A practical guide to scientific writing that applies George David Gopen’s Reader Expectation Approach to help researchers communicate with greater clarity, precision, and reader impact.For more than three decades, George David Gopen’s Reader Expectation Approach (REA) has transformed how scientists, researchers, and professionals write—not by prescribing rules, but by revealing how readers read. REA was first introduced in his highly acclaimed 1990 American Scientist article, “The Scie...

**“Luminous.”—Bill McKibben, author of Here Comes the SunAcclaimed nature writer Marina Richie guides us into a vertical world of old-growth forests through the eyes of the birds that inhabit them—exploring her journey as an environmentalist in her signature verdant prose.**With exquisite prose and meticulous research, Marina Richie interweaves memoir with clear-eyed notes on ecology to create an engaging blend of scientific and soulful observations.In ...

Eddie Griffin, a 23-year-old ex-con, is working to put his life back together. Late one evening he witnesses a local businessman committing a murder. His life is spared, but he will be killed if he talks to the police. Everything he has worked for falls apart as he becomes caught between rival criminal and legal organizations.

The Bad Man of the West by George David Hendricks is a vivid and unsentimental portrait of frontier justice, outlaw lore, and the turbulent moral landscape of the American West. Blending history, folklore, and social observation, Hendricks examines the archetype of the "bad man" — the gunfighter, rustler, and renegade whose legend looms large in the nation's imagination — and reveals the real people and circumstances behind the myth.Drawing from firsthand ...

I will not take the name of Antiquary without apology, and hereby, liberandi animam meam causa, make it in an Introductory, to be passed over if the reader pleases. Your true Antiquary is born, not made. Sometimes an infirmity or awkwardness of body, which has disposed a boy to shun the pursuits of his fellows, may help to detach the man for the study of forgotten far off things; but it is essential that there be inborn in him the type of mind which is more curious of the past than the pre...

A song illustrating the major characteristics of the planets in our solar system. Includes hardcover book, online music access, and music CD.

Identity is a science fiction psychological thriller, set in a future where years of progress have come at a cost. Decades of wars and struggle forced the need for a unique solution. Desperate, a system of governance was formed based on genetic predisposition. Leaders centered their rule of law and obedience on a strict quasi-religious interpretation of scientific principles. The strife ends, technology advances at a staggering rate and the human race flourishes. Or does it? After years of...

Many gifted and talented children are bored and frustrated in the classroom. Many are not achieving their potential and talents are going unrecognised. Written by an experienced and world renowned author with a wealth of experience, this practical guide will challenge, excite and inspire teachers and show them how they can identify and provide for the needs of these children.; Many gifted and talented children are bored and frustrated in the classroom. Many are not achieving their potentia...

Many gifted and talented children are bored and frustrated in the classroom. Many are not achieving their potential and talents are going unrecognised. Written by an experienced and world renowned author with a wealth of experience, this practical guide will challenge, excite and inspire teachers and show them how they can identify and provide for the needs of these children.

Kalamazoo experienced a dramatic transformation during the first decades of the 20th century. Its factories churned out a wide variety of products, and the downtown area was being rapidly transformed by the addition of new skyscraper office buildings, hotels, department stores, theaters, parks, and government buildings. These turn-of-the-century developments coincided with the popularity of picture postcards. Not only did postcards offer a convenient way to send brief messages across the c...

Master the techniques and sophisticated analytics used to construct Spark-based solutions that scale to deliver production-grade data science productsKey Features\[\*\] Develop and apply advanced analytical techniques with Spark\[\*\] Learn how to tell a compelling story with data science using Spark’s ecosystem\[\*\] Explore data at scale and work with cutting edge data science methodsBook DescriptionData science seeks to tr...

Dan Jackson's humdrum life is thrown into turmoil when a young scientist develops a revolutionary mind-control compound, designed to counter soaring crime levels on Britain's streets. It is stolen by thieves who immediately commit suicide and the scientist quickly disappears, leaving Dan, ex-girlfriend Sandra and conspiracy-nut Conor pursued for his formula across the country by a quasi-government agency, corrupt police and a psychotic gangland enforcer.As they are slowly exposed t...