The specific—and varied—ways in which assessment and evaluation can impact learning and teaching have become an important language education research concern, particularly as educators are increasingly called on to implement these processes for improvement, accountability, or curricular development purposes. Useful Assessment and Evaluation in Language Education showcases contemporary research that explores innovative uses of assessment and evaluation in a variety of educational contexts.

Winner of a Silver award in the 31st Annual IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards in the Audiobook: Fiction category."The story has a timeless quality about it, mixed with a connection to history, mythology, and fairy tales, and it includes themes of magic, romance, friendship, and family. Jackson has delightful and often flirty humor woven into a story of courage, adventure, love, secrets, and strength."--San Francisco Book ReviewAvery Flynn arriv...

Three characters introduced in Monster's Palace—Clyde Feegle, Josephine (Jo) Kelly, and Mitch Melosi—return in this book, Escape From Mexico, Jim Scot Books #27. Clyde becomes a partner in Bob Becker and Bill Hedden's detective/protection agency. He and Jo move into a new home, constructed for them on Bob's estate.The three partners get into a shootout with members of a drug cartel, intent on killing a St. Charles, Missouri judge. The cartel then adds the three men to their hit lis...

WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY PATTON OSWALTDubbed “the most significant and controversial SF book” of its generation, Harlan Ellison’s groundbreaking collection launched an entire subgenre: New Wave science fiction. With contributions from legendary authors and multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, Dangerous Visions returns to print in a stunning new edition perfect for new and returning fans alike.A landmark short-story collection that put th...

Faerie and the human world may have survived near-annihilation, but that doesn’t mean everything is flowers and singalongs for the residents of the now-combined lands.Humans are coming to terms with finding chunks of a realm they didn’t know existed dumped into their neighborhoods, plus the Fae Court is a bloody battleground for wannabe ruling families. Dropped in the middle of the chaos is Spellmeet, a Wild-West border town where refugees and opportunists ...

Just when Avery Flynn thinks she’s gaining some control over her magic, the Border between Faerie and the human world collapses in a catastrophic explosion. With waves of wild magic laying waste to Fae and human territories, the blame falls on Avery and her fiery temper.Clearing her name will mean staying ahead of the grim Wild Huntsman on her trail, and convincing Merlin, the original embodiment of wild magic, to help before the devastation becomes permane...

GENE'S LONG TREK is Jim Scott book #42. In it, recently retired Army Special Forces Sergeant Major Gene Foreman bought a house needing substantial rehabilitation. His idea was to flip the house after he did all the rehab work needed on the house, mostly by himself. When he had in his mind that the house about 80% finished, he is worn out, and decides to stop for a while. He had been thinking about looking up an old friend from the Army, one who had, in Gene's words, taught him how to be so...

Short Stack With Bacon is a cozy mystery, featuring Betty Cain who comes home after getting a medical discharge from the Army from wounds suffered in Afghanistan while she is attached to a supply battalion. Arriving home, she immediately goes to work in the café owned by her grandparents, and Ward Newman comes in. They went to school together, with Betty being one class in front of Ward. Both were aware of the other back then, but nothing ever came of their mutual interest…since n...

A Sailor's Christmas, Jim Scott Books #36, sees Navy Lieutenant Victor (Vic) Breite, and his adopted 13 year old daughter, Patty, arrive at the Dardenne Prairie, Missouri home of his recently deceased parents. His mission is to handle the estate of this parents with their attorney, Michelle Becker. A neighbor of his parents, Angela Marian, comes home from work at the same time they arrive. Angie is a single mother, who had raised her 21 year old son, and enjoying being alone, now that he w...

Hitler's Twin introduces two new characters, Al Phelps and Kathy Hogan, who are joined in the book by Jim Scott and other old friends from earlier books as it progresses. A murder spree leads to terrorism, romances, and later in the book, Jim Scott and friends discover the genesis of the evil men they dealt with in Nohow Robotics. In the strangest of twists, the original murderer is deeply involved in the later problem…without his knowledge.The bo...

Horace Goes Home is the second Bader trilogy book, and 20th Jim Scott book, though Jim again only gets a mention or so, but Hector Garcia gets a good deal more involved. In this book, Elmer and friends deal with a case involving six murders committed by members of a Los Angeles organized crime organization. The crime boss decides to eliminate Elmer along the way. During the course of the case, a wino is found who witnessed five of the murders, and an old friend from the Janitors and Asps l...

A comprehensive text that investigates a systematic approach to handling the design of resilient systemsResilient systems are an essential bulwark to enable the capability of a system against unprecedented adversities. Systems may include transportation, such as aircraft and rail, power systems, and urban infrastructure. Resilience may enable the preservation of physical assets and human lives. It can also require architectural restructuring of the system itself or...