Browse Results

Select your format based upon: 1) how you want to read your book, and 2) compatibility with your reading tool. To learn more about using Bookshare with your device, visit the Help Center.

Here is an overview of the specialized formats that Bookshare offers its members with links that go to the Help Center for more information.

• Bookshare Web Reader - A customized reading tool for Bookshare members offering all the features of DAISY with a single click of the "Read Now" link.
• DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) - A digital book file format. DAISY books from Bookshare are DAISY 3.0 text files that work with just about every type of access technology that reads text. Books that contain images will have the download option of ‘DAISY Text with Images’.
• BRF (Braille Refreshable Format) - Digital Braille for use with refreshable Braille devices and Braille embossers.
• MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3) - Provides audio only with no text. These books are created with a text-to-speech engine and spoken by Kendra, a high quality synthetic voice from Ivona. Any device that supports MP3 playback is compatible.
• DAISY Audio - Similar to the DAISY option above; however, this option uses MP3 files created with our text-to-speech engine that utilizes Ivonas Kendra voice. This format will work with Daisy Audio compatible players such as Victor Reader Stream and Read2Go.
• EPUB - A standard e-book format that can be read on many tools, such as iBooks, Readium or others.
• Word - Accessible Word output, which can be unzipped and opened in any tool that allows .docx files

The Complete Russian Folktale: v. 5: Russian Legends (The\complete Russian Folktale Ser. #Vol. 5)

Richly represented in the Russian folktale tradition, the legends are religious tales (types 750-849 in the Aame-Thompson index) in a peasant village setting. Among the standard themes is the return of Christ, who wanders through rural Russia with his disciples. Satan appears here too, as do a cast of spirits and lesser devils. Pre-Christian gods may be recognized in tales of saints Ilya and Nikolai (Elijah and Saint Nicholas). The hapless peasant in these tales - cheated, betrayed, impoverished, foolish, orphaned, crippled - take the reader deep into the traditional village culture of Russia and into the imperfect human quest for moral choice and justice on this earth.

Comprehensive Teacher Induction: Systems for Early Career Learning

Based on a three-year study, the authors describe how comprehensive teacher induction systems can both provide teacher support and promote learning more about how to teach. This book calls for re-thinking what teacher induction is about, whom it should serve, what the ‘curriculum’ of induction should be, and the policies, programs, and practices needed to deliver it.

Computational Processing of the Portuguese Language: 6th International Workshop, PROPOR 2003, Faro, Portugal, June 26-27, 2003. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #2721)

The refereed proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Computational Processing of the Portuguese Language, PROPOR 2003, held in Faro, Portugal, in June 2003. The 24 revised full papers and 17 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 64 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on speech analysis and recognition; speech synthesis; pragmatics, discourse, semantics, syntax, and the lexicon; tools, resources, and applications; dialogue systems; summarization and information extraction; and evaluation.

Computational Visualistics, Media Informatics, and Virtual Communities (Bildwissenschaft #11)

In April, 2003 representatives of a group of mostly German research universities offering degree programs in the areas of Computational Visualistics and Media Informatics met for the first time in Magdeburg, Germany. This volume collects information on their views of their own degree and research programs as a starting point for discussions.

Computers and Education: Towards a Lifelong Learning Society

This volume contains a selection of papers on the most up-to-date experiences in the field of computers and education. It includes most relevant case studies and novel research results addressing technical and methodological aspects of computers and educations. It is relevant to researchers, practitioners, teaching staff and developers working in e-learning, computer-based education, educational software, distributed learning, lifelong learning, and open and distance learning.

Confrontational Parent, The: Practical Guide for School Leaders

This research-based book offers tips and techniques to help school leaders interact successfully with confrontational or aggressive parents.

Confrontational Parent, The: Practical Guide for School Leaders

This research-based book offers tips and techniques to help school leaders interact successfully with confrontational or aggressive parents.

Constructing Education for Development: International Organizations and Education for All (Reference Books in International Education)

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Constructing Education for Development: International Organizations and Education for All (Reference Books in International Education)

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Controversy in Marketing Theory: For Reason, Realism, Truth and Objectivity

In this book distinguished theorist and author Shelby D. Hunt analyzes the major controversies in the "philosophy debates" raging throughout the field of marketing. Using an historical approach, Hunt argues against relativism and for scientific realism as a philosophy for guiding marketing research and theory. He also shows how the pursuit of truth and objectivity in marketing research are both possible and desirable. Specific controversies analyzed in the book include: Does positivism dominate marketing research? Does positivism imply quantitive methods? Is relativism an appropriate foundation for marketing research? Does relativism imply pluralism, tolerance, and openness? Should marketing pursue the goal of objective research? An ideal companion to Hunt's classic text, Foundations of Marketing Theory, this volume will be equally useful on its own in any graduate level course on marketing theory.

