Originally published in 1986. Those involved in management in schools are being urged to develop their management skills and many courses are developed for this purpose. At the same time many new issues have arisen which require attention from managers in schools. These include: staff appraisal, curriculum evaluation and action research. This book examines major topics of present concern in the management of secondary schools. It presents much new thinking on these major problems and repor...

From Sylvia Day, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Crossfire novels, comes Razor’s Edge, a novella of the Shadow Stalkers—where hearts are laid bare, where desire is a risk, and where love is born from the most intimate secrets…It wasn’t her fault he was strung out from wanting her…It was a cool night in Carmel but for Deputy US Marshal Jack Killigrew, thoughts of Rachel were generating a lot of heat and sweat into his lonely...

Sir John Moore organized and trained the British light infantry during the Napoleonic wars, and thus is regarded as the father of all subseqent British special warfare units. This biography is the first to draw on papers in the archives of the Dukes of Hamilton and Argyll which shed new light on Moore's upbringing and the shaping of his revolutionary approach to the art and science of warfare.

Hardly Working is a provocative, at times comical look at both the pursuit and the avoidance of work by one who wasn't sure what he wanted to be when he grew up, who decides to "retire" in the decade after graduating college to pursue his own version of the American Dream. It is both a social history and a coming-of-age tale that follows a suburban white kid avoiding the pre-programmed path available to him, who grows from jock to frat boy to counterculture acolyte to suburban dad...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Crossfire novels comes a collection that includes three novellas from her Shadow Stalker series—where deputy US Marshals fight for what’s right and indulge in what’s sinful...In Razor’s Edge, Deputy US Marshal Jack Killigrew can’t stop thinking about his best friend’s widow, Rachel. He promised to protect her, but giving into his desire could betray his buddy’s memory—unless Rachel wants the sam...