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Sherlock Holmes: The Woman Who Wasn't

By: Kenton Hall,Paul Birch,Kara Dennison,Tim Gambrell,Penny Jones,J.P. McCourt,H.E. Roulo,Elliot Thorpe

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Sherlock Holmes: The Woman Who Wasn't

By: Kenton Hall,Paul Birch,Kara Dennison,Tim Gambrell,Penny Jones,J.P. McCourt,H.E. Roulo,Elliot Thorpe

January 1889… Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson have grown accustomed to the extraordinary, the inexplicable and the downright strange. Mysterious hounds, sinister cabals, ingenious murders and desperate criminals of all stripes. But they are about to face a year unlike any other, as they tackle some of their most challenging cases to date and, in doing so, uncover the dark conspiracy at the heart of The Woman Who Wasn’t. The Woman Who Wasn’t is a Sherlock Holmes anthology with a difference, a series of linked stories that task the Great Detective and his faithful companion with mysteries large and small, personal and political. Missing husbands, government conspiracies, creatures of myth and, of course, murder most foul – the Baker Street duo face some of their greatest challenges yet. Penned by a range of award-winning authors and edited by Kenton Hall, who also provides the central mystery, ‘The Woman Who Wasn’t’ is a fascinating new trip into the world of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous creation.

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Andrews UK Limited

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1837916225

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9781837916221

Subject Librarians

Engaging with the Learning and Teaching Environment

By: Penny Dale

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Subject Librarians

Engaging with the Learning and Teaching Environment

By: Penny Dale

The university subject librarians' role is at the centre of new models of teaching and learning, yet further debate and published contributions are still needed to shape its future direction. Subject Librarians: Engaging with the Learning and Teaching Environment assesses trends and challenges in current practice, and aims to encourage renewed thinking and improved approaches. Its editors and authors include experienced practitioners and academics. At a time of great change and increasing challenges in higher education this book offers directors of academic services, library managers, librarians and lecturers a chance to reflect on the key issues and consider the needs of the learning community. Subject Librarians: Engaging with the Learning and Teaching Environment also provides a perspective on current practice and a reference source for students of Information Management and Information Studies.

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Routledge

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1317048733

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9781317048732

The History of Bethlem

By: Jonathan Andrews,Asa Briggs,Roy Porter,Penny Tucker,Keir Waddington

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The History of Bethlem

By: Jonathan Andrews,Asa Briggs,Roy Porter,Penny Tucker,Keir Waddington

Bethlem Hospital, popularly known as "Bedlam", is a unique institution. Now seven hundred and fifty years old, it has been continuously involved in the care of the mentally ill in London since at least the 1400s. As such it has a strong claim to be the oldest foundation in Europe with an unbroken history of sheltering and treating the mentally disturbed. During this time, Bethlem has transcended locality to become not only a national and international institution, but in many ways, a cultural and literary myth. The History of Bethlem is a scholarly history of this key establishment by distinguished authors, including Asa Briggs and Roy Porter. Based upon extensive research of the hospital's archives, the book looks at Bethlem's role within the caring institutions of London and Britain, and provides a long overdue re-evaluation of its place in the history of psychiatry.

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Routledge

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1136098526

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9781136098529

Hidden Depths

The Origins of Human Connection

By: Penny Spikins

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Hidden Depths

The Origins of Human Connection

By: Penny Spikins

n Hidden Depths, Professor Penny Spikins explores how our emotional connections have shaped human ancestry. Focusing on three key transitions in human origins, Professor Spikins explains how the emotional capacities of our early ancestors evolved in response to ecological changes, much like similar changes in other social mammals. For each transition, dedicated chapters examine evolutionary pressures, responses in changes in human emotional capacities and the archaeological evidence for human social behaviours. Starting from our earliest origins, in Part One, Professor Spikins explores how after two million years ago, movement of human ancestors into a new ecological niche drove new types of collaboration, including care for vulnerable members of the group. Emotional adaptations lead to cognitive changes, as new connections based on compassion, generosity, trust and inclusion also changed our relationship to material things. Part Two explores a later key transition in human emotional capacities occurring after 300,000 years ago. At this time changes in social tolerance allowed ancestors of our own species to further reach out beyond their local group and care about distant allies, making human communities resilient to environmental changes. An increasingly close relationship to animals, and even to cherished possessions, appeared at this time, and can be explained through new human vulnerabilities and ways of seeking comfort and belonging. Lastly, Part Three focuses on the contrasts in emotional dispositions arising between ourselves and our close cousins, the Neanderthals. Neanderthals are revealed as equally caring yet emotionally different humans, who might, if things had been different, have been in our place today. This new narrative breaks away from traditional views of human evolution as exceptional or as a linear progression towards a more perfect form. Instead, our evolutionary history is situated within similar processes occurring in other mammals, and explained as one in which emotions, rather than ‘intellect’, were key to our evolutionary journey. Moreover, changes in emotional capacities and dispositions are seen as part of differing pathways each bringing strengths, weaknesses and compromises. These hidden depths provide an explanation for many of the emotional sensitivities and vulnerabilities which continue to influence our world today.

