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Sustainable Living: the Role of Whole Life Costs and Values

By: Nalanie Mithraratne,Brenda Vale,Robert Vale

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Sustainable Living: the Role of Whole Life Costs and Values

By: Nalanie Mithraratne,Brenda Vale,Robert Vale

Achieving a sustainable building is not just a matter of design and construction: what happens once the building is occupied is absolutely critical. This book shows how the choices designers, developers and building users make impact on sustainability over the life span of the building. The authors show how a holistic approach considering costs, energy use, environmental impact, global warming potential as well as items which a usually disregarded such as finishes, furniture and appliances is needed to achieve best practice.

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Routledge

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1136360700

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The Social Problem Novels of Frances Trollope

By: Brenda Ayres

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The Social Problem Novels of Frances Trollope

By: Brenda Ayres

Frances Milton Trollope (1779-1863) was a prolific, provocative and hugely successful novelist. She greatly influenced the generation of Victorian novelists who came after her such as Charles Dickens, George Eliot and Elizabeth Gaskell. This book features Trollope's social problem novels.

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Taylor & Francis

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104015607X

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The Social Problem Novels of Frances Trollope Vol 2

By: Brenda Ayres,Christine Sutphin,Douglas Murray,Priti Joshi,Ann-Barbara Graff

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The Social Problem Novels of Frances Trollope Vol 2

By: Brenda Ayres,Christine Sutphin,Douglas Murray,Priti Joshi,Ann-Barbara Graff

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Taylor & Francis

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1040248594

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Psychology, Discourse And Social Practice

From Regulation To Resistance

By: Gill Aitken,Pam Alldred,Robin Allwood,Tom Billington,Erica Burman,Brenda Goldberg,Colleen Heenan,Angel Juan,Gordo Lopez,Debs Mark,Sam Warner

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Psychology, Discourse And Social Practice

From Regulation To Resistance

By: Gill Aitken,Pam Alldred,Robin Allwood,Tom Billington,Erica Burman,Brenda Goldberg,Colleen Heenan,Angel Juan,Gordo Lopez,Debs Mark,Sam Warner

What damage does psychology do to people's lives, and what can we do about it? How do we recognise and support resistance? Written by expert practitioners-researchers, this co-authored book explores how psychology legislates on normality and then uses its "expert" knowledge to turn social marginalisation into pathology. Chapters address a range of cultural and institutional arenas in which inequalities structured around categories of gender, "race", class and sexuality are reproduced by psychological practices: from self-help books to special hospitals, from school exclusions to Gender Identity Clinics, from mothering magazines to mental health services. But far from just documenting the damage, this book identifies the ways in which both professionals and users of services can act to counter psychology's abuses. As practical intervention as well as theoretical critique, Psychology, Discourse and Social Practice offers tangible examples of how change can be effected. This book will be of interest to advanced undergraduates and postgraduates in psychology, health, education and welfare disciplines. It is also relevant to social workers and education and health professionals, as well as professional psychologists.

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Taylor & Francis

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1135742154

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Materials for a Healthy, Ecological and Sustainable Built Environment

Principles for Evaluation

By: Emina K. Petrović,Brenda Vale,Maibritt Pedersen Zari

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Materials for a Healthy, Ecological and Sustainable Built Environment

Principles for Evaluation

By: Emina K. Petrović,Brenda Vale,Maibritt Pedersen Zari

Principles for Evaluating Building Materials in Sustainable Construction: Healthy and Sustainable Materials for the Built Environment provides a comprehensive overview of the issues associated with the selection of materials for sustainable construction, proposing a holistic and integrated approach. The book evaluates the issues involved in choosing materials from an ecosystem services perspective, from the design stage to the impact of materials on the health of building users. The three main sections of the book discuss building materials in relation to ecosystem services, the implications of materials choice at the design stage, and the impact of materials on building users and their health. The final section focuses on specific case studies that illustrate the richness of solutions that existed before the rise of contemporary construction and that are consistent with a sustainable approach to creating built environments. These are followed by modern examples which apply some, if not all, of the principles discussed in the first three sections of the book. - Provides a holistic and integrated approach to the issues associated with the selection of materials for sustainable construction - Provides a thorough understanding of ecosystem services based on ecology research for built environment design - Provides an original review of the impact of materials on human health - Provides case studies to illustrate the points above

