JaybeereZone: 2009

Thursday, 31 December 2009

The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes

Police detectives and other law enforcement agents approach each new case carefully, knowing that not every crime - whether murder, disappearance, robbery, or other transgression of the law - can be solved. By carefully collecting and examining evidence, rigorously interrogating suspects, and following up every lead with smart sleuthing, investigators are able to solve most crimes, even some that first appear to be extremely mysterious and troubling. However, true crime readers, crime buffs, students, and readers interested in the history of law enforcement and criminal investigations know that some cases stump the experts. The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes details more than 540 of the most baffling cases of the past two centuries from around the world. This fascinating resource delves into legendary unsolved crimes as well as many disturbing cases from the 19th and 20th centuries that have continued to spark interest among crime writers, professional investigators, and amateur crime sleuths. Entries provide an overview of the crime, the parties involved, the evidence gathered, and the leading theories of law enforcement. Topics such as missing persons are also discussed. Focusing on cases involving prominent figures (Jimmy Hoffa) and mysterious scenarios (the "Zodiac" Killer) as well as those with a major social impact (the Tylenol Murders), The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes offers comprehensive and valuable coverage.

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Teaching and Learning Vocabulary: Bringing Research to Practice

Although proficiency in vocabulary has long been recognized as basic to reading proficiency, there has been a paucity of research on vocabulary teaching and learning over the last two decades. Recognizing this, the U.S. Department of Education recently sponsored a Focus on Vocabulary conference that attracted the best-known and most active researchers in the vocabulary field. This book is the outgrowth of that conference. It presents scientific evidence from leading research programs that address persistent issues regarding the role of vocabulary in text comprehension. Part I examines how vocabulary is learned; Part II presents instructional interventions that enhance vocabulary; and Part III looks at which words to choose for vocabulary instruction.

This book is suitable for anyone (graduate students, in-service reading specialists and curriculum directors, college faculty, and researchers) who deal with vocabulary learning and instruction as a vital component of reading proficiency.

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Stockholm Eyewitness Travel Guide (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

Stockholm Eyewitness Travel Guide (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd, DK Travel (2007) | ISBN: 1405316950
PDF | English | 38 MB | 232 Pages

The guide that shows you what other travel books only tell you! Over 650 full-color photographs, taken especially for this guide, show you Stockholm at its best. Floor plans and 3D cutaways help you explore local buildings- no need to purchase other guides. Detailed and accurate Street Finder maps give you instant access to each district. The Survival Guide shows you, in pictures, how to use local currency, public transportation, and telephones. Hotels, restaurants, cafes, and bars in all price ranges.

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St. Petersburg (Eyewitness Travel Guides) By DK Publishing

St. Petersburg (Eyewitness Travel Guides) By DK Publishing
DK Travel (2007) | 264 Pages | ISBN: 0756624363
PDF | English | 47 MB

EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDES are organised district by district, with a systematic, thematic approach. Significant sights in each area, and star features in each major sight, as well as shopping, accommodation and dining information, are shown alongside colour 3-D maps, town maps, thematic maps, cutaways and floorplans.

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Germany (Eyewitness Travel Guides) - Revised Updated By DK Publishing

Germany (Eyewitness Travel Guides) - Revised Updated By DK Publishing
DK Travel (2007) | 600 Pages | ISBN: 0756626358
PDF | English | 82 MB

Revised and updated, this map of Germany provides a physical base, with relief clearly shown by a system of layer colouring. It extends from Luxembourg and the Netherlands in the west to Poland and Czech Republic in the east, to the north is Denmark and the Baltic, with Switzerland and Austria to the south. The map also features communication detail, with road, rail and canal networks all shown. The map key is in English, French and German, and the scale is 16 miles to one inch.

