A collection of poems by the former first lady of Northwest Missouri State University, Sue Wright Owens writes: "My poetry reflects my lifetime and my values.
Is your least favorite part of the day leaving your best friend behind? Are you tired of coming home to chewed-up sofas and shoes and garbage in places it shouldn't be? Now you can turn your bored dog into an active dog with 150 Activities for Bored Dogs. With a great mix of activities for the home-alone dog, as well as activities that let you in on the fun, 150 Activities for Bored Dogs includes chapters on Fun Fur One, Fun Fur Two, and Fun Fur the Whole Doggone Pack. "Fetch" will seem like puppy play when you discover activities like: Hide the Treats Rexercise Tetherball Tug Finally, you can leave puppy guilt behind, thanks to 150 Activities for Bored Dogs.
Help middle and high school students find the books they need for school reports quickly and easily. The author has indexed the lives and accomplishments of more than 5,700 notable men and women from ancient through modern times in this tool that will aid librarians, media specialists, and teachers with a student's search to find biographies written especially for their age group.
Trouble crops up in Native American Elsie "Beanie" MacBean's neck of the woods during Lake Tahoe's worst drought of the century. Beanie already has her hands full, dog sitting Calamity, her daughter Nona's rescued basset hound, and is feeling overwhelmed, dealing with her crazy new boarder's behavioral issues and chronic ear infections, while juggling writing deadlines and caring for her own dog, Cruiser. Then things turn deadly. While on a woodland hike with Cruiser and Calamity, Beanie lets the dogs off their leashes. As the two canines rush off, she questions the wisdom of letting them run free. But when the dogs start baying, she knows they've found trouble. Sure enough, the animals have sniffed out a lumberjack's corpse, hugging a tree, with an arrow piercing his neck. Did the killer object to the lumberjack clear-cutting the old-growth forest, or was his motive more personal? As the bodies pile up and the suspects mount, Beanie realizes that her serene forest home is no longer as safe and peaceful as before. Now danger lurks in the forest-man, beast, and nature-and they all seem determined to kill her...
Spanning five hundred years of American history, this definitive reference provides an incisive look at the contributions that women have made to the social, cultural, political, economic, and scientific development of the United States. Original.
Another collection of poems by the former first lady of Northwest Missouri State University, Sue Wright Owens, who writes: "I decided to write aging poetry and attempt to poke humor wherever possible. Hopefully, my aging poetry will help others.
A fascinating biography of the British explorer whose legendary expedition to the South Pole was shrouded in controversy and tragedy. Captain Robert Falcon Scott CVO (6 June 1868-29 March 1912) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions. During the second venture, Scott led a party of five which reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912, only to find that they had been preceded by Roald Amundsen’s Norwegian expedition. On their return journey, Scott and his four comrades all perished from a combination of exhaustion, starvation and extreme cold. Before his appointment to lead the Discovery Expedition, Scott had followed the conventional career of a naval officer in peacetime Victorian Britain. It was the chance for personal distinction that led Scott to apply for the Discovery command, rather than any predilection for polar exploration. However, having taken this step, his name became inseparably associated with the Antarctic, the field of work to which he remained committed during the final twelve years of his life. Following the news of his death, Scott became an iconic British hero, a status maintained and reflected today by the many permanent memorials erected across the nation. Sue Blackhall reassesses the causes of the disaster that ended his and his comrades’ lives, and the extent of Scott’s personal culpability. From a previously unassailable position, Scott has become a figure of controversy, with questions raised about his competence and character. However, more recent research has on the whole regarded Scott more positively, emphasizing his personal bravery and stoicism while acknowledging his errors, but ascribing his expedition’s fate primarily to misfortune.
