Appropriate for courses designed to improve reading comprehension, study skills, & reading rate, this title provides a variety of reading lessons & practice opportunities for readers who need experience with all levels of comprehension: literal, critical, & affective. ...

In line with KS3 National Tests, this scheme aims to help students understand conventions of text types & how to write about texts; to equip students with skills needed for the five reading foci to be tested; give students practice in applying those skills; & provide guidance on the tests. ...

As the demands on school management teams become ever more complex, this volume offers a fresh & expansive view on the challenges to be met in developing a leadership career. It

Includes:: contributions from a diverse range of respected commentators.

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A comprehensive guide for coaches of players aged 7-14 that provides specific coaching instruction at various levels of development. It presents coaching philosophies, skill instruction & practice games for players in three age groups: 7 years & up, 10 years & up, & 12 years & up. ...

This title is a synthesis of the thought of economist Amartya Sen, who views economic development as a means to extending freedoms rather than an end in itself. By widening his outlook to include poverty, tyranny, lack of opportunity, individual rights, & political structures, Professor Sen provides a useful overview of the development process. ...

Local government is at the forefront of development. In South Africa the ambitious policy objectives of post-apartheid reconstruction & development hinge on the successful creation of a democratic tier of government close to the people. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to developmental local government. ...

Offers a theory-driven approach to understanding human development from two perspectives
- the psychoanalytic & the cognitive.
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A master killer calling himself the Sandman is out for revenge in the USA. He's slaughtering not just one person but whole families & complete neighbourhoods, unleashing devastating explosions nationwide, & watching the horror unfold on a sophisticated network of surveillance cameras. No one know why he is committing his crimes. But Jack Casey
- ex-FBI profiler & now cop in a posh Boston suburb
- knows this: the Sandman wants him in the middle of the case, & wants him to suffer...even more than when a psychopath's unspeakable crime shattered his own life. Jack's lover knows nothing of his shocking past, but the Sandman has found him & his cutting-edge electronic devices are silently monitoring Jack's every move. Possible motivations for the Sandman's crimes come gradually to light, & Jack begins to wonder if the evil he is fighting emanated from his own side of the law... This book has 498 pages & is 19.7cm x 13cm x 3.2cm

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The Devil was a commanding figure in Tudor & Stuart Engl&. He played a leading role in the religious & political conflicts of the age, & inspired great works of poetry & drama. This book traces the idea of the Devil from the English Reformation to the scientific revolution of the late seventeenth century. ...

Gangster Stephen French invented the perfect crime: robbing drug barons of their huge fortunes. In SAS-style swoops, French raided their fortified mansions & tortured them with horrifying violence until they paid up. This work also reveals French's complex relationship with Curtis Warren, the wealthiest criminal in British history. ...