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Since her mother left, Pearl has spent more and more time in the ocean, fishing to help her father pay the bills.
But when she gets mixed up with a group of illegal abalone poachers and starts diving near a restricted wreck, Pearl meets an ancient sea monster named Otto—who isn’t quite as monstrous as she thought. And when Otto’s enemies come back to finish what they started, Pearl is the only one who can save him, but only if she has the courage to let go of her past and open up to others—including the girl from class she’s got a crush on.
With her one-eyed pup sidekick and a whole lot of nerve, Pearl may just be able to save Otto and finally tell the truth to her father… and, more importantly, to herself. With vibrant full-color illustrations, Pearl of the Sea is a South African adventure story exploring how we are both bound to and freed by nature, seen through the eyes of a tough teen-aged heroine determined to live life by her own rules.
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Third Edition, Six Volume Set
provides a coherent, synthetic and comprehensive overview of the
field, bringing together contributions from over 400 expert
academics and practitioners. The book brings together the
dimensions of biodiversity and examines the services it provides
and measures to protect it. Major themes include the evolution of
biodiversity, systems for classifying and defining biodiversity,
ecological patterns and theories of biodiversity, and an assessment
of contemporary patterns and trends in biodiversity. The entire
work is reviewed and updated, including new chapters on topics
which have come to the forefront since the publication of the
previous edition. The science of biodiversity has become the
science of our future. It is an interdisciplinary field spanning
areas of both physical and life sciences. Our awareness of the loss
of biodiversity has brought a long overdue appreciation of the
magnitude of this loss and a determination to develop the tools to
protect our future. One important feature of the new edition will
be updated information on the growing biodiversity crisis.
Challenging Western depictions, this consideration of Moscow’s post-Cold War Africa policy takes into account both African and Russian decisionmakers.
Three decades after the Soviet Union’s collapse, Russia has transformed from a fringe player to a resurgent great power in Africa. The October 2019 Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi highlighted the appeal of Russia’s normative agenda, the ubiquity of Russian military technology, and the breadth of Moscow’s presence on the continent. Beneath the pageantry, a darker side of Russia’s African resurgence looms large. From Libya to Madagascar, Russia has used sinister tactics to expand its influence, such as private military contractors, shadowy mining and energy deals with authoritarian regimes, and election interference campaigns.
This book presents a chronological examination of Russia’s post-Cold War foreign policy towards Africa, and outlines the factors that have enabled and impeded the growth of its influence. It pays special attention to the non-material factors behind this rising power; the domestic drivers of Russian decision-making; Moscow’s relationships with fellow external powers; and African perspectives on Russia’s geopolitical role. Samuel Ramani’s analysis cites extensively both Russian-language media and academic sources, and his own interviews with Russian and African elites. His fascinating study challenges popular depictions of Russia as an opportunistic anti-Western actor, instead emphasising Moscow’s strategic commitment to Africa and the endurance of historical memory.
Sport and the Brain: The Science of Preparing, Enduring and
Winning, Part C, Volume 240, reflects recent advancements in the
understanding of how elite athletes prepare for, and perform at,
peak levels under the demands of competition. Topics discussed in
this new release include The influence of challenge and threat
states on affect, perceived exertion, attention, and performance
during a competitive sprint cycling task, Prior self-control
exertion and perceptions of pain and task importance during a
physically demanding task, Enhancing cardiac vagal activity in
sport psychology, The influence of cardiac vagal activity on
peripheral perception performance under pressure, and much more.
"We have to adapt to the impacts that, unfortunately, we can no
longer avoid", said President Obama at the UN Climate Summit in
September 2014. Adaptation and resilience are now a must in both
academic research and international bodies. A fashionable concept,
resilience's polysemy sparks many debates on its uses and
operational relevance. This book bridges the increasing divide
between academic research and the latest planning innovations,
offering practical and conceptual insights for practitioners,
researchers and students. Magali Reghezza-Zitt and Samuel Rufat
present a cross-disciplinary, state-of-the-art debate and critical
analysis of the social, spatial, practical and political
implications of resilience.
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Migraine
Samuel Fisher
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R519
R472
Discovery Miles 4 720
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The snow has melted, but the thaw reveals a world transformed.
London is in ruins, its population a fraction of its pre-freeze
level. The weather has become wildly unpredictable - huge pressure
swings leading to powerful localised storms. And this has led to an
epidemic of migraine. When a storm hits, the pain comes, along with
a wide range of visual and haptic hallucinations named Migraine
'aura'. The novel starts with Ellis, one of a very small proportion
of the population who don't suffer from weather-induced migraines,
being struck by a migraine attack for the first time. After being
blinded by hallucinations, he wakes in a ruined bookshop with its
former owner, Sam, who pulled him to safety from the storm. No
longer excluded from the migraine epidemic, Ellis decides to find
his ex-girlfriend, Luna, and win her back. With Sam tagging along,
he sets out from the bookshop and heads south. From here, chapters
alternate, giving the backstory of Ellis and Luna's relationship,
from their first meeting to their final rupture, while in the
present day the two men wend a crooked psychogeography through the
centre of the city. Migraine is concerned with questions such as:
what does a society look like, if it's organised around chronic
pain? What kind of culture would this set of conditions produce?
