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It’s easier than ever to build a new product. But developing a great product that people actually want to buy and use is another story. Build Better Products is a hands-on, step-by-step guide that helps teams incorporate strategy, empathy, design, and analytics into their development process. You’ll learn to develop products and features that improve your business’s bottom line while dramatically improving customer experience. |
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"Homeopathy: Une exploration approfondie des principes et pratiques de guérison Ce livre plonge en profondeur dans la médecine homéopathique, éclairant ses principes fondamentaux, son histoire riche et sa philosophie en évolution. Partant de sa création par Samuel Hahnemann, les lecteurs sont introduits au concept central de "simila similibus curentur", explorant l'utilisation de remèdes extrêmement dilués qui exploitent les capacités de guérison intrinsèques du corps. Le livre élucide également les principes vitaux de l'homéopathie, tels que le principe de dosage minimal et la direction de la guérison, qui aident à surveiller et à guider le voyage de guérison. Un aspect notable de l'homéopathie est son approche holistique, soulignant l'importance d'une prise de cas complète. Grâce à une observation minutieuse, une écoute active et des questions détaillées, les praticiens reconstituent l'état physique, émotionnel et mental du patient, assurant la sélection d'un remède qui résonne avec leur tableau de symptômes unique. En explorant la Matière Médicale, les lecteurs sont introduits à divers remèdes homéopathiques dérivés de la nature, expliquant leurs propriétés uniques et leurs indications. Le livre étend également son focus aux applications pratiques, démontrant l'efficacité de l'homéopathie dans le traitement des conditions mineures de premiers secours et des préoccupations de santé spécifiques aux hommes et aux femmes. Dans un mélange de sagesse ancienne et de pratiques modernes, l'intégration intrigante de l'astrologie dans la prise de cas est discutée, offrant des aperçus plus profonds sur la constitution d'un patient et aidant dans la sélection des remèdes. Alors que nous naviguons vers un avenir où la médecine intégrative gagne en importance, ce livre discute des perspectives grandissantes de l'homéopathie, soulignant son acceptation croissante dans les soins de santé traditionnels et les voies de recherche prometteuses qui l'attendent. Ce guide complet fournit à la fois une base et une perspective visionnaire, encapsulant l'essence intemporelle et le dynamisme évolutif de la médecine homéopathique." |
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Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the 2023 Chautauqua Prize! N amed a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The Economist , Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, the New York Public Library, and more! In The Song of the Cell , the extraordinary author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Emperor of All Maladies and the #1 New York Times bestseller The Gene “blends cutting-edge research, impeccable scholarship, intrepid reporting, and gorgeous prose into an encyclopedic study that reads like a literary page-turner” ( Oprah Daily ). Mukherjee begins this magnificent story in the late 1600s, when a distinguished English polymath, Robert Hooke, and an eccentric Dutch cloth-merchant, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek looked down their handmade microscopes. What they saw introduced a radical concept that swept through biology and medicine, touching virtually every aspect of the two sciences, and altering both forever. It was the fact that complex living organisms are assemblages of tiny, self-contained, self-regulating units. Our organs, our physiology, our selves—hearts, blood, brains—are built from these compartments. Hooke christened them “ cells. ” The discovery of cells—and the reframing of the human body as a cellular ecosystem—announced the birth of a new kind of medicine based on the therapeutic manipulations of cells. A hip fracture, a cardiac arrest, Alzheimer’s dementia, AIDS, pneumonia, lung cancer, kidney failure, arthritis, COVID pneumonia—all could be reconceived as the results of cells, or systems of cells, functioning abnormally. And all could be perceived as loci of cellular therapies. Filled with writing so vivid, lucid, and suspenseful that complex science becomes thrilling, The Song of the Cell tells the story of how scientists discovered cells, began to understand them, and are now using that knowledge to create new humans. Told in six parts, and laced with Mukherjee’s own experience as a researcher, a doctor, and a prolific reader, The Song of the Cell is both panoramic and intimate—a masterpiece on what it means to be human. “In an account both lyrical and capacious, Mukherjee takes us through an evolution of human understanding: from the seventeenth-century discovery that humans are made up of cells to our cutting-edge technologies for manipulating and deploying cells for therapeutic purposes” ( The New Yorker). |
