Allan R. Knight's Books

Valiant, He Endured

17 Sci-Fi Myths of Insolent Grit

By: George Donnelly,Michael DiBaggio,Allan Davis,William F. Wu,Alex R. Knight III,Wallace Runnymede,Heather Biedermann,Richard Walsh,Jonathan David Baird,Jon Garett,Vaughn Treude,Frank Marcopolos

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Valiant, He Endured

17 Sci-Fi Myths of Insolent Grit

By: George Donnelly,Michael DiBaggio,Allan Davis,William F. Wu,Alex R. Knight III,Wallace Runnymede,Heather Biedermann,Richard Walsh,Jonathan David Baird,Jon Garett,Vaughn Treude,Frank Marcopolos

From the 1898 Martian Siege of Baltimore to a forlorn AI attack dog on the blue-star-scarred surface of MZ458-C and from the merc-manned Freestead Mayflower off the coast of post-apocalyptic Portland to the man-desperate shores of the Red Sea, here are seventeen science fiction stories of valiant endurance. These heroes battle conspiracies of usurpers, confront the unearned consequences of others’ willful lunacy, seek out buried truths at unbearable personal expense and endure the inhuman demands of digital rebellion in worlds innately hostile to truth and freedom. With original, never-before-published works from veteran authors, including William F. Wu, as well as emerging talents.

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174

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George Donnelly

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1941939090

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9781941939093

Educational Policy, Narrative and Discourse

By: Allan Luke

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Educational Policy, Narrative and Discourse

By: Allan Luke

This collection of Allan Luke’s key writings on educational policy, curriculum, and school reform follows the development and use of critical discourse analyses to study educational policy and practice. Turning to a series of narrative analyses of the relationship between politics, culture, economics, and education, Luke‘s writings address the challenges of shifting from an academic and scientific critique of policy to ‘getting your hands dirty’ in the making of state educational policy. The volume includes international examples of policy formation for social justice and equity, and closes with an auto-ethnographic view on policymaking and the need for increased critical, sociological evidence-based educational reform. Together with its companion volume, Critical Literacy, Schooling and Social Justice: The Selected Works of Allan Luke, this collection gathers Luke’s seminal key writings spanning the fields of education, applied linguistics, sociology, and cultural studies for the benefit of scholars, students, teachers, and teacher educators around the world.

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333

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Routledge

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1351383485

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9781351383486

Willis's Practice and Procedure for the Quantity Surveyor

By: Allan Ashworth,Catherine Higgs

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Willis's Practice and Procedure for the Quantity Surveyor

By: Allan Ashworth,Catherine Higgs

WILLIS’S PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR THE QUANTITY SURVEYOR The most up-to-date edition of the gold standard in introductory quantity surveying textbooks In the newly revised Fourteenth Edition of Willis’s Practice and Procedure for the Quantity Surveyor, the authors provide a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the core skills required by quantity surveyors. This latest edition is thoroughly updated to emphasize the use of information technology in construction, and contains new pedagogical features, new learning outcomes, and key learning points that relate the material specifically to the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence (APC). Historically employed to estimate and measure the likely material requirements for any building project, the role of the modern quantity surveyor is diverse and dynamic, with rapid change featuring across quantity surveying practice. The book echoes this dynamic environment, covering quantity surveying in private practice, public service, and in contracting organizations. Readers will also find: In-depth discussions of the use of IT in construction New and improved teaching and instruction features in the text, including new learning outcome sections and key learning points to highlight crucial concepts Tighter alignment with the requirements of the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence Perfect for undergraduate students studying quantity surveying, Willis’s Practice and Procedure for the Quantity Surveyor, 14th Edition is also an indispensable resource for practicing surveyors and inspectors seeking a one-stop handbook to the foundational principles of quantity surveying.