The aim of this report is to analyse and assess the policy
landscape faced by UK energy users both households and firms and
explore the potential forimprovement. We highlight a number of
reform options and recommendationsfor firm and household energy use
policies. They include some changes that could be implemented
quickly and more radical reforms that would require further
consultation and time.http:
//www.cccep.ac.uk/Publications/Policy/docs/energy-policies-carbon-pricing-uk.pd
A field-tested, classroom-based approach for developing the
critical thinking, social-emotional, problem-solving, and
discussion skills students need to be good citizens and effective
changemakers. We often hear that a key purpose of schooling is to
prepare students for informed and active citizenship. But what does
this look like in practice? How do teachers pursue this goal amid
other pressing priorities, including student mastery of both
academic content and social-emotional competencies? Students Taking
Action Together, based on a program of the same name developed at
Rutgers University, clarifies that the way to prepare young people
for life in a democracy is by intentionally rehearsing democratic
behaviors in the classroom. This field-tested program ("STAT" for
short) is built on five research-backed teaching strategies that
work with existing social studies, English language arts, and
history curriculum in the upper-elementary, middle, and high school
levels. Incorporating these strategies into your lessons is a way
to meet students' natural desire to be heard with skill-building
that empowers them to Adhere to norms of civil conversation, even
when topics are controversial and emotions are high; Speak
confidently and listen actively; Engage in respectful debate aimed
at understanding issues rather than winning points; Target
communication to different audiences, needs, and contexts; and
Examine problems from many sides, considering potential solutions,
drawing up action plans, and evaluating these plans' effectiveness
against historical examples. In addition to vignettes that show the
five STAT strategies in action, you'll find practical teaching tips
and sample STAT lesson plans. For school leaders, there is a road
map for schoolwide STAT implementation and guidance on
communicating the program's value to stakeholders. Are you ready to
help students understand complex content, confront pressing social
issues, and engage with the structures of power to advocate for
change? This book is for you.
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The Trinity (Paperback)
Samuel M Powell
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R491
R458
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This is an introduction to African Christian ethics for Christian
colleges and Bible schools. The book is divided into two parts. The
first part deals with the theory of ethics, while the second
discusses practical issues. The issues are grouped into the
following six sections: Socio-Political Issues, Financial Issues,
Marriage Issues, Sexual Issues, Medical Issues, and Religious
Issues. Each section begins with a brief general introduction,
followed by the chapters dealing with specific issues in that area.
Each chapter begins with an introduction, discusses traditional
African thinking on the issue, presents an analysis of relevant
biblical material, and concludes with some recommendations. There
are questions at the end of each chapter for discussion or personal
reflection, often asking students to reflect on how the discussion
in the chapter applies to their ministry situation.
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Lend A Hand, 1
Samuel Wilson, David Ramsbottom; Illustrated by David Ramsbottom
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R274
R249
Discovery Miles 2 490
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Eliminate the need for supplementary resources by providing
complete syllabus coverage with a lively, accessible textbook
written by experienced teachers of physics. - Develop students'
understanding and scientific skills with plenty of questions,
exercises, problems and experiments. - Challenge high achievers
with more difficult questions. - Test understanding with
end-of-chapter checklists of skills and knowledge covered, as well
as revision questions, sample school-based assessment activities
and worked examples.
'The Abrahamic Archetype' is a major scholarly achievement that
sheds light on what is similar and what is distinctive in the three
Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It
examines the interplay between outward historical forces in
religious and esoteric domains and the inward worlds of
transcendent values and ideas. Intellectual archetypes, or
constellations of religious and esoteric ideas, are the principles
which determine the organic integration of outward historical
influences which the various religions encounter and share. Zinner
emphasizes the unity and diversity of faith which characterize
esoteric traditions of Jewish Kabbalah, Sunni Sufism, Shi'i Gnosis,
and Christian theology, especially accentuating the dogmas of the
Trinity, Christology, and crucifixion on the one hand, and on the
other, esoteric ideas regarding unio mystica (mystical union) in
the three Abrahamic faiths. The book contains a detailed
reconstruction of the esoteric traditions, theology, and history of
Jewish Christianity beginning in the era of Jesus' 'brother' and
successor James the Just and elucidates to what extent this
Jamesian Christianity might parallel Islamic history and ideas.
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