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Leisure Programming for Baby Boomers

By: Lynda J. Cochran,Anne M. Rothschadl,Jodi Rudick

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Leisure Programming for Baby Boomers

By: Lynda J. Cochran,Anne M. Rothschadl,Jodi Rudick

The baby boomers—those born between 1946 and 1964—are a generation that consists of nearly 76 million Americans. Beginning in 2011, this large and influential population will begin their transition out of the workforce. As baby boomers enter retirement, they will be looking for opportunities in fitness, sports, outdoors, arts and cultural events, and other activities that suit their vibrant lifestyles. With their varied life experiences, values, and expectations, baby boomers are predicted to redefine the meaning of recreation and leisure programming for mature adults. Though many researchers have forecast the boomers’ impact on the future, only Leisure Programming for Baby Boomers addresses key information that recreation and leisure professionals need in order to make program decisions with baby boomers in mind. The authors combine their research, programming, and marketing expertise to provide insights into the values and lifestyle choices of boomers and offer programming and marketing strategies to reach this large and influential population. Leisure Programming for Baby Boomers will help you move beyond the traditional offerings of bingo, art classes, and social dances to capture the attention and imagination of your baby boomer community. This comprehensive guide offers these features: An in-depth review of current research to help you understand the values, interests, and needs of the boomer generation Guidance in adopting a “boomer lens” so you can more easily recognize the opportunities in working with this group and create and market programs that appeal to the values of this unique generation The Cochran Baby Boomer Quiz, a tool that can be used not only in assessing the programming preferences of the boomers in your community, but also in testing your staff’s knowledge of boomers and preparing them to work more effectively with this group Strategies, guidelines, and ready-to-use ideas for boomer-specific programming in arts and culture, outdoor recreation, education, wellness, and tourism Marketing templates and strategies that will attract boomers and keep them coming to your programs With Leisure Programming for Baby Boomers, you’ll discover what distinguishes the baby boomer generation from previous generations in regard to their demographic makeup, gender differences, cultural influences, brand loyalty, consumer behavior, and spending patterns. Based on current research, Leisure Programming for Baby Boomers explains the boomer generation in terms of five value areas specific to recreation and leisure programming: cultural influences, healthy aging and society, retirement, leisure pursuits, and economic levels. Using this knowledge, you’ll learn how to consider these generational values to create effective marketing messages and plan appropriate programming. Leisure Programming for Baby Boomers presents a range of detailed program ideas and formats that fulfill the interests of this new clientele so you can start offering new programs right away. It also offers guidelines and examples that will help you plan your own programs to meet the needs of your community. You’ll find all the tools you need to market your new programs, including techniques for attracting boomers to your programs and marketing templates that make implementing your marketing strategies simpler. Information on key topics such as marketing psychology; advertising beyond the brochure; motivating, recruiting, and communicating at the front lines; and creating and maintaining a focused image will help you better understand how to market programs. In this demand-driven occupation, recreation professionals must be prepared to market and deliver a wide range of leisure opportunities to serve the boomer generation. Is your recreation or leisure program ready for the baby boomers? Leisure Programming for Baby Boomers will help you understand the unique profile of the boomer generation and respond with creative programs that will add value and quality to the leisure lives of this new generation of mature adults. For information on system requirements or accessing an E-book after purchase, click here.

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Human Kinetics

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1492583960

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Using an Inclusive Approach to Reduce School Exclusion

A Practitioner’s Handbook

By: Tristan Middleton,Lynda Kay

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Using an Inclusive Approach to Reduce School Exclusion

A Practitioner’s Handbook

By: Tristan Middleton,Lynda Kay

Clear and accessible, Using an Inclusive Approach to Reduce School Exclusion supports an inclusive approach to teaching and learning to help schools find ways to reduce exclusion and plan alternative approaches to managing the pathways of learners at risk. Offering a summary of the contemporary context of DfE and school policy in England, this book considers: Statistics and perspectives from Ofsted The literature of exclusion and recent research into effective provision for learners with SEN The key factors underlying school exclusion Case studies and practical approaches alongside theory and research The impact of exclusion on learners at risk Written by experienced practitioners, Using an Inclusive Approach to Reduce School Exclusion encourages a proactive approach to reducing exclusion through relatable scenarios and case studies. An essential toolkit to support the development of inclusive practice and reduce exclusion, this book is an invaluable resource for SENCOs, middle and senior leaders.

