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SDGs in the European Region (Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals – Regional Perspectives)
by Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis Sara Moggi Elizabeth Price Alex HopeThis volume describes the thinking on sustainable development and a variety of initiatives across Europe, illustrating regional efforts to foster sustainable communities and ecological and social innovation. It contains various contributions which showcase examples of thinking, economic and social structures and in consumption and production patterns needed, to implement the SDGs.This book is part of the "100 papers to accelerate the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals initiative".
¿Se acabará el mundo en el 2012?
by Raymond HundleyEn ¿Se acabará el mundo en el 2012?, el doctor Raymond Hundley da una evaluación práctica de las diez teorías apocalípticas más preeminentes que han causado la histeria de 2012.En el primer milenio después del nacimiento de Cristo, abrigado por las montañas de América Central y México, el pueblo maya contemplaba las estrellas y calculaba los días, los meses, los años y aun el futuro. Su calendario, el más complicado que cualquier otro que el mundo haya conocido, predijo un fin repentino del tiempo el 21 de diciembre de 2012. El futuro que predijeron está ahora alcanzándonos."Han habido 149 predicciones apocalípticas entre el 44d.C. y 2009", dice el Dr. Raymond Hundley. ¿Pero ocurrirá realmente esta última predicción?En este emocionante, balanceado y bien documentado libro, el autor evalúa las diez teorías apocalípticas máspreeminentes dadas como prueba del fin del mundo y ofrece una respuesta sorprendente a la pregunta que todo el mundo se formula. Su conocimiento y sus entendimientos profundos inducen a conclusiones convincentes... y el llamado emotivo a toda lahumanidad a mirar hacia Cristo en busca de claridad y paz.
Se acabó el recreo: La desigualdad en educación
by Mario WaissbluthUn alegato valiente, profundo e informado sobre la situación actual de la educación en Chile y América Latina. La baja calidad de la educación chilena y su intolerable desigualdad son acaso los temas más peliagudos y urgentes que tendremos que solucionar como nación si aspiramos sinceramente al desarrollo. Al finalizar el régimen militar, la educación aparecía postrada. Pero sus fallas sistémicas vienen de más atrás y se han mantenido durante los veinte años de gobiernos de centro-izquierda hasta hoy. Las cifras y datos son incontestables. Las pruebas internacionales de medición educativa dejan a Chile muy por debajo de los países avanzados y, en lo que respecta a la equidad, vamos incluso en retroceso. Se acabó el recreo, de Mario Waissbluth, es un alegato valiente, profundo e informado sobre la situación de la educación en Chile y América Latina. En sus páginas el autor desnuda, con un estilo directo y sin aspavientos, los graves problemas de la educación y recoge además el origen y las innovadoras propuestas de uno de los movimientos ciudadanos más prometedores de nuestra historia reciente: Educación 2020. Un libro destinado a remecer y entusiasmar.
Se acabó el recreo
by Mario WaissbluthLa baja calidad de la educación chilena y su intolerable desigualdad son acaso los temas más peliagudos y urgentes que tendremos que solucionar como nación si aspiramos sinceramente al desarrollo. Al finalizar el régimen militar, la educación aparecía postrada. Pero sus fallas sistémicas vienen de más atrás y se han mantenido durante los veinte años de gobiernos de centro-izquierda hasta hoy. Las cifras y datos son incontestables. Las pruebas internacionales de medición educativa dejan a Chile muy por debajo de los países avanzados y, en lo que respecta a la equidad, vamos incluso en retroceso. Se acabó el recreo, de Mario Waissbluth, es un alegato valiente, profundo e informado sobre la situación de la educación en Chile y América Latina. En sus páginas el autor desnuda, con un estilo directo y sin aspavientos, los graves problemas de la educación y recoge además el origen y las innovadoras propuestas de uno de los movimientos ciudadanos más prometedores de nuestra historia reciente: Educación 2020. Un libro destinado a remecer y entusiasmar.
