Tara Kingston's Books

Real Life Reading

By: Tara McCarthy

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Real Life Reading is an ideal tool for teaching reading to adults who are learning ESL or who are at the pre-GED level. With examples based on real-life situations that your students are eager to master--from making sure they get the right change to calculating how much half a pound of oranges will cost at the grocery store--this book is sure to keep them interested and motivated. For use with Grades 7 and Up.

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Scholastic Inc.

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0439237769

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Tempting the Highland Spy

By: Tara Kingston

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Tempting the Highland Spy

By: Tara Kingston

Highlander Harrison MacMasters knows a pretty face can hide bitter deception. Once, he'd been drawn to Grace Winters and the temptation in her kiss. Now, he knows better than to trust her with anything, including his heart. But when he’s drawn into a risky mission with life-and-death stakes, he's forced to watch over the one woman he hoped to never see again. Grace Winters will do anything to keep her sister safe, even if it means stealing the Crown Jewels themselves. But when she’s caught in the act, she’ll need to make a bargain with the devil to keep herself from the gallows and her family from the poorhouse. Too bad the one man she gave in to temptation with years ago now controls her fate and is playing a dangerous game of his own—with her heart. Each book in the Highland Hearts series is STANDALONE: * The Highlander Who Loved Me * Lady Evelyn's Highland Protector * Tempting the Highland Spy

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Entangled: Amara

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1640637230

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9781640637238

Four Quarters of the Night

The Life-Journey of an Emigrant Sikh

By: Tara Singh Bains,Hugh Johnston

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Four Quarters of the Night

The Life-Journey of an Emigrant Sikh

By: Tara Singh Bains,Hugh Johnston

Identifying himself as both an Indian and a Canadian but first and foremost a Sikh, Tara Singh has shuttled back and forth between Canada and India for most of his life, finding personal harmony while incorporating two very different countries and cultures into his life. Tara Singh was raised within an amritdhari, or baptised, Sikh tradition in a small village in Punjab, India; his values and identity are firmly rooted in Punjabi Sikh culture. As a child and adolescent he suffered mercilessly from his father's verbal and physical cruelty, but the support that he drew from his village environment and his religion gave him strength. He married, according to traditional practices, the woman that his family had arranged for him to wed. Sponsored by his sister, Tara Singh emigrated to Canada in the early 1950s and settled in British Columbia. He came alone, without his wife and children, as most Punjabis did. His greatest initial shock in Canada was his experience with racism, and its impact on his relatives who tried to persuade him to shave his beard and abandon his turban - two sacred symbols of the Sikh. Refusing to betray his beliefs, he resisted the relentless pressure of his family just as he later fought against the exploitation of immigrants in the saw mills where he worked. Tara Singh became active in fighting for immigrant rights and protecting the Sikh faith in Canada. The Four Quarters of the Night is more than one man's life story: his single voice reveals much about the collective experience of immigrants. Tara Singh's narrative presents an evocative picture of a newcomer's experiences in a land of foreign customs, culture, and religious beliefs. Hugh Johnston, to whom Tara Singh told his story, has created a unique and invaluable document in immigration and ethnic history.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773565183

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9780773565180

The Race Card

From Gaming Technologies to Model Minorities

By: Tara Fickle

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The Race Card

From Gaming Technologies to Model Minorities

By: Tara Fickle

Winner, 2020 American Book Award, given by the Before Columbus Foundation How games have been used to establish and combat Asian American racial stereotypes As Pokémon Go reshaped our neighborhood geographies and the human flows of our cities, mapping the virtual onto lived realities, so too has gaming and game theory played a role in our contemporary understanding of race and racial formation in the United States. From the Chinese Exclusion Act and Japanese American internment to the model minority myth and the globalization of Asian labor, Tara Fickle shows how games and game theory shaped fictions of race upon which the nation relies. Drawing from a wide range of literary and critical texts, analog and digital games, journalistic accounts, marketing campaigns, and archival material, Fickle illuminates the ways Asian Americans have had to fit the roles, play the game, and follow the rules to be seen as valuable in the US. Exploring key moments in the formation of modern US race relations, The Race Card charts a new course in gaming scholarship by reorienting our focus away from games as vehicles for empowerment that allow people to inhabit new identities, and toward the ways that games are used as instruments of soft power to advance top-down political agendas. Bridging the intellectual divide between the embedded mechanics of video games and more theoretical approaches to gaming rhetoric, Tara Fickle reveals how this intersection allows us to overlook the predominance of game tropes in national culture. The Race Card reveals this relationship as one of deep ideological and historical intimacy: how the games we play have seeped into every aspect of our lives in both monotonous and malevolent ways.