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An Instant #1 National Bestseller • From one of Canada's most respected and high-profile health professionals (and former federal Minister of Health), a timely, practical, ambitious, and deeply personal call for action on health that sets out the roadmap to our future well-being. Jane Philpott has spent her life learning what makes people sick and what keeps people well. She has witnessed miracles in modern medicine. She has also watched children die of starvation in a world that has plenty of food. With Health for All , she sounds a clarion call for a radical disruption in a health care system that is broken—but not beyond repair. The vision is rooted in a deep-seated commitment to health equity. Decades ago, a few visionary Canadian leaders put laws in place to ensure health care insurance for all. But the structures to deliver that care were never fully developed as envisioned. As a result, our health systems are not comprehensive or well-coordinated. In the wake of a pandemic, we risk it all falling apart. More than six million people have no family doctor, nor any other access to primary care. Emergency rooms are routinely closed. Exhausted health workers wonder if it will ever get better. Some say we should hand health care over to the private sector. But to abandon our commitment to publicly funded health care now would only lead to more expensive and less equitable care. Philpott outlines a different solution—an ambitious, once-in-a-generation reset of health systems with universal access to primary care teams. What sets this book apart is that it’s more than a prescription for better medical care. Philpott looks at the big picture of health for all. This includes an intimate look at the personal roots of well-being: hope, belonging, meaning, and purpose. Then, through real-life stories, she examines the impact of the social determinants of health. Finally, she explains that none of this will happen without the political will to do the hard work of rebuilding a healthy society. The remedy we await is serious leadership to implement what we already know and to put the well-being of Canadians at the top of the agenda. |
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Use the English you already know to quickly learn the basics of Spanish with this unique, accessible guide featuring original illustrations by Andy Warhol—from one of America’s most prominent language teachers. Read, write, and speak Spanish in only a few short weeks! Even the most reluctant learner will be astonished at the ease and effectiveness of Margarita Madrigal’s unique method of teaching a foreign language. Completely eliminating rote memorization and painfully boring drills, Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish is guaranteed to help you: • Learn to speak, read, and write Spanish quickly and easily • Convert English into Spanish in an instant • Start forming sentences after the very first lesson • Identify thousands of Spanish words within a few weeks of study • Travel to Spanish-speaking countries with confidence and comfort • Develop perfect pronunciation, thanks to a handy pronunciation key With original black-and-white illustration by Andy Warhol, Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish will provide readers with a solid foundation upon which to build their language skills. |
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The Ottawa Anesthesia Primer is an essential primary text for medical students and residents completing a rotation in anesthesia. Written by over 40 authors and edited by Dr. Patrick Sullivan, the 2023 Ottawa Anesthesia Primer updates the previous 2013 edition. Selected learning objectives can be used and tailored to meet the needs of the reader. Learning objectives appropriate to medical students completing a rotation in anesthesia focus on preoperative assessment, securing intravenous access, airway management, basic resuscitation skills, acute pain management, and the safe use of local anesthetics. Anesthesiologists, anesthesia residents, and physicians from other specialties will find advanced topics discussing the management of the difficult airway, regional anesthesia, acute and chronic pain, management of the circulation, and adult and neonatal resuscitation, to name a few of the 26 chapters. The Primer is available as an Apple or Kindle eBook, and as a printed book. Hyperlinks in the Apple and Kindle eBooks provide direct access to reference articles, instructional videos, case discussions, and other resources. Each chapter in the printed book is accompanied by a QR code image. By simply scanning the QR code image with any smart-device camera, the reader has access to the Primer’s electronic resources. The QR code-enabled print book combines the best of both the traditional analog and digital worlds. The accompanying procedural videos are a valuable resource for educators who can use them as a springboard for further discussion as students gain confidence in their knowledge and procedural skills. |
