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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 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.
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.
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.
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Finlaystone (Paperback)
George MacMillan, John MacMillan, Judy Hutton, David MacMillan, Andrew MacMillan, Arthur MacMillian
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R957
Discovery Miles 9 570
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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.
Keep your cool and get the results you want when faced with crucial conversations. This New York Times bestseller and business classic has been fully updated for a world where skilled communication is more important than ever.
The book that revolutionized business communications has been updated for today’s workplace. Crucial Conversations provides powerful skills to ensure every conversation―especially difficult ones―leads to the results you want. Written in an engaging and witty style, the book teaches readers how to be persuasive rather than abrasive, how to get back to productive dialogue when others blow up or clam up, and it offers powerful skills for mastering high-stakes conversations, regardless of the topic or person.
This new edition addresses issues that have arisen in recent years. You’ll learn how to:
- Respond when someone initiates a crucial conversation with you
- Identify and address the lag time between identifying a problem and discussing it
- Communicate more effectively across digital mediums
When stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong, you have three choices: Avoid a crucial conversation and suffer the consequences; handle the conversation poorly and suffer the consequences; or apply the lessons and strategies of Crucial Conversations and improve relationships and results.
Whether they take place at work or at home, with your coworkers or your spouse, crucial conversations have a profound impact on your career, your happiness, and your future. With the skills you learn in this book, you'll never have to worry about the outcome of a crucial conversation again.
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100 Queer Poems (Paperback)
Andrew McMillan, Mary Jean Chan; Contributions by Ocean Vuong, Carol Ann Duffy, Kae Tempest, …
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R295
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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.
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