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Routledge

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0429848633

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Senior Management Teams in Primary Schools

By: Lynda Huckman,Michael Wallace

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Senior Management Teams in Primary Schools

By: Lynda Huckman,Michael Wallace

Recent years have seen dramatic developments in the way schools are structured and much greater emphasis placed on managing your school effectively. Every education professional knows how demanding these new methods can be, but they can also reinforce a sense of purpose and control. Senior Management Teams in Primary Schools looks at how positive teamwork can be achieved within your school and illustrates the benefits it brings. Most teachers involved in managing their school will recognise the situations detailed in the case studies contained in the book - the forceful head, the overworked middle managers, the meetings that try to wade through the mountains of administration that face the modern teacher. You will find practical advice, clear guidelines, case studies from schools that are involved in the process of good practice. This book will organise you in your approach and ensure that you reap the benefits of teamwork while avoiding the pitfalls.

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Routledge

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113469878X

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Lake Compounce

By: Lynda J. Russell

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Lake Compounce

By: Lynda J. Russell

On October 6, 1846, Gad Norton invited the public to witness a scientific experiment to be conducted at his family-owned lake. The experiment failed, but the crowds of people inspired him to open a recreation area. In 1851, the firm of Pierce and Norton began land improvements. Not only were new attractions added, but corporate outings and outdoor concerts with big bands were also held, providing for a full day of fun and memories. As the oldest continuously operating amusement park in the United States, Lake Compounce now offers 44 rides, including Thunder Rapids, Wildcat and Boulder Dash Roller Coasters, Crocodile Cove, Splash Harbor Water Park, and Bear Creek Campground. During the off-season, the infamous Crocodile Club is held every September, a haunted graveyard runs throughout October, and in December, the park showcases its holiday lights.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439651000

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Heal Your Hips, Second Edition

How to Prevent Hip Surgery and What to Do If You Need It

By: Lynda Huey,Robert Klapper

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Heal Your Hips, Second Edition

How to Prevent Hip Surgery and What to Do If You Need It

By: Lynda Huey,Robert Klapper

The first comprehensive guide to hip health—avoid injury, prevent deterioration, work out in water and on land, and understand the entire range of surgical options. Once considered a natural consequence of aging, hip disorders can be reduced or eliminated altogether by innovative exercise regimens. Heal Your Hips explores an unprecedented range of preventive options you can take today to avoid hip injury and improve your hip health—including wonderful water and land exercises and intensive stretching. Numerous photos help you understand the structure and function of your hips, and dozens of photographs clearly demonstrate how to do the exercises. If indeed hip surgery is in your future, Heal Your Hips provides vital new information on several little-known, minimally invasive forms of surgery as well as straightforward coverage of traditional ""replacement"" surgery. You'll learn what to expect with hip surgery--from preparing for the procedure to the day of the operation to returning home and recovering with physical therapy. The practical and long-overdue guidance in Heal Your Hips will be a revelation for the millions enduring the pain of hip deterioration and injury. Whether you or your loved ones are considering hip surgery or have yet to seek medical help, turn first to the indispensable expertise in this optimistic and accessible resource. This new edition will have all new instructional photos throughout the book. New chapters and content offer even more resources for those wanting to strengthen and heal their hips.

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Turner Publishing Company

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1630267570

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Social Context and Fluency in L2 Learners

The Case of Wales

By: Lynda Pritchard Newcombe

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Social Context and Fluency in L2 Learners

The Case of Wales

By: Lynda Pritchard Newcombe

The focus in this book is on learners experiences using Welsh outside class but the issues discussed have implications for a wide range of other situations where the population is bilingual or multilingual and interaction takes place in a language of wider communication.

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Multilingual Matters

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1853599948

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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Teams (with featured article "The Discipline of Teams," by Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith)

By: Harvard Business Review,Jon R. Katzenbach,Kathleen M. Eisenhardt,Lynda Gratton

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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Teams (with featured article "The Discipline of Teams," by Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith)

By: Harvard Business Review,Jon R. Katzenbach,Kathleen M. Eisenhardt,Lynda Gratton

Most teams underperform. Yours can beat the odds. If you read nothing else on building better teams, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you assemble and steer teams that get results. Leading experts such as Jon Katzenbach, Teresa Amabile, and Tamara Erickson provide the insights and advice you need to: Boost team performance through mutual accountability Motivate large, diverse groups to tackle complex projects Increase your teams’ emotional intelligence Prevent decision deadlock Extract results from a bunch of touchy superstars Fight constructively with top-management colleagues

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Harvard Business Press

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142219146X

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Physical Development in the Early Years

By: Lynda Woodfield

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Physical Development in the Early Years

By: Lynda Woodfield

This book shows that experiential learning is an indispensable part of a child's development. It gives teachers practical advice on how to incorporate enjoyable play-based physical activity into a timetable too often focused on academic achievement.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1441114637

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Kids Around the World Celebrate!

