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The Landing at ANZAC 1915 (Australian Army Campaigns #12)
By Chris Roberts. 2015
The Landing at ANZAC, 1915 challenges many of the cherished myths of the most celebrated battle in Australian and New…
Zealand history – myths that have endured for almost a century. Told from both the ANZAC and Turkish perspectives, this meticulously researched account questions several of the claims of Charles Bean’s magisterial and much-quoted Australian official history and presents a fresh examination of the evidence from a range of participants. The Landing at ANZAC, 1915 reaches a carefully argued conclusion in which Roberts draws together the threads of his analysis delivering some startling findings. But the author’s interest extends beyond the simple debunking of hallowed myths, and he produces a number of lessons from the armies of today. This is a book that pulls the Gallipoli campaign into the modern era and provides a compelling argument for its continuing relevance. In short, today’s armies must never forget the lessons of Gallipoli.The Killing Chronicle: Police Service and Shattered Lives
By Alan Leek. 2019
Early 20th century criminals were at their worst and their excesses created havoc. The times were hard and made even…
more difficult with the beginning of WWII, when hand-guns, explosives and ‘Tommie’ guns became easy currency and were used with malice and astounding recklessness. Alan Leek, an awarded police veteran, recounts incredible true stories from this period through the lens of a man who has personally experienced and witnessed the life-changing impacts of service. He pays tribute to the ethos and courage of police and their contribution during a period when police responses were not directed by psychological or sociological methodologies but by brawn and bravery. This compilation of stories includes the callous Anzac Day anniversary shooting of a constable, the murder of a decorated country constable that ended with the posthumous award of the George Cross, the cowardly stabbing death of a constable who had survived Africa, Greece, Ceylon and New Guinea, accounts of front line country police mercilessly cut down and other stories of goal break-outs, gun flights and carnage. Some of the crimes dealt with here are horrific and tragic. They are not easy to take in, even today, but they need to be told to set the record straight and ensure that the victims are remembered beyond their names being chiselled into stone.The Korean Kid: A Young Australian Pilot's Baptism of Fire in the Jet Fighter Age
By Rochelle Nicholls. 2020
A vicious civil conflict erupted on the Korean peninsula in 1950 and sucked 24 nations into a new round of…
fighting. The world’s two atomic superpowers – the United States and the Soviet Union – menaced each other across an arbitrary border as Korea became the proving ground for a new Cold War. The odds faced by Australia’s young pilots were one in three, that they’d not come back. Or perhaps they’d just never be found, crash in flames into a foreign mountain and become nothing but names in a faraway cemetery. Most had no combat experience. Their planes were obsolete. Their orders were to dive upon a well-armed enemy with their bellies exposed, where one bullet to a fuel-tank meant an inescapable fireball. The Korean Kid is the story of Jim Kichenside and the Australian pilots who took to the skies in the ‘forgotten war’ on the Korean peninsula. Within a week of the North Korean invasion of the South on June 25, 1950, No.77 Fighter Squadron RAAF were in the air: the first United Nations air unit committed to the defence of the overrun South. Of the 340 Australians who perished in Korea, 41 were from 77 Squadron. In 1952, Jim Kichenside was the youngest pilot in 77 Squadron, at just 21 years of age. He entered the Korean theatre with just 8 hours of training on his Meteor jet. Dubbed ‘The Korean Kid’, Jim's is a story of youth and resilience, of luck and loss, of young men thrust into a war against impossible odds – the first war of the jet age.Key thinkers, theories, discoveries, and inventions explained on a single page! Instant Engineering pulls together all the pivotal engineering theories…
and discoveries into one concise volume. Each page contains a distinct “cheat sheet,” which tells you the most important facts in bite-size chunks, so you can feel like an expert in minutes! From Archimedes to Elon Musk, from pumps and pulleys to the steam engine, and from the canal boat to the space rocket—every key figure, theory, or term is expressed in succinct and lively text and graphics. Perfect for the knowledge-hungry and time-poor, this collection of graphics-led lessons makes engineering interesting and accessible. Everything you need to know—and more!—packed into one convenient volume.Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning
By Scott McLeod; Julie Graber. 2019
Seeking a New Approach; Introducing the 4 Shifts Protocol; Redesigning Elementary School Lessons and Units; Redesigning Secondary Lessons and Units;…
Designing From Standards; Implementing the Protocol Tips, Strategies, and Other Suggestions.Both Sides Now
By Ruth Pennebaker. 2000
1. Rebecca and Liza have different ideas and feelings about breast cancer. Rebecca wants her family to see the changes…
