Leena gripped the edge of her cloak. A ragged breath escaped her lips in a translucent stream of fog. Home. I must get home... When a terrible illness forces Leena Idee from her beloved mountain home, the young woman is left convinced that she will never be happy in any other town. Not even in her dreams could she have imagined what she was to find in the city of Granduir and the home of Mr. Raven. Dozens of new and unexpected acquaintances await her, including one who wishes to remain anonymous. When someone begins slipping unsigned letters beneath her door, Leena is at a loss to determine which of her new friends could be responsible. She soon learns that there is much more to Mr. Raven's manor than meets the eye. Perhaps even the hope of a new life, or a new love.
This book provides a complete overview of motivation and emotion. Well-grounded in the history of the field, the fourth edition of Motivation: Biological, Psychological, and Environmental combines classic studies with current research. The text provides an overarching organizational scheme of how motivation (the inducement of action, feelings, and thought) leads to behavior from physiological, psychological, and environmental sources. The material draws on topics that are familiar to students while maintaining a conversational tone to sustain student interest.
American English File Second Edition retains the popular methodology developed by world-renowned authors Christina Latham-Koenig and Clive Oxenden: language + motivation = opportunity. With grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation practice in every lesson, students are equipped with a solid foundation for successful speaking. Plus - an array of digital resources provides even more choice and flexibility. Students can learn in the classroom or on the move with Online Practice. language assessment. The first goal is to explore the difference between fairness and justice in language assessment. The authors distinguish internal and external dimensions of the equitable and just treatment of individuals taking language tests which are used as gatekeeping devices to determine access to education and employment, immigrant status, citizenship, and other rights. The second goal is to show how the extent of test fairness can be demonstrated and improved using the tools of psychometrics, in particular the models collectively known as Rasch measurement. “This book will have an enormous impact on the field of language assessment. Using Rasch analysis models to explore and identify sources of unfairness, the authors make a compelling case for fairness in the design and implementation of language assessment instruments and for justice in the interpretation and use of test results. A real strength of the book is that it guides readers through analytical techniques in an accessible way.” Dan Douglas, Professor Emeritus, Applied Linguistics Program, Iowa State University.
In this revised and updated edition of the StoryCenter's popular guide to digital storytelling, StoryCenter founder Joe Lambert offers budding storytellers the skills and tools they need to craft compelling digital stories. Using a "Seven Steps" approach, Lambert helps storytellers identify the fundamentals of dynamic digital storytelling – from conceiving a story, to seeing, assembling, and sharing it. Readers will also find new explorations of the global applications of digital storytelling in education and other fields, as well as additional information about copyright, ethics, and distribution. The book is filled with resources about past and present projects on the grassroots and institutional level, including new chapters specifically for students and a discussion of the latest tools and projects in mobile device-based media. This accessible guide’s meaningful examples and inviting tone makes this an essential for any student learning the steps toward digital storytelling.
For fans of Shirley Jackson, Neil Gaiman, Roald Dahl, and Edward Gorey, a beguiling and disarming debut novel from an award-winning British author about a mysterious group of children who appear to a disfigured recluse and his country doctor--and the startling revelations their behavior evokes"--
A lifelong odyssey toward Earthmanship, his word for the process of cooperating with Nature in order to achieve his goals of happiness and a healthy and sustainable Earth."--Book cover
• Explains key astrological terms and concepts in an uncomplicated and easy-to-understand way, from the 4 Elements to the 12 Zodiac Signs to the Houses • Shows how to read a birth chart step-by-step with the methods of psychological astrology, allowing you to quickly identify personality traits • Includes sample charts and interpretations to help you get started Learning to read a birth chart—to see and understand the patterns and interactions of the planets at the moment we were born—can be daunting, especially when following traditional systems for learning astrology. Presenting a simple way to learn astrology, professional astrologer and astropsychologist Alison Chester-Lambert breaks down the complexities of a birth chart into easy-to-understand, bite-sized pieces, revealing how to quickly decode a person’s strengths, weaknesses, challenges, and opportunities with psychological astrology. Starting with the Zodiac Signs, Alison explains how each Sign is either Masculine or Feminine and how simply looking at the Masculine–Feminine balance of Signs in a chart can reveal a lot about a person. She looks at the four Elements of Fire, Earth, Air, and Water in astrology and how each Element rules over specific Zodiac Signs. Sharing personality-trait keywords for each Element, she shows how looking at the Elements present in a birth chart can help you understand the motivation behind a person’s actions and choices. Alison explains how to interpret the Ascendant, or Rising Sign, in a birth chart as well as the meaning of each House and which Element they are ruled by. She also provides several sample charts and interpretations to get you started. Sharing an approachable way to learn astrology and begin reading charts right away, Alison shows how psychological astrology not only reveals the spiritual structure of the Cosmos but also can help each of us truly understand all behavior in depth.
