Dictionary of the British English Spelling System

Dictionary of the British English Spelling System
Author: Greg Brooks
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2015-03-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1783741074

This book will tell all you need to know about British English spelling. It's a reference work intended for anyone interested in the English language, especially those who teach it, whatever the age or mother tongue of their students. It will be particularly useful to those wishing to produce well-designed materials for teaching initial literacy via phonics, for teaching English as a foreign or second language, and for teacher training. English spelling is notoriously complicated and difficult to learn; it is correctly described as much less regular and predictable than any other alphabetic orthography. However, there is more regularity in the English spelling system than is generally appreciated. This book provides, for the first time, a thorough account of the whole complex system. It does so by describing how phonemes relate to graphemes and vice versa. It enables searches for particular words, so that one can easily find, not the meanings or pronunciations of words, but the other words with which those with unusual phoneme-grapheme/grapheme-phoneme correspondences keep company. Other unique features of this book include teacher-friendly lists of correspondences and various regularities not described by previous authorities, for example the strong tendency for the letter-name vowel phonemes (the names of the letters ) to be spelt with those single letters in non-final syllables.

Dee Goong An (Three Murder Cases Solved)

Dee Goong An (Three Murder Cases Solved)
Author:
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2023-02-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1667681702

First published in the eighteenth century, Dee Goong An chronicles three of Judge Dee's celebrated cases, woven together into a novel. A double murder among merchants, the fatal poisoning of a new bride, and an unsolved murder in a small town — these crimes launch Judge Dee down the great silk routes and even into graveyards to consult the spirits of the dead. With his keen analytical wit, can he discover the killers? First of the Judge Dee books, translated by Robert van Gulik.

A Guide to Plane Algebraic Curves

A Guide to Plane Algebraic Curves
Author: Keith Kendig
Publisher: MAA
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2011
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0883853531

An accessible introduction to the plane algebraic curves that also serves as a natural entry point to algebraic geometry. This book can be used for an undergraduate course, or as a companion to algebraic geometry at graduate level.

THINK Critically

THINK Critically
Author: Peter A. Facione
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Critical thinking
ISBN: 9780205490981

THINK Currency. THINK Relevancy. THINK Critically. THINK Critically is a cutting-edge, self-reflective guide for improving critical thinking skills through careful analysis, reasoned inference, and thoughtful evaluation of contemporary culture and ideas. An engaging visual design developed with extensive student feedback and 15-page chapters makes THINK Critically the textbook your students will actually read. It delivers the core concepts of critical thinking in a way they can easily understand. Additionally, engaging examples and masterful exercises help students learn to clarify ideas, analyze arguments, and evaluate reasoning. A better teaching and learning experience This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience--for you and your students. Here's how: Improve Critical Thinking - "Think Critically" exercises are positioned throughout each chapter to help students build skills. Engage Students - In-text features include "Map It Out" sections, video clips, and Web-based multimedia examples. Support Instructors - Four new optional chapters are available through the Pearson Custom Library, and a comprehensive supplements package is available to be packaged with this text.

Holy Blood, Holy Grail

Holy Blood, Holy Grail
Author: Michael Baigent
Publisher: Dell
Total Pages: 499
Release: 2007-12-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 030742300X

Is the traditional, accepted view of the life of Christ in some way incomplete? • Is it possible Christ did not die on the cross? • Is it possible Jesus was married, a father, and that his bloodline still exists? • Is it possible that parchments found in the South of France a century ago reveal one of the best-kept secrets of Christendom? • Is it possible that these parchments contain the very heart of the mystery of the Holy Grail? According to the authors of this extraordinarily provocative, meticulously researched book, not only are these things possible — they are probably true! so revolutionary, so original, so convincing, that the most faithful Christians will be moved; here is the book that has sparked worldwide controversey. "Enough to seriously challenge many traditional Christian beliefs, if not alter them." — Los Angeles Times Book Review "Like Chariots of the Gods?...the plot has all the elements of an international thriller." — Newsweek

Healing War Trauma

Healing War Trauma
Author: Raymond Monsour Scurfield
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2013-02-11
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 113657624X

Healing War Trauma details a broad range of exciting approaches for healing from the trauma of war. The techniques described in each chapter are designed to complement and supplement cognitive-behavioral treatment protocols—and, ultimately, to help clinicians transcend the limits of those protocols. For those veterans who do not respond productively to—or who have simply little interest in—office-based, regimented, and symptom-focused treatments, the innovative approaches laid out in Healing War Trauma will inspire and inform both clinicians and veterans as they chart new paths to healing.

