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Creating Outdoor Classrooms

Schoolyard Habitats and Gardens for the Southwest

By: Lauri Macmillan Johnson,Kim Duffek

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Creating Outdoor Classrooms

Schoolyard Habitats and Gardens for the Southwest

By: Lauri Macmillan Johnson,Kim Duffek

Schoolyards have come a long way from the barren playgrounds that many people remember. Today's school campuses often feature gardens in which students can learn about native plants and wildlife, grow vegetables and fruit, explore cultural traditions, practice reading and math skills, and use their imaginations to create fun play spaces. And for a growing number of urban students, these schoolyard gardens offer the best, if not the only, opportunity to experience the natural world firsthand and enjoy its many benefits. This book is a practical, hands-on guide for creating a variety of learning environments in the arid Southwest. Filled with clear, easy-to-use information and illustrated with photographs, drawings, and plans, the book covers everything necessary to create schoolyard gardens: An introduction to schoolyards as outdoor classrooms and several types of habitats, including art gardens, cultural history gardens, ecological gardens, literacy gardens, and vegetable gardens Design theory, including a history of garden styles, and design principles and design elements Beginning the design process, including identifying participants and writing a design program that sets out goals and requirements Conducting site research and synthesizing design elements to arrive at a final design Design essentials, including project funding and design features, maintenance, accessibility, safety, and project evaluation and revision Wildlife ecology, including elements needed for survival such as food and shelter Creating gardens for pollinators and other wildlife, including hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, moths, bats, and flies, as well as pest control Lists of native plants for various kinds of habitats and nurseries that sell native plants, as well as books, web sites, and other resources for learning more about native plants and wildlife This guide will be essential for landscape architects, school personnel, parents, and students. Indeed, its principles can be used in designing schoolyard habitats across the country, while its information on gardening with native plants and wildlife will be useful to homeowners across the Southwest.

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University of Texas Press

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0292779690

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9780292779693

Hope Over Fate

Fazle Hasan Abed and the Science of Ending Global Poverty

By: Scott MacMillan

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Hope Over Fate

Fazle Hasan Abed and the Science of Ending Global Poverty

By: Scott MacMillan

Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times called him “one of the unsung heroes of modern times.” Fazle Hasan Abed was a mild-mannered accountant who may be the most influential man most people have never even heard of. As the founder of BRAC, his work had a profound impact on the lives of millions. A former finance executive with almost no experience in relief aid, he founded BRAC, originally the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee, in 1972, aiming to help a few thousand war refugees. A half century later, BRAC is by many measures the largest nongovernmental organization in the world—and by many accounts, the most effective anti-poverty program ever. BRAC seems to stand apart from countless failed development ventures. Its scale is massive, with 100,000 employees reaching more than 100 million people in Asia and Africa. In Bangladesh, where it began, Abed’s work gave rise to “some of the biggest gains in the basic condition of people’s lives ever seen anywhere,” according to The Economist. His methods changed the way global policymakers think about poverty. By the time of his death at eighty-three in December 2019, he was revered in international development circles. Yet among the wider public he remained largely unknown. His story has never been told—until now. Abed avoided the limelight. He thought his own story was of little consequence compared to the millions of women who rose from poverty with BRAC’s help, bending the arc of history through their own tenacity and grit. The challenges he faced often seemed insurmountable. Abed’s personal life was a tapestry of love and grief—a lover’s suicide, a wife who died in his arms. He was a taciturn man with a short temper that erupted on rare occasions. Many of his ventures failed, but Abed persevered. This book is also the biography of an idea—the idea that hope itself has the power to overcome poverty. “For too long, people thought poverty was something ordained by a higher power, as immutable as the sun and the moon,” Abed wrote in 2018. His life’s mission was to put that myth to rest. This is the story of a man who lived a life of complexity, blemishes and all, driven by the conviction that in the dominion of human lives, hope will ultimately triumph over fate.

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329

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538164930

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9781538164938

The Grants Register 2008

The Complete Guide to Postgraduate Funding Worldwide

By: Palgrave Macmillan

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The Grants Register 2008

The Complete Guide to Postgraduate Funding Worldwide

By: Palgrave Macmillan

The most authoritative and comprehensive guide available to postgraduate grants and professional funding worldwide. For twenty-six years The Grants Register has been the leading source for up to date information on the availability of, and eligibility for, postgraduate and professional awards. With details of 3,800 awards, The Grants Register 2008 is more extensive than comparable publications. Each entry has been verified by the awarding bodies concerned ensuring that every piece of information is accurate. As all information is updated annually, each edition also provides the most accurate details available today.

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Palgrave Macmillan

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1403992584

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9781403992581

English World

By: Mary Bowen,Liz Hocking,Wendy Wren

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English World

By: Mary Bowen,Liz Hocking,Wendy Wren

The Student's Book has 10 units, each made up of a Start-up and 7 lessons. A group of international students is organising a music, arts, science and literature festival at their school. Their discussions and conversations give learners exposure to contemporary English in a natural way and give cohesion to the listening activities.

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English World

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0230032559

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9780230032552

Breakthrough Plus Class Audio Introduction Level

By: Miles Craven

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Breakthrough Plus Class Audio Introduction Level

By: Miles Craven

The introductory level in the five-part Breakthrough plus course to develop English language communication skills, with 12 units of activities and exercises emphasizing speaking and listening, and including practice in grammar, vocabulary, reading and writing; includes access to a Digibook, an onscreen version of the Student book with integrated audio and video and additional interactive exercises.

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0230438415

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9780230438415

Breakthrough Plus

Student book. 1

By: Miles Craven

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Breakthrough Plus

Student book. 1

By: Miles Craven

The first level in the five-part Breakthrough plus course to develop English language communication skills, with 12 units of activities and exercises emphasizing speaking and listening, and including practice in grammar, vocabulary, reading and writing; includes access to a Digibook, an onscreen version of the Student book with integrated audio and video and additional interactive exercises.

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0230438164

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9780230438163

BREAKTHROUGH PLUS CLASS AUDIO

By: Miles Craven

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BREAKTHROUGH PLUS CLASS AUDIO

By: Miles Craven

The third level in the five-part Breakthrough plus course to develop English language communication skills, with 12 units of activities and exercises emphasizing speaking and listening, and including practice in grammar, vocabulary, reading and writing; includes access to a Digibook, an onscreen version of the Student book with integrated audio and video and additional interactive exercises.

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0230438296

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9780230438293

PTE Academic Testbuilder

By: MacMillan Publishers Australia Staff

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PTE Academic Testbuilder

By: MacMillan Publishers Australia Staff

A brand new title in this popular series of Tests that teach, designed to help improve student's exam performance and increase language competence. The PTE Academic Testbuilder supplies four complete practice tests for the entirely computer-based Pearson Test of English Academic exam.

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MacMillan

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0230427863

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9780230427860

Pickles

By: Macmillan Publishing Company Staff,Paul Mason,Richard Hoit

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Pickles

By: Macmillan Publishing Company Staff,Paul Mason,Richard Hoit

Tara and Nancy are looking forward to meeting their family's newest member, a parrot named Pickles. But when he finally arrives, it soon becomes clear that Pickles isn't the easygoing, cheerful kind of parrot. Tempers begin to wear thin, and something has to give.

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