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Suspended Animation: Pain, Pleasure and Punishment in Medieval Culture

"A provocative and insightful meditation on human pain as a shared obsession in medieval and modern culture. Mills writes as clearly as he thinks (the prose descriptions of the images that he examines are a special delight to read) and the one hundred color and halftone plates are finely reproduced. A fascinating and utterly credible protrayal of medieval culture." - A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

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Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics

Providing Christians with a comprehensive reference volume covering every key issue, person, and concept related to Christian apologetics, this work offers extensive coverage of apologetics with articles on key individuals, philosophical systems and concepts, biblical controversies, contemporary issues, and perennial apologetic arguments. Valuable information and advice are provided for to a wide audience, including pastors and Christian leaders, students on college campuses, those involved in counter-cult ministries.

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Oxford Dictionary of Law - fifth edition

This fully up-to-date edition takes account of recent changes in UK legislation. It is a handy desk reference for lawyers and an ideal source of legal terminology for students and secretaries in any country where the legal system is based on English law. It provides clear, jargon-free information for professionals, students, and people without a legal qualification. It contains over 4,000 entries that define and explain the major terms, concepts, processes, and the organization of the English legal system. It features authoritative and up-to-date articles which have been written by practising and academic lawyers. New entries cover the Woolf reforms, human rights law, as well as family law, central and local government, and international law. This work was described by leading university lecturers as being ' the best law dictionary at present' and 'excellent for non law students as well as Law undergraduates'.

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Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism Since 1450, 3 volume set

The Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450 provides the most comprehensive, accessible, and international reference work about the entirety of Western colonialism from the Portuguese voyages of Prince Henry the Navigator in the fifteenth-century to the making of feature films about British colonialism in India in the twenty-first-century.The Encyclopedia presents over four hundred articles in three volumes.The Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450 is not only a comprehensive reference work that embraces world history during the past five centuries, it is as well an international intellectual project.

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Encyclopedia of Historic Places

Encyclopedia of Historic Places by Courtlandt Canby, David S. Lemberg
Facts on File (2007) | ISBN: 0816053448 | 1538 pages
PDF | English | 7 MB

The three-volume "Encyclopedia of Historic Places, Revised Edition" identifies and provides fascinating background information on cities, towns, districts, territories, and nations around the world. With more than 9,000 A-to-Z entries and a full-color insert in each volume, this revised set is much more comprehensive and colorful than the previous edition. In addition to current place names, cities, and states, this encyclopedia also has a substantial listing of ancient and classical places that are no longer in existence. There have been many changes in the geography of the world over the past 25 years, including the fall of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the birth of the European Union, to name a few. All of these changes, and many more, have been updated in this new edition to make the information as current as possible. The revision also includes new entries from every region of the world, with an added emphasis on how industry and technology have changed the geography of the modern world.

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Encyclopedia of World Scientists

Encyclopedia of World Scientists by Elizabeth H. Oakes
Facts on File (2007) | ISBN: 0816061580 | 960 pages
PDF | English | 10.7 MB

It is a diverse and comprehensive two-volume collection of biographies of scientists. This essential work contains fascinating stories of nearly 1,000 scientists - almost half of whom are female - who have contributed significantly to their fields. All scientific disciplines are represented, as well as all periods of history as far back as 400 BCE. With more than 100 new entries and more than 200 photographs and illustrations, this revised edition highlights how scientists have overcome formidable obstacles while in pursuit of great achievements that have forever altered our understanding of the world. While this set brings together an array of well-known and lesser known scientists, providing the basic biographical details of their lives, the focus is on their work, with their scientific achievements presented in everyday language that makes even the most complex concepts accessible. The well-known scientific "greats" of history are featured, along with contemporary scientists whose work is just verging on greatness. Among these are many minority scientists who have often been excluded from similar books. Entries are organized by field, by country of birth, by country of major scientific activity, and by year of birth.

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Monday, 7 December 2009

UXL Complete Life Science Resource, 3 Volume Set

Explore the fascinating world of biology with U·X·L® Complete Life Science Resource, featuring alphabetically arranged entries on theories, concepts and scientific discoveries and developments pertinent to the study of life science in schools today. Also featured is a chronology of discoveries with a timeline of world events, a general for further information section, and a research and activity section. This 3-vol. set contains illustrations, graphs and charts to help students understand life science.

