciations of the Compromise of 1850 and the barbarous Fugitive Slave

DescriptionTrailblazer cultivates critical thinkers, readers, and writers and provides the language support they need to be ready to study subject-matter content in English. Trailblazing students take meaningful action beyond the classroom by developing the ability to shape their own answers to life’s big questions, and to view these questions through multiple perspectives.A multiple literacy approach helps prepare students for meaningful real-world interaction.Authentic non-fiction, globally diverse fiction, and information presented through multi-media inputs prompt students to think critically and apply their language and skills to real-world contexts.The real-life stories of National Geographic Explorers inspire a new generation of trailblazing students to make a positive impact on their community.Assessment of English language skills and strategies helps instructors to track learning outcomes, and students to meet their learning goals, including success on international exams.Inte

DescriptionTrailblazer cultivates critical thinkers, readers, and writers and provides the language support they need to be ready to study subject-matter content in English. Trailblazing students take meaningful action beyond the classroom by developing the ability to shape their own answers to life’s big questions, and to view these questions through multiple perspectives.A multiple literacy approach helps prepare students for meaningful real-world interaction.Authentic non-fiction, globally diverse fiction, and information presented through multi-media inputs prompt students to think critically and apply their language and skills to real-world contexts.The real-life stories of National Geographic Explorers inspire a new generation of trailblazing students to make a positive impact on their community.Assessment of English language skills and strategies helps instructors to track learning outcomes, and students to meet their learning goals, including success on international exams.Inte

DescriptionTrailblazer cultivates critical thinkers, readers, and writers and provides the language support they need to be ready to study subject-matter content in English. Trailblazing students take meaningful action beyond the classroom by developing the ability to shape their own answers to life’s big questions, and to view these questions through multiple perspectives.A multiple literacy approach helps prepare students for meaningful real-world interaction.Authentic non-fiction, globally diverse fiction, and information presented through multi-media inputs prompt students to think critically and apply their language and skills to real-world contexts.The real-life stories of National Geographic Explorers inspire a new generation of trailblazing students to make a positive impact on their community.Assessment of English language skills and strategies helps instructors to track learning outcomes, and students to meet their learning goals, including success on international exams.Inte

DescriptionTrailblazer cultivates critical thinkers, readers, and writers and provides the language support they need to be ready to study subject-matter content in English. Trailblazing students take meaningful action beyond the classroom by developing the ability to shape their own answers to life’s big questions, and to view these questions through multiple perspectives.A multiple literacy approach helps prepare students for meaningful real-world interaction.Authentic non-fiction, globally diverse fiction, and information presented through multi-media inputs prompt students to think critically and apply their language and skills to real-world contexts.The real-life stories of National Geographic Explorers inspire a new generation of trailblazing students to make a positive impact on their community.Assessment of English language skills and strategies helps instructors to track learning outcomes, and students to meet their learning goals, including success on international exams.Inte

Educational Theories and Techniques for Genetic Counselors provides an overview of central aspects of effective education by and for genetic counselors, beginning with insights from the general and genetic counseling education literature and moving through a survey of the structure and function of genetic counselor education in North America. In the opening two sections, Bonnie Baty and Claire Davis take a critical look at genetic counseling graduate programs, the contextual factors that shape the way education is offered, recruitment, admissions, and student support practices, the instructional framework and its components and teaching techniques, as well as intentional efforts to integrate these, the evaluative procedures for student learning, and processes of ongoing program evolution. The third section covers the continuous and increasingly self-directed learning that genetic counselors employ throughout their careers to sustain and expand their competence. The book concludes by co

Recovered in 1755 during excavations in the Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum, the prosciutto sundial is the earliest known portable Roman sundial. Palm-sized and in the shape of an Italian cured ham, its silver-plated cast bronze form cleverly combines an accurate modelling of a prosciutto with a relatively sophisticated scientific device capable of capturing the seasonal hours of the zodiacal year by employing the pig's tail to cast the sun's shadow onto the dial. This book explores the significance of this curious object's discovery in the Villa dei Papiri and offers the first comprehensive survey of its reception and analysis by drawing on contemporary correspondence and manuscripts, travel journals, popular accounts, archaeological studies, and scientific and horological assessments. Christopher Parslow shows how the prosciutto sundial is a rare example of an ancient artifact that has attracted the attention of a very broad audience, from archaeologists, art historians, and philolog

