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The updated second edition is a comprehensive guide to over 70 parks and natural areas in Missouri, and features updated maps and points of interest. It has 127 of the best hikes within the state, including the distance of each hike, difficulty ratings, and rules and regulations. "Hiking Missouri" will lead you to the perfect trail for you.

The Old Dominion has been one of the nation's most embattled states. Serving as center stage for both the Revolution and the Civil War, it is also one of the most haunted. In addition to the sagas of the tragic spirits from these wars, this volume includes stories on the female stranger of Gadsby's Tavern in Alexandria, the mysterious stone showers in Newport, the ghost hound of the Blue Ridge, Mad Lucy of Williamsburg, and the spirits of nati...

Ruth Deters discovered her ante-bellum home was an Underground Railroad Station after her son hid from a babysitter in a secret room. Curiosity about the home's builder thrust her into a lifetime of research that ultimately led to the discovery of additional Underground Railroad Stations in the region. Numerous pictures, quotes from letters, journals and old newspapers lend credibility to the stories about the Underground Railroad Stations. De...

This book uses a practical approach to early intervention for struggling learners, while keeping in mind the cultural and linguistic considerations for English language learners. Applying the RTI strategies in this book takes the guesswork out of educating students and reduces referrals to special education due to lack of instruction.'ùRobert Raymond, Senior School Improvement Instruction SpecialistOffice of Special Education Initiatives, New ...

The authors show that by thinking critically about how we interact with others and by making the necessary changes in our own behavior, leaders can model respectful and collaborative ways of addressing and responding to others and gradually change the norms of the whole community' - Gordon Wells, Professor of Education University of California, Santa Cruz Unlock the power of language to promote equity in your school! This enlightening book sh...

The authors show that by thinking critically about how we interact with others and by making the necessary changes in our own behavior, leaders can model respectful and collaborative ways of addressing and responding to others and gradually change the norms of the whole community' - Gordon Wells, Professor of Education University of California, Santa Cruz Unlock the power of language to promote equity in your school! This enlightening book sh...

The approach to benefits in Employee Benefits takes advantage of the author's unique academic and business background to provide a variety of inter-disciplinary principles and tools ranging from labour economics to human resources strategy, tax policy, metrics, and actuarial science. This gives students a rich and fundamental understanding of the foundations and building blocks of benefits. Key topics are included, important for an understand...

BERNAGOYO es primordialmente una novela de suspenso, aventura imprevista, romance clasico y repleta de situaciones que contagian al lector de una irresistible curiosidad por saber lo que pasa en la pagina siguiente, desde el comienzo hasta el final.

This book is intended as a core textbook for courses in public health that examines current issues in health from a social and behavioral science perspective. It is a cross-disciplinary course (public health, medical sociology, health psychology, medical anthropology) and thus there are many ways to teach the course based on a particular instructor's perspective. The authors wrote the book because they were dissatisfied with the way other text...

This edited volume is designed to cover both the foundations of criminal behavior as well as 'cutting edge' research on the etiology, nature, assessment, and treatment of individuals who commit violent crime. Interdisciplinary in nature, this text draws from research in clinical psychology, social psychology, criminal justice, medicine, and biology. Equal consideration is given to environmental and biological research into criminal behavior. F...

Social citizenship rights require taxation, spending, and effective public services. They can only be as strong as the politics that are committed to them. This means that the distinctive territorial politics of the UK are reshaping citizenship rights as

The book provides helpful background information as well as a wide variety of examples of differentiated lessons, resource guides, reproducible templates, and a selection of grading tools ranging from rubrics to graphic organizers." -Allan Varni, Instructor and Regional Coordinator Division of Continuing Education, University of San Diego "Glass examines the constructs of masterful teaching and makes them accessible to all. Her intensely prac...

The book is the first of its kind to establish Cognitive Linguistics as a research paradigm within the field of world Englishes. The authors survey the main tenets of both areas of linguistic enquiry and suggest that the theoretical and methodological apparatus developed both within Cognitive Linguistics generally and within its novel sub-discipline Cognitive Sociolinguistics can overcome certain limitations inherent in traditional approaches...

Travelling by dahabiah, a well-appointed sailing craft peculiar to the Nile, and armed with sketch-book and measuring tape, Amelia Edwards carefully recorded all she saw of the temples, graves, and monuments - even discovering a buried chapel of her own- and provided in A Thousand Miles Up The Nile the first general archaeological survey of Egypt's ruins. The book is full of historical footnotes and careful details. Amelia Edwards was responsi...

Jack, ein ganz durchschnittlicher Erdenbürger, soll besondere Fähigkeiten besitzen - das zumindest behauptet der Außerirdische, der ihn eines Tages aufsucht, damit er dessen Planeten rettet. Mit dem neuesten "Überzeugungs-Antrieb" geht es ab ins All - und in jede Menge skurrile Abenteuer... Ein ironisch-zynisch-satirischer SF-Surreal-Supermix

The intention of IMHO is to make readers think, presenting the "facts" that proponents and opponents of technology use to support their positions in a way that lets readers determine what these facts really mean. Ultimately, IMHO is a reminder that the future of human communication is in our hands, and that we are the active participants in the shaping of it.

This book, in the form of a course by the author, covers over 390 pages teaching you step by step on how to prepare and win cases of discrimination, sexual harassment, and whistleblowing on the job. It also teaches you how to articulate, fill out forms, and maintain an EEO complaint effective to win. The author chronicles and displays his complaints through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a judgment in federal court documenting...

A volume in Educational Policy in the 21st Century: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions Series Editor Bruce Anthony Jones, University of South Florida This volume of The David C. Anchin Research Center Series on Educational Policy in the 21st century: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions focuses on tribal colleges and universities. As a recent member of higher education community, tribal colleges and universities provide a unique ...

A volume in Educational Policy in the 21st Century: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions Series Editor Bruce Anthony Jones, University of South Florida This volume of The David C. Anchin Research Center Series on Educational Policy in the 21st century: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions focuses on tribal colleges and universities. As a recent member of higher education community, tribal colleges and universities provide a unique ...

The "fatal error" to which the title refers is Marmaduke Herbert's inadvertently occasioning the death of his wife's sister by causing her to fall off a cliff. This accident leads to misery, setting in motion a chain of events that will result in the deaths of nearly everyone Herbert loves, as well as an elaborate blackmail scheme and a trial for murder! A bizarre novel, by turns sensational, psychological, and campy, Marmaduke Herbert, or, ...