To Advanced Proficiency and Beyond: Theory and Methods for Developing Superior Second Language Ability addresses an important issue in Second Language Acquisition—how to help learners progress from Intermediate and Advanced proficiency to Superior and beyond. Due to the pressures of globalization, American society encounters an ever-increasing demand for speakers with advanced language abilities. This volume makes available cutting edge research on working memory and cognition and...

Colorado is a land of fascinating towns and mountainous regions. Its history reflects the audacity of its early settlers and the Indians' stubborn resistance to them after living there for centuries.The1859 Pike's Peak Gold Rush, along with rich gold and silver strikes over the coming decades, transformed Colorado and anchored the region's prosperity and growth. Yet nature will not give up its bounty without setbacks and defeats. Woven throughout this nonfiction history are account...

Forty-Two castles (or their ruins) are described in detail and their storied histories outlined."The Western Borderland is perhaps as rich in monuments of the past as the Northern, and abounds in spots about which we may say with truth,We never tread upon them but we setOur feet upon some reverend history.But the memorials are hard to decipher, and certainly the traditions live no longer upon the lips of men. The peasant ploughs with stolid unconcern the site of...

Nonprofit organizations and the donors who support them will find a treasure trove of philanthropic insight gleaned from 30 years and $700 million of grantmaking experience.Instead of being another "how to" book, Your Next Inspiration, Ideas for Fundraising and Grantmaking is a collection of one- and two-page real-life examples highlighting strategies, tools, and lessons learned that can be adapted to benefit a wide variety of situations.Perfect fo...

A central focus of this book is to measure the current level of employee morale with respect to executive succession planning. Through empirical analysis and qualitative insights, the book explores how employees perceive succession efforts, how these feelings influence their engagement, and what factors contribute to a sense of stability or anxiety during leadership changes. This investigation provides a nuanced understanding of the emotional and psychological dimensions of organizational ...

In our schools, hip-hop culture is the dominant culture among the students. In Youth Culture Power: A #HipHopEd Guide to Building Teacher-Student Relationships and Increasing Student Engagement, Jason D. Rawls and John Robinson, educators and hip-hop artists with experience in the urban classrooms, focus their efforts through Hip-Hop Based Education (HHBE). They argue that hip-hop culture could be useful in building relationships and building student engagement.The approac...

"Androgen deprivation therapy is the main treatment for locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer. It is a very effective treatment, but it has major impact on many aspects of men's health. Thousands of articles have been dedicated to that subject. This book distills these down and provides a comprehensive understanding and path forward for the many challenges associated with androgen deprivation therapy."- David Crawford, M.D., Professor of Urology, University of California ...

First published in 1982, Organizing Educational Broadcasting provides advice and guidance in organizational and managerial skills for those responsible for the operation of educational broadcasting systems. It is principally designed for those who actually work within educational radio and television systems. They are the people who perhaps stand to gain most by reading about international case studies. In addition, high-level decision-makers, planners and others who are concerned...

This third edition, in the same tradition as the second, is a vital servicing tool containing information covering virtually every motorcycle over 50cc sold in the UK since 1980. The author is technical editor of `Performance Bikes' and author of thewell known `Motorcycle Tuning' books.The book provides access to the most frequently used data for dealers, mechanics and enthusiasts who have to deal with a wide variety of machines and wish to compare the features of different models. A seper...

This book describes an important advance in international social science research—the first cooperative survey of representative samples of the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. It identifies changes in the time-use patterns of both cities during the last two decades.

Sustainability in an Imaginary World explores the social agency of art and its connection to complex issues of sustainability.Over the past decade, interest in art’s agency has ballooned as an increasing number of fields turn to the arts with ever-expanding expectations. Yet just as art is being heralded as a magic bullet of social change, research is beginning to throw cautionary light on such enthusiasm, challenging the linear, prescriptive, instrumental expectations suc...

Private investigator Joe Box is asked to investigate the stalking of country music star Kitty Clark—one of the richest women in America. Although Joe wonders why this famous music legend would have her personal manager ask him to take the case, he accepts it for two reasons—one, he feels sorry for her and, two, he needs the money. The investigation leads Joe to discover not only the shocking identity of the stalker, but a heartbreaking revelation about himself...and Kitty Clark.