This book includes the work of 20 specialists working in various educational contexts around the world to create comprehensive and multidimensional coverage of current bilingual initiatives. Themes covered include issues in language use in classrooms; participant perspectives on bilingual education experiences; and the language needs of bi- and multilingual students in monolingual schools.

The hydrostatic approach to ship stability aims to balance idealized ship weight against buoyancy forces. This textbook is a complete guide to understanding ship hydrostatics in ship design and ship performance.

Adrian Biran guides readers from first principles through basic and applied hydrostatic and ship stability theory, and introduces contemporary mathematical techniques for hydrostatic modelling and analysis. Real life examples of the practical application of hydrostatics are used to explain the theory and calculations; and to illustrate the effect shifting weights and central gravity displacements have on overall ship stability.

Ship Hydrostatics and Stability covers recent developments in the field of naval architecture such as parametric resonance (also known as the Mathieu effect), the effects of non-linear motions on stability, the influence of ship lines, and new international stability regulations for small vessels. Extensive use of computer techniques is made throughout and downloadable MATLAB files accompany the book to support readers' own hydrostatic and stability calculations.

A revised reprint was published in 2005 that includes tables of terms and indexes in French, German, Italian and Spanish.

Covers the prerequisite theory for understanding ship hydrostatics and stability, including

ship dimensions and geometry, numerical integration and the calculation of heeling and

righting moments

? Outlines a clear approach to developing stability models and analyses using

computational methods

? Strong coverage of regulations to help you incorporate all-important international

standards and requirements into your designs

? Equips naval architects to understand and deal with a ship's stability from the first

stages of the design, through the construction phase to use and through its life

Ben Lopez spends his life traveling the world, bartering with people who value money over life. Working for governments, law enforcement agencies, multinational corporations and private clients, Ben is an expert K&R (Kidnap and Ransom) consultant. He can be called out anywhere in the world to set up and command the negotiator's cell where he'll bargain with religious fanatics, hardened criminals, and other desperate people in order to save the lives of their captives. His arsenal of psychological techniques is just as powerful as brute force. He'll spend as long as is it takes to get the job done. And then he'll disappear.

This extraordinary book reads like a thriller -- but for those involved in the stories within, the drama and the tension are all too real. In the high-stakes world of hostage negotiations, every call is a matter of life and death.

Ben Lopez spends his life traveling the world, bartering with people who value money over life. Working for governments, law enforcement agencies, multinational corporations and private clients, Ben is an expert K&R (Kidnap and Ransom) consultant, supplying professional kidnap-negotiation services. He can be called out to anywhere in the world within twenty-four-hour notice to set up and command the negotiator's cell, bargaining with religious fanatics, hardened criminals, and other desperate people in order to save the lives of their captives. Alongside a shadowy team of former spies and special operatives, his arsenal of psychological techniques is just as powerful as brute force. He'll spend as long as is necessary to get the job done. And then he'll disappear.

This extraordinary book reads like a thriller—but for those involved in the stories within it, the drama and the tension are very real.

Edited by Chacón-Beltrán (applied linguistics, U. Nacional de Educaión a Distancia, Spain), Abello-Contesse (applied linguistics, U. of Seville, Spain), and Mar Torreblanca-López (linguistics, U. of Seville, Spain), this collection of 13 papers in 3 sections presents recent empirical studies and literature reviews in the area of foreign or second language vocabulary acquisition and teaching. Part 1 assesses models of vocabulary learning and approaches to vocabulary teaching. Part 2 offers empirical, psycholinguistic studies addressing issues related to the mental processing, acquisition, and production of lexical items. The papers in part 3 are concerned with practical, pedagogical matters, and include discussions on textbook inadequacies and web and computer-based methods for vocabulary instruction and learning. Together, the volume's papers emphasize the importance of explicit lexical instruction in effective second language acquisition. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

La prima avventura del gruppo si conclude con il ritorno del loro nemico piů mortale e il sacrificio di uno dei Titani!