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The Idea of the Gentleman in the Victorian Novel

By: Robin Gilmour

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The Idea of the Gentleman in the Victorian Novel

By: Robin Gilmour

First published in 1981, this book represents the first comprehensive examination of Victorian society’s preoccupation with the ‘notion of the gentleman’ and how this was reflected in the literature of the time. Starting with Addison and Lord Chesterfield, the author explores the influence of the gentlemanly ideal on the evolution of the English middle classes, and reveals its central part in the novels of Thackeray, Dickens and Trollope. Combining social and cultural analysis with literary criticism, this book provides new readings of Vanity Fair and Great Expectations, a fresh approach to Trollope, and a detailed account of the various streams that fed into the idea of the gentleman.

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Routledge

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1317207432

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Fundamentals of Weather and Climate

By: Robin McIlveen

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Fundamentals of Weather and Climate

By: Robin McIlveen

An introduction to the behaviour and mechanisms of the lower atmosphere which aims to fill a gap between texts describing meteorological behaviour with no account of the mechanisms, and others which tackle the theoretical framework but assume readers are already familiar with atmospheric behaviour.

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Psychology Press

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0748740791

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9780748740796

Maths in Action - Higher Mathematics Preparation for Assessment

By: Edward C. K. Mullan,Ken Nisbet,Robin D. Howat,Ralph Riddiough

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Maths in Action - Higher Mathematics Preparation for Assessment

By: Edward C. K. Mullan,Ken Nisbet,Robin D. Howat,Ralph Riddiough

This new book provides additional practice exercises matched precisely to the performance criteria for all four units of Higher Mathematics. It prepares students for internal Unit Tests and external Course Assessments in Mathematics and Statistics.

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Nelson Thornes

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0174315406

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9780174315407

Mathematics in Action Plus

By: Robin D. Howat

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Mathematics in Action Plus

By: Robin D. Howat

Designed to meet the 5-14 Guidelines. Graded examples at a slow, careful pace. Flexible resource, following the same format as the core Maths in Action books.

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Nelson Thornes

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0174314566

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9780174314561

Murderers' Row

An International Murderers' Who's Who

By: Robin Odell,Wilfred Gregg

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Murderers' Row

An International Murderers' Who's Who

By: Robin Odell,Wilfred Gregg

Criminoloogist Robin Odell has compiled this gruesome gallery of cases from all over the world, revealing the growth in serial slayings, contract killings and middle-class murders and investigating what motivates people to commit the ultimate crime. As well as gangsters and ordinary felons, the book includes doctors, millionaries, housewives, children, lawyers, accountants, officers and gentlemen who have succumbed to the killing instinct. Behind the sensational names concocted by the tabloid press - 'Boston Strangler', 'Dracula Killer', 'Night Stalker', 'Granny Killer' - lurk real murderers committing acts of violence in circumstances often more bizarre than fiction. Arranged in an easy-to-use A-Z format, the book contains over 500 cases from serial killers such as Dennis Nilsen and Ted Bundy, to those such as Jeremy Bamber and Steven Benson who dispatched their parents for money; from murderous New Zealand teenagers whose story made a successful film, to the many doctors and nurses who took life instead of saving it; from unsolved murders such as the murder of Little Gregory in France to the paid assignments of John Waynes Hearn, a Vietnam veteran who killed to order. The result is a classic of true crime, a definitive work on murder as a worldwide phenomenon.

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The History Press

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0752471287

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9780752471280

Introduction to Object ID

Guidelines for Making Records that Describe Art, Antiques, and Antiquities

By: Robin Thornes,Peter G. Dorrell,Henry Lie

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Introduction to Object ID

Guidelines for Making Records that Describe Art, Antiques, and Antiquities

By: Robin Thornes,Peter G. Dorrell,Henry Lie

The illicit trade in art and other cultural objects now constitutes one of the most prevalent categories of international crime. Law-enforcement agencies have long recognized that documentation is critical to the protection and recovery of these objects. Standards were needed that would make it possible for information on stolen objects to move easily across electronic networks and, at the same time, that would be intelligible to law enforcement and art communities alike. Developed through the collaboration of museums, police and customs agencies, the art trade, the insurance industry, and appraisers of art and antiques, Object ID is an international standard that defines the minimal information needed to identify art, antiques, and antiquities. Introduction to Object ID summarizes the evolution of Object ID, explains its nine categories, and offers guidelines for using them. The book provides suggestions for writing descriptions of objects and includes a brief discussion of five additional categories that some institutions opt to employ. The second part of the book sets out guidelines for choosing viewpoints, selecting backgrounds, and positioning lighting when documenting cultural objects with photography. The Introduction to series acquaints professionals and students with the complex issues and technologies in the production, management, and dissemination of cultural heritage information resources.