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White Rose University Press

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1912482339

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9781912482337

Multi-Wavelength Observations of Coronal Structure and Dynamics

By: Penny Martens,D. Cauffman

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Multi-Wavelength Observations of Coronal Structure and Dynamics

By: Penny Martens,D. Cauffman

These are the Proceedings of the Yohkoh 10th Anniversary Meeting, a COSPAR Colloquium held in Kona, Hawaii, USA, on January 20-24, 2002. The title of the meeting was Multi-Wavelength Observations of Coronal Structure and Dynamics. In these proceedings the many and varied advances of the dynamics solar atmosphere in the past ten years of observations by Yohkoh have been reviewed.

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Elsevier

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0080537170

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9780080537177

The Golden Thread

A Former Slave’s Story Binds Two Hurting Hearts

By: Penny Garrison

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The Golden Thread

A Former Slave’s Story Binds Two Hurting Hearts

By: Penny Garrison

Can Anna Bailey, a former slave who never learned to read or write, become the heroine everyone needs especially on Christmas Day, 1939? Will Clifton Matthews, wealthy entrepreneur, fight for Shelby’s love or allow Josh Green to steal her heart?

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Xlibris Corporation

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1456840843

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9781456840846

Children are Artists: Supporting Children’s Learning Identity as Artists

By: Penny Hay

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Children are Artists: Supporting Children’s Learning Identity as Artists

By: Penny Hay

This book explores how we can better understand and support children’s learning identity as artists. It discusses an innovative pedagogical approach that outlines parents’ and educators’ roles in developing and supporting children as artists. Drawing on original research, the book discusses rich case study examples and vignettes to give new insights into children’s learning and developing identities as artists. It identifies the key characteristics of children’s creative learning and outlines a creative and reflective pedagogy while highlighting the role of adults in the process. The chapters discuss topics such as curiosity, creative skills, self-directed learning, real-life contexts for learning and ways of engaging creative learning and imagination. The book provides a new model for children’s art education and will be essential reading for academics, researchers, and students in the fields of arts education, creativity, and learning. It will also appeal to specialist art educators and policy makers within the arts and arts education.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000872777

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9781000872774

Our Australian Girl: Nellie and Secret the Letter (Book 2)

Nellie and Secret the Letter (Book 2)

By: Penny Matthews

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Our Australian Girl: Nellie and Secret the Letter (Book 2)

Nellie and Secret the Letter (Book 2)

By: Penny Matthews

It's 1849 . . . and Nellie is starting her new life as a kitchen maid in a grand Adelaide house with her best friend, Mary. But Nellie's desire to live out her dreams soon leads to a battle with the spiteful cook Bessie Rudge... Can Nellie keep her temper and avoid being thrown out to beg on the streets? And why is Mary acting so strangely? Follow Nellie on her adventure in the second of four exciting stories about an Irish girl with a big heart, in search of the freedom to be herself.

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Penguin Group Australia

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1742535178

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9781742535173

Come to Dust

By: Penny Freedman

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Come to Dust

By: Penny Freedman

It is September 2022. The Queen is dead, and the UK government is in turmoil, the economy close to collapse. Normally, opinionated Gina Gray would have plenty to say, but she is grappling with her own despair: A dark moon is rising; the world has shrunk to the inside of my head. So, when her sixteen-year-old granddaughter, Freda, doing a weekend job as a chambermaid at a scientific conference in a local college, finds an eminent professor dead in his bed, Gina has no energy for detective work, but when the police start to follow a trail that leads back into her own past, she faces a desperate moral dilemma. It is Freda, caught up in her own investigation and finding herself at risk, who shakes Gina out of her apathy and into action – to rescue Freda and to avenge a very personal crime.

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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1836286791

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9781836286790

How to Host a Killer Party

A Party-Planning Mystery

By: Penny Warner

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How to Host a Killer Party

A Party-Planning Mystery

By: Penny Warner

Don't let murder crash your party. Presley Parker was just happy to get her party planning business off the ground. Now she's gotten the gig of the year, planning Mayor Davin Green's sumptuous "surprise" wedding for his socialite fiancée, to be held on Alcatraz. But when the bride is found floating in the bay and the original party planner is found murdered, Presley becomes the prime suspect. If the attractive crime scene cleaner, Brad Matthews, doesn't help her tidy her reputation, she'll be exchanging her formal wear for prison stripes...

