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Teaching for Understanding

What it is and how to do it

By: Douglas P Newton

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Teaching for Understanding

What it is and how to do it

By: Douglas P Newton

First published in 2012. Why does understanding really matter? Why do some learners fail to understand? At a time when league tables can be everything, examination grades matter. Perhaps more than many would admit, the cost is a lack of understanding. The new edition of Teaching for Understanding provides practical advice about how to support understanding in both children and adults. It is for all teachers and lecturers, experienced or otherwise, who want learners to do more than simply memorize and regurgitate information. It describes what understanding means in the different subjects and offers a framework for supporting understanding. Revised and updated to reflect evolving ideas about education and the latest challenges facing teachers and learners, this new edition includes a section on the role of e-learning, as well as additional classroom contexts and extra strategies for supporting understanding. Topics explored include: what is understanding and why is it so valuable? how understanding happens: the mental processes; the relationship between understanding and creative thought; reasons for misunderstanding and how to combat them; the impact of learners’ motivation and strategies for self-help; how to evaluate understanding.

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1136647910

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9781136647918

Spirit of Meradoon

By: Margaret Douglas

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Spirit of Meradoon

By: Margaret Douglas

The Biggs family vacations in Scotland, and instead of a tourist trap, prefer to stay in a remote location. When an idyllic cottage overlooking Loch Meradoon is available at the height of the season, they believe it will be perfect for their first visit to the Highlands. Assured of a quaint cottage surrounded by beautiful views, it seems a dream to be near both the loch and the romantic, ruined Castle of Meradoon. One misty morning the children, Emma and Thomas, decide to explore the eerie castle. Thomas, two years younger than Emma, isnt thrilled about climbing around the musty, smelly, ugly, old ruin. But Emma is keen to do something different and exciting on this vacation, something theyd never do at home. When they get inside, they encounter something beyond their wildest imaginings. They are immediately propelled into a series of adventures: exciting, mysterious, puzzling, and even frightening. As this memorable vacation draws to a close, the children receive a special gift, a gift so unique it comes with life-changing consequences.

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WestBow Press

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144976469X

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The Limits of Law

By: Austin Sarat,Lawrence Douglas,Martha Merrill Umphrey

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The Limits of Law

By: Austin Sarat,Lawrence Douglas,Martha Merrill Umphrey

This collection brings together well-established scholars to examine the limits of law, a topic that has been of broad interest since the events of 9/11 and the responses of U.S. law and policy to those events. The limiting conditions explored in this volume include marking law’s relationship to acts of terror, states of emergency, gestures of surrender, payments of reparations, offers of amnesty, and invocations of retroactivity. These essays explore how law is challenged, frayed, and constituted out of contact with conditions that lie at the farthest reaches of its empirical and normative force.

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Stanford University Press

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0804752354

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9780804752350

Succession

By: Douglas Schofield

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Succession

By: Douglas Schofield

What if... Queen Elizabeth II had no legal right to the British throne? What if... The Queen's entire line, all the way back to George III's fifteen children, was... illegitimate? SUCCESSION is based on a little known historical fact. SEPTEMBER 6, 1997 Across the world, two-and-a-half billion people sit glued to the broadcast of Princess Diana's funeral. In Bayonne, New Jersey, surgical resident Dr. Emma Parks watches the somber proceedings over her morning coffee, then hurries to get ready for work. Today's shift, she expects, will be no different from any other... fixing broken bodies, one emergency at a time. But Emma couldn't be more wrong. Today, she'll discover a lover's betrayal. Today she'll save a man's life using a procedure she was never trained for. Today she'll receive a mysterious call from a man riding in a London taxi. And, before the day is out, she'll be suspended from her job. But that's just today... Tomorrow, a very determined killer will try to end her life. Emma Parks always figured her life was pretty ordinary. She's about to discover how extraordinary it really is.

