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Learn T-SQL Querying

A guide to developing efficient and elegant T-SQL code

By: Pedro Lopes,Pam Lahoud

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Learn T-SQL Querying

A guide to developing efficient and elegant T-SQL code

By: Pedro Lopes,Pam Lahoud

Troubleshoot query performance issues, identify anti-patterns in your code, and write efficient T-SQL queries with this guide for T-SQL developers Key Features A definitive guide to mastering the techniques of writing efficient T-SQL code Learn query optimization fundamentals, query analysis, and how query structure impacts performance Discover insightful solutions to detect, analyze, and tune query performance issues Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book DescriptionData professionals seeking to excel in Transact-SQL for Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL Database often lack comprehensive resources. Learn T-SQL Querying second edition focuses on indexing queries and crafting elegant T-SQL code enabling data professionals gain mastery in modern SQL Server versions (2022) and Azure SQL Database. The book covers new topics like logical statement processing flow, data access using indexes, and best practices for tuning T-SQL queries. Starting with query processing fundamentals, the book lays a foundation for writing performant T-SQL queries. You’ll explore the mechanics of the Query Optimizer and Query Execution Plans, learning to analyze execution plans for insights into current performance and scalability. Using dynamic management views (DMVs) and dynamic management functions (DMFs), you’ll build diagnostic queries. The book covers indexing and delves into SQL Server’s built-in tools to expedite resolution of T-SQL query performance and scalability issues. Hands-on examples will guide you to avoid UDF pitfalls and understand features like predicate SARGability, Query Store, and Query Tuning Assistant. By the end of this book, you‘ll have developed the ability to identify query performance bottlenecks, recognize anti-patterns, and avoid pitfallsWhat you will learn Identify opportunities to write well-formed T-SQL statements Familiarize yourself with the Cardinality Estimator for query optimization Create efficient indexes for your existing workloads Implement best practices for T-SQL querying Explore Query Execution Dynamic Management Views Utilize the latest performance optimization features in SQL Server 2017, 2019, and 2022 Safeguard query performance during upgrades to newer versions of SQL Server Who this book is for This book is for database administrators, database developers, data analysts, data scientists and T-SQL practitioners who want to master the art of writing efficient T-SQL code and troubleshooting query performance issues through practical examples. A basic understanding of T-SQL syntax, writing queries in SQL Server, and using the SQL Server Management Studio tool will be helpful to get started.

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1837636834

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The Collected Works of P. A. M. Dirac: Volume 1

1924-1948

By: Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac

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The Collected Works of P. A. M. Dirac: Volume 1

1924-1948

By: Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac

A comprehensive collection of the scientific papers of one of this century's most outstanding physicists.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521362318

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The Association

By: Pam Sutton

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The Association

By: Pam Sutton

The security of Sam Bells gated community is jeopardized when a neighbor dies under bizarre circumstances. Then there is a grotesque discovery in the root cellar of an abandoned abbey located within the community. What changed the quiet streets of the Glenn Abbey Homeowners Association to a place of fear? Could it have something to do with the escalating battle over rule enforcement and civil liberties that began as a small disagreement between Sam and the association and became a tangle of deception? Or could a chilling secret from association board member Patty Lippets past explain the change and her hatred of Sam and friends on Carousel Circle? What did anyone know about her really, and why was she trying to silence them? As the truth emerges, association rules collide with residents in a freedom versus security dispute. Sam, his wife Alba, and their friends on Carousel Circle decide to fight the association over this issue. Once this decision is made, their lives zigzag from uproarious protest demonstrations to media involvement, hair-raising escapes, murder, and a make-or-break trial. Even though Alba knows the odds of defeating the powerful association are against them, Sams feisty attorney wife agrees to represent Sam and friends in the pending trial. Meanwhile, Patty Lippet lurks in the boardroom and streets of Glenn Abbey and decisions are made which lead to danger for Sam and his neighbors and ultimately places their lives in the balance.

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The Kommandant's Girl Collection

An Anthology

By: Pam Jenoff

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The Kommandant's Girl Collection