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Woodhead Publishing

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008100706X

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9780081007068

Collaborative Problem Solving

A Step-by-Step Guide for School Leaders

By: Lawrence A. Machi,Brenda T. McEvoy

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Collaborative Problem Solving

A Step-by-Step Guide for School Leaders

By: Lawrence A. Machi,Brenda T. McEvoy

Engage your school communities in collaboratively solving your biggest problems Schools are complex places where problems come in all shapes and sizes, and where decisions impact students’ lives. Leading groups in solving these problems sometimes can be a daunting task. Collaborative Problem-Solving outlines a process to help veteran and new leaders alike to create thoughtful, organized, and collaborative solutions for the simple to the most difficult problems they face. Rooted in theory, this comprehensive guide presents a seven-step process that addresses all types of problems. Each chapter outlines the tasks and procedures required to successfully navigate each step, while providing helpful analogies and illustrations, alongside common foibles and fumbles leaders should avoid. Additional features include: An explanation of participatory problem-solving Prerequisites for successful collaboration and rules for collaborative leaders "Task Cue Cards" that offer facilitation lesson plans to approach each step in the process A "Problem Solver’s Toolbox" that covers meeting designs, roles, communication strategies, and more An annotated guide for further reading, providing a wealth of additional information and resources Practical and relevant, this book is a user-friendly manual for school leaders seeking to employ a problem-solving process that works so that they and their teams can feel confident their efforts will result in a successful resolution.

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Corwin Press

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1071946676

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The Study Of Primary Education

A Source Book - Volume 1: Perspectives

By: Colin Conner,Brenda Lofthouse

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The Study Of Primary Education

A Source Book - Volume 1: Perspectives

By: Colin Conner,Brenda Lofthouse

The four books are intended to be used by students taking BEd or PGCE courses and by teachers in service, taking diploma or higher degree courses in primary education. The material extracted can by used by tutors as a focus for seminars or as reading to back up lectures, and by students as a source for essays or as a starting point for further reading. The books are not intended to be read straight through from cover to cover but can be selectively and flexibly used at various stages in the course. For convenience, the extracts have been organized into a number of sections. Volume 1 comprises extracts which examine primary education from historical, ideological, philosophical, sociological and psychological perspectives. Volume 2 deals with curriculum studies, Volume 3 with school organization and management and Volume 4 with teaching and classroom studies. Because of limitations of space, primary education has been confined to the education of children aged 5 to 11, though the compilers acknowledge that in doing so they may offend those teachers in nursery or middle schools who regard themselves, justifiably, as primary practitioners.

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Routledge

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1135387192

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The NTL Handbook of Organization Development and Change

Principles, Practices, and Perspectives

By: Brenda B. Jones,Michael Brazzel

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The NTL Handbook of Organization Development and Change

Principles, Practices, and Perspectives

By: Brenda B. Jones,Michael Brazzel

The NTL Handbook of Organization Development and Change, Second Edition The NTL Handbook of Organization Development and Change is a vital tool for anyone who wants to know how to effectively bring about meaningful and sustainable change in organizations—even in the state of turbulence and complexity that today’s organizations encounter. Featuring contributions from leading practitioners and scholars in the field, each chapter explores a key aspect of organization development. In this new edition, each of the 34 chapters has been revised in response to recommendations from the contributors and NTL members. “These 34 chapters articulate exactly what grounds organization development! Issues and perspectives involving training, groups, practice, and the global world are current and thought provoking.” —Therese F. Yaeger Ph.D., professor, OB/OD Department, College of Business, Benedictine University “There is no other source that offers such a rich array of the most current and future-thinking topics from so many leaders in the field.” —Robert Gass, Ed.D., co-founder, Rockwood Leadership Institute “The editors accomplish the difficult task of including theory, concept, and method that will appeal to the academic community as well as those who are focused on being an effective practitioner.” —John D. Carter, Ph.D., president, Gestalt OSD Center