Controversy in Marketing Theory: For Reason, Realism, Truth and Objectivity

In this book distinguished theorist and author Shelby D. Hunt analyzes the major controversies in the "philosophy debates" raging throughout the field of marketing. Using an historical approach, Hunt argues against relativism and for scientific realism as a philosophy for guiding marketing research and theory. He also shows how the pursuit of truth and objectivity in marketing research are both possible and desirable. Specific controversies analyzed in the book include: Does positivism dominate marketing research? Does positivism imply quantitive methods? Is relativism an appropriate foundation for marketing research? Does relativism imply pluralism, tolerance, and openness? Should marketing pursue the goal of objective research? An ideal companion to Hunt's classic text, Foundations of Marketing Theory, this volume will be equally useful on its own in any graduate level course on marketing theory.

Conversations, Choices and Chances: The Liberal Law School in the Twenty-First Century

Most academics in university law schools would claim to offer a liberal education. Few have thought very much about what a liberal education in law means. Basing itself on a detailed examination of the theory of liberal education,this book looks at what the liberal university law school should be doing in terms of its teaching, research and administration.

Conversations with jack cardiff: Art, Light And Direction In Cinema

Cooperative Learning: The Social and Intellectual Outcomes of Learning in Groups

This book recognizes the importance of cooperative learning, in contrast to the traditional classroom, as an effective approach to learning. Its coverage of the subject ranges across the educational spectrum, from pre-school years to university, and offers a fresh perspective on a topic that has gained increasing interest worldwide.With contributions from an international panel of leading experts in the field, this engaging text succeeds in providing key insights, linking the theories that underpin the study of group dynamics to their practical application in the classroom. It presents a comprehensive overview of this alternative educative approach, illustrating how cooperative learning experiences can promote socialisation and friendships, and facilitate learning. The editors assemble a range of well-researched essays, covering such aspects as:* The importance of teacher and student interaction* Small group, virtual and non-virtual teaching environments* Assessment practices for measuring the outcomes of individual and group progress* The effect of cooperative learning on relationships amongst students with diverse cultural, social and learning needs.Illustrated with practical examples throughout, this book will be a crucial read for teacher educators, educational psychologists, student teachers, academics and researchers who want to realize the significant potential of cooperative learning in all educational settings.

Cooperative Learning: The Social and Intellectual Outcomes of Learning in Groups

This book recognizes the importance of cooperative learning, in contrast to the traditional classroom, as an effective approach to learning. Its coverage of the subject ranges across the educational spectrum, from pre-school years to university, and offers a fresh perspective on a topic that has gained increasing interest worldwide.With contributions from an international panel of leading experts in the field, this engaging text succeeds in providing key insights, linking the theories that underpin the study of group dynamics to their practical application in the classroom. It presents a comprehensive overview of this alternative educative approach, illustrating how cooperative learning experiences can promote socialisation and friendships, and facilitate learning. The editors assemble a range of well-researched essays, covering such aspects as:* The importance of teacher and student interaction* Small group, virtual and non-virtual teaching environments* Assessment practices for measuring the outcomes of individual and group progress* The effect of cooperative learning on relationships amongst students with diverse cultural, social and learning needs.Illustrated with practical examples throughout, this book will be a crucial read for teacher educators, educational psychologists, student teachers, academics and researchers who want to realize the significant potential of cooperative learning in all educational settings.

Copper Plate Photogravure: Demystifying the Process (Alternative Process Photography Ser.)

Copper Plate Photogravure describes in comprehensive detail the technique of traditional copper plate photogravure as would be practiced by visual artists using normally available facilities and materials. Attention is paid to step-by-step guidance through the many stages of the process. A detailed manual of technique, Copper Plate Photogravure also offers the history of the medium and reference to past alternative methods of practice.Copper Plate Photogravure: Demystifying the Process is part of the current revitalization of one of the most satisfyingly beautiful image-making processes. The range of ink color and paper quality possibilities is endless. The potential for handwork and alteration of the copper plate provides yet another realm of expressive variation. The subject matter and the treatment are as variable and broad as photography itself. This book's purpose is to demystify and clarify what is a complex but altogether "do-able" photomechanical process using currently available materials. With Copper Plate Photogravure, you will learn how to:· produce a full-scale film positive from a photographic negative· sensitize the gravure tissue to prepare it for exposure to the positive · prepare the plate and develop the gelatin resist prior to etching· prepare the various strengths of etching solutions and etch the plate to achieve a full tonal scale· rework the plate using printmaking tools to correct flaws or to adjust the image for aesthetic reasons· use the appropriate printing inks, ink additives, quality papers, and printshop equipment to produce a high quality printA historical survey and appendices of detailed technical information, charts, and tables are included, as well as a list of suppliers and sources for the materials required, some of which are highly specialized. A comprehensive glossary introduces the non-photographer or non-printmaker to many of the terms particular to those fields and associated with this process.

