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The Founder: Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power

By: Robert I. Rotberg

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The Founder: Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power

By: Robert I. Rotberg

A tall, robust-looking, imposing figure, Cecil John Rhodes was a man of many contradictions. Rhodes, the dreamy idealist, called his copy of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius his "most precious possession," while Rhodes, the ruthless businessman, firmly believed in the adage, "every man has his price." He supported invidious racial laws in South Africa, and invented and sponsored the world-renowned Rhodes Scholarships. Although a man of unprepossessing intellectual talents, he became one of the leading figures in the English-speaking world, the confidant of Queen Victoria and Kaiser Wilhelm, a man of vast wealth and worldwide influence. Based on seventeen years of research, this monumental volume, written by a noted authority on Southern Africa, offers the definitive biography of one of the most controversial figures of the nineteenth century. Vividly capturing the life of a man who was truly larger than life, Robert Rotberg explores Rhodes' childhood and adolescence; depicts his life in mining camps around Kimberley and the Witwatersrand; traces the surreptitious stock buyouts and mergers that allowed Rhodes to gain control over ninety percent of the world's diamond production by age thirty-five; describes his campaigns against African populations that allowed him to establish Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia); and discusses the poorly planned, disastrous raid on the Transvaal that destroyed Rhodes' reputation. The Founder illuminates a complex and fascinating life of both evil and good.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199879206

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9780199879205

Assessing Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students

A Practical Guide

By: Robert L. Rhodes,Salvador Hector Ochoa,Samuel O. Ortiz

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Assessing Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students

A Practical Guide

By: Robert L. Rhodes,Salvador Hector Ochoa,Samuel O. Ortiz

This is the first book to present a practical, problem-solving approach and hands-on tools and techniques for assessing English-language learners and culturally diverse students in K-12 settings. It meets a crucial need among practitioners and special educators working in today's schools. Provided are research-based, step-by-step procedures for conducting effective interviews with students, parents, and teachers; making the best use of interpreters; addressing special issues in the prereferral process; and conducting accurate, unbiased assessments of academic achievement, intellectual functioning, language proficiency, and acculturation. Among the book's special features are reproducible worksheets, questionnaires, and checklists--including several in both English and Spanish--in a ready-to-use, large-size format. This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series.

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Guilford Press

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1593851413

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9781593851415

Acarology

Proceedings of the 10th International Congress

By: Robert Bruce Halliday,RB Halliday

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Acarology

Proceedings of the 10th International Congress

By: Robert Bruce Halliday,RB Halliday

Acarology: Proceedings of the 10th International Congress is a timely overview of the current international research mites and ticks. The outcome of a conference of leading acarologists, it presents major reviews of all current areas of research including: *advances in acarine biodiversity and systematics. *human and livestock diseases transmitted by ticks and other parasitic mites. *interactions between mites and their food plants. *mites as biological control agents. *use of genetic markers in mite population studies. *mites as bioindicators. *ecology and biology of soil mites. *mite evolutionary ecology and reproduction. *advances in acarine diversity and systematics. The 90 papers in the book represent some of the best research from leading international researchers from over 50 countries, and helps to establish priorities for future research. All papers have been peer reviewed and edited. Acarology is a comprehensive and important addition to the world literature on mites, and is an essential addition to all acarological and entomological reference collections.

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672

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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0643066586

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9780643066588

RNA Polymerase III Transcription

By: Robert J. White

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RNA Polymerase III Transcription

By: Robert J. White

This monograph reviews and summarizes the substantial body of work that has been published on the transcription by polymerase III over the past 5 years. Progress in this field has been very rapid since 1993, and this new edition incorporates all the recent developments and offers the reader a highly detailed analysis of the current state of research on this largest and most complex of the eukaryotic RNA polymerases.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3662035189

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9783662035184

An Introduction to Crime and Crime Causation

By: Robert C. Winters,Julie L. Globokar,Cliff Roberson

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An Introduction to Crime and Crime Causation

By: Robert C. Winters,Julie L. Globokar,Cliff Roberson

An Introduction to Crime and Crime Causation is a student-friendly textbook that defines and explains the concepts of crime, criminal law, and criminology. Ideal for a one-semester course, the book compares and contrasts early criminal behavior and today‘s modern forms of crime. It also explores society‘s responses to criminal behavior in the past

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CRC Press

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1466597119

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9781466597112

100 Years of Telephone Switching

By: Robert J. Chapuis

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100 Years of Telephone Switching

By: Robert J. Chapuis

In this work, not only the principles by which manual and automatic systems function are distinguished, but also the background to the invention is given. This is done from the perspective of an unbiased international observer.

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1586033492

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9781586033491

Book's by Robert L. Rhodes

The Founder: Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power

The Founder: Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power

Assessing Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students

Assessing Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students

Acarology

Acarology

RNA Polymerase III Transcription

RNA Polymerase III Transcription

An Introduction to Crime and Crime Causation

An Introduction to Crime and Crime Causation

100 Years of Telephone Switching

100 Years of Telephone Switching

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