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118485815

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9781118485811

Day Book of Jeremiah Smith Jewett

Volume One January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1869

By: Brenda M. Polidoro

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Day Book of Jeremiah Smith Jewett

Volume One January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1869

By: Brenda M. Polidoro

Day Book of Jeremiah Smith Jewett Volume One January 1, 1854 December 31, 1869 Jeremiah Jewett s impact on NH history and the Lakes Region was unknown until the recent discovery of his numerous, daily, handwritten journals, painstakingly recorded from 1854 unti l 1900. His life in Warren and Lakeport/Laconia, NH found him wearing many hats: husband, father, preacher, lawyer, railroad surveyor, merchant,undertaker and gentleman farmer. His vivid descripti ons of his life over 46 years and travels around the country at World Industrial Fairs, Methodist religious gatherings and railway excursions in NH, New England and beyond, are embellished by his emoti onal, notable accounts of the death of Abraham Lincoln, unknown medical diseases of the era, and the tragic loss of a beloved son at age 19. Probably no one impacted the towns of Warren, Lakeport (Meredith Bridge) and Laconia, NH like Rev. Jeremiah S. Jewett . These volumes relate to his daily experiences in the latt er years of his life. Brenda M. Polidoro, editor, brings his history of NH to life, in his own words and style, penned in bound leather. The authenti c transcribed volumes are a riveti ng account of someti mes tragic and yet hopeful, positi ve ti mes as seen by one person at the turn of the century.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1469117363

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Kisses in the Country

A Hometown Romance Collection

By: Brenda Novak

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Kisses in the Country

A Hometown Romance Collection

By: Brenda Novak

Escape with Kisses in the Country—four full-length small-town romances from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak's beloved Dundee, Idaho series, all in one volume! THAT ONE NIGHT The one thing that Delaney wants more in the world is to become a mother, but at thirty years old and with no relationship prospects, her dream seems far out of reach. Until a one-night stand with a handsome stranger during a night out in Boise quite literally changes her life. Delaney thought she was never going to see him again, but when this stranger moves to Dundee, she gets both a husband and baby daddy in the same package. FALLING FOR YOU Rebecca Wells and Josh Hill have grown up sharing a legendary rivalry known to everyone in the small town of Dundee, Idaho. Now, Rebecca is struggling to drop her resentment towards Josh, and admitting that she feels more for him than she’s ever let on would be the first step. FIRST LOVE, SECOND CHANCE When Katie Rogers reluctantly returns to Dundee, her hometown in Idaho, she is broke, pregnant, and determined to never trust the wrong man again. But when Booker Robinson not only opens the doors of his home for her, but also the doors of her heart, she understands that sometimes a man isn't everything he seems. And sometimes he's more.... SAY YOU LOVE ME Morris Caldwell was more than a stepfather for Lucky Caldwell, he showed her kindness and love, even after his passing. Now, Lucky returns to Dundee, Idaho, to restore the Victorian mansion that Morris left her. But Morris’s grandson, Mike Hill is not happy about Lucky’s inheritance, and since his ranch is located right next to the mansion, they have no choice but to learn how to live next to the person they don’t want to like. Can't get enough? Don't miss the rest of the Dundee, Idaho series! Meant for You (Book 5) Finding You (Book 6) Just the Two of Us (Book 7) The More I Love You (Book 8)

