We are said to be living in the age of entitlement. Scholars and pundits declare that millennials expect special treatment, do whatever they feel like, and think they deserve to have things handed to them. In The Myth of the Age of Entitlement, Cairns peels back the layers of the entitlement myth, exposing its faults and arguing that the majority of millennials are actually disentitled, facing bleak economic prospects and potential ecological disaster. Providing insights ...

With 50 years of experience as an inventor and well over 60 U.S. patents, Dr. James L. Cairns shares his vast know-how to help you come up with, develop, and benefit from your ideas.You'll learn...The entire inventing processThe importance of planning for all contingencies before ever investing capitalHow to protect your creation by filing a patentAll the information about this multi-faceted process, from design patents to international patents, is l...

Democracy is very much an open question in the early twenty-first century. While voter participation declines in many traditional democracies, new movements for democracy are emerging around the world. This book brings the question of democracy out of the halls of political power and home to our daily lives, pitting "official democracy" and "democracy from below" against one another in a lively debate.For more information see www.democraticimagination.com.

Trust TeeJay's proven approach, which successfully develops mathematical skills and adds fun to learning.Completely updated in line with the latest CfE requirements, this new edition Second Level Maths textbook provides hundreds of practice questions, with progression and consolidation - the core TeeJay philosophy - underpinning every exercise and chapter.- Confidently deliver a comprehensive and consistent curriculum, with one book available for each year ...

Trust TeeJay resources to successfully develop your pupils' knowledge, skills and confidence by adding fun to learning.Packed with colourful and accessible content, this new textbook refreshes and strengthens TeeJay's proven approach to mathematical learning. Enable all pupils to practise and consolidate their knowledge, whilst building mathematical confidence and interest as they complete First Level.- Confidently deliver your curriculum: ...

Trust TeeJay's proven approach, which successfully develops mathematical skills and adds fun to learning.Completely updated in line with the latest CfE requirements, this new edition Second Level Maths textbook provides hundreds of practice questions, with progression and consolidation - the core TeeJay philosophy - underpinning every exercise and chapter.- Confidently deliver a comprehensive and consistent curriculum, with one book available for each year ...

The essential resource on cardiac hemodynamics—now in a new editionHemodynamic Rounds, Fourth Edition is intended to help cardiologists, cardiovascular fellowship trainees, residents and other members of the medical community enhance their understanding of cardiac physiology and its associated hemodynamic presentations in health and disease. This includes the basic principles of flow and pressure measurements, systemic as well as coronary hemodynamics in n...

Clean Language Interviewing is a landmark publication that defines the field for this important practice; it is essential reading for all researchers who seek to obtain data that are faithful to the experience of the interviewee. Clean language interviewing aims to improve the ability of academic and applied researchers to minimise the introduction of the interviewer’s own assumptions, to avoid ‘leading’ questions and instead to ask ‘clean’ questions.Heather Cairns-Lee, Ja...

Founded as California's state capital in 1850 and named for one of the state's pre-eminent native sons, General Mariano Vallejo, the city of Vallejo has a favored location on the eastern interior of San Francisco Bay. Protected from wind, fog, and possible invasion by sea, Mare Island, just off Vallejo's shoreline, was the United States Navy's first base in the Pacific in 1854. Mare Island Navy Yard grew to meet the challenge of every major conflict in the country, reaching its apex during...

Increase students' skills, confidence and chance of success in their National 5 Maths exam, with full course coverage delivered through the trusted TeeJay approach.This book provides hundreds of practice questions, with progression and consolidation - the core TeeJay philosophy - underpinning every exercise and chapter.- Use Book 4+, followed by Book N5, to cover the entire National 5 course- This book can be used alone as a freestanding N5 course in...

This highly original and compelling book offers an introduction to the art and science of social inquiry, including the theoretical and methodological frameworks that support that inquiry. The new edition offers coverage of post-modernism and Indigenous ways of knowing, as well as a discussion of the research process and how to communicate arguments effectively. The result is a book that blends the best of earlier editions with updates that provide a strong foundation in critical thinking,...

This brief and engagingly written book provides a unique introduction to the process of social inquiry and the theoretical and methodological frameworks that support that inquiry, offering a strong foundation in critical thinking that is rooted in the social sciences but maintains relevance across the disciplines.