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From surgeon and bestselling author Atul Gawande, a book that has the potential to change medicine—and lives.   Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming the dangers of childbirth, injury, and disease from harrowing to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should.   Through eye-opening research and gripping stories of his own patients and family, Gawande reveals the suffering this dynamic has produced. Nursing homes, devoted above all to safety, battle with residents over the food they are allowed to eat and the choices they are allowed to make. Doctors, uncomfortable discussing patients’ anxieties about death, fall back on false hopes and treatments that are actually shortening lives instead of improving them. And families go along with all of it.   In his bestselling books, Atul Gawande, a practicing surgeon, has fearlessly revealed the struggles of his profession. Now he examines its ultimate limitations and failures—in his own practices as well as others’—as life draws to a close. And he discovers how we can do better. He follows a hospice nurse on her rounds, a geriatrician in his clinic, and reformers turning nursing homes upside down. He finds people who show us how to have the hard conversations and how to ensure we never sacrifice what people really care about.   Riveting, honest, and humane, Being Mortal shows that the ultimate goal is not a good death but a good life—all the way to the very end. |
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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER In her follow-up to the #1 bestseller The Vagina Bible , Dr. Jen Gunter, Canadian OB/GYN and the internet's most fearless advocate for women's health, brings us empowerment through knowledge by countering stubborn myths and misunderstandings about menopause with hard facts, real science, fascinating historical perspective, and expert advice. The only thing predictable about menopause is its unpredictability. Factor in widespread misinformation, a lack of research, and the culture of shame around women's bodies, and it's no wonder women are unsure what to expect during the menopause transition and beyond.      Menopause is not a disease—it's a planned change, like puberty. And just like puberty, we should be educated on what's to come years in advance, rather than the current practice of leaving people on their own with bothersome symptoms and too much conflicting information. Knowing what is happening, why, and what to do about it is both empowering and reassuring.      Frank and funny, Dr. Jen debunks misogynistic attitudes and challenges the over-mystification of menopause to reveal everything you really need to know about: * Perimenopause * Hot flashes * Sleep disruption * Sex and libido * Depression and mood changes * Skin and hair issues * Outdated therapies * Breast health * Weight and muscle mass * Health maintenance screening * And much more!      Filled with practical tips, useful information and startling insights, this essential guide will revolutionize how women experience menopause—and show them how their lives can be even better for it. |
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Все мы сталкивались с физическими травмами и имеем о них представление. А что мы знаем о психологических? Ведь, как бы банально это ни звучало, зачастую моральная травма накладывает бо́льший отпечаток на нашу жизнь, чем рана на теле. Порез — быстро затянется, перелом — срастется, а вот как проявит себя психологическая травма в сознательном возрасте, каким образом она способна помешать нормальной жизни и что с этим можно сделать? Доктор Бессел ван дер Колк, один из самых известных в мире специалистов по травме, провел более 30 лет, изучая посттравматическое стрессовое расстройство. Объединяя все исследования в области травмы, свой опыт и истории пациентов, в этой книге он объясняет, как травма буквально меняет тело и мозг, лишая переживших ее нормальной жизни, близких отношений и самоконтроля. Но есть и хорошие новости — автор расскажет, как мы можем помочь себе и своим близким в этой ситуации. Исследуя различные возможности исцеления: от медитации, йоги и спорта до занятий в театральных кружках — доктор Бессел предлагает новые пути к выздоровлению, активируя естественную нейропластичность мозга. Тем самым доктор дарит надежду на выздоровление и полноценную жизнь тем, кто столкнулся с травмой. Внимание! Информация, содержащаяся в книге, не может служить заменой консультации врача. Перед совершением любых рекомендуемых действий необходимо проконсультироваться со специалистом. |
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Is your closet jam-packed and yet you have absolutely nothing to wear? Can you describe your personal style in one sentence? If someone grabbed a random piece from your closet right now, how likely is it that it would be something you love and wear regularly? With so many style and shopping options, it can be difficult to create a streamlined closet of pieces that can be worn easily and confidently. In The Curated Closet , style writer Anuschka Rees presents a fascinatingly strategic approach to identifying, refining, and expressing personal style and building the ideal wardrobe to match it, with style and shopping strategies that women can use every day. Using The Curated Closet method, you’ll learn to: • Shop smarter and more selectively • Make the most of your budget • Master outfit formulas and color palettes • Tweak your wardrobe for work • Assess garment fit and quality like a pro • Curate a closet of fewer, better pieces Including useful infographics, charts, and activities, as well as beautiful fashion photography,  The Curated Closet  is the ultimate practical guide to authentic and unique style. |