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Harlequin

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0369760689

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9780369760685

Rising Wind

Black Americans and U.S. Foreign Affairs, 1935-1960

By: Brenda Gayle Plummer

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Rising Wind

Black Americans and U.S. Foreign Affairs, 1935-1960

By: Brenda Gayle Plummer

African Americans have a long history of active involvement and interest in international affairs, but their efforts have been largely ignored by scholars of American foreign policy. Gayle Plummer brings a new perspective to the study of twentieth-century American history with her analysis of black Americans' engagement with international issues, from the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 through the wave of African independence movements of the early 1960s. Plummer first examines how collective definitions of ethnic identity, race, and racism have influenced African American views on foreign affairs. She then probes specific developments in the international arena that galvanized the black community, including the rise of fascism, World War II, the emergence of human rights as a factor in international law, the Cold War, and the American civil rights movement, which had important foreign policy implications. However, she demonstrates that not all African Americans held the same views on particular issues and that a variety of considerations helped shape foreign affairs agendas within the black community just as in American society at large.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807863866

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9780807863862

Nutritional Care of Preterm Infants

2nd edition

By: Berthold Koletzko,Fook-Choe Cheah,Magnus Domellöf,Brenda B. Poindexter,Nestor Vain

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Nutritional Care of Preterm Infants

2nd edition

By: Berthold Koletzko,Fook-Choe Cheah,Magnus Domellöf,Brenda B. Poindexter,Nestor Vain

Improved conditions of care for premature infants have led to markedly increased survival rates over the last few decades, particularly in very low and extremely low birth weight infants. Nutritional measures play a central role in the long-term outcome, health, and quality of life of these premature infants. In this updated and extended edition, leading experts from all over the world present the most recent evidence and critical analyses of nutrient requirements and the practice of nutritional care (with the focus on very low birth weight infants) to provide guidance for clinical application. The chapters of this publication show how growth and development can be nutritionally supported, which nutrients and non-nutrients can be supplied, and how nutritional care can get implemented. Approaches to nutritional care in various disease conditions are also addressed. The compilation of current information and recommendations should support the daily work of health care professionals such as neonatologists, paediatricians, other physicians involved in the care of preterm infants, nurses, nutritionists/dieticians, and others. The current book is also of interest for researchers who wish to keep up to date in this moving field.

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Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers

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331806646X

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9783318066463

Waltzing in the Dark

African American Vaudeville and Race Politics in the Swing Era

By: NA NA,Brenda Dixon Gottschild

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Waltzing in the Dark

African American Vaudeville and Race Politics in the Swing Era

By: NA NA,Brenda Dixon Gottschild

The career of Norton and Margot, a ballroom dance team whose work was thwarted by the racial tenets of the era, serves as the barometer of the times and acts as the tour guide on this excursion through the worlds of African American vaudeville, black and white America during the swing era, the European touring circuit, and pre-Civil Rights era racial etiquette.

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Springer

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0312299680

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9780312299682

Concepts in Neonatal Nutrition, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

By: Brenda Poindexter

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Concepts in Neonatal Nutrition, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

By: Brenda Poindexter

Over the past several decades, advances in neonatal nutrition have focused on the provision of early parenteral nutrition and the development of formulas and supplements that most closely approximate maternal breast milk. The overall outcomes for infants, including premature infants, have greatly benefited from these advances, but there are still many nutritional unknowns that impact the lives of neonates. This is an exciting time in neonatal nutrition as the focus has shifted from survival and growth, which are still important goals, to effects of each micro/macronutrient on development, prevention of disease states such as ROP, the effects of neonatal nutrition on future health as an adult, and opportunities to improve long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes by optimal early nutrition. This issue focuses on aspects of enteral and parenteral nutrition that are at the forefront of neonatal care: assessing growth, parenteral nutrition components (including alternate lipid formulations), optimal storage and use of human milk (including donor milk), post-discharge nutrition, and the effects of various micro/macronutrients on long-term developmental outcomes. It is anticipated that the study and implementation of many of these novel concepts into the care of neonates, many of whom are severely premature, will be of value to practitioners, researchers, and, most of all, patients.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323299474