The Best Feasts and Festivals from Many Lands

By: Lynda Jones

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Kids Around the World Celebrate!

The Best Feasts and Festivals from Many Lands

By: Lynda Jones

Everyone loves a reason to have a good time, and although culturesaround the world have their own unique feasts and festivals, we allshare many of the same reasons to celebrate. Now you can learnabout the many ways people from around the globe celebrate theirspecial days, and join in the fun! Celebrate Chinese New Year while making chiao-tzu dumplings, thenpop over to Saudi Arabia and taste delicious date-nut cookiescalled ma amoul while celebrating Eid ul-Fitr. Make an elaborateVenetian mask to wear at a masquerade ball in Venice duringcarnevale, then pound out a festive rhythm on the Igbo drum you vemade and celebrate the Iriji festival in Nigeria. Eat, drink, andmake merry with the many diverse and exciting crafts, recipes, andactivities in this book. No matter what language you say it in,celebrations are fun!

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John Wiley & Sons

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047134527X

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9780471345275

Faith Bass Darling's Last Garage Sale

By: Lynda Rutledge

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Faith Bass Darling's Last Garage Sale

By: Lynda Rutledge

SOON TO BE CLAIRE DARLING—A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CATHERINE DENEUVE! When a wealthy woman decides to sell all of her worldly possessions, she unearths the secrets of her family’s past in this charming debut. On the last day of the millennium, sassy Faith Bass Darling, the richest old lady in Bass, Texas, decides to have a garage sale. With help from a couple of neighborhood boys, Faith lugs her priceless Louis XV elephant clock, countless Tiffany lamps, and everything else in her nineteenth-century mansion out onto her long, sloping lawn. Why is a recluse of twenty years suddenly selling off her dearest possessions? Because God told her to. As the townspeople grab up five generations of heirlooms, everyone drawn to the sale—including Faith’s long-lost daughter—finds that the antiques not only hold family secrets but also inspire some of life’s most important questions: Do our possessions possess us? What are we without our memories? Is there life after death or second chances here on earth? And is Faith really selling that Tiffany lamp for $1? READERS GUIDE INCLUDED

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Penguin

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1101580607

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9781101580608

Apache Legends & Lore of Southern New Mexico

From the Sacred Mountain

By: Lynda A. Sanchez

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Apache Legends & Lore of Southern New Mexico

From the Sacred Mountain

By: Lynda A. Sanchez

Storytelling has been a vital and vivid tradition in Apache life. Coyote tales, the creation legend and stories of historic battles with Comanche and Anglo intruders create a colorful mosaic of tribal heritage. Percy Bigmouth, a prominent oral historian of the Mescalero and Lipan Apache tribes, realized in the early twentieth century that the old ways were waning. He wrote in longhand what he had learned from his father, Scout Bigmouth, a prison camp survivor at Fort Sumner and participant in the turbulent Apache Wars. Join author Lynda Sanchez as she brings to light the ancient legends and lore of the Apaches living in the shadow of Mescalero's Sacred Mountain. Seventy-five years in the making, this collection is a loving tribute to a way of life nearly lost to history.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1625850387

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9781625850386

Island Girl

By: Lynda Simmons

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Island Girl

By: Lynda Simmons

There are people who try hard to forget their problems. All Ruby wants to do is remember... Ruby Donaldson has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's Disease, and she'll be damned if she won't straighten out her troubled family before she no longer knows how. Ruby spent years fighting to hold on to the home her grandmother built on Ward's Island. The only way she can ensure that her younger, mentally scarred daughter Grace can live there for the rest of her life is to convince her older daughter, Liz, to sober up and come home. Ruby always thought she'd have a lifetime to make things right, but suddenly time is running out. She has to put her broken family back together quickly while searching for a way to deal with the inevitable- and do it with all the grit, stubbornness, and unstoppable determination that makes Ruby who she is...until she's Ruby no longer.

