This revised and updated second edition of Comparative and International Education: An Introduction to Theory, Method and Practice provides a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the key themes, definitions and approaches in this important field. It covers the history, theory, and methods of comparative and international education, as well as the relationship with education and national development, and outlines what we can learn from comparative studies. Clear explanat...

Detail in Contemporary Concrete Architecture provides analysis of both the technical and the aesthetic importance of details in modern concrete architecture. Featuring the work of renowned architects from around the world, this book presents 49 of the most recently completed and influential concrete designs for both residential and commercial architecture.The projects are presented in clear and concise layouts over four pages. All of the drawings are styled consistently an...

Detail in Contemporary Concrete Architecture provides analysis of both the technical and the aesthetic importance of details in modern concrete architecture. Featuring the work of renowned architects from around the world, this book presents 49 of the most recently completed and influential concrete designs for both residential and commercial architecture.The projects are presented in clear and concise layouts over four pages. All of the drawings are styled consistently an...

Power. Loyalty. Betrayal. A colony on the brink of revolution.In the spring of 1674, Nathaniel Bacon arrives in Virginia seeking opportunity and a prosperous future. Wealthy, ambitious, and well-connected, he quickly becomes entangled in the political tensions that threaten to tear the colony apart.As conflict grows between settlers, Native tribes, and the colonial government led by Governor Sir William Berkeley, Bacon finds himself at the center of one of ...

"A Big Ask" is the inside story of the Ford Motor Company's return to the world's most famous sports car race - The 24 Hours of Le Mans - as told by veteran motorsports journalist David Phillips and accompanied by more than 100 color images by some of the world's leading racing photographers. Half a century ago, Ford's battles with Ferrari for supremacy at Le Mans became the stuff of legends. Rebuffed in his bid to buy Ferrari, Henry Ford II spent untold millions to defeat the iconic Itali...

Love is in the air. Only, for Jack Pittman, it's not the kind you would ask for, even on your worst enemy. As Jack's story continues, things only seem to be getting worse. Supernatural creatures still hound him at every turn, and now he seems to have picked up a dark and mysterious stalker. He must try harder than ever to stay alive and keep his friends safe . . . and he must do it while navigating the treacherous waters of a growing relationship with one very confused--and confusing--succ...

This volume not only explores Ross's moral philosophy and ethical theories, but also his aesthetics, intuitionist epistemology, metaphysics, and applied ethics. W. D. Ross is a major figure in the history of moral philosophy and his work has been increasingly discussed since the 1990s. He provided the first sustained articulation and defence of a new moral theory: a moderate deontology embodying a pluralistic theory of the right built around his most famous innovation, the concept of prima...

Augmenting Public Relations examines how existing technologies used in Public Relations (PR) are being significantly augmented because of the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The book describes the opportunities and pitfalls of AI, recent and emerging technologies, and projections in their development, offering an introduction to practitioners on how they, too, can create their own AI-enhanced tools.The developments in augmented, virtual and meta-reality, aided by A...

What does it mean to be truly human?We live in a world that turns people into products, relationships into transactions, and rest into guilt. Something essential has been lost-and we feel it.At the foot of Mount Sinai, God spoke Ten Words-not to restrict humanity but to restore it. Before they were commandments carved in stone, they were an invitation: Come back to who you were made to be.In Becoming Human Again, Dr. David Phillips recovers the Ten Commandments as w...

Whatever you’re looking for, you’ve found it. Now there’s no turning back…This is a glimpse into a dark and twisted mind that shines a light on our innermost fears.This is a collection of 32 wonderfully suspenseful and twisted tales from a new and exciting voice in fiction.A varied and fascinating mix of genres with a common denominator: they are all dark stories, with twists in the tail that impact the reader like a sucker punch to the solar plexus.Whether ...

This book will advance the understanding of leadership beyond the inherited myths and modalities of command and control. Leadership is separated from ideas and institutional seniority and explained as the collaborative power of one with others. Enabling the intelligent co-participation of all people, the constructive effect of this approach to leadership is in the engagement of people. This is significant when task accomplishment depends not on managerial direction, but on the interaction ...

When someone orders a supernatural hit on Jack Pittman, he is suddenly thrust into a dystopian nightmare world populated by B grade monster movie characters where nothing is ever as it seems. Jack teams up with an unlikely set of superheroes, including a fangless vampire forced to wear dentures, a werewolf that only turns into a schnauzer, and a confused succubus that can't seduce men. If he wants to survive, Jack must answer a series of crucial questions: How can he keep his friends safe?...