Se busca a... 6ºC (Serie La guerra de 6ºA #6)
by Sara CanoDos clases rivales a punto de terminar el curso... Y un curso fantasma con muchas ganas de venganza. Más trastadas, estrategias y escalofríos en una nueva y espeluznante aventura. La guerra más gamberra que se ha librado jamás da el salto del colegio... ¡directamente al más allá! ALBER03_: Buah, menudo curso de alucine total. Este año, con la Copa Kurumi en nuestro Altar de las Victorias, vamos a ser la envidia de todo el cole. HUGO_: ¿En vuestro altar, dices? Tú te flipas, Álber. La Copa Kurumi también es nuestra. MAX_: Bueno, en teoría es un poco más nuestra, porque fuimos nosotros los que pensamos todas las estrategias para ganar la competición... EL_C4L4MBRES _: Uy, uy, parece que aquí van a saltar chispas... IN3S _: Chispas las que nos va a echar a nosotros el cerebro de estudiar, ¡que se está acabando el curso y llegan los exámenes finales! ESTORDOG_: Ay, Inés, no me hables de exámenes, que me dan dolor de tripa y se me quita el hambre. YULI_: Yo creo que lo que te está quitando el hambre no es eso... sino una perturbación en las fuerzas del universo. ALBER03_: ¡Ya está otra vez la loca del atrapasueños dando la lata con sus fenómenos paranormales! IN3S_: Pues yo creo que esta vez lleva razón, Álber... En medio de tanta guerra, se ha pasado el curso volando. Ahora, recién llegados de Kurumiland y justo antes de enfrentarse al reto más chungo del año (los terribles exámenes finales) 6ºA y 6ºB pelean por ver quién tiene más derecho a exhibir la Copa Kurumi en su Altar de las Victorias. Pero no cuentan con que no son los únicos que quieren tener el trofeo en su poder. De repente, una presencia misteriosa se apodera del colegio... y de sus vidas. La leyenda de un misterioso curso perdido que se aparece para atormentar a los alumnos de 6º desde tiempos inmemoriales resurge de las profundidades de la Historia del Recreo. 6ºA y 6ºB se verán obligados a volver a unir sus fuerzas y completar las pruebas que les imponen los alumnos fantasmas si no quieren pasarse repitiendo curso... eternamente. ¡La guerra de 6ºA! ¡Jujá!
The Sea (Exploring Play)
by Sue SheppyThis exciting topic-based series offers early years practitioners collections of activities based on familiar themes. The activities can be easily implemented and readily incorporated into curriculum planning through links made to the Foundation Stage curriculum. Each book includes: activities that can be used on their own or as part of a themed program ideas for enjoying an all round curriculum approach guidance on expanding existing ideas and resources linked ideas to be carried out at home. The Sea includes themes of seasides, beaches, fish and boats. It provides a wonderful topic for room nursery displays and is a positive theme for boys and girls.
The Sea Aquarium (Hodder Cambridge Primary Science Ser.)
by Rosemary FeaseyExplore, support and consolidate Early Years science themes with a colourful story for ages 4-5, containing key concepts and practice opportunities. • Practise key science concepts with simple question prompts on each page and activities at the end of the book. • Support the science themes covered in Activity Book A and the Teacher’s Pack. The Sea Aquarium How can Rika help the sea turtles? Books in the Hodder Cambridge Primary Science series for the Foundation Stage: Activity Book A – 9781510448605 Activity Book B – 9781510448612 Activity Book C – 9781 510448629 Story Book A The Sea Aquarium – 9781510448636 Story Book B The Toy Box – 9781 510448643 Story Book C Dinosaur Adventure – 9781510448650 Teacher's Pack – 9781510448667 HODDER EDUCATION e: education@bookpoint.co.uk w: hoddereducation.com
Sea Change at Annapolis
by H. Michael GelfandSince 1845, the United States Naval Academy has prepared professional military leaders at its Annapolis, Maryland, campus. Although it remains steeped in a culture of tradition and discipline, the Academy is not impervious to change. Dispelling the myth that the Academy is a bastion of tradition unmarked by progress, H. Michael Gelfand examines challenges to the Naval Academy's culture from both inside and outside the Academy's walls between 1949 and 2000, an era of dramatic social change in American history. Drawing on more than two hundred oral histories, extensive archival research, and his own participatory observation at the Academy, Gelfand demonstrates that events at Annapolis reflect the transformation of American culture and society at large in the Cold War and post-Cold War periods. In eight chapters, he discusses recruiting and minority midshipmen, the end of mandatory attendance at religious services, women's experiences as they sought and achieved admission and later served as midshipmen, and the responses of multiple generations of midshipmen to societal changes, particularly during the Vietnam War era. This cultural history not only sheds light on events at the Naval Academy but also offers a novel perspective on democratic ideals in the United States.
