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A fundamental revolution in higher education is being sparked by the ubiquity of mobile devices. The opportunity is ripe for institutions, instructors, and instructional designers to take advantage of mobile technology to enhance the learning experie…

What role can the ordinary citizen perform in news reporting? This question goes to the heart of current debates about citizen journalism, one of the most challenging issues confronting the news media today. In this timely and provocative book, Stuar…

An insightful examination of the changing relationship between Asia and the United States In this lucidly written and thought-provoking book, author Simon Tay highlights the accelerating trends that point to Asia increasingly forging its own path, in…

Media power in the global era has to do with how people understand the world, their place in it, and their relation to the others who populate it. Making connections with distant places and people is the work of cosmopolitan imagination, which involv…

Praise for Rebuilding Shattered Lives, Second Edition «In this new edition of Rebuilding Shattered Lives, Dr. Chu distills the wisdom he has gained from many years spent building and directing an extraordinary therapeutic community in a major teachin…

Praise for The Learning Self «In this age of self-help, the 'self' is a term thrown around with abandon. For educators, the notion of self-directed learning is a key concept. Yet the notion of self is deeply problematic, even contentious. The world h…

This book is a second edition, updated and expanded to explain the technologies that help us find information on the web. Search engines and web navigation tools have become ubiquitous in our day to day use of the web as an information source, a tool…

Praise for Big Questions,Worthy Dreams «The things at stake in this tenth anniversary edition are even more profound and urgent than they were the first time around. This is not a little story about young people. It is a big story about humanity and …

Explores and analyzes past and current technologies and trends in multimedia communication Digital natives—those persons born in the digital age—have an ever-widening range of wireless-enabled devices at their disposal. They are the drivers of multim…

According to the World Health Organization ”counselling is a process that, through dialogue and interaction, helps people to solve their problems and make decisions.

D’après l’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé « l’activité de conseil est un processus qui, à travers le dialogue et l’interaction, aide les individus à résoudre et à gérer des problèmes puis à prendre des décisions; ce processus met en présence un „ c…

Σύμφωνα με τον Παγκόσμιο Οργανισμό Υγείας «Συμβουλευτική είναι μια διαδικασία που, μέσω του διαλόγου και της αλληλεπίδρασης, βοηθά τους ανθρώπους να λύσουν και να διαχειριστούν τα προβλήματά τους και να πάρουν αποφάσεις. Σύμφωνα με τον Παγκόσμιο Οργα…

Discover the wisdom of Mahatma Gandhi alongside the wit of Groucho Marx in a collection of the greatest and most memorable quotations from across the centuries: an entertaining compendium of themed quotes from the greatest minds, orators, celebrities…

Uncover the rules, conventions and policies on spelling, grammar and usage followed by the journalists, contributors and editors working on the Times newspaper.Assure or ensure? Affect or effect? Even the most accomplished writer will run up against …

В последние годы почти все публикации, посвященные Максиму Горькому, касаются политических аспектов его биографии. Некоторые решения, принятые писателем в последние годы его жизни: поддержка сталинской культурной политики или оправдание лагерей, кото…

Книга Майкла Ходарковского рассказывает о столкновении двух миров – централизованного Российского государства и кочевников евразийской степи. За триста лет Россия сумела превратить опасные степные рубежи в часть империи. Автор описывает историю регио…

В свое время преподаватели Калифорнийского технологического университета задумались о том, как можно было бы перестроить курс физики, чтобы сделать его более занимательным и современным. Изложение материала в старых учебниках было настолько скучным, …

Книга видного британского историка – яркий и невероятно увлекательный рассказ обо всех сторонах жизни Средиземноморья, включая климатические условия, географию, флору и фауну. Однако главное внимание Брэдфорд уделяет богатой и многогранной истории эт…