LINKS: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Sunday, 6 December 2009

A History of Britain: The Key Events That Have Shaped Britain

This highly illustrated, information-packed volume explores British history from Neolithic times right up to New Labour. Every double-page spread focuses on a different topic, making it a pleasure to dip into and easy to look up any subject that interests you, be it Boudicca's Rebellion, the wars against Napoleon or the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Timelines provide helpful chronological reference and are a handy addition to this informative text. Conveniently arranged in eight sections, each dealing with a major historical period, chapters include: Prehistoric Britain; Roman Britain; Invaders and Settlers; Medieval Britain; Early Modern Britain; Georgian Britain; Victorian Britain and The Twentieth Century. The book covers the key historical events and adds vignettes of lesser-known but interesting details like the uprisings in Dark Age Wales and the birth of tabloid newspapers in Victorian Britain. More than 150 illustrations and photographs bring the text to life.

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Longman Dictionary of American English, Special Edition

Longman Dictionary of American English, Special Edition
Pearson Education (2009) | ISBN: 0137052677 | 1200 pages
PDF | English | 29.7 MB

The 4th edition of the Longman Dictionary of American English has been researched
and revised to meet the real needs of learners of English. The up-dated text now includes
thousands of words for content areas such as Science, Economics and Social Science, as
well as word origins and updated thesaurus boxes that give extra help with vocabulary
acquisition.

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Wednesday, 2 December 2009

Encyclopedia of Movie Special Effects

Students, film buffs, and general readers will enjoy this books brief biographies, definitions of studio jargon, descriptions of special effects techniques, and descriptive lists of effects used in specific films. Many entries include historical notes, and an appendix lists Academy Award winners and nominees for special effects from 1939 to 1999.

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Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Freshwater Fish

Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Freshwater Fish
John Wiley & Sons (2004) | ISBN: 0471449946 | 272 pages
PDF | English | 6.2 MB

Featuring information on identification, habitat, size, diet and angling tips, this is an illustrated guide to 140 of the most common freshwater fish species found in North American rivers, lakes and streams.

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Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Saltwater Fish

Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Saltwater Fish
John Wiley & Sons (2004) | ISBN: 0471449954 | 272 pages
PDF | English | 7.7 MB

This illustrated guide to 227 of the most common saltwater fish species found off the North American coastline includes helpful information on identification, habitat, size, diet and angling tips.

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Saturday, 28 November 2009

Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms

Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms
Barron''s Educational Series Inc., 10th edition (2009)
ISBN-10: 0764121669 | 560 pages
PDF | English | 9.5 MB

Computer terminology is constantly expanding, and the brand-new edition of this dictionary has been updated to keep pace with the latest important innovations in computer science and technology. Emphasis is on helpful information for non-technical home computer users. The book presents more than 3,200 computer-related terms with clear and succinct definitions. Revised features include up-to-date information on Windows Vista, networking, data storage, video, computer security and ethics, and personal computer hardware.

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Monday, 16 November 2009

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales (3 Vol. set)

Folk and fairy tales exist in all cultures and are at the heart of civilization. The most comprehensive work of its kind, this massive Encyclopedia gives students and general readers a broad, accessible, multicultural survey of folk and fairy tales from around the world. Edited by one of the foremost authorities on the subject, the Encyclopedia draws on the work of numerous expert contributors and covers a broad range of themes and motifs, characters and character types, genres, individuals, national traditions, and other topics. Extensively cross-referenced.

Fully illustrated. Helps literature students analyze and undestand folk and fairy tales as literary forms. Helps social studies students understand folk and fairy tales as the foundation of cultures around the world. Fosters a respect for cultural diversity. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife is organized into volumes on particular regions, and by culture group within each region. This book has a straight alphabetical organization of entries. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife includes substantial entries on particular culture groups. This book includes entries on national folktale and fairy tale traditions, but most of the entries are topical.

