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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
From snowstorms to thunderstorms to beautiful blue skies, author
Craig Edwards has been fascinated by the weather from an early age;
so fascinated that his four brothers nicknamed him "weather boy."
In this memoir, Edwards recounts his life growing up in the
Midwest, his quest to understand the wonders of nature and his
calling to forecast weather as a spiritual vocation. Having
witnessed the signs of the sky and having experienced the changing
climate as a meteorologist in the heartland for almost forty years,
Edwards shares his views of the dramatically visible changes in
weather patterns. Revealing his talents to read the signs of
nature, Edwards expressed a keen awareness of the harsh
consequences of disrespecting the environment. In this mixture of
autobiography, spiritual guidance, and meteorological narrative,
Nature's Messenger discusses the moral consciousness of failing to
revere the environment. We should be concerned not simply with the
consequences of global warming; we must educate the next
generation, so they may truly express care for the sustainability
of creation.
A man is forbidden to uncover the secret of the tower in a
fairy-tale castle by the Rhine. A headless corpse is found in a
secret garden in Paris - belonging to the city's chief of police.
And a drowned man is fished from the sea off the Italian Riviera,
leaving the carabinieri to wonder why his socialite friends at the
Villa Almirante are so unconcerned by his death. These are three of
the scenarios in this new collection of vintage crime stories
compiled by Martin Edwards. Detective stories from the golden age
and beyond have used European settings - cosmopolitan cities, rural
idylls and crumbling chateaux - to explore timeless themes of
revenge, deception and haunting. Including lesser-known stories by
Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, and J. Jefferson Farjeon - and
over a dozen other classic writers - this collection reveals many
hidden gems of British crime.
The contents of this book illustrates how a dream becomes a
reality. The birth of a nonprofit organization that specializes in:
developing academic excellence in at-risk and high risk children,
and providing services by design for their sibling, parents and
caregivers. Raising the standards of urban households through
tailor made services.
"The Right of the Protestant Left" explores the centrality of
religious realignment for the development of American and global
politics through the story of the 'Christian Realists' who led the
American Protestant left after World War I. As a public theological
community with transnational ties, the Realists attacked modern
civilization, preached participatory democratic relations, and
called for an ecumenical world Protestantism. Ultimately, in
religion as well as in politics, the Realists and their associates
at home and abroad proved to be the authentic religious right of
their era. This valuable study thus highlights the conservative
strain latent within twentieth-century American liberalism.
Superior CAPS coverage and written by expert authors. Superior
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Superior teacher support to save time and make teaching easy. Superior
quality = exam success!
- A special day (story) (p. 6)
- Taking off (poem) (p. 9)
- Why dogs chase cars (story)
- A true friend (story) (p. 13)
- Sorry! (social text: letters) (p. 16)
- Making a mobile (information text)
- Holidays (poems) (p. 20)
- A lucky escape (story) (p. 21)
- Finding out about fire (information text) (p. 24)
- Lighting up our lives (information text) (p. 26)
- Dudu and the evil giant – Part 1 (story) (p. 28)
- Dudu and the evil giant – Part 2 (story)
- Our teacher says (poem) (p. 34)
- Go, Slow and Whoa Foods (information text) (p. 35)
- It takes courage (media text: newspaper article)
- Cecilia Makiwane (media text: newspaper article) (p. 39)
- World of Birds (social text: postcard) (p. 40)
- Save the crane (media text: poster)
- Why the giraffe and the oxpecker are good friends (story)
(p. 42)
- The four friends (drama) (p. 44)
- The wonders of Egypt (information text)
- A journalist’s world (social text: letter) (p. 54)
- Poems about jobs (poems)
- Swim safely (media text: magazine article) (p. 58)
- Funny poems (poems) (p. 60)
- Nomathemba’s fire (story)
- Be my friend (drama) (p. 66)
- Miss you! (social text: emails) (p. 70)
- Digging up the past (information text)
The volume will be a collection of chapters about current theory,
research, and practice related to multiculturalism and positive
psychology. This book will serve as a reference to any who are
interested in the intersection of positive psychology and
multicultural context. While many in the field of positive
psychology have begun to move more strongly towards a
culturally-embedded approach that recognizes the importance of
context in discussing, viewing and cultivating strengths in
individuals from different backgrounds, there is still a dearth of
research in this area compared with studies that take a
cross-cultural approach (comparing people from different countries)
or one that is purported to be "culture-free" or universal in its
application. While it is becoming more common to see various
articles or chapters published on these topics, there is still no
comprehensive text aimed at discussion of the collection of these
topics presented in a cohesive and structured way. This book aims
to fill this gap in the literature. In this book, a broad
definition of culture is utilized that includes such facets as
race, ethnicity, socioeconomic or social class status, disability,
religion, sexual orientation and gender. This book is intended to
present research, theory and suggestions for practice that are
grounded in diverse cultural contexts and current scholarship. It
will assist researchers, students and practitioners who are
studying and working within diverse populations. Currently there
exists no comprehensive text that addresses the intersection of
positive psychology and multiculturalism. Several edited volumes
address positive psychology constructs (e.g., well-being, optimal
experience, autonomy) across cultures, but they do not focus on
multicultural populations within the United States. Other books
focus more specifically on mental health applications and stress
and coping among multicultural populations, however these books do
not provide a broad perspective on psychology beyond this
application piece. The proposed book will review current theory and
research about constructs in addition to applications across
contexts. Finally, other published books have focused on youth
within multicultural society; this volume is more broad in its
address of issues of positive psychology across the lifespan and
across various aspects of identity including disability, gender,
social class and sexual orientation.
