This substantially revised text provides a comprehensive, highly accessible, and student friendly introduction to the principles, concepts, and methods currently used in educational research. This text provides a balanced combination of quantitative and qualitative methods and enables students to master skills in reading, understanding, critiquing, and conducting research. Many examples and article excerpts are used throughout the text to demonstrate and highlight best practices in educational research. Evidence-based inquiry is emphasized in two ways: (1) Introductory chapters focus on the added importance of data driven decision-making, (2) Methodological chapters provide explicit guidelines for conducting empirical studies.

Nicole and Tom's lives are changed overnight by a ten-million-pound lottery win.

Before they know it they've moved into a state-of-the-art Glass Barn conversion in the stunning grounds of Lancaut Manor in Gloucestershire. But their dream quickly turns into a nightmare when Tom is found dead in the swimming pool, with a wound on his head.

Someone close to home must be responsible. But other than the young couple who live in the Manor, and their housekeeper in the Coach House next door, there's no one around for miles.

Who among them is capable of murder?

Push, pull and slide the moving mechanisms to follow Robin on her Christmas adventure! Robin's a bird, with mouse sisters and brothers. Sometimes she feels that she's not like the others . . . Join Robin as she sets off to prove she can be a really good mouse, just like the rest of her family! Move the push, pull and slide mechanisms on every spread to bring the story to life. Robin Robin: A Push, Pull and Slide Book is the perfect introduction for preschoolers, featuring short, simple rhyming text and chunky mechanisms for little hands. Flap Robin's wings, play hide-and-seek with the mice, and help Robin and Magpie grab the golden Christmas star! Robin Robin is the Oscar-nominated Netflix film from Aardman Animations, creators of Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, and Morph. This heartwarming story features a cast of unforgettable characters including a treasure-hunting magpie (Richard E. Grant) and a thoroughly villainous cat (Gillian Anderson), and is perfect for the festive season and beyond. For older fans, check out the picture book adaptation Robin Robin: The Official Book of the Film, available now.

The LEGO (R) City police patrol need your help! Young LEGO (R) fans can help solve the crime and save the day as they push, pull and slide the tabs in this cool board book. Race after burglars in a police car, soar through the air in a helicopter and then slide the scene-changing mechanism to see who you caught red-handed - all in a day's work for brave little heroes! Helps budding officers to: - enhance motor skills - develop hand-eye coordination - play as they read - be imaginative and creative LEGO (R) City. Police Patrol is a great gift for toddlers with inquisitive fingers and minds. Add to the collection and bring more of the LEGO City to life with LEGO (R) City. Fire Station, LEGO (R) City. Building Site and LEGO (R) City. Merry Christmas.

The Fire Chief and her crew need your help! Young LEGO (R) fans can bring the fire station to life as they push, pull and slide the tabs in this cool board book. Open the fire station doors, make the helicopter take off and then slide the scene-changing mechanism to drive off in the fire engine - all in a day's work for brave little heroes! Helps budding firefighters to: - enhance motor skills - develop hand-eye coordination - play as they read - be imaginative and creative LEGO (R) City. Fire Station is a great gift for toddlers with inquisitive fingers and minds. Add to the collection and bring more of the LEGO City to life with LEGO (R) City. Building Site.

Help the rangers on the LEGO (R) City wildlife reserve look after the safari animals! Little LEGO fans can bring the safari to life as they push, pull and slide the tabs in this fun board book. Make the LEGO (R) bricks move - feed the monkeys swinging in the tree, guide a lost elephant to a new home and then slide the scene-changing mechanism to discover all the animals on the reserve! Helps creative minds to: - enhance motor skills - develop hand-eye coordination - play as they read - be imaginative LEGO (R) City. Safari Rescue is a great gift for toddlers with inquisitive fingers and minds. Add to the collection and bring more of the LEGO City to life with LEGO (R) City. Police Patrol, LEGO (R) City. Fire Station and LEGO (R) City. Building Site.