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1101445696

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Heal Your Hips

How to Prevent Hip Surgery -- and What to Do If You Need It

By: Robert Klapper,Lynda Huey

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Heal Your Hips

How to Prevent Hip Surgery -- and What to Do If You Need It

By: Robert Klapper,Lynda Huey

The first comprehensive guide to hip health Avoid injury, prevent deterioration, work out in water and on land, and understand the entire range of surgical options Once considered a natural consequence of aging, hip disorders can be reduced or eliminated altogether by innovative exercise regimens. Heal Your Hips explores an unprecedented range of preventive options you can take today to avoid hip injury and improve your hip health--including wonderful water and land exercises and intensive stretching. Numerous illustrations help you understand the structure and function of your hips, and dozens of photographs clearly demonstrate how to do the exercises. If indeed hip surgery is in your future, Heal Your Hips provides vital new information on several little-known, minimally invasive forms of surgery as well as straightforward coverage of traditional "replacement" surgery. You'll learn what to expect with hip surgery--from preparing for the procedure to the day of the operation to returning home and recovering with physical therapy. The practical and long-overdue guidance in Heal Your Hips will be a revelation for the millions enduring the pain of hip deterioration and injury. Whether you or your loved ones are considering hip surgery or have yet to seek medical help, turn first to the indispensable expertise in this optimistic and accessible resource.

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Turner Publishing Company

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0470303859

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9780470303856

Lainey's Magical Garden

Where Honesty Rules

By: Lynda Mackay

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Lainey's Magical Garden

Where Honesty Rules

By: Lynda Mackay

The excitement and fun continue in Lainey’s magical garden! Christmas has arrived, full of glistening frost, snow, and a beautiful Christmas tree decorated with baubles and everything “Christmassy.” Friends reunite and presents are given. Enjoy the holidays with your favourite garden creatures as they celebrate the season, the New Year, and all the adventures and friends that come with it! The seasons change and Easter arrives, introducing a whole new batch of activities and celebrations. The tales from the garden will delight you as valuable lessons about honesty, courage, and friendship are learned. The garden is a magical place full of love and laughter… but be prepared for the unexpected, because nothing is predictable in Lainey’s Magical Garden!

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FriesenPress

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1460298624

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Managing at a Distance

A Manager’s Guide to the Challenges of the Hybrid and Remote World

By: Tom Coughlan,David J. Fogarty,Gary Bernstein,Lynda Wilson

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Managing at a Distance

A Manager’s Guide to the Challenges of the Hybrid and Remote World

By: Tom Coughlan,David J. Fogarty,Gary Bernstein,Lynda Wilson

The world of hybrid and remote management is a territory that has yet to be completely explored—this book provides some simple navigational aids to help managers and leaders find their way. Research indicates that over 56% of college graduates currently work either remotely or in a hybrid arrangement, while prior to the pandemic, less than 5% of working hours were remote. How to manage remote and hybrid workers has rapidly become a significant challenge, and one that often requires new policies and organizational restructuring. The remote work handbooks available are tactical, which can be helpful for day-to-day decisions but not to tackle larger issues and initiatives. This book presents a fully formed, research-backed strategic framework: more than a vehicle to the future, it will help leaders to understand where they are now and what is happening around them to change the landscape, and to decide where they want to be. Speaking to senior executives and team leaders, as well as business students, this book will become the preferred tool for the development and evaluation of remote and hybrid management policy and strategy across industries.

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Taylor & Francis

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1003853226

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9781003853220

Indeh

An Apache Odyssey

By: Eve Ball,Nora Henn,Lynda A. Snchez

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Indeh

An Apache Odyssey

By: Eve Ball,Nora Henn,Lynda A. Snchez

A fascinating account of Apache history and ethnography. All the narratives have been carefully chosen to illustrate important facets of the Apache experience. Moreover, they make very interesting reading....This is a major contribution to both Apache history and to the history of the Southwest....The book should appeal to a very wide audience. It also should be well received by the Native American community. Indeh is oral history at its best."---R. David Edmunds, Utah Historical Quarterly