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NYU Press

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1479884367

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9781479884360

Teaching and Learning in a Multilingual School

Choices, Risks, and Dilemmas

By: Tara Goldstein,Gordon Pon,Timothy Chiu,Judith Ngan

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Teaching and Learning in a Multilingual School

Choices, Risks, and Dilemmas

By: Tara Goldstein,Gordon Pon,Timothy Chiu,Judith Ngan

In-depth portrayal and discussion of dilemmas, choices and risks teachers and students must negotiate in a multilingual school. Based on a Canadian study but applicable for all teachers working with linguistically and culturally diverse students.

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Routledge

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1135641994

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9781135641993

Goddyssey Museum of Poetry Presents

Creative Corridors

By: Tara Shenéa Gause

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Goddyssey Museum of Poetry Presents

Creative Corridors

By: Tara Shenéa Gause

Enter into the Goddyssey Museum of Poetry, the poetic realm and sanctuary of the immortal Poetic Goddess Tara Shenéa. In this artistic collection of poetry the reader will journey through the corridors of creativity and become supernaturally exposed to feelings of inspiration, love, laughter, power, faith-filled encouragement and so much more. The Goddess absorbs the reader with her engaging rhythmic style and diverse content to meet every reader's needs. Wonder and amazement awaits in the featured Exhibition Hall corridor where she captivates and awes the reader with phenomenal expression using international, as well as American traditional and contemporary poetry form styles.

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1449025293

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Popular Music

Topics, Trends & Trajectories

By: Tara Brabazon

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Popular Music

Topics, Trends & Trajectories

By: Tara Brabazon

An incredibly wide-ranging critical account of popular music. The book is an essential resource for all staff and students in the field′ - John Storey, Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland Organized in accessible sections and covering the main themes of research and teaching it examines: • The key approaches to understanding popular music • The main settings of exchange and consumption • The role of technology in the production of popular music • The main genres of popular music • The key debates of the present day Barbazon writes with verve and penetration. Her approach starts with how most people actually consume music today and transfers this onto the plain of study. The book enables teachers and students to shuffle from one topic to the other whilst providing an unparalleled access the core concepts and issues. As such, it is the perfect study guide for undergraduates located in this exciting and expanding field. Tara Brabazon is Professor of Communication at University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT).

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1446254208

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Trump Studies

An Intellectual Guide to Why Citizens Vote Against Their Interests

By: Tara Brabazon,Steve Redhead,Runyararo S. Chivaura

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Trump Studies

An Intellectual Guide to Why Citizens Vote Against Their Interests

By: Tara Brabazon,Steve Redhead,Runyararo S. Chivaura

This book addresses the seismic political events of Donald Trump's presidency and the British vote to leave the EU. It explores why citizens vote against their own best interests, and demonstrates the role and value of universities in a time when evidence, expertise and facts often dissolve into opinion, emotion and fake news.

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1787697819

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Urban Faery Magick

Connecting to the Fae in the Modern World

By: Tara Sanchez

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Urban Faery Magick

Connecting to the Fae in the Modern World

By: Tara Sanchez

Develop Relationships with the Fae for a Lifelong Journey of Magick Meet dozens of faeries that have adapted to the modern world and can be found in the most unexpected places. Urban Faery Magick introduces you to these mystical beings, providing tips and techniques for interacting with them as you travel your own spiritual path. Author Tara Sanchez explores dozens of case studies and shares her own personal stories of fae encounters, uniquely associating each faery with one of the elements from Eastern or Western traditions. You will learn about the Zaragoza goblin, Jon the Rust Spirit, Jenny Green-teeth, the Santiago Park Pixie, and many more. This book also includes dozens of hands-on exercises, including traditional Celtic practices, chants, invocations, breath work, dowsing, scrying, and interpreting signs as you discover the important lessons the fae can teach us. Faeries are no strangers to the cities of the world. They walk the streets and live their lives in the forlorn alleys, waterways, nooks, and crannies that are often overlooked. Urban Faery Magick shows you how to connect with these misunderstood creatures and experience their energy.

