Authors:Professor Jules David Prown, Ms. Nancy k Anderson, W
Publisher: Yale University Press
Keywords: visions, american, west, transforming, pasts, lands, invented, discovered
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 1994-10-26
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 0300057318
ISBN-13: 9780300057317

This handsome book presents a major reinterpretation of western American art of the past three centuries-from the depictions of Indians by early explorers to the monumental landscapes of Albert Bierstadt to the vibrant images of Georgia O`Keeffe-reevaluating it from the perspectives of history, art history, and American studies.

Authors:Pete Prown, Rich Maloof,
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Keywords: guitar, book, speed, warp, ultimate, guide, shred
Number of Pages: 80
Published: 2006-05-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 087930877X
ISBN-13: 9780879308773

With lessons covering more than a dozen sure-fire techniques, this book/CD combo is designed to light a fire under any playerÂ’s fingers. Shredding is difficult, but Shred! breaks it down by demystifying guitar solos that sound intimidating on record. The book is about technique first, with a fearsome roster of shred’s biggest stars revealing their tricks. Each chapter tackles one killer technique in depth. Guitarists are walked through these skill sets with a hands-on approach, and are shown connections to the monster players who employ the technique. With this book, guitarists can

Author: Professor Clive DimmockProfessor Allan David Walk
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Keywords: diversity, culture, leadership, educational
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2005-07-12
List price: $56.95
ISBN-10: 076197170X
ISBN-13: 9780761971702

`Clive Dimmock and Allan Walker’s books is a valuable addition to the overcrowded literature on leadership. This is a useful and important book because citizenship, globalization and the tensions with nationality should be the concern of all who lead any school; even monofaith, monoethic and monolingual schools’ - Tim Brighouse, TES Friday ’The authors offer a rigorous and systematic analysis based on careful definition, illustration and discussion which demonstrates the importance of understanding culture, leadership and their interaction in different contexts: in doing so t

Authors:Professor Tony Bush, Professor Les Bell, David Middl
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Keywords: management, amp, leadership, educational, principles
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2010-05-05
List price: $42.95
ISBN-10: 1848602103
ISBN-13: 9781848602106

Fully revised and thoroughly updated, this Second Edition of this classic book brings together many leading international authors on educational leadership, with brand new chapters from leaders in the field – Ken Leithwood, Paul Begley, Allan Walker and Alma Harris. Providing an overview of essential topics within the field, this book adopts an international perspective and offers conceptual and empirical insights. 

Authors:Professor David Ainley, Professor Lucia deLeiris,
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: penguin, adelie
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2002-11-15
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 023112306X
ISBN-13: 9780231123068

The Adelie penguin is one of the best-studied birds in the world and is the subject of research programs from a dozen nations interested in monitoring changes in the environment and the food webs of the Southern Ocean. This species population has been changing dramatically over the past few decades coincident with a general warming of the maritime portion of Antarctica. When the sea-ice is seen to decline so does the population of Adelie penguins. Further south, however, the population is increasing. This book summarizes our present ecological knowledge of this polar seabird. In so doing, D

Authors:Professor David Buchanan, Professor Alan Bryma,
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Keywords: methods, research, organizational, handbook, sage
Number of Pages: 776
Published: 2009-05-19
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 1412931185
ISBN-13: 9781412931182

The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Research Methods provides a rich resource for organizational researchers, locating the technical aspects of organizational research in the wider context of the relevant personal, epistemological, theoretical, historical, ethical, and political issues. David Buchanan and Alan Bryman have gathered together many of the world’s leading writers on theory, method, and analysis in organizational research and have made this the most comprehensive and cutting-edge volume in this ever-growing field.

Authors:Professor David A. Wolfe, Professor Peter G. Jaffe,
Publisher: Yale University Press
Keywords: safe, current, perspectives, psychology, strategies, experiment, risk, behaviors, teens, adolescent
Number of Pages: 292
Published: 2006-05-28
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0300110804
ISBN-13: 9780300110807

This book focuses on the crucial role that relationships play in the lives of teenagers.  The authors particularly examine the ways that healthy relationships can help teens avoid such common risk behaviors as substance abuse, dating violence, sexual assault, and unsafe sexual practices. Addressing the current lack of effective prevention programs for teens, they present new strategies for encouraging healthy choices. The book first traces differences between the “rules of relating” for boys and girls and discusses typical and atypical patterns of experimentation in teens. The authors id