New Releases by Daniel Kirk

The UAE sits astride an uncomfortble dilemma in terms of national development and international profile. It seeks to be a regional and global power, both economically and politically, and to achieve this it needs to diversify and become less reliant on a workforce that is made up predominantly of expatriates, many of whom are employed because they have a level of education unavailable among the general citizenry. Alongside a rapid growth in public services and private commerce, education is a stated national priority, with the Ministry of Education setting out in its vision that education should achieve “enduring development for the community.” The UAE higher education sector is growing at an astonishing rate. However, the apparent dilemma results from the call for a rapid growth in educational provision, alongside the desire to produce a functioning and accessible education system in a relatively short time-frame. The UAE is a ‘consumer’ of educational practice, a nation that has a history of buying in the educational models and expertise it requires, as opposed to the lengthier, but possibly better suited, process of building an indigenous education system from the ground up. Developing a truly indigenous and new system to fit the needs of neophyte states – although laborious, expensive and problematic – does allow a nation to mold specifically the needs of the country with the educational systems developed. However, the UAE, through the model of ‘borrowing’ systems and expertise, was able to ‘kick-start’ the development of education in the country, greatly decreasing the time needed to establish formal educational structures. Such a situation may open up questions as to the suitability and efficacy of a predominantly imported educational provision for the indigenous population. The UAE, as a relatively new and emerging economy, has the funds and support of the national leadership to actively pursue and seek educational systems and practices that will advance development and competitiveness. To exam how globalized structures influence education in the UAE and beyond, there needs to be an understanding and awareness of the context in which the education sector functions today. As global economic forces and the labor needs of societies change, then accountability, control and governance of education becomes a contested area of public policy. However, what can be seen is that education is gaining in prominence in the public policy arena, with governments and politicians realizing that in order to be globally competitive, education must produce a skilled and efficient national workforce, placing education firmly in the realm of human capital theory and policy.

When Matt and his family move to a new neighborhood, they stumble into the middle of a massive upheaval in the Fairy world, and as the elves'' territory disintegrates and dark factions try to seize control, an apprentice mage sees in Matt the key to saving the Elf Realm from destruction. Reprint.

Sam, the shy mouse that lives in the library and likes to write books, collaborates with a boy in the library''s Authors and Illustrators Club.

Sam, the shy mouse that lives in the library and likes to write books, collaborates with a boy in the library''s Authors and Illustrators Club.

Fourteen-year-old Matt forms an uneasy alliance with Tuava-Li the elf and Tomtar the troll in an attempt to restore to well-being the tree at the northern pole whose roots bind the worlds together, while Matt''s nine-year-old sister Becky tries to free their captive parents with Asra''s help.

If the God of Israel has acted to save his people through Christ, but Israel is not participating in that salvation, how then can this God be considered righteous? Unlocking Romans is directed in large extent toward answering this question in order to illuminate the righteousness of God as revealed in the book of Romans. The answer here, J. R. Daniel Kirk claims, comes mainly in terms of resurrection. Even if only the most obvious references in Romans are considered -- and Kirk certainly delves more deeply than that -- the theme of resurrection appears not only in every section of the letter but also at climactic moments of Paul''s argument. The network of connections among Jesus'' resurrection, Israel''s Scriptures, and redefining the people of God serves to affirm God''s fidelity to Israel. This, in turn, demonstrates Paul''s gospel message to be a witness to the revelation of the righteousness of God.

Keisha Ann is proud of all the things she can do during her day at school.

Whether they are prancing, leaping, dancing, sleeping, stretching, stalking, grooming, walking, crouching or yowling, cats are fascinating! Find out why they climb trees when they can''t get down, what''s so appealing about trash cans, and why the gift of a dead bird means, "I love you." Cat lovers, unite to celebrate your feline friends. Cat Power! This book comes with a bonus CD with 18 original songs.