Sea Creatures: Level 2 (I Can Read! #Level 2)
by ZondervanThese exciting photos and facts show children the wonders of God’s creation. Includes simple text perfect for level two readers. Titles include: Rainforest Creatures; Under the Sea; Birds of the Air; Bugs, Bugs, Bugs; Freezing Friends; and Creatures Down Under. Rainforest Creatures features unusual yet familiar animals like the sloth and the tree kangaroo and facts about their habitat. Under the Sea will feature facts about sea creatures such as the giant squid, baseball fish, and the blue-ringed octopus. Birds of the Air will include facts about flying friends like the macaw, toucan, flamingo, and yellow-bellied sapsucker. Bugs, Bugs, Bugs will tell about stinkbugs, dung beetles, killer bees, and more. Creatures Down Under will tell about the platypus, kookaburra, kangaroo, and crocodile and coral. Freezing Friends will focus on Polar bears, seal, penguin, and walrus. Farm Animal Babies will focus on familiar farm animal babies, their special names, and characteristics. Forest Animal Babies will focus on fun forest animal babies like raccoons, mountain lions, and baby birds and their special characteristics. Jungle Animal Babies will focus on fun jungle animal babies like monkeys, panthers, and baby birds and their special characteristics.
Sea Fangs
by L. Ron HubbardBuckle up for adventure in this action-packed tale. Sailor Bob Sherman has his hands full trying to save the ocean yacht Bonito from capsizing in hurricane waters off Venezuela's coast--no thanks to the know-it-all attitude and incompetence of the vessel's captain. Sherman's rugged good looks and seafaring skills at least bring him the attentions of Phyllis Marmion, a raven-haired beauty and daughter of the yacht's owner.Unfortunately, Sherman's also the bitter enemy of the girl's father who, with the support of corrupt officials, had stripped him of a highly profitable drilling business and taken his land years before. More is at stake than oil fields when the ship is attacked by modern pirates and are all taken captive. Soon Sherman, crew and passengers find themselves in a dungeon jail on an uncharted island known locally as the Island of Death--a place where no one escapes, and Sherman's futile efforts have marked him for an early death. "...a 'must' for his legions of fans and an impressive tribute to his storytelling skills in the heyday of pulp magazine fiction!" --The Midwest Book Review
The Sea Is So Wide and My Boat Is So Small: Charting a Course for the Next Generation
by Marian Wright EdelmanIn America today, the gap between the rich and the poor is the greatest ever recorded--larger than any other industrialized nation. It has become far too easy to ignore the hardships of millions of children plagued by poverty, poor health, illiteracy, violence, adult hypocrisy, and injustice. As founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, Marian Wright Edelman knows all too well the suffering of so many of our nation's children, who live every day with adversity most of us can barely imagine. In The Sea Is So Wide and My Boat Is So Small, Edelman asks difficult questions about what we truly value, and looks hard at what we can--and must--do to build a nation fit for all children. With the passion and conviction that have made her our leading child advocate, she calls us all to stand up for the future of America. What have we done and what have we left undone? What lessons can we learn from our past and our present to realize a just and peaceful national and world vision for our children and grandchildren? Marian Wright Edelman challenges all of us--our leaders, our teachers, the faith community, parents, grandparents, and future generations--to end the epidemic physical and spiritual poverty afflicting millions of our children. We can leave our children with a better, safer, and fairer world if we care enough. And we can--and must--do it now.
Sea Life
by Dona Herweck RiceFrom tide pools to the ocean, the sea is filled with amazing lifeforms! Early readers will be engaged from beginning to end with informational text, vivid photos, and a picture glossary of marine animals.