Procedural Politics

Procedural Politics
Author: Joseph Jupille
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2004-08-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781139454117

This book was first published in 2004. Under what conditions, in what ways, and with what effects do actors engage in politics with respect to, rather than merely within, political institutions? Using multiple methods and original data, Procedural Politics develops a theory of everyday politics with respect to rules - procedural politics - and applies it to European Union integration and politics. Assuming that actors influence maximizers, it argues and demonstrates that the jurisdiction ambiguity of issues provides opportunities for procedural politics and that influence-differences among institutional alternatives provide the incentives. It also argues and demonstrates that procedural politics occurs by predictable means (most notably, involving procedural coalition formation and strategic issue-definition) and exerts predictable effects on policymaking efficiency and outcomes and long-run institutional change. Beyond illuminating previously under-appreciated aspects of EU rule governance, these findings generalize to all rule-governed political systems and form the basis of fuller accounts of the role of institutions in political life.

Men Without Redemption

Men Without Redemption
Author: Nick Gallicchio
Publisher: Trafford on Demand Pub
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2007-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1425120946

Every now and then, a blockbuster novel comes along - Sidney Sheldon's Rage of Angels, Mario Puzo's The Godfather, and Nicholas Pileggi's Wiseguys come to mind. Now we have Men Without Redemption by Nick Gallicchio. Gallicchio's new novel is indeed explosive; not just another ordinary novel about gangsters, corruption and mob hits, but directly drawn from the streets of reality. It revolves around a mob cadre with an ingenious plan to overthrow the president of an International Union of Working People. The story reveals and masterfully interweaves the main aspects inherent in both organized crime and the American labor movement. Gallicchio hurls readers into a world they have never known before by punctuating the pages with unexpected plots enshrouded in mystery, bathed in blood and suffused with pathos. Myriad planned murders are rife with intrigue, riveting in their description and deftly carried out with such subtlety and cunning readers will find themselves (almost) sympathetic to those who execute them. Sizzling love scenes are bound to curl the hair on the back of one's neck as the author, in a sublime and entrancing way, imparts to the sultry scenes the true meaning of sexual romance and genuine love. Men Without Redemption contains all the ingredients needed in a page-turning novel - gritted teeth, sarcasm, blind loyalty, vengeance, familial love, hate and utter connivance, altruism and the epic sins of fathers bequeathed to sons.

The Templar Legacy

The Templar Legacy
Author: Steve Berry
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 526
Release: 2009-08-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1848943075

The first explosive thriller in the Cotton Malone series from a New York Times megaselling author. The ancient order of the Knights Templar possessed untold wealth and absolute power, until the Inquisition destroyed them and their riches were lost forever. But some people don't believe in 'forever'. Ex-agent Cotton Malone used to work for Stephanie Nelle in the US Justice Department. Now Nelle wants his help to crack a series of puzzles that have confounded experts for centuries - and could lead to the legendary lost treasure of the Knights Templar. But someone else is on the trail - someone prepared to commit the ultimate crime to win the ultimate prize. Malone and Nelle find themselves in a heart-stopping race through the villages, castles and cloisters of Europe in pursuit of a secret that, in the wrong hands, could bring the world to its knees.

Killer Sudoku 9x9 - Medium - Volume 3 - 270 Puzzles

Killer Sudoku 9x9 - Medium - Volume 3 - 270 Puzzles
Author: Nick Snels
Publisher: PuzzleBooks.net
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2014-10-04
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1502718138

When you buy this book you get an electronic version (PDF file) of the interior of this book. Killer Sudoku is a fun and addicting logic puzzle game that combines Sudoku with an addition math game. Killer Sudoku is a fun way for kids and adults to practice addition facts. This book is ideal if you already know how to solve Killer Sudoku puzzles but find our hard Killer Sudoku puzzles too difficult. Once you pick up this book, you won't be able to put it back down. You have been warned! The goal of Killer Sudoku is to fill in the empty cells, one number in each, so that each column, row, and region contains each number exactly once. The sum of all numbers in a cage (indicated by the dashed lines) must match the small number printed in its corner. No number can be repeated within a cage. Killer Sudoku 9x9 - Medium is a collection of 270 puzzles: 216 medium Killer Sudoku 9x9 puzzles 54 extra logic puzzles I guarantee that every logic puzzle in this Killer Sudoku puzzle book has been carefully checked to ensure that each puzzle has only 1 solution. None of the puzzles in this book will appear in any of the other PuzzleBooks.net books. Killer Sudoku is also known as Sums Sudoku, Sumdoku, Sum Doku, Addoku, Killer Su Doku, Samunamupure, Kikagaku Nampure, Samu Nanpure, Sums Number Place.