In the 27th century, Jake, the best fighter pilot in the galaxy, has a bounty on her head. After years of evading capture by agents of a ruthless emperor, she is finally cornered. The ensuing battle leaves Jake severely injured, allowing the emperor to transcend her essence – her thoughts, her memories, her being – into a small containment element and then install the unit within a sophisticated robotic body that is a perfect replica of her former self. Built into her robotics is a device ...

Long gone are the days of simply calling it quits from work and spending your remaining days on the front porch. Today’s cohort is retiring earlier and living longer. Some of these retirees have the financial resources to do what they want. They are healthy, happy and enjoying the fruits of many years of hard work and diligent saving. These folks planned for their retirement, and, as a result, are able to live out their retirement dream to the fullest of their capacities. But they tell onl...

This book describes all major aspects of the Hessian involvement in the American War for Independence. It details all the major battles that the Hessians participated in and their important role in the Revolutionary War. It also describes the individual stories of many of the Hessians and what happened to them after the war. It also provides many fascinating facts about the Hessians and those associated with them. The impact of the Hessians on American culture is discussed.

This book explores alternative approaches to foreign language education in a context which is traditionally dominated by English-only approaches, and widely viewed as highly monolingual. It examines the grassroots classroom practices of teachers and their assistants involved in plurilingual education in the first longitudinal research of its type in the Japanese context. These practices are grounded in depictions of the practitioners’ personal and professional trajectories through explorat...

Try to Block Me; You Can't Stop Me is a sweeping, soul deep journey through nearly a century of Black American resilience, faith, and unbreakable legacy. In these pages, Roy Daniels Murray Jr brings to life the extraordinary story of his father, Roy Daniels Murray Sr, a man who rose from the red clay of the Jim Crow South to become a teacher, mentor, pastor, soldier, activist, and pillar of his community.Rooted in the lineage of Phyllis Cruel, born into slavery in 1832, th...

The galaxy is at war, and an archaeologist's accidental discovery might destroy civilizations.When Jack March is sent to rescue a high-ranking operative of the Silent Order from the sinister Final Consciousness, he expects trouble.He doesn't expect to find an ancient alien relic capable of annihilating worlds.And if the Final Consciousness can seize that relic, the galaxy will burn...

A practical, inspiring read which equips parents and teachers with the confidence and knowledge they need to make raising and teaching bilingual children a success.In this accessible guide to bilingualism in the family and the classroom, Colin Baker delivers a realistic picture of the joys and difficulties of raising bilingual children. The Q&A format of this book makes it the natural choice for the busy parent or teacher who needs an easy reference guide to the mo...

A woman physician confronts the moral issues of her time in the third novel in the New York Times –bestselling author's historical medical trilogy—"Perhaps Gordon's best work so far . . . R.J. is a heroine worth caring about" ( Kirkus Reviews ).Roberta Jeanne d'Arc Cole is favored to be named associate chief of medicine at a Boston hospital. She is married to a surgeon. They own ...

The ultimate guide to the ‘what’, ‘how’ and ‘why’ of literature reviewing, the second edition of the classic text shows how the literature review will unlock the full potential of one′s research with:A thorough exploration of the literature review process from start to finishTwo brand new chapters explaining the different types of review and evidence and evaluationExtended examples that show you how to apply key techniques and procedures...

In True Stories: Memories, Musings, Odds and Ends, C.J. Ott tells of the first seven years of his childhood in New York City and the next seven years in the Saugerties area, a hundred miles north of the city. He recounts his experiences as a postulant, novice and scholastic in the Marianist religious order; four years of military service in the U.S. Air Force, and a twenty-five year career as a teacher and principal in Trotwood-Madison City Schools, by Dayton, Ohio. Along the way he recall...

This is How You Lose the Time War meets Ex Machina: Seth Haddon's science fiction debut, Volatile Memory, is a whirlwind novella of sapphic revenge in space."A gorgeously tender exploration of human connection in a post-human universe**."—The Washington Post**A Lambda Literary Award Finalist | An Amazon Editor's Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Pick...

By the award-winning author of Dog Company: a historic account of a Revolutionary War unit's "tactical acumen and human drama . . . combat writing at its best" ( The Wall Street Journal).In August 1776, little over a month after the Continental Congress had formally declared independence from Britain, the revolution was on the verge of a disastrous end. General George Washington found his troops outmanned and outmaneuvered at the Battle of Brookly...