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9780323299473

Understanding the Te Whariki Approach

Early years education in practice

By: Wendy Lee,Margaret Carr,Brenda Soutar,Linda Mitchell

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Understanding the Te Whariki Approach

Early years education in practice

By: Wendy Lee,Margaret Carr,Brenda Soutar,Linda Mitchell

Understanding the Te Whāriki Approach is a much–needed source of information for those wishing to extend and consolidate their understanding of the Te Whāriki approach, introducing the reader to an innovative bicultural curriculum developed for early childhood services in New Zealand. It will enable the reader to analyse the essential elements of this approach to early childhood and its relationship to quality early years practice. Providing students and practitioners with the relevant information about a key pedagogical influence on high quality early years practice in the United Kingdom, the book explores all areas of the curriculum, emphasising: strong curriculum connections to families and the wider community; a view of teaching and learning that focuses on responsive and reciprocal relationships with people, places and things; a view of curriculum content as cross-disciplinary and multi-modal; the aspirations for children to grow up as competent and confident learners and communicators, healthy in mind, body, and spirit, secure in their sense of belonging and in the knowledge that they make a valued contribution to society; a bicultural framework in which indigenous voices have a central place. Written to support the work of all those in the field of early years education and childcare, this is a vital text for students, early years and childcare practitioners, teachers, early years professionals, children’s centre professionals, lecturers, advisory teachers, head teachers and setting managers.

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Routledge

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1135119724

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9781135119720

Virginia Woolf Icon

By: Brenda R. Silver

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Virginia Woolf Icon

By: Brenda R. Silver

The proliferation of Virginia Woolfs in both high and popular culture, she argues, has transformed the writer into a "star" whose image and authority are persistently claimed or challenged in debates about art, politics, gender, the canon, class, feminism, and fashion."--BOOK JACKET.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226757455

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9780226757452

That One Night

By: Brenda Novak

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That One Night

By: Brenda Novak

New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak’s beloved Dundee series begins with a one-night stand that becomes so much more in this irresistible romance originally published as A Baby of Her Own in 2002 At thirty, Delaney is no longer interested in playing the role of “good girl.” After all, what has it gotten her this far in life? The one thing she wants most of all—to become a mother—still seems far out of reach. When she and her best friend go to Boise for a night out, the handsome stranger Delaney meets seems too good to be true. Conner is attractive, and she can’t help but notice his other qualities too—he’s healthy, seems to have good genes, and she never has to see him again. If she just so happens to get what she’s always wanted out of spending the night with him, he’ll never have to know. But soon after Delaney discovers she’s pregnant, a newcomer moves onto the ranch just outside of Dundee. And wouldn’t you know, it just so happens to be Conner…

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Harlequin

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1488051976

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9781488051975

Ironies of Organizational Change

Introduction to Change Management and Organizational Theory

By: Richard J. Badham,Brenda M. Santiago

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Ironies of Organizational Change

Introduction to Change Management and Organizational Theory

By: Richard J. Badham,Brenda M. Santiago

This unique book provides a novel and challenging framework for understanding and influencing organizational change. It reimagines managing and leading change as the mindful mobilisation of maps, masks and mirrors.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1786437724

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The Study Of Primary Education

A Source Book - Volume 4: Classroom And Teaching Studies

By: Marion Dadds,Brenda Lofthouse

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The Study Of Primary Education

A Source Book - Volume 4: Classroom And Teaching Studies

By: Marion Dadds,Brenda Lofthouse

First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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1135387117

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The Study of Primary Education: School orgainzation and management

