BOOKS with Alphabet T (Ta, Tb,Tc, Td, Te…... )

Overview: Highlights a number of elements of school leadership.Uses data from 16 countries around the world.Gives the stage to primary and secondary school principals to demonstrate what they consider school le.This book explores school leadership through a cross-cultural comparative lens, drawing on data from 16 countries located on five continents. The book gives a voice to both primary and secondary school principals, who discuss the nature of their work and explain their understanding of school leadership, strategies used to support their leadership, and how they ‘do leadership‘ in a time

Overview: 978-0-333-26575-8978-1-349-16062-4

Overview: Nonrenewable energy resources, comprising fossil fuels and uranium, are not ran­ domly distributed within the Earth‘s crust. They formed in response to a complex array of geologic controls, notably the genesis of the sedimentary rocks that host most commercial energy resources. It is this genetic relationship between economic re­ sources and environment that forms the basis for this book. Our grouping of petro­ leum, coal, uranium, and ground water may appear to be incongruous or artificial. But our basic premise is that these ostensibly disparate resources share common genetic attri

Overview: This important and timely new book provides a thoroughly researched account of the rise of the left wing in the Labour Party in Britain during the 1970s and early 1980s and its marginalisation under the Kinnock leadership. It introduces the main currents on the Left and sets out their ideas, demands, achievements and limitations. ‘...this is an important book which asks crucial questions and provides valuable insights about the role of the Left within the Labour Party. No-one engaged in teaching British politics can afford to ignore it.‘ David J.Wilson, Leicester Polytechnic.

Overview: Demonstrates how changes unique to each platform connect with the rise of transmedia storytelling.Attributes the rise of the post-apocalyptic genre to concurrent transformations in the media industry .This book confronts the question of why our culture is so fascinated by the apocalypse. It ultimately argues that while many see the post-apocalyptic genre as reflective of contemporary fears, it has actually co-evolved with the transformations in our mediascape to become a perfect vehicle for transmedia storytelling. The post-apocalyptic offers audiences a portal to a fantasy world tha

Overview: This book describes the roots, birth and evolution of the UN, with particular attention to the precursor League of Nations. The main conflicts that have involved the UN through its first half century are analysed in the context of the Cold War and the New World Order. Emphasis is given to the impact of the US as principal founder member and main post-WW2 hegemonic power, always keen to use the UN to further American strategic and economic interests.978-1-349-23389-2

Overview: The only authoritative book on iReport tool that complements JasperReports.Written by iReport expert and lead.Will be endorsed by JasperForge.org and JasperSoft Corp.JasperForge.org is the open-source development portal for the JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite, the JasperSoft business intelligence solution that delivers comprehensive tools for data access, data integration, analysis, and reporting, including iReport. This definitive, authoritative book covers the following:.. .iReport as an intuitive and easy-to-use visual report builder/designer for JasperReports, written in 1

Overview: Provides a new perspective on this field of sustainability research by changing the etymology of the word resilience.Explores the road towards DemocraCity as a social thermometer that proves the imporThis book discusses the challenges faced by the .homo resaliens. and his need for a transition to a more sustainable social, economic, and environmental system. It fills a gap in the existing literature and provides a new perspective by changing the etymology of the word resilience: no more .resiliere., but .resalio.. By comparing and analysing the relevant literature, the author has coi

Overview: Analyses how borders and blockages in higher education can be inhabited and reworked.Imagines alternative academic futures and how they can be claimed.Examines how the higher education sector remains This book offers new interdisciplinary analyses of borders and blockages in higher education and how they can be inhabited and reworked. Amidst stratified inequalities of race, gender, class and sexuality, across time and space, contributors explore what alternative academic futures can be claimed. While higher education institutions are increasingly concerned with ‘internationalization’

Overview: Explores the complex nature of higher education transformation.Examines the role of higher education transformation in sustainable development.Presents lessons learned from leading education experts.The Sustainable University of the Future .discusses the rapid changes taking place within institutions of higher education—changes that have pushed universities to reconsider their traditional policies and plans. The book, which has its origins in the Qatar University Annual Research Forum and Exhibition (QUARFE) event “University of the Future” examines the many ways universities are try

