One of CBC Books Best Canadian Nonfiction Books of 2024 There have been many things written about Canada’s violent siege of Kanehsatà :ke and Kahnawà :ke in the summer of 1990, but When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance is the first book from the perspective of Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, who was the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk)…
How should a liberal democracy respond to hate groups and others that oppose the ideal of free and equal citizenship? The democratic state faces the hard choice of either protecting the rights of hate groups and allowing their views to spread, or banning their views and violating citizens’ rights to freedoms of expression, association, and…
This book presents selected research and development on virtual reality (VR) and serious games (SG) applications to assist children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in their learning of different skills. Children with ASD have challenges to learn skills of learning, living, and working, due to their cognitive and behavioral limitations. The authors and their research…
Offering solutions for today’s cross-platform, multi-media writing environment, Kessler and Mc Donald’s WHEN WORDS COLLIDE, 9e is praised by students and instructors alike for its straightforward presentation of grammar and writing guidelines. This versatile handbook is an excellent resource for beginning students as well as seasoned media writers. It delivers concise, clear explanations and examples,…
Winner of the 2023 On the Brinck Book Award, presented by the University of New Mexico School of Architecture + Planning An auspicious political landscape, represented in image and text In 1702, the second emperor of the Qing dynasty ordered construction of a new summer palace in Rehe (now Chengde, Hebei) to support his annual…
.Astrologers use lunar eclipses for timing and prediction. Our birth charts reveal we belong to a heavenly family—a family of dragons, a family of galvanizing lunar eclipse patterns, many of which are ancient and have been returning for centuries. Get ready to meet your dragon family and discover life patterns unknowable by any conventional means…
What comes to mind when you think about lesson planning? If you’re like most teachers, you focus on the material you need to present, what you will do and say, what you will ask students to do, and the assessments you will create and administer. And if you’re like most teachers, you also know what…
Since the first edition published in 1989, Which Contract? Choosing the Appropriate Building Contract has been the most reliable and essential comparative analysis of the standard forms of building contract available in the UK. Which Contract? provides architects and other construction professionals with indispensable guidance on how to identify the most appropriate procurement strategy and…
A good bottle of bourbon should be enjoyed in good company. During their travels in bourbon country and beyond to conduct tastings and seminars, entertainment experts Peggy Noe Stevens and Susan Reigler often heard the question, “How do I do this in my home?” This book is their definitive answer. Which Fork Do I Use…
Wann darf ein Arbeitnehmer seinen Arbeitgeber oder einen Arbeitskollegen wegen eines Fehlverhaltens bei einer staatlichen Beh�rde anzeigen, ohne arbeitsrechtliche Konsequenzen bef�rchten zu m�ssen? Inwieweit besteht die Pflicht f�r einen Arbeitnehmer, seinen Arbeitgeber oder sonstige interne Stellen vorab vor m�glichen Missst�nden zu warnen? Die Arbeit widmet sich diesen wichtigen Grundfragen innerhalb der Rechte- und Pflichtenstruktur des…
Whistleblowing umfasst die Anzeige (wirklichen oder vermeintlichen) Fehlverhaltens innerhalb eines Unternehmens oder au�erhalb, insbesondere gegen�ber Beh�rden oder gegen�ber der �ffentlichkeit.Die anf�nglich sehr restriktive Rechtsprechung hat sich im Laufe der Jahrzehnte zugunsten des anzeigenden Arbeitnehmers gewandelt. Das Bundesarbeitsgericht hat die Anforderungen an ein rechtm��iges Whistleblowing konkretisiert, aber keine umfassende Rechtssicherheit geschaffen. Diese Arbeit analysiert die wesentlichen…
First cumulative supplement to the 3rd Edition now available: http://bit.ly/2t1Ox GO This book provides a detailed survey of the law relating to public interest disclosure.It examines how the system has developed since the coming into force of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA), and provides up-to-date practical guidance on the key issues that arise…
A study of colonial Natal, focused on the contradictions related to indirect rule, the legacy of which continues to inform the political and social climate of post-apartheid South Africa.White Chief, Black Lords explores the tensions and contradictions between the British colonial civilizing mission and the practice of indirect rule. While the colonial imperative was to…
White Fatigue Rethinking Resistance for Social Justice White Fatigue: Rethinking Resistance for Social Justice explores how, despite the pleas and research of critical scholars, what passes for multicultural education in schools is often promotion of human relations and tolerance rather than a sustained critical examination of how race and racism shape social, political, economic, and…
This book examines language and identity among White American middle and upper-middle class youth who affiliate with Hip Hop culture. Hip Hop youth engage in practices that range from the consumption of rap music and fashion to practices like MC-ing (writing and performing raps or “rhymes”), DJ-ing (mixing records to produce a beat for the…