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        Literature & Literary Studies
        March 2012

        The Library and archive collections of the University of Aberdeen

        An introduction and description

        by Edited by Iain Beaven, Peter Davidson and Jane Stevenson

        This volume commences with the the books and manuscripts given at the foundation of King's College in 1495, continues with the collections which accrued to Marischal College from its foundation in 1593, and comes together with the fusion of the two colleges in 1860 in the modern University of Aberdeen. From the beginning, the scope and focus of the University was international, and its developing collections represent a microcosm of the world of knowledge as it changed over the centuries. The University Colleges of Aberdeen have a distinct intellectual tradition: pragmatically tolerant in times of persecution; dissident from the religious and political policies of the Lowlands; looking outwards to the world of northern Europe and to the territories of the Jacobite diaspora. The book introduces one of the oldest continually-evolving academic library collections of the Anglophone world, surveys its history and includes a series of studies of items or collections of particular interest. ;

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        December 1999

        The debate on the American Civil War era

        by Hugh Tulloch, Roger Richardson

        This study is the first to critically survey the changing and highly controversial historical literature surrounding the American Civil War era, from contemporary interpretations up to the present.. The book analyses both historians attitudes and assumptions and suggests that each writer's perspective was partly determined by the dictates of time and place.. The author engages with all aspects of the Civil War era; social, cultural and economic as well as its political dimensions.. Aimed at sixth form colleges and university students. ;

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        January 2013

        My Life with Lifers

        by Elaine Leeder

        My Life With Lifers Lessons For A Teacher: Humanity Has No Bars "I have always been drawn to darkness," Elaine Leeder writes. "I know I always championed the underdog." As a sociology professor at Ithaca College in the 1990s, she began teaching at Elmira Correctional Facility in upstate New York. When she moved to California, that same desire to help led her to the prison education program at San Quentin. Then, inspired by her lessons, a group of Leeder's students approached her about working with a program the prisoners had established to aid in their long and difficult process of redemption and transformation. She accepted. These members of New Leaf on Life-the San Quentin "lifers"-have been sentenced to terms ranging from fifteen years to life in prison. Unlike Death Row inmates, who will either die in prison or be executed, many of the lifers are eligible for parole after having spent twenty to thirty years behind bars. But too often, they never see that opportunity because of the popular view that they are all "hardened criminals," killers incapable of rehabilitation and unfit to be free. What Leeder has learned, however, is that incarceration does not dictate character. Her students, although they are convicts, are committed to making their time in jail a life sentence in the best sense, not a death sentence. They have gone the extra mile to come to terms with their crimes, and have often managed to redeem their lives. My Life With Lifers shares the journey of a woman "on the outside" as she discovered the true nature of life in prison, and the roadblocks-so many of them unneeded-on the inmates' path to freedom. What Leeder's experiences add up to is both a fascinating human story and a reasoned and impassioned case for prison reform.

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        October 2021

        Mathematical Modeling and Thinking

        by Zhang Chunhong

        This book is based on thinking and mathematical thinking, and focuses on mathematical modeling thinking ability. In recent years, the papers of the National College Students Mathematical Modeling Competition and the "Teddy Cup" Data Analysis Professional Skills Competition of the Higher Education Club Cup are selected as examples for research and analysis. Cultivation and flexible use of thinking ability in mathematical modeling. The first chapter of this book gives an overview of thinking; the second and third chapters introduce mathematical thinking and mathematical thinking ability; the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh chapters have carried out detailed research from mathematical modeling thinking to mathematical modeling ability. The participating papers are examples of concrete analysis of the cultivation and application of mathematical modeling thinking ability. This book attaches importance to the cultivation of mathematical modeling ability in higher vocational colleges, expands the dimension of mathematics learning thinking, enhances the enthusiasm and initiative of learning, and guides the integration of mathematics teaching with social life and scientific research.