An Anthology

By: Pam Jenoff

Don’t miss these three remarkable novels of sacrifice, survival and the unimaginable choices women had to make in a time of war, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan’s Tale. THE AMBASSADOR’S DAUGHTER Paris, 1919. The world’s leaders have gathered to rebuild from the ashes of the Great War. But for one woman, the City of Light harbors dark secrets and dangerous liaisons, for which many could pay dearly. Brought to the peace conference by her father, a German diplomat, Margot Rosenthal initially resents being trapped in the congested French capital, where she is still looked upon as the enemy. But Margot strikes up unlikely alliances: with Krysia, an accomplished musician with radical acquaintances and a secret to protect; and with Georg, the handsome, damaged naval officer who gives Margot a job—and also a reason to question everything she thought she knew about where her true loyalties should lie. THE KOMMANDANT’S GIRL In this groundbreaking debut novel, nineteen-year-old Emma Bau is forced to disappear underground when Nazi tanks thunder into her native Poland, leaving her imprisoned within the city’s decrepit Jewish ghetto. But then, in the dead of night, the resistance smuggles her out to live in Krakow, where she takes on a new identity as Anna Lipowski, a gentile. Emma’s already precarious situation is complicated when Kommandant Richwalder, a high-ranking Nazi official, hires her to work as his assistant. At the urging of the resistance, she begins to use her position to access details of the Nazi occupation. As the atrocities of war intensify, Emma takes increasing risks to help the resistance, building to a climax that will risk not only her double life, but also the lives of those she loves. THE DIPLOMAT’S WIFE 1945. Surviving the brutality of a Nazi prison camp, Marta Nederman is lucky to have escaped with her life. Recovering from the horror, she meets Paul, an American soldier who gives her hope of a happier future. But their plans to meet in London are dashed when Paul’s plane crashes. Devastated and pregnant, Marta marries Simon, a caring British diplomat, and glimpses the joy that home and family can bring. But her happiness is threatened when she learns of a Communist spy in British intelligence, and that the one person who can expose the traitor is connected to her past.

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1488038929

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Teachers and Schooling Making A Difference

Productive pedagogies, assessment and performance

By: Pam Christie,Bob Lingard

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Teachers and Schooling Making A Difference

Productive pedagogies, assessment and performance

By: Pam Christie,Bob Lingard

Teachers + Schooling Making a Difference takes seriously the question that teachers ask, 'What do I do on Monday?' and does provide answers.' From the foreword by Professor Michael Apple, University of Wisconsin Education debates are currently dominated by free-market ideologists who push privatisation and competition as the answer to every problem, regardless of damage to schools and pupils. Teachers + Schooling Making a Difference shows that we can think about education in a far more productive way.' Professor R.W.Connell, University of Sydney This book is a lesson in making hope practical.It makes a compelling argument for recognising, supporting and enabling teachers as central to progressive school reform.' Professor Jenny Ozga, University of Edinburgh What teachers do in the classroom really matters, even though schools cannot compensate fully for difficulties children may face at home and in society. Good teachers and good schools have been making a difference in children's lives for generations, but what exactly is it that works? Based on extensive research in 1000 primary and secondary classrooms, this book examines the tough questions about teaching methods, curriculum, assessment and teachers' professionalism. The authors isolate the key elements that make the difference in the classroom, and offer teachers practical approaches to working with all their students. Teachers and Schools Making a Difference is essential reading for teachers and school administrators who want to improve their professional skills and offer a genuinely democratic education.

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The Ambassador's Daughter

By: Pam Jenoff

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The Ambassador's Daughter

By: Pam Jenoff

Paris, 1919. The world's leaders have gathered to rebuild from the ashes of the Great War. But for one woman, the City of Light harbors dark secrets and dangerous liaisons, for which many could pay dearly. Brought to the peace conference by her father, a German diplomat, Margot Rosenthal initially resents being trapped in the congested French capital, where she is still looked upon as the enemy. But as she contemplates returning to Berlin and a life with Stefan, the wounded fiancé she hardly knows anymore, she decides that being in Paris is not so bad after all. Bored and torn between duty and the desire to be free, Margot strikes up unlikely alliances: with Krysia, an accomplished musician with radical acquaintances and a secret to protect; and with Georg, the handsome, damaged naval officer who gives Margot a job—and also a reason to question everything she thought she knew about where her true loyalties should lie. Against the backdrop of one of the most significant events of the century, a delicate web of lies obscures the line between the casualties of war and of the heart, making trust a luxury that no one can afford.

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0778315096

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Folkestone Through the Ages

By: Pam Dray

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Folkestone Through the Ages

By: Pam Dray

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Folkestone has changed over the last two hundred years.

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The Two-Minute Tune-Up

Daily Inspirational Messages

By: Pam Boyd

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The Two-Minute Tune-Up

Daily Inspirational Messages

By: Pam Boyd

Instead of getting out of bed and hoping today will be a good day, you can choose the day you want to have. You can control your own emotional response to the people and the things in your life. In The Two-Minute Tune-Up, author Pam Boyd provides a series of inspirational quotes, messages, and personal anecdotes to help you set a positive tone for every day for an entire year. Boyd, an international consultant and speaker, shows how, in less than two minutes each day, you can overcome negative thoughts and feelings by reading the daily selection and taking a minute to reflect and apply its message to your circumstances. Its about reclaiming personal power and regaining emotional dominance. The Two-Minute Tune-Up serves as your daily port of renewal: a place to recharge, flip your switch from idle to full power, and realign the wheels of your life.