The Sea Monster: An Acorn Book (Mermaid Days)
by Kyle LukoffVera and Beaker explore the ocean, in this series perfect for beginning readers!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow!Swim along with mermaid Vera and octo-kid Beaker! In these three stories, Vera and Beaker make new friends both big and small. First, they go on a field trip to the tide pools and meet the small animals who live there. Then, Vera and Beaker meet friendly sea monsters, and show them around the town of Tidal Grove! With text from Stonewall Award-winning author Kyle Lukoff, and bright, colorful artwork from artist Kat Uno, Mermaid Days is sure to be every young reader’s favorite new series. Each book also includes a page of nonfiction ocean information; in this book, readers will learn all about tide pools. Balancing easy-to-read text, endless humor and charm, light nonfiction, and a loveable cast of underwater creatures, these laugh-out-loud stories are the perfect fit for new readers!
Sea Otters (National Geographic Kids Readers #Level 1)
by Laura Marsh National Geographic Kids StaffIn this level 1 reader, young readers will explore the fun-filled world of lovable otters. Follow these playful critters through their aquatic habitats, learn how otters raise their young, and discover their curious and social natures. Beautiful photos and carefully leveled text make this book perfect for reading aloud or for independent reading.
Sea & Sky in Acrylics: Techniques & Inspiration
by Dave WhiteA pro shares his techniques for painting stunning seascapes, with three step-by-step projects included.Painting teacher Dave White introduces the simple but effective techniques that he uses to paint stunning, dramatic seascapes with beautiful and realistic skies. He demonstrates spattering, blending backgrounds, painting horizons, finger painting clouds and foam. There is expert advice on the anatomy of waves and how they rise and collapse, creating ripples, surf, foam, and spray. In addition, clear instructions show how to paint effective reflections and beaches to improve your seascapes. The sky section shows effective techniques for painting all types of cloud, with some innovative methods such as tipping up the surface to let dilute paint run, to create cirrus clouds. Dave’s method of creating depth in sea, beach, and sky using lines projected from the vanishing point can radically improve your seascapes. You’ll also find a section on moods and sunsets, full of beautiful, dramatic examples. Finally, three step-by-step projects show how to paint a beach panorama with a rolling wave, a spectacular sunset over a calm sea, and waves crashing on rocks.
Sea Treasures
by Ira E. Aaron Charles Davis Joan SchellyThis textbook provides short stories and activities designed for the following skills: Story Problems and Solutions, Figuring Out Words, Getting Word Meaning, Using a Dictionary for Meaning, Story Characters, Using a Dictionary for Pronunciation, Recognizing Fact and Fiction, Using an Encyclopedia, Understanding a Point of View and Flashback, Understanding Idioms, Recognizing Types of Literature, Story Characters and Setting, Main Idea and Supporting Details, Classifying, Making a Summary, Reading for Different Purposes, Sequence Relationships, Reading Diagrams, Varying Reading Rate, Understanding Figures of Speech, and Analogous Relationships.
The Sea Wolf
by Jack LondonThe Sea Wolf is written by Jack London and retold by John Kennet. The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London. The book's protagonist, Humphrey van Weyden, is a literary critic who is a survivor of an ocean collision and who comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues him.
The Seagull Book Of Poems
by Joseph KellyAn inexpensive and portable alternative to bulky anthologies, The Seagull Reader: Plays offers eight classic (and contemporary classic) plays complemented by helpful editorial apparatus, including an introduction to the major concepts of the genre, brief headnotes, annotations where necessary, a glossary of terms, and biographical sketches of the authors.
The Seagull Reader: Essays
by Joseph KellyThe best-priced alternative to full-length readers, The Seagull Reader: Essays offers an attractive blend of classroom favorites and unique, compelling choices in a compact and portable format.
Seagull Sid: and the Naughty Things His Seagulls Did!
by Dawn McMillanSeagull Sid and his fine feathered mates are sick of looking at all the rubbish that people leave behind at the shore. But how can the seagulls reclaim their beach from the trashy humans? No worries, Sid has a mischievously messy plan of attack — watch out below!Rollicking rhymes and delightful drawings highlight this tale by the bestselling team of storyteller Dawn McMillan and illustrator Ross Kinnaird, the cheeky creators of I Need a New Butt! and Doctor Grundy's Undies.
