Now in an updated second edition How to Teach Writing Across the Curriculum: Ages 8-14 provides a range of practical suggestions for teaching non-fiction writing skills and linking them to children\'s learning across the curriculum. Emphasising creative approaches to teaching children\'s writing in diverse and innovative ways, it provides: information on the organisation and language features of

Including brand-new paintings, this is a fully illustrated new edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings. The Silmarillion fills in the background which lies behind the more popular work, and gives the earlier history of Middle-earth, introducing some of the key

Essays illuminate the lives of ordinary people who lived in the Ottoman era. Drawing from centuries-old court records, The Other Faces of Empire traces the lives of \"outstage\" people in vast empire lands. Each essay in the collection tells the story of an ordinary person navigating the Ottoman Empire. On this journey, we meet colorful and quite extraordinary figures: Deli Şaban, \"naughty and haramzade\"

A captivating and comprehensive guide to Japan\'s elite class of warriors. The Samurai played a leading role in Japanese society for centuries, and this is the first encyclopedia to showcase the fascinating history and culture of these enigmatic warriors. This book contains 171 highly detailed alphabetical entries and essays on a broad variety of intriguing topics, including the following: Samurai

From Andrea Chapela, one of Granta\'s Best Young Spanish Novelists of 2021, comes a profound, compact collection of essays drawing on the properties of glass, mirrors, and light to navigate the overlapping borders of science, literature, and

Grounded in a comprehensive overview of the philosophical and spiritual foundations that underlie karate, The Art of Killing emphasizes its original purpose: to kill an attacker swiftly and brutally. Prior to 1900, karate-dō was exclusively an art of unarmed self-defense. Its practice was designed for life-or-death situations--effectively, an art of killing. Here, authors Leonard Pellman and the late

A wormhole into a fleeting romance told in a mind-bending first-person chorusTime Zone J is Julie Doucet\'s first inked comic since she famously quit in the nineties after an exhausting career in an industry that, at the time, made little room for women. The year is 1989 and twenty-three-year-old Doucet is flying to France to meet with a soldier. He\'s a man she only knows through their mail correspondence,

PART I History and Technical Aspects.- History of extracorporeal life support.- Developing a new ECMO program.- Basic Aspects of Physiology during ECMO Support.- Percutaneous cannulation: indication, technique and complications.- Surgical cannulation: indication, technique and complications.- Materials: cannulas, pumps, oxygenators.- Coagulation, anticoagulation and inflammatory response.- PART II

Teaching Science in Elementary and Middle School integrates principles of learning and motivation with practical teaching ideas for implementing them. Paralleling what scientists do, project-based learning (PBL) represents the essence of inquiry and the nature of science, and engages children and teachers in investigating meaningful, real-world questions about the world around them. This text provides

An authoritative historical guide to the world of military, antique and law-enforcement firearms, photographed

An international bestseller and the basis for the hugely successful film, Ken Kesey\'s One Flew Over the Cuckoo\'s Nest is one of the defining works of the 1960s. In this classic novel, Ken Kesey\'s hero is Randle Patrick McMurphy, a boisterous, brawling, fun-loving rebel who swaggers into the world of a mental hospital and takes over. A lusty, life-affirming fighter, McMurphy rallies the other patients

Collaborating with actors is, for many filmmakers, the last frontier--the scariest part and the part they long for--the human part, the place where connection happens. Directing Actors: 25th Anniversary Edition covers the challenges of the actor-director relationship--the pitfalls of \"result direction\"; breaking down a script; how to prepare for casting sessions; when, how and whether to rehearse--but

A guide to creating vegan versions of pantry staples--from dairy and meat substitutes such as vegan yogurt, mayo, bacon, and cheese, to dressings, sauces, cookies, and more. Kitchen crafters know the pleasure of making their own staples and specialty foods, whether it\'s cultured sour cream or a stellar soup stock. It\'s a fresher, healthier, more natural approach to eating and living. Now vegans who

Following the Russian Revolution, the cultural and political landscape of Russia was strewn with contradictions. The dictatorship, censorship and repression of the Communist party existed alongside private enterprise, the black market and open debates on Socialism. In Russian Society and politics 1921-1929 Vladimir Brovkin offers a comprehensive cultural, political, economic and social history of developments

Now in its Fourth Edition, the best-selling Assessing and Treating Culturally Diverse Clients offers effective, practical guidelines in working with culturally diverse clients. Author and clinician Freddy A. Paniagua first summarizes general guidelines that clinicians can apply when assessing, diagnosing, or treating culturally diverse clients, but also addresses clinical work with specific culturally

Initial Professional Development for Civil Engineers provides a core foundation of information on skills, knowledge and understanding, on which the development of every professional civil engineer, and their preparation for professional reviews, is