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Penguin

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110118471X

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9781101184714

Bloody British History: Southampton

By: Penny Legg

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Bloody British History: Southampton

By: Penny Legg

The people of Southampton have had a lot to put up with over the centuries. If the Danes of French weren't attacking it, pirates from further along were. Treasonous plots were hatched behind its ancient walls and mutiny hit its shipping. This book looks at such bloody events as the Black Death in the city, what happens when you cross a king, the ill-fated Titanic and the Blitz. Yes, the best bits of Southampton's history are surely the bloodiest!

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The History Press

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0752481932

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9780752481937

Choose to Dance

By: Penny Monetti

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Choose to Dance

By: Penny Monetti

Get ready Moms and Pre-teen Daughters! Fleeting time together transforms into life-long memories as you Choose to Dance, or spend time, with Gods miraculous blessing each other. Choose To Dance opens up sensitive topics like a floodgate. Slow-flowing mother/daughter dialogue cascades into Niagara-sized conversations. Through heartwarming stories, memory-making projects, and relationship bonding exercises, moms discover their daughters true feelings and self-perception. Pre-teens realize moms dont live on an alien planet but have experienced similar temptations and challenges. Daughters are encouraged to choose a godly stance on tough issues such as peer-pressure, purity, and self-image before they face real-life situations. Then, when moral choices do arise, daughters are prepared to uphold their pre-determined Christian values. Choose To Dances fun, interactive website connects readers together to exchange creative ideas, unique experiences, and common challenges. Life is too short to sit this one out. Choose To Dance today.

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Xulon Press

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1604773235

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9781604773231

Reconstructing Women's Wartime Lives

Discourse and Subjectivity in Oral Histories of the Second World War

By: Penny Summerfield

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Reconstructing Women's Wartime Lives

Discourse and Subjectivity in Oral Histories of the Second World War

By: Penny Summerfield

The effects of World War II on women's sense of themselves forms the basis of this exploration of the interaction between cultural representations of men and women in World War II, and women's own narratives of their wartime lives.

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Manchester University Press

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0719044618

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9780719044618

Sitting in Judgment

The Working Lives of Judges

By: Penny Darbyshire

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Sitting in Judgment

The Working Lives of Judges

By: Penny Darbyshire

The public image of judges has been stuck in a time warp; they are invariably depicted in the media - and derided in public bars up and down the country - as 'privately educated Oxbridge types', usually 'out-of-touch', and more often than not as 'old men'. These and other stereotypes - the judge as a pervert, the judge as a right-wing monster - have dogged the judiciary long since any of them ceased to have any basis in fact. Indeed the limited research that was permitted in the 1960s and 1970s tended to reinforce several of these stereotypes. Moreover, occasional high profile incidents in the courts, elaborated with the help of satirists such as 'Private Eye' and 'Monty Python', have ensured that the 'old white Tory judge' caricature not only survives but has come to be viewed as incontestable. Since the late 1980s the judiciary has changed, largely as a result of the introduction of training and new and more transparent methods of recruitment and appointment. But how much has it changed, and what are the courts like after decades of judicial reform? Given unprecedented access to the whole range of courts - from magistrates' courts to the Supreme Court - Penny Darbyshire spent seven years researching the judges, accompanying them in their daily work, listening to their conversations, observing their handling of cases and the people who come before them, and asking them frank and searching questions about their lives, careers and ambitions. What emerges is without doubt the most revealing and compelling picture of the modern judiciary in England and Wales ever seen. From it we learn that not only do the old stereotypes not hold, but that modern 'baby boomer' judges are more representative of the people they serve and that the reforms are working. But this new book also gives an unvarnished glimpse of the modern courtroom which shows a legal system under stress, lacking resources but facing an ever-increasing caseload. This book will be essential reading for anyone wishing to know about the experience of modern judging, the education, training and professional lives of judges, and the current state of the courts and judiciary in England and Wales.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1847318304

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9781847318305

Crash Course in Storytime Fundamentals

By: Penny Peck

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Crash Course in Storytime Fundamentals