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Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology

In this fascinating encyclopedia, author George M. Eberhart provides a comprehensive catalog of nearly 1,000 cryptids - unknown animals usually reported through eyewitness accounts and not yet described by science. Cryptids are the stuff of folklore, hoaxes, and genuine scientific breakthroughs. There are 400 now-classified cryptids once considered either extinct or pure fantasy. The cryptozoologist's job is to strip away the myth, misidentification, and mystery - and separate fact from fiction.Mysterious Creatures covers everything from dinosaurs and the emala-ntouka, an elephant-killing dinosaur-like animal of central Africa, to searches for the Loch Ness monster, Bigfoot, and other cryptozoological hoaxes. Entries about specific animals include the derivation or meaning of each cryptid's name, its scientific name, variant names, a physical description, behavior, description of tracks, habitat, significant sightings, present status, and possible explanations. Illustrations and photographs accompany many entries. The book also includes resources and references for further information.

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Historia filozofii TOM I By Frederick Copleston

Historia filozofii TOM I By Frederick Copleston
Instytut Wydawniczy Pax, Warszawa 1998 | ISBN: 8221110509
PDF | Polish | 21 MB | 609 pages

Dziewięciotomowa "Historia filozofii" F. Coplestona uważana jest za najlepsze i najwszechstronniejsze opracowanie dziejów europejskiej myśli filozoficznej od starożytnych Greków po czasy współczesne. Pełni funkcję zarówno podręcznika akademickiego, jak i gruntownego wprowadzenia w dzieje filozofii przeznaczonego dla średnio wykształconego czytelnika.

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Saturday, 14 November 2009

The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets: A Guide to Health and Nutrition, Two Volume Set

As the incidence of diabetes, heart disease, and other obesity-related disorders rise, weight-conscious Americans seek easy ways to pursue healthful diets. There is an abundance of information from the popular media on the topic, but to get a more objective presentation of diets, nutrition, and health, the library user may want to turn to The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets: A Guide to Health and Nutrition. This reference contains 275 articles contributed by specialists in nutrition and medical writing. Topics are arranged alphabetically, with a master index at the end of the second volume. Color figures illustrate some articles, while lists of resources—books, periodicals, and organizations—accompany all of them. In addition to special or popular diets (Anti-inflammatory diets, Subway diet), the encyclopedia describes nutrition-related health problems (Bulimia nervosa, Diabetes mellitus) and other nutrition-related topics (Food labeling, St. Johns wort). Every entry starts with definitions and descriptions, and within each category, the articles follow a common format. Diet articles, for example, include sections on the diet’s function, benefits, risks, and “questions to ask your doctor.” Information on health problems describes demographics, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Entries on other topics related to nutrition include relevant precautions, interactions, “parental concerns,” and other appropriate information. Among other information to be gleaned from these volumes, readers will learn that the Body for Life, Eating for Life, and Fit for Life diet programs may have similar names, but their approaches and goals differ significantly. Bulimia nervosa is the most common eating disorder in the U.S., afflicting 3 percent of Americans, 85 to 90 percent of whom are female. Finally, there are several diets described as “ancient” or “time-honored” (for example, the Asian diet), but the so-called Caveman diet and Neanderthin beat them all, having been around for more than 10,000 years, their proponents claim. The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets is a practical reference, providing timely information on a topic of interest to many of us. No other reference source pulls together so much information on so many different popular diets, and its standard rubric for articles allows for quick comparisons of goals, approaches, risks, and benefits. It is highly recommended for any public or academic library.