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0738764361

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Old Dogs, New Truths

By: Tara Taylor Quinn

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Old Dogs, New Truths

By: Tara Taylor Quinn

Anything is paw-sible with a four-legged matchmaker! When heiress Lindsay Warren-Smythe assumes a false identity to meet her biological father, she doesn’t expect to develop a connection with her new coworker, Cole Bennet, and his lovable dog, Lillie. Cole learned the hard way not to trust beautiful liars with his heart, but letting his guard down with Lindsay feels different. Right. But Lindsay’s secrets could make her budding relationship with Cole collateral damage… From Harlequin Special Edition: Believe in love. Overcome obstacles. Find happiness. Sierra's Web Book 1: His Lost and Found Family Book 2: Reluctant Roommates Book 3: Tracking His Secret Child Book 4: Her Best Friend's Baby Book 5: Cold Case Sheriff Book 6: The Bounty Hunter's Baby Search Book 7: On the Run with His Bodyguard Book 8: Their Secret Twins Book 9: Old Dogs, New Truths Book 10: Not Without Her Child Book 11: A Firefighter's Hidden Truth Book 12: Last Chance Investigation Book 13: A Family-First Christmas Book 14: Danger on the River

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0369745620

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9780369745620

Performing Kamishibai

An Emerging New Literacy for a Global Audience

By: Tara McGowan

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Performing Kamishibai

An Emerging New Literacy for a Global Audience

By: Tara McGowan

Kamishibai (paper-theater), a Japanese picture-storytelling medium, is gaining global interest as we move from a text-based culture to one that emphasizes multiple semiotic systems and performance. This is the first volume to explore the potential of kamishibai as a dynamic "new" interactive medium for teaching multimodal communication and shows how synchronizing oral, visual and gestural modes develops students’ awareness of all modes of communication as potential resources in their learning. By examining the multiple modes involved in kamishibai through actual student performances over several venues, this volume overturns commonly held expectations about literacy in the classroom and provides a critical perspective on assumptions about other media. It offers much-needed information about a medium that is attracting interest from educators, academics and artists worldwide.

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1317529820

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Daughters of Fortune

By: Tara Hyland

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Daughters of Fortune

By: Tara Hyland

Katie O'Dwyer flees the constraints of her rural Irish upbringing for the excitement of London. Here she meets and falls in love with William Melville: the imposing head of the Melville fashion dynasty. Elusive, charismatic; married. Their affair is brief but passionate. Katie conceives a child. Fifteen years later she succumbs to cancer; and her beautiful daughter Caitlin finds that she must go to live in England, with the father she has never met. Her half-sisters - cold, high-achieving Elizabeth, and spoilt princess Amber - react to her with hostility; while their elegant mother is too high on valium to notice what goes on. Reeling from her mother's death, unable to fit into this alien world, Caitlin is sent away to boarding school. It is here that something happens which is so awful, so brutalizing, it will change Caitlin forever . . . Over the next fifteen years the sisters' lives will take them in very different directions. Golden girl Elizabeth will enter the family business, hoping to fulfil her destiny of taking the helm; longing above all for her father's approval. But Caitlin remains William's favourite; even though she has rejected his love and his money. In fact, Caitlin's success as a high-fashion designer has been achieved entirely on her own terms. Amber, meanwhile, is too beautiful for her own good. Spoilt but unloved, she craves attention: this makes her easy pickings for predatory men. But the sisters' paths will continue to cross. Because the simple truth is that, no matter how far you go, you cannot escape the claims of family.

