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Streaming and Digital Media

Understanding the Business and Technology

by Dan Rayburn ...

Steaming and Digital Media gives you a concise and direct analysis to understand a scalable, profitable venture, as well as the common and hidden pitfalls to avoid in your business. By focusing on both the business implications and technical differences between online video and traditional broadcast distribution, you will learn how to gain significant time-to-market and cost-saving advantages by ... Read more

$68.99 USD

Steaming and Digital Media gives you a concise and direct analysis to understand a scalable, profitable venture, as well as the common and hidden pitfalls to avoid in your business. By focusing on both the business implications and technical differences between online video and traditional broadcast distribution, you will learn how to gain significant time-to-market and cost-saving advantages by
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Picture a Professor

Interrupting Biases about Faculty and Increasing Student Learning

Edited by Jessamyn Neuhaus ...

Series series Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
“Does a service to all who would prefer a different path, offering realistic strategies to engage students in undermining scholarly stereotypes.”—SciencePicture a Professor is a collection of evidence-based insights and intersectional teaching strategies crafted by and for college instructors. It aims to inspire transformative student learning while challenging stereotypes about what a professor ... Read more

$10.29 USD

“Does a service to all who would prefer a different path, offering realistic strategies to engage students in undermining scholarly stereotypes.”—SciencePicture a Professor is a collection of evidence-based insights and intersectional teaching strategies crafted by and for college instructors. It aims to inspire transformative student learning while challenging stereotypes about what a professor
... Read more
Building the Cycling City

The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality

by Melissa Bruntlett, Chris Bruntlett ...

In car-clogged urban areas across the world, the humble bicycle is enjoying a second life as a legitimate form of transportation. City officials are rediscovering it as a multi-pronged (or -spoked) solution to acute, 21st-century problems, including affordability, obesity, congestion, climate change, inequity, and social isolation. As the world’s foremost cycling nation, the Netherlands is the ... Read more

$21.59 USD

In car-clogged urban areas across the world, the humble bicycle is enjoying a second life as a legitimate form of transportation. City officials are rediscovering it as a multi-pronged (or -spoked) solution to acute, 21st-century problems, including affordability, obesity, congestion, climate change, inequity, and social isolation. As the world’s foremost cycling nation, the Netherlands is the
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The Invisible Constitution

by Laurence H. Tribe ...

Series series Inalienable Rights
As everyone knows, the United States Constitution is a tangible, visible document. Many see it in fact as a sacred text, holding no meaning other than that which is clearly visible on the page. Yet as renowned legal scholar Laurence Tribe shows, what is not written in the Constitution plays a key role in its interpretation. Indeed some of the most contentious Constitutional debates of our time ... Read more

$15.19 USD

As everyone knows, the United States Constitution is a tangible, visible document. Many see it in fact as a sacred text, holding no meaning other than that which is clearly visible on the page. Yet as renowned legal scholar Laurence Tribe shows, what is not written in the Constitution plays a key role in its interpretation. Indeed some of the most contentious Constitutional debates of our time
... Read more
Hinduism: The Basics

by Neelima Shukla-Bhatt ...

Series series The Basics
Hinduism: The Basics introduces readers to the third largest, and arguably the oldest, living religious tradition. It opens a vista into the rich and dynamic ethos of the Hindu religious tradition in India and other parts of the world. The book explores the variety of philosophical schools, priestly rituals, and popular practices common in the Hindu faith, presenting the layered diversity of its ... Read more

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Hinduism: The Basics introduces readers to the third largest, and arguably the oldest, living religious tradition. It opens a vista into the rich and dynamic ethos of the Hindu religious tradition in India and other parts of the world. The book explores the variety of philosophical schools, priestly rituals, and popular practices common in the Hindu faith, presenting the layered diversity of its
... Read more
Cosmic Constitutional Theory

Why Americans Are Losing Their Inalienable Right to Self-Governance

by J. Harvie Wilkinson, III ...