in her personality and the ways in which she is stronger now. Liza is afraid to talk about her mother’s illness. Discuss the reasons for these different responses. How would you feel? 2. Liza feels anxious when her mother talks about cancer. Liza describes the “panic rising . . . like a siren that’s going off” and the need to stop her mother from elaborating on her fear of dying. (p. 138) Why do you think Liza resists these discussions? 3. How would you describe Liza’s reaction in the wig store? Why is she afraid to lose control of her emotions? 4. Rebecca describes Liza as “holding on too tight, trying to hold on to something that’s not there any longer.” (p. 132) How are Liza’s actions affecting her emotionally? 5. What function do the characters of Richard, Mr. Sorenson, Rory, Emma, and Beverly serve in the story? How do they represent part of Liza’s other world, outside her home life? 6. When Rebecca tells her family she does not want the stem-cell transplant, Liza realizes, “We thought we’d been protecting her for years. That’s what Dad had told me, and that’s what I’d thought. But maybe it wasn’t nearly that simple. . . . I wonder how much Mom’s protected me without my knowing it.” (p. 199) What does Liza recognize now about her mother’s strength of spirit? 7. “I feel as if I’ve been picked up and shaken and thrown back down to earth. And now I have to put things back together.” (p. 202) What do you think of Rebecca’s description of her experience as a breast cancer survivor? How does this relate to Liza’s feelings? 8. How does the ending make you feel? Discuss the ways Liza and Rebecca are better equipped to talk with each other after honestly discussing breast cancer. 9. Do you know someone with breast cancer? Have you ever discussed your family history?Burning Down The House: Essays On Fiction
By Charles Baxter. 2008
As much a rumination on the state of literature as a technical manual for aspiring writers, Burning Down the House…
has been enjoyed by readers and taught in classrooms for more than a decade. Readers are rewarded with thoughtful analysis, humorous one-liners, and plenty of brushfires that continue burning long after the book is closed.Including Students With Special Needs: A Practical Guide For Classroom Teachers
By Marilyn Friend, William D. Bursuck. 2019
Including Students with Special Needs provides readers with a firm grounding in critical special education concepts, an understanding of the…
professionals who support students with special needs, knowledge of the procedures that should be followed to ensure that students with special needs rights are upheld, and a wealth of research-based strategies and interventions that we know help foster student success. Filled with realistic school scenarios, additional vignettes of children with disabilities and other special needs, new information on multi-tiered systems of support, and over 400 new reference citations, the 8th Edition introduces pre-service teachers to the complexities, realities, and rewards of being a professional educator today.Reawakened: A Once Upon A Time Tale
By Odette Beane. 2012
WELCOME TO STORYBROOKE For Emma Swan, life has been anything but a fairy tale. She's been alone since she wbe…
with her one true love, Price Charming, but the Queen was abandoned as a baby-that is, until the night of her twenty-eighth birthday, when Henry, the son she gave p for adoption ten years ago, appears on her doorstep. Henry takes Emma back to his home in Storybrooke, where he insists all the town's residents are actually fairy tale characters, cursed to forget their true identities, and Emma is the only one who can save them... In another world, and another time, Snow White is a bandit on the run, forced into exile by her stepmother, the Evil Queen, Snow will do anything to ill stop at nothing to destroy their happy endingMeanings Of Life
By Roy F. Baumeister. 1991
In this extraordinary book, an eminent social scientist explores what empirical studies from diverse fields tell us about the human…
condition. Meanings of Life draws together evidence from psychology, history, anthropology, and sociology, integrating copious research findings into a clear and conclusive discussion of how people attempt to make sense of their lives. In a lively and accessible style, emphasising facts over theories, Baumeister explores why people desire meaning in their lives, how these meanings function, what forms they take, and what happens when life loses meaning. The volume includes a review of interdisciplinary literature that covers what the social sciences say about such matters as happiness, suffering, and death. It explores people's need for a sense of purpose, values, control over their lives, and a sense of self worth. Divorce and religious conversion are also examined. The book attempts to analyze the myths of fulfilment and higher meaning, illusions of eternity, the suppression of female sexuality, the failure of the work ethic, why death is more threatening to us than it was to our ancestors, and how suffering stimulates the quest for meaning. It demonstrates how happiness depends more upon one's interpretation than actual circumstances, and shows that the keys to happiness are attitude, judicious comparison, a bit of luck and a healthy dose of self-deception.Have You Seen Luis Velez?
