This book demonstrates how blended learning improves access to and enhances the quality of higher education teaching and learning in Asian universities. It first discusses how leading universities in the region drive and support blended learning at the institutional level to enhance student learning engagement and outcomes. It then examines 10 effective implementations and lessons learned of blended learning practices across different disciplinary courses and programmes (humanities and lan...

“ONE of the dam-dest in our whole saturnalia of the accursedBecause it is hopeless to try to shake off an excommunicationonly by saying that we’re damned by blacker things than ourselves;and that the damned are those who admit they’re of thedamned. Inertia and hypnosis are too strong for us. We say that:then we go right on admitting we’re of the damned. It is only bybeing more nearly real that we can sweep away the quasi-things thatop...

Volume one of the two-volume encyclopedia of Secret Societies.First written in 1875, this University Press edition duplicates the second edition of 1893, which was completely revised and rewritten.A fascinating work, to which any serious researcher of Secret Societies must eventually turn, the modern-day student of history must remember the scholarly and archeological limitations of the day when it was written.Book I: Ancient Mysteries: "Magi", "Mithraics",...

WINNER OF THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORKAn astounding multigenerational saga, Red Clay chronicles the interwoven lives of an enslaved Black family and their white owners as the Civil War ends and Reconstruction begins.In 1943, when a frail old white woman shows up in Red Clay, Alabama, at the home of a Black former slave—on the morning following his funeral—his family hardly knows what to expect after she utter...

Indigenous religions are now present not only in their places of origin but globally. They are significant parts of the pluralism and diversity of the contemporary world, especially when their performance enriches and/or challenges host populations. Indigenous Diasporas and Dislocations engages with examples of communities with different experiences, expectations and evaluations of diaspora life. It contributes significantly to debates about indigenous cultures and religions, and to unders...

This concise, practical text covers the essential information veterinary students and nurses, new graduates and practitioners need to succeed in equine practice, focussing on reproduction and the foal. Written for an international readership, the book conveys the core information in an easily digestible, precise form with extensive use of bullet-points, lists, diagrams, protocols and extensive illustrations (nearly 200 full colour, high quality photographs).Part of a five-book seri...

The Wind in the Willows is a charming and whimsical tale of friendship and adventure among woodland creatures. Set along the riverbank, it follows the lives of the gentle Mole, the brave Rat, the wise Badger, and the eccentric and reckless Mr. Toad. Each character brings their own quirks and lessons, from quiet moments on the river to wild escapades involving stolen cars and daring escapes. At its heart, the story celebrates the joys of nature, the warmth of home, and the bonds of friendsh...

Key Concepts in Educational Assessment provides expert definitions and interpretations of common terms within the policy and practice of educational assessment. Concepts such as validity, assessment for learning, measurement, comparability and differentiation are discussed, and there is broad coverage of UK and international terminology. Drawing on the considerable expertise of the authors, the entries provide:- clear definitions- accounts of the key issues...

It’s one single steamy July day at the West 4th Street Court in NYC, otherwise known as the Cage. Hotshot baller ESPN is wooing the scouts, Boo is struggling to guard the weird new guy named Waco, a Spike Lee wannabe has video rolling, and virgin Irene is sizing up six-foot-eight-and-a-half-inch-tall Chester. Nine of YA literature’s top writers reveal how it all goes down in this searing novel in short stories that ingeniously pick up where the last one ends. Characters weave in and out of...

LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.This month's cover art is by Galen Dara, illustrating an original fantasy short story by Theodora Goss ("Queen Lily"). We also have new short fiction from Matthew Hughes...

This compilation contains the following classic fantasy works:Phantastes - George MacDonaldThe Water-Babies - Charles KingsleyAlice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis CarrollThrough the Looking Glass (And What Alice Found There) - Lewis CarrollLilith - George MacDonaldThe Well at the World's End - William MorrisThe Sundering Flood - William MorrisThe Lost Continent - Charles John Cutcliffe Wright HyneThe Wallet of Kai Lung - E...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The first look was biology. The second was a choice.Six o'clock in the morning. September. A Welsh valley in the dark. He's running three miles in punishment for looking at a girl. They call it character building. The character in question isn't enjoying the process.So begins five years at Carrow Hall: a gothic boarding school dropped into a valley in Wales, with towers, quads, and a clock that ...