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Getty Publications

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0892365722

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9780892365722

The Heart of Wisdom Teaching Approach

Bible Based Homeschooling

By: Robin Sampson

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The Heart of Wisdom Teaching Approach

Bible Based Homeschooling

By: Robin Sampson

Details the Bible-based homeschool teaching approach for parents, and discusses Christian education, learning styles, unit studies, bible study, and more.

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Heart of Wisdom Publishing Inc

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0970181671

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9780970181671

Is That My Child?

By: Robin Pauc

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Is That My Child?

By: Robin Pauc

At least one child in five experiences some form of learning difficulty, but: * Learning difficulties as we understand them DO NOT exist * They are not diseases just symptoms * These symptoms never appear alone * They are treatable and avoidable Dr Robin Pauc, an expert in child neurology, approaches learning difficulties, including Dyslexia, ADD, OCD, ADHD, Dyspraxia and Tourette's syndrome of childhood, from a truly ground-breaking perspective. All human babies are born prematurely and develop special new brain cells four months after birth. Every human's developement in the womb and particularly in these early stages of life can, therefore, be affected by devlepement delay, which can blight childhood and marginalize a child at school. Since our brains continue to grow, however, the symptoms can also be treated. Is That My Child? Explains the backround to human developmental delay and contains: * Advice on how to get the best assessment for your child and an explanation of what the examination must include * The effects - good and bad - of certain foods on the brain * Excercises and computer programs that you can use to expand your child's neural function * Case histories of children on whom this plan has worked In the single biggest breakthorough in the history of learning difficulties, Is That My Child? explains the cause of Development Delay Syndromes, uses simple, easy-to-follow tips to show you how to greatly reduce the risk of your child suffering, and gives advice on what can be done to treat those children that do.

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Random House

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144813109X

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9781448131099

The Group Leader's Toolkit

Activities and Strategies for Working with Groups

By: Robin Dynes

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The Group Leader's Toolkit

Activities and Strategies for Working with Groups

By: Robin Dynes

An essential resource for all kinds of groups, these tried and tested strategies will stimulate and encourage full participation from all group members. Provides ideas for introducing group members to each other, breaking down barriers, energising people, helping people learn, moving the group on, building trust between group members, motivating people, assessing and evaluating the group, managing behaviour and personal responsibility, and ending sessions. The activities are set out in a clear, easy to follow format, with variations and guidance for adapting the activities. Will enable group leaders to promote group members' self development, meet the needs of their different learning styles, stimulate their creativity and develop their thinking skills. This toolkit is an invaluable resource for tutors, occupational therapists, nurses, care staff, probation staff, youth leaders or anyone - new or experienced - who works with groups.

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Routledge

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1351698389

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9781351698382

Introduction to Statistics for Biology

By: Trudy A. Watt,Robin H. McCleery,Tom Hart

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Introduction to Statistics for Biology

By: Trudy A. Watt,Robin H. McCleery,Tom Hart

Even though an understanding of experimental design and statistics is central to modern biology, undergraduate and graduate students studying biological subjects often lack confidence in their numerical abilities. Allaying the anxieties of students, Introduction to Statistics for Biology, Third Edition provides a painless introduction to the subject while demonstrating the importance of statistics in contemporary biological studies. New to the Third Edition More detailed explanation of the ideas of elementary probability to simplify the rationale behind hypothesis testing, before moving on to simple tests An emphasis on experimental design and data simulation prior to performing an experiment A general template for carrying out statistical tests from hypothesis to interpretation Worked examples and updated Minitab analyses and graphics Downloadable resources contains a free trial version of Minitab Using Minitab throughout to present practical examples, the authors emphasize the interpretation of computer output. With its nontechnical approach and practical advice, this student-friendly introductory text lays the foundation for the advanced study of statistical analysis.