Overview: Proposes a developmental theory of human mind as a basic interaction system of meaning-making elements.Elaborates on why this system has developed evolutionary.Explains how the system develops in the .This book proposes a developmental theory of human mind as a basic interaction system of meaning making elements - so called dualities - progressing in dialectical shifts towards higher self-awareness. It elaborates on why this system has developed evolutionary, how it develops in the life courses of humans in modern societies and what hampers and promotes its progression to meet contem

Overview: An accessible introduction to our evolving understanding of light.Includes up-to-the minute information about quantum optics, entangled photons and other fascinating phenomena related to light.Author .This book traces the evolution of our understanding and utilization of light from classical antiquity and the early thoughts of Pythagoras to the present time.   .From the earliest recorded theories and experiments to the latest applications in photonic communication and computation, the ways in which light has been put to use are numerous and astounding.  Indeed, some of the latest adv

Overview: Truth commissions, apologies, and reparations are just some of the transitional justice mechanisms embraced by established democracies. This groundbreaking exploration of political theory explains how these forms of state redress repair the damage state wrongdoing inflicts upon political legitimacy.978-1-349-33038-6978-1-137-31619-6Series ISSN 2662-6039 Series E-ISSN 2662-6047

Overview: Presents the 35 papers presented at the main gathering of the world’s transportation and traffic theorists.Spans all modes of transport.Particular focus on Asia, where infrastructure development is outh It is our great privilege and honor to present the proceedings of the 18 International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT), held at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, China on 16-18 July 2009. th The 18 ISTTT is jointly organized by the Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies and Department of Civil and Structural Engineering of The Hong Kong Po

Overview: Good expertise, high ranking authors well-known throughout the forest and forest policy sectors Timeliness, particularly given the re-emergence of forests in the climate debate Detailed analysis of poAt the landmark 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit), solemn resolutions were made both to protect the world’s biodiversity and to co-operate on managing natural forests in a sustainable and ecologically responsible way. If anything, given recent developments in issues such as climate change and poverty,the problem of protecting and sustaining fore

Overview: Written by a pioneering practitioner and renown business guru in the field of psychodynamic-systemic executive coaching.Explores the seven deadly sins in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.Ideal rea.The unprecedented challenges of today—a world-wide pandemic, climate disruption on a global scale, and an economic instability that knows no boundaries—require a leadership grounded in a profound and unflinching awareness of our interconnectedness and the existential stakes before us. ..T.he Path to Authentic Leadership. frames the dilemmas of leadership within the insights provided by

Overview: Seeks exploration into a rich interplay of theories, research, practical proposals for action and success stories on holistic education.Equips reader with a rich and practical exchange of approaches aThese conference proceedings showcase a rich and practical exchange of approaches and vital evidence-based practices taking place around the world. They clarify the complex challenges involved in bringing about a holistic educational environment in schools and institutes of higher learning that fosters greater understanding and offer valuable insights on how to avoid the pitfalls that co

Overview: Sunni-Shi‘i relations have undergone significant transformations in recent decades. In order to understand these developments, the contributors to the present volume demonstrate the complexity of Sunni-Shi‘i relations by analyzing political, ideological, and social encounters between the two communities from early Islamic history to the present.978-1-137-48558-8978-1-137-49506-8

Overview: Offers a multidisciplinary understanding of historical trends, technological change, and evolutionary processes.Studies the dynamics of accelerating change and evolution in the ‘Big History‘ frameworkThis book introduces a ‘Big History‘ perspective to understand the acceleration of social, technological and economic trends towards a near-term singularity, marking a radical turning point in the evolution of our planet. It traces the emergence of accelerating innovation rates through global history and highlights major historical transformations throughout the evolution of life, humans

Overview: .Since the Sun is the main source of space weather effects, the first part of the book is devoted to a general introduction to the physics of the Sun. A better understanding of the phenomena underlying solar activity is also important for prediction of solar outbursts and thus for establishing alert systems for space missions and telecommunication systems. The book contains the following topics: ...possible influence of the Sun on the Earth‘s climate; ..the effects of radiation on humans in space and the expected radiation dose from various solar events; ..disturbances of the Earth‘s