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806173823

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9780806173825

Entwined

By: Lynda La Plante

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Entwined

By: Lynda La Plante

No matter how cruelly twins are separated, their lives will always be entwined In the newly liberated streets of modern Berlin two women, a pampered, beautiful Baroness, losing control of her mind, and a fearless wild animal trainer, facing the greatest challenge of her career, are drawn together by a series of tragic and extraordinary coincidences. When a man is found brutally murdered, their lives become entangled by an investigation that uncovers a web of darkness and opens up secrets that have long been condemned to silence . . . Who were they, all those years ago? What nightmares did they share? And what I the truth about the undying nature of their love? **Lynda La Plante's Widows? is now a major motion picture**

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Simon and Schuster

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1471130983

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9781471130984

Native Americans Before 1492

By: Lynda Shaffer

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Native Americans Before 1492

By: Lynda Shaffer

A survey of the pre-Columbian history of the eastern United States profiles three moundbuilding epochs: Poverty Point, Adena-Hopewell, and Chahokia and other Mississippian centers, and examines the subregions, outposts, and decline of the Chahokia.

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M.E. Sharpe

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0765630826

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9780765630827

Developing Young Children’s Mathematical Learning Outdoors

Linking Pedagogy and Practice

By: Lynda Keith

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Developing Young Children’s Mathematical Learning Outdoors

Linking Pedagogy and Practice

By: Lynda Keith

Developing Young Children’s Mathematical Learning Outdoors provides detailed guidance and practical advice on planning mathematical experiences for young children outdoors. By examining the key features of a mathematically rich outdoor environment, it illustrates how this can motivate children in leading their own learning and mathematical thinking. Drawing upon the author’s wealth of experience, the book provides support for students and early years' practitioners in developing a deeper understanding of how to plan quality experiences, which combine pedagogy with effective practice. Covering all aspects of mathematics, it identifies meaningful contexts and shows how adults can use open-ended questions and prompts to promote children’s mathematical play outside. With rich case studies and reflective questions included throughout, as well as suggestions for useful resources to put the ideas in the book into practice, it is essential reading for all those that want to develop curious and creative mathematical thinkers in the early years.

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Routledge

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1315300656

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Children's and Young People's Nursing in Practice

A Problem-Based Learning Approach

By: Valerie Coleman,Lynda Smith,Maureen Bradshaw

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Children's and Young People's Nursing in Practice

A Problem-Based Learning Approach

By: Valerie Coleman,Lynda Smith,Maureen Bradshaw

This innovative textbook uses a problem-based learning (PBL) approach to cover content that is most common to child branch nursing courses. The evidence-based PBL 'triggers' are grounded in the reality of everyday contemporary nursing practice, and readers are engaged in an active learning process in order to develop key skills for clinical practice and life long learning. The book features individual chapters focusing on the different care environments that student nurses experience when caring for children, young people and families within health and social care. It is not necessary for readers to be undertaking a PBL structured course in order to use, and benefit from, this text.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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135031093X

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The Missing Cuckoo Clock

A Mystery about Gravity

By: Lynda Beauregard

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The Missing Cuckoo Clock

A Mystery about Gravity

By: Lynda Beauregard

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! There's a new kid at Camp Dakota! It's Megan’s first year, and all she can think about is riding horses. But gravity seems to be getting in the way of all the campers' fun, from the stables to the beach. Then the big cuckoo clock in the main cabin goes missing. Who would take a cuckoo clock? Can the campers use the weighty facts they've learned to solve the mystery of where it went—and why? Look in the back of the book for experiments and more to help you become a science detective too!

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Millbrook Press

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1512458139

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Buried

By: Lynda La Plante

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Buried

By: Lynda La Plante

The first book in a brand-new series by Lynda La Plante, the international bestselling author who "practically invented the thriller." (Karin Slaughter) Millions of stolen, untraceable bank notes lie untouched in an old Victorian cottage, the hidden legacy of the Dolly Rawlins and her widows. But the millions are not forgotten. Released from prison, Esther Freeman is determined to retrieve the money. And so too is Mike Withey, Shirley Miller's brother and Audrey's son. When a fire breaks out at the derelict cottage, with a badly charred body inside along with what looks like thousands of burnt bank notes, it attracts the attention of the police and one young detective in particular, Jack Warr. Jack's investigation into the fire, and the burnt body inside, coincide with an investigation into his own past. Adopted at birth, Jack discovers his birth father may have been none other than Harry Rawlins, a renowned criminal. As he finds out the truth about his own identity, Jack finds himself becoming increasingly aggressive, stopping at nothing to find the truth - including breaking the law himself.