By: Brenda Lofthouse

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By: Brenda Lofthouse

First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Psychology Press

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1850007365

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Getting to Maybe

How the World Is Changed

By: Frances Westley,Brenda Zimmerman,Michael Patton

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Getting to Maybe

How the World Is Changed

By: Frances Westley,Brenda Zimmerman,Michael Patton

A practical, inspirational, revolutionary guide to social innovation Many of us have a deep desire to make the world around us a better place. But often our good intentions are undermined by the fear that we are so insignificant in the big scheme of things that nothing we can do will actually help feed the world’s hungry, fix the damage of a Hurricane Katrina or even get a healthy lunch program up and running in the local school. We tend to think that great social change is the province of heroes – an intimidating view of reality that keeps ordinary people on the couch. But extraordinary leaders such as Gandhi and even unlikely social activists such as Bob Geldof most often see themselves as harnessing the forces around them, rather than singlehandedly setting those forces in motion. The trick in any great social project – from the global fight against AIDS to working to eradicate poverty in a single Canadian city – is to stop looking at the discrete elements and start trying to understand the complex relationships between them. By studying fascinating real-life examples of social change through this systems-and-relationships lens, the authors of Getting to Maybe tease out the rules of engagement between volunteers, leaders, organizations and circumstance – between individuals and what Shakespeare called “the tide in the affairs of men.” Getting to Maybe applies the insights of complexity theory and harvests the experiences of a wide range of people and organizations – including the ministers behind the Boston Miracle (and its aftermath); the Grameen Bank, in which one man’s dream of micro-credit sparked a financial revolution for the world’s poor; the efforts of a Canadian clothing designer to help transform the lives of Indigenous women and children; and many more – to lay out a brand new way of thinking about making change in communities, in business, and in the world.

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Vintage Canada

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030737114X

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9780307371140

Using Picture Books to Teach Language Arts Standards in Grades 3-5

By: Brenda S. Copeland,Patricia A. Messner

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Using Picture Books to Teach Language Arts Standards in Grades 3-5

By: Brenda S. Copeland,Patricia A. Messner

This manual of ideas zeroes in on current picture book titles. It features reproducible worksheets, writing activities, related reading-based activities, and technology for grades three through five. The ideas have been tested in the authors' libraries and are linked to national curricular standards. Designed for school librarians, the book is also a valuable resource for the classroom teacher and the reading specialist. Librarians will find the ideas and plans valuable as they collaborate with teachers to teach content area standards. This manual of ideas zeroes in on current picture book titles. It features reproducible worksheets, writing activities, related reading based activities, and technology for grades three through five. The ideas have been tested in the authors' libraries and are linked to national curricular standards. Though school librarians are targeted as the main audience for this book, it also is a valuable resource for the classroom teacher and reading specialist. Librarians will find the ideas and plans valuable as they collaborate with teachers to teach content area standards. The most similar resource to this book of lesson plans is the authors' first book, Linking Picture Books to Standards. This new book has the same format, but focuses on upper- level picture books and activities. It provides the librarian, classroom teacher, or reading specialist with worksheets that are ready to copy and patterns that are easy to follow. There are few resources of a similar genre on the market today—this book should help bridge the gap and provide much needed materials. Grades 3-5.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0897899814

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9780897899819

Collapsing Gracefully: Making a Built Environment that is Fit for the Future

By: Emilio Garcia,Brenda Vale,Robert Vale

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Collapsing Gracefully: Making a Built Environment that is Fit for the Future

By: Emilio Garcia,Brenda Vale,Robert Vale

This innovative book investigates the concept of collapse in terms of our built environment, exploring the future transition of modern cities towards scenarios very different from the current promises of progress and development. This is not a book about the end of the world and hopeless apocalyptic scenarios. It is about understanding change in how and where we live. Collapse is inevitable, but in the built environment collapse could imply a manageable situation, an opportunity for change or a devastating reality. Collapsing gracefully means that there might be better ways to coexist with collapse if we learn more about it and commit to rebuild our civilisations in ways that avoid its worst effects. This book uses a wide range of practical examples to study critical changes in the built environment, to contextualise and visualise what collapse looks like, to see if it is possible to buffer its effects in places already collapsing and to propose ways to develop greater resilience. The book challenges all agents and institutions in modern cities, their designers and planners as well as their residents and users to think differently about built environment so as to ease our coexistence with collapse and not contribute to its causes. .