Copper Plate Photogravure: Demystifying the Process

Copper Plate Photogravure describes in comprehensive detail the technique of traditional copper plate photogravure as would be practiced by visual artists using normally available facilities and materials. Attention is paid to step-by-step guidance through the many stages of the process. A detailed manual of technique, Copper Plate Photogravure also offers the history of the medium and reference to past alternative methods of practice.Copper Plate Photogravure: Demystifying the Process is part of the current revitalization of one of the most satisfyingly beautiful image-making processes. The range of ink color and paper quality possibilities is endless. The potential for handwork and alteration of the copper plate provides yet another realm of expressive variation. The subject matter and the treatment are as variable and broad as photography itself. This book's purpose is to demystify and clarify what is a complex but altogether "do-able" photomechanical process using currently available materials. With Copper Plate Photogravure, you will learn how to:· produce a full-scale film positive from a photographic negative· sensitize the gravure tissue to prepare it for exposure to the positive · prepare the plate and develop the gelatin resist prior to etching· prepare the various strengths of etching solutions and etch the plate to achieve a full tonal scale· rework the plate using printmaking tools to correct flaws or to adjust the image for aesthetic reasons· use the appropriate printing inks, ink additives, quality papers, and printshop equipment to produce a high quality printA historical survey and appendices of detailed technical information, charts, and tables are included, as well as a list of suppliers and sources for the materials required, some of which are highly specialized. A comprehensive glossary introduces the non-photographer or non-printmaker to many of the terms particular to those fields and associated with this process.

The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Creating a learning to learn school: research and practice for raising standards, motivation and morale.

Creating a learning to learn school is a book for heads, senior managers and teachers interested in developing better schools, classrooms and learners. The book sets out: why 'learning to learn' is important; the implications of learning to learn for the government's educational reforms; what is meant by learning to learn; the findings from the Campaign for Learning's learning to learn research project; how heads and teachers can develop learning to learn in their own schools. Click here to access the colour poster Do you know how you learn best?. This sets out the 5Rs for learning and is intended for classroom use to show pupils what is involved in learning to learn.

Creating a Responsive Environment for People with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties

This revised and updated second edition aims to enable teachers and care staff working with people with PMLD in any context to create a positive interactive environment for the people with whom they work. Using information from the latest research and from everyday practice, the author discusses the different aspects of a responsive environment and suggests practical strategies that staff can use to create such an atmosphere.

Creating a Responsive Environment for People with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties

This revised and updated second edition aims to enable teachers and care staff working with people with PMLD in any context to create a positive interactive environment for the people with whom they work. Using information from the latest research and from everyday practice, the author discusses the different aspects of a responsive environment and suggests practical strategies that staff can use to create such an atmosphere.

Creative Themes for Groupwork and Personal Development

Based around thirty themes, this practical resource provides flexible and adaptable ideas for groupwork sessions. The themes in this book: can be adapted and developed to match the exact needs and interests of the participants; aim to generate and inspire group facilitators to think broadly and creatively, and to feel confident in using the culture and history of their geographical area to enrich the work they do with participants; enable participants to explore, develop and reflect upon their hidden, unidentified or unacknowledged strengths, transferable skills and knowledge; have a variety of alternative or additional ideas, and many are accompanied by worksheets; and include colour, television, soaps, touch, mirrors, maps, weather and many more.

Creative Themes for Groupwork and Personal Development

Based around thirty themes, this practical resource provides flexible and adaptable ideas for groupwork sessions. The themes in this book: can be adapted and developed to match the exact needs and interests of the participants; aim to generate and inspire group facilitators to think broadly and creatively, and to feel confident in using the culture and history of their geographical area to enrich the work they do with participants; enable participants to explore, develop and reflect upon their hidden, unidentified or unacknowledged strengths, transferable skills and knowledge; have a variety of alternative or additional ideas, and many are accompanied by worksheets; and include colour, television, soaps, touch, mirrors, maps, weather and many more.

Creativity in Virtual Teams: Key Components for Success (Collaborative Work Systems Series #6)

Creativity in Virtual Teams offers a well-researched and practical resource that outlines a new model for attaining high levels of creativity in virtual working arrangements to anyone who designs, manages, or participates in virtual teams. Written by Jill E. Nemiro—an expert in building organizations and virtual teams—Creativity in Virtual Teams provides a valuable tool that takes you beyond mere theory. Within these pages, the author leads you through a series of diagnostic tools, questions for reflection, checklists, and exercises that will help you assess and develop the five key components—design, climate, resources, norms and protocols, and continual assessment and learning—that will foster creativity in your virtual teams. In addition, Creativity in Virtual Teams is filled with illustrative lessons learned from nine highly successful and innovative virtual teams.