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A terrifying and chilling anthology of over 20 original stories
exploring cursed and haunted books from award winning authors
including Eric LaRocca, A. G. Slatter, and Alison Moore. You find
it hidden in the dark corner of the bookstore; tucked away in a box
in the attic, desperate to be read; lurking on your bookshelf,
never seen before. Crack the spine, feel the ancient pages. Read it
aloud, if you dare. This anthology brings together horror's best
and brightest to delve into the pages of cursed books, Eldtritch
tomes and haunted bookstores. Featuring stories from: Adam Cesare
Eric LaRocca Alma Katsu Zin Rocklyn Alyssa Cole Nadia Bulkin Danny
Robins Isy Suttie Charlie Higson Angeline Morrison A. G. Slatter
Priya Sharma A. K. Benedict Guy Adams Lucie McKnight Hardy Ramsey
Campbell Alison Moore Laura Mauro Reggie Oliver Anna Taborska Kim
Newman
It Begins... This book contains fragments of letters found by an
individual known as,"The Editor." When first presented with these
mysterious letters, it was clear the writer was twisted. An
individual so twisted and intriging, it gave The Editor no choice
but to continue investigating this material and its origins. Is
this material fiction - a sick joke, perhaps? Or is this the dark
literature documenting the events of a serial killer? The questions
kept stacking. Upon further research, The Editor was able to
confirm his greatest fear... there are others. The thought was
sickening to The Editor. Instead of one deranged killer, he is
dealing with multiple deranged killers; but how many? That is the
real question. The Editor warns that the contents of this book are
not for the light-hearted, simple-minded, or sensitive reader.
Though my puppet, The Editor is the messenger... and he brings the
killers message for all to ponder. You have been warned... Have a
glorious day -the devil-
This book presents recent material science-based and mechanical
analysis-based advances in joining processes. It includes all
related processes, e.g. friction stir welding, joining by plastic
deformation, laser welding, clinch joining, and adhesive bonding,
as well as hybrid joints. It gathers selected full-length papers
from the 1st Conference on Advanced Joining Processes.
This book investigates the coordinated power management of
multi-tenant data centers that account for a large portion of the
data center industry. The authors include discussion of their quick
growth and their electricity consumption, which has huge economic
and environmental impacts. This book covers the various coordinated
management solutions in the existing literature focusing on
efficiency, sustainability, and demand response aspects. First, the
authors provide a background on the multi-tenant data center
covering the stake holders, components, power infrastructure, and
energy usage. Then, each power management mechanism is described in
terms of motivation, problem formulation, challenges and solution.
Energy efficiency represents a cost-effective and immediate
strategy of a sustainable development. Due to substantial
environmental and economic implications, a strong emphasis is put
on the electrical energy requirements of machine tools for
metalworking processes. The improvement of energy efficiency is
however confronted with diverse barriers, which sustain an energy
efficiency gap of unexploited potential. The deficiencies lie in
the lack of information about the actual energy requirements of
machine tools, a minimum energy reference to quantify improvement
potential and the possible actions to improve the energy demand.
Therefore, a comprehensive concept for energy performance
management of machine tools is developed which guides the
transition towards energy efficient machine tools. It is structured
in four innovative concept modules, which are embedded into
step-by-step workflow models. The capability of the performance
management concept is demonstrated in an automotive manufacturing
environment. The target audience primarily comprises researchers
and practitioners challenged to enhance energy efficiency in
manufacturing. The book may also be beneficial for graduate
students who want to specialize in this field.
Through analysis of the Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad, which
pledge protection to diverse faith communities, this book makes a
profoundly important contribution to research on early Islam by
determining the Covenants' historicity and textual accuracy. The
authors focus on the Prophet Muhammad's relationship with other
faith communities by conducting detailed textual and linguistic
analysis of documents which have received little scholarly
consideration before. This not only includes decrees of the Prophet
Muhammad, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, and Mu'awiya
ibn Abi Sufyan, but also of important Muslim rulers. They present
their findings in relation to contemporaneous historical writings,
historic testimonies, official recognition, archaeological
evidence, historic scribal conventions, date-matching calculations,
textual parallelisms, and references in Muslim and non-Muslim
sources. They also provide new and revised translations of various
Covenants issued by the Prophet Muhammad which were attested by
Muslim authorities after him. The authors argue that the claim of
forgery is no longer tenable following the application of rigorous
textual and historical analysis. This book is essential reading for
Muslims, Christians, Jews, Samaritans, and Zoroastrians, as well as
anyone interested in interfaith relations, Islamophobia, extremist
ideologies, security studies, and the relationship between Orthodox
and Oriental Christianity with Islam.
