Best Selling Books by Ian Smith

This second edition begins by explaining the difference - and the tensions - between formative and summative assessment. It contains chapters on sharing learning intentions, tuning into learners'' minds; feedback, marking, self- and peer assessment, and getting started in your own school/classroom.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third European Workshop on Case-Based Reasoning, EWCBR-96, held in Lausanne, Switzerland, in November 1996. Case-based reasoning is an appealing technique for dealing with the knowledge acquisition bottleneck in computer applications; solutions to new problems are found by adapting similar experience from the past, called cases. The 38 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from a broad variety of submissions after a thorough refereeing process. The volume refleats the state of the art in case-based reasoning research and applications.

Known for its detailed and authoritative approach, Smith & Wood''s Employment Law provides a comprehensive yet accessible guide to employment law. Clear accounts of essential case law and legislation are complemented by insightful commentary and critique to direct preparation for classes and assessments. Carefully explains topics in their social and historical context, providing readers with an awareness of the fast-paced development of employmentlegislation and offering a critical analysis of the future direction of the law.Digital formats and resourcesThe sixteenth edition is available for students and institutions topurchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.· The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks · The online resources include self-test questions with feedback for each chapter, as well as further reading lists and useful websites to help support student''s learning.

As the successor to Smith & Wood''s Industrial Law, this book maintains its reputation for both comprehensive coverage and lucidity of presentation. With a new and improved structure and layout, the ninth edition maps closely onto courses in employment law, providing an invaluable resource to students of this complex and fast-moving subject.

Early postcards offer a fascinating visual insight into history. This book illustrates just some of the wide variety of iron churches, missions halls and chapels built by the early Victorian engineers to satisfy the needs of the religious revivals of the 19th century. Corrugated iron provided one of the best ways of erecting temporary buildings and manufacturers were quick to identify its potential. As we can see today, many of these ''temporary'' buildings managed to survive far longer than their builders.

A biography of Edward Whymper, English Mountaineer, Explorer and Engraver.

Closing a deal, whether buying or selling, is a difficult and demanding goal to achieve in any economic environment. You should be aware that the odds are stacked against you. But with the right advice you can turn them in your favour. This Report gives you expert advice that you can apply to your deals.

This definitive work, previously published by LNUK, is now available in looseleaf format with regular updates (approximately two per year). It covers the expanding law and practice of Asset Recovery in the domestic, European, and international spheres.

This popular text takes full account of the Woolf reforms and the Management Regulations.

Introducing general readers to New Zealand archaeology, Pakeha Settlements in a Maori World tells the story of the first European encounters with a new land. This is a fascinating approach to history through material culture, documenting a period of dramatic change in these South Pacific islands. From the scant physical signs of first contact including the early Cook voyages the history is traced through the ephemeral habitations of sojourning settlers to the settlements of missionaries and colonisers, and on to the towns and government establishments of the mid nineteenth century. While the focus is on Pakeha settlement, the encompassing Maori world is present throughout as the story of cultural encounter emerges from the archaeology narrative. Glimpses of a country in the midst of turbulent change abound in this richly illustrated book. Based on impeccable scholarship, this is a wonderful overview of New Zealand archaeology in the period.

Though not claiming to be definitive, this is a rare and important publication on Juba Arabic, sometimes known as Creole Arabic, a language spoken in the Juba region of southern Sudan, and used more widely as a tool of communication in the towns and villages of the Equatoria region, in the Bahr al Ghazal and Upper Nile regions, as well as by a considerable number of refugees originating in the area, who have left for other countries. Juba Arabic is not a standardised or uniform language - necessarily creating problems in determining the criteria for inclusion of items in the dictionary. It is therefore an important work incorporating formal research into the language.

Join two friends on a wild penguin chase around the city. Our self-described penguin ''expert'' finds black-and-white animals at every turn. But are any of them really penguins - and can you spot the penguin hiding on every page?Written in Simon Philip''s distinctively witty voice, this is brilliantly funny storytelling that plays on the pantomime convention of ''it''s behind you''. Readers will love guessing what each new animal is from the glimpse given in the artwork, before turning the page to find out. There are fun facts about all the animals in a fact file at the end of the book.

In over 30 years of BDSM writing, Ian Smith has created many memorable female characters. In "The Slaves of Ian Smith", he revisits some of these characters in new stories and fresh adventures and challenges for them. The girls all find themselves in new situations with new issues to cope with and often endure.

