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 Kate Brierton, "Cultivating Teacher Wellbeing Paperback: Supporting Teachers to Flourish and Thrive " English | ISBN: 110893286X | 2022 | 240 pages | PDF | 5 MB This accessible and practical book provides educational managers with an understanding of both managerial and teacher wellbeing, along with a set of practical strategies which they can use to support the wellbeing of teachers in their school. It draws from recent research on topics including emotional intelligence, emotional labour and classroom relationships to address the unique challenges of the English language classroom. It supports managers to create an environment with a sense of purpose and belonging, helping to prevent stress and mental health problems and enabling teachers and managers to thrive.  Adrianna Cuevas, "Cuba in My Pocket" English | ISBN: 1250853168 | 2022 | 320 pages | AZW3 | 2 MB From Pura Belpré Honoree Adrianna Cuevas is a sweeping, emotional middle grade historical novel about a twelve-year-old boy who leaves his family in Cuba to immigrate to the U.S. by himself, based on the author's family history.  Christopher P. Dwyer, "Critical Thinking: Conceptual Perspectives and Practical Guidelines" English | ISBN: 1107142849 | 2017 | 270 pages | PDF | 14 MB Dwyer's book is unique and distinctive as it presents and discusses a modern conceptualization of critical thinking - one that is commensurate with the exponential increase in the annual output of knowledge. The abilities of navigating new knowledge outputs, engaging in enquiry and constructively solving problems are not only important in academic contexts, but are also essential life skills. Specifically, the book provides a modern, detailed, accessible and integrative model of critical thinking that accounts for critical thinking sub-skills and real-world applications; and is commensurate with the standards of twenty-first-century knowledge. The book provides both opportunities to learn and apply these skills through a series of exercises, as well as guidelines on how critical thinking can be developed and practised, in light of existing psychological research, which can be used to enhance the experience of critical thinking training and facilitate gains in critical thinking ability.  Miriam Gebhardt, "Crimes Unspoken: The Rape of German Women at the End of the Second World War" English | ISBN: 1509511202 | 2017 | 350 pages | MOBI | 512 KB The soldiers who occupied Germany after the Second World War were not only liberators: they also brought with them a new threat, as women throughout the country became victims of sexual violence. In this disturbing and carefully researched book, the historian Miriam Gebhardt reveals for the first time the scale of this human tragedy, which continued long after the hostilities had ended.  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, "Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention" English | ISBN: 0062283251 | 2013 | 480 pages | MOBI | 789 KB "Although the benefits of this study to scholars are obvious, this thought-provoking mixture of scholarly and colloquial will enlighten inquisitive general readers, too." ― Library Journal (starred review)  Daria Mizza, "Creating Effective Blended Language Learning Courses: A Research-Based Guide from Planning to Evaluation" English | ISBN: 1108420788 | 2020 | 300 pages | PDF | 9 MB Blended language courses, which combine face-to-face and online instruction, are becoming increasingly popular due to the need for more flexible yet effective learning opportunities. This book recognizes the associated opportunities and challenges for teachers, and provides the rationale, strategies and tools to design blended learning courses or to guide the transition from fully face-to-face or fully online courses to blended instruction. The authors propose a framework based on four phases, Design, Build, Teach and Evaluate, which facilitates a systematic approach to course development. The volume simplifies the connection between theory and practice, by including examples that readers can relate to and immediately implement as they build or teach a course. Including case studies of successful implementations, and effective instructional strategies and techniques, this book is accessible even for teachers without previous experience in course design, whilst also acting as a reference for more experienced language educators.  James McManus, "Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker" English | ISBN: 0374299242 | 2009 | 528 pages | MOBI | 859 KB From James McManus, author of the bestselling Positively Fifth Street, comes the definitive story of the game that, more than any other, reflects who we are and how we operate.  Leah R. Clark, "Courtly Mediators: Transcultural Objects between Renaissance Italy and the Islamic World" English | ISBN: 1009276212 | 2023 | 350 pages | PDF | 12 MB In Courtly Mediators, Leah R. Clark investigates the exchange of a range of materials and objects, including metalware, ceramic drug jars, Chinese porcelain, and aromatics, across the early modern Italian, Mamluk, and Ottoman courts. She provides a new narrative that places Aragonese Naples at the center of an international courtly culture, where cosmopolitanism and the transcultural flourished, and in which artists, ambassadors, and luxury goods actively participated. By articulating how and why transcultural objects were exchanged, displayed, copied, and framed, she provides a new methodological framework that transforms our understanding of the Italian Renaissance court. Clark's volume provides a multi-sensorial, innovative reading of Italian Renaissance art. It demonstrates that the early modern culture of collecting was more than a humanistic enterprise associated with the European roots of the Renaissance. Rather, it was sustained by interactions with global material cultures from the Islamic world and beyond.  Karin Hurt, "Courageous Cultures: How to Build Teams of Micro-Innovators, Problem Solvers, and Customer Advocates" English | ISBN: 1400219531 | 2020 | 224 pages | AZW3 | 1248 KB From executives complaining that their teams don't contribute ideas to employees giving up because their input isn't valued-company culture is the culprit. Courageous Cultures provides a road map to build a high-performance, high-engagement culture around sharing ideas, solving problems, and rewarding contributions from all levels.  Serhii Fomichov, "Corrosion of Welded Structures " English | ISBN: 3031689925 | 2024 | 236 pages | EPUB | 87 MB This book presents the key concepts in electrochemistry applied to metal corrosion, such as processes at the metal-medium boundary and the role of electrochemical cells in redox reactions. It covers thermodynamic principles, including Gibbs energy, the Nernst equation, Pourbaix diagrams, and polarization curves, essential for predicting electrode reactions. The chapters classifies corrosion types like electrochemical, pitting, crevice, and intergranular, with a focus on mechano-chemical corrosion in welded structures. Visual diagrams simplify complex concepts, while real-world examples illustrate common "metal-corrosive environment" systems. The text addresses welding impacts, such as microstructural changes and residual stresses, and their synergy with corrosion, alongside methods for evaluating corrosion resistance, acoustic emission techniques for monitoring welded structures, and the potential of artificial neural networks in identifying corrosion damage. Emphasizing active corrosion protection methods, it uses underground pipelines as a case study to explore corrosion mechanisms, making it an invaluable resource for students, postgraduates, and professionals in welding, corrosion, and metal protection fields. |
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