Cuba Facing Forward brings together a diverse collection of Cuban, Cuban-American, and non-Cuban voices to provide critical insights into the urban and economic-development challenges and opportunities faced by Cuba at this moment in time. Featuring a foreword by Belmont Freeman and new essays and research from David White, Violaine Jolivet, Mario Gonzalez-Corzo, Daniel Gallagher, Ted Henken, Anya Brickman Raredon, Sujatha Fernandes, Lucas Spiro, Victor Silva and Katherine Aronson Ensign, Manuel Gonzalez Herrera and Mercedes de los Ángeles Rodríguez, Vaughn Thomas Horn, Victor Deupi, and Carmelo Mesa-Lago. "Cuba Facing Forward offers arresting fresh perspectives on twenty-first century Cuba from some unlikely sources, points of epiphanies discerned in the course of commonplace facets of daily life." - Louis A. Perez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Offers a rare combination of papers from different disciplines. A common conclusion is that Cuba is changing in many important ways and faces numerous challenges. An unconventional volume that could provide much needed nuances to those interested in the fascinating country Cuba is." - Ricardo Torres, Universidad de La Habana Cuba

Cuba Facing Forward: Balancing Development and Identity in the Twenty-First Century

David, White

Affordable Housing Institute

On an October afternoon in 1989, industrial fire expert David White conducted a safety presentation at a plant in Pasadena, Texas. That presentation was cut short by a tremendous explosion. One mile away, a mushroom cloud rose from a neighboring chemical complex that, moments before, had been responsible for one-third of the world's polyethylene production. Written by White and Anton Riecher, the team that has made Industrial Fire World magazine the leading publication in industrial emergency response, Disasters Man-Made explores the startling risks of industrial emergency response that never make headlines. "This book chronicles thirty major industrial emergencies," Alan V. Brunacini, retired fire chief of the Phoenix Fire Department, said. "The descriptions are very well documented, complete and describe what led up to the incident and how the emergency was handled. It is smart to examine and study the past to get ready for the future. Well-stated history lessons expand and strengthen our imagination because they reduce fireground surprises. Pay attention as you read this book because it eliminates the need and associated pain for us to live through every possible experience to learn the lessons of that experience. We will repeat those lessons until they are learned."Disasters Man-Made features industrial crises big and small, detailing how responders dealt with rapidly evolving incidents that threatened lives, property and livelihoods. These are the little known details about the calculated risks firefighters take to spare communities the economic impact of losing a plant or refinery and the heartache of losing the individuals working in those facilities.

Disasters Man-Made

Anton Riecher

Fire World Review

This text is designed to assist the EMT-Basic in preparing for any written exam.

EMT Basic National Standards Review Self Test (2nd Edition)

Charly D. Miller

Medical Books

PRENTICE/HALL

Emt-Paramedic National Standards Review Self Test

Test Preparation

Professional

Prentice-Hall Education

Reference

Appleton and Lange

Editor in Chief improves students’ grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, and attention to detail using a standards-based thinking approach rather than drill and practice. This effective method teaches students to carefully analyze and edit stories that contain errors in writing mechanics and story details. The stories involve mixed-skills practice, starting with easier errors and becoming more challenging as students become adept at the editing process. Students identify and circle errors in each story. Then they insert, modify, or delete punctuation, words, and short phrases to make corrections. An editing checklist and annotated guide to grammar, usage, and punctuation are provided to help focus students’ thinking and allow them to match their answers to applicable rules. Detailed answers are also included.

Editor in Chief A2

Cheryl Block

Carrie Beckwith

Margaret Hockett

The Critical Thinking Co.

Editor in Chief B2

Teen & Young Adult

Education & Reference

Encourages students to practice their language mechanics and detail skills as they analyze a picture, picture caption and story for grammar, punctuation, vocabulary, spelling, usage, capitalization, or content errors and then correct the errors like real editors.

Editor in Chief C2

The Critical Thinking

The goal of this program is to develop students' skills in reading comprehension, particularly those skills that require critical thinking, such as inference, relevance, identifying evidence, and generalization. ~ ~ Students will read excerpts from award-winning literature, original fiction, and nonfiction topics, answer questions about what they read, and provide evidence to support their choices. ~ ~ Grades 4-6 ability; 50 activities per book.

Reading Detective: Developing Thinking Skills for Reading Comprehension A1 (1501 / RL 4+ / 4-6)

Children's Books

Critical Thinking Books and Software

These highly-effective, literature-based thinking activities develop the analysis, synthesis, and vocabulary skills students need for exceptional reading comprehension. This 192-page activity book is especially effective at helping students in Grades 5-6 understand challenging critical reading concepts such as making inferences, drawing conclusions, determining cause and effect, using context clues to define vocabulary, and making predictions and generalizations. Students answer multiple-choice and short-response questions then provide sentence-level evidence for their answers. Each reproducible book contains goals, pretests and posttests, 50 activities, a glossary of terms, and answers with evidence and detailed explanations.

Reading Detective® A1

Activities, Crafts & Games

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