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eBookIt.com

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1456609343

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9781456609344

Work Shy

By: James Douglas Rosenthal

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Work Shy

By: James Douglas Rosenthal

After an overdose, the unfortunate painter Edgar Bloom is dead. At the funeral, Douglas Frank (soft-boiled crime writer) is persuaded to look into his friend’s misadventure by Bloom’s long suffering widow. Did I mention she was beautiful? He discovers the artist’s diaries buried in the an unkempt studio. Frank’s agent, Ron Cranston (Albatross Books) urges him to write a brash expose featuring the dirty side of creative failure so Frank can rise in the literary food chain. What better way to get back at the elitist “Art Mob” for neglecting his friend Bloom and make a bit of cash? Ethical dilemmas multiply. Frank is asked to consult on a big museum exhibition by hard-nosed, curator, Martha Trout and Bloom’s resurrection takes on a life of its’ own. Bemused, Frank realizes he’s the only one who represents the disaffected artists of the world. To complicate matters, the success of the “Forgotten Poets” exhibition and subsequent book Work Shy soon has Hollywood knocking on his door. Publishers are thrilled. Is this a good thing asks the jaded writer? Sherrie Bloom is upset by the belated notoriety her dead husband receives and spurns amorous Frank. Our reluctant investigator must choose sides, live with the guilt or take the money and run.

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iUniverse

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1663207194

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The Christopher Lee Film Encyclopedia

By: Robert W. Pohle,Douglas C. Hart,Rita Pohle Baldwin

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The Christopher Lee Film Encyclopedia

By: Robert W. Pohle,Douglas C. Hart,Rita Pohle Baldwin

In a career that spanned eight decades, Christopher Lee (1922–2015) appeared in more than 200 roles for film and television. Though he is best known for his portrayal of Dracula in films of the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s—as well as his appearances in the Lord of the Rings trilogy—Lee also appeared in many other films, including The Three Musketeers, The Man with the Golden Gun, and Star Wars. The Christopher Lee Film Encyclopedia encompasses all of the films in the distinguished actor’s prolific career, from his early roles in the 1940s to his work in some of the most successful film franchises of all time. This reference highlights Lee’s iconic roles in horror cinema as well as his non-horror films over the years, including The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. The entries in this book feature: Cast and crew information Synopsis Critical evaluation Newspaper and magazine reviews DVD availability Many of the entries also feature Sir Christopher’s recollections about the production, as well as the actor’s insights about his directors and fellow costars. Appendices in this volume include discussions of Lee’s significant work on radio and television, as well as film shorts, screen tests, films in which he is mentioned, films from which he was cut, and unrealized projects. A film-by-film review of the actor’s cinematic output. The Christopher Lee Film Encyclopedia will appeal to this legend’s many devoted fans.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0810892707

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Presargonic Period

Early Periods, Volume 1 (2700-2350 BC)

By: Douglas Frayne

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Presargonic Period

Early Periods, Volume 1 (2700-2350 BC)

By: Douglas Frayne

The book Presargonic Period (2700-2350 BC) provides editions of all known royal inscriptions of kings who ruled in ancient Mesopotamia down to the advent of King Sargon of Akkad. Most of the inscriptions come from the city states of Lagsh and Umma; inscriptions from other sites are rather poorly attested. The volume includes a handful of new inscriptions recently uncovered in Iraq. Information on museum numbers, excavation numbers, provenances, dimensions, and lines preserved in the various exemplars are displayed for multi-exemplar texts in an easy-to-read tabular form. Also included in several commentary sections are notes on the find-spots of the inscriptions from Lagas and references about various toponymns to be discussed in a forthcoming study of the author on the geography of Lagas and Umma provinces. Indexes of museum numbers, excavation numbers, and concordances of selected publications complete the volume.