The New York Times bestselling guide to leading positive change in any organization-updated with new insights, research, and case studies Learning how to influence others may be the most important leadership skill you'll ever develop. And yet most leaders don't recognize this fact-that leadership, at the end of the day, is the capacity to influence behavior to drive results. When is the last time you saw a change effort yield something more than a t-shirt or mug emblazoned with the name of the effort? Our review of 30 years of change literature reveals that fewer than one in eight workplace change efforts is successful. Most produce nothing more than cynicism. Because of these failed efforts and unfulfilled dreams, most leaders grow impatient. They ask: "Why aren't people doing what they should be doing, and why can't I get them to change?" From the bestselling authors who taught the world how to have Crucial Conversations comes the new edition of Crucial Influence (previously published as Influencer). Drawing on cases studies of remarkable leaders and the research of renowned behavioral scientists, this popular guide explains why people do what they do and how leaders can influence behavior to drive results. It all comes down to a powerful yet simple model-the Six Sources of Influence (R). Learn how to identify the personal, social, and structural levers that influence both motivation and ability, and how to work these levers for directed behavior change. This new edition incorporates feedback from readers and learners over the past 10 years. Updates include: * Updated stories and examples of the Influencer model * New research on behavior change * Practical applications for today's challenges * New insights from the authors' experience applying the model over the last 15 years * Updated statistics, facts, and figures * New case studies and business examples Learn effective influence strategies from leaders who demonstrate that leadership is intentional influence. Knowing how to motivate and enable others to change may be the most important leadership skill you'll ever acquire. Once you tap into the power of influence, you can reach out and help others work smarter, grow faster, live better, and even save lives.

The illustrated biography of a Scottish country house, set beside the River Clyde, and of the people who made it their home over the past 850 years Written by four brothers, their sister and the eldest member of the next generation, Finlaystone offers an insidersa view of the house, its beautiful gardens and the surrounding estate. They tell about the lives of its former owners, many of whom played prominent roles in Scottish military, political, religious and cultural affairs. As Scotland moved forward from centuries of feuds between large feudal landowners to the reformation, the age of enlightenment and the industrial revolution, the building evolved from a fortress to a modest but attractive family home in 1746. Its present form as an imposing late Victorian mansion dates from when it was modernised and extended in 1900 by George Jardine Kidston, the great-grandfather of the older authors, who had grown wealthy from running one of the worlda s earliest steamship companies. In its hey-day, Finlaystone was managed for the comfort and leisure of its owners by a bevy of household servants living in a wing of the house, and by an army of workers, including gardeners, foresters, game-keepers, joiners and a laundry-maid. The prosperity that had made such a lavish life possible, however, soon started to decline, with George Kidstona s death in 1909, followed just 5 years later by war, the economic depression in the 1930s, and then World War II. Unlike many other large country houses, Finlaystone remains a family home, kept afloat largely by the hard work and adaptability of the members of the family who reflect in this book on the joys and travails that this implied.

Mary Jean Chan and Andrew McMillan's luminous anthology, 100 Queer Poems, is a celebration of thrilling contemporary voices and visionary poets of the past. Featuring Elizabeth Bishop, Langston Hughes, Ocean Vuong, Carol Ann Duffy, Kae Tempest and many more. Encompassing both the flowering of queer poetry over the past few decades and the poets who came before and broke new ground, 100 Queer Poems presents an electrifying range of writing from the twentieth century to the present day. Questioning and redefining what we mean by a 'queer' poem, you'll find inside classics by Elizabeth Bishop, Langston Hughes, Wilfred Owen, Charlotte Mew and June Jordan, central contemporary figures such as Mark Doty, Jericho Brown, Carol Ann Duffy, Kei Miller, Kae Tempest, Natalie Diaz and Ocean Vuong, alongside thrilling new voices including Chen Chen, Richard Scott, Harry Josephine Giles, Verity Spott and Jay Bernard. Curated by two widely acclaimed poets, Mary Jean Chan and Andrew McMillan, 100 Queer Poems moves from childhood and adolescence to forging new homes and relationships with our chosen families, from urban life to the natural world, from explorations of the past to how we find and create our future selves. It deserves a place on the shelf of every reader keen to discover and rediscover how queer poets speak to one another across the generations.

Come and help the LEGO® City farmers on a busy day at the farm! Little LEGO fans can bring the farmyard to life as they push, pull and slide the tabs in this fun board book. Make the LEGO bricks move – drive the tractor through the fields, collect the eggs from the hen house and then slide the scene-changing mechanism to have fun at the farmer's market! Helps creative minds to: - enhance motor skills - develop hand-eye coordination - play as they read - be imaginative LEGO® City. Farmyard Fun is a great gift for toddlers with inquisitive fingers and minds. Add to the collection and bring more of the LEGO City to life with LEGO City. Space Mission, LEGO City. Safari Resuce, LEGO City. Police Patrol, LEGO City. Fire Station and LEGO City. Building Site.