This book gave me the baddest grammar. At least I is the bestestest person in the book! (Grandgino, owner of Grandginos Pizzaria). Thirteen-year-old Bruce Finnegan hasnt seen his father in thirteen years. Thats basically his entire life. He has been living with his mother for the entirety of his life. But what he doesnt know is who his father actually is. Is he a monster that will destroy the earth? Is he someone who will save us all? One day, Bruces father was killed by an evil man who pl...

The Inner Scenery 《内心的风景》 اندرونی منظرis a trilingual poetry collection in Chinese, Urdu, and English, co‑authored by Zhou Daomo, William Zhou, and Engr. Dr. Naila Hina. It is a book of voices that cross borders, weaving together the soul’s landscapes in three languages and three traditions.Each poem is a brushstroke of emotion—capturing the rise and fall of feeling, the call of the spirit, and the echoes of memory. The verses move...

With this third installment in our Queer Fanworks Inspired By… anthology series, we set out to explore the truth by which we at Duck Prints Press live: that a classic work without a single canonically queer character must be in want of a very LGBTQIA+ makeover!A Truth Universally Acknowledged: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice*"* queers up this classic with 21 short stories and 20 full-page color artworks. 38 creators contributed to thi...

Chinese dual language immersion (DLI) education experienced unprecedented growth in recent years; hence, it has become critical that Chinese DLI research catches up to inform Chinese DLI teachers and administrators of the most effective ways to teach and run their programs. The purpose of Chinese-English Dual Language Immersion Programs: Content Area Instruction, Learners, and Evaluations is to explore three DLI themes that are under-researched: content area instruction, learners,...

With this third installment in our Queer Fanworks Inspired By… anthology series, we set out to explore the truth by which we at Duck Prints Press live: that a classic work without a single canonically queer character must be in want of a very LGBTQIA+ makeover!A Truth Universally Acknowledged: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" queers up this classic with 21 short stories and 20 full-page color artworks. 38 creators contributed to this project, drawing i...

Reviews advances in understanding the role of different types of rumen microbiota such as archea, anaerobic fungi, viruses and the rumen wall microbial communityCovers both the way the rumen processes fibre and protein and factors affecting outputs such as energy (affecting animal health), lipids (affecting meat and milk quality) and methane emissions (affecting environmental impact)Comprehensive review of the range of nutritional strategies ...

Bridging the gap between genome and phenotype, the transcriptome is a molecular-level snapshot of the act of living. Transcriptomics shows which genes are expressed into proteins in a specific tissue of a specific organism at a specific time and condition. This book gives an account of the extraordinary diversity of ways transcriptomics has been and can be utilised in basic and applied entomological research. It encompasses a vast range of disciplines within entomology, applying transcript...

This review describes recent research into the cause of testicular descent and discusses two controversial theories on the mechanism. New animal models of cryptorchidism are described which shed light on the possible aetiology. A brief summary is given of current management, highlighting the controversies of timing of surgery, use of hormone therapy and congenital versus 'acquired' undescended testes. New information about germ cell development in the postnatal testis is changing the way w...

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licenceIn this enlightening study of modern working lives in Britain, leading experts on the sociology of work draw on detailed statistical analyses to assess job quality and job satisfaction.Drawing on decades of research data on hundreds of occupational groups, the authors challenge conventional notions of ‘good work’ and consider them afresh through the lens of workers themselves. With examples from many professions, the book exami...

A Fresh Look at ContextualizationPositive cross-cultural communication is an essential skillwhen sharing the gospel.Unfortunately, many common Westernbiblical constructs create stumbling blocks for people of different backgrounds, causing them to reject the gospel.But that doesn’t have to be the case.Join Dr. Mary Lou Codman-Wilson and Alex Zhou as they dialogue about Alex’s experience becoming a believer in the US and his struggle to share his faithwhen he...

The first comprehensive book to focus on ultra-high temperature ceramic materials in more than 20 yearsUltra-High Temperature Ceramics are a family of compounds that display an unusual combination of properties, including extremely high melting temperatures (>3000°C), high hardness, and good chemical stability and strength at high temperatures. Typical UHTC materials are the carbides, nitrides, and borides of transition metals, but the Group IV compounds (Ti, Zr, H...

Yokohama, California, originally released in 1949, is the first published collection of short stories by a Japanese American. Set in a fictional community, these linked stories are alive with the people, gossip, humor, and legends of Japanese America in the 1930s and 1940s.Replaces ISBN 9780295961675