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Our Ebenezer

A Journey of Faith, Family, and Farming

By: Pam Dysinger

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Our Ebenezer

A Journey of Faith, Family, and Farming

By: Pam Dysinger

John and Pam Dysinger started life together with the desire to serve. Young and idealistic, they headed to Kenya with the passion to make a difference in the lives of children and youth. For the next eight years the classroom was their platform for ministry. Then the call came. Like Abraham’s call to leave the comforts of home for an unknown destination, their call was to leave the comforts of employment, for an unknown occupation. In a world of fractured relationships, John was called to come home and join Pam in the raising of their children. Farming was God’s appointed vehicle to unite the family. Together they worked toward common goals and experienced the exhilaration of conquering seemingly insurmountable tasks; together they experienced the fears and struggles of “failure” and the financial constraints of “poverty.” Walk with them through this candid account of their experience as they learned to follow God and depend on Him alone. Grapple with them as they faced the harsh realities of learning to farm; cling with them to the promises of God and the desire to be faithful to His call. Above all, come to know that, while your path may not be exactly the same, God wants this same kind of intimate relationship with you.

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TEACH Services, Inc.

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Ripple Effects

By: Pam Tebow

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Ripple Effects

By: Pam Tebow

Discover the God-inspired difference only you can make in the world . . . using the key you never knew you had. Tim Tebow credits his mom with being the key to his success--but Pam never expected that she would be known on a national stage. For most of her life, she was serving quietly and faithfully as a wife and a mom--choosing life for her child in the face of medical risks, answering the Lord's call to mission work in the Philippines, and homeschooling before anyone knew what the word meant. But all along the way, her experiences--and her consistent, everyday choices to follow the Lord and to serve wherever He placed her--were creating unexpected ripples of influence throughout her family, her community, and her world. And they would end up extending far beyond anything she ever imagined. Pam believes that every one of us can be influential--and that deep within a woman's heart is the desire to use her influence for good. In Ripple Effects, Pam uncovers and explores the miraculous motivating power of influence we can have on this generation and the next, no matter where we are planted in life. Whether we are in the midst of endless diaper changes, climbing up the corporate ladder, or simply doing our best to live, love, and serve well each day, Pam will encourage us to maximize our God-given opportunities for influence--and watch how far the ripples will spread.

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Tyndale House Publishers

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1496431324

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Nursing Research

An Introduction

By: Pam Moule,Helen Aveyard,Margaret Goodman

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Nursing Research

An Introduction

By: Pam Moule,Helen Aveyard,Margaret Goodman

This book answers all your students′ questions on the nursing research process. Restructured to follow their progress from being a novice nurse researcher to an experienced one, it gives them the knowledge to understand evidence-based practice and critical appraisal and to succeed in their own projects. Key features of the book are: Updated practical coverage of key methods such as conducting a survey and a section on the Research Excellence Framework International research examples in action Reflective exercises A companion website including access to journal articles and flashcards. It is essential reading for nursing undergraduates, postgraduates and all new researchers.

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1473998476

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Busks, Basques and Brush-Braid

British dressmaking in the 18th and 19th centuries

By: Pam Inder

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Busks, Basques and Brush-Braid

British dressmaking in the 18th and 19th centuries

By: Pam Inder

The dressmaking trade developed rapidly during the 18th and 19th centuries, changing the lives of thousands of British workers. Busks, Basques and Brush-Braid focuses on the trade and the people within it, from their working conditions and earnings to their training, services and relationships with customers. Exploring the lives of dressmakers in fact and fiction, the book looks at representations of the trade in the plays and novels of the time, while surveying the often harsh realities of the workers' lives. From the arrival of the sewing machine to the influence of the department store, it explores the impact of mechanization, commercialization and modernity on a historical trade. Pamela Inder illuminates a new world of dressmaking enabled by goods like paper patterns and magazines, and sets out to investigate the increasing monopoly of female dressmakers in an industry once dominated by male tailors. Drawing on a range of original and hitherto unpublished sources – including business records, diaries, letters, bills and newspaper articles – Busks, Basques and Brush-Braid reveals the untold story of the dressmaking trade. Beautifully illustrated with over 80 images, the book brings dressmakers into focus as real people, granting new insights into working class life in 18th- and 19th-century Britain.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350060917