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CRC Press

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1420011529

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Study Skills for Social Workers

By: Christine Stogdon,Robin Kiteley

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Study Skills for Social Workers

By: Christine Stogdon,Robin Kiteley

′The book is completely student focused. I envisage students having the text on their desks when they attempt their written work, and this is very much how a study guide should be used′ - Professor Keith Popple, London South Bank University Study Skills for Social Workers offers an accessible insight into the practical use of skills for study in a professional social work context. Engaging with students on their journey through the undergraduate or postgraduate qualifying course, it uses relevant case material from academic and social work perspectives to demonstrate the connection between study and practice. The book is comprehensive in its coverage of the core study skills, including guidance on: Effective writing Successful communication Reflective study E-learning Learning in the workplace Understanding feedback. Written in a student-friendly style, Study Skills for Social Workers is interspersed with activities and exercises to enable students to practice and improve their skills as they move through the text. Also included is a glossary, and model answers to sample questions. SAGE Study Skills are essential study guides for students of all levels. From how to write great essays and succeeding at university, to writing your undergraduate dissertation and doing postgraduate research, SAGE Study Skills help you get the best from your time at university. Visit the SAGE Study Skills hub for tips, quizzes and videos on study success!

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1446248259

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Renegade

The Life and Times of Darcus Howe

By: Robin Bunce,Paul Field

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Renegade

The Life and Times of Darcus Howe

By: Robin Bunce,Paul Field

Explore the struggle for racial justice in Britain through the lens of one of Britain's most prominent and controversial black journalists and campaigners. Born in Trinidad during the dying days of colonialism, Darcus Howe became an uncompromising champion of racial justice. The book examines how Howe's unique political outlook was inspired by the example of his friend and mentor C. L. R. James, and forged in the heat of the American civil rights movement, as well as Trinidad's Black Power Revolution. Howe took a leading role in the defining struggles in Britain against institutional racism in the police, the courts and the media. Renegade focuses on his part as a defendant in the trial of the Mangrove Nine, the high point of Black Power in Britain; his role in conceiving and organizing the Black People's Day of Action, the largest ever demonstration by the black community in Britain; and his later work as a prominent journalist and political commentator.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1408886219

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9781408886212

Intermediate 1 Mathematics

By: Doug Brown,Robin D. Howat,G. Murra,Edward C. K. Mullan,R. Murray

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Intermediate 1 Mathematics

By: Doug Brown,Robin D. Howat,G. Murra,Edward C. K. Mullan,R. Murray

The Student Books address the learning outcomes specified in the Higher Still arrangements document and provide complete coverage of the topics required. These comprehensive books offer an extensive resource for Intermediate Mathematics.

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Nelson Thornes

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0174314973

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9780174314974

Researching Education

Data, methods and theory in educational enquiry

By: David Scott,Robin Usher

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Researching Education

Data, methods and theory in educational enquiry

By: David Scott,Robin Usher

This book examines the philosophical, historical, political and social contexts of research and the implications of these for the collection and analysis of data.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1441153128

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Looking at Early Years Education and Care

By: Rose Drury,Robin Campbell,Linda Miller

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Looking at Early Years Education and Care

By: Rose Drury,Robin Campbell,Linda Miller

First published in 2000. This book will serve as a reader for students on early childhood courses and reflective practitioners working with or for young children in a range of early years settings. It provides an introduction to current research and thinking in early years curriculum, health issues, special educational needs, bilingualism, the role of adults working with young children and the role of parents in young children’s development and learning. It takes account of the new curriculum framework and Foundation Stage for early years, recognising the demands of the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies.The contributors’ wide range of backgrounds in early years health and education ensures that the text will meet the needs of students on HNC/D and BA degree courses in Early Childhood Studies and those taking BEd courses for Primary/Early Years teachers.

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Routledge

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1134118252

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9781134118250

New Maths in Action S3/1 Student Book

By: Robin Howat,Harvey Douglas Brown,Graham Meikle,Edward Mullan,Ken Nisbet,Martin Brown

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New Maths in Action S3/1 Student Book

By: Robin Howat,Harvey Douglas Brown,Graham Meikle,Edward Mullan,Ken Nisbet,Martin Brown

This new series follows on from the successful Maths in Action for Standard Grade offering complete coverage of Standard Grade targets, in a carefully considered order. Written by the authors of new maths in Action S1 and S2 to ensure progression from 5-14.