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        2022

        Cannabis

        A handbook for theory and practice

        by Dr. Andreas S. Ziegler, Philipp Böhmer, Prof. Dr. Udo Bonnet, Prof. Dr. Peter Cremer-Schaeffer, Dr. Manfred Fankhauser, Dr. Hendrik Greve, Jackie Grünert, Dr. Klaus Häußermann, Carla Heldt, Prof. Dr. Thomas Herdegen, Dr. Michael Jeitler, Prof. Matthias Karst, PD Dr. Christian S. Kessler, PD Dr. Werner Knöß, Dr. Alberto Manasse Laginha, Dr. Kirsten Müller-Vahl, Dr. Frank Musshoff, Dr. Dr. Gerhard Nahler, Dr. Thorsten Opitz, Prof. Dr. Michael Orth, Albina Petker, PD Dr. Magdalena Prüß, Klaus Reh, Prof. Dr. Roman Rolke, PD Dr. Gisela Skopp, Dr. Felix Stehle, Prof. Dr. Philipp Steven, Prof. Dr. Markus Veit, Dr. Sascha Weber, Jakob Johann Wiese, Dr. Jacqueline Wiesner, Dr. Anne Katrin Wolf, Prof. Dr. Astrid Zobel

        Cannabis has been used as a drug since antiquity – but only recently has it progressed to become one of the most exciting medical-pharmaceutical topics of our times. In scarcely any other area of pharmacotherapy has the state of knowledge recently developed at comparable speed. Experts from a variety of fields are constantly working to generate new scientific evidence for the therapeutic use of cannabis and/or cannabinoids and to provide patients with quality-assured medicinal cannabis. This book is the first to give representatives of all relevant areas of expertise the chance to speak. Alongside medical-therapeutic aspects, they address such questions as cultivation, quality assurance, patient care practices and patient counselling. The result of this accumulated knowledge and skill is a unique overall picture that, for the first time, combines and consolidates the current legal and scientific framework of medicinal cannabis provision! All facts have been painstakingly researched and checked. The result is a scientifically valid work, which sets the standard. This excellent compendium is indispensable for everyone who comes into contact with cannabis for professional or personal reasons.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        March 2014

        The humanities and the Irish university

        Anomalies and opportunities

        by Michael O'Sullivan

        This is the first book-length study of the humanities and the Irish university. Ireland was a deeply religious country throughout the twentieth century but the colleges of its National University never established a religion or theology department. The official first language of Ireland is Irish but the vast majority of teaching in the arts and humanities is in English. These are two of the anomalies that long constrained humanities education in Ireland. This book charts a history of responses to humanities education in the Irish context. Reading the work of John Henry Newman, Padraig Pearse, Sean O Tuama, Denis Donoghue, Declan Kiberd, Richard Kearney and others, it looks for an Irish humanities ethos. It compares humanities models in the US, France and Asia with those in Ireland in light of work by Immanuel Kant, Pierre Bourdieu and Jacques Derrida. It should appeal to those interested in Irish education and history. ;

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        September 2021

        Private school research in Republic of China

        by WANG Lunxin

        This is an academic work of educational history of the Republic of China. The book is divided into six chapters. The first chapter is clues in time, through basic facts, combing and data analysis, the overall process of the development of the Republic of China, outline the historical trend and stage characteristics of the Republic of China, and inspect the development of private primary schools, secondary schools and colleges. Different historical trajectories and regional distribution characteristics. Through the case of different levels and types of schools, the final sepinion shows the effects of private schools and the contribution of the characters, and analyzes the impact of different levels in modern education reforms. First, two chapters have also shown an example of overall and case, macro and specific research on the research path. The four chapters showed the four important sides of the Republic of China in the form of a special form, examining the principal type, financing channels, management means and its legalization processes in the Republic of China, and private schools in teachers, students, professional and courses. Characteristics of school culture and other aspects.

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        Health & Personal Development

        Success Without School

        Unschooling My Children from Birth to College

        by Jean Proffitt Nunnally

        Consequences of ongoing pandemics have seriously affected educational systems in the U.S. and around the world. School closures and the opportunities or nightmares of remote learning have caused many parents to reconsider options for schooling their children. Alternatives to going back to conventional school are currently hot topics, strongly motivated by growing racism and the social bullying that confront many youngsters and teens in today’s school environment. {New Yorker Magazine, June 21, 2021, “The Rise of Black Homeschooling.”} Jean Nunnally’s memoir of her trials and triumphs in unschooling her two children from birth to college provides an enlightening insight into the innate learning ability of humans, showing how self-esteem, trust and personal responsibility were preserved and strengthened for herself and her kids. “Unschooling,” the author says, “is the way we have learned throughout time and the way adults learn when they are free to pursue their interests.” Her book gives an overview of unschooling or self-directed learning, but so much more. Jean not only did the work, but her son and daughter are proof that unschooling works. They were each accepted in and graduated from prestigious U.S. colleges and testify, in personal reflections at the end of the narrative, to the happiness and fulfillment of their elementary and high school years following their passions, their hobbies, their music, their dreams, often in stark contrast to the struggles with traditional forms their peers were required to submit to. Those unfamiliar with this unique educational approach, a subset of homeschooling, often argue from misunderstandings of the process. “What about socializing with their peers?” “Do I have to be a trained teacher?” they ask. Success Without School offers Nunnally’s disputation of these and other popular myths surrounding the subject. Along the way, Jean Nunnally points out aspects of her own transformation from a traditional background and a corporate career to the lesser traveled path of alternative education. She explains how her view of school changed, and changed her, as she proceeded to unschool her children. She leaves the reader with an encouraging description of the three jobs of an unschooling parent— exposure, facilitation, and modeling; and offers her unique approach to preparing an unschooled teen for college, and the specific challenges that required.