Communicate change effectively and bring stability and clarity in difficult situations through insight and lessons from global brands including Unilever, John Lewis, HSBC, and KPMG, with this essential guide for anyone responsible for managing the communications around employee engagement, motivation, retention, and change management. Communicating a company's goals, strategy, and tactics, change processes and brand values effectively within the workplace, makes a real difference to the success of any business. When handled professionally, it will have a positive impact on employee engagement, organizational culture, and performance. This new book written by leading PR and internal communications experts shares the exclusive stories of leading practitioners across sectors and industries, including manufacturing, telecoms, pharmaceuticals, professional services, FMCG and more, to demonstrate the tools, models and practices that have overcome a variety of challenges in a range of organizations. Explaining how to make the case for internal communications at all levels including: -Advice on how to set objectives -Selecting the right communication channel -The best way to deliver tough messages -How to evaluate and collect effective data Successful Employee Communications delivers an essential and easy-to-follow framework for delivering engaging communication strategies that work.
The third edition of Reys’ Helping Children Learn Mathematics is a practical resource for undergraduate students of primary school teaching. Rich in ideas, tools and stimulation for lessons during teaching rounds or in the classroom, this edition continues to provide a clear understanding of how to navigate the Australian Curriculum, with detailed coverage on how to effectively use Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the classroom. This is a full colour printed textbook with an interactive ebook code included. Great self-study features include: auto-graded in-situ knowledge check questions, video of teachers demonstrating how different maths topics can be taught in the classroom and animated, branched chain scenarios are in the e-text.
Child and Adolescent Development for Educators covers development from early childhood through high school. This text provides authentic, research-based strategies and guidelines for the classroom, helping future teachers to create an environment that promotes optimal development in children. The authors apply child development concepts to topics of high interest and relevance to teachers, including classroom discipline, constructivism, social-emotional development, and many others. Child and Adolescent Development for Educators combines the core theory with practical implications for educational contexts, and shows how child development links to the Australian Professional Standards for Graduate Teachers. Case studies and real-world vignettes further bridge the distance between research and the classroom. Along with strong coverage of key local research such as the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children and Longitudinal Study of Indigenous children.
Women have made a difference in every field imaginable, and they continue to do so today. Women's Lives in History introduces readers to dozens of these remarkable people. Women in Sportsfeatures groundbreaking figures in golf, basketball, soccer, figure skating, and many other sports. Compelling text and vivid photographs bring these women to life. Features include essential facts, a timeline, a glossary, additional resources, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
The groundbreaking new text for culturally competent social work practice In Multicultural Social Work Practice, author Derald Wing Sue, one of the most prominent and respected pioneers in diversity research and practice, explores and synthesizes the important theoretical, political, and philosophical concepts related to cultural competence in the field of social work. This comprehensive yet practical text offers students definitive guidance on culturally sensitive social work practice. This important new work challenges the reader to consider the different worldviews of a highly diversified population, and achieve cultural competence through increased awareness, knowledge, and skills. It provides specific definitions of multiculturalism, cultural competence, and multicultural social work that clearly guide discussion, analysis, and debate. It also highlights the sociopolitical and social justice aspects of effective practice, and closely examines how social work theories, concepts, and practices are often rooted in and reflective of the values of the dominant society. Multicultural Social Work Practice features sections on: * Conceptual dimensions of multicultural social work practice * The political dimensions of social work practice * Racial/cultural identity development--social work implication * The practice dimensions of multicultural social work * Systemic and ecological perspectives of multicultural social work * Profiles in culturally competent care for diverse populations In addition to the aforementioned coverage, this innovative text features unique chapters on barriers to effective practice, cultural styles in intervention strategies, and indigenous healing strategies. It also employs generous clinical and real-life examples to illustrate important concepts. A lively, provocative guidebook that challenges traditional social work practice, and featuring a foreword by Monica McGoldrick, Multicultural Social Work Practice is a benchmark text for students of social work, professional social workers, and others in the helping professions.
When an environmental dispute turns murderous in South Lake Tahoe, a terrorized community howls for the killer to be collared. Beanie and her slobbery sleuthhound, Cruiser, sniff out a deadly quarry before Tahoe goes to the dogs.
When a killer strikes in the midst of a hot contest between South Lake Tahoe residents who are lobbying for a new shorefront dog park and those who want a luxury housing project, basset-hound owner Elsie MacBean develops leads that point away from the prime suspect.
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