Fostering knowledgeable, responsible, and caring students is one of
the most urgent challenges facing schools, families, and
communities. Promoting Social and Emotional Learning provides sound
principles for meeting this challenge. Students today face
unparalleled demands. In addition to achieving academically, they
must learn to work cooperatively, make responsible decisions about
social and health practices, resist negative peer and media
influences, contribute constructively to their family and
community, function in an increasingly diverse society, and acquire
the skills, attitudes, and values necessary to become productive
workers and citizens. A comprehensive, integrated program of social
and emotional education can help students meet these many demands.
The authors draw upon scientific studies, theories, site visits,
and their own extensive experiences to describe approaches to
social and emotional learning at all levels. Framing the discussion
are 39 concise guidelines, as well as many field-inspired examples
for classrooms, schools, and districts. Chapters address how to
develop, implement, and evaluate effective strategies. Educators
who have programs in place will find ways to strengthen them. Those
seeking further direction will find an abundance of approaches and
ideas. Appendixes include a curriculum scope for preschool through
grade 12 and an extensive list of contacts that readers may follow
up on for firsthand knowledge about effective social and emotional
programs. The authors of Promoting Social and Emotional Learning
are members of the Research and Guidelines Work Group of the
Collaborative for the Advancement of Social and Emotional Learning
(CASEL).
This book examines the various economic, political and
developmental policy challenges that Malaysia faces in her shift
from a middle income to high-income economy. This issue is of great
interest to academics, policy makers and development practitioners
in the developing world, particularly in middle-income economies
where there is a widespread concern about the challenges of
managing such a transition. Malaysia is one of the developing
world's greatest success stories. The book argues that as one of
the developing world's most open economies, with a reputation for
prudent macroeconomic management, Malaysia has achieved consistent
growth since independence. It has moved from a largely
resource-based economy to a multinational-led, export-oriented,
industrial economy. Despite this success, Malaysia, like other
developing countries, is currently at a crossroads in its
development strategy; it is in danger of being unable to graduate
to the level of more advanced economies - such as Korea, Taiwan and
Singapore - but with the basis of its success at risk from
competition from efficient, lower-wage countries - such as China,
India and Vietnam. Moreover, there are new threats to the political
stability and affirmative action programmes which have successfully
held together a very racially diverse population.
This book examines the various economic, political and
developmental policy challenges that Malaysia faces in her shift
from a middle income to high-income economy. This issue is of great
interest to academics, policy makers and development practitioners
in the developing world, particularly in middle-income economies
where there is a widespread concern about the challenges of
managing such a transition.
Malaysia is one of the developing world's greatest success
stories. The book argues that as one of the developing world's most
open economies, with a reputation for prudent macroeconomic
management, Malaysia has achieved consistent growth since
independence. It has moved from a largely resource-based economy to
a multinational-led, export-oriented, industrial economy. Despite
this success, Malaysia, like other developing countries, is
currently at a crossroads in its development strategy; it is in
danger of being unable to graduate to the level of more advanced
economies - such as Korea, Taiwan and Singapore - but with the
basis of its success at risk from competition from efficient,
lower-wage countries - such as China, India and Vietnam. Moreover,
there are new threats to the political stability and affirmative
action programmes which have successfully held together a very
racially diverse population.
A comprehensive examination of theory, research, prevention and
intervention, and professional practice issues - in one source.
Teasing, shunning, and bullying can have serious detrimental
effects on both victim and perpetrator. Bullying, Victimization,
and Peer Harassment: A Handbook of Prevention and Intervention
comprehensively gathers emerging research, theory, and effective
practice on this subject into one invaluable source. This thorough
review of a wide spectrum of innovative, evidence-based practices
targets the complex problems of victimization, peer harassment, and
bullying in our schools. Interventions range from individuals and
their peers to broad, systems-level change within schools and
communities. The challenge of prevention is also explored, using
the latest studies as a practical foundation. Suggestions are
provided detailing effective strategies to make changes in the
culture within schools while offering directions for future
research and practice. Bullying, Victimization, and Peer Harassment
discusses research on current intervention programs now in place
that, until now, has never been evaluated. Several of the studies
address middle school issues and multi-ethnic populations,
including those from the United States, Canada, and Europe. Peer
sexual harassment and dating-related aggression are examined that
includes and goes beyond traditional views of bullying and peer
intimidation. This valuable handbook provides concise yet extensive
information on the most current theory, empirical research,
practice guidelines, and suggestions for preparing schools for
programmatic initiatives. Topics in Bullying, Victimization, and
Peer Harassment include: theory and conceptual issues in
victimization, bullying, and peer harassment assessment results
from a four-year longitudinal study on peer victimization in early
adolescents youth perceptions toward bullying high school students'
victimization profiles immigrant children and victimization
evaluating an adolescent violence prevention program a school-based
intervention program peer group intervention interventions for
victims multiple perspectives involving sexual harassment
school-wide approaches to prevention and intervention and much
more! Bullying, Victimization, and Peer Harassment is a crucial
resource for researchers and mental health professionals who work
in schools and who work with children and their families, such as
school psychologists, counselors, clinical child psychologists,
social workers, and community psychologists.
