This book explores new and distinctive forms of higher vocational education across the globe, and asks how the sector is changing in response to the demands of the 21st century. These new forms of education respond to two key policy concerns: an emphasis on high skills as a means to achieve economic competitiveness, and the promise of open access for adults hitherto excluded from higher education. Examining a range of geographic contexts, the editors and contributors aim to address these c...

Bertie: The Best Stuttering King is a children's story about a timid, stuttering prince who is thrust unexpectedly on the throne and becomes one of the best kings of the 20th Century. A history book in rhyme for children and children who stutter, this story highlights England's most reluctant monarch, King George VI, and his early struggles with stuttering, knock knees, and bullying - topics still relevant today.

Read about two miniature donkeys, Jack and Jasmine, as they await the birth of their first foal. See if you learn anything new about donkeys and why they are so special. Get to know Jack, Jasmine,and baby Glory on their ranch in Texas

"Serial Grave Robber Plays Dress Up With the Dead." While one detective searches for a grave robber another searches for an accomplice to a jail break as three unidentified youths somehow vanish from Des Moines PD lockup; both, unknowingly on the trail of the same person who committed neither crime, unless the obliteration of a soul is a crime.Amelia Spector has suffered a disfiguring accident leaving the once lovely athlete a quadriplegic resident of Mercy hospital where her roomma...

Read About Two Young Brothers who live on a ranch in Texas. Find out how longhorns spend the day. See if they seem to be a little bit like you. Get to know Gus and Buddy, two real live Texas longhorns.