Trevor Quinn is Deaf and a British Sign Language user. He was appointed Chair of the Cheshire Deaf Centre Board. However, he was later found dead, poisoned at the Cheshire Deaf Centre’s 25th Celebration Party after someone slipped cyanide into his drink.Mitchell, along with Rees, Jones, and a voluntary BSL interpreter, soon realises that many people hold grudges against the victim. But as more bodies start to appear, Mitchell races against time to find the murderer and uncover dang...

A Toby in the Lane reveals the rich fabric of the East End markets, primarily Petticoat Lane, Brick Lane and the life which inhabits its streets. This is the story of immigrant communities, their fight for survival, reflected in sweat and toil. Intimate profiles of traders' lives entertain, with stories of scams, tricks and banter. This is a fascinating and informative historical account of market history. Families who have traded throughout the generations on the market offer up ...

A woman's body was found stabbed in the popular Tabley Woods by a random couple out for a walk. Detective Inspector Simon Mitchell and Detective Constable Mandy Rees were already on the case, but they soon realised that the investigation was tricky when a second murder was committed. They were drawn into investigating the world of drug imports from Amsterdam. Mitchell wondered—are the murders and drug imports really linked to each other?

A Toby in the Lane reveals the rich fabric of the East End markets, primarily in Petticoat Lane and Brick Lane, and celebrates the street traders and stalls which call these London institutions home. This is the story of immigrant communities and their fight for survival, reflected in sweat and toil. Countless tales of traders' scams, tricks and banter are found inside. Families who have traded throughout the generations on the market offer up a unique insight int...

Exam Board: IBLevel: MYPSubject: ScienceFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2017Develop your skills to become an inquiring learner; ensure you navigate the MYP framework with confidence using a concept-driven and assessment-focused approach to Sciences presented in global contexts.- Develop conceptual understanding with key MYP concept...

The Oakland House is alive, living and breathing. Is it possible that a house has the ablilty to capture a person's soul and absorb their energy within its walls? The Oakland house seethes in a quiet rage; it has every right to. Jenny has been gone for years and it can no longer wait for her return.Jenny and her siblings grew up on Oakland Street in Pasadena, California. She had always known there was something unusual about her old house. She could feel it in her bones. Jenny was d...

A concept-driven and assessment-focused approach to Sciences teaching and learning.- Approaches each chapter with statements of inquiry framed by key and related concepts, set in a global context- Supports every aspect of assessment using tasks designed by an experienced MYP educator- Differentiates and extends learning with research projects and interdisciplinary opportunities- Applies global contexts in meaningful ways to offer an MYP Sciences programme with ...

In 1987, Paul Morris went to Angola as a reluctant conscript soldier, where he experienced the fear and filth of war. Twenty-five years later, in 2012, Paul returned to Angola, and embarked on a 1500-kilometre cycle trip, solo and unsupported, across the country. His purpose was to see Angola in peacetime, to replace the war map in his mind with a more contemporary peace map, to exorcise the ghosts of war once and for all.Shifting skilfully between present and past, Back to Angola ...

Developed in cooperation with the International Baccalaureate®Trust experienced and best-selling authors to navigate the new syllabuses confidently with these coursebooks that implement inquiry-based and conceptually-focused teaching and learning.- Ensure a continuum approach to concept-based learning through active student inquiry; our authors are not only IB Diploma experienced teachers but are also experienced in teaching the IB MYP and have collaborated on our popular M...

The engagement of religious diplomacy within the United Nations systems has become increasingly important for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The editors argue that effective religious diplomacy must reflect the great diversity of religious and spiritual expressions within human communities. The editors argue that this can best be achieved through a worldview shift within the United Nations systems. Religious engagement in the United Nations systems has been understandably con...

This book investigates the relationships between education and national development in an area of the world where both have acquired considerable importance. It questions assumptions which view education primarily as a direct investment in human capital and approaches which measure the efficacy of educational provision solely in terms of quantifiable differences between inputs and outputs. Unlike most of the more general works in this field, it does not set out either to confirm or to refu...

Public interest in the religion of Islam and in Muslim communities in recent years has generated an impetus for Western Universities to establish an array of Institutes and programs dedicated to the study of Islam. Despite the growth in number of programs dedicated to this study, very little attention has been paid to the appropriate shape of such programs and the assumptions that ought to underlie such a study.The Teaching and Study of Islam in Western Universities attempts to add...