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Encyclopedia of Evolution By Stanley A. Rice

Encyclopedia of Evolution By Stanley A. Rice
Facts on File (2006) | ISBN: 0816055157 | 528 pages
PDF | English | 11.9 MB

Evolutionary science is not only one of the greatest breakthroughs of modern science, but also an area that draws a great deal of interest on the part of students and the reading public. Perhaps more than any other scientific area, evolutionary science has caused us all to question what we are, where we came from, and how we relate to the rest of the universe. "Encyclopedia of Evolution" contains more than 200 entries that span modern evolutionary science and the history of its development. This comprehensive volume clarifies many common misconceptions about evolution. For example, many people have grown up being told that the fossil record does not demonstrate an evolutionary pattern, and that there are many "missing links." In fact, most of these "missing links" have been found, and their modern representatives are often still alive today. The biographical entries represent evolutionary scientists within the United States who have had and continue to have a major impact on the broad outline of evolutionary science. The biographies chosen reflect the viewpoints of scientists working within the United States. Five essays that explore interesting questions resulting from studies in evolutionary science are included as well. The appendix consists of a summary of Charles Darwin's "The Origin of Species", which is widely considered to be the foundational work of evolutionary science and one of the most important books in human history.

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Encyclopedia of the American Revolution, 2nd Edition By Harold E. Selesky

Encyclopedia of the American Revolution, 2nd Edition By Harold E. Selesky
Charles Scribner's Sons (2006) | 1400 Pages | ISBN: 0684315130
PDF | English | 25 MB

This 3-volume set is a major revision of a classic in the field, one that has remained in print since its appearance in 1966, The Encyclopedia of the American Revolution by Mark M. Boatner. This A-Z ready-reference dictionary is the essential source for all military aspects of the American Revolutionary War in the period 1763-1783. One-third of the entries are biographical, while the rest cover campaigns and strategy, battles, skirmishes, naval actions, weaponry, political issues and events, popular legends, and the participation of the European powers.
This edition includes new articles on: the Frontier; Violence; Mobilization; Religion; Women; African Americans, and Historiography, along with many topics of current interest to historians. Also included in the Encyclopedia is an update of Boatner's Landmarks of the American Revolution. This state-by-state guide skillfully demonstrates the "power of places."

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Thursday, 12 November 2009

Pierre Auguste Renoir By Peter Feist

Pierre Auguste Renoir By Peter Feist
Numen (2003) | ISBN: 9707180986 | 96 pages
PDF (Full Color) | Spanish | 7.8 MB

Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) is now universally acclaimed: museums pride themselves on his paintings, crowds flock to his retrospectives. His work shows art at its most light-hearted, sensual and luminous. Renoir never wanted anything ugly in his paintings, nor any dramatic action. "I like pictures which make me want to wander through them when it's a landscape," he said, "or pass my hand over breast or back if it's a woman." Renoir's entire oeuvre is dominated by the depiction of women. Again and again he painted "these faunesses with their pouting lips" (Mallarme) and invented a new image of feminity.

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The Reformation Era (Greenwood Guides to Historic Events 1500-1900)

The Reformation Era (Greenwood Guides to Historic Events 1500-1900)
By Robert D. Linder, Greenwood Press (2007) | ISBN 0313318433 | 254 pages
PDF | English | 16.2 MB

Although religious unrest had been brewing in Western Europe long before Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, historians view this event as the tipping point that shattered the unity of Medieval Catholic civilization. Disillusioned by Church bureaucracy and a papal schism, and encouraged by the formation of early nation states and the rise of Renaissance Humanism, Western Europe was primed for an alternative to the old order. The reforms of what eventually became the Lutherans, Calvinists, Anglicans, and Radical Anabaptists called for a return to scripture and a focus on individual faith. The counterreformation on the part of the Catholic Church brought about a new focus on spirituality that culminated in the Council of Trent. The event that Linder calls "Midwife to the Modern World" still resonates today, in modern spiritual revivals, religious debates, and newer Church reforms. Illuminated by primary source documents from the period, a timeline, a glossary, and biographies of key figures, this volume is an ideal reference source for any student of the past, and the present.

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Britain in Revolution: 1625-1660

This is the definitive history of the English Civil War, set in its full historical context from the accession of Charles I to the Restoration of Charles II. These were perhaps the most turbulent years of British history with reverberations down the centuries. Austin Woolrych captures the drama and the passion, the momentum of events and the force of contingency. He brilliantly interweaves the history of the three kingdoms and peoples, gripping the reader with the fast-paced yet always balanced story.