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Simon and Schuster

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1499862423

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Wrongful Death

the best female police procedural you'll read in 2024

By: Lynda La Plante

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Wrongful Death

the best female police procedural you'll read in 2024

By: Lynda La Plante

Duty to the job or personal ambition? Anna Travis must decide where her loyalties lie . . . Six months ago, London nightclub owner Josh Reynolds was found dead from a single gunshot wound to the head, the gun held in his right hand. His death was quickly determined to be a suicide, the investigation was closed . . . a case done and dusted. Until now. A young man, awaiting trial for armed robbery has informed his guards that Reynolds was murdered, and that he has information to share with the police. DCS James Langton tasks DCI Anna Travis to review the case. As soon as she wraps up the investigation, Langton tells Anna, she can join him at the FBI Academy in Virginia for training. Meanwhile, Senior FBI Agent, Jessie Dewar, crime scene expert, is seconded to Anna's team as part of her research. Dewar's brash manner soon ruffles feathers among the MET, and what should have been a simple case of tying up loose ends becomes a political nightmare as the competence of the original investigation team is questioned. Anna's trip to America is approaching, but now that the situation at the MET has become so volatile, can she trust Dewar to finish the job in her absence?

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597

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Simon and Schuster

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1471125866

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The Greatest of Marlys

By: Lynda Barry

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The Greatest of Marlys

By: Lynda Barry

Welcome to the world of Marlys and Maybonne "Lynda Barry's comics were my YA, before YA really even existed. She's been writing teen stories with an incredibly clear voice since the early 80s. [The Greatest Of Marlys] is raw, ugly, hilarious, and poignant." --Raina Telgemeier, Smile & Drama Eight-year-old Marlys Mullen is Lynda Barry's most famous character from her long-running and landmark comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek, and for good reason! Given her very own collection of strips, Marlys shines in all her freckled and pig-tailed groovy glory. The trailer park where she and her family live is the grand stage for her dramas big and small. Joining Marlys are her teenaged sister Maybonne, her younger brother Freddie, their mother, and an offbeat array of family members, neighbors, and classmates. Marlys's enthusiasm for life knows no bounds. Her childhood is one where the neighborhood kids stay out all night playing kickball; the desire to be popular is unending; bullies are unrepentant; and parents make few appearances. The Greatest Of Marlys spotlights Barry's masterful skill of chronicling childhood through adolescence in all of its wonder, awkwardness, humor, and pain.

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Drawn & Quarterly

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1770463542

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9781770463547

Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume

By: Jennifer OConnell,Meg Cabot,Beth Kendrick

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Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume

By: Jennifer OConnell,Meg Cabot,Beth Kendrick

A collection of personal essays by popular young adult and women's fiction writers considers the ways in which the books of Judy Blume influenced their emotional, social, and physical developments.

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1439102651

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Shouting at the Rain

By: Lynda Mullaly Hunt

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Shouting at the Rain

By: Lynda Mullaly Hunt

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Fish in a Tree comes a compelling story about perspective and learning to love the family you have. Delsie loves tracking the weather--lately, though, it seems the squalls are in her own life. She's always lived with her kindhearted Grammy, but now she's looking at their life with new eyes and wishing she could have a "regular family." Delsie observes other changes in the air, too--the most painful being a friend who's outgrown her. Luckily, she has neighbors with strong shoulders to support her, and Ronan, a new friend who is caring and courageous but also troubled by the losses he's endured. As Ronan and Delsie traipse around Cape Cod on their adventures, they both learn what it means to be angry versus sad, broken versus whole, and abandoned versus loved. And that, together, they can weather any storm.

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0147516773

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Unholy Science

By: William Lynda

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Unholy Science

By: William Lynda

When the U.S. develops intelligence showing that Iran is in the final stages of assembling a nuclear bomb, the President orders Breanna Stockard and the Whiplash team to destroy it before the renegade nation can destabilize the shaky Middle East. Left with no other choice, Stockard sends young Air Force ace Turk Mako behind enemy lines. His orders: pilot a squadron of high-tech nano-UAVs from inside Iran to destroy the weapon and its assembly bunker.

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Scholastic Inc.

