Business Communication Strategies by Scott Smith (Paperback Book)

Business Communication Strategies provides learners with the practical language, confidence, and cultural awareness needed to succeed in the modern workplace. Rather than teaching isolated phrases, this book focuses on the communication strategies that make business interactions effective— whether in meetings, emails, phone calls, or casual conversations. Each of the 24 units introduces a key skill such as showing appreciation, making decisions, giving feedback, motivating others, handling conflict, or presenting ideas. Through realistic dialogues, step-by-step practice, and skill-based activities, learners build fluency in authentic business situations that reflect daily professional life. The free, accompanying audio program features native speakers modeling natural workplace.

The Hound of the Baskervilles: Accessible Easier Edition (Paperback Book)

An adapted, illustrated and accessible edition of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic mystery. Enjoy Every Cherry’s new adaptation of Easier Classics’ Hound of the Baskervilles featuring illustrations, sensory features and glossary descriptions to aid in reading comprehension and accessibility. Our shorter versions of the text allow for the same great stories to be delivered in a condensed but still equally fun and entertaining edition of Arthur Conan Doyle’s exciting book. This story follows Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson as they explore the mystery of a scary ghost hound. They must solve the mystery of the ghost hound before anyone else gets hurt…About The Easier Classics Reading Library: The Starter Collection:From the streets of Dickens’s Victorian London to the open sea with a dangerous.

The Psychology of Investing by John R. Nofsinger (Paperback Book)

While traditional finance focuses on the tools used to optimize return and minimize risk, this book shows how psychology can explain our decisions more than financial theory. Analyzing how investors behave in the real world, this classic text delves into the ways biases influence investment behavior, and how overcoming these biases can increase financial success. Now in its eighth edition, the book features:an easy-to-understand structure, illustrating psychological biases as everyday behavior; analyzing their effect on investment decisions; and concluding with academic studies that show real-life investors making choices that hurt their wealthfully updated content to reflect the latest research in the fielda new chapter on FinTech and behavioral finance, as well as coverage of AI.

Introducing English for Research Publication Purposes by John Flowerdew

There has been growing scholarly research and interest in writing for academic publication over the past decade and the field of English for Research Publication Purposes (ERPP) has established itself as an important domain within English for Academic Purposes (EAP). This introductory volume provides a comprehensive view of what ERPP encompasses as a scholarly field, including its disciplinary boundaries, competing discourses within the field, research and practice paradigms, and future prospects for research and pedagogy in this field.

Innovation in the Local Public Sector by John Fenwick (Paperback Book)

This book provides a critical exploration and assessment of public sector innovation, challenging conventional assumptions about the ways in which innovation is generated and how it may succeed or fail. Focussing on the local level of public sector, the book systematically reviews the multidisciplinary nature of public sector innovation through an intersectional lens that considers mounting issues of public sector complexity, transparency, and accountability for innovative governance. It presents the key elements of the innovation agenda to advance an entrepreneurship ecosystem, whether for “levelling up” or for evolving new and effective models of collaboration for enterprising places. It argues that innovation arises from relationships of power, that it is characterised by risk and.

Principles of Health and Safety at Work by Allan St John Holt (Paperback Book)

This is a reprint of ISBN 978-0-901-35743-4 Widely acknowledged as the one stop summary of health and safety fundamentals, Principles covers law, safety technology, occupational health and hygiene and safety management techniques. Originally written by the late international health and safety expert Allan St John Holt, this new edition has been comprehensively updated by Allan’s colleague Jim Allen. The book is designed as a concise, accessible introduction to health and safety basics and includes revision notes and a wide range of references. It is a first class resource for NEBOSH Certificate students.

The Structured Literacy Planner by Louise Spear-Swerling (Paperback Book)

Structured Literacy (SL) approaches are increasingly recognized as the gold standard for teaching struggling readers. This highly practical book walks educators through designing SL interventions for students with common types of reading difficulties–word reading, comprehension, or a combination of both. Louise Spear-Swerling offers tools for assessing students’ reading profiles and tailoring SL to their needs. In a convenient large-size format, the volume is packed with case studies, sample lesson plans addressing both early and advanced stages of reading, instructional activities, and application exercises for teachers. A chapter on English language structure presents essential foundations for implementing SL effectively. The companion website features a knowledge survey about language.

The Folklore of Devon by Mark Norman (Paperback Book)

Requested for the Wolfson History Prize 2024. Devon has a long and rich folkloric heritage which has been extensively collected over many years. This book consolidates more than a century of research by eminent Devon folklorists into one valuable study and builds on the vital work that was undertaken by the Devonshire Association, providing insightful analysis of the subject matter and drawing comparisons with folklore traditions beyond the county. The first major work on Devon’s folklore since Ralph Whitlock’s short book published by the Folklore Society in the 1970s, this volume brings the subject into the twenty-first century with consideration of internet memes and modern lore, demonstrating that ‘folklore’ does not equate to ‘old rural practice’. With chapters covering the history.

A First Course in Differential Equations with Modeling Applications,

Straightforward and easy to read, A FIRST COURSE IN DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH MODELING APPLICATIONS, 11E, INTERNATIONAL METRIC EDITION, gives you a thorough overview of the topics typically taught in a first course in differential equations. Your study of differential equations and its applications will be supported by a bounty of pedagogical aids, including an abundance of examples, explanations, “Remarks” boxes, definitions, and more.