Product Description: Even though sharks are the apex predators of the oceans, they arent as aggressive as some people think. The anatomy, behaviors, and territories of several kinds of sharks are all explained in this volume that explores the ocean depths and one of its most powerful species...read more

Product Description: With a rich historical perspective, this volume supplies readers with a comprehensive understanding of the basics of matter. A timeline of important scientists and their contributions, engaging material about the trickier aspects of matter, and fun experiments that show how matter can alter states will give readers a different perspective of the world...read more

Product Description: Drawing on a wide range of international contexts, International Education and Development provides an innovative and comprehensive critique of developments to improve schooling in the global South. Offering both a theoretical critique of the field, and a series of case studies, drawn from recent research, illustrating the usefulness of a narrative approach, it generates a greater understanding of the meta-narratives that shape development and international education...read more

Product Description: From muddy estuary to tangled kelp forest, the shorelines that fringe Earths oceans teem with some of the planets most diverse plant and animal life. With gorgeous, color illustrations, and informative diagrams, this book offers a comprehensive look at the variety of animals that make their homes along the oceans shore, while also exploring the steps we can take to preserve their at-risk habitats...read more

Product Description: There has been a major 'turn' towards narrative, biographical and life history approaches in the academy over the last 30 years. What are some of the new directions in narrative research? How do narrative research approaches help us to understand the world differently? What do we learn by listening to stories and narratives? How do narratives extend our understanding that other research approaches do not? This collection of work grows from a symposium organised to explore new directions in narrative research...read more

Product Description: A melodrama of pace, satire and openness in equal measures. A book that shows the carousel of our times, motion-captured to invite us to sit back and glance once in a while. In each of the stories shows how our soul has the final say.

Product Description: London-born computer geek Jerry Freedman spent his youth teaching himself electronics and computers, and by the time he had completed his degree, Jerry had hacked into all the major computer systems around the world. His knowledge of securing electronic data attracted the attention of the Israeli security agencies into which he is eventually recruited following the completion of a five-month initiation course where, as the weeks progressed, Jerry transforms into a lean, fit and self-assured individual, frequently demonstrating to those who matter, his potential to become a first-class agent...read more

Product Description: This sweet, little rhyming book reveals what every child knows in his or her heart—that animals are our special friends. Young children will love to guess the names of the animals in this book.

Product Description: This book critically reviews the innovative approach to health education known as Child-to-Child, now being used in over 80 countries. This approach advocates children being seen as active promoters and not just receivers of health...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This volume is a sourcebook of styles, materials and practical advice, providing information on what you need to choose, design and construct the framework and main features of your garden. Simply organized, it provides detailed descriptions of each feature or material, suggestions for combining different elements, and symbols that indicate cost, durability and ease of use...read more

Product Description: The comparative education field has been slow to catch on to the potential of the kind of qualitative methodologies advocated in the sociology of education and in curriculum evaluation. This book may fill the gap in literature available which discusses the methodology of case-study research in education in a Third World context...read more