This book focuses on how to address persistent linguistically structured inequalities in education, primarily in relation to South African schools, but also in conversation with Australian work and with resonances for other multilingual contexts around the world. The book as a whole lays bare the tension between the commitment to multilingualism enshrined in the South African Constitution and language-in-education policy, and the realities of the dominance of English and the virtual absenc...

Anne Simon is a world-renowned biologist and expert on plant viruses. She has also been scientific advisor to the X-Files since the series began. In this fascinating book she explores the extraordinary realities that lie behind the strange discoveries made in each episode by agents Mulder and Scully, weird and threatening life forms, mutations and alien creatures. Despite the achievements of modern science and technology, she points out, it is estimated that less than 1 per cent of our fel...

Katherine of Alexandria was a major object of devotion within medieval Europe, ranking second only to the Virgin Mary in the canon of female saints. Yet despite her undoubted importance, relatively little is known about the significance and function of her cult within the German-speaking territories that stood at the heart of Europe. Anne Simon's study adds a welcome new interdisciplinary perspective to the study of Saint Katherine and the wider ecclesiastical landscape of a medieval Europ...

The Evangelical/Pentecostal church has 90 million followers in the United States and covers millions more in North America, South America, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Africa this post-Protestant movement has dominated and captivated the Christian community since the 1970s. Described as emerging, charismatic, modern, reformed, refined, innovative and contemporary; this global church has promoted Christianity to be fashionable. Spearhead by internationally renowned televangeli...

The aim of the present monograph is a thorough study of the adic-completion, its left derived functors and their relations to the local cohomology functors, as well as several completeness criteria, related questions and various dualities formulas. A basic construction is the Čech complex with respect to a system of elements and its free resolution. The study of its homology and cohomology will play a crucial role in order to understand left derived functors of completion and right derived...

In the 1950s the French pharmacologist Prof. Masquelier discovered a substance with strong protective and healing properties: OPCs (oligomeric proanthocyanidins), the long searched vitamin P, a potent cofactor of vitamin C and above all the strongest known antioxidant. In her comprehensive book German bestselling author Anne Simons, who met Prof. Masquelier personally and therefore has first-hand information, describes the discovery and application of OPCs - one of the most potent substanc...

This book presents the healing plants from A to Z. The most important vegetal and animal extracts are introduced whose highly remedial protective substances are of major importance, both in their pharmaceutical application and in the field of food supplements. The attention which natural sciences pay to so-called “phytochemistry” and “vegetal chemicals” is indicative of the tremendous significance of the healing power of plants, which due to their specific compositions and structures conta...

At the start of 1839, the small, south Louisiana town of New Iberia appears poised for prosperity. Acadian, French, English, and American immigrants have joined Spanish settlers in the area. Steamboats move up and down the Bayou Teche, carrying the products of the fertile land to market in New Orleans. Across the bayou, Hortense Duperier enjoys a privileged life in a grand brick house with her husband, Fréderick, and their three children. Suddenly, Fréderick’s untimely death and financial ...

In the gleaming halls of the matriarchy, every male knows the price of entry: total, irreversible surrender. Peter chose it willingly. Amanda, assigned as his transition facilitator, felt strangely drawn to the petite, androgynous blonde man. Yet the memory of that night, long ago, still haunted her. Maleness was anathema in a lover. As the final shrinking cycle of the reducinator kicked in, she made a bold and daring gamble, staying the hand of Nurse Joanne at the reducinator shut...

"The story of an outstanding young woman who realized her ambition to rise in military, fly helicopters and lead soldiers into combat." — Independent MailU.S. Army Captain Kimberly N. Hampton was living her dream: flying armed helicopters in combat and commanding D Troop, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry, the armed reconnaissance aviation squadron of the 82nd Airborne Division. An all-American girl from a small southern mill town, Kimberly was a top scholar, stud...

This book presents the healing plants from A to Z. The most important vegetal and animal extracts are introduced whose highly remedial protective substances are of major importance, both in their pharmaceutical application and in the field of food supplements. The attention which natural sciences pay to so-called 'phytochemistry' and 'vegetal chemicals' is indicative of the tremendous significance of the healing power of plants, which due to their specific compositions and structures conta...

Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the ultimate short trip to Seoul - and discover twice the city in half the time!Discover Seoul's most popular experiences, must-see attractions, and unexpected surprises - neighbourhood by neighbourhood - with our handy-sized Pocket travel guide. From exploring Noryangjin Fish Market at midnight to catch the seafood auctions, to touring Chang...