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Simon and Schuster

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1847376991

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Lifespan Development

Lives in Context

By: Tara L. Kuther

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Lifespan Development

Lives in Context

By: Tara L. Kuther

Recipient of the 2017 Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA) Chronologically organized, Lifespan Development: Lives in Context offers a unique perspective on the field by focusing on the importance of context—examining how the places, sociocultural environments, and ways in which we are raised influence who we become and how we grow and change. Author Tara L. Kuther integrates cutting-edge and classic research throughout the text to present a unified story of developmental science and its applications to everyday life. Robust pedagogy, student-friendly writing, and an inviting design enhance this exciting and inclusive exploration of the ways in which context informs our understanding of the lifespan.

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148336884X

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The Duke & Duchess Of Dallas 2

A Bulletproof Bond

By: Tara Ellis

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The Duke & Duchess Of Dallas 2

A Bulletproof Bond

By: Tara Ellis

Duchess is finally putting the pieces of her life back together. She’s opened her heart to love again and believes she’s found that second chance in Brian. She’s even pursuing her dreams of becoming a professional singer, but one phone call from Ford immediately changes everything. Duke is alive. On a mission to avenge his brother’s untimely death, Ford finds out the brother he thought had been murdered is alive and well. But Duke has no idea who Ford is. In fact, Duke is living a new life in the Dominican Republic with his new wife, Auri, and their son. With so much at stake, will Ford be able to convince his brother that he isn’t Demarcus, but in fact the Duke of Dallas? One thing Ford knows for sure is if anyone can get through to Duke, it’s Duchess. Duke needs her now more than ever... or he’ll be lost to them all forever.

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1648408133

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The Duke & Dutchess of Dallas

A Bulletproof Bond

By: Tara Ellis

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The Duke & Dutchess of Dallas

A Bulletproof Bond

By: Tara Ellis

Duke knew he’d found his wife the moment he laid eyes on Duchess. Duchess wasn’t looking for love when she met Duke, an infamous, well-known drug dealer in Dallas, but she found that and so much more when she fell hard for the man the streets called The Duke of Dallas. Duke and Duchess become hood royalty but their love story is tragically cut short when Duke is killed a month before their wedding. After losing Duke, Duchess struggles to piece her life back together. No longer The Duchess of Dallas, she’s not only forced to trade in a life of luxury for bargains and hand-me-downs, but she’s also no longer protected by Duke’s ruthless reputation. Duchess finds herself needing Duke now more than ever. On a mission to avenge his brother’s death, Ford sets out to kill the man responsible for Duke’s murder. But what he finds along the way has the power to either break Duchess completely...or finally set her free.

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Adolescence in Context

Lives in Context

By: Tara L. Kuther

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Adolescence in Context

Lives in Context

By: Tara L. Kuther

From award-winning author Tara L. Kuther comes Adolescence in Context, a topically oriented text that connects learners to the science that shapes our understanding of today′s teenagers and young adults. The book is organized around three core themes: the centrality of context, the importance of research, and the applied value of developmental science. The text presents classic research, current research, and foundational theories, which Kuther frames in real-life contexts such as gender, race and ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Students will come away with an understanding of the book’s themes and material that they will immediately be able to apply to their own lives and future careers.

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1506376088

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Framing Majismo

Art and Royal Identity in Eighteenth-Century Spain

By: Tara Zanardi

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Framing Majismo

Art and Royal Identity in Eighteenth-Century Spain

By: Tara Zanardi

Majismo, a cultural phenomenon that embodied the popular aesthetic in Spain from the second half of the eighteenth century, served as a vehicle to “regain” Spanish heritage. As expressed in visual representations of popular types participating in traditional customs and wearing garments viewed as historically Spanish, majismo conferred on Spanish “citizens” the pictorial ideal of a shared national character. In Framing Majismo, Tara Zanardi explores nobles’ fascination with and appropriation of the practices and types associated with majismo, as well as how this connection cultivated the formation of an elite Spanish identity in the late 1700s and aided the Bourbons’ objective to fashion themselves as the legitimate rulers of Spain. In particular, the book considers artistic and literary representations of the majo and the maja, purportedly native types who embodied and performed uniquely Spanish characteristics. Such visual examples of majismo emerge as critical and contentious sites for navigating eighteenth-century conceptions of gender, national character, and noble identity. Zanardi also examines how these bodies were contrasted with those regarded as “foreign,” finding that “foreign” and “national” bodies were frequently described and depicted in similar ways. She isolates and uncovers the nuances of bodily representation, ultimately showing how the body and the emergent nation were mutually constructed at a critical historical moment for both.