Creating business value is not easy. The facts are sobering: Out of 27.3m US enterprises, 26.7m are employing less than 20 people and only 5,000 to 10,000 US enterprises are selling out for $10m or more each year. That''s a 1 in 6,000 chance. Therefore, I ask you, are you sure you are increasing business value? Operational tips are needed more than ever. After nearly 100 blog posts of The Smith Report-and many requests for a compilation--I decided to bring these one-page business tutorials together in one place and in a sequence that makes sense. You start with a great a story and build a business around it! This book answers 9 big questions that make a significant difference to the success of a private company. These are: 1. How do you define and dominate your unique market? 2. How do you create a high growth business? 3. How do you build innovation into your culture? 4. How do you attract and nurture the best talent? 5. How do you build a metrics culture that is relentlessly curious? 6. What are the best business models? 7. How do you raise venture or private equity money? 8. How do you minimize risk and build robustness into your business? 9. How do you do acquisitions and integrate them seamlessly? My blog posts and the resulting book offer lively, concise answers you can use as you scale and grow your business. The answers are the results of over 30 years in the business world, during which I have succeeded in creating significant cash wealth for shareholders.

Discusses the different planets, how they rotate around each other, and how their positions affect weather.

Nicky has been ''loaned'' to King Ralph, the owner of Slave Island, to try and encourage closer links between the King and Nicky''s owner. She arrives on the island with three other new slaves, one American, one virgin and one a shy young girl who is there for the sangria, sun and sex, not necessarily in that order. Nicky has strict instructions not to reveal her slave status but to act like a volunteer. The fact she is ringed in both nipples and labia immediately demotes her to the status of slag, while the other girls are sold to new Masters. This book from Ian Smith details the many things which happen to them during their stay, everything from the deflowering of a virgin to a punishment for a slave who has misbehaved!

Don''t miss anyone''s special day/Psalm 118:24

Based on a true story--one of Idaho''s strangest murders (1917). Frieda lives by the laws of the wilderness in primitive isolation with her husband--until she finds something more important than raw survival. Suspense intensifies to the shocking conclusion, then resolves in deliverance. Set on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. "This is one of those rare gems... a small but powerful work. It captures the roughness of life and the people, and the awesome land in which they struggled... The writing is finely balanced, the tale both universal and yet specific to its time and place... up there with Conrad Richter''s Sea of Grass." -Persia Woolley, author of The Guinevere Trilogy

Ever wondered how to overcome sin? Do you feel like giving up Christianity? You need not despair. There is hope. In fact, the Bible offers you the answer to all of life''s problems. One of the greatest questions ever asked is, "how does a man gain the victory over every sin and how can man be perfect in God''s eyes? There is no need to panic. The way to and of salvation has been made plain in the Word of God. There are many who conclude that it is impossible to live a righteous and holy life. We are not only commanded to do so, but Jesus supplies the strength, and power to overcome sin in all its forms. The truth about victory over sin is one of the world''s best kept secrets that Satan has kept hidden in the dark. If men would believe that it is possible that sin can be overcome, believe in Jesus who paid the price for their sins, and trust in Him to live out His perfect life of happiness in him, they would experience lasting satisfaction and fulfillment in their lives. They would live life to the fullest with the expectation of receiving eternal life when Jesus comes the second time. "I have set the Lord always before me: because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. For Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in Thy presence is fulness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore." Psalm 16:8-11. The content of this book is designed to clear up misunderstandings about Christian perfection and how we become righteous, holy, and perfect. It offers the wonderful possibilities of living a life of peace, happiness, and joy, and at last enter into heaven and eternal life with a everlasting future of never-ending bliss when Jesus comes back the second time.

An occasional paper is ideal for stimulating reflection either informally in the staff base or during a formal in-service session. Each paper sets out current thinking in a key aspect of learning in an attractive and easy to read presentation. Always concise and to the point, these occasional paper have been written for teachers and other professionals working at all levels. This is the first in a series of occasional papers, being produced in response to a growing demand from teachers to be brought up to date with current understandings about how children learn and how good teachers teach. This paper looks at what we now know about the brain and how it learns, and includes chapters on brain power, left brain and right brain, the developing brain, the subconscious mind, and the mind-body connection.

Ian Smith''s Techniques for Successful Management Buy-Outs identifies the various stages of management buy-outs, highlighting commercial calls to be made, stating benchmarks where appropriate and offering practical guidance on preparing for a management buy-out, sourcing funders and pricing MBOs, negotiating legal agreements and additional considerations for public sector deals.

There is today general recognition of the adverse effects of unethical behaviour in the field of education at all levels and in all countries. While the main stakeholders agree on the need to combat corruption in education, there are diverging opinions on how to achieve this. What are the ethical principles on which education policy in Europe today should be based? How can we achieve genuine ethics, transparency and integrity in schools and universities? What approach should be adopted to counter the various forms of corruption that affect the education sector at various levels? This publication attempts to answer these questions, setting out the 14 ethical principles for education put forward by the Council of Europe Platform on Ethics, Transparency and Integrity in Education (ETINED), along with how they were developed and where they can be applied.--Provided by publisher.