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University of Toronto Press

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144269047X

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9781442690479

American Coal

Russell Lee Portraits

By: Mary Jane Appel,Douglas Brinkley

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American Coal

Russell Lee Portraits

By: Mary Jane Appel,Douglas Brinkley

More than 100 powerful images by noted photographer Russell Lee that document the working conditions and lives of coal mining communities in the postwar United States; publication coincides with an exhibition at the National Archives in Washington, DC. In 1946 the Truman administration made a promise to striking coal miners: as part of a deal to resume work, the government would sponsor a nationwide survey of health and labor conditions in mining camps. One instrumental member of the survey team was photographer Russell Lee. Lee had made his name during the Depression, when, alongside Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans, he used his camera to document agrarian life for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Now he trained his lens on miners and their families to show their difficult circumstances despite their essential contributions to the nation's first wave of postwar growth. American Coal draws from the thousands of photographs that Lee made for the survey—also on view in the US National Archives and Records Administration’s exhibition Power & Light—and includes his original, detailed captions as well as an essay by biographer Mary Jane Appel and historian Douglas Brinkley. They place his work in context and illuminate how Lee helped win improved conditions for his subjects through vivid images that captured an array of miners and their communities at work and at play, at church and in school, in moments of joy and struggle, ultimately revealing to their fellow Americans the humanity and resilience of these underrecognized workers.

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University of Texas Press

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147732965X

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Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 BC)

By: Douglas Frayne

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Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 BC)

By: Douglas Frayne

A short introduction for each inscription gives its general contents, place of origin, and relative dating. Also included are a detailed catalogue of exemplars, a brief commentary, bibliography, and text in transliteration facing an English translation.

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0802058736

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Teaching Mathematics in the Visible Learning Classroom, Grades K-2

By: John Almarode,Douglas Fisher,Kateri Thunder,John Hattie,Nancy Frey

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Teaching Mathematics in the Visible Learning Classroom, Grades K-2

By: John Almarode,Douglas Fisher,Kateri Thunder,John Hattie,Nancy Frey

Select the right task, at the right time, for the right phase of learning Young students come to elementary classrooms with different background knowledge, levels of readiness, and learning needs. What works best to help K–2 students develop the tools to become visible learners in mathematics? What works best for K-=–2 mathematics learning at the surface, deep, and transfer levels? In this sequel to the megawatt bestseller Visible Learning for Mathematics, John Almarode, Douglas Fisher, Kateri Thunder, John Hattie, and Nancy Frey help you answer those questions by showing how Visible Learning strategies look in action in K–2 mathematics classrooms. Walk in the shoes of teachers as they mix and match the strategies, tasks, and assessments seminal to making conceptual understanding, procedural knowledge, and the application of mathematical concepts and thinking skills visible to young students as well as to you. Using grade-leveled examples and a decision-making matrix, you’ll learn to Articulate clear learning intentions and success criteria at surface, deep, and transfer levels Employ evidence to guide students along the path of becoming metacognitive and self-directed mathematics achievers Use formative assessments to track what students understand, what they don’t, and why Select the right task for the conceptual, procedural, or application emphasis you want, ensuring the task is for the right phase of learning Adjust the difficulty and complexity of any task to meet the needs of all learners It’s not only what works, but when. Exemplary lessons, video clips, and online resources help you leverage the most effective teaching practices at the most effective time to meet the surface, deep, and transfer learning needs of every K–2 student.

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Corwin Press

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1544333285

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Bromley's Family Law

By: Nigel V. Lowe,Gillian Douglas

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Bromley's Family Law

By: Nigel V. Lowe,Gillian Douglas

Bromley's Family Law' is a well-established and popular textbook with students and practitioners alike. This edition has been updated to take into account recent developments in family law.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199580405

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Supporting Paraeducators in Special Education and Inclusive Settings

By: Emily Sobeck,Sarah Douglas,Denise Uitto

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Supporting Paraeducators in Special Education and Inclusive Settings

By: Emily Sobeck,Sarah Douglas,Denise Uitto

Supporting Paraeducators in Special Education and Inclusive Settings provides an in-depth look at the role of pre- and in-service teachers as supervisors of paraeducators within special education and inclusive settings. The latest entry within the Evidence-Based Instruction in Special Education series, Supporting Paraeducators in Special Education and Inclusive Settings serves as an instructional tool for pre-service teachers and educators within higher education coursework, as well as a resource for in-service teachers. This text supports teachers in strengthening their knowledge and supervisory skills necessary to supervise and manage paraeducators in educational environments. Through objectives, scenarios, content, and chapter questions, Drs. Sobeck, Douglas, and Uitto provide a thorough and applicable overview of working with and supervising paraeducators. In this text the roles and responsibilities of paraeducators, teachers, and school administrators relative to paraeducator training and supervision will be detailed, as well as tips for collaboration. Included with the text are online supplemental materials for faculty use. School leaders and higher education faculty can use the online site for materials to support pre-service training within teacher preparation programs and professional development for in-service teachers. Supporting Paraeducators in Special Education and Inclusive Settings fills an important need in the field and is a vital resource for current and future teachers when working with paraeducators.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040135528