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0271076682

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Child and Adolescent Development in Context

By: Tara L. Kuther

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Child and Adolescent Development in Context

By: Tara L. Kuther

Like children themselves, development is dynamic. In the chronologically organized Child and Adolescent Development in Context, award-winning author Tara L. Kuther frames development research in real-life contexts, including gender, race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and more. Kuther presents highly relatable examples, vivid cross-cultural stories, and case studies of real individuals, consistently prompting students to reflect on chapter content with What do you think? questions. The book emphasizes three core themes: the centrality of context, the importance of research, and the applied value of developmental science; students will come away with an understanding of these themes that they will immediately be able to apply to their own lives and future careers. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package. Digital Option / Courseware SAGE Vantage is an intuitive digital platform that delivers this text’s content and course materials in a learning experience that offers auto-graded assignments and interactive multimedia tools, all carefully designed to ignite student engagement and drive critical thinking. Built with you and your students in mind, it offers simple course set-up and enables students to better prepare for class. Assignable Video with Assessment Assignable video (available with SAGE Vantage) is tied to learning objectives and curated exclusively for this text to bring concepts to life. “/li> LMS Cartridge (formerly known as SAGE Coursepacks): Import this title’s instructor resources into your school’s learning management system (LMS) and save time. Don’t use an LMS? You can still access all of the same online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site. Teach a course on infants and children? Kuther′s Infants and Children in Context covers ages 0-12 and is available now.

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1544324804

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Lifespan Development in Context

A Topical Approach

By: Tara L. Kuther

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Lifespan Development in Context

A Topical Approach

By: Tara L. Kuther

Award-winning author Tara L. Kuther presents Lifespan Development in Context, a topically organized version of her bestselling Lifespan Development text that provides a panoramic view of the many influences that shape human development. Kuther’s student-friendly narrative illustrates how the places, sociocultural environments, and ways in which we are raised influence who we become and how we grow and change throughout our lives. Three core themes resonate throughout each chapter: the centrality of context, the importance of research, and the value of applied developmental science. Foundational theories and classic studies are combined with contemporary research and culturally diverse perspectives for a modern introduction to the field that is both comprehensive and concise. Visual overviews, case studies, and critical thinking questions encourage self-reflection and class discussion, ensuring students have the tools they need to apply course concepts to their lives and future careers.

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Changing the Game

How to be a Sustainable and Regenerative Small Practice

By: Tara Gbolade,Lanre Gbloade

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Changing the Game

How to be a Sustainable and Regenerative Small Practice

By: Tara Gbolade,Lanre Gbloade

Architecture has hit something of a sticking point when it comes to adapting to contemporary life and its various concerns - the finite resources of the planet, the lack of diversity in the profession, the punishing lifestyle afforded by traditional practice models. Changing the Game explores how to create and run a future-proofed small practice through value-driven decision-making and profitability. It considers 'sustainability' in every sense of the word, looking beyond materials and projects to the socio-economic repercussions and responsibilities the modern practice must engage with. This practical and accessible book walks readers through the journey of building a culture that reflects a sustainability/entrepreneurial led-mindset - whether you're starting your own practice or trying to effect change from within an existing practice. It examines efficient practice models and structures, including lean practice models that are sustainable, profitable and innovative. It showcases how small practices can compete in a global environment; through collaboration; innovation and specialising. It includes case studies and interviews with exciting small practices that are punching above their weight to inspire, share ideas and encourage outside-the-box thinking. Importantly, it engages with the urgency of the Climate Emergency as well as the Societal Emergency: how, following the pandemic, climate issues such as air pollution and dense urban development have predominantly affected those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