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This all-in-one reference is a quick and easy way for book, magazine, online, academic, and business writers to look up sticky punctuation questions for all styles including AP (Associated Press), MLA (Modern Language Association), APA (American Psychological Association), and Chicago Manual of Style. Punctuate with Confidence—No Matter the Style Confused about punctuation? There’s a reason. Everywhere you turn, publications seem to follow different rules on everything from possessive apostrophes to hyphens to serial commas. Then there are all the gray areas of punctuation—situations the rule books gloss over or never mention at all. At last, help has arrived.   This complete reference guide from grammar columnist June Casagrande covers the basic rules of punctuation plus the finer points not addressed anywhere else, offering clear answers to perplexing questions about semicolons, quotation marks, periods, apostrophes, and more. Better yet, this is the only guide that uses handy icons to show how punctuation rules differ for book, news, academic, and science styles—so you can boldly switch between essays, online newsletters, reports, fiction, and magazine and news articles. This handbook also features rulings from an expert “Punctuation Panel” so you can see how working pros approach sticky situations. And the second half of the book features an alphabetical master list of commonly punctuated terms worth its weight in gold, combining rulings from the major style guides and showing exactly where they differ. With The Best Punctuation Book, Period , you’ll be able to handle any punctuation predicament in a flash—and with aplomb. |
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COVID-19 and the Global Predators is much more than an analysis of the current exploitation of humanity under cover of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. It discloses for the first time the actual blueprint and master plan that that was ten years in the making by global predators before the pandemic: a plan to reorganize the world in the name of public health. Billionaires, government agencies, giant funds, and major industries collaborated years ahead of time to lay the groundwork for what would become Operation Warp Speed and the Great Reset in 2020.  All this is disclosed, individuals and groups are named, and their plans for the future are documented. The book concludes with chapters on what America and the world must do in the coming weeks and months to save humanity's freedoms. Many top medical and public health experts treating and examining COVID 19 agree this is the most comprehensive book about who and what is behind the draconian measures that are crushing individual freedoms and many of the societies and economies of the Western World including the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Australia. Three of these medical doctors have confirmed this in their introductions to the book: physicians Peter McCullough MD MPH, Vladimir "Zev" Zelenko MD and Elizabeth Lee Vliet MD. They are echoed by endorsements from Robert F Kennedy Jr. and Paul Alexander PhD.  This book thoroughly documents solid answers to these tragic questions about the global predators who are reaping enormous benefits from COVID-19 suffering including wealth, power and the destruction of America as an opposition to globalism.  Who are the "they"-these Global Predators? What are their motives and their plans for us? How can we defend against them? Why did they: ■  Plan Warp Speed for a SARS-CoV pandemic years before it came? ■  Distribute mRNA and DNA vaccines that killed lab animals and now humans? ■  Collaborate with the Chinese making pandemic viruses & bioweapons? ■  Hide the origin of SARS-CoV-2 in the Wuhan Institute? ■  Let China spread the virus around the world on passenger planes? ■  Give so much power to Dr. Anthony Fauci? Why do they continue to: ■  Prohibit cheap, available, safe and effective COVID-19 treatments? ■  Impose draconian closures on our society and economy? ■  Disproportionately harm or destroy small businesses and churches? ■  Make us wear masks and distance ourselves from each other? ■  Exaggerate the death rate from COVID-19 to frighten us? ■  Hide the high and growing vaccine death rate from all of us? ■  Make experimental "vaccines" that turn our bodies against ourselves? Dr. Breggin is a physician with 70+ scientific articles and 20+ medical texts and popular books. He is among the world's most experienced medical experts in landmark legal cases in psychiatry and neurosurgery, and now in COVID-19. The Breggins' bestsellers include Talking Back to Prozac and Toxic Psychiatry. Their research led the United States to cancel the deadly Chinese collaboration. Breggin is an intrepid scholar and is assiduous and methodological as he assembles all the pieces to the puzzle. His research, carried out with his wife Ginger, is impeccable, and his incisive approach sears the neck of those whose aim it is to wield power, control, and instill fear among the world's wealthiest nations. |