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Chris Crutcher

A Stotan for Young Adults

By: Bryan Gillis,Pam B. Cole

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Chris Crutcher

A Stotan for Young Adults

By: Bryan Gillis,Pam B. Cole

Teaching the Selected Works of Chris Crutcher (Boynton/Cook, 2008)104 pages, paperback, $21.25Pub Alley: 51 ($889); BookScan: 71; WorldCat: Chris Crutcher by Michael A. Sommers (Rosen Pub Group, 2005), 112 pages, $33.25. 9781404203259.Pub Alley: 166 ($4,522.65); BookScan: 8; WorldCat: 107Presenting Chris Crutcher [Twayne's United States Authors Series] (Twayne, 1997), 144 pages, hardcover, $29Pub Alley: 180 ($5,040); BookScan: 18; WorldCat: 451

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Rowman & Littlefield

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081088562X

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Effective Classroom Practice

By: Alison Kington,Pam Sammons,Eleanor Brown,Elaine Regan,James Ko,Scott Buckler

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Effective Classroom Practice

By: Alison Kington,Pam Sammons,Eleanor Brown,Elaine Regan,James Ko,Scott Buckler

Effective Classroom Practice is an original and highly relevant book with unique messages relating to teaching quality and teacher standards. Providing rigorous evidence and rich insights into teachers' practices, the authors identify important features of effective classroom practice including, for example, interactions with students, the role of feedback, the learning climate, positive relationships, planning and meeting student needs. Moreover, they explore a number of important influences on classroom practice and teachers' work in terms of career phase, teacher identity, self-efficacy and role of school support. This, in turn, provides powerful evidence of the contextual complexities of teachers' classroom practice. The book further highlights the role of core classroom competencies in terms of organization and management, pedagogical context knowledge, innovative pedagogical skills, and interpersonal qualities. It also shows that these can be enacted differently by teachers in different sectors, year groups, subject groups and socio-economic contexts. This research evidence - awarded an 'outstanding' grade by the Economic and Social Research Council - confirms that the concept of an 'effective teacher' is a complex one. Innovative and unique, Effective Classroom Practice offers a detailed and holistic understanding of the influences that shape teacher effectiveness making it a significant text for teachers, school leaders, researchers, teacher educators, and policy makers.

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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033524713X

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9780335247134

Criminology

A Sociological Introduction

By: Eamon Carrabine,Pam Cox,Isabel Crowhurst,Anna Di Ronco,Pete Fussey,Anna Sergi,Nigel South,Darren Thiel,Jackie Turton

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Criminology

A Sociological Introduction

By: Eamon Carrabine,Pam Cox,Isabel Crowhurst,Anna Di Ronco,Pete Fussey,Anna Sergi,Nigel South,Darren Thiel,Jackie Turton

Comprehensive, critical and accessible, Criminology: A Sociological Introduction offers an authoritative overview of the study of criminology, from early theoretical perspectives to pressing contemporary issues such as the globalisation of crime, crimes against the environment, terrorism and cybercrime. Authored by an internationally renowned and experienced group of authors in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex, this is a truly international criminology text that delves into areas that other texts may only reference. It includes substantive chapters on the following topics: • Histories of crime; • Theoretical approaches to crime and the issue of social change; • Victims and victimisation; • Crime, emotion and social psychology; • Drugs, alcohol, health and crime; • Criminal justice and the sociology of punishment; • Green criminology; • Crime and the media; • Terrorism, state crime and human rights. The new edition fuses global perspectives in criminology from the contexts of post-Brexit Britain and America in the age of Trump, and from the Global South. It contains new chapters on cybercrime; crimes of the powerful; organised crime; life-course approaches to understanding delinquency and desistance; and futures of crime, control and criminology. Each chapter includes a series of critical thinking questions, suggestions for further study and a list of useful websites and resources. The book also contains a glossary of the criminological terms and concepts used in the book. It is the perfect text for students looking for a broad, critical and international introduction to criminology, and it is essential reading for those looking to expand their ‘criminological imagination’.

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Making Sense of Research

An Introduction for Health and Social Care Practitioners

By: Pam Moule,Gill Hek

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Making Sense of Research

An Introduction for Health and Social Care Practitioners

By: Pam Moule,Gill Hek

Research is now an integral part of everyday practice in health and social care. The fourth edition of this essential book equips professionals in these fields with the tools to read, analyse and apply research effectively in their work. Though research topics can be difficult to grasp, Making Sense of Research, fourth edition clarifies the subject by providing a straightforward guide to the basics. Topics covered include: - The role of research in health and social care - The nature of knowledge in health and social care - The research process - Ethical issues - Searching and reviewing the literature - Making sense of data analysis. The fourth edition has been updated to include new reference material, websites and practice examples to support the development of essential critical appraisal skills for health and social care professionals.