Series series Inalienable Rights
American constitutional law has undergone a transformation. Issues once left to the people have increasingly become the province of the courts. Subjects as diverse as abortion rights and firearms regulations, health care reform and counterterrorism efforts, not to mention a millennial presidential election, are more and more the domain of judges. What sparked this development? In this engaging ... Read more

$41.39 USD

American constitutional law has undergone a transformation. Issues once left to the people have increasingly become the province of the courts. Subjects as diverse as abortion rights and firearms regulations, health care reform and counterterrorism efforts, not to mention a millennial presidential election, are more and more the domain of judges. What sparked this development? In this engaging
... Read more
2000 Most Common Italian Words in Context

Get Fluent & Increase Your Italian Vocabulary with 2000 Italian Phrases

by Lingo Mastery ...

Series series Italian Language Lessons
Have you been trying to learn Italian and simply can’t find the way to expand your vocabulary?Do your teachers recommend you boring textbooks and complicated stories that you don’t really understand?Are you looking for a way to learn the language quicker without taking shortcuts?If you answered “Yes!” to at least one of those previous questions, then this book is for you! We’ve compiled the 2000 ... Read more

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Have you been trying to learn Italian and simply can’t find the way to expand your vocabulary?Do your teachers recommend you boring textbooks and complicated stories that you don’t really understand?Are you looking for a way to learn the language quicker without taking shortcuts?If you answered “Yes!” to at least one of those previous questions, then this book is for you! We’ve compiled the 2000
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Stand Up That Mountain

The Battle to Save One Small Community in the Wilderness Along the Appalachian Trail

by Jay Erskine Leutze ...

In the tradition of A Civil Action—this true story of a North Carolina outdoorsman who teams up with his neighbors in a grassroots conservation fight to save treasured land along the Appalachian Trail from being destroyed will “make you want to head for the mountains” (Raleigh News & Observer).Living alone in his wooded mountain retreat, Jay Leutze gets a call from a whip-smart fourteen-year-old, ... Read more

$13.99 USD

In the tradition of A Civil Action—this true story of a North Carolina outdoorsman who teams up with his neighbors in a grassroots conservation fight to save treasured land along the Appalachian Trail from being destroyed will “make you want to head for the mountains” (Raleigh News & Observer).Living alone in his wooded mountain retreat, Jay Leutze gets a call from a whip-smart fourteen-year-old,
... Read more
Emergency

This Book Will Save Your Life

by Neil Strauss ...

Terrorist attacks. Natural disasters. Domestic crackdowns. Economic collapse. Riots. Wars. Disease. Starvation.What can you do when it all hits the fan?You can learn to be self-sufficient and survive without the system."I've started to look at the world through apocalypse eyes." So begins Neil Strauss's harrowing new book: his first full-length work since the international bestseller The Game, and ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Terrorist attacks. Natural disasters. Domestic crackdowns. Economic collapse. Riots. Wars. Disease. Starvation.What can you do when it all hits the fan?You can learn to be self-sufficient and survive without the system."I've started to look at the world through apocalypse eyes." So begins Neil Strauss's harrowing new book: his first full-length work since the international bestseller The Game, and
... Read more
ゼロからスタート英語で話そう自分のことトレーニングBOOK

by 宮野　智靖　監修, 近藤　千代　著, ミゲル・E・コーティ　著 ...

訪日外国人も増えている今、日本国内でも外国人観光客から突然話しかけられる機会は増えています。そんなときポジティブに英語で会話ができたら、その上相手にも英語で質問し返したりして会話が盛り上がったら、小さいことかもしれませんが、きっと価値観をかえるきっかけになるはずです。英語で言いたいことが2,3語でも言えたら、相手の質問にポンポンと単語を返せたら、それだけで世界中の人と友だちになれるのです。本書は中学校で習う基本の英文法を使ったシンプルな自己紹介から応用編のミニスピーチまで、英語で自分の言いたいことが言えるようになる、アウトプット強化のためのはじめの1冊です。[音声の内容]・本文の英文フレーズと和訳 ... Read more

