Stray Poems opens with San Francisco Poet Laureate Alejandro Murgu a\'s inaugural address, where he provides a brilliant and impassioned poetic account of San Francisco\'s Native and Latino literary history. What follows is a selection of Murgu a\'s most recent work, composed over the past twelve years. These are poems of the twenty-first century, written in a combination of English and Spanish--the

A fabulous book filled with enormous animals, from the mighty elephant to the amazing colossal squid and the blue whale. Huge fold-out pages reveal some of the tallest, longest, fastest, heaviest and most dangerous animals in the world, with facts and measurements. Includes internet links to websites with video clips and more amazing

The T S Eliot Prize-winning fifth collection of poems by the inaugural Belfast laureate, and one of Northern Ireland\'s greatest female

L2 Spanish Pragmatics is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of current research into pragmatics and Spanish language teaching. It presents the research on the teaching of pragmatics and Spanish language as a multifaceted discipline. Written by an international cohort of scholars, the breadth of topics includes innovative topics in the teaching of Spanish, such as genre analysis, discourse markers,

Jonny and Marty are different; different enough to be picked on and bullied. Too tall and too short, they have never fitted in at school.They are also bright, determined and resourceful, with big plans. But is that enough for them to take charge of the future and turn difference into success? And will they be able to recognise and seize opportunity when it presents itself?

Is the first edited volume to explore global health leadership with a gender lens and from a feminist perspectiveCompiles research evidence examining barriers and facilitators to women\'s global health leadership across five key sectorsShowcases the stories and experiences of women leaders across global health sectors, providing insight into their personal, professional, and political journeys to leadershipOffers

Enhance your technical and business skills to better manage your organization\'s technology ecosystem. This book aims to explain how to align the technology landscape to service your company\'s business operating model. The book begins by exploring different architectural approaches before taking a deep dive into multiple layers of the architectural stack and the methodology of each component. You\'ll

The crucial skills taught in this book will help children to protect their bodies from inappropriate touch. Children will be empowered to say in a strong and clear voice, \"This is my body What I say goes \" Through age-appropriate illustrations and engaging text this book, written by the author of \'No Means No \' and \'Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept\', will teach children the following crucial

Megwyn Jones is one of the most hated women in Britain. She used to run a home for troubled children in an isolated part of Snowdonia called The Hope. For a long time there were rumours about what was happening there, and then one day it was realised that children had gone

Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie educate readers in one of the hottest trends in business: \"design thinking,\" or the ability to turn abstract ideas into practical applications for maximal business growth. Liedtka and Ogilvie cover the mind-set, techniques, and vocabulary of design thinking, unpack the mysterious connection between design and growth, and teach managers in a straightforward way how to

The lives of six teenagers are changed forever when tragic chaos ensues in their high school. Now the power to restore order is literally in their hands.It\'s the first day back at Phoenix Academy High--but this year, there\'s no back to school excitement in the air, as returning students and faculty are haunted by memories of last year\'s horrific attack. So many friends and colleagues were lost,

A detailed examination of the controversial expeditions to the Tayos Cave complex in Ecuador and the treasures glimpsed in its depths - Reconstructs the expeditions from the 1960s and \'70s, including the Mormon Church\'s search for lost tablets, Stanley Hall\'s quest with Neil Armstrong, and sightings of a metal library, books of gold, copper plates, and a quartz sarcophagus - Includes photos from

Cambridge Word Routes and Word Selectors are a range of unique bilingual reference books in which words and phrases are organised in topic groups, helping learners to explore related vocabulary in a way that is not possible in conventional dictionaries. The learner\'s own language is used in all explanations, making the information easy to

Why does the West rule? This title answers this provocative question, drawing on 15,000 years of history and archaeology, and the methods of social

One hundred and twenty Black leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs share their wisdom and experience across the centuries in Make Your Own History, an inspiring collection of exemplary Black voices--past and present, familiar and unsung--which have the power to guide us today. Celebrating the vast breadth and scope of Black excellence, Make Your Own History spotlights the principles of success exemplified

The minor arcana of the tarot have an astrological secret: 36 of them, in fact. In the early 20th century, members of the British secret society of the Golden Dawn created what would become the world\'s best-known tarot deck: the Rider Waite Smith tarot. They also created an infrastructure of esoteric correspondences around the deck, assigning each minor card numbered 2 through 10 in each of the four

A full-color hardcover art book chronicling the renowned Nightdive Studios\' faithful recreation of the iconic cyber-sci-fi action thriller video game, System Shock! When a powerful artificial intelligence named SHODAN is liberated of her ethical constraints, the inhabitants of the Citadel space station are rapidly corrupted into bloodthirsty cyborgs and mutants and placed under her control. It\'s

As a practising social worker, you will need to be able to make sound judgments in complex contexts and when you are under pressure. This book covers the essential knowledge you will need to understand and develop skills in relation to professional judgement and decision making processes, including: - the use of assessment tools; - engagement in assessment and decision processes; - the context of