By: Penny Peck

This manual is a "one-stop shop" on how to present storytimes to suit different audiences including bilingual learners, special needs children, and those in a variety of settings such as Head Start, preschools, and day care situations. This beginner's guide to storytelling traces the developmental stages of very young children, illustrating how to present storytime for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers as well as in family settings to be most effective. Author Penny Peck will teach you the fundamentals of reading with the intent of capturing children's imaginations, showing you how to incorporate music, play, and hands-on activities into your routine. She offers expert advice on how to choose the best picture books and provides lists of books for addressing particular literacy needs. A perfect primer for those new to the task, this guide illustrates how to make this activity a favorite of children and provides tips for progressing in the role of storyteller, with ideas for engaging your audience and enhancing enjoyment. Beginning with the basics of performing a library storytime, each subsequent chapter builds on that knowledge, offering ways to infuse technology, special needs adaptations, and music into the story. The revised edition addresses such current topics as iPads, apps usage, online options, and dance programs.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1610697847

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9781610697842

Planners and Politicians

Liberal Politics and Social Policy, 1957-1968

By: Penny Bryden

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Planners and Politicians

Liberal Politics and Social Policy, 1957-1968

By: Penny Bryden

This text explores the interrelationship between social programmes, federal-provincial relations, the role of the bureaucracy in devising and legitimizing policy and the nature of political power in the modern Canadian state.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773516506

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9780773516502

Practical Field Ecology

A Project Guide

By: C. Philip Wheater,James R. Bell,Penny A. Cook

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Practical Field Ecology

A Project Guide

By: C. Philip Wheater,James R. Bell,Penny A. Cook

This book introduces experimental design and data analysis / interpretation as well as field monitoring skills for both plants and animals. Clearly structured throughout and written in a student-friendly manner, the main emphasis of the book concentrates on the techniques required to design a field based ecological survey and shows how to execute an appropriate sampling regime. The book evaluates appropriate methods, including the problems associated with various techniques and their inherent flaws (e.g. low sample sizes, large amount of field or laboratory work, high cost etc). This provides a resource base outlining details from the planning stage, into the field, guiding through sampling and finally through organism identification in the laboratory and computer based data analysis and interpretation. The text is divided into six distinct chapters. The first chapter covers planning, including health and safety together with information on a variety of statistical techniques for examining and analysing data. Following a chapter dealing with site characterisation and general aspects of species identification, subsequent chapters describe the techniques used to survey and census particular groups of organisms. The final chapter covers interpreting and presenting data and writing up the research. The emphasis here is on appropriate wording of interpretation and structure and content of the report.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470694289

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9780470694282

Military Wives

From the First World War to Afghanistan

By: Penny Legg

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Military Wives

From the First World War to Afghanistan

By: Penny Legg

For as long as there have been armed forces there have been camp followers – the families who move with the military to stay with their men. This book looks at the experiences of just a few of these families, through the eyes of the military wives and their relatives. From the First World War, when many women were fiancées but never wives, through the Second World War and postwar Britain to the present day and twenty-first-century service life, military wives talk about their experiences as never before. What is it really like to be married to a member of Britain's Armed Forces? Can you ever be prepared for the reality that awaits you when you say 'I do' and walk down the aisle? From Big Bertha's booms, rationing and bomb shelters, to military wives choirs, Afghanistan and marathons, this book celebrates that great British heroine, the military wife.

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The History Press

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0750957212

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9780750957212

Introduction to Sonography and Patient Care

By: Steven M. Penny

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Introduction to Sonography and Patient Care

By: Steven M. Penny

Master the sonography content and skills you need to prepare for, and succeed in, your specialized career! Introduction to Sonography and Patient Care, 2nd Edition, provides essential information and real-world applicable content, bridging the gap between didactic and clinical training. An easy-to-understand writing style and logically organized format take you step by step through each aspect of this dynamic, rewarding, and continually evolving imaging specialty.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1975120124

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9781975120122

The Development of Children and Adolescents

An Applied Perspective

By: Penny Hauser-Cram,J. Kevin Nugent,Kathleen Thies,John F. Travers

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The Development of Children and Adolescents

An Applied Perspective

By: Penny Hauser-Cram,J. Kevin Nugent,Kathleen Thies,John F. Travers

The Development of Children and Adolescents, by Penny Hauser-Cram, J. Kevin Nugent, Kathleen Thies, and John F. Travers, provides an integrated view of child development. Presenting the most pertinent research for each developmental stage and linking this to practical applications in the areas of Parenting, Policy, and Practice, this balanced approach emphasizes the relationship between research and theory and applications. The rich media program, including WileyPLUS with Real Development promotes active learning and allows for increased understanding and comprehension of the course content. Real Development, authored by Nicole Barnes, Ph.D., Montclair State University and Christine Hatchard, Psy.D., Monmouth University, uses authentic video showcasing real families, along with activities and assessments that put students in the place of a professional, to gain an understanding of key concepts. Through the combination of text and media, students are engaged in meaningful learning that deepens and enriches their understanding of developmental concepts. WileyPLUS sold separately from text.

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