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Springer Nature

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3030777839

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9783030777838

Means and Ends in Education

By: Brenda Almond

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Means and Ends in Education

By: Brenda Almond

First published in 1982, Means and Ends in Education explores the contrasts between approaches to teaching where teaching is simply a means to some other end; approaches in which the end determines the means; and approaches in which means and ends are integrated and education serves an intrinsic purpose. The book considers the concept of education and evaluates different processes and techniques of teaching and learning. Divided into three parts, it covers instrumentalist approaches, learner-oriented approaches, and liberal approaches to education. It puts forward differing views as to what the term ‘education’ means to different professions and in different contexts, and how different approaches result in a very different experience for the recipient. It also discusses the extent to which an evaluation of methods of education and an evaluation of the aims of education are linked. Means and Ends in Education will appeal to those with an interest in the philosophy of education.

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Routledge

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1000287475

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9781000287479

Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion

By: Brenda J. Little,Jason S. Lee

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Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion

By: Brenda J. Little,Jason S. Lee

A multi-disciplinary, multi-industry overview of microbiologically influenced corrosion, with strategies for diagnosis and control or prevention Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion helps engineers and scientists understand and combat the costly failures that occur due to microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC). This book combines recent findings from diverse disciplines into one comprehensive reference. Complete with case histories from a variety of environments, it covers: Biofilm formation Causative organisms, relating bacteria and fungi to corrosion mechanisms for groups of metals Diagnosing and monitoring MIC Electrochemical techniques, with an overview of methods for detection of MIC The impact of alloying elements, including antimicrobial metals, and design features on MIC MIC of non-metallics Strategies for control or prevention of MIC, including engineering, chemical, and biological approaches This is a valuable, all-inclusive reference for corrosion scientists, engineers, and researchers, as well as designers, managers, and operators.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470112441

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The Playgroup Movement

By: Brenda Crowe

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The Playgroup Movement

By: Brenda Crowe

Originally published in 1973, this reprints the fourth, updated edition of 1983. This book defines playgroups, examines their needs and problems and traces the growth of the association to meet the demands of a lively and demanding movement.

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Routledge

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1135031339

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9781135031336

The Circus and Victorian Society

By: Brenda Assael

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The Circus and Victorian Society

By: Brenda Assael

This conflict informs us not only of the complicated role that the circus played in Victorian society but provides a unique view into a collective psyche fraught by contradiction and anxiety.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813923409

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9780813923406

My Journey as I walk Unknown Paths

By: Brenda Redmond

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My Journey as I walk Unknown Paths

By: Brenda Redmond

Communicating Gods love to the world through not only my own life but through others I have met along the way. Gods love, understanding, comfort and forgiveness for each of us is what you will find in this and my other two books, "Heavens Door" and "Whispers Amidst The Shadows." In every situation, no matter how difficult it may seem, you will find God, if you just seek Him.

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Lulu.com

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1300373938

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9781300373933

Company Law

By: Brenda Hannigan

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Company Law

By: Brenda Hannigan

Employing a practical and contextual approach, this student textbook covers developments in the self-regulation of corporate governance, which is becoming global due to the activities of the OECD and World Bank.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199608024

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9780199608027

Kit's Reward

By: Brenda Woodford

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Kit's Reward

By: Brenda Woodford

Kit is a hard-working water gypsy who lives and works on a barge along the Grand Junction Canal. When she sets off across the fields one morning to find a doctor for her father, she becomes privy to a kidnapping – a man whose prey is a young boy, Charlie. His shouts lead her to rescue him and she becomes responsible for his safety; it’s an encounter that will change her life forever.Join Kit and her family as this ‘golden era’ world of Edwardian canals and industrial England comes to life. Kit’s Reward is a pacy, gripping tale, rich with historical context and vivid descriptions, that will appeal to readers aged 11 and older.