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Saturday, 31 October 2009

The Satanic Verses: A Novel by Salman Rushdie

The Satanic Verses: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
Picador, 1st Picador USA edition (Dec 2000) | ISBN-10: 0312270828
PDF | English | 2.3 MB | 576 pages

No book in modern times has matched the uproar sparked by Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, which earned its author a death sentence. Furor aside, it is a marvelously erudite study of good and evil, a feast of language served up by a writer at the height of his powers, and a rollicking comic fable. The book begins with two Indians, Gibreel Farishta ("for fifteen years the biggest star in the history of the Indian movies") and Saladin Chamcha, a Bombay expatriate returning from his first visit to his homeland in 15 years, plummeting from the sky after the explosion of their jetliner, and proceeds through a series of metamorphoses, dreams and revelations. Rushdie's powers of invention are astonishing in this Whitbread Prize winner.

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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Unabridged Audiobook (+Text)

Rebecca Unabridged Audiobook (+Text)

By Daphne du Maurier | Narrated by Anna Massey
BBC Audiobooks America (2009) | Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
MP3 | English | 149 MB

"Last Night I Dreamt I Went To Manderley Again..."

Rebecca, a dark psychological tale of secrets and betrayal, is Daphne du Maurier's best-loved work and was named Best Novel of the 20th Century at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention.
After a whirlwind romance and a honeymoon in Italy, the innocent young heroine and the dashing Maxim de Winter return to his beautiful country estate, Manderley. But the unsettling memory of Rebecca, the first Mrs. de Winter, still lingers within. The timid bride must overcome her husband's oppressive silences and the sullen history of the sinister housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers, to confront the emotional horrors of the past.

LINKS: Part I; Part II; Part III

Monday, 26 October 2009

Using the Internet for Active Teaching and Learning

Using the Internet for Active Teaching and Learning
Pearson Merill Prentice Hall (2006) | ISBN 0-13-110546-9
PDF | English | 14.2 MB | 243 Pages

There is no doubt that things are changing in the modern classroom as teachers find more
ways to leverage technology for learning. As the Internet grows at exponential rates, its
associated technologies provide a toolbox of educational and informational resources for
enhancing teaching and learning in the classroom. The Internet is affecting, if not
instigating, many of the changes that are occurring in classrooms today because of its
capacity to connect learners to an almost unlimited supply of information, while providing
an interface that allows flexible, multimodal, and interactive knowledge acquisition
and exploration.
Computer technology and the Internet can have a significant impact on educational
effectiveness.These technologies can enable teachers to deploy complex learning tasks in
the classroom, using powerful instructional methodologies. In addition, certain features
and capabilities of the Internet enable active learning environments, which prompt learners
to become problem solvers, decision makers, communicators, and collaborators.

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Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 2nd edition

Combining excellent science with accessible style, the Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals is an indispensable resource on the fascinating warm-blooded creatures of the sea. The contributions of more than 200 leading international authorities have made this single volume the guide for studyig the entire range of marine mammals.
Organized alphabetically, more the 280 articles are devoted to wide range of topics -- from the specific behavior and physiology of cetaceans and pinnipeds, to ecology, population biology, human effects and interaction, and research methodology.
Up-to-date, accessible, and scientifically sound, the Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals will occupy a central place in any marine science library.

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Sunday, 25 October 2009

Landscape Architecture - November 2009

PDF | English | 53 MB | 125 pages

Landscape Architecture - the magazine of the American Society of Landscape Architects provides timely information on built landscapes and new techniques for ecologically sensitive planning and design.