$7.76 USD

訪日外国人も増えている今、日本国内でも外国人観光客から突然話しかけられる機会は増えています。そんなときポジティブに英語で会話ができたら、その上相手にも英語で質問し返したりして会話が盛り上がったら、小さいことかもしれませんが、きっと価値観をかえるきっかけになるはずです。英語で言いたいことが2,3語でも言えたら、相手の質問にポンポンと単語を返せたら、それだけで世界中の人と友だちになれるのです。本書は中学校で習う基本の英文法を使ったシンプルな自己紹介から応用編のミニスピーチまで、英語で自分の言いたいことが言えるようになる、アウトプット強化のためのはじめの1冊です。[音声の内容]・本文の英文フレーズと和訳
... Read more
Growing Without Schooling Volume 1

by John Holt ...

After years of working to change schools from within—testifying before Congress and addressing audiences around the world about how to make schools better places for children—John Holt founded Growing Without Schooling magazine in 1977 to support self-directed education and learning outside of school. Each issue is a lively exchange among readers and Holt, packed with useful advice, resource ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

After years of working to change schools from within—testifying before Congress and addressing audiences around the world about how to make schools better places for children—John Holt founded Growing Without Schooling magazine in 1977 to support self-directed education and learning outside of school. Each issue is a lively exchange among readers and Holt, packed with useful advice, resource
... Read more
Write Through Your Pregnancy

Journal Writing Prompts for Expectant Mothers

by Adrienne M. Clark ...

Series Book 2 - How to Use Writing for Personal Therapy
Are you PregnantDo you worry? Who doesn't? It's hard not to worry. When your worries keep you up at night; it's time to vent. Sometimes it's hard to find someone you trust to vent your worries to. This is where writing can come in handy. That way you do not have to worry about condensation or unwelcome suggestions but you still get what is bothering you off your mind.This book provides writing ... Read more

$2.18 USD

Are you PregnantDo you worry? Who doesn't? It's hard not to worry. When your worries keep you up at night; it's time to vent. Sometimes it's hard to find someone you trust to vent your worries to. This is where writing can come in handy. That way you do not have to worry about condensation or unwelcome suggestions but you still get what is bothering you off your mind.This book provides writing
... Read more
HSK 3 Standard Course Textbook Exercises Solutions and Audio Files (Lesson 1,2,3)

HSK 3, #1

by Nyna Liu, Chemon Chen ...

Series Book 1 - HSK 3
Dear students who are preparing the HSK3 Chinese exam, in this book you will find the solutions of the textbook exercises and the corresponding audio files: we hope to help you to study Cinese and pass HSK3 exam.各位正在准备HSK3汉语考试的学生，在本书中，你们会找到课本相关练习参考答案和相应的录音文件：我们很希望对你们的学习和通过考试有所帮助.Cari studenti che state preparando l'esame di cinese HSK3, in questo libro troverete le soluzioni degli esercizi del ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Dear students who are preparing the HSK3 Chinese exam, in this book you will find the solutions of the textbook exercises and the corresponding audio files: we hope to help you to study Cinese and pass HSK3 exam.各位正在准备HSK3汉语考试的学生，在本书中，你们会找到课本相关练习参考答案和相应的录音文件：我们很希望对你们的学习和通过考试有所帮助.Cari studenti che state preparando l'esame di cinese HSK3, in questo libro troverete le soluzioni degli esercizi del
... Read more
Vietnamese Picture Dictionary

Learn 1,500 Vietnamese Words and Expressions - The Perfect Resource for Visual Learners of All Ages (Includes Online Audio)

by Nguyen Thi Lien Huong ...

Series series Tuttle Picture Dictionary
A fun and helpful resource for anyone interested in learning some Vietnamese—whether you're 5 or 100!This picture dictionary covers the 1,500 most useful Vietnamese words and phrases. Each word and sentence is given using the Vietnamese alphabet—with a Romanized version to help you pronounce it correctly—along with the English meaning.The words are grouped into 40 different themes or topics, ... Read more

$12.39 USD

A fun and helpful resource for anyone interested in learning some Vietnamese—whether you're 5 or 100!This picture dictionary covers the 1,500 most useful Vietnamese words and phrases. Each word and sentence is given using the Vietnamese alphabet—with a Romanized version to help you pronounce it correctly—along with the English meaning.The words are grouped into 40 different themes or topics,
... Read more
A Field Guide to White Supremacy

Edited by Kathleen Belew, Ramon A. Gutierrez ...

