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After leading soldiers in the Creek Indian War and as an original Texas Ranger, missionary T. J. Bowen's adventures in the interior of Africa (1850-1856) made him a national hero. His explorations were compared to David Livingstone and his conquests were compared to Alexander the Great. He testified before Congress and was in demand as a speaker nationwide. His account of his exploits became an immediate best seller and his linguistic work was...

It all starts with wonder... ...determination... and four pairs of Special Shoes for My Little Feet. "What makes me so important?" Gilbert asks. "Is it my red hair and blue eyes? Maybe it's my singing voice.I don't know, but I sure would like to find out.But how? " * * *When every reason he can think of fails to give him an answer, Gilbert turns to his family's special shoes. Incredibly, the shoes have amazing powers -transporting him into pas...

Daniel "Trip" Furman is poised to be the next great athlete of his generation. He has grown up surrounded by stellar coaches and teachers, but a series of personal losses during his final semester of college sends him reeling into despair, and he abandons his promising career. As he begins a new life working for a friend of his father's, he learns that his new boss is not what he seems. Can Daniel discover the truth behind his father's untimel...

Daniel "Trip" Furman is poised to be the next great athlete of his generation. He has grown up surrounded by stellar coaches and teachers, but a series of personal losses during his final semester of college sends him reeling into despair, and he abandons his promising career. As he begins a new life working for a friend of his father's, he learns that his new boss is not what he seems. Can Daniel discover the truth behind his father's untimel...

It all starts with wonder... ...determination... and four pairs of Special Shoes for My Little Feet. "What makes me so important?" Gilbert asks. "Is it my red hair and blue eyes? Maybe it's my singing voice.I don't know, but I sure would like to find out.But how? " * * *When every reason he can think of fails to give him an answer, Gilbert turns to his family's special shoes. Incredibly, the shoes have amazing powers -transporting him into pas...

It's Time To Go! is a story about Shady's travel through the city and his encounters with various obstacles and traffic signals. Through conversations with Elley the Elephant, Slo-Mo the Turtle, and Speedy the Rabbit, Shady the Dog learns how to recognize obstacles and move forward with full speed and maximum momentum. Journey with Shady as he learns the power of GO!

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Survival, desire, disaster, misadventure, murder and magic combine in this unique collection of tales set in locations including old rural Australia, present-day cities and the distant mystical past. Twenty-seven short stories from renowned Australian ¿ction writer and poet Julie Thorndyke will take you on tantalising journeys in the company of artists and musicians, mothers and daughters, writers and lovers. as they make brave, desperate and ...

Theo ist unser typischer Teenager, der sich von der Liebe den Kopf verdrehen lässt. Doch seine Depressionen lässt er auf eine atemberaubende Weise hinter sich. Als Erwachsener zeigt er anderen auf welche Art und Weise er dies geschafft hat. Theo is our typical teenager, who let¿s love turn his life upside down. However, he leaves his depression behind in a breathtaking way. As an adult he explains in great detail how he accomplished exactly th...

Partizipation an Forschung und Entwicklung gilt als Voraussetzung eines gelungenen Transfersvon Innovationen in die Gesellschaft. Dieser Zusammenhang besteht vor allem dann, wenninnovative Technik in den Mittelpunkt der Betrachtung rückt. Wie ist es jedoch um diePartizipation künftiger Nutzerinnen und Nutzer an der Erforschung neuer Technologienbestellt? Welche Möglichkeiten bestehen vor allem dann, wenn die zu entwickelnde Technikder Unterstü...

E-Commerce hat einen langen Weg zurückgelegt - von Katalogen mit Bestellung per Fax hin zur Ein-Klick-Bestellung mit Lieferung am selben Tag. In China machen mobiles Konsumverhalten, der Wunsch nach Unterhaltung und eine omnipräsente Infrastruktur für mobiles Bezahlen den lokalen Einzelhandelsmarkt aus. Auch die Verknüpfung von Online und Offline gehört zum Alltag dazu und Social Commerce und Livestreaming sind heute die beste digitale Nachahm...

This book focuses on privacy and security concerns in big data and differentiates between privacy and security and privacy requirements in big data. It focuses on the results obtained after applying a systematic mapping study and implementation of security in the big data for utilizing in business under the establishment of "Business Intelligence". The chapters start with the definition of big data, discussions why security is used in business...

Not far from Seattle skyscrapers live 150-year-old clams, more than 250 species of fish, and underwater kelp forests as complex as any terrestrial ecosystem. For millennia, vibrant Coast Salish communities have lived beside these waters dense with nutrient-rich foods, with cultures intertwined through exchanges across the waterways. Transformed by settlement and resource extraction, Puget Sound and its future health now depend on a better unde...

Der Band beschäftigt sich mit der bereits langjährig diagnostizierten Krise des Französischunterrichts. Hauptanliegen ist eine Beschreibung dessen, was von Akteuren und Akteurinnen als krisenhaft wahrgenommen wird und wie dadurch die Konstatierung der Krise zustande kommt. Die zwölf Beiträge fokussieren dabei Studierende der Frankoromanistik als zukünftige Französischlehrkräfte. Alle Arbeiten stellen empirische Forschungsprojekte vor. Diese um...

This book presents and theorises research findings into why and how school principals play a critical role in engaging parents and their school communities to enhance student learning and wellbeing. It highlights the imperative of parent engagement as evidenced by clear, consistent findings from research over the last fifty years and government reforms, policies and frameworks internationally and nationally in Australia which have been driven ...

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Machine learning has become one of the most prevalent topics in recent years. The application of machine learning we see today is a tip of the iceberg. The machine learning revolution has just started to roll out. It is becoming an integral part of all modern electronic devices. Applications in automation areas like automotive, security and surveillance, augmented reality, smart home, retail automation and healthcare are few of them. Robotics ...

This book presents architectural solutions of wireless network and its variations. It basically deals with modeling, analysis, design and enhancement of different architectural parts of wireless network. The main aim of this book is to enhance the applications of wireless network by reducing and controlling its architectural issues. The book discusses efficiency and robustness of wireless network as a platform for communication and data transm...

The falling cat is an interesting theme to pursue, in which geometry, mechanics, and control are in action together. As is well known, cats can almost always land on their feet when tossed into the air in an upside-down attitude. If cats are not given a non-vanishing angular momentum at an initial instant, they cannot rotate during their motion, and the motion they can make in the air is vibration only. However, cats accomplish a half turn wit...

The book contains self-care strategies to practice and even ideas to implement with students.