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1446243850

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Grassroots Sustainability - A Guide to Organizing a Thriving Community

By: Lisa Chipkin,Pam Hartwell-Herrero

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Grassroots Sustainability - A Guide to Organizing a Thriving Community

By: Lisa Chipkin,Pam Hartwell-Herrero

Grassroots Sustainability was inspired by the real-life efforts of a handful of grassroots groups in Marin County, California that successfully brought sustainability policy and education to their communities. This guidebook documents their best practices and shares important lessons learned along the way. It is intended to empower individuals and grassroots groups near and far to facilitate meaningful change in their communities without having to reinvent the wheel." -- publisher information.

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Lulu.com

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1105574539

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The Miracle I Almost Missed

Navigating the Relationship Maze into Romantic Fulfillment

By: Pam Boyd

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The Miracle I Almost Missed

Navigating the Relationship Maze into Romantic Fulfillment

By: Pam Boyd

Many of us have spent years living our romantic lives as if we are victims of our circumstances. We may have invested so much time and energy into complaining, fretting, and despairing over our circumstances that we now defi ne ourselves by our perceived obstacles, bad luck, or mistreatment by others. Seeing hope through these fi lters is almost impossible. The Miracle I Almost Missed offers timely, practical advice for navigating through this maze of relationship disappointment to a place of hope and empowerment. It provides information that points the way to a more positive and hopeful approach to finding and keeping romantic relationships. Each chapter features a reality check that includes Finding Cluesquestions that are designed to help you see your romantic life from a new perspectiveand a Challenge, which offers alternative next steps. For anyone who has been burned by love, feels unattractive, is stuck in a dead-end relationship, or faces uncomfortable dating challenges, The Miracle I Almost Missed can be the first step to new hope!

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63 Tactics for Teaching Diverse Learners

Grades 6-12

By: Bob Algozzine,Pam Campbell,Adam Wang

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63 Tactics for Teaching Diverse Learners

Grades 6-12

By: Bob Algozzine,Pam Campbell,Adam Wang

This collection of evidence-based instructional strategies enables general and special education teachers, novice or experienced, to address the learning needs of all students in diverse, inclusive classrooms. The authors provide a practical, research-based teaching model that focuses on planning, managing, delivering, and evaluating instruction for middle and secondary students with or without disabilities. Readers will find: Descriptions of how to teach students with different learning styles and needs Specific instructions for using each tactic, with helpful comments from practicing teachers and literature resources A wealth of reproducible worksheets Help for choosing appropriate strategies for specific subject areas, grade ranges, or learning difficulties Information to help teachers comply with federal mandates such as NCLB and the reauthorization of IDEA 2004 63 Tactics for Teaching Diverse Learners: Grades 6–12 allows teachers to match specific needs with an easily accessible set of solutions and enable all learners to achieve success in the classroom.

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1510700811

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Understanding Sociology in Nursing

By: Helen Allan,Michael Traynor,Daniel Kelly,Pam Smith

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Understanding Sociology in Nursing

By: Helen Allan,Michael Traynor,Daniel Kelly,Pam Smith

Provides students with insights into key contemporary debates and events to demonstrate the relevance of sociology and its practical application to modern nursing. This textbook helps student nurses make the leap from a narrow focus on the physical problems of their patients to a broader understanding of the whole person and the contexts of care which will help them succeed as compassionate nurses. Written directly for nurses, it focuses on the individuals and families in their care, the organisations they work in, and the factors which affect their practice. Key features include: Case studies and scenarios to help students relate sociology to real-life examples Reflection points to help students critically engage with the discussion Learning outcomes and chapter summaries for revision Definitions of key terms in each chapter

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A Woman's War

The Professional and Personal Journey of the Navy's First African American Female Intelligence Officer

By: Gail Harris,Pam McLaughlin

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A Woman's War

The Professional and Personal Journey of the Navy's First African American Female Intelligence Officer

By: Gail Harris,Pam McLaughlin

When Gail Harris was assigned by the U.S. Navy to a combat intelligence job in 1973, she became the first African American female to hold such a position. Her 28-year career included hands on leadership in the intelligence community during every major conflict from the Cold War to Desert Storm to Kosovo, and most recently at the forefront of one of the Department of Defense's newest challenges: Cyber Warfare. At her retirement, she was the highest ranking African American female in the Navy. A Woman's War: The Professional and Personal Journey of the Navy's First African American Female Intelligence Officer is an inspirational memoir that follows Gail Harris's career as a naval intelligence officer, sharing her unique experience and perspective as she completed the complex task of providing intelligence support to military operations while also battling the status quo, office bullies, and politics. This book also looks at the way intelligence is used and misused in these perilous times.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810871009