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The University of Google

Education in the (Post) Information Age

By: Tara Brabazon

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The University of Google

Education in the (Post) Information Age

By: Tara Brabazon

Looking at schools and universities, it is difficult to pinpoint when education, teaching and learning started to haemorrhage purpose, aspiration and function. Libraries and librarians have been starved of funding. Teachers cram their curriculum with 'skill development' and 'generic competencies' because knowledge, creativity and originality are too expensive to provide to unmotivated students and parents obsessed with league tables, not learning. Meanwhile, the internet offers a glut of information on everything-under-the-sun, a mere mouse-click away. Bored surfers fill their cursors and minds with irrelevancies. We lose the capacity to sift, discard and judge. Information is no longer for social good, but for sale. Tara Brabazon argues that this information fetish has been profoundly damaging to our learning institutions and to the ambitions of our students and educators. In The University of Google she projects a defiant and passionate vision of education as a pathway to renewal, where research is based on searching and students are on a journey through knowledge, rather than consumers in the shopping centre of cheap ideas. Angry, humorous and practical in equal measure, The University of Google is based on real teaching experience and on years of engaged and sometimes exasperated reflection on it. It is far from a luddite critique of the information age. Tara Brabazon celebrates the possibilities of digital platforms in education, but deplores the consequences of placing funding on technology and not teachers. In doing so, she opens a new debate on how to make our educational system both productive and provocative in the (post-) information age.

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1317012828

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Fame: Pop Stars: Volume 1

By: C. W. Cooke,Patrick McCormack,Tara Ooten

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Fame: Pop Stars: Volume 1

By: C. W. Cooke,Patrick McCormack,Tara Ooten

FAME offers a broad examination of strong and influential personalities who are influencing culture. In this collected edition learn about the top pop stars of the decade. Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber & Britney Spears. This series has been featured from TIME magazine to TIGER BEAT.

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1450744303

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Harlequin Heartwarming March 2017 Box Set

A Clean Romance

By: Kate James,Tara Randel,Cerella Sechrist,LeAnne Bristow

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Harlequin Heartwarming March 2017 Box Set

A Clean Romance

By: Kate James,Tara Randel,Cerella Sechrist,LeAnne Bristow

Harlequin Heartwarming brings you a collection of four new wholesome reads, available now! This Harlequin Heartwarming box set includes: SANCTUARY COVE by Kate James When communications executive Emma Meadows’s life is shattered by an act of corruption, can a chance meeting with veterinarian Josh Whitmore change her life again, this time for the better? THE WEDDING MARCH The Busines of Weddings by Tara Randel Inspiration strikes at the oddest moments. Like when Cassie Branford runs into Luke Hastings, playing in a wedding band. This is a man who refuses to create music again… She’s a woman who desperately needs his help to save her career in music. Even if it’s at the risk of falling in love. A SONG FOR RORY A Findlay Roads Story by Cerella Sechrist Country-music superstar Sawyer Landry is living the dream. Yet something is missing, and that something is Rory Callaghan, the woman he never stopped loving. So he returns to Findlay Roads to win her back, but he’ll have to do more than sing her a few sweet songs… HER TEXAS REBEL by LeAnne Bristow He left her when she needed him most, and she’s hidden a secret baby from him for ten years. When Sabrina Davis returns home in the hopes of getting her at-risk son into a better environment, she discovers that Tony Montoya, now a cop, has also returned to Lometa, Texas, to recover from an injury on the job. Great. That’s just what she needs.

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Two Languages at Work

Bilingual Life on the Production Floor

By: Tara Goldstein

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Two Languages at Work

Bilingual Life on the Production Floor

By: Tara Goldstein

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language.

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e-Learning and Social Networking Handbook

Resources for Higher Education

By: Frank Rennie,Tara Morrison

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e-Learning and Social Networking Handbook

Resources for Higher Education

By: Frank Rennie,Tara Morrison

Digital resources—from games to blogs to social networking—are strong forces in education today, but how can those tools be effectively utilized by educators and course designers in higher education? Filled with practical advice, the e-Learning and Social Networking Handbook, Second Edition provides a comprehensive overview of online learning tools and offers strategies for using these resources in course design, highlighting some of the most relevant and challenging topics in e-learning today, including: • using social networking for educational purposes • designing for a distributed environment • strengths and weaknesses of delivering content in various formats (text, audio, and video) • potential constraints on course design • implementation, evaluation, induction, and training Illustrated by short, descriptive case studies, the e-Learning and Social Networking Handbook, Second Edition also directs the reader to useful resources that will enhance their course design. This helpful guide will be invaluable to all those involved in the design and delivery of online learning in higher education.

