“Short stories can act like little tuning forks, helping us to clarify our own values,” writes guest editor Celeste Ng. “In a time when our values are being tested daily, it’s hard to think of anything more important.” The Best American Short Stories 2025 resonates precisely at this pitch: twenty pieces that upend expectations and test the foundation of our beliefs. From a bereaved medical actress obsessed with a student in her rotation to a mysterious sickness that ignites a leth...

This book investigates the trends and challenges that ports, logistics and supply chains have tackled in recent decades and the way forward. A new concept, port focal logistics is introduced which appreciates the efforts by previous studies in this field, but simultaneously recognize the limitations, and the need for further improvements.

“Short stories can act like little tuning forks, helping us to clarify our own values,” writes guest editor Celeste Ng. “In a time when our values are being tested daily, it’s hard to think of anything more important.” The Best American Short Stories 2025 resonates precisely at this pitch: twenty pieces that upend expectations and test the foundation of our beliefs. From a bereaved medical actress obsessed with a student in her rotation to a mysterious sickness that ignites a leth...

The accounting cycle is best learned by doing. Thus, the goal of this accounting simulation is to provide the student with a hands-on approach to learning the accounting cycle--from analyzing and journalizing transactions and events to financial statement preparation and end-of-period closing. If completed manually, this simulation may take 10 - 14 hours to complete. Alternatively, the student may use computerized accounting packages such as Simply Accounting by Sage, QuickBooks, MYOB, etc...

To anyone who wonders what could be the meaning or purpose of their life. To all those souls hungering for something to fill the emptiness in their heart, this book is for you.

Kevin "KK" Kheri dreams of being the goalkeeper of his class team. His classmates, including their current goalkeeper Onyango Big, believe he is too small in size to make good saves at goal. But despite Onyango Big's tall frame and big hands, the Standard 6Y team is always losing against other class teams. What is wrong, and will Kheri ever get the chance? Does he have the skills to save his team from shamefully losing matches?

Comprised of chapters written by established Canadian curriculum scholars as well as junior scholars and graduate students, this collection of essays provoke readers to imagine the different ways in which educational researchers can engage the narrative inquiry within the broader field of curriculum studies.

For generations, the people living beneath the shadow of a mysterious mountain have followed an ancient warning: never enter the mountain after sunset.They say strange cries can be heard beneath the earth—voices belonging to people who disappeared many years ago and whose names have slowly been erased from memory.When Wanjohi, a young scholar returning home after years away, discovers that his father has mysteriously disappeared, he begins searching for answers. What starts...

Connecting through Architecture- A Vision for Africa explores the profound interplay between social capital and urban planning. This book delves into how thoughtfully designed physical spaces can foster a sense of community, belonging, and mutual trust among residents, ultimately enhancing social cohesion and economic vitality.The narrative begins by examining the fundamental role of architecture in shaping the social fabric of communities. It highlights how well-designed ...

Across contiguous nation-states in Eastern Africa, the geographic proximity disguises an ideological complexity. Land has meant something fundamental in the sociocultural history of each country. Those concerns, however, have manifested into varied political events, and the range of struggles over land has spawned a multiplicity of literary interventions. While Kenya and Uganda were both British colonies, Kenya's experience of settler land alienation made for a much more violent response a...

The Gaseous State provides a comprehensive discussion on the various areas of concerns in gases. The main concern of the title is the interpretation of the properties of bulk gases in terms of the characteristics of the constituent molecules. The text first details the perfect gas equation, and then proceeds to tackling various gaseous properties. The coverage of the selection includes gas imperfection, collisions, viscosity, thermal conductivity, and diffusion, and energy transfer. The ti...

This book addresses oral history as a form of education for redress and reconciliation. It provides scholarship that troubles both the possibilities and limitations of oral history in relation to the pedagogical and curricular redress of historical harms. Contributing authors compel the reader to question what oral history calls them to do, as citizens, activists, teachers, or historians, in moving towards just relations. Highlighting the link between justice and public education through o...