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This is the second, revised and expanded edition. The first edition was published under the slightly longer title "How to Take Smart Notes. One Simple Technique to Boost Writing,  Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers". The key to good and efficient writing lies in the intelligent organisation of ideas and notes. This book helps students, academics and other knowledge workers to get more done, write intelligent texts and learn for the long run. It teaches you how to take smart notes and ensure they bring you and your projects forward. The Take Smart Notes principle is based on established psychological insight and draws from a tried and tested note-taking technique: the Zettelkasten. This is the first comprehensive guide and description of this system in English, and not only does it explain how it works, but also why. It suits students and academics in the social sciences and humanities, nonfiction writers and others who are in the business of reading, thinking and writing. Instead of wasting your time searching for your notes, quotes or references, you can focus on what really counts: thinking, understanding and developing new ideas in writing. Dr. Sönke Ahrens is a writer and researcher in the field of education and social science. He is the author of the award-winning book "Experiment and Exploration: Forms of World Disclosure" (Springer). Since its first publication, How to Take Smart Notes has sold more than 10,000 copies and has been translated into seven languages. |
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One of the seminal texts of graphic design, Paul Rand's Thoughts on Design is now available for the first time since the 1970s. Writing at the height of his career, Rand articulated in his slender volume the pioneering vision that all design should seamlessly integrate form and function. This facsimile edition preserves Rand's original 1947 essay with the adjustments he made to its text and imagery for a revised printing in 1970, and adds only an informative and inspiring new foreword by design luminary Michael Bierut. As relevant today as it was when first published, this classic treatise is an indispensable addition to the library of every designer. |
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Acquire the Life-Saving Skills Needed to Eliminate or Reduce Most Helicopter Accidents A vital resource for pilots, helicopter enthusiasts, and aircraft maintenance technicians, Fatal Traps for Helicopter Pilots analyzes all aspects of helicopter accidents, including flight basics, engineering, meteorology, flight training, and human factors. This life-saving guide shows how proper preparation can help prevent accidents by addressing causes such as aerodynamic problems, mechanical failures, poor loading, mid-air collisions, and more. Filled with case studies and first-hand accounts of accidents, the book organizes accident types by primary causes, presenting proven methods for eliminating or reducing the possibility of each type. Greg Whyte, an ex commercial helicopter pilot and professional aviation writer, draws on his own flying experiences and those of other flight veterans to provide a wealth of practical information and safety tips that are essential for everyone who flies, maintains or crews in helicopters. Filled with over 100 helpful illustrations, Fatal Traps for Helicopter Pilots enables readers to: Identify and address the common causes of helicopter accidents Explore in-depth examples of accident scenarios Examine the technical details of accident causes Review case studies and first-hand accounts of accidents Learn from the plain-English notes on avoidance and recovery Inside This Aviation Accident-Prevention Guide • Basic Flight Principles • Vortex Ring State • Recirculation • Ground Resonance • Retreating Blade Stall • Dynamic Rollover • Overpitching • Main Rotor Strikes • Mid-Air Collisions • Mast Bumping • Engine Failures • Tail Rotor Failures • Mechanical Failures • Fuel • Fire • Ditching • Loading Issues • Winching • Weather • Crew and Pre-flight Hazards • Human Factors • Training Mishaps |
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A guide to understanding the major genres of the story world by the legendary writing teacher and author of The Anatomy of Story , John Truby. Most people think genres are simply categories on Netflix or Amazon that provide a helpful guide to making entertainment choices. Most people are wrong. Genre stories aren’t just a small subset of the films, video games, TV shows, and books that people consume. They are the all-stars of the entertainment world, comprising the vast majority of popular stories worldwide. That’s why businesses—movie studios, production companies, video game studios, and publishing houses—buy and sell them. Writers who want to succeed professionally must write the stories these businesses want to buy. Simply put, the storytelling game is won by mastering the structure of genres. The Anatomy of Genres: How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works is the legendary writing teacher John Truby’s step-by-step guide to understanding and using the basic building blocks of the story world. He details the three ironclad rules of successful genre writing, and analyzes more than a dozen major genres and the essential plot events, or “beats,” that define each of them. As he shows, the ability to combine these beats in the right way is what separates stories that sell from those that don’t. Truby also reveals how a single story can combine elements of different genres, and how the best writers use this technique to craft unforgettable stories that stand out from the crowd. Just as Truby’s first book, The Anatomy of Story , changed the way writers develop stories, The Anatomy of Genres will enhance their quality and expand the impact they have on the world. |