This is an introduction to Galois Theory along the lines of
Galois 's Memoir on the Conditions for Solvability of Equations by
Radicals. It puts Galois 's ideas into historical perspective by
tracing their antecedents in the works of Gauss, Lagrange, Newton,
and even the ancient Babylonians. It also explains the modern
formulation of the theory. It includes many exercises, with their
answers, and an English translation of Galois 's memoir.
Reviews the best therapies and surgical techniques available to
provide quality care for the elderly cardiac patient and of those
areas that require further research. The authors detail preventive
therapies and the cardiovascular syndromes that disproportionately
afflict the older individual, including arrhythmias (particularly
atrial fibrillation), syncope, heart failure (particularly
diastolic heart failure), and ischemic heart disease. They also
delineate the surgical management of the heart patient with
discussions of postoperative management and its complications and
of specific surgical procedures such as coronary artery bypass
grafting, valve surgery, pacemaker and defibibrillators, and
surgical management of heart failure.
Man sollte weniger danach streben, die Grenzen der mathe- matischen
Wissenschaften zu erweitern, als vielmehr danach, den bereits
vorhandenen Stoff aus umfassenderen Gesichts- punkten zu betrachten
- E. Study Today most mathematicians who know about Kronecker's
theory of divisors know about it from having read Hermann Weyl's
lectures on algebraic number theory [We], and regard it, as Weyl
did, as an alternative to Dedekind's theory of ideals. Weyl's
axiomatization of what he calls "Kronecker's" theory is built-as
Dedekind's theory was built-around unique factor- ization. However,
in presenting the theory in this way, Weyl overlooks one of
Kronecker's most valuable ideas, namely, the idea that the
objective of the theory is to define greatest com- mon divisors,
not to achieve factorization into primes. The reason Kronecker gave
greatest common divisors the primary role is simple: they are
independent of the ambient field while factorization into primes is
not. The very notion of primality depends on the field under
consideration-a prime in one field may factor in a larger field-so
if the theory is founded on factorization into primes, extension of
the field entails a completely new theory. Greatest common
divisors, on the other hand, can be defined in a manner that does
not change at all when the field is extended (see 1.16). Only after
he has laid the foundation of the theory of divisors does Kronecker
consider factorization of divisors into divisors prime in some
specified field.
This introduction to algebraic number theory via the famous problem
of "Fermats Last Theorem" follows its historical development,
beginning with the work of Fermat and ending with Kummers theory of
"ideal" factorization. The more elementary topics, such as Eulers
proof of the impossibilty of x+y=z, are treated in an uncomplicated
way, and new concepts and techniques are introduced only after
having been motivated by specific problems. The book also covers in
detail the application of Kummers theory to quadratic integers and
relates this to Gauss'theory of binary quadratic forms, an
interesting and important connection that is not explored in any
other book.
From the latest vaccination evidence, recommendations, and
protocols . . . to new vaccine development and the use of vaccines
in reducing disease, Plotkin's Vaccines, 8th Edition, covers every
aspect of vaccination. Now completely revised and updated from
cover to cover, this award-winning text continues to provide
reliable information from global authorities, offering a complete
understanding of each disease, as well as the latest knowledge of
both existing vaccines and those currently in research and
development. Described by Bill Gates as "an indispensable guide to
the enhancement of the well-being of our world," Plotkin's Vaccines
is a must-have reference for current, authoritative information in
this fast-moving field. Contains all-new chapters on COVID-19,
vaccine hesitancy, and non-specific effects of vaccines, as well as
significantly revised content on new vaccine technologies such as
mRNA vaccines, emerging vaccines, and technologies to improve
immunization. Presents exciting new data on evolution of adjuvants
across the centuries, dengue vaccines, human papillomavirus
vaccines, respiratory syncytial virus vaccines, tuberculosis
vaccines, and zoster vaccines. Provides up-to-date, authoritative
information on vaccine production, available preparations, efficacy
and safety, and recommendations for vaccine use, with rationales
and data on the impact of vaccination programs on morbidity and
mortality. Provides complete coverage of each disease, including
clinical characteristics, microbiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis,
and treatment, as well as epidemiology and public health and
regulatory issues. Keeps you up to date with information on each
vaccine, including its stability, immunogenicity, efficacy,
duration of immunity, adverse events, indications,
contraindications, precautions, administration with other vaccines,
and disease-control strategies. Covers vaccine-preventable
diseases, vaccine science, and licensed vaccine products, as well
as product technologies and global regulatory and public health
issues. Analyzes the cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness of
different vaccine options. Helps you clearly visualize concepts and
objective data through an abundance of tables and figures. Enhanced
eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows
you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the
book on a variety of devices.
Contents and treatment are fresh and very different from the
standard treatments Presents a fully constructive version of what
it means to do algebra The exposition is not only clear, it is
friendly, philosophical, and considerate even to the most naive or
inexperienced reader
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