本書原題A Chinese Text in Central Asian Brahmi Script，副標題New Evidence for the Pronunciation of Late Middle Chinese and Khotanese，是由兩位著名學者──中古伊朗語專家恩莫瑞克和漢學家蒲立本發揮各自學術專長，共同撰寫的一部學術專著。本書的研究對象是兩片敦煌遺書殘卷（Ch.00120和P.5597，此二殘卷可以綴合）上的中亞婆羅米文字，其內容是以晚期于闐語音寫的鳩摩羅什譯漢文《金剛經》。兩位作者通過對婆羅米文與相應漢文的考察，歸納了不少晚期中古漢語和于闐語中的語音現象，提出了許多富有參考價值的推論。總而言之，本書是研究漢語音韻學和晚期于闐語的重要參考資料。（印度學與印度研究．譯叢Ⅲ）

Governing After War explores how wartime processes affects post-war state-building efforts when rebels win a civil war and come into power. Post-war governance is a continuation of war--although violence has ceased, the victor must consolidate its control over the state through a process of internal conquest. This means carefully making choices about resource allocation towards development and security. Where does the victor choose to spend, and why? And what are the implications for ultimately consolidating power and preventing conflict recurrence? The book examines wartime rebel-civilian ties under rebel governance and explains how these ties--along with rebel governing institutions--shape the rebel victors' post-war various resource allocation strategies to establish control at the sub-national level. In turn, successfully balancing resources dedicated toward development and security helps the victor to consolidate power. The book relies on mixed-methods evidence from Zimbabwe and L

When planning for the future we often ask, "What will the economy be doing this time next year?" Or, "What will be different ten years from now?" But forecasting is hard. The important events that will shape the future are inherently unpredictable. Instead, we should be asking a different question: What will be the same ten years from now? What will be the same one hundred years from now? Knowledge of the things that never change is more useful, and more important, than an uncertain prediction of an unknowable future.In Same As Ever, bestselling author Morgan Housel shares 24 short stories about the ways that life, behaviour, and business will always be the same.

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Sensory Systems provides a comprehensive scholarly account of the diverse means that organisms use to interact with their environments, as well as the biological adaptations that shape these systems across species. More than 100 leading scholars were commissioned to write brand new articles for these volumes, contributing to a collective effort that presents both foundational and emerging topics in the field of sensory neuroscience. Organized into topical sections, across 61 long-form articles, the Encyclopedia examines the somotaosensory, vestibular, olfactory, and gustatory systems of vertebrates and invertebrates alike. Each peer-reviewed article provides a thorough summary of the subject at hand and deepens understanding by discussing the history of perspectives on the topic, the current state of the field, and future directions for research. As a work, the Encyclopedia serves as a valuable contribution and testament to the variety of scholarship within s

美國最受歡迎的數學教授、《數學教你不犯錯》作者喬丹．艾倫伯格的最新大作，以數學對現實世界進行深度的解析。本書帶你邂逅新的幾何學：流行病傳播的幾何學、混亂美國政治進程的幾何學、職業棋士的幾何學、人工智能的幾何學、英語的幾何學、財金的幾何學、物理的幾何學，以及詩的幾何學。「這本書怎麼可能這麼有娛樂性？這不合理啊！它揭示了幾何思維如何促成從更公平的美國選舉、到更好的流行病規劃。」―紐約時報幾何學不是歐幾里得，早就不是了。它不是散發著教室氣息的文化遺產，而是一門活生生的學科，正以前所未有的速度前進。這本書讓你邂逅新的幾何學。包括我們正在經歷的COVID-19流行病的傳播。本書告訴你流行病傳播不是醫學，而是數學，更嚴格來說是幾何學。因此，該如何透過找出流行病的圖形，來理解每日染疫人數的變化，預估疫情高峰與結束的時間，並說明為什麼流行病的控制不追求完美主義？還有美國式民主的政治進程，若不是運用幾何學的洞察，還真的不容易揪出背後的操作與不公平！作者舉他的故鄉威斯康辛州為例，說明共和黨人如何透過選區劃分，讓共和黨在國會中的席位屹立不搖，以此介紹了「傑利蠑螈」的存在。以及若沒有幾何學的抽絲剝繭，分辨其中政治操作的訣竅，還真容易遭到蒙蔽。果然只要改變選區的形狀，就能改變選舉結果！作者更一一分析職業棋士的幾何學、人工智能的幾何學、英語的幾何學、財金的幾何學、物理的幾何學，以及詩的幾何學。原來，每個事物都有其幾何結構，數學不只是理性的分析和掌握，更是對於事物內在形狀的直覺感知和洞悉，幾何學可說是數學中最饒富興味、最感性的一支！…本書為《紐約時報》暢銷書《數學教你不犯錯》作者喬丹．艾倫伯格的新作，艾倫柏格本身為世界一流的幾何學家，在本書中顛覆我們對幾何的認知，開啟我們對幾何的嶄新力量的大門，讓我們對幾乎所有事物產生更深入的理解與認識。過去兩百年間在教室裡的典型幾何學課程，是將歐幾里得當成博物館文物，那些證明是用來記憶、背誦、甚至欣賞的，一個人如何能想出這些證明完全沒被提及。但如今我們不再要求學生背誦歐幾里得，而是透過幾何學訓練學生養成嚴謹推理的心智習慣。但幾何學的意義遠遠超過這個。但凡科學、政治以及哲學問題背後都隱藏著幾何結構。在希臘文中，「幾何學」這幾個字具有「測量世界」的偉大含意，但這層意義低估了幾何學。事實上，幾何學不僅能測量世界，還能闡明世界。幾何學會問：物體的位置和樣貌如何？哪些事

