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The Handbook of Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder is the definitive resource for empirically sound information on narcissism for researchers, students, and clinicians at a time when this personality disorder has become a particularly relevant area of interest. This unique work deepens understanding of how narcissistic behavior influences behavior and impedes progress in the worlds of work, relationships, and politics.!--EndFragment--

This book develops an approach to helping children with their maths in a family context and presents strategies for helping children to start maths tasks that otherwise would cause frustration. It examines ways of talking to children about mathematics, how mathematics is learnt and how working together gives us all a better understanding of maths. The contents include: recommended materials for support; glossary of some common mathematical terms; a national statement on girls and mathematics; and a national statement on the use of calculators for mathematics in Australian schools.

Teachers the world over are discovering the importance and benefits of incorporating popular culture into the music classroom. The cultural prevalence and the students' familiarity with recorded music, videos, games, and other increasingly accessible multimedia materials help enliven course content and foster interactive learning and participation. Pop-Culture Pedagogy in the Music Classroom: Teaching Tools from American Idol to YouTube provides ideas and techniques for teaching music classes using elements of popular culture that resonate with students' everyday lives. From popular songs and genres to covers, mixes, and mashups; from video games such as Dance Dance Revolution and Guitar Hero to television shows like American Idol, this exciting collection offers pedagogical models for incorporating pop culture and its associated technologies into a wide variety of music courses. Biamonte has collected well-rounded essays that consider a variety of applications. After an introduction, the essays are organized in 3 sections. The first addresses general tools and technology that can be incorporated into almost any music class: sound-mixing techniques and the benefits of using iPods and YouTube. The middle section uses popular songs, video games, or other aspects of pop culture to demonstrate music-theory topics or to develop ear-training and rhythmic skills. The final section examines the musical, lyrical, or visual content in popular songs, genres, or videos as a point of departure for addressing broader issues and contexts. Each chapter contains notes and a bibliography, and two comprehensive appendixes list popular song examples for teaching harmony, melody, and rhythm. Two indexes cross-reference the material by title and by general subject. While written with college and secondary-school teachers in mind, the methods and materials presented here can be adapted to any educational level.

The