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Friday, 16 October 2009

TIME Magazine October 12, 2009 Vol. 174 No. 14

DOC (MS Word) + PDF + MP3 | English | 4.5 + 1.8 + 16.1 MB

• COVER: A Window On the War in Afghanistan - As Washington debates what to do about the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, photographer Adam Ferguson captures and describes the daily lives of the men fighting it
• NATION: An Enemy Within - Out on the prairie, the feds arrest and charge an Afghan with a bomb recipe on his laptop. Was there a wider terrorist plot?
• SCIENCE: A Long-Lost Relative - The oldest hominid skeleton ever discovered offers unexpected clues to what our even more ancient ancestors might have looked like
• RELIGION: How Moses Shaped America - From the Revolution to the Cold War, the Old Testament hero has been the country's defining religious symbol. What we can learn from Moses today

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Thursday, 15 October 2009

TIME Magazine October 19, 2009 Vol. 174 No. 15

TIME Magazine October 19, 2009 Vol. 174 No. 15
DOC (MS Word) + PDF + MP3 | English | 3.2 + 1.2 + 39.1 MB

• COVER: Why It's Time To Retire the 401(k) - Last year's market wipeout showed the vulnerability of the popular retirement-savings accounts. But the data are telling us that even in the long run, consumers need better options
• WORLD: A Five-Star Ghost Town at the End of 'The World' - Psst. Wanna buy a continent? As the emirate's economy craters, its archipelago of man-made private islands sits empty. A property bust at the end of the World
• ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: The Worlds Within - Two new shows celebrate Wassily Kandinsky and Georgia O'Keeffe, diverse pioneers of abstraction
• TECHNOLOGY: Wave New World - Google's latest product combines communication, collaboration and media-sharing into one insanely useful app. Is this the new e-mail?

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Wednesday, 14 October 2009

Webster's Thesaurus Edition - The Scarlet Letter

Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on
standardized tests, Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently
assigned readings in English courses. By using a running thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne was edited for students who are actively
building their vocabularies in anticipation of taking PSAT®, SAT®, AP® (Advanced Placement®),
GRE®, LSAT®, GMAT® or similar examinations.

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TIME Magazine June 18, 2007 Vol. 169 No. 25

TIME Magazine June 18, 2007 Vol. 169 No. 25
DOC (MS Word) + PDF + MP3 | English | 3.3 + 0.8 + 71.4 MB

• COVER: The Case For Amnesty - It has emerged as the pariah term in the immigration debate. But here's why legalizing aliens makes sense
• ESSAY: Learning from Lincoln's Wisdom - He saw how time erodes the memory of our battles against tyranny. Are we ignoring the lessons now?
• WORLD: How to Avoid a New Cold War - U.S. ties with Russia are ominously bad. Longtime diplomat Zbigniew Brzenski warns Washington to tread wisely in the days ahead
• HEALTH & MEDICINE: Fighting Drug-Resistant Bugs - The case of Andrew Speaker's TB highlights the important battle between bacteria and new antibiotics
• BUSINESS: Bill Gates Goes Back To School - Harvard's most famous dropout returns for his diploma, 30 years late. His final exam: Can he save the world?

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Webster's Thesaurus Edition - The Secret Garden

Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on
standardized tests, Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently
assigned readings in English courses. By using a running thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett was edited for students who are actively building their vocabularies in anticipation of taking PSAT®, SAT®, AP® (Advanced Placement®), GRE®, LSAT®, GMAT® or similar examinations.

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TIME Magazine June 11, 2007 Vol. 169 No. 24

TIME Magazine June 11, 2007 Vol. 169 No. 24
DOC (MS Word) + PDF | English | 3.5 + 0.9 MB

• COVER: The Science Of Appetite - There's a lot more to feeling hungry than you think. New research into what drives us to eat may teach us how to control the urge
• NATION: An Auto Insider Takes on Climate Change - Congressman John Dingell has been accused of being in bed with the auto industry. But that's not stopping him from tackling global warming
• HISTORY: America's Fear of Outsiders - The U.S. has always been a nation of immigrants. It's always been a nation ambivalent about them too
• WORLD: In the Shadow of the Six-Day War - Forty years later, defeats and disappointments continue to shape the lives of Palestinians and Israelis
• HEALTH & MEDICINE: How Babies Decode Faces - For infants, learning a language can mean looking as well as listening

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Webster's Thesaurus Edition - Typee

Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on
standardized tests, Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently
assigned readings in English courses. By using a running thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of Typee by Herman Melville was edited for students who are actively building their
vocabularies in anticipation of taking PSAT®, SAT®, AP® (Advanced Placement®), GRE®,
LSAT®, GMAT® or similar examinations.