We like to think we understand what’s happening around us; that we can determine the path our life takes. But often, things don’t go that way – in fact, they rarely do. What helps us respond to life as it unfolds? To live freely, stay humble and find comfort in difficult times? Is it possible to silence our inner critic, and learn to become a friend to ourselves? In the Swedish sensation I May Be Wrong, former forest monk Björn Natthiko Lindeblad shows how letting go of our need for control is about finding the courage to face the uncertainty that is a natural part of life. We don’t choose our thoughts. We don’t control the shape they take, or what pops into our minds. We can only choose whether or not to believe them. Infusing the eve

The whole is definitely equal to more than its parts in this board book of shape-by-shape construction of animals by New York Times Bestselling illustrator Miguel Ordóñez!A cast of animal characters a

Forming Sleep asks how biocultural and literary dynamics act together to shape conceptions of sleep states in the early modern period. Engaging with poetry, drama, and prose largely written in English

Cock-a-doodle-do Time to stop hitting that snooze button Wake up, be on time, or announce the end of the work day with the Tiny Alarm Cock. This quirky desktop clock in the shape of a rooster is perfect for that special someone who is always running late -- or really loves roosters. This mini kit includes: 3" analog clock in the shape of a roosterAlarm feature that sounds like a rooster crowingSnooze button32-page illustrated mini book

With a swish and flick of your pen, create these Harry Potter works of art! Thomas Pavitte, best-selling author of the 1000 Dot-to-Dot and Querkles series, has created a new type of mind-bending graphic puzzle in Harry Potter Spiroglyphics. At first, all you see are simple spirals, but when you look a little closer and start to color between the lines, the best-loved characters of Hogwarts begin to take shape. And when you're finished, you'll want to hang your masterpiece on the wall. This remarkable collection of 20 puzzles features popular characters and creatures from the films. Put on your favorite music, grab a felt-tip pen and a Butterbeer, and transform a set of simple lines into an amazing work of art!

A Visual Language is a practical introduction to the language of the visual arts, with a strong, innovative methodology. This expanded second edition begins with the basics of shape, composition and d

Arctic Life 300 Piece Shaped Scene Puzzle from Mudpuppy features a colorful scene of the animals who inhabit the Arctic. The finished puzzle is die-cut in the shape of a walrus adding wow-factor when

Color between the lines to reveal your favorite Disney Villains! Disney Villains: Spiroglyphics is a collection of 20 delightful graphic puzzles from Thomas Pavitte, best-selling author of the 1000 Dot-to-Dot and Querkles series. At first, all you see are simple spirals, but as you start to color between the lines, your favorite Disney Villains will begin to take shape! When you're finished, you'll have a masterpiece worthy of being framed on your wall. Among the characters featured in the puzzles are Ursula, Maleficent, Cruella de Vil, Scar, Jafar, Gaston, Captain Hook, and more. Grab your markers and transform a set of simple lines into an amazing work of art!

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