The fragmenting of habitats is endangering animal populations and degrading or destroying many plant populations throughout the world. To address this problem, conservationists have increasingly turned to biological corridors, areas of land set aside to facilitate the movement of species and ecological processes. However, while hundreds of corridor initiatives are under way worldwide, there is little practical information to guide their design, location, and management. Applying Nature...

From Information Literacy to Social Epistemology: Insights from Psychology focuses on information and the ways in which information literacy relates to critical thinking in education, the workplace, and in our social life. The broad context for our interest is the development in internet technologies often characterised by terms like the 'digital age', leading to questions of digital participation, digital divides, and the role of thinking in the information society. In short, to what exte...

The world of college athletics has changed dramatically, and parents now play a more critical role than ever before. Raising a Student Athlete in the NIL & Transfer Portal Era is a practical guide designed to help families navigate the complex realities of modern recruiting, scholarships, and Name, Image, and Likeness opportunities.Drawing on decades of experience advising athletes and their families, Anthony Anderson explains what NIL truly is—and what it is not—while off...

This fourth edition of Learning to Teach Music in the Secondary School has been thoroughly revised to reflect the latest changes, initiatives, research and scholarship in music education. By focusing on overarching principles, it aims to develop reflective practitioners who will creatively and critically examine their own and others’ ideas about music education.The new edition seeks to prioritise understandings of young people’s musical lives—including their cultural exper...

As the war between the Republic and the scattered remnants of the Empire continues, two children--the Jedi twins--will come into their powers in a universe on the brink of vast changes and challenges. In this time of turmoil and discovery, an extraordinary new Star Wars saga begins....While Luke Skywalker takes the first step toward setting up an academy to train a new order of Jedi Knights, Han Solo and Chewbacca are taken prisoner on the planet Kessel and forced to work ...

As the New Republic takes devastating losses in the ongoingwar with the scattered remnants of the Empire, the galaxy's future depends on three small children -- among them the Jedi twins -- born to incredible powers and perils, as an extraordinary new saga unfolds...While the New Republic struggles to decide what to do with the deadly Sun Crusher -- a new doomsday weapon stolen from the Empire by Han Solo -- the renegade Imperial Admiral Daala uses her fleet of Star Destroyers to c...

Suspended helplessly between life and death, Luke Skywalker lies in state at the Jedi academy. But on the spirit plane, Luke fights desperately for survival, reaching out physically to the Jedi twins. At the same time, Leia is on a life-and-death mission of her own, a race against Imperial agents hoping to destroy a third Jedi child -- Leia and Han's baby Anakin -- hidden on the planet Anoth. Meanwhile, Luke's former protege Kyp Durron has pirated the deadly Sun Crusher on an apocalyptic m...

Watch Your Money Grow!In today’s complicated financial jungle, the possibilities for turning capital into fortunes are endless. Investing Made Simple is the perfect guide for helping the would-be investor gain the knowledge and confidence essential for long term wealth building. Topics include:StocksBondsReal estateFuturesDerivativesIPOs and second offeringsInsurance international perspectivesShopping for bargains

MEET HOO!A bowtie-wearing, sock-mismatching, cookie-baking little owl with a BIG imagination.From soccer kicks to surprising tricks, Hoo is ready to try it all!This whimsical, rhyming tale will have kids giggling and grownups smiling as Hoo explores the big wide world - one joyful adventure at a time.Perfect for curious hearts, cozy laps, and bedtime giggles.The first in the Hoo series - stay tuned for Hoo Does What?

Bound together by a brand…Kept apart by the unyielding rules of the Pack.My foster brother, Nick and I are destined to be Fated MatesBut when his Beast comes out on the night my NEED is on meWill we commit an unforgivable sin together?Being an orphan is tough…going through the foster care system is even tougher. I never would have made it through without my foster brother, Nick Callahan, to guide and protect me. But Nick and I have a troubled past. See, ...

SCIENCE FICTION. FANTASY. HUMOR.This is the third annual volume of Unidentified Funny Objects and it contains twenty-three humorous short stories from some of the genre's best-known authors, as well as talented up-and-comers.These are some of the unlikely characters you will encounter in the pages of this book:* Hobo Satan* Vampire novelist* Traveling robot salesman* Brain-in-a-jar superhero* Jinn trapped in a mattress

The ROI of Thought Leadership: Calculating the Value that Sets Organizations Apart reveals the findings of rigorous research conducted by authors Anthony Marshall and Cindy Anderson, leaders at IBM's Institute for Business Value (IBV), where they surveyed more than 4,000 C-level executives—half CEOs, half CFOs, CSCOs, CTOs, and CIOs—to ask about their consumption of thought leadership content and the influence it has on their business purchase decisions and investments, as well as...