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Teaching Mathematics in the Visible Learning Classroom, High School

By: John Almarode,Douglas Fisher,Joseph Assof,John Hattie,Nancy Frey

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Teaching Mathematics in the Visible Learning Classroom, High School

By: John Almarode,Douglas Fisher,Joseph Assof,John Hattie,Nancy Frey

Select the right task, at the right time, for the right phase of learning How do you generate that lightbulb “aha” moment of understanding for your students? This book helps to answer that question by showing Visible Learning strategies in action in high-impact mathematics classrooms. Walk in the shoes of teachers as they engage in the countless micro-decisions required to balance strategies, tasks, and assessments, demonstrating that it’s not only what works, but when. A decision-making matrix and grade-leveled examples help you leverage the most effective teaching practices at the most effective time to meet the surface, deep, and transfer learning needs of every student.

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1544333153

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Response to Marine Oil Pollution

Review and Assessment

By: Douglas Cormack

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Response to Marine Oil Pollution

Review and Assessment

By: Douglas Cormack

Response to Marine Oil Pollution - Review and Assessment is the essential source book, now updated, for all involved in marine oil pollution consequences and response. It covers policy, planning and operations, and provides technical assessment of the true nature of the problem, of the means to maximise the performance of current techniques and equipment, and of the bases for future improvements. This book provides a fundamental understanding of the oil properties and processes which determine the persistence and impacts of oils in the marine environment. It establishes parameters against which to evaluate performance of all current techniques and equipment, and the environmental impacts of their use. It identifies design parameters, and makes proposals for the creation and development of more effective equipment and techniques. The book also shows how a fresh approach to cargo transfer, and the scaling of spillage response provision to oil releases on immediate impact, will be more effective overall, and will ensure that approved waste handling and disposal facilities are not overwhelmed. The recent Sea Empress incident is reviewed to illustrate the points made and conclusions reached, and to emphasise the need for thorough salvage planning for all future incidents.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9401593019

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9789401593014

Combinatorial Mathematics

By: Douglas B. West

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Combinatorial Mathematics

By: Douglas B. West

This is the most readable and thorough graduate textbook and reference for combinatorics, covering enumeration, graphs, sets, and methods.

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1107058589

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Visible Learning for Literacy, Grades K-12

Implementing the Practices That Work Best to Accelerate Student Learning

By: Douglas Fisher,Nancy Frey,John Hattie

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Visible Learning for Literacy, Grades K-12

Implementing the Practices That Work Best to Accelerate Student Learning

By: Douglas Fisher,Nancy Frey,John Hattie

Ensure students demonstrate more than a year’s worth of learning during a school year Renowned literacy experts Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey work with John Hattie to apply his 15 years of research, identifying instructional routines that have the biggest impact on student learning, to literacy practices. These practices are “visible” because their purpose is clear, they are implemented at the right moment in a student’s learning, and their effect is tangible. Through dozens of classroom scenarios, learn how to use the right approach at the right time for surface, deep, and transfer learning and which routines are most effective at each phase of learning.

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Corwin Press

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1506344011

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Teaching Mathematics in the Visible Learning Classroom, Grades 3-5

By: John Almarode,Douglas Fisher,Kateri Thunder,Sara Delano Moore,John Hattie,Nancy Frey

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Teaching Mathematics in the Visible Learning Classroom, Grades 3-5

By: John Almarode,Douglas Fisher,Kateri Thunder,Sara Delano Moore,John Hattie,Nancy Frey

How do you generate that lightbulb “aha” moment of understanding for your students? This book helps to answer that question by showing Visible Learning strategies in action in high-impact mathematics classrooms. Walk in the shoes of teachers as they engage in the countless micro-decisions required to balance strategies, tasks, and assessments, demonstrating that it’s not only what works, but when. A decision-making matrix and grade-leveled examples help you leverage the most effective teaching practices at the most effective time to meet the surface, deep, and transfer learning needs of every student.

