Parents who wish to choose schools for their children must have more than a desire for different or better - they need detailed knowledge of the processes and practices that will give them access to schools of choice. This book vividly contrasts the experiences of a diverse group of urban parents choosing their children's schools with school choice policies from voluntary integration mandates to the No Child Left Behind Act. Lois André-Bechely carefully uncovers the race- and class-based i...

Reviews latest research on crop physiology and genetic diversityDetailed coverage of key advances in breeding and their application to produce more resilient drought, salt and cold-tolerant varieties of soybeanSummarises good agricultural practices to optimise crop cultivation and make it more sustainable

"I feel dizzy and light as a feather. Our hands explore each other's bodies, and all our clothes end up on the floor. When I pull her tank top over her, head, I notice that she is not wearing a bra and her nipples are stiff and erect. I pull myself away from her mouth to taste one of her nipples, and I massage her firm and small breasts as I suck and nibble them carefully. I have longed for this for so long." – The Christmas Wish'Gifted: A Very Hot X-mas Erotica Collection' is the ...

"Max snaked his leg in between Ludvig's and pressed his thigh against his crotch, making Ludvig whimper. He had been so focused on not letting go of Max's body – their dancing tongues, how hot he felt under his jacket – he hadn't noticed how hard he was." – Dangerous DesirePart of the erotic alphabet series, 'Q is for Queer - 8 Erotic Short Stories' is a collection of erotica that explores sex and sexuality in the queer community. Whether you're lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, q...

The most valuable skills in today’s economy are often untaught and unspoken. These essential nontechnical skills—like resilience, confidence, networking, and influence—are usually overlooked by the educational system, yet they are key to a successful career. This book dives deep into the 12 most critical ones!Drawing from the authors’ hard-won experience and backed by extensive research and insights from leadership experts, 12 Universal Skills provides a foundation for las...

The book explains what it takes to build and manage partner channels in the software industry. The book uses the business model framework introduced by Alexander Osterwalder. It provides a practical guide for organizing the activities required to design productive partner programs as well implement these programs for the recruitment and management of partners that will find, win, make, keep and grow happy customers on our behalf.

Clinical Psychometrics is an introduction to the long-term attempt to measure the psychiatric dimension of dementia, schizophrenia, mania, depression, anxiety, neuroticism, extraversion/introversion and health-related quality of life.The two psychometric procedures, classical factor analysis and modern item-response models, are presented for readers without any requirement for particular mathematical or statistical knowledge. The book is unique in this attempt and provides...

Assessment, Restoration and Reclamation of Mining Influenced Soils covers processes operating in the environment as a result of mining activity, including the whole spectra of negative effects of anthropopressure and the environment, from changes in soil chemistry, changes in soil physical properties, geomechanical disturbances, and mine water discharges. Mining activity and its waste are an environmental concern. Knowledge of the fate of potentially harmful elements and their effect on pl...

Recent, unpredictable incidents in diverse locations – Paris, Nice, Ankara, Sinai, California, Manchester and London – reinforce how governments and scholars must look beneath the surface for understanding of the turbulent post-9/11world. In particular, what does ‘expertise’ mean in this new era? This book answers that question? The volume is about a particular kind of expert – a type suffering from ‘bad press’ for a long time – namely, scholars who carry out area-based research. The term ...

'An Erotic Christmas - Erotic Stories with Holiday Cheer' is a collection of steamy stories that will get your festive fires burning this holiday season. From kissing under the mistletoe to presents of passion and pleasure, these stories are everything you could want this Christmas, wrapped in a bow.This collection includes the stories: 'Joleen – An erotic Christmas Tale', 'Christmas Eve', 'The Secret of Hvidfeldt Manor', 'Christmas Eve at Hyde Mansion', and 'A Polyamorous Christma...

The European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) is a scientific and educational association which represents a variety of disciplines. The first ECNP congress took place in Copenhagen, May 1985, where a working group of European scientists within the field of psychopharmacology was elected to prepare a constituent ECNP congress in Brussels, 1987. Among the most active members of this group was Max Hamilton. At the second ECNP congress in Brussels Max Hamilton was elected as the firs...

Going Global on a Shoestring is a handbook for the executives and business developers in small and medium-sized software companies that lay out the strategies for global expansion as well as perform the actual fieldwork with winning the first customers abroad.It is a book about how to get the first customers outside your domestic market. We could call it establishing the bridgehead for further growth. Getting that first solid bridgehead and then scaling it to market leadership are ...