Educator Patti Lather and psychologist Chris Smithies observed and chronicled support groups for women diagnosed with HIV. Whether black, Latina, poor, or middle class, the women in these groups share the common bond of living with HIV/AIDS, and they describe how it affects their lives in terms full[...]

The Temptations were the most commercially successful and critically lauded male vocal group of the Sixties and early Seventies. Through the years, the group's trademark razor-sharp choreography, finely tuned harmonies, and compelling vocals made them the exemplars of the Motown style. This is the f[...]

"" This book is] a lavishly detailed guide to the essence of becoming an expert nurse...I believe this book will secure a place on most educators' and expert clinicians' bookshelves. Every once in a while a better book comes along; this is one of those times.""Joan E. Lynaugh, PhD, RN, FAAN
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A funny, magical story about family and imagination from Patricia Forde for Egmont's Blue Banana series. Natalie's sister Lola has climbed up a tree and won't come down. She says she's at the wedding of Fizzy Izzy the tooth fairy and Solomon the spider. Then Grim the goblin starts throwing acorns, a[...]

Now in its 20th year of publication, Putting on the Brakes remains the essential go-to resource for kids, parents, and professionals looking for tips and techniques on managing attention disorders. This third edition is updated and revised throughout with the latest info, resources, medication types[...]

The ability to put in a successful job application is crucial to anyone who wants to advance their career. Written by Pat Scudamore and Hilton Catt, leading experts on appraisals as both coaches and HR practitioners, this book quickly teaches you the insider secrets you need to know in order to crea[...]

The unique emphasis of this book is on the "how-to"-that is, the set of conceptual and active tasks carried out by mixed methods researchers-illustrated with rich case studies, primarily from the authors' own policy research and programme evaluation work. The challenges that both beginners and advan[...]

How do you accurately and effectively measure return on investment (ROI) in training and performance improvement? Measuring ROI in Learning and Development , a new volume with a focus on the international arena and including a selection of case studies, provides detailed information on how to create[...]

Are you tired of your students complaining about repeating times tables and cringing at the mention of word problems? Ease their fears and revitalize the class by implementing these 60 exciting lessons developed for K-8 students. The three different formats (brief lesson plans, longer narratives tha[...]

Women are confronted with a level of scrutiny in golf that men just don't have to deal with - and they get it from both men and women. It's not enough to play well. Women have to worry about how they look and what they wear, about how they behave and what they say. And no matter what they do to plea[...]