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1544333250

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Visible Learning for Social Studies, Grades K-12

Designing Student Learning for Conceptual Understanding

By: John Hattie,Julie Stern,Douglas Fisher,Nancy Frey

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Visible Learning for Social Studies, Grades K-12

Designing Student Learning for Conceptual Understanding

By: John Hattie,Julie Stern,Douglas Fisher,Nancy Frey

Help students move from surface-level learning to the transfer of understanding. How do social studies teachers maximize instruction to ensure students are prepared for an informed civic life? VISIBLE LEARNING® for Social Studies, Grades K-12 shows how the field is more than simply memorizing dates and facts—it encapsulates the skillful ability to conduct investigations, analyze sources, place events in historical context, and synthesize divergent points of view. The Visible Learning framework demonstrates that learning is not an event, but rather a process in which students move from surface-level learning to deep learning, and then onto the transfer of concepts, skills, and strategies. Encouraging learners to explore different facets of society, history, geography, and more, best practices for applying visible learning to social studies curriculum are presented through: · A scaffolded approach, including surface-level learning, deep learning, and transfer of learning · Examples of strategies, lessons, and activities best suited for each level of learning · Planning tools, rubrics, and templates to guide instruction Teachers must understand the impact they have on students and select approaches to maximize that impact. This book will guide you through the process of identifying the right strategy for the right time to successfully move students through surface, deep, and transfer learning.

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Corwin

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1544380852

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Doug Kass on the Market

A Life on TheStreet

By: Douglas A. Kass

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Doug Kass on the Market

A Life on TheStreet

By: Douglas A. Kass

Build a bulletproof portfolio with advice from a top market expert Doug Kass on the Market: A Life on TheStreetTM provides investment advice and guidance from one of the most renowned traders in the world. Author Doug Kass distills his years of experience as a hedge fund manager and infamous short seller to share the theory, technique, and intuition that built his reputation and his portfolio. Anecdotes about interactions with Wall Street's most famous names, including Buffett, Cramer, and Cooperman, highlight tricks of the trade, essential value investor insight, and the secrets to being a smart short. Doug Kass's reputation as a savvy investor is well-earned and widely recognized. His work on Wall Street gained him heavyweight status, and the friendship, the respect, and the ear of some of the biggest names in finance. As a CNBC regular and 2013 Buffet Bear, Kass is widely known as a trusted source of wisdom and profitable insight. In Doug Kass on the Market, readers learn valuable lessons that that will help them make smarter investment decisions. Kass lists the most important things to know when evaluating a possible long or short investment, and explains the things you're not doing to optimize your portfolio. Topics include: Going against the grain Data versus instinct Valuation, bubbles, and momentum Interest rates, inflation, and the Fed The book also describes how to short a stock properly without losing out and discusses the C-suite conversations that fund managers would never tell a lay shareholder. Kass's record proves the value of his acumen, and this book contains a comprehensive account of his talent and techniques. All investors deserve a chance at a more robust portfolio, and Doug Kass on the Market provides the information and guidance that can make that happen.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118893018

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Rules and Meanings

By: Mary Douglas

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Rules and Meanings

By: Mary Douglas

First published in 1973, Rules and Meanings is an anthology of works that form part of Mary Douglas' struggle to devise an anthropological modernism conducive to her opposition to reputedly modernizing trends in contemporary society. The collection contains works by Wittgenstein, Schutz, Husserl, Hertz and other continentals. The underlying themes of the anthology are the construction of meaning, the force of hidden background assumptions, tacit conventions and the power of spatial organization to reinforce words. The work serves to complement the philosophers' work on everyday language with the anthropologists' theory of everyday knowledge.