The Seal (Primary Phonics Storybook #Set 2 Book 8)
by Barbara W. MakarA systematic, phonics-based early reading program that includes: the most practice for every skill, decodable readers for every skill, and reinforcement materials--help struggling students succeed in the regular classroom
Seal Island School
by Susan BartlettLife on Seal Island is pretty close to perfect. Pru has her friends, her gerbil, Jingle, and her dog, Schooner'and a new pen-pal who sends messages in bottles. But things are beginning to change: Miss Sparling, Pru's favorite teacher ever, might be leaving, and Pru's best friend, Nicholas, is definitely moving away. Even having a spectacular birthday with a super-spectacular surprise doesn't stop Pru from worrying. Will her plan to keep Miss Sparling on the island work?
The SealEaters, 20,000 BC: Prehistoric Fiction Series on the Peopling of the Americas (Winds of Change, a Prehistoric Fiction Series on the Peopling of the Americas #5)
by Bonnye MatthewsThe SealEaters, 20,000 BC is the last of the planned books in the Winds of Change Series on the Peopling of the Americas. The time period is the onset of the last Ice Age which ends the Time of Peace and ushers in the Time of War on earth. The Time of War continues today. The novel is a survival story of the Solutreans in southern France/northern Spain. due to advancing ice sheets, seals from the north have beached on their shores and the SealEaters have come to depend on them for their major food source. The SealEaters face advancing ice from the north, warring groups beyond the mountains to the east and south. In search of a new land, a small number of SealEaters travel the arc formed by the ice sheets, eating seals along the way across the Atlantic Ocean to the east coast of what is now North America, a coast very different from what we know today. They survey the land and groups of people living there, trying to find a new living place. There are differences among the Solutreans and the people they meet in the new land when compared to the People in the first four books. The SealEaters' group cohesiveness has disintegrated when compared to the People of the preceding books. The SealEaters, 20,000 BC tells the tale of this effort to find a new land.
Sealed with a Diss (The Clique #8)
by Lisi HarrisonMassie Block: Stands at the threshold of the most ah-mazing secret room at OCD. But to prove the Pretty Committee is worthy of the honor, the girls need dates to Skye Hamilton's "famous couples" costume party. On top of all that, Massie has to convince her old crush, Chris Abeley, to be Skye's date . . . or else they can kiss the room-and their popularity-goodbye. How will she ever get her girls suitable dates and melt Chris's heart? She'd need to be a mind reader! Luckily for the PC, alpha status just happens to come with ESP . . . not the actual superpower, but a secret weapon that shows them exactly how boy brains work. Kristen Gregory: Loves supersensitive guys, and thanks to ESP, has her eye on a boy who loves The Notebook as much as she does. So why on earth is she going to Skye's party as the Bride of Chucky? Alicia Rivera: Diss-missed her crush, Josh Hotz, for having a bizarrely clean room. Then ESP tells her Josh's sister is actually the neat freak, and suddenly hawt Hotz looks hawter than ever. Dylan Marvil: When ESP clues her in to the fact that guys-plural- like a girl who's not afraid to eat, it's all mozzarella sticks for this former Jenny Craig groupie. Will gaining six pounds make her regret trusting her sixth sense? Claire Lyons: As the only Pretty Committee girl with a real boyfriend, the date-mission should be a breeze. But when her newfound Claire-voyance tells her Cam's hiding a huh-yuge secret from her, his gifts of gummies leave a stale taste in her mouth. ESP? Extra Sucky Problem is more like it. The Clique. . . The only thing harder than getting in is staying in.
Sealed with an Oath: Covenant in God's Unfolding Purpose (New Studies in Biblical Theology #Volume 23)
by Paul R. WilliamsonPaul R. Williamson looks at the role of the covenant concept in Scripture and the meaning of this terminology. He then sets the idea of covenant in the context of God's universal purpose, and traces the idea through Noah and the patriarchs, the nation of Israel and the kingship of David. Lastly, he shows how the new covenant is anticipated in the Old Testament and fulfilled in the New. In this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Williamson offers new insights into key texts and issues related to the theme of covenant. He is not afraid to challenge established positions. One example is his dual-covenant approach to God's dealings with Abraham. His robust scholarship will be appreciated by scholars, lecturers and students in theology, ministers and all who have a serious interest in the covenant concept. Addressing key issues in biblical theology, the works comprising New Studies in Biblical Theology are creative attempts to help Christians better understand their Bibles. The NSBT series is edited by D. A. Carson, aiming to simultaneously instruct and to edify, to interact with current scholarship and to point the way ahead.