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Making Sense of Research

An Introduction for Health and Social Care Practitioners

By: Gill Hek,Pam Moule

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Making Sense of Research

An Introduction for Health and Social Care Practitioners

By: Gill Hek,Pam Moule

The Third Edition of this introduction to research for students and professionals in health and social care now contains material on literature searching techniques, meta-analysis, data protection, and critical appraisal tools. Many people find research concepts difficult to grasp, but this book makes it easy by providing a straightforward guide to the basics. Topics covered include: - the role of research in health and social care - the research process - quantitative and qualitative approaches - how to develop critical skills, and - implementing research findings. The book also features a glossary of research terms and a critical appraisal framework.

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General Theory of Relativity

By: P. A.M. Dirac

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General Theory of Relativity

By: P. A.M. Dirac

Einstein's general theory of relativity requires a curved space for the description of the physical world. If one wishes to go beyond superficial discussions of the physical relations involved, one needs to set up precise equations for handling curved space. The well-established mathematical technique that accomplishes this is clearly described in this classic book by Nobel Laureate P.A.M. Dirac. Based on a series of lectures given by Dirac at Florida State University, and intended for the advanced undergraduate, General Theory of Relativity comprises thirty-five compact chapters that take the reader point-by-point through the necessary steps for understanding general relativity.

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Demonstrating Your Clinical Competence in Women's Health

By: Pam Campbell,Gill Wakley,Ruth Chambers,Julian Jenkins

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Demonstrating Your Clinical Competence in Women's Health

By: Pam Campbell,Gill Wakley,Ruth Chambers,Julian Jenkins

Primary Care Nursing Series. All registered nurses are required to keep portfolios which demonstrate their competence in clinical practice in order to receive re-registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. In addition, they are encouraged to seek individual annual appraisals which highlight their progress and areas the require development. This book provides examples and ideas on how to document learning, competence, performance or standards of service delivery. Presented in an easy-to-read style, with practical suggestions to improve clinical care, it enables readers to expand their clinical knowledge as well as enabling them to demonstrate their level of expertise through portfolio work, focusing on the area of women’s health. It highlights the most appropriate evidence to prove competency and expertise, and provides the information to identify areas of strength and weakness, suggesting ways in which clinical care can be improved and explains how to gather evidence for clinical interactions and other aspects of daily work. All nurses working in primary care with an interest in women’s health, including practice nurses, health visitors, community midwives, school nurses, district nurses, occupational health nurses and sexual health nurses will find this book essential reading. For more information on other titles in this series please click here

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The Real Estate Rule Book

Everything you need to know to build wealth and create passive income

By: Pam Brantley

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The Real Estate Rule Book

Everything you need to know to build wealth and create passive income

By: Pam Brantley

The ins-and-outs of the real estate industry geared towards financial success This book is my personal story of how I built wealth investing in residential real estate and gives lots of useful advice on how you can too. This is not a get rich quick scheme but is a sound, long term approach to attain financial success. Inside you will find guidance on short and long term investing, how to wholesale properties for quick cash, and how to build a portfolio of properties to hold and rent for cash flow and appreciation. There is also advice about managing properties and how to choose a good manager if you prefer not to deal with your own tenants. Included are tips for maintaining your property over time, what to do and not to do. This book is comprehensive and covers everything you need to know from A-Z but it also contains a story about how I did it starting from 1978 and how I continue to do it now.

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Simon and Schuster

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1948080117

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Anti-Abortion Activism in the UK

Ultra-sacrificial Motherhood, Religion and Reproductive Rights in the Public Sphere

By: Pam Lowe,Sarah-Jane Page

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Anti-Abortion Activism in the UK

Ultra-sacrificial Motherhood, Religion and Reproductive Rights in the Public Sphere

By: Pam Lowe,Sarah-Jane Page

Taking a lived religion approach that draws on extensive ethnographic research on abortion debates in public spaces, Anti-Abortion Activism in the UK explores the sacred and profane commitments of anti-abortion activists and counter-demonstrations outside clinics, examining the contestations over space.

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1839094001

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I Know Where I'm Going!

By: Pam Cook

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I Know Where I'm Going!

