New Releases by Brian Boyd

A good substitute who will complete the teacher''s plan for the day is hard to find. One who can do this not make the kids cry is gold. One who can also make the kids beg for his return...that''s what this book is about. Substitute teaching should be challenging and fun. The stories in this book happened to real kids. They are sometimes gut-wrenching, often hilarious and they are all true. Mr. Boyd is Pregnant: The Woes and Triumphs of a Substitute Teacher will open your eyes to the struggles that children and teens face - and open your heart to them, too.

The essential, step-by-step surgical guide on reconstructive flaps for head and facial defects Often referred to as the mirror of the soul, the face is indelibly entwined with a person''s appearance and personality. This presents a particular challenge when reconstructive surgery is required. The goal of every reconstructive surgeon is to repair damage as inconspicuously as possible with minimal scarring while restoring prior function. Jackson''s Local Flaps in Head and Neck Reconstruction, Third Edition by renowned plastic surgeons Peter C. Neligan, J. Brian Boyd, and David Mathes honors the two widely acclaimed prior editions of this landmark resource by the late master plastic surgeon, educator, and prolific author Ian T. Jackson. The new edition features updated and streamlined content, simplified references, colorized illustrations, and procedural videos. The book includes nine chapters, starting with two foundational chapters that discuss the advantages of local flaps, skin biomechanics, surgical planning, principles of skin and soft tissue movement, the utility of Burow''s triangles, and use of diverse flaps, followed by patient management. Each of the procedural chapters focuses on a specific area, with step-by-step reconstruction techniques for the scalp, forehead, eyelids, nasal area, cheeks, ears, and lips. The reader-friendly book provides plastic surgeons of all levels with a simple yet elegant approach to managing reconstructive problems commonly encountered in practice. Key Highlights Firsthand pearls on recently introduced flaps including perforator and propeller Each procedural chapter includes discussion of impacted anatomy and aesthetics, imaging, different types of flaps, challenges, surgical pearls, and summary tables for quick review Abundant illustrations and operative photos depict step-by-step solutions for reconstructive challenges of the head and neck Twenty-two high-quality surgical videos provide visual insights on how to treat specific defects using a diverse spectrum of flap techniques All aesthetic and reconstructive surgeons will benefit from consulting this invaluable, reader-friendly resource for daily practice based on the beloved classic.

A rich compilation of the previously uncollected Russian and English prose and interviews of one of the twentieth century''s greatest writers, edited by Nabokov experts Brian Boyd and Anastasia Tolstoy. “I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child": so Vladimir Nabokov famously wrote in the introduction to his volume of selected prose, Strong Opinions. Think, Write, Speak follows up where that volume left off, with a rich compilation of his uncollected prose and interviews, from a 1921 essay about Cambridge to two final interviews in 1977. The chronological order allows us to watch the Cambridge student and the fledgling Berlin reviewer and poet turn into the acclaimed Paris émigré novelist whose stature brought him to teach in America, where his international success exploded with Lolita and propelled him back to Europe. Whether his subject is Proust or Pushkin, the sport of boxing or the privileges of democracy, Nabokov’s supreme individuality, his keen wit, and his alertness to the details of life illuminate the page.

This practical, hands-on guide shows K-12 school leaders how to support STEM programs that excite students and teachers—even if the leader is not an expert in science, technology, engineering, or math. Buckner and Boyd explore ideas for fostering equitable access to rich and rigorous learning experiences, acting as instructional leaders, and building community engagement and partnerships. You’ll get advice on creating a structure to help teachers examine, discuss, and improve students'' learning experiences. And you’ll learn how to support teachers in designing challenging lessons that foster students'' curiosity and ingenuity in working on real-world problems. Finally, you’ll learn ways you can effectively tap into the wealth of resources in your community to help achieve your STEM vision.

The Continuing Professional Development series sets out to demystify professional development in education, and does so from a Scottish perspective. All books in the series approach their subject in an accessible manner that allows teachers and educators to perceive how continuing professional development can enhance job satisfaction - as well as making a real difference to the most important client group of all: the pupils and students in their care. In The Learning Classroom, Brian Boyd considers the large range of initiatives which have asked teachers to promote creativity, enterprise, citizenship (amongst others), as well as the growing interest in international ideas such as multiple intelligences, learning styles and teaching for understanding, to name but a few. The book looks at the key aspect of a number of these ideas as they impact on classrooms and describes how teachers can create a learning classroom which will incorporate the key elements of these initiatives.

