Ein elektronisches Lehrbuch ist ein computergestütztes pädagogisches Softwaretool, das in erster Linie dazu dient, neue Informationen als Ergänzung zu gedruckten Veröffentlichungen zu präsentieren, individuelles und personalisiertes Lernen zu ermöglichen und die Kenntnisse und Fähigkeiten der Lernenden in begrenztem Umfang zu testen. Ein elektronisches Lehrbuch, als eine neue Art von Lernwerkzeug, kann ein offenes oder teilweise offenes System sein, d.h. ein System, das Änderungen am Inhalt und an der Struktur des Lehrbuchs ...

As the city of Windsor, Ontario, celebrated the end of World War II and the return of its troops with parades and public revelry, the industrial city in the south of Canada was shaken by a series of brutal stabbings. The failure of the police to catch the murderer, a 'blood lusting maniac' as the local newspaper described him, the turbulence of the times, and the seemingly random nature of the killings plunged the city into a panic. In The Slasher Killings Patrick Brode tells the dramatic story of the Windsor slasher, the social frenzy that his attacks created ...

Imminent Demise is a modern-day novel set in a small, fictional Ohio city.  It is a love story about two young people who meet in a garden and are propelled into an unexpected sequence of events involving murder, deception, and a deepening love that binds them in an unbreakable relationship.   This is not a story of super heroes using their super powers to eradicate evil, but one where an ordinary man falls in love with a beautiful girl with an uncommon spirit and an unhealthy connection with another man full of jealousy and egotism. The story ...

This guidebook (fully updated in 2020) contains all you need to plan and enjoy a holiday walking or cycling along Scotland's historic Great Glen (77 miles/124 km). The Way runs between Fort William and Inverness, passing beside Scotland's highest mountain, along its historic Caledonian Canal and alongside beautiful lochs, including Loch Ness with its famous monster legend and Urquhart Castle. This sixth edition has fresh mapping at 1:38,000 on 13 pages, with detailed relief contours and colouring; on rainproof paper throughout; in full colour, with ...

Here is a simple book, a simple guide, primarily addressed to simple folks - non-economists.  The book is also addressed to professional economists, economic advisors to governments and the economic science academics and researchers.  The author firmly believes that economics ought to be a personal science, not just a theoretical science, urging the economists to integrate their economic science and public policy with the personal economics pursued by the non-economists. At the same time, he urges the non-economist community to understand ...

The parenting journey can be a life-changing experience, and when going somewhere new, guidelines are often helpful. In Some Assembly Required, author Dr. Richard Lazaroff offers a pediatricians advice for parents attempting to raise successful and emotionally healthy children by making intentional choices starting in infancy and continuing through adolescence. A reflection of Dr. Lazaroffs personal experiences and opinions from his thirty-five years working as a pediatrician, Some Assembly Required offers savvy and specific parenting advice on topics not ...

This study looks at the artists, designers and writers who formed the Independent Group in the early 1950s including such influential figures as Richard Hamilton, Eduardo Paolozzi, Nigel Henderson, William Turnball, Rayner Banham and Alison and Peter Smithson. As a group they aimed to raise the status of popular objects and icons within modern visual culture. The development of the Independent Group is mapped out against the changing nature of modernism during the Cold War era, as well as the impact of mass consumption on post-war British society. In this ...

A pesquisa desenvolvida foi de encontro ao projeto interdisciplinar "Dimensões da Sustentabilidade da Fazenda Modelo da UFMG", que necessitava contar a história da referida fazenda. Após encontrar os documentos originais que apresentam toda a trajetória desta, passou-se então à busca de um objeto que remetesse esta pesquisa à Ciência da Informação. Os documentos encontrados e sua preservação foram então esta chave.

"The Mysterious Affair at Styles" (1920) is Agatha Christie's first novel, and introduces the characters of Hercule Poirot, Chief Inspector Japp and Captain Arthur Hastings: In the midst of World War I, the residents of Styles wake one morning to find Emily Inglethorpe has been fatally poisoned. Captain Hastings, staying with the family, enlists the help of his old friend, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. With the evidence mounting against one member of the family, Poirot uses his technique to prove who really killed Emily... --- "The Secret Adversary" ...