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        Insecticide & herbicide technology
        May 1997

        Wheat Production and Utilization

        Systems, Quality and Environment

        by Mike J Gooding, W P Davies

        The domestication of wheat, more than any other plant, has allowed food to be produced in sufficient quantities to support community settlement, cultural development and population growth. Wheat is one of the major sources of energy, protein and dietary fibre in human nutrition. This book comprehensively describes how wheat is produced and used. It begins with a consideration of how the different grain characteristics influence the subsequent utilization of the harvested wheat. A large part of the book is then devoted to advice and discussion concerning establishing, managing and harvesting a successful crop, including the control of disease, and the use of wheat as forage. There is also a thorough consideration of the storage and use of the crop post-harvest. Wheat is grown and used throughout the world and the book reflects this by containing examples from many different countries. Research on the impact of the environment on the quality of the grain is presented and discussed, and the challenges facing growers and wheat researchers in different geographical locations are examined throughout the book. This book is essential reading for all agronomy lecturers and students at universities and colleges. By bringing together recent research and practice it is also a valuable resource for researchers and advisors in this area, such as plant breeders, agronomists and pathologists.

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        March 2010

        Gustav Mahler "Verehrter Herr College!"

        Briefe an Komponisten, Dirigenten, Intendanten

        by Herausgegeben von Willnauer, Franz

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        English for University Student of Mathematics

        by Prof. J. Golan and Dr. M. Bensoussan

        The purpose of this concise 64-page workbook, designed especially for foreign-language students who plan to pursue advanced studies in mathematics at English-speaking universities, is to teach them how to comprehend technical writing in mathematics. The book is composed of twelve texts in university-level mathematics, especially written to highlight different aspects of technical mathematical style. Each text is followed by exercises intended to check the students’ comprehension of the text, acquisition of vocabulary, and awareness of some of the fine points of mathematical writing.  A bilingual Japanese-language edition of this title was published  and reprinted in Tokyo by Maruzen Co., Ltd.  160 pages, 15X23 cm

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        July 2021

        Just passed the college entrance examination like this

        by Qu Shiyu

        This is a novel with middle school students as the subject. The first-line characters are middle school students and the second-line characters are their parents. The novel revolves around the study of middle school students, as well as the indispensable examinations, and the love affair that only exists in the depths of the soul. It tells about the life, mood, spiritual pursuit and swaying emotions of middle school students. The narrative process of the novel is very refreshing, the time is linear, the writing is not artificial, and there is no special structure, no strange character shaping, no tortuous plot design, natural and pure. The title of the novel comes from Li Qingzhao, and the style of the novel also reflects Li Qingzhao's wind and shadow. The language is clear and the characters' hearts are clear. Things are also very clear because of simplicity or simplicity. From the overall artistic conception, the novel has reached the level of publication. It is recommended to be included in the topic selection plan.

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        Color and Light -- Western Painting appreciation

        by Xi Chuanji

        This book tells the history of western art from primitive art to modern art in a simple and easy way in a short space of 25 lectures. The main words are not complicated, and the style is precise. Therefore, it has even been adopted as a textbook by many colleges and vocational schools. For art lovers and ordinary readers, it is also a good concise book for popular art appreciation. An art gallery without walls, Ancient Greece, Impressionism, Romanticism... Twenty-five fine galleries of Western art, each displaying only three or five works. A history of minimalist western art from primitive painting to modern abstract art, under the guidance of an art historian, from form to color, from color to light, from light to shadow, are so three-dimensional and vivid. A new reprint of the once popular Western art appreciation manual, an art bible to take with you. This book is included in the catalogue of Middle and Primary School Reading Books of Zhongnan Media.

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