By Catherine Ryan Hyde. 2019
Raymond Jaffe feels like he doesn't belong. Not with his mother's new family. Not as a weekend guest with his…
father and his father's wife. Not at school, where he's an outcast. After his best friend moves away, Raymond has only two real connections: to the feral cat he's tamed and to a blind ninety-two-year-old woman in his building who's introduced herself with a curious question: Have you seen Luis Velez? Mildred Gutermann, a German Jew who narrowly escaped the Holocaust, has been alone since her caretaker disappeared. She turns to Raymond for help, and as he tries to track Luis down, a deep and unexpected friendship blossoms between the two. Despondent at the loss of Luis, Mildred isolates herself further from a neighborhood devolving into bigotry and fear. Determined not to let her give up, Raymond helps her see that for every terrible act the world delivers, there is a mirror image of deep kindness, and Mildred helps Raymond see that there's hope if you have someone to hold on to.Kurukshetra July 2020
By Publication Division. 2020
Kurukshetra July 2020 focuses on a journal of rural development talks about MNREGA prominently. Social security, Agriculture and Education are…
of prime importance for the rural development. With the agenda of development the government is focussed on the empowerment of the community through various mechanisms. The article on empowering disabled gives a glimpse of the development that has taken place for the persons with disabilities in India. People will find this issue full of information and enlighten the society about the development work taken up by the government.This We Believe: Keys to Educating Young Adolescents
By National Middle School Association. 2010
The academic growth and personal development experienced during these important years significantly impact their futures. In the middle grades, the…
stage will be set for success in high school and beyond, or for disengagement and the likelihood of becoming a high school dropout.Consumer Mathematics
By Kathleen M. Harmeyer. 2003
Welcome to Consumer Mathematics. This book includes many of the math skills that you will need now and later in…
life. Why do you need these skills? Think about the world of mathematics around you. When you buy something, you use math to count money. When you measure something, you use numbers to calculate units of measurement. Buying food, paying taxes, banking, and managing a household all require at least some sort of math.Odysseus
By Geraldine Mccaughrean. 2004
One of the legends in world mythology comes to life in this retelling of the adventures of Odysseus after the…
fall of Troy. Cunning and wise, Odysseus is the son and successor of King Laertes of Ithaca, and led the Greek army during the Trojan War.My Side of the Mountain
By Jean Craighead George. 1988
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains, including his struggle…
for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.Yojana July 2020
By Publication Division. 2020
Yojana July 2020 focuses on self-reliant India which will be built by self-reliant citizens. Inclusive Growth Through Employment will be…
the most important objective of a development strategy that focuses on self-reliance is inclusive growth. Promoting export and making self-reliant will be goals of the government. Platforms like Jandhan Aadhaar and mobile is going to be an important part of the government’s effort to take its development agenda to the grassroot. Self-reliant in the field of health care is also an aim of the government for which the government has multipronged approach. Digital defence against corona is boosting the government’s effort to save them from the pandemic. Regular features of the magazines as usual will keep the reader informed.Earthdance
By Joanne Ryder. 1996
Told from the perspective of the planet Earth, this inventive and imaginative illustrated poem takes you on a tour of…
the world's environments from oceans and mountains to grasslands and glaciers where you'll meet a variety of people and animals who not only call Earth home but understand they are also of the Earth.The Secrets of Vesuvius (Roman Mysteries Book II)
By Caroline Lawrence. 2002
In this second book in "The Roman Mysteries" series, Flavia and her friends depart Ostia for a summer in Pompeii…
and are quickly caught up in a mysterious riddle and a hunt for great treasure-- while above the town, Mount Vesuvius rumbles, ready to erupt.