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1570618402

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Widows

By: Lynda La Plante

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Widows

By: Lynda La Plante

THE BASIS FOR STEVE MCQUEEN'S UPCOMING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, WIDOWS IS A FAST-PACED HEIST THRILLER WITH AN ALL FEMALE CAST YOU WON'T FORGET. Before PRIME SUSPECT there was WIDOWS . . . Facing life alone, they turned to crime together. Dolly Rawlins, Linda Pirelli and Shirley Miller are left devastated when their husbands are killed in a security van heist that goes disastrously wrong. When Dolly discovers her husband Harry's bank deposit box, containing a gun, money - and detailed plans for the hijack - she realises that she only has three options: 1. Give up and forget she ever found them; 2. Hand over Harry's ledgers to the police, or to the thugs that have been hassling her for information they think she has; 3. She and the other widows could carry out the robbery themselves Novices in the craft of crime, the three women make their preparations. Along the way they discover that Harry's plan required four people, not three. But only three bodies were discovered in the carnage of the original hijack - so who was the fourth man, and where is he now? Recruiting hooker Bella O'Reilly as their fourth, the widows are determined to execute their plan. Facing mounting pressure from DI Resnick, and local thugs Arnie and Tony Fisher, can they stick together and finish the job their husbands started . . .

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Simon and Schuster

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1499861540

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Thematic Guide to Popular Nonfiction

By: Lynda G. Adamson

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Thematic Guide to Popular Nonfiction

By: Lynda G. Adamson

Popular nonfiction is widely read, and is increasingly prominent in the curriculum. This guide helps students, teachers, and librarians identify popular works of nonfiction related to particular themes. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on 50 themes, such as Animals, Exploration, Genocide, Immigrants, Poverty, and Race Relations. Each entry begins with a definition and discussion of the theme, followed by critical summaries of three or four works of nonfiction. The entries conclude with lists of additional nonfiction for further reading, and the Guide closes with lists of additional themes and related works, along with a bibliography of works on popular nonfiction.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313087814

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Reading Peralta Maps

By: Robert L. and Lynda R. Kesselring

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Reading Peralta Maps

By: Robert L. and Lynda R. Kesselring

Reading Peralta Maps: Volume 2: The Latin Heart continues the journey that began in the previous volume of this series, which revealed the signs leading to the treasure of the Church of Santa Fe. Now authors Robert L. and Lynda R. Kesselring discuss how the maps, particularly the Latin Heart Map, enabled them to find the site of the Peralta battle, where the family had hidden their thirty-one caches of bullion as well as what may be the Lost Dutchman Mine. This volume shares the Kesselrings' scientific analysis and interpretation and shows the physical evidence that supports their claim. While providing insight into historical lore and legend, Reading Peralta Maps: Volume 2: The Latin Heart reveals the location of a cache in the Superstition Mountains and shows the underground images of bullion bars. Including GPS directions, this guide reveals the location of the sites for visitation.

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LULU

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1483405354

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All My Children Have 4 Legs

By: Lynda Hoyt

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All My Children Have 4 Legs

By: Lynda Hoyt

Have you ever tried to get a cat out of a parka hood? Did you know that bloodhounds are afraid of water.

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147721139X

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Murder at the Feast of Rejoicing

By: Lynda S. Robinson

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Murder at the Feast of Rejoicing

By: Lynda S. Robinson

“As Robinson deftly juggles ancient Egyptian political intrigue and a riveting mystery, she proves again her mastery of the historical whodunit.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review During a celebration for Lord Meren, an agent of King Tutankhamun, one of his relatives is murdered. Known for her sharp tongue and numerous lovers, Anhai could’ve been targeted for any number of reasons, but Meren fears her death might have something to do with the undercover mission he’s currently working on. He’ll have to rummage through family secrets and face a nest of vipers to uncover the truth . . . “A classic country-house mystery with a delicious twist: the country estate is located in the Nile Valley and belongs to Lord Meren, the confidential agent of King Tutankhamen . . . Good scholarship authenticates the historical setting; imagination provides the sense of danger and romance to make it come alive.” —The New York Times Book Review “Fascinating.” —The Washington Post Book World

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Open Road Media

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150406657X

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The Web Writer's Toolkit

365 prompts, collaborative exercises, games, and challenges for effective online content

By: Lynda Felder

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The Web Writer's Toolkit

365 prompts, collaborative exercises, games, and challenges for effective online content

