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This edited volume discusses the need to increase quantity and enhance quality of science education focused on preparing rural students to thrive in an interconnected, interdependent, and complex world. It acknowledges that globally integrated education incorporates local knowledge and culture with global trends. Additionally it highlights globally competent science teaching is not included in most preparation programs, and teachers enter scho...

A naive young miss. Three different men. Miss Hetta Stanton is summoned by her guardian to London to be presented to the ton. Lady Pelborne transforms the country miss into an astonishingly lovely young lady. Three men vie for Hetta's hand: Jonathan Markham, her impatient cousin, who wants her to go back home with him. Sir Rupert Sikes, who lives up to his deadly reputation for irresistible charm. And the intriguing Earl of Davenchester, who b...

Unrequited love. Lord Miles Trilby, the Earl of Walmesley does the unthinkable. He asks a dear friend to risk her reputation to save him from a matrimonial trap. Lady Caroline Eddingotn has always loved Miles Trilby. She would do anything for him. But - enter into a fake betrothal? She is mad to agree. She risks more than her place in society. She risks her heart.

A rocky road ends in love. Fredericka Hedgeworth is used to managing the details of an estate for her younger brother. She's never thought of any other life. Then her mother's friend, Lady Dalmare, invites her to London for the Season. Fredericka makes a hit with the ton. Lord Sebastion Satterwaite is attracted to Fredericka, but he swiftly discovers that she isn't a milk-and-toast miss. She is maddening, outrageous and adorable. Not at all t...

A bluestocking. Miss Verity Worth lived a life of privilege. Then her family fell on hard times. She takes a genteel position to manage a spoiled heiress. A cynical lord. Needing an heir and a spare, Lord Rathbone comes to court the heiress. He finds the paid companion far more interesting. He's a rogue to set Miss Worth up as his flirt. Lord Rathbone knows all too well how to turn a woman's head and win her heart. The rakish buck's attention...

She needs a hero. Lady Althea flees from her home and she fears pursuit. When she meets Major Lord Gareth Lynley. he offers a way out. The viscount's chivalry touches her lonely, frightened heart. She tumbles straight into love. When Lynley goes off to fight Bonaparte, Lady Althea is determined not to be left behind. Even though Lord Lynley doesn't want his new wife anywhere near the dangers of war. Even though he's furious with her for coming...

Her father was British. Her mother was Russian. Trapped in Russia, unable to contact her British relations, Sophia Wyndham is faced with a horrible arranged marriage. Lord John Stokes, a British diplomat, gets her safely to England, where her British relations receive her with open arms. Sophia falls in love with the dashing lord. But does Lord John Stokes love her? Sophia is abducted by her Russian cousin, Prince Kirov, so that the marriage ...

A shy beauty in distress. When Guineveve Holland arrives in London, she is full of apprehension. The Earl of Holybrooke, her twin brother and sole confidante, is immediately immersed into his own social rounds. Mrs. Holland, her mother, is an ambitious social climber. Though Mrs. Holland has no great affection for her daughter, she still has grand ambitions for her. Guin is to be married off for wealth and position. Guin's own wants are ignore...

Theresa Thaleman longs for adventure. At her beloved country home, Theresa is hedged and curbed about by her doting, respectable parents. Nevertheless, she manages to fall into mischief with her twin brothers and their cousin. A near-tragedy changes everything. Mrs. Thaleman insists that it's time for her daughter to give up her hoyden ways. Theresa is of an age for marriage. She gets her wish. A London Season. The attention of a cynical duke....

The chivalrous wounded soldier When Lord David Cardiff stumbles across an abduction, he gallantly saves the lovely heiress. The abducted heiress Thea Stafford is grateful, but her zany family takes a different view. Thea's reputation is ruined and the only remedy is marriage. The only groom available is her rescuer! Two unwilling marriage parties Lord Cardiff is kidnapped at gunpoint with Thea Stafford as his unwilling companion. So begins the...

She lost love once. She never expected to find it twice. Despite rumors of war, all of society has flocked to Brussels. Lady Mary Spence, a beautiful widow, fears for her military son when the the bugles of war trumpet. Her fears are compounded. She has hopes that her flighty daughter Abigail will make a love-match, just as she did. However, her own mother the viscountess is a vain social climber and wants only a brilliant match for Abigail...

It's their first Christmas... The new bride is straight out of the schoolroom. Lady Gwen Hallcroft organizes their holiday houseparty at the manor. She wants to be a credit to her husband, but she's feeling very insecure. After all, he's never told her that he loves her, not in words. His lordship is in the House of Lords. Lord Christopher Hallcroft thinks nothing of making a public speech. But he isn't able to say all that is in his heart...

After a wonderful visit with her sister's family, Miss Judith Grantham is returning home to Elmswood Hall. It's a dull ending to the Christmas holidays. An overturned mail coach blocks the icy road and she takes up one of the passengers The young girl turns out to be a runaway heiress. Judith is astonished when some of the other passengers come to her door, seeking shelter from an impending snowstorm. Suddenly, she is hostess to an ill-assorte...

The sleeping beauty Megan O'Connell is buried in the Irish countryside, trapped by the life her selfish family leads, without a hope of meeting an eligible gentleman. An unexpected invitation offers her an escape. Megan seizes the opportunity to sojourn in dazzling St. Petersburg. When Megan returns to England to attend the London Season, she is sophisticated, daring and celebrated. She also has an arrogant, impossible admirer, Prince Mikhai...

She dislikes him. The viscount thinks she's an impertinent baggage: Fleeing scandal, Miranda Wainwright gladly throws herself into helping her bedridden cousin at Willowswood. The servants have deserted, the young heir is running wild, but Miranda's practical influence is soon felt. Then arrogant and handsome Lord Andrew Townsend arrives and things become complicated.

Fate has brought them together again. But is that enough to rekindle their love? Michele du Bois believed her fiancé was killed in action at the Battle of Waterloo. On a visit to London, she's shocked to discover that he's still alive. She still loves him. But meeting her again, he reacts not with love, but with hateful cynicism. Lord Anthony Randol is embittered and physically scarred from his wounds. He believes Michele du Bois cruelly b...

She takes a desperate gamble: Barbara Cribbage has been sold into marriage by her common-born father, in a bid to attain social status. The Earl of Chatworth is forced to wed Babs, in exchange for the outstanding mortgages and his debts of honor which Mr. Cribbage has fraudulently acquired. Babs is not willing to be used as a pawn any longer. Despite her iron-willed father and her powerfully attractive husband, Babs fights to come into her own...

This edited volume offers a crosscutting view of STEM and is comprised of work by scholars in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. It offers a view of STEM from the disciplines that comprise it, while adhering to the idea that STEM itself is an interdisciplinary treatment of all the associated disciplines in a meaningful way. This book raises and answers questions regarding the meaning of STEM education and research.Thi...

This edited volume offers a crosscutting view of STEM and is comprised of work by scholars in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. It offers a view of STEM from the disciplines that comprise it, while adhering to the idea that STEM itself is an interdisciplinary treatment of all the associated disciplines in a meaningful way. This book raises and answers questions regarding the meaning of STEM education and research.Thi...

A rakish lord. Lord Kenelm must have a wife. His choice falls on Miss Catherine Talbot. Surely, a generous settlement will counter his wicked reputation. He wants a marriage of convenience, and his untrammeled life as a man about town.An unusual lady. Catherine accepts the viscount's offer. She's risking her heart, but she's willing to tempt fate. The high-spirited beauty insists on a London Season. Catherine plans to humble the arrogant visco...