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Routledge

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1136489762

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15 Minutes

General Curtis LeMay and the Countdown to Nuclear Annihilation

By: L. Douglas Keeney

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15 Minutes

General Curtis LeMay and the Countdown to Nuclear Annihilation

By: L. Douglas Keeney

Packed with startling revelations, this inside look at the secret side of the Cold War exposes just how close America came to total annihilation During the Cold War, a flight crew had 15 minutes to get their nuke-laden plane in the air from the moment Soviet bombers were detected—15 minutes between the earliest warning of an incoming nuclear strike and the first flash of an enemy warhead. This is the chilling true story of the incredibly risky steps our military took to protect us from that scenario, including: • Over two thousand loaded bombers that crossed American skies. They sometimes crashed and at least nine times resulted in nuclear weapons being accidentally dropped • A system that would use timers and rockets to launch missiles even after everyone was dead • Disastrous atmospheric nuclear testing including the horrific runaway bomb—that fooled scientists and put thousands of men in uniform in the center of a cloud of hot fallout • A plan to use dry lake beds to rebuild and launch a fighting force in the aftermath of nuclear war Based on formerly classified documents, military records, press accounts, interviews and over 10 years of research, 15 Minutes is one of the most important works on the atom bomb ever written.

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1429992824

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Urban Ecology

An Introduction

By: Philip James,Ian Douglas

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Urban Ecology

An Introduction

By: Philip James,Ian Douglas

Urban Ecology: An Introduction seeks to open the reader’s mind and eyes to the way in which nature permeates everyday urban living, and how it has to be understood, cared for, and managed in order to make our towns and cities healthier places to visit and in which to live and work. The authors examine how nature can improve our physical and mental health, the air we breathe and the waters we use, as well as boosting our enjoyment of parks and gardens. Urban Ecology sets out the science that underlies the changing natural scene and the tools used to ensure that cities become both capable of adapting to climate change and more beautiful and resilient. The book begins with a discussion of the nature of urban places and the role of nature in towns and cities. Part 1 looks at the context and content of urban ecology, its relationship to other foci of interest within ecology and other environmental sciences, and the character of city landscapes and ecosystems. In Part 2 the authors set out the physical and chemical components of urban ecosystems and ecological processes, including urban weather and climate, urban geomorphology and soils, urban hydrology and urban biogeochemical cycles. In Part 3 urban habitats, urban flora and fauna, and the effects of, deliberate and inadvertent human action on urban biota are examined. Part 4 contains an exploration of the identification and assessment of ecosystem services in urban areas, emphasising economic evaluation, the importance of urban nature for human health and well-being, and restoration ecology and creative conservation. Finally, in Part 5 the tasks for urban ecologists in optimising and sustaining urban ecosystems, providing for nature in cities, adapting to climate change and in developing the urban future in a more sustainable manner are set out. Within the 16 chapters of the book – in which examples from around the world are drawn upon - the authors explore current practice and future alternatives, set out procedures for ecological assessment and evaluation, suggest student activities and discussion topics, provide recommended reading and an extensive bibliography. The book contains more than 150 tables and over 150 photographs and diagrams.

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113626695X

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Teaching Mathematics in the Visible Learning Classroom, Grades 6-8

By: John Almarode,Douglas Fisher,Joseph Assof,Sara Delano Moore,John Hattie,Nancy Frey

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Teaching Mathematics in the Visible Learning Classroom, Grades 6-8

By: John Almarode,Douglas Fisher,Joseph Assof,Sara Delano Moore,John Hattie,Nancy Frey

Select the right task, at the right time, for the right phase of learning It could happen in the morning during homework review. Or perhaps it happens when listening to students as they struggle through a challenging problem. Or maybe even after class, when planning a lesson. At some point, the question arises: How do I influence students′ learning—what’s going to generate that light bulb "aha" moment of understanding? In this sequel to the megawatt best seller Visible Learning for Mathematics, John Almarode, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, John Hattie, and Kateri Thunder help you answer that question by showing how Visible Learning strategies look in action in the mathematics classroom. Walk in the shoes of middle school teachers as they engage in the 200 micro-decisions-per-minute needed to balance the strategies, tasks, and assessments seminal to high-impact mathematics instruction. Using grade-leveled examples and a decision-making matrix, you’ll learn to Articulate clear learning intentions and success criteria at surface, deep, and transfer levels Employ evidence to guide students along the path of becoming metacognitive and self-directed mathematics achievers Use formative assessments to track what students understand, what they don’t, and why Select the right task for the conceptual, procedural, or application emphasis you want, ensuring the task is for the right phase of learning Adjust the difficulty and complexity of any task to meet the needs of all learners It’s not only what works, but when. Exemplary lessons, video clips, and online resources help you leverage the most effective teaching practices at the most effective time to meet the surface, deep, and transfer learning needs of every student.