Bullying and harassment threaten academic achievement and mental
health in our schools. Look beyond your work with individual
students to address these problems in their larger context! This
book presents enlightening empirical studies and reviews of the
literature on peer harassment, bullying, and victimization.
Designed to expand our knowledge and understanding of these topics,
Bullying, Peer Harassment, and Victimization in the Schools: The
Next Generation of Prevention documents the widespread nature of
the phenomena both inside and outside the United States, identifies
risk and protective factors, and provides practitioners with
specific, evidence-based guidelines for effective preventive
action. From the editors: The problem of bullying, peer harassment,
and victimization is a serious one in our schools. It greatly
affects the climate for learning and productivity and the emotional
health of students and staff. This book presents empirical data and
theoretical and legal case reviews to show how pervasive and
serious these problems are and how they threaten both academic
achievement and mental health within many of our schools. Taking a
longitudinal and developmental perspective, the authors begin to
outline the next generation of research in this field that will
shape knowledge and practice for the next few decades. For
practitioners, the book is a call to action, particularly at the
school-wide level, focusing on reducing the substantial
social/emotional harm done to perpetrators, bystanders, and
especially, victims. Bullying, Peer Harassment, and Victimization
in the Schools provides vital information on: what mental health
professionals can do to prevent and respond to sexual harassment in
schools the relationship between middle-school adjustment and
bullying aggressive behavior and friendship patterns in immigrant
children school-based intervention strategies the relationship
between the cultures of childhood and sexual harassmentfrom
developmental, domestic violence, and legal perspectives risk
factors and protective factors affecting victimization and more! It
has been estimated that bullying affects more than half of the
students in American schools. This book can add significantly to
your ability to combat and prevent this pervasive problem. Use it
to improve the quality of education received by students in your
community!
Contents: Eiman O. Zein-Elabdin and S. Charusheela Introduction: Economics and Postcolonial Thought Part 1. The Space of Postcoloniality 1. Eiman O. Zein-Elabdin Articulating the Postcolonial (with Economics in Mind) 2. S. Charusheela Postcolonial Thought, Postmodernism and Economics: Questions of Ontology and Ethics 2.1 Anne Mayhew On the Possibility of a Postcolonial Economic Analysis: A Comment on Zein-Elabdin and Charusheela 2.2 Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze Disciplining Postcolonialiam and Postcolonizing the Disciplines Part 2. Economics as a Colonial Discourse of Modernity 3. Robet W. Dimand Classical Political Economy and Orientalism: Nassau Senior's Eastern Tours 4. Ulla Grapard Trading Bodies, Trade in Bodies: The 1878 Paris World Exhibition as Economic Discourse 5. Antonio Callari Economics and the Postcolonial Other 5.1 John B. Davis Economics as a Colonial Discourse of Modernity 5.2 Michael J. Shapiro Political Economy and Postcolonial Modernities Part 3. Economics as a Contemporary Hegemonic Discourse 6. Joseph Medley and Lorrayne Carroll The Hungry Ghost: IMF Policy, Global Capitalist Transformation and Laboring Bodies in Southeast Asia 7. Jennifer C. Olmsted Orientalism and Economic Methods: (Re)reading Feminist Economic Discussions of Islam 8. Nitasha Kaul Writing Economic Theory Another Way 8.1 Drucilla K. Barker Creating Spaces: A Comment on Contemporary Discourses in Economics 8.2 R.Radhakrishnan Ethicizing Economics Or, For That Matter, Any Discourse Part 4. Toward a Non-Modernist Economic Analysis 9. Karen B. Graubart Hybrid Thinking: Bringing Postcolonial Theory to Colonial Latin American Economic History 10. Serap A. Kayatekin Hegemony, Ambivalence and Class Subjectivity: Southern Planters in Sharecropping Relations in the Post-Bellum United States 11. Colin Danby Contested States, Transnational Subjects: Toward a Post Keynsianism without Modernity 11.1 Cecilia A. Conrad Econometrics and Postcolonial Theory: A Comment on the Fluidity of Race 11.2 Stephen Gudeman Hybridity, Hegemony and Heterodoxy: A New World Index.