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TIME Magazine April 9, 2007 Vol. 169 No. 15

TIME Magazine April 9, 2007 Vol. 169 No. 15
DOC (MS Word) + PDF | English | 8.00 + 1.7 MB

• COVER: 51 Things We Can Do - Here is our guide to some of the planet's best ideas, with an assessment of their impact and feel-good factor
• On the Front Lines Of Climate Change - Adapting to a warmer planet. The world's most vulnerable coastal communities are taking action now for a future of rising oceans and more severe floods. What America's cities can learn from them
• What Now For Our Feverish Planet? - Our feverish planet badly needs a cure. Climate change is caused by a lot of things, and it will take a lot of people to fix it. There's a role for big thinkers, power players, those with deep pockets--and the rest of us
• RELIGION: Pastors' Wives Come Together - Their roles have changed with the times. Now they're finding fellowship--online
• SOCIETY: Knee Deep - Examining how exercise, fatigue and the differences between men and women affect sports injuries
• Parents: Relax - Teens are acting more responsibly. It may even be time to reward them with some of the rights adults have
• WORLD: The Master's Next Move (Profile) - Two decades after he conquered the chess world, Garry Kasparov is taking on his biggest challenge: Russian President Vladimir Putin
• HEALTH & MEDICINE: Living with Cancer - The toll of the disease is still high, but more and more patients are fighting it to a draw, enjoying one active, busy year at a time

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Webster's Thesaurus Edition - Wuthering Heights

Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on
standardized tests, Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently
assigned readings in English courses. By using a running thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë was edited for students who are actively building
their vocabularies in anticipation of taking PSAT®, SAT®, AP® (Advanced Placement®), GRE®,
LSAT®, GMAT® or similar examinations.

LINK

Tuesday, 13 October 2009

TIME Magazine January 29, 2007 Vol. 169 No. 5

TIME Magazine January 29, 2007 Vol. 169 No. 5
DOC (MS Word) + PDF | English | 4.1 + 1.3 MB

COVER: The New Map Of The Brain - There are uncharted worlds inside your head, but science is drawing a map
• The Mystery of Consciousness - You exist, right? Prove it. How 100 billion jabbering neurons create the knowledge--or illusion--that you're here
• The Power of Hope - We say "Sweet dreams" when we induce general anesthesia--but nobody dreams. Consciousness stops. With anesthesia, however, we know how to undo the spell. You wake up when the operation is over, and there you are again. Not so when you drop into the coma of an advanced brain tumor
• RELIGION: Minnesota's Teetotal Taxis - The refusal of Muslim cabbies to allow alcohol in their cars may be misguided, but it's not a clash of civilizations
• WORLD: At Baghdad's Ground Zero - Sadr City is home to Iraq's worst death squads. In a new push to pacify Baghdad, here's how U.S. forces hope to take it back
• BUSINESS: The Global Question: Who Needs the U.S.? - Vibrant Asian and European economies may test the theory that when America sneezes, the planet catches a cold
• SOCIETY: The Overscheduled Child Myth - Despite the dire warnings, children whose schedules are packed with activities actually flourish

NEW LINKS:
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Monday, 12 October 2009

First Certificate Passkey Grammar Practice with Key

Part of a course for the revised Cambridge First Certificate English examination. The course aims to provide a combination of motivating material and systematic development of language and exam skills, and consists of 12 topic-based units.

LINKS: 1 (PDF); 2 (PDF reduced to 16.7 MB)

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