Helen Plum Library

"A high school stage manager has to face his complicated feelings about love when he catches himself falling for the same guy as his sister"--

Tired of playing second fiddle, new friends Santana and Casey start a club whose mission is to become their parents' favorite child by undermining their love-hoarding siblings

Snail goes on three errands for his teacher and has amazing adventures. In three chapters, the diminutive snail eagerly volunteers to get things for his teacher. Each time he has adventures. A flood erupts from the drinking fountain, a fire extinguisher takes him to outer space, and musical instruments come to life in this humorous story with cartoonlike pictures

With funding cuts well under way and many institutions already promising to charge the maximum 9,000 pounds yearly tuition fee, university education for the majority is under threat. This book exposes the true motives behind the government's programme and provides the analytical tools to fight it. Widespread student protests and occupations, often supported by staff, unions and society at large, show the public's opposition to funding cuts and...

What else can we do other than vote? this is the question so many Americans ask today, and this is why We The People's Handbook was written. With the ever-growing and absolute purpose-driven lack of education about our American history, the very essence of E Pluribus Unum (from the many one) is being forgotten, eroded, and manipulated out of existence. This is no made-up theory, but a direct in-your-face disregard for the importance of our founder's...

Analysing data is perhaps the most demanding stage of research - and certainly the least visible. This concise e-book demystifies the process by explaining the principles and practice of good quality data analysis. It describes the key quantitative and qualitative methods, as well as creative and mixed methods, and offers guidance on how to choose suitable methods for your research. Now in a fully updated second edition, the book emphasises the need...

Making friends in a new city, and new country, is hard for twelve-year-old Filipina-American Isabel, but joining the gardening and cooking club at school helps her find her way

"The secrets of Ravensbarrow have been buried far too long. Now they're waking up . . . For fans of My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish and The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter, a laugh-out-loud new series that kicks off in a school infested with brain-eating hamsters. Book 1: Teddy vs. the Fuzzy Doom Starting at a new school is hard enough for an anxious kid like Teddy. But Ravensbarrow Elementary seems extra unsettling. First, there are the zombielike...

Are you ready to take your IT security career to the next level?The CISSP certification is the gold standard in the field, with over 116,000 open CISSP jobs in the US and an average salary of over $130,000. But passing the CISSP exam is no easy feat. That's where Jobshie Academy comes in.Our comprehensive CISSP Exam book is updated for the 2023 curriculum and the 2024 exam changes, so you can be confident you're learning the most up-to-date information...

Drawing upon recent neuroscience research, Teach me Right: the neuroscience of learning explores the complexities of the adolescent brain and the barriers this period of neurological development creates towards learning in the classroom. Teach me Right: the neuroscience of learning introduces the Think 4 approach, a revolutionary approach to engaging adolescent learners in learning using 4 simple strategies, technology, socialisation, fast-paced environment...