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This is the high-spirited story of a mouse... disgusted by his caged existence...desperate for a new life. Through a stroke of good timing and some quick thinking, the mouse finds himself free, full of purpose, and exquisitely happy. When his life is turned upside down by an unfortunate chain of events involving traps, rat poison, and one unmotivated cat, this seemingly ordinary mouse must come to grips with his new situation and his true purpose in life.
Destiny is an alpaca with a promising future in the show ring until his owners make a shocking discovery--his fleece is falling out and soon he is bald! But Destiny finds a way to be accepted back into the herd.
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With the current climate and economic crises, education for sustainability has never been more critical. This timely and essential book encourages readers to rethink our current values systems and to interrogate common assumptions about our world. Written for all educators with an interest in sustainability, chapters address several possible future scenarios for our planet, allowing readers to make more educated choices about sustainability and to transfer this knowledge to students within the classroom. Each chapter focuses on a specific Sustainable Development Goal. Beginning with a brief historical and theoretical introduction to contextualise the goal, chapters then showcase the practical activities, case studies and exemplars that teachers can adopt when teaching. Topics explored include, but are not limited to: Poverty Renewable energy Climate change Peace and justice Human rights Access to education This book is an essential classroom resource for any teacher or student teacher wishing to promote the Sustainable Development Goals and to teach for a better and brighter future.
Large-scale data loss continues to make headline news, highlighting the need for stringent data protection policies, especially when personal or commercially sensitive information is at stake. This book provides detailed analysis of current data protection laws and discusses compliance issues, enabling the reader to construct a platform on which to build internal compliance strategies. The author is chair of the National Association of Data Protection Officers (NADPO).
This unique collection of "The Greatest Crime Novels of Fred M. White - 77 Books in One Volume (Illustrated Edition)" has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards. Contents: By Order of the League The Crimson Blind The Cardinal Moth The Corner House The Ends of Justice The House of Schemers The Lord of the Manor The Slave of Silence The Island of Shadows A Daughter of Israel Tregarthen's Wife Blackmail The Weight of the Crown A Shadowed Love My Lady Bountiful The Yellow Face The Nether Millstone The Midnight Guest A Fatal Dose The Five Knots The Edge of the Sword The Lonely Bride Craven Fortune The Law of the Land The Mystery of the Four Fingers The Sundial Netta A Queen ...
Gathered here in book form for the first time, the fourteen essays in Where We Belong exemplify Paul Shepard's interdisciplinary approach to human interaction with the natural world. Drawn from Shepard's entire career and presented chronologically, these pieces vary in setting from the Hudson River to the American prairie to New Zealand. Equally impressive is Shepard's spatial range, as he moves from subtle differences to grand designs, from the intimacy of an artist's brush stroke to a vista of the harsh Greek terrain. Alluding to a range of sources from Star Trek to Marshall McLuhan to the Bible, the writings discuss such topics as the geomorphology of New England landscape paintings, beau...
Mommy Has a Boo Boo in Her Boob was written to help families who have been affected by breast cancer. Based on the author's personal battle and victory over the disease, this book provides fun and practical guidance on how to involve children in the recovery process. It can be read very simply to young children or more in depth to older children. Follow the author's journey as her children take on, with pride and enthusiasm, the roles of nurse, decorator, and personal shopper. Accepting her children's need to be a part of her recovery, she soon discovers that they are integral in helping Mommy get better and that sometimes humour and staying positive are the best medicines of all!
Reprint of the original, first published in 1859.