By: Pam Cook

I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) is widely regarded as one of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's most remarkable achievements and a cinematic tour de force. A simple moral tale set in the wild Scottish Highlands, it follows the journey of a headstrong young woman forced by her encounter with this magical, mythic world and its exotic customs to revise her materialistic priorities. Pam Cook traces the film's production history, exploring its place in Powell and Pressburger's canon and showing how it wove into its narrative the memories and aspirations of an international group of film-makers working in 1940s Britain. Focusing on the extensive use of special effects, she reveals a technologically ambitious masterpiece. I Know Where I'm Going! is, for Cook, a multilayered work rich in allusions whose emotional power reaches beyond boundaries of time and place to touch profound human desires. In her foreword to this new edition, Cook argues that I Know Where I'm Going!'s ability to be both of its time and timeless is what ensures that it continues to captivate successive generations of viewers.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1839023821

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The Principal's Companion

Strategies for Making the Job Easier

By: Pam Robbins,Harvey B. Alvy

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The Principal's Companion

Strategies for Making the Job Easier

By: Pam Robbins,Harvey B. Alvy

This third edition of the bestseller by Pam Robbins and Harvey B. Alvy serves as a personal mentor for principals and provides ideas, approaches, strategies, resources, tools, techniques, and reflective opportunities to help practicing and aspiring administrators facilitate educational improvement. Principals will find guidance in such critical areas as leadership skills, developing vision and mission, teacher evaluation and supervision, curriculum, technology use, conducting faculty meetings, and more. The revised edition reflects changes taking place within a wide range of educational issues, including: Data-driven decision making and high stakes accountability Shaping school cultures to promote professional learning communities Instructional implications of brain research Social justice Social and emotional learning Examining the high school dropout crisis Ethical leadership Cyberbullying and social responsibility Federal legislation and its effect on instructional practices

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Corwin Press

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1412965497

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Making Sense of Research in Nursing, Health and Social Care

By: Pam Moule

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Making Sense of Research in Nursing, Health and Social Care

By: Pam Moule

What is research? Why is it important in health and nursing? How should students use evidence in practice? This short and simple book for those who are completely new to research will answer all your students’ questions about the subject. It will help them to make sense of the various and often confusing research methods and terminology, to read and appraise literature and to understand how research is implemented in practice. It features: · Case examples of real research from a variety of settings and a range of countries so that students can see how research applies to the real world · Tools, examples and frameworks to help students to find, appraise and critique research · Chapter learning outcomes and key points to help students to remember important information · A companion website with interactive glossary and reflective exercises to help students test their knowledge and apply it to practice, printable step-by-step frameworks for use when searching for or critiquing a paper, and direct links to relevant SAGE journal articles and weblinks. · Further resources for lecturers are available, including all the practice examples from the book, seminar question ideas and critical appraisal powerpoints. The book is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of nursing and health in the UK and internationally.

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SAGE

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1473918499

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Baz Luhrmann

By: Pam Cook

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Baz Luhrmann

By: Pam Cook

This is the first major book-length study of the work of Australian film-maker Baz Luhrmann, one of the most exciting and controversial personalities working in World Cinema today. Luhrmann's reputation as an innovator rests on the evidence of the three films known as the Red Curtain Trilogy: Strictly Ballroom (1992), William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Moulin Rouge! (2001), which together demonstrate the development of a highly distinctive style and brand. Pam Cook, who was given unprecedented access to the Luhrmann private archives, explores the genesis of the Red Curtain aesthetic, from Luhrmann's early experience in theatre and opera to his collaborative working methods and unique production set-up. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Luhrmann and his chief collaborator, designer Catherine Martin, she traces the roots of their work in an increasingly globalised Australian film culture, investigating the relationship of their company Bazmark to the Hollywood studio Twentieth Century-Fox, and the influences on their style and production methods. At the book's heart are substantial analyses of the spectacular Red Curtain films and the historical epic Australia (2008). This lively and original study of one of contemporary cinema's most fascinating figures will appeal to film scholars, cultural historians and Luhrmann enthusiasts alike.

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1838714472

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Mostly Happy

By: Pam Bustin

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Mostly Happy

By: Pam Bustin

Bean E.Fallwell loves grilled cheese sandwiches, old movies, her best friend Goose and God. This is the story of Bean's life, from her conception in the back seat of an off-duty cab to a bus-station phone booth in Cheyenne, Wyoming, thirty years later.