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Nelson Thornes

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0748796118

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9780748796113

New Maths in Action S4/3 Student Book

By: Harvey Douglas Brown,Robin Howat,Graham Meikle,Edward Mullan,Ken Nisbet

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New Maths in Action S4/3 Student Book

By: Harvey Douglas Brown,Robin Howat,Graham Meikle,Edward Mullan,Ken Nisbet

Written by an expert Scottish author team, this market-leading pupil book will help you deliver the Curriculum for Excellence.

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Nelson Thornes

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0748790454

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9780748790456

Primary Science: Teaching Theory and Practice

By: John Sharp,Graham Peacock,Rob Johnsey,Shirley Simon,Robin Smith,Alan Cross,Diane Harris

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Primary Science: Teaching Theory and Practice

By: John Sharp,Graham Peacock,Rob Johnsey,Shirley Simon,Robin Smith,Alan Cross,Diane Harris

This invaluable coursebook is designed for all trainees working towards Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). Covering the essential skills of planning, monitoring, assessment and class management, it relates these specifically to primary science. The text is structured around the current curriculum and incorporates the Primary National Strategy. Content is linked to the 2007 QTS Standards. This edition makes links with the Early Years Foundation Stage throughout and includes a new chapter on teaching science in the Foundation Stage. Research Summaries are updated and popular features such as Reflective and Practical Tasks have also been reviewed.

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SAGE

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1844457877

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Photography and the Art of Chance

By: Robin Kelsey

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Photography and the Art of Chance

By: Robin Kelsey

As anyone who has wielded a camera knows, photography has a unique relationship to chance. It also represents a struggle to reconcile aesthetic aspiration with a mechanical process. Robin Kelsey reveals how daring innovators expanded the aesthetic limits of photography in order to create art for a modern world.

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Harvard University Press

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0674744004

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9780674744004

Chivalry and Exploration, 1298-1630

By: Jennifer Robin Goodman

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Chivalry and Exploration, 1298-1630

By: Jennifer Robin Goodman

The literature of medieval knighthood is shown to have influenced exploration narratives from Marco Polo to Captain John Smith. Explorers from Marco Polo to Captain John Smith viewed their travels and discoveries in the light of attitudes they absorbed from the literature of medieval knighthood. Their own accounts, and contemporary narratives [reinforced by the interest of early printers], reveal this interplay, but historians of exploration on the one hand, and of chivalry on the other, have largely ignored this cultural connection. Jennifer Goodman convincingly develops the ideaof the chivalric romance as an imaginative literature of travel; she traces the publication of medieval chivalric texts alongside exploration narratives throughout the later middle ages and renaissance, and reveals parallel themesand preoccupations. She illustrates this with the histories of a sequence of explorers and their links with chivalry, from Marco Polo to Captain John Smith, and including Gadifer de la Salle and his expedition to the Canary Islands, Prince Henry the Navigator, Cortés, Hakluyt, and Sir Walter Raleigh. JENNIFER GOODMAN teaches at Texas A & M University.

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Boydell & Brewer

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0851157009

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9780851157009

Introduction to Drug Disposition and Pharmacokinetics

By: Stephen H. Curry,Robin Whelpton

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Introduction to Drug Disposition and Pharmacokinetics

