Schools that have adopted the ancient principles of restorative justice in their approach to disciplinary matters are reporting better relationships with young people greater engagement in learning & a greater development of social & emotional competence among learners. Not surprisingly interest in restorative practices is growing. The highly visual Restorative Justice Pocketbook" provides an introduction to restorative practice (RP) in schools. Using cartoons diagrams & visual prompts to support the text it begins with some background to the approach & outlines a process that offers high levels of support to both victims & culprits. All parties involved in an incident or problem work in conference towards a solution. Wrongdoing is viewed through a relational lens whereby those involved come to understand the harm done to people & relationships. Accepting that such harm creates obligations & liabilities they then focus on repairing the damage & putting things right. A substantial proportion of the book details
- at script level
- how to conduct restorative conferences for incidents right across the behaviour spectrum to the point where parents & outside agencies may be involved. The practical examples are recognisable everyday scenarios & the step-by-step application of the restorative process is illuminating. Margaret Thorsborne & David Vinegrad are international experts in behaviour & relationships. Between them they have trained education facilitators & led RP & community conferencing programmes on five continents."

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Never acknowledge the dead Never get close to the haunted Never ever tempt fate My father's rules I've never broken them...until now My name is Amelia Gray. I'm a cemetery restorer who sees ghosts. To protect myself from the dead I've held fast to the rules passed down from my father. But now a man haunted by his past has entered my world & the rules can no longer keep me safe. It started when a young woman's brutalised body was discovered in my cemetery. Only I can interpret the symbols of the killer & they're drawing me ever closer to the gossamer veil that separates this world from the next. Devlin needs my help but his ghosts shadow his every move. I've vowed to keep my distance. I'm breaking all the rules... ...

Ellie Summers' life is unravelling. Finding herself pregnant
- & her sexy but idle boyfriend Rick less than enthusiastic about
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* Topic-based sections in the Student Book highlight objectives & issues so students can keep their revision relevant. * An accompanying CD-ROM of multiple choice questions enables students to identify their weak areas & focus their revision. * Real-life exam questions (and answers) provide valuable practice & feedback. * Results Plus exam data & insights help students to avoid common misconceptions build better answers & improve their learning. Note: this book

Includes:: the Medicine & treatment option for Units 1 & 3. It does NOT cover options 1B 1C 3B 3C: Crime & punishment or The changing nature of warfare.

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* Topic-based sections in the Student Book highlight objectives & issues so students can keep their revision relevant. * An accompanying CD-ROM of multiple choice questions enables students to identify their weak areas & focus their revision. * Real-life exam questions (and answers) provide valuable exam practice & feedback. * Results Plus exam performance data & examiner insight help students to avoid common misconceptions build better answers & maximise their marks. ...

Rebus is off the case
- literally. A few days into the murder inquiry of an Edinburgh art dealer Rebus blows up at a colleague.
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Hawkwood the Regency James Bond returns in this gripping action packed sequel to the bestselling ' Ratcatcher'. Matthew Hawkwood. Soldier spy lover -- a man as dangerous as the criminals he hunts. The tough Bow Street Runner is back where he's not wanted in the most forbidding places London has to offer: its graveyards & the rank sinister halls of Bedlam the country's most notorious lunatic asylum. There are missing bodies all around -- dead & alive. ' Resurrection men' serve the demands of the city's surgeons by stealing corpses -- & creating a few of their own along the way. Far more worrying is the escape from Bedlam of a very unusual inmate: one Colonel Titus Xavier Hyde an obsessive gifted surgeon whose insanity is only matched by his dark intelligence. & this twisted genius has a point to prove. Which will mean plenty more work for the gravediggers! ...

Philadelphia. The late 1870s. A city of cobblestone sidewalks & horse-drawn carriages. Home to the famous anatomist & surgeon Dr. Spencer Black. The son of a resurrectionist" (aka grave robber) Dr. Black studied at Philadelphia's esteemed Academy of Medicine where he develops an unconventional hypothesis: What if the world's most celebrated mythological beasts
- mermaids minotaurs & satyrs
- were in fact the evolutionary ancestors of humankind? " The Resurrectionist" offers two extraordinary books in one. The first is a fictional biography of Dr. Spencer Black from his humble beginnings to the mysterious disappearance at the end of his life. The second book is Black's magnum opus: " The Codex Extinct Animalia a Gray's Anatomy" for mythological beasts
- dragons centaurs Pegasus Cerberus
- all rendered in meticulously detailed black-&-white anatomical illustrations. You need only look at these images to realize they are the work of a madman. " The Resurrectionist" tells his story."



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With an emphasis on developing a strategy for buying this comprehensive book gives students the skills theyll need to become successful buyers in all retail areas. Its simple & straightforward approach presents students with step-by-step instructions for typical buying tasks such as identifying & understanding potential customers creating a six-month merchandising plan & developing sales forecasts. Ample activities give students the opportunity to apply these skills as they would in a professional environment This new edition offers expanded coverage of the use of technology for retail buying & working with foreign markets. The companion text Making Buying Decisions: Using The Computer as a Tool furthers the connection between retail buying strategies & merchandise math. New to this Edition -- Updated & expanded chapter

Features: Internet Connections " " Snapshots" & " Trendwatches" -- New more contemporary illustrations -- Expanded & updated coverage of direct marketing & the growing use of database-driven marketing & technology -- New chapter on purchasing from foreign sources -- Revised discussion of the types of buying offices -- Updated facts for identifying changes in consumer markets -- Consolidated coverage of domestic markets & negotiating with vendors -- More emphasis on using the Internet as promotional tool -- Increased coordination with companion text Making Buying Decisions -- Instructors Guide provides suggestions for planning the course & using the text"

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The most practical & informative reference book for the jewellery trade The Retail Jewellers Guide" provides all the information on necessary areas of product knowledge required by the professional jeweller. It is also an invaluable text for all students studying for the NAG JET & NAG Gemmology courses & the new summary & learning section will enhance the textbook elements of this new edition. Also included are an entirely new chapter on the appraisal of jewellery & one on gemmological instruments." ...