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154433317X

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The Organ

An Encyclopedia

By: Douglas Earl Bush,Richard Kassel

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The Organ

An Encyclopedia

By: Douglas Earl Bush,Richard Kassel

Organ, Volume 3 of the Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments, includes articles on the organ family of instruments, including famous players, composers, instrument builders, the construction of the instruments and related terminology. It is the first complete reference on this important family of keyboard instruments that predated the piano. The contributors include major scholars of music and musical instruments from around the world.

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Psychology Press

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0415941741

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Oceania

The Native Cultures of Australia and the Pacific Islands

By: Douglas L. Oliver

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Oceania

The Native Cultures of Australia and the Pacific Islands

By: Douglas L. Oliver

Part 1 of the book...deals with the geography of the region and with the biological, linguistic, and archaeological evidence concerning the origins of the Oceanians and their movements into and within the region. Part 2 describes the tools and techniques by which the recent (but not yet markedly Westernized) Oceanians satisfied their basic, pan-human needs, as qualified by their many different, culturally defined, perceptions of those needs...Finally, Part 3 focuses on the varieties of social structures within which those 'technical' activities took place." -from the Prologue

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824810198

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9780824810191

This Savage Race

By: Douglas C. Jones

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This Savage Race

By: Douglas C. Jones

The author of The Search For Temperance Moon delivers an absorbing and masterful novel of the American West. Spurred by the dream of land ownership, Boone Fawley and his family head to rugged Arkansas in 1808. Their fight for survival in a wilderness filled with Indians begins an enthralling adventure that spans three generations.

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HarperPrism

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0061007706

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9780061007705

A Handbook of Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient Near East

Three Thousand Deities of Anatolia, Syria, Israel, Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, and Elam

By: Douglas R. Frayne,Johanna H. Stuckey

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A Handbook of Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient Near East

Three Thousand Deities of Anatolia, Syria, Israel, Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, and Elam

By: Douglas R. Frayne,Johanna H. Stuckey

From the tragic young Adonis to Zašhapuna, first among goddesses, this handbook provides the most complete information available on deities from the cultures and religions of the ancient Near East, including Anatolia, Syria, Israel, Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, and Elam. The result of nearly fifteen years of research, this handbook is more expansive and covers a wider range of sources and civilizations than any previous reference works on the topic. Arranged alphabetically, the entries range from multiple pages of information to a single line—sometimes all that we know about a given deity. Where possible, each record discusses the deity’s symbolism and imagery, connecting it to the myths, rituals, and festivals described in ancient sources. Many of the entries are accompanied by illustrations that aid in understanding the iconography, and they all include references to texts in which the god or goddess is mentioned. Appropriate for both trained scholars and nonacademic readers, this book collects centuries of Near Eastern mythology into one volume. It will be an especially valuable resource for anyone interested in Assyriology, ancient religion, and the ancient Near East.

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Penn State Press

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1646021290

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BuNos! Disposition of World War II USN, USMC and USCG Aircraft Listed by Bureau Number

By: Douglas E. Campbell

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BuNos! Disposition of World War II USN, USMC and USCG Aircraft Listed by Bureau Number

By: Douglas E. Campbell

A snapshot in time. After thousands of hours of research and data entry over a 35-year period, the information on the disposition of some 25,000 US Navy, US Marine Corps and US Coast Guard aircraft needs to be published. These aircraft mainly represent those built and lost during World War II - between 7 December 1941 and 15 August 1945 - but this book also contains aircraft built before WWII that were lost during WWII or disposed of after WWII (lost during the Korean War, lost on training exercises, sold to private investors, currently located in museums and even some still proudly sitting as "gate guards" across the US, etc.).

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Lulu.com

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110542071X

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