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Day Trips® from Phoenix, Tucson & Flagstaff

Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler

By: Pam Hait

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Day Trips® from Phoenix, Tucson & Flagstaff

Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler

By: Pam Hait

Rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip with Day Trips from Phoenix, Tucson, and Flagstaff. This guide is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals and vacationers to do, see, and discover within a two- to four- hour drive of these popular Arizona cities. With full trip-planning information, Day Trips from Phoenix, Tucson, and Flagstaff helps makes the most of a brief getaway.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493048066

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Children, Health and Well-being

Policy Debates and Lived Experience

By: Geraldine Brady,Pam Lowe,Sonja Olin Lauritzen

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Children, Health and Well-being

Policy Debates and Lived Experience

By: Geraldine Brady,Pam Lowe,Sonja Olin Lauritzen

This book brings together new and leading scholars, who demonstrate the importance of research with children and from a child perspective, allowing for a fuller understanding of the meaning and impact of health and illness in children’s lives. Demonstrates the importance of research with children and research from a child perspective, in order to fully understand the meaning and impact of health and illness in children’s lives Encourages critical reflection on contemporary health policy and its relationships to culturally specific ways of knowing and understanding children’s health Brings together new and leading scholars in the field of children’s health and illness Moves the highly important issue of children’s health into the mainstream sociology of health and illness

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1119069548

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Sonic the Hedgehog #55

By: Frank Strom, Karl Bollers, Ken Penders, Andy Underwood, Edwards Artistic Studios, Pam Eklund, Patrick "SPAZ" Spaziante, Harvey Mercadoocasio

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Sonic the Hedgehog #55

By: Frank Strom, Karl Bollers, Ken Penders, Andy Underwood, Edwards Artistic Studios, Pam Eklund, Patrick "SPAZ" Spaziante, Harvey Mercadoocasio

Monkey Madness, Part 1": A suped-up chimp with a bone to pick Starts a fight with our true-blue hero! Can Sonic keep from getting stomped by this irate ape? And what's his problem with Sonic, anyway? There may be something more sinister behind thisÉ

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1619886189

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Methodological Advances in Educational Effectiveness Research

By: Bert Creemers,Leonidas Kyriakides,Pam Sammons

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Methodological Advances in Educational Effectiveness Research

By: Bert Creemers,Leonidas Kyriakides,Pam Sammons

Methodological Advances in Educational Effectiveness Research is an important new work by some of the leading researchers in the field of Educational Effectiveness Research (EER). The book provides a state of the art snapshot of the methodology of EER now and clearly demonstrates the way it is applied in both research and evaluation. It shows how developments in the research methodology area such as the use of multilevel modelling approaches to analyse nested data have promoted the knowledge-base of educational effectiveness. But at the same time, as the authors show, the knowledge-base of educational effectiveness and the attempt to establish theoretical models do paradoxically challenge the development of methodologically appropriate studies including ways of analysing data. Guiding readers though the effective and appropriate use in educational effectiveness of: Longitudinal Studies Experimental Studies Mixed Research Methods Meta-analyses of effectiveness studies Using IRT to measure outcomes and factors Using Generalisability Theory to test the quality of data Multilevel modelling , and Structural Equation Modelling Techniques The authors draw in the expertise of scholars from around the world to show the mathematical background of each technique, the current and future applications, and Specific examples of applying this orientation to help the readers design their own effectiveness studies using specific methodological tools.

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Routledge

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1136966315

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Nursing Care of the Pediatric Surgical Patient

By: Nancy Tkacz Browne,Laura M. Flanigan,Carmel A. McComiskey,Pam Pieper

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Nursing Care of the Pediatric Surgical Patient

By: Nancy Tkacz Browne,Laura M. Flanigan,Carmel A. McComiskey,Pam Pieper

The book packages all aspects of the pediatric surgical nurse's job into one comprehensive reference, including pre- and post-operative care, minimally invasive surgery, innovative therapies, fetal surgery, pediatric solid organ transplantation, and more. It offers up-to-date information on pediatric surgical nursing and includes many critical pathways and research topics. It is a must-have resource for all healthcare providers involved in the care of the general pediatric surgical patient.

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Jones & Bartlett Publishers

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0763768030

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399 Days

An American Adventure

By: Jim Taylor,Pam Taylor,Caitlin Taylor,Ben Taylor,Lindsey Taylor,Abby Taylor

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399 Days

An American Adventure

By: Jim Taylor,Pam Taylor,Caitlin Taylor,Ben Taylor,Lindsey Taylor,Abby Taylor

This book tells the true story of one familys dream trip. Like many young couples before having kids, Jim and Pam enjoyed traveling together to new places. Unlike most couples, their traveling days did not stop when kids came along. In fact, their love for travel infected their whole family. Every school break they would travel somewhere, to explore a new state or visit a far-off relative. What would it be like to spend a whole year traveling together? They tossed the idea around, considered the places they might travel and the people they might see. Especially alluring would be the special opportunities to knit their hearts together even tighter as a family. This idea grew into a reality. This book tells the story of that dream-come-true.

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