For thirty years Ettie Burin led friends to believe she was a widow. The truth comes out when her husband dies in 1995, and her elder daughter plans a public funeral. Ettie and her family share memories during the mourning period, re-creating struggles to escape from physical oppression in czarist Russia and later from the stigma of mental illness. Personal revelations force Ettie and her children to come to grips with the past and break the silence surrounding the mental illness that has shaped their relationships with the outside world. Surprising events and courageous actions during the following year enable the family to experience the liberation of an unveiling.
Secrets confessed in a rose garden, a kiss shared between a young boy and girl of different races, the anguish of losing a child --- this story collection explores pain and loss in the South. Quirky, often marginalized characters contend with forces beyond their control or understanding – racial terror, childhood traumas, family betrayals. We meet such characters as a childhood friend of Lee Harvey Oswald, a young lawyer sent to investigate the murder of Black troops in the Jim Crow South, and a mental patient obsessed with the film Harold and Maude. In each story, Lambert reveals the humor and tragedy running through the lives of these unique human beings. If you care to sample the dark spicy gumbo of the Southern soul, you will want to meet and get to know these characters.
These micro-stories are like a box of Belgian chocolates. Eat one at a time: each one has a different flavor. Most will make you smile, some will let you wonder. Bugs, flies, lizards, spiders, mice, birds, rabbits, cats, dogs, goats, boars and men are presented through the large lens of compassion.
Beautiful and brutally honest, Mary Lambert's poetry is a beacon to anyone who's ever been knocked down—and picked themselves up again. In verse that deals with sexual assault, mental illness, and body acceptance, Ms. Lambert's Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across emerges as an important new voice in poetry, providing strength and resilience even in the darkest of times.
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. . ." Those words still ring true today; perhaps more now (in the adolescence of the twenty-first century) then at any other time in the nearly one hundred years since they were first committed to paper by Irish poet William Butler Yeats. Mere Anarchy is a collection of stories describing the dreams, nightmares, questions, and futures of a restless mind and a restless age. In these pages, Daniel E. Lambert transports you to times and places where the intellect of a great detective is copied into a robotic body, a jade statuette bends the fabric of time, a college student communicates with otherworldly visitors through her unusual hair style, and a con man is stung by the product of his own devious magic. Open this book and enter the world of Mere Anarchy: a world with no longitude, no latitude, no road map, and no easy way out.
Discover Suzanne Lambert's magical true story about the power of love and motherhood . . . Two-week-old Suzanne was left at the door of Nazareth House orphanage - abandoned by the very people who should have given her love, protection and care she desperately needed. So when Nancy - the orphanage nanny - held Suzanne in her arms and looked into her eyes, feeling a magical bond, it seemed that a guardian angel had brought them both together. Yet their future looked uncertain. Would Nancy ever be allowed to adopt tiny Suzanne? And could their love endure all that the years ahead were to send them? Tear-jerking and unforgettable, Nancy and Suzanne's true story is about the struggles and joys of parenthood and childhood. It's also about how, for an orphan, having somewhere to call home and a loving mother waiting there makes every day feel like Christmas. Suzanne Lambert is the winner of Penguin and Take a Break magazine's life story competition.
The Dundee International Book Prize has established itself as the UK's premier prize for debut novelists. The award, now running for the eighth time, is for an unpublished novel on any theme and in any genre. Dundee is a city which embraces writers: A.L. Kennedy was born and bred in the city and Douglas Dunn, Kate Atkinson, John Burnside, Bill Duncan and Rosamunde Pilcher are amongst the "glitterati" who have drawn on the City of Discovery for their inspiration over the last two decades. The 2014 shortlist boasts talented debut authors from as far afield as New Zealand and the USA.
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