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Fame: Justin Bieber

By: Tara Broeckel Ooten,Claudio Avella

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Fame: Justin Bieber

By: Tara Broeckel Ooten,Claudio Avella

Presents the life and career of the popular singer, from his childhood in Canada to his rise to fame in graphic format.

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When a Lady Dares

By: Tara Kingston

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When a Lady Dares

By: Tara Kingston

Sophie Atherton knows when someone is lying. The covert agent is an expert at deception—she can spy a falsehood a mile away. Working undercover as a medium's assistant, she is well aware that her employer is a charlatan. So when dashing archaeologist Gavin Stanwyck seeks out the spiritualist's services, Sophie knows he's after much more than a long-lost heirloom. All Gavin Stanwyck wants is justice for his murdered friend, but his search so far has come up empty. Posing as a treasure hunter, he seeks out a man who claims he can commune with the dead—a man Gavin suspects played a role in his friend’s death. Complicating matters even more is the medium's beautiful assistant. She's a distraction Gavin can ill afford and a temptation he’s unable to resist. As danger closes in, he'll risk everything to protect the woman who's dared to touch his heart. Each book in the Her Majesty’s Most Secret Service series is STANDALONE: * When a Lady Deceives * When a Lady Dares * When a Lady Desires a Wicked Lord * When a Lady Kisses a Scot

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For Better

How the Surprising Science of Happy Couples Can Help Your Marriage Succeed

By: Tara Parker-Pope

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For Better

How the Surprising Science of Happy Couples Can Help Your Marriage Succeed

By: Tara Parker-Pope

“The most credible and interesting marital self-help book of all time.”—Newsweek Editor of The Washington Post's Wellness Department and former New York Times columnist Tara Parker-Pope is one of the most popular and e-mailed journalists in the nation. In this eye-opening—and ultimately optimistic—look at marriage today, Parker-Pope reveals the heart behind the statistics to bust the myths and share the true secrets to marital happiness. Among her surprising findings: • most marriages today are succeeding • newlywed couples who don't fight are at a higher risk for divorce than those who do • how couples divide household chores influences how often they have sex Whatever their stage of life or marital status, readers will be fascinated and buoyed by this classic in the making.

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Penguin

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1101404299

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The Highlander Who Loved Me

By: Tara Kingston

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The Highlander Who Loved Me

By: Tara Kingston

Johanna Templeton is on a life-and-death quest. Swept into an intrigue that rivals the tales she pens, she joins forces with a Highland rogue to find the treasure that will save her kidnapped niece—a prize the Scot seeks for reasons that have nothing to do with ransom. Engaging the Highlander in a sizzling battle of the sexes, Johanna shields her heart. Connor MacMasters, spy for Queen Victoria, is a man on a mission—keep a legendary gemstone from an evil man. Trailing an American novelist who holds the key to the treasure should’ve been simple, but Johanna awakens feelings he’d long thought dead. Torn between duty and desire, he wants her in his bed, but loving her would be a fool’s game. Blasted shame his heart doesn’t agree. Each book in the Highland Hearts series is STANDALONE: * The Highlander Who Loved Me * Lady Evelyn's Highland Protector * Tempting the Highland Spy

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When a Lady Dares

By: Tara Kingston

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By: Tara Kingston

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When a Lady Kisses a Scot

By: Tara Kingston

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When a Lady Kisses a Scot

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Rose Fleming has been presumed dead for the last decade. It required leaving everything—and everyone—she loved behind, including MacAllister Campbell. But faking her death allowed her to stay safe until the threat posed by a mysterious villain had passed. Believing it’s finally safe again, she returns...and runs smack into the only man she ever loved. But Rose was wrong and the stalker she escaped years ago still has her in his sights. Ten years ago, Mac mourned the death of the woman he loved. It’s taken years to heal his heart only to discover that not only is Rose still alive, but still in grave danger. Mac can forgive Rose’s deception, but he’d never be able to forgive himself if he didn’t protect her from the evil still stalking her. The only thing worse than losing her once would be losing her again... and he won’t let that happen. Each book in the Her Majesty’s Most Secret Service series is STANDALONE: * When a Lady Deceives * When a Lady Dares * When a Lady Desires a Wicked Lord * When a Lady Kisses a Scot