Through analysis of the Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad, which
pledge protection to diverse faith communities, this book makes a
profoundly important contribution to research on early Islam by
determining the Covenants' historicity and textual accuracy. The
authors focus on the Prophet Muhammad's relationship with other
faith communities by conducting detailed textual and linguistic
analysis of documents which have received little scholarly
consideration before. This not only includes decrees of the Prophet
Muhammad, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, and Mu'awiya
ibn Abi Sufyan, but also of important Muslim rulers. They present
their findings in relation to contemporaneous historical writings,
historic testimonies, official recognition, archaeological
evidence, historic scribal conventions, date-matching calculations,
textual parallelisms, and references in Muslim and non-Muslim
sources. They also provide new and revised translations of various
Covenants issued by the Prophet Muhammad which were attested by
Muslim authorities after him. The authors argue that the claim of
forgery is no longer tenable following the application of rigorous
textual and historical analysis. This book is essential reading for
Muslims, Christians, Jews, Samaritans, and Zoroastrians, as well as
anyone interested in interfaith relations, Islamophobia, extremist
ideologies, security studies, and the relationship between Orthodox
and Oriental Christianity with Islam.
In the first book to concentrate on teacher education for English
for young learners (EYL) teachers in Asia, Zein and Butler offer a
comprehensive coverage of teacher education by addressing various
issues and recent developments such as programme evaluation,
knowledge base, practicum, classroom discourse, needs analysis, and
policy on teacher education. The world's rapidly changing
political, social, economic, and educational landscapes in the 21st
century have been distinctively characterized by an increasing
number of children who are learning English globally at younger
ages. This book tackles the challenges and complexities surrounding
teacher education by examining the policies and practices of
primary English language teacher education in a variety of
educational contexts, namely Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Japan,
Kazakhstan, Thailand, and South Korea. Using a variety of data
collection methods like interviews, reflective journals, and
questionnaires, the content delves into the different strategies
and initiatives that have been implemented or proposed to improve
teacher education. A vital read for academics and students in the
fields of early language learning, Teaching English to Speakers of
Other Languages (TESOL), Applied Linguistics, Educational
Linguistics, English Language Education, and comparative education
studies, as well as teacher educators aiming to advance the
teaching of English in Asia and beyond.
Indonesia has an extreme diversity of linguistic wealth, with 707
languages by one count, or 731 languages and more than 1,100
dialects in another estimate, spoken by more than 600 ethnicities
spread across 17,504 islands in the archipelago. Smaller, locally
used indigenous languages jostle for survival alongside Indonesian,
which is the national language, regional lingua francas, major
indigenous languages, heritage languages, sign languages and world
languages such as English, Arabic and Mandarin, not to mention
emerging linguistic varieties and practices of language mixing. How
does the government manage these languages in different domains
such as education, the media, the workplace and the public while
balancing concerns over language endangerment and the need for
participation in the global community? Subhan Zein asserts that
superdiversity is the key to understanding and assessing these
intricate issues and their complicated, contested and innovative
responses in the complex, dynamic and polycentric sociolinguistic
situation in Indonesia that he conceptualises as superglossia. This
offers an opportunity for us to delve more deeply into such a
context through the language and superdiversity perspective that is
in ascendancy. Zein examines emerging themes that have been
dominating language policy discourse including status, prestige,
corpus, acquisition, cultivation, language shift and endangerment,
revitalisation, linguistic genocide and imperialism, multilingual
education, personnel policy, translanguaging, family language
policy and global English. These topical areas are critically
discussed in an integrated manner against Indonesia's elaborate
socio-cultural, political and religious backdrop as well as the
implementation of regional autonomy. In doing so, Zein identifies
strategies for language policy to help inform scholarship and
policymaking while providing a frame of reference for the adoption
of the superdiversity perspective on polity-specific language
policy in other parts of the world.