Drawing explicit lines, across time and a broad spectrum of violent acts, to provide the definitive field guide for understanding and opposing white supremacy in AmericaHate, racial violence, exclusion, and racist laws receive breathless media coverage, but such attention focuses on distinct events that gain our attention for twenty-four hours. The events are presented as episodic one-offs, ... Read more

$23.79 USD

Drawing explicit lines, across time and a broad spectrum of violent acts, to provide the definitive field guide for understanding and opposing white supremacy in AmericaHate, racial violence, exclusion, and racist laws receive breathless media coverage, but such attention focuses on distinct events that gain our attention for twenty-four hours. The events are presented as episodic one-offs,
... Read more
Comprehension [Grades K-12]

The Skill, Will, and Thrill of Reading

by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, Nicole V. Law ...

Series series Corwin Literacy
Radically change the way students learn from texts, extending beyond comprehension to critical reasoning and problem solving.Is your reading comprehension instruction just a pile of strategies? There is no evidence that teaching one strategy at a time, especially with pieces of text that require that readers use a variety of strategies to successfully negotiate meaning, is effective. And how can ... Read more

$34.19 USD

Radically change the way students learn from texts, extending beyond comprehension to critical reasoning and problem solving.Is your reading comprehension instruction just a pile of strategies? There is no evidence that teaching one strategy at a time, especially with pieces of text that require that readers use a variety of strategies to successfully negotiate meaning, is effective. And how can
... Read more
AWS Certified AI Practitioner (AIF-C01) Study Guide

In-Depth Exam Prep and Practice

by Tom Taulli ...

AI is transforming industries, and cloud-based AI expertise is in high demand. This study guide is your essential resource for mastering foundational AI concepts and AWS tools while preparing for the AIF-C01 certification exam. Author Tom Taulli breaks down complex topics into practical, easy-to-understand lessons that will enhance the test-readiness of IT professionals, developers, or data ... Read more

$36.79 USD

AI is transforming industries, and cloud-based AI expertise is in high demand. This study guide is your essential resource for mastering foundational AI concepts and AWS tools while preparing for the AIF-C01 certification exam. Author Tom Taulli breaks down complex topics into practical, easy-to-understand lessons that will enhance the test-readiness of IT professionals, developers, or data
... Read more
Epic Earth

A Wild Ride through the History of Life on Our Planet

by Lindsay Nikole ...

Hold on tight for a bold and epically fascinating journey through time packed with bizarre creatures, jaw-dropping facts, and all the chaotic drama Earth has to offer.Known for turning TikTok and YouTube into her own digital science classroom, viral content creator Lindsay Nikole brings her signature energy and storytelling to Epic Earth—a book that transforms 4.6 billion years of history, from ... Read more

$14.39 USD

Hold on tight for a bold and epically fascinating journey through time packed with bizarre creatures, jaw-dropping facts, and all the chaotic drama Earth has to offer.Known for turning TikTok and YouTube into her own digital science classroom, viral content creator Lindsay Nikole brings her signature energy and storytelling to Epic Earth—a book that transforms 4.6 billion years of history, from
... Read more
我的高考：女生的故事

by 王金玲 ...

与男生相比，女生的高考之路有什么不同？在不同的年代，女生又是如何进入高考？有什么样的心路历程？来自不同年龄、不同职业、不同家庭背景、不同地区的33位女性高考亲历者向读者讲述了她的高考史。 ... Read more

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与男生相比，女生的高考之路有什么不同？在不同的年代，女生又是如何进入高考？有什么样的心路历程？来自不同年龄、不同职业、不同家庭背景、不同地区的33位女性高考亲历者向读者讲述了她的高考史。
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A Tactical Guide to Science Journalism

Lessons From the Front Lines

Edited by Deborah Blum, Ashley Smart, Tom Zeller Jr. ...