By: Stephen H. Curry,Robin Whelpton

The application of knowledge of drug disposition, and skills in pharmacokinetics, are crucial to the development of new drugs and to a better understanding of how to achieve maximum benefit from existing ones. The book takes the reader from basic concepts to a point where those who wish to will be able to perform pharmacokinetic calculations and be ready to read more advanced texts and research papers. The book will be of benefit to students of medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology, biomedical sciences and veterinary science, including those who have elected to study the topic in more detail, such as via electives and special study modules. It will be of benefit to those involved in drug discovery and development, pharmaceutical and medicinal chemists, as well as budding toxicologists and forensic scientists who require the appropriate knowledge to interpret their findings and as an introductory text for clinical pharmacologists. Early chapters describe the basic principles of the topic while the later ones illustrate the application of those principles to modern approaches to drug development and clinical use. Full colour illustrations facilitate the learning experience and supporting material for course leaders and students can be found on the Companion Web Site "Another book on PK? Yes and there should be and it should be DD & PK. It is good, unique, and does fill a currently unmet need for those working in the xenobiotic arena. DD & PK is just like the perfect mystery novel—the one “you just can’t put down.” However, unlike a mystery novel which requires only one reading to find the answer, the reader of DD & PK will learn more than an answer to a single question. The reader will find many solutions to a wide variety of mysterious problems associated with the time course and actions of xenobiotics." —International Journal of Toxicology, John A. Budny, PhD, President, PharmaCal, Ltd, 2018 "This book has many innovations that make a welcome addition to the bookshelves of a wide range of pharmaceutical scientists. The effective use of ﬁgures and tables to summarize and clarify a wide range of issues is to be commended, as are the learning objectives at the start of the chapter coupled with the summary at the end providing a succinct way in understanding the objectives of the chapter and together with links to a website provides accessibility for all from the neophyte pharmacokineticist to the consultant physician. A book all in the Pharma industry should be aware of." —Int. J. of Pharmacokinetics, Howard M. Hill, ResolvPharma, 2018 "Overall, Introduction to Drug Disposition and Pharmacokinetics oﬀers its readership an in-depth view of classic pharmacokinetic concepts. This book would be an excellent choice for a pharmacokinetics elective or as an adjunctive text for an introductory course. This book reviews a wide array of clinically relevant topics and encourages the reader to apply the knowledge gained to all medi-cations. A robust and varied amount of online material is provided to enhance understanding and encourage discussion. It is likely that all readers, novice or experienced pharmacists, would ﬁnd value in this textbook." — Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, Milena McLaughlin, Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy, 2018 "In summary, this is an excellent textbook for students new to the field of pharmaceutics and medical, pharmacy, and veterinary students, particularly those who envision a career in drug development research in either academia or industry." —Veterinary Pathology Review, John K. Amory, University of Washington, 2018

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John Wiley & Sons

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111926104X

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New Maths in Action

By: Robin Howat,Graham Meikle,Doug Brown,Ruth Murray,Ken Nisbet

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New Maths in Action

By: Robin Howat,Graham Meikle,Doug Brown,Ruth Murray,Ken Nisbet

Written by an expert Scottish author team, this market-leading pupil book will help you deliver the Curriculum for Excellence.

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Nelson Thornes

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0748785388

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Questions of English

Ethics, Aesthetics, Rhetoric, and the Formation of the Subject in England, Australia, and the United States

By: Robin Peel,Annette Hinman Patterson,Jeanne Marcum Gerlach

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Questions of English

Ethics, Aesthetics, Rhetoric, and the Formation of the Subject in England, Australia, and the United States

By: Robin Peel,Annette Hinman Patterson,Jeanne Marcum Gerlach

Offers a lively and accessible guide through past and present debates about the English curriculum which will appeal to students and practising teachers.

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Psychology Press

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041519119X

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Improving Subject Teaching

Lessons from Research in Science Education

By: Robin Millar,John Leach,Jonathan Osborne,Mary Ratcliffe

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Improving Subject Teaching

Lessons from Research in Science Education

By: Robin Millar,John Leach,Jonathan Osborne,Mary Ratcliffe

In many countries, questions are being raised about the quality and value of educational research. This book explores the relationship between research and practice in education. It looks at the extent to which current practice could be said to be informed by knowledge or ideas generated by research and at the extent to which the use of current practices or the adoption of new ones are, or could be, supported by research evidence. Science education is used as a case study but the issues considered apply to the teaching and learning of any curriculum subject. The book draws on the findings of four inter-related research studies and considers: how research might be used to establish greater consensus about curriculum; how research can inform the design of assessment tools and teaching interventions; teachers’ and other science educators’ perceptions of the influence of research on their teaching practices and their students’ learning; the extent to which evidence can show that an educational practice ‘works’.

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Routledge

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1134232934

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The Victorian Period

The Intellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature, 1830 - 1890

By: Robin Gilmour

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The Victorian Period

The Intellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature, 1830 - 1890

By: Robin Gilmour

This is a thought-provoking synthesis of the Victorian period, focusing on the themes of science, religion, politics and art. It examines the developments which radically changed the intellectual climate and illustrates how their manifestations permeated Victorian literature. The author begins by establishing the social and institutional framework in which intellectual and cultural life developed. Special attention is paid to the reform agenda of new groups which challenged traditional society, and this perspective informs Gilmour's discussion throughout the book. He assesses Victorian religion, science and politics in their own terms and in relation to the larger cultural politics of the middle-class challenge to traditionalism. Familiar topics, such as the Oxford Movement and Darwinism, are seen afresh, and those once neglected areas which are now increasingly important to modern scholars are brought into clear focus, such as Victorian agnosticism, the politics of gender, 'Englishness', and photography. The most innovative feature of this compelling study is the prominence given to the contemporary preoccupation with time. The Victorians' time-hauntedness emerges as the defining feature of their civilisation - the remote time of geology and evolution, the public time of history, the private time of autobiography.