By: Lynda Felder

A recording of wind chimes. An item you cherish. Your childhood haunts. The pounding of a drum. Getting lost. As author Lynda Felder reveals in A Web Writer’s Toolkit, almost anything can serve as a point of inspiration for successful Web writing. Follow along with her 365 exercises—in order or jump around to sections on travel, games, sounds, and much more—to learn how to transform your experiences and observations into ingenious Web content. Pretend you have a time machine and write about the time and place you would visit. Produce an audio story with sound effects. Tell a story about the time you spent living abroad. Make a recording from a common household object and incorporate it into your blog. Write the script of a voicemail message. Choose a poem and compose a melody to go with it. By taking on these challenges, you will develop the confidence and skill you need to create successful content—while producing a significant body of work to present on the Web. Use this book on its own or with Lynda’s book Writing for the Web: Creating Compelling Web Content Using Words, Pictures, and Sound, and you’ll learn how to motivate yourself to generate great web content—and have fun doing it. Includes 365 challenges that encourage you to observe, to think, and to try effective storytelling tasks Focuses on words, pictures, and sound as story elements for your Web content, rather than the mechanics of using specific software apps and tools Features a simple, straightforward format of numbered exercises, with suggested time to take for each one For more tips, exercises, and suggestions for teachers, check out www.write4web.com.

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New Riders

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0133260615

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9780133260618

Dancing with Elvis

By: Lynda Stephenson

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Dancing with Elvis

By: Lynda Stephenson

Ever since she and her mother rescued Angel from her parents, Frankilee Baxter has been miserable. In addition to being more pretty and talented than Frankilee, Angel begins dating the boy Frankilee likes. Frankilee devises a plan to get rid of Angel, but, what she doesn't bargain for is getting involved in a burglary, a kidnapping and a shooting.

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Eerdmans Young Readers

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0802853005

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9780802853004

Further Ahead Video Activity Book

By: Lynda Lawson

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Further Ahead Video Activity Book

By: Lynda Lawson

Contains four documentaries for intermediate level Business English learners along with a Teacher's Guide.

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0521626455

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Treacherous Love

By: Lynda Hales

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Treacherous Love

By: Lynda Hales

An ancient Norwegian curse, hidden secrets, cruel deception, truth, redemption and everlasting, eternal loveaTreacherous Love has all this and more. Small-town veterinarian Skyler Kingston has a secret. A secret that killsaone she cannot share with the world around her. Tall, dark and mysterious Dr. Nathaniel Brady discovers her appalling curse, loves her in spite of it, and is determined to cure her. Together they embark on a quest to discover the origins of the Wolf Curse, and in the process, discover each other and witness wondrous miracles the power of love can accomplish. Along for their adventurous ride are their companions in fate: Damien, Skyleras telepathic wolf-brother; Cassandra, a six-year-old imp with stars in her eyes and matchmaking in her heart; and the wild timber wolves of Honor Mountain, Skyleras preordained destiny.

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PublishAmerica

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1413761658

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Lost for Words

The Hidden History of the Oxford English Dictionary

By: Lynda Mugglestone,Professor of the History of English Lynda Mugglestone

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Lost for Words

The Hidden History of the Oxford English Dictionary

By: Lynda Mugglestone,Professor of the History of English Lynda Mugglestone

Examines the hidden history through which the Oxford English Dictionary came into being in a study that traces the personal battles involved in chronicling an ever-changing language.

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Yale University Press

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0300106998

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9780300106992

The Talisman

By: Lynda La Plante

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The Talisman

By: Lynda La Plante

*Following the 30th Anniversary edition of The Legacy comes the thrilling sequel, The Talisman, from bestselling screenwriter and author of The Dirty Dozen, Lynda La Plante. The Talisman is the key to a fortune, or so the tradition says. Each new generation can benefit if they remain selfless enough. Evelyne and Juliana, the fourth generation, are still haunted by the family's past. Edward inherited his father's looks - and his curse - while Alex's quest for revenge will fuel an empire. But a fortune can make people ruthless - and a family can hit you where it hurts. This is the passionate story of a family's live and fortunes and the curse that forged their names . . . ***Lynda La Plante's Widows is now a major motion picture*** Praise for Lynda La Plante 'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' Karin Slaughter 'Classic Lynda - a fabulous read' Martina Cole 'Satisfyingly full of twists and turns' The Independent 'A rare ring of authenticity' Sunday Telegraph 'An absorbingly twisty plot' Guardian

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Simon and Schuster

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1471130827

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9781471130823

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