Museum Security and Protection: A Handbook for Cultural Heritage Institutions
The ICMS Handbook is acknowledged as the international standard text for basic security procedures. It was first published as A Basic Guide to Museum Security, and is now fully revised, enlarged and updated.
Amazon Best of the Month, August 2010: "The awful thing about life is this:" says Octave to the Marquis in Renoir's Rules of the Game. "Everyone has his reasons." That could be a motto for novelists as well, few more so than Jonathan Franzen, who seems less concerned with creating merely likeable characters than ones who are fully alive, in all their self-justifying complexity. Freedom is his fourth novel, and, yes, his first in nine years since The Corrections.
Problem-solving and Thinking Skills Resources for Able and Talented Children
This treasure trove of resources is divided into ten themed sections, each preceded by an outline giving the key principles, links with curriculum guidelines and an explanation about the importance of the particular skill. Charts at the beginning of the book summarize curriculum links and skills involved. Each photocopiable activity is accompanied by teachers' notes, and fully explained solutions are given where appropriate.
Understanding Flowers and Flowering: An Intergrated Approach
Flowers are the beautiful and complex reproductive structures of the angiosperms, one of the most diverse and successful groups of living organisms. The underlying thesis of this book is that to fully understand plant development (and why flowers differ in shape, structure and color), it is necessary to understand why it is advantageous for them to look like they do. Conversely, in order to fully understand plant ecology, it is necessary to appreciate how floral structures have adapted and evolved. Uniquely, this book addresses flowers and flowering from both a molecular genetic perspective
In this authoritative and educational guide to electronic day trading, experts Bob Baird and Craig McBurney cut through the media hype to reveal the truth about this revolutionary new form of trading: virtually anyone armed with the new generation of inexpensive, user-friendly digital trading technology now has the power to make markets and reap rewards traditionally enjoyed exclusively by the big brokerage housesA—provided they are fully trained. Day trading for a living can be a profitable endeavor; day trading on a lark, without proper know-how, is not only unwise but can be dangerous to your risk capital.