The conceptual design of a novel hypersonic electromagnetic launch system has been developed, which offers reliable access to space. While the concept can be scaled in both mass and launch speed, the performed study assumes a 100-kg projectile leaving the launcher at 7,000 m/sec. The projectile is propelled and levitated by electromagnetic forces inside of a low pressure tube filled with helium at about 10 torr. A fully controlled acceleration profile, which can be adjusted to meet the requirements of various missions, is used to reach 5000 gee in a 500-meter long launch tube. A constant-flux synchronous motor concept, developed under this contract, is a breakthrough technology that provides contact-free propulsion and self-centering suspension with sufficient stiffness and thrust. The use of high current, persistent mode, superconducting coils in the projectile generates high thrust force with near-zero heat dissipation. No brushes or projectile supplies are needed, eliminating contact phenomena. The low pressure helium atmosphere inside of the launch tube is proposed, which nearly eliminates both aerodynamic and heat transfer effects(force, torque and heating) due to high speed gas flow around the projectile, with large safety margins. The proposed technology therefore removes several of the technical problems that have made hypersonic electromagnetic launch unfeasible, in particular the inductive heating of the projectile when a contact-free armature is desired.

In the first part of this work, new models for describing sub-grid quantities in reactive LES settings were developed. These models included a new model for the sub-filter variance of a conserved scalar, a new method of filtering the G-equation, a resolution-sensitive description of the turbulent burning velocity, and a flamelet formulation valid near premixed fronts. The models were shown to offer improved predictive capability through application to experimental flames. In the second part, a new method to automatically generate skeletal kinetic mechanisms for surrogate fuels, using the directed relation graph method with error propagation, was developed. These mechanisms are guaranteed to match results obtained using detailed chemistry within a user-defined accuracy for any specified target. They can be combined together to produce adequate chemical models for surrogate fuels. A library containing skeletal mechanisms of various accuracies and domains of applicability was assembled.

Rex Tabby fights crime along with his partners, Simon Meeze and Frankie Fluff.

A collection of twenty-two poems from a dog''s perspective, such as "Bad Dog," "Dog-Bone Blues," and "Purple Rhinestone Collar," set to music on an accompanying CD.

In this expanded version of the familiar nursery rhyme, Jack and his sister Jill are sent to get water from a well where they encounter a hungry crocodile.

There is magic in the frosty air one morning, as a little boy discovers a mischievous band of snow children scurrying past his parent’s barn. But when he realizes that the snow children don’t have any snow parents to take care of them, he devises a way to make their snow family complete. Daniel Kirk’s lush illustrations and tender verses will have children building their own snow friends to play with.

Rhymes to read aloud, songs to sing along, fun for everyone! From the airplane in the sky to the freight train on the track, from fire truck on the highway to the tricycle on the sidewalk, kids love things that GO! In this fabulous book-and-CD combo, acclaimed author Daniel Kirk doesn''t miss a beat! GO! is just the right mix of classic favorites and original tunes every member of the family will want to join in the fun and sing along!

An escaped hamster enlivens the ride on an already chaotic school bus.

Through brightly colored illustrations, Kirk follows a young boy as he grows "bigger."

Book and cassette.

A young boy decides to build a snow family to take care of his snowboy the way his parents take care of him.

Willy flies to the moon to get a moondog for a pet, but he finds true happiness with a scruffy but loyal Earth dog named Scrappy.

In this adaptation of the old lullaby, Hush, little baby, an extraterrestrial child is promised an assortment of outer space presents ending with a goodnight kiss from his adoring father.

When Bobby, his mother, and his little brother stop in at the Liberty Diner to wait for their Uncle Angelo, they get much more than breakfast. As the waitress serves up hot coffee and the cook works his magic over a sizzling griddle, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt enters the diner. A victim of polio himself, Bobby is left inspired by his encounter with this man who overcame his own physical disabilities to become president of the United States. This young boy''s unexpected brush with fame is beautifully captured by Daniel Kirk''s lavish oil paintings.

Trash trucks roam the city streets gobbling up all the garbage.

Depicts a 1939 night in the life of Angelo, a gas station attendant, as he works the night shift at Lucky''s Twenty-Four Hour Garage.