The Handy Psychology Answer Book

Featuring more than 800 answers to questions of how the human mind and the science of psychology really work, this fascinating discussion gives readers the real facts of modern psychology in a fun, approachable way. Avoiding the entertainment fluff of pop psychology and the dryness of overly academic works, this exploration gives insight into the current science of the mind by answering questions questions such as What makes a marriage last? Why do toddlers have temper tantrums? and What are the benefits of getting older? In addition to the question-and-answer section, an overview looks at the psychology of money, sex, morality, and everyday living.

The Key to English Series - Two-Word Verbs

This manual is intended to help the student, to master a troublesome matter, the combination verb + adverb (or preposition), with or without a following noun object. These combinations are variously called "two-word verbs",  "merged verbs," "compound verbs," "verb-adverb combinations"...  We are dealing, of course, with structures like put it on, call up Mr. Smith, take this information down, in which a verb and a function word (adverb) work closely together to express a meaning. In addition, when an object is present, these words may be separated by noun objects and must be separated by unstressed pronoun objects. Such combinations are usually called "separable" two-word verbs.

Constructing Test Items: Multiple-Choice, Constructed-Response, Performance and Other Formats

Constructing test items for standardized tests of achievement, ability, and aptitude is a task of enormous importance. The interpretability of a test's scores flows directly from the quality of its items and exercises. Concomitant with score interpretability is the notion that including only carefully crafted items on a test is the primary method by which the skilled test developer reduces unwanted error variance. The aim of this entire book is to increase the test constructor's awareness of this source of measurement error, and then to describe methods for identifying and minimizing it during item construction and later review. 

Цель книги - сформировать и развить навыки и умения подбора, перевода и извлечения информации из английских научно-технических текстов. Рассмотрены лексико-грамматические и лексико-семантические особенности научно-технической литературы, дана методика ее аннотирования, содержатся сведения о международных информационных службах, наиболее распространенные английские сокращения, общетехнические термины и другой справочный материал.

The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper

Travis McGee, the self-proclaimed salvage expert who specializes in getting back money and goods taken through scams, returns after spending weeks out on his boat and finds a letter from Helena, a woman he had helped years before and had a brief romance with. Helena is dying and asks Travis to check on her daughter Maureen who has gone completely nuts. Travis learns that Helena died before he got the letter, and even though he doubts there is anything he can do, he travels to see Maureen who is being cared for by her husband and sister.