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Entangled: Amara

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1640638415

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Critical Race Counterstories along the Chicana/Chicano Educational Pipeline

By: Tara J. Yosso

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Critical Race Counterstories along the Chicana/Chicano Educational Pipeline

By: Tara J. Yosso

Chicanas/os are part of the youngest, largest, and fastest growing racial/ethnic 'minority' population in the United States, yet at every schooling level, they suffer the lowest educational outcomes of any racial/ethnic group. Using a 'counterstorytelling' methodology, Tara Yosso debunks racialized myths that blame the victims for these unequal educational outcomes and redirects our focus toward historical patterns of institutional neglect. She artfully interweaves empirical data and theoretical arguments with engaging narratives that expose and analyse racism as it functions to limit access and opportunity for Chicana/o students. By humanising the need to transform our educational system, Yosso offers an accessible tool for teaching and learning about the problems and possibilities present along the Chicano/a educational pipeline.

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1136082581

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When a Lady Deceives

By: Tara Kingston

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When a Lady Deceives

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London, 1890. Reporter Jennie Quinn is determined to find justice for a murdered informant. Deception is her weapon of choice, but being undercover cannot protect her from a powerful criminal’s seductive game of cat and mouse. She aches to trust Matthew Colton, the enigmatic former lawman with passionate kisses too tempting to resist. Colton is as dangerous as he is clever, though, and Jennie will not abandon her quest for the truth. Seeking vengeance against those who destroyed his career with Scotland Yard, Colton has worked hard to infiltrate the criminal world he’s vowed to bring down. Jennie fascinates him... enough that he feels the barriers around his heart breaking down. But their secrets may destroy everything. Each book in the Her Majesty’s Most Secret Service series is STANDALONE: * When a Lady Deceives * When a Lady Dares * When a Lady Desires a Wicked Lord * When a Lady Kisses a Scot

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When a Lady Desires a Wicked Lord

By: Tara Kingston

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When a Lady Desires a Wicked Lord

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Alexandra Quinn has spent her life uncovering and studying ancient relics. But when her own past resurfaces, she isn’t prepared. The man who shattered her young heart is the last person she’d expect to rescue her from an intruder just in the nick of time. To solve a string of murders from Cairo to London, she’ll have to work with the rakish Benedict Weston, Viscount Marlsbrook. Alex knows better than to trust Benedict, but it’s impossible to forget his kiss and the wicked promise it holds. Benedict never wanted to be a hero. Actually, he’s plundered antiquities for years – it seems the only way to restore his family’s debt-ridden estate to glory. But now, a ruthless killer has targeted Alex, the only woman he’s ever loved – the woman he craves with a soul-deep hunger. He’ll do whatever it takes to protect her... even from himself. Each book in the Her Majesty’s Most Secret Service series is STANDALONE: * When a Lady Deceives * When a Lady Dares * When a Lady Desires a Wicked Lord * When a Lady Kisses a Scot

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1640635564

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Nude

Saying a Beautiful Goodbye to Who You Thought You Were and Stepping into Who You Truly Are.

By: Tara Portelli CHNP CHN CCH

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Saying a Beautiful Goodbye to Who You Thought You Were and Stepping into Who You Truly Are.

By: Tara Portelli CHNP CHN CCH

Tara Portelli teaches readers how to transform their pain into empowerment in order to live a divinely guided life as the authentic “self”. Each story and exercise in the book guides readers to release pain that keeps them stuck and helps them find what they long for most in their life: Love, peace and true joy. Readers will learn to stop chasing love outside of themselves and to connect with self love instead. Making the shift from pain to empowerment give readers a deep rooted sense of being in the world around them.

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