A Tactical Guide to Science Journalism brings together award-winning journalists from around the world to share fascinating tales of science and how it works and to provide guidance into reporting specialties like infectious disease, climate change, astronomy, public health, physics, and statistics. From practical advice on finding sources and distilling complex research subjects for a general ... Read more

$25.69 USD

A Tactical Guide to Science Journalism brings together award-winning journalists from around the world to share fascinating tales of science and how it works and to provide guidance into reporting specialties like infectious disease, climate change, astronomy, public health, physics, and statistics. From practical advice on finding sources and distilling complex research subjects for a general
... Read more
Psych

The Story of the Human Mind

by Paul Bloom ...

A Next Big Idea Club Must-ReadA compelling and accessible new perspective on the modern science of psychology, based on one of Yale’s most popular courses of all timeHow does the brain—a three-pound wrinkly mass—give rise to intelligence and conscious experience? Was Freud right that we are all plagued by forbidden sexual desires? What is the function of emotions such as disgust, gratitude, and ... Read more

$14.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A Next Big Idea Club Must-ReadA compelling and accessible new perspective on the modern science of psychology, based on one of Yale’s most popular courses of all timeHow does the brain—a three-pound wrinkly mass—give rise to intelligence and conscious experience? Was Freud right that we are all plagued by forbidden sexual desires? What is the function of emotions such as disgust, gratitude, and
... Read more
NCFE CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator for the Work-Based Learner

The only textbook for Early Years endorsed by CACHE

by Penny Tassoni ...

Master the knowledge and skills you need to obtain the new work-based CACHE Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Workforce (Early Years Educator) qualification.Written by bestselling author and early years expert Penny Tassoni, this is the only textbook for work-based learners endorsed by CACHE. Tassoni makes learning the key concepts on the job both easy and enjoyable. This book will support you ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Master the knowledge and skills you need to obtain the new work-based CACHE Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Workforce (Early Years Educator) qualification.Written by bestselling author and early years expert Penny Tassoni, this is the only textbook for work-based learners endorsed by CACHE. Tassoni makes learning the key concepts on the job both easy and enjoyable. This book will support you
... Read more
Always On : Language In An Online And Mobile World

by Naomi Baron ...

In Always On, Naomi S. Baron reveals that online and mobile technologies--including instant messaging, cell phones, multitasking, Facebook, blogs, and wikis--are profoundly influencing how we read and write, speak and listen, but not in the ways we might suppose. Baron draws on a decade of research to provide an eye-opening look at language in an online and mobile world. She reveals for instance ... Read more

$12.39 USD

In Always On, Naomi S. Baron reveals that online and mobile technologies--including instant messaging, cell phones, multitasking, Facebook, blogs, and wikis--are profoundly influencing how we read and write, speak and listen, but not in the ways we might suppose. Baron draws on a decade of research to provide an eye-opening look at language in an online and mobile world. She reveals for instance
... Read more
Crimen en Barcelona - Novelas en español para intermedios (B1)

Spanish Novels Series, #13

by Paco Ardit ...

Series Book 13 - Spanish Novels Series
¿Estás buscando historias para mejorar tu español?Sé lo difícil que es encontrar buenos libros para ayudarte a aprender un nuevo idioma.Usualmente no tienes un vocabulario extenso.No puedes leer novelas largas y complejas destinadas a hablantes nativos.Te gustaría ir directamente a las cosas divertidas, pero tal vez sea demasiado difícil para ti ahora.Las típicas lecturas fáciles en español para ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

¿Estás buscando historias para mejorar tu español?Sé lo difícil que es encontrar buenos libros para ayudarte a aprender un nuevo idioma.Usualmente no tienes un vocabulario extenso.No puedes leer novelas largas y complejas destinadas a hablantes nativos.Te gustaría ir directamente a las cosas divertidas, pero tal vez sea demasiado difícil para ti ahora.Las típicas lecturas fáciles en español para
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