Language teacher education is widely identified as one of the most
important areas that needs addressing in order to improve early
language instruction, yet research into teacher education for early
language teachers remains relatively sparse. This volume responds
to this gap by compiling studies with diverse methodological tenets
from a wide range of geographical and educational contexts around
the world. The volume aims to enhance understanding of early
language teacher education as well as to address the need to
prepare early language teachers and assist them in their
professional development. The chapters focus on the complexity of
teacher learning, innovations in mentoring and teacher supervision,
strategies in programme development and perceptions, and knowledge
and assessment in early language learning teacher education. The
volume offers comprehensive coverage of the field by addressing
various aspects of teacher education in different languages. The
contributions highlight examples of research into current practice
in the professional enhancement of early language learning
teachers, but with an emphasis on the implications for
practitioners.
We are living today in a multicultural world, surrounded by people
from different backgrounds, cultures and religions. Establishing
tolerance and peace has become crucial. Without these qualities,
social stability and communal harmony are threatened; and
acceptance of each other remains elusive. Spreading a culture of
tolerance and peace is necessary to address contemporary issues of
world peace, this includes reflection on the importance of refusing
violence and adopting a more peaceful means for resolving
disagreements and conflicts. This book, written by the world's
foremost thinkers in this area, aims to increase feelings of
openness and respect toward others, solidarity and sharing based on
a sense of security in one's own identity and a capacity to
recognize the many dimensions of being human in different cultural
and social contexts. Topics discussed in the book include:
Promoting Tolerance and Peace Teaching Tolerance and Peace Human
Values Intercultural / Interreligious dialogue Human Fraternity
document
This edited collection responds to a gap in the literature by
presenting a much-needed examination of both the theoretical and
practical aspects of teacher education for English as a lingua
franca in Indonesia. Through a series of extended research-based
and conceptual chapters written by experts in teaching English to
speakers of other languages (TESOL) in and about Indonesia, this
book offers an insight into Indonesia's unique cultural, social and
institutional contexts. The content focuses on four interrelated
themes: the transition of perspective from English as a foreign
language (EFL) to English as a lingua franca (ELF); the knowledge
base of ELF pedagogy; teacher agency and identity in ELF; and
innovations in teacher education for ELF. This book is highly
relevant to English teachers, teacher educators and scholars
worldwide aspiring to broaden their horizon and professionalism in
the teaching of ELF.
Indonesia has an extreme diversity of linguistic wealth, with 707
languages by one count, or 731 languages and more than 1,100
dialects in another estimate, spoken by more than 600 ethnicities
spread across 17,504 islands in the archipelago. Smaller, locally
used indigenous languages jostle for survival alongside Indonesian,
which is the national language, regional lingua francas, major
indigenous languages, heritage languages, sign languages and world
languages such as English, Arabic and Mandarin, not to mention
emerging linguistic varieties and practices of language mixing. How
does the government manage these languages in different domains
such as education, the media, the workplace and the public while
balancing concerns over language endangerment and the need for
participation in the global community? Subhan Zein asserts that
superdiversity is the key to understanding and assessing these
intricate issues and their complicated, contested and innovative
responses in the complex, dynamic and polycentric sociolinguistic
situation in Indonesia that he conceptualises as superglossia. This
offers an opportunity for us to delve more deeply into such a
context through the language and superdiversity perspective that is
in ascendancy. Zein examines emerging themes that have been
dominating language policy discourse including status, prestige,
corpus, acquisition, cultivation, language shift and endangerment,
revitalisation, linguistic genocide and imperialism, multilingual
education, personnel policy, translanguaging, family language
policy and global English. These topical areas are critically
discussed in an integrated manner against Indonesia's elaborate
socio-cultural, political and religious backdrop as well as the
implementation of regional autonomy. In doing so, Zein identifies
strategies for language policy to help inform scholarship and
policymaking while providing a frame of reference for the adoption
of the superdiversity perspective on polity-specific language
policy in other parts of the world.
This edited collection responds to a gap in the literature by
presenting a much-needed examination of both the theoretical and
practical aspects of teacher education for English as a lingua
franca in Indonesia. Through a series of extended research-based
and conceptual chapters written by experts in teaching English to
speakers of other languages (TESOL) in and about Indonesia, this
book offers an insight into Indonesia's unique cultural, social and
institutional contexts. The content focuses on four interrelated
themes: the transition of perspective from English as a foreign
language (EFL) to English as a lingua franca (ELF); the knowledge
base of ELF pedagogy; teacher agency and identity in ELF; and
innovations in teacher education for ELF. This book is highly
relevant to English teachers, teacher educators and scholars
worldwide aspiring to broaden their horizon and professionalism in
the teaching of ELF.
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