An essential reading for students requiring an introduction to this exciting area at undergraduate and higher diploma level. Mechatronics: Electronic Control Systems in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, 7th edition by William Bolton is the ideal learning tool to support you develop your skills in mechanical engineering, electronics and computing, and successfully design mechatronics systems. The integration of electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, control and computer engineeri...

This latest book in the bestselling Mathematics Recovery series gives mathematics educators a complete research-based framework for assessment, instruction and intervention in whole number arithmetic over the first 5-6 years of school.

This book combines practical knowledge and understanding of leadership roles in education with robust theories underpinning leadership and management to offer a model of excellence for those who lead, or aspire to lead, in education.

The Social Animal 12e

The Social Animal is a CLASSIC text used in social psychology classes for almost 50 years and a powerful introduction to the field for countless students across the U.S. and the world.

The new edition of this venerable text retains Elliot Aronson's clear, engaging narrative voice, while adding the scholarly insights of a new coauthor—his son, New York University professor, Joshua Aronson. With a combination of the research and scholarship of the most distinguished fath...

Nominated as one of the 2019 Thinkers50 Radar group

Research shows that self-awareness is the meta-skill of the 21st century – the foundation for high performance, smart choices, and lasting relationships. Unfortunately, we are remarkably poor judges of ourselves and how we come across, and it’s rare to get candid, objective feedback from colleagues, employees, and even friends and family. We can ALL learn to be more self-aware.

Integrating hundreds of studies with her own research and wo...

‘Vind je waarom’ is de langverwachte praktische opvolger van de bestseller ‘Begin met het Waarom’ van Simon Sinek.

Met ‘Begin met het waarom’ heeft Simon Sinek hij wereldwijd miljoenen mensen geïnspireerd om te streven naar een wereld waarin ons leven en werk ons echte voldoening brengen. Maar wat als je niet weet wat je Waarom is? Of als je eerdere Waarom niet meer bij je lijkt te passen?

‘Vind je Waarom’ is een heldere, praktische gids die je de stappen aanreikt om Sineks w...

In this fully revised and updated third edition of China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know, Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Maura Elizabeth Cunningham provide cogent answers to the most urgent questions regarding the newest superpower, and offer a framework for understanding China's meteoric rise from developing country to superpower. Focusing their answers through the historical legacies--Confucian thought, Western and Japanese imperialism, the Mao era, and the massacre near Tiananmen...

Using case studies and real life teaching examples, this book explores how to use technology in teaching. Examples include gamified learning, social media, apps, video streaming and the flipped classroom approach.

This is the only comprehensive guide to the world of NoSQL databases, with in-depth practical and conceptual introductions to seven different technologies: Redis, Neo4J, CouchDB, MongoDB, HBase, Postgres, and DynamoDB. This second edition includes a new chapter on DynamoDB and updated content for each chapter.

Data is getting bigger and more complex by the day, and so are your choices in handling it. Explore some of the most cutting-edge databases available - from traditional relational datab...

The Integrated Chinese Volume 2 Character Workbook is designed to be used alongside the Volume 2 Textbook and Workbook.

New to the 4th Edition

Both traditional and simplified characters are included on the same page

Characters are listed in the order in which they appear in the Textbook

Step-by-step, clear stroke order is prominently displayed

Practice squares include grid lines to help students balance characters correctly

Pinyin pronunciation and English definitions are clearly indicated fo...