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358

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119832144

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9781119832140

Critical Literacy, Schooling, and Social Justice

The Selected Works of Allan Luke

By: Allan Luke

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Critical Literacy, Schooling, and Social Justice

The Selected Works of Allan Luke

By: Allan Luke

In the World Library of Educationalists series, international scholars themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces – extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and/or practical contributions – so the world can read them in a single manageable volume. Readers will be able to follow the themes and strands of their work and see their contribution to the development of a field, as well as the development of the field itself. Allan Luke’s work on critical literacy, schooling, and equity has influenced the fields of literacy education, teacher education, educational sociology, and policy for over three decades. This volume brings together Allan Luke’s key writings on literacy and schooling. Chapters cover a range of topics and theories, including the development and application of a social and cultural analysis of literacy education and schooling; a primer on literacy as a social construction; classroom-based case studies of literacy teaching and learning; major theoretical and philosophic essays; practical programmatic work on school reform and enabling curriculum policies; and classroom approaches to teaching critical literacy and multiliteracies.

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265

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Routledge

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1351587641

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9781351587648

Cataclysm!

Compelling Evidence of a Cosmic Catastrophe in 9500 B.C.

By: D. S. Allan,J. B. Delair

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Cataclysm!

Compelling Evidence of a Cosmic Catastrophe in 9500 B.C.

By: D. S. Allan,J. B. Delair

Follow this multi-disciplinary, scientific study as it examines the evidence of a great global catastrophe that occurred only 11,500 years ago. Crustal shifting, the tilting of Earth's axis, mass extinctions, upthrusted mountain ranges, rising and shrinking land masses, and gigantic volcanic eruptions and earthquakes--all indicate that a fateful confrontation with a destructive cosmic visitor must have occurred. The abundant geological, biological, and climatological evidence from this dire event calls into question many geological theories and will awaken our memories to our true--and not-so-distant--past.

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651

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Simon and Schuster

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1591438144

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9781591438144

Policing Gun Violence

Strategic Reforms for Controlling Our Most Pressing Crime Problem

By: Anthony A. Braga,Philip J. Cook

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Policing Gun Violence

Strategic Reforms for Controlling Our Most Pressing Crime Problem

By: Anthony A. Braga,Philip J. Cook

Policing Gun Violence makes the case that increasing the effectiveness of the police in gun-violence prevention is both possible and essential. It is essential because in many cities, gun violence is the most pressing crime problem, making cities less liveable and dragging down economic development. There is no good alternative to police authority for gaining control of criminal gangs and interrupting cycles of retaliation. Increasing police effectiveness is possible due to considerable advances in the understanding of what works (and what doesn't) in the strategic use of police resources. In particular, innovations such as focused deterrence, hot spots policing, procedural justice, and enhanced shooting investigations have been widely studied and offer real promise if implemented correctly. The challenges in this domain begin with the fact that low-income communities of color, which bear the brunt of gun violence, tend to be distrustful of the police. Residents of these communities often feel that they are overpoliced, due to heavy-handed tactics and all-too-common officer-involved shootings. But they also feel under-policed, as evidenced by slow response times, failure to intervene in tense situations, and low arrest rates for serious crime. A comprehensive strategy for policing gun violence requires a community focus and a commitment to reining in police misbehaviour. This book makes the case that, done correctly, policing gun violence is an urgent investment and a matter of social justice"--

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241

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Oxford University Press

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0199929289

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9780199929283

The Social Construction of Literacy in the Primary School

By: Allan Luke

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The Social Construction of Literacy in the Primary School

By: Allan Luke

Primary teacher reference book which considers literacy in the primary school. Defines literacy and the influence of educators' decisions and outlines various community and cultural resources which shape what children bring to the classroom. Also looks at how children perceive the possibilities and potentials of literacy and discusses the possibilities for teaching children a critical social literacy. Includes a bibliography.

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Macmillan Education AU

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0732917557

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9780732917555

Book's by Allan R. Knight

Valiant, He Endured

Valiant, He Endured

Educational Policy, Narrative and Discourse

Educational Policy, Narrative and Discourse

Willis's Practice and Procedure for the Quantity Surveyor

Willis's Practice and Procedure for the Quantity Surveyor

Critical Literacy, Schooling, and Social Justice

Critical Literacy, Schooling, and Social Justice

Cataclysm!

Cataclysm!

Policing Gun Violence

Policing Gun Violence

The Social Construction of Literacy in the Primary School

The Social Construction of Literacy in the Primary School

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