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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1780883536

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9781780883533

The Time Travels of Annie Sesstry

Book One: Sly as a Fox

By: Brenda Welburn

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The Time Travels of Annie Sesstry

Book One: Sly as a Fox

By: Brenda Welburn

Annie Sesstry's family roots trace back to Laverne Fox MacElmurry, a man born in slavery in 1829, and freed after the Civil War. Annie, his twenty-first descendant, is a smart and sassy thirteen-year-old from an upper-middle-class family, anxious to spread her wings. Annie's mother, a writer, and her father, a history professor and curator at the Smithsonian Institution spend weekends with their children exploring historical and cultural points of interest. Though Annie hates everything about bygone times, her parents insist understanding history is essential to the children understanding who they are and from where they came. One summer day, Annie, her sister Emma, and her cousin Joshua slip through a portal and travel back in time to post-Civil War Georgia. They meet Fox and discover a secret about family time travelers through the generations, learning that history isn't so dull after all. *** "Using time travel as a crafty device, Brenda Welburn gifts the reader with a mlange of family history, creative artistry and historical facts that educates and entertains. The eventful journey from contemporary metropolitan D.C. back to post civil-war Georgia where sassy teenage protagonist Annie encounters her ancestral family is riddled with intrigue. While exposing with accuracy some of the terror and darkest moments of the era, the poignant journey illuminates the values, determination, and courage of a people forging a new life of freedom. The window on conditions experienced by our collective ancestors not only underscores how far we have come but reminds as well that the struggle continues". The Honorable Alice Dear Former Ambassador, African Development Bank

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Archway Publishing

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1480860433

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9781480860438

The Cultural Proficiency Journey

Moving Beyond Ethical Barriers Toward Profound School Change

By: Franklin CampbellJones,Brenda CampbellJones,Randall B. Lindsey

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The Cultural Proficiency Journey

Moving Beyond Ethical Barriers Toward Profound School Change

By: Franklin CampbellJones,Brenda CampbellJones,Randall B. Lindsey

Focusing on ethical decision making, this compelling book shows how to develop a deeper personal understanding of cultural differences and strengthen equitable practices in schools and districts.

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Corwin Press

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1412977940

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9781412977944

Understanding David Mamet

By: Brenda Murphy

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Understanding David Mamet

By: Brenda Murphy

Understanding David Mamet analyzes the broad range of David Mamet's plays and places them in the context of his career as a prolific writer of fiction and nonfiction prose as well as drama. Over the past three decades, Mamet has written more than thirty produced plays and garnered recognition as one of the most significant and influential American playwrights of the post-World War II generation. In addition to playwriting and directing for the theater, Mamet also writes, directs, and produces for film and television, and he writes essays, fiction, poetry, and even children's books. The author remains best known for depicting men in gritty, competitive work environments and for his vernacular dialogue (known in the theater as "Mametspeak"), which has raised the expletive to an art form. In this insightful survey of Mamet's body of work, Brenda Murphy explores the broad range of his writing for the theater and introduces readers to Mamet's major writing in other literary genres as well as some of his neglected pieces. Murphy centers her discussion around Mamet's most significant plays—Glengarry Glen Ross, Oleanna, American Buffalo, Speed-the-Plow, The Cryptogram, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Edmond, The Woods, Lakeboat, Boston Marriage, and The Duck Variations—as well as his three novels—The Village, The Old Religion, and Wilson. Murphy also notes how Mamet's one-act and less known plays provide important context for the major plays and help to give a fuller sense of the scope of his art. A chapter on his numerous essays, including his most anthologized piece of writing, the autobiographical essay "The Rake," reflects Mamet's controversial and evolving ideas about the theater, film, politics, religion, and masculinity. Throughout her study Murphy incorporates references to Mamet's popular films as useful waypoints for contextualizing his literary works and understanding his continuing evolution as a writer for multiple mediums.

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Univ of South Carolina Press

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1611172004

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9781611172003

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