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1317871308

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Fisheries Management

A Manual for Still-Water Coarse Fisheries

By: Ian Wellby,Ash Girdler,Robin Welcomme

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Fisheries Management

A Manual for Still-Water Coarse Fisheries

By: Ian Wellby,Ash Girdler,Robin Welcomme

Fisheries Management is a beautifully-produced full colour guide to the management of still-water coarse fisheries. Carefully compiled by three leading specialists, who each draw on many years’ experience, this book is an essential purchase for all still water coarse fisheries managers. The correct management of still waters and their fisheries is vital to ensure environmental protection and an appropriate level of stocking densities of healthy fish. This new book provides the reader with the necessary information to achieve these goals. The book's first part covers the ecology of still waters and includes succinct and user-friendly information on physical and chemical processes, nutrient cycles, energy movements, trophic levels, bacteria, plants, invertebrates, fish, disease-causing organisms, mammals and birds. Part two provides in depth, but easily assimilated cutting edge information, on how a still-water fishery should be set up, developed and successfully managed. Coverage includes development, preparation and construction; stock assessment and invertebrate survey; control of water quality, aquatic plants, erosion, predators and nuisance species; management of the impact of climate change; fish disease and biosecurity; control of fishing activities, fish nutrition, fishery enhancement and condition improvement, and general administration. The final part of this excellent manual covers legal and social frameworks including general and environmental legislation, direct fisheries-related legislation, and agencies and organizations. Fisheries Management provides fishery managers with an invaluable, practical tool which none should be without. Students studying fisheries biology, fisheries management and aquatic sciences will find this a very useful learning resource, as will all those who are considering buying or building and setting up lakes for fisheries. All libraries in universities, research establishments and government agencies where fisheries and biological sciences are studied and taught should have copies of this landmark publication on their shelves. Editor and authors with many years’ practical experience Vital and commercially important information for fisheries managers A useful reference source for upper level students and academics Covers an important multi-million pound industry across many countries

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John Wiley & Sons

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1444319787

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Italian Literature since 1900 in English Translation 1929-2016

An Annotated Bibliography, 19292016

By: Robin Healey

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Italian Literature since 1900 in English Translation 1929-2016

An Annotated Bibliography, 19292016

By: Robin Healey

Providing the most complete record possible of texts by Italian writers active after 1900, this annotated bibliography covers over 4,800 distinct editions of writings by some 1,700 Italian authors. Many entries are accompanied by useful notes that provide information on the authors, works, translators, and the reception of the translations. This book includes the works of Pirandello, Calvino, Eco, and more recently, Andrea Camilleri and Valerio Manfredi. Together with Robin Healey's Italian Literature before 1900 in English Translation, also published by University of Toronto Press in 2011, this volume makes comprehensive information on translations from Italian accessible for schools, libraries, and those interested in comparative literature.

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1487502923

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9781487502928

Darcus Howe

A Political Biography

By: Robin Bunce,Paul Field

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Darcus Howe

A Political Biography

By: Robin Bunce,Paul Field

Darcus Howe: a Political Biography examines the struggle for racial justice in Britain, through the lens of one of Britain's most prominent and controversial black journalists and campaigners. Born in Trinidad during the dying days of British colonialism, Howe has become an uncompromising champion of racial justice. The book examines how Howe's unique political outlook was inspired by the example of his friend and mentor C.L.R. James, and forged in the heat of the American civil rights movement, as well as Trinidad's Black Power Revolution. The book sheds new light on Howe's leading role in the defining struggles in Britain against institutional racism in the police, the courts and the media. It focuses on his part as a defendant in the trial of the Mangrove Nine, the high point of Black Power in Britain; his role in conceiving and organizing the Black People's Day of Action, the largest ever demonstration by the black community in Britain; and his later work as one of a prominent journalist and political commentator.

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