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The most streamlined, portable, and easy-to-use drug guide to help you pass the NCLEX-RN !  This pocket-sized review for prospective nurses gives you the focused, key information you need to know about medications commonly seen on the test. Kaplan's  NCLEX-RN Drug Guide  includes: Generic names, brand names, phonetic pronunciations, and drug families for 300 frequently tested medicationsConcise nursing considerations and must-know side effects for each medicationNEW! Expert guidance for studying drugs effectivelyPregnancy risk category and controlled substance schedule for every drugCommon medical abbreviations you'll use on the jobAbbreviations to avoid when recording medication orders Terms are grouped by medication category, and each page features two terms with the complete explanations. With Kaplan's  NCLEX-RN  Drug Guide , you know you are getting the most up-to-date, expert information available to prepare for the exam! |
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This outstanding book breaks down the important things today’s parents need to know and do — from first diagnosis to educational steps in the journey toward raising a listening and talking child. Chapters include tips (such as helping your baby or toddler ease into hearing device use and exposing him to language at home) plus easy to understand information on relevant topics such as pediatric hearing tests, IEP team roles, resources and more. This valuable resource doubles as a college textbook for deaf education and early intervention programs. Topics include: - pediatric hearing tests - hearing devices - accomplishing use of hearing devices during all waking hours - listening and the brain - fostering language and speech during daily routines - IFSP and IEP team roles - the importance of play and literacy - educational placements and various resources Authors Ellie White, MS MAEd, CED and Jenna Voss, PhD, CED, LSLS Cert. AVEd offer more than 40 years of combined early intervention experience. |
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From improved critical thinking to increased self-esteem and school retention, teachers and students have noted many benefits to bringing Aboriginal viewpoints into public school classrooms. In Integrating Aboriginal Perspectives Into the School Curriculum, Yatta Kanu provides the first comprehensive study of how these frameworks can be effectively implemented to maximize Indigenous students' engagement, learning, and academic achievement. Based on six years of empirical research, Kanu offers insights from youths, instructors, and school administrators, highlighting specific elements that make a difference in achieving positive educational outcomes. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines, from cognitive psychology to civics, her findings are widely applicable across both pedagogical subjects and diverse cultural groups. Kanu combines theoretical analysis and practical recommendations to emphasize the need for fresh thinking and creative experimentation in developing curricula and policy. Amidst global calls to increase school success for Indigenous students, this work is a timely and valuable addition to the literature on Aboriginal education. |
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To create a more sustainable, equitable, and peaceful world, we must reimagine education and prepare a generation to be solutionaries—young people with the knowledge, tools, and motivation to create a better future. This book describes how we can (and must) transform education and teaching; create such a generation; and build such a future. |
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The New York Times Bestseller “A gripping journalistic procedural… Spotlight meets Erin Brockovich .” —Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times “Julie K. Brown's important book offers not just a definitive account of the Epstein case, but a compelling window into her own experiences as a dogged reporter at a regional newspaper, facing off against powerful interests set against her reporting.” —Ronan Farrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of  Catch and Kill Dauntless journalist Julie K. Brown recounts her uncompromising and risky investigation of Jeffrey Epstein's underage sex trafficking operation, and the explosive reporting for the Miami Herald that finally brought him to justice while exposing the powerful people and broken system that protected him. For many years, billionaire Jeffrey Epstein's penchant for teenage girls was an open secret in the high society of Palm Beach, Florida and Upper East Side, Manhattan. Charged in 2008 with soliciting prostitution from minors, Epstein was treated with unheard of leniency, dictating the terms of his non-prosecution. The media virtually ignored the failures of the criminal justice system, and Epstein's friends and business partners brushed the allegations aside. But when in 2017 the U.S Attorney who approved Epstein's plea deal, Alexander Acosta, was chosen by President Trump as Labor Secretary, reporter Julie K. Brown was compelled to ask questions. Despite her editor's skepticism that she could add a new dimension to a known story, Brown determined that her goal would be to track down the victims themselves. Poring over thousands of redacted court documents, traveling across the country and chasing down information in difficulty and sometimes dangerous circumstances, Brown tracked down dozens of Epstein's victims, now young women struggling to reclaim their lives after the trauma and shame they had endured. Brown's resulting three-part series in the Miami Herald was one of the most explosive news stories of the decade, revealing how Epstein ran a global sex trafficking pyramid scheme with impunity for years, targeting vulnerable teens, often from fractured homes and then turning them into recruiters. The outrage led to Epstein's arrest, the disappearance and eventual arrest of his closest accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, and the resignation of Acosta. The financier's mysterious suicide in a New York City jail cell prompted wild speculation about the secrets he took to the grave-and whether his death was intentional or the result of foul play. Tracking Epstein’s evolution from a college dropout to one of the most successful financiers in the country—whose associates included Donald Trump, Prince Andrew, and Bill Clinton— Perversion of Justice builds on Brown's original award-winning series, showing the power of truth, the value of local reportage and the tenacity of one woman in the face of the deep-seated corruption of powerful men.  |
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This essential volume by the godfather of modern graphic design explores his process and showcases his highly influential early-career work.   This gorgeously illustrated volume delves into the early decades of America’s pre-eminent graphic artist. Milton Glaser’s work ranges from the iconic I Love New York logo to the famous psychedelic Bob Dylan poster and numerous book and record covers; it encompasses everything from store and restaurant design to toy creations as well as magazine formats and logotypes, including  New York  magazine. In short, his work has helped define the look of our time. Here Glaser undertakes a remarkably wide-ranging representation of his oeuvre. In a new introduction, he speaks of the influences on his work, the responsibilities of the artist, the hierarchies of the traditional art world, and the role of graphic design in the area of his creative growth. First published in 1973,  Milton Glaser: Graphic Design  is an extraordinary achievement and an indisputable classic. |
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Everyone loves - and hates - sitcom. On TV it's the goldmine genre, the one watched by millions. There's a special place in our hearts for Fawlty, Frasier, Blackadder and Brent. An absurd predicament, witty banter, a group of hilariously dysfunctional people: it all seems so easy. But is it? If you've ever said 'I can do better than that', then this is the book for you. How to be a Sitcom Writer will encourage, test and pull you through the comedy boot camp that is writing narrative-led character comedy for radio/TV. |
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Perdican aime Camille, Camille aime Perdican. Pourtant, chacun rivalisera d’ingéniosité et de cruauté pour forcer l’autre à se déclarer tout en feignant l’indifférence. Drame du désir contrarié, réflexion fine sur la difficulté d’aimer, On ne badine pas avec l’amour oscille entre comédie et tragédie pour mieux mettre au jour le "mal du siècle" qui ronge son auteur et ses contemporains. A retenir : Repères chronologiques ; Alfred de Musset et son temps ; La structure de la pièce ; Les thèmes clés d’On ne badine pas avec l’amour Dossier sur l’œuvre et sur le parcours associé, "Les jeux du cœur et de la parole" : • Pourquoi lire On ne badine pas avec l’amour aujourd’hui ? • Histoire littéraire et présentation d’On ne badine pas avec l’amour • Les mots importants de la pièce • Deux groupements de textes • Prolongements artistiques • Exercices d’appropriation • Points de méthode De nombreux exercices rédigés et guidées pour préparer l’écrit (le commentaire, la contraction de texte, l’essai, la dissertation) et l’oral du Bac (les analyses linéaires et la grammaire). |
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Ce livre est fait pour les élèves et pas pour les professeurs qui vont le critiquer et c’est normal. Car malgré ce qu’on vous fait croire au lycée, cette œuvre est facile à comprendre. Vous trouverez dans ce livre ce dont vous avez besoin pour réussir votre bac de français avec des explications simples à comprendre quel que soit votre niveau en français. Liste des poèmes étudiés : Au cabaret vert, Les effarés, Le buffet, Rêvé pour l’hiver, Le Dormeur du Val, Aube, Ma bohème, Le Mal, Roman, Les corbeaux, Vénus anadyomène, A la musique, Larme. |