Over the past decade, many colleges and universities have worked to develop stronger models to emphasize technology integration in the classroom. To remain effective it is periodically necessary to ask Faculty and School Leaders what they perceive are technologically important skills of current and future classroom teachers. It is apparent that preservice teacher candidates will ultimately enter a professional teaching environment that is far different from previous generations, seeded with potential to supplement instruction with effective technology applications. Whether these new technologies are implemented in a sustainable integration effort will depend on the skills of teacher candidates entering the profession in conjunction with continued support after employment. This study was completed to address the surface level and latent attitudes, beliefs, and barriers to successful technology integration in the classroom. Faculty and School Leaders were compared for similarities and differences, and the relationships were explored both quantitatively and qualitatively for whole group and individual perspectives. Aspects of these comparisons have direct implications for technology integration in the classroom, as well for guiding continued training for preservice and inservice teachers.

Argues that lyric making is universal across cultures, and uses the example of Shakespeare''s "Sonnets" to showcase the human disposition to play with lyrical patterns.

At the age of twenty-one, Brian Boyd wrote a thesis on Vladimir Nabokov that the famous author called "brilliant." After gaining exclusive access to the writer''s archives, he wrote a two-part, award-winning biography, Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years (1990) and Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years (1991). This collection features essays written by Boyd since completing the biography, incorporating material he gleaned from his research as well as new discoveries and formulations. Boyd confronts Nabokov''s life, career, and legacy; his art, science, and thought; his subtle humor and puzzle-like storytelling; his complex psychological portraits; and his inheritance from, reworking of, and affinities with Shakespeare, Pushkin, Tolstoy, and Machado de Assis. Boyd offers new ways of reading Nabokov''s best English-language works: Lolita, Pale Fire, Ada, and the unparalleled autobiography, Speak, Memory, and he discloses otherwise unknown information about the author''s world. Sharing his personal reflections, Boyd recounts the adventures, hardships, and revelations of researching Nabokov''s biography and his unusual finds in the archives, including materials still awaiting publication. The first to focus on Nabokov''s metaphysics, Boyd cautions against their being used as the key to unlock all of the author''s secrets, showing instead the many other rooms in Nabokov''s castle of fiction that need exploring, such as his humor, narrative invention, and psychological insight into characters and readers alike. Appreciating Nabokov as novelist, memoirist, poet, translator, scientist, and individual, Boyd helps us understand more than ever the author''s multifaceted genius.

At the heart of Nabokov''s Pale Fire beats a 999-line poem, penned by its fictional hero, John Shade. This first-ever facsimile edition of the poem shows it to be a masterpiece of American poetry, albeit by an invented persona. This box contains two booklets - the poem "Pale Fire" in a pocket edition and the book of essays by Boyd and Gwynn - as well as facsimiles of the index cards that John Shade used for composing his poem, printed as Nabokov described them.

Interactions between CEOs and their boards of directors are a prominent focus of management and strategy research. Despite the extensive literature on CEO-board relations, to date there has been limited integration of theoretical perspectives and measurement schemes. Through an extensive analysis of published studies, we hope to facilitate future research on CEO-board relations. We begin with a comparison of key theoretical approaches. Next, we conduct a content analysis of 51 empirical articles. We find that prior studies have an unbalanced focus regarding both topics and theoretical perspectives, and that there is limited consistency in the choice of measures. Based on this review, we lay out a number of promising directions for future research. We also find that, while there has been progress in international research on CEO-board relations, there are still many unanswered questions regarding the generalizability of governance theories across different geographic settings.

"The objective for the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) performance audit was to assess the effectiveness of the conduct of the first National Infrastructure Audit and development of the Infrastructure Priority List, with particular emphasis on the submissions process and the methodology used to assess submissions; the overall conduct of the Audit process; the formulation of the Interim and Final Infrastructure Priority Lists; and the provision of advice and recommendations to the Government"--P. 19.

Brian Boyd explains why we tell stories and how our minds are shaped to understand them. After considering art as adaptation, Boyd examines Homer’s Odyssey and Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hears a Who! demonstrating how an evolutionary lens can offer new understanding and appreciation of specific works.

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the administration of grants made to the ARTC.

"The objective of the audit was to assess the effectivenss of the management and administration of the Communications Fund, including an assessment of the development and implementation of appropriate investment strategies and the robustness of the governance structures and controls relating to investment activities."--p. 14.

In October 2002 a performance audit of the Treasury''s management of international financial commitments was tabled in the Parliament (Audit Report No.10 of 2002-03). This audit is a follow-up to that audit. The objective was to assess the progress made by the Treasury in addressing the four major audit findings and two recommendations of the 2002 audit report.

Charting the diverse changes over millennia that culminated in the emergence of the world''s first agricultural communities, this study questions current assumptions about the nature of the relationship between people, their animals and their technologies. Brian Boyd criticizes the prevailing technological emphasis in the study of agriculture and offers a new view of the invention and use of cultural products.

The objective of this follow-up audit was to assess the extent to which DOTARS had implemented the nine recommendations contained in the original audit.

The objectives of this audit were to: examine the effectiveness of ASIC''s processes for receiving reports of suspected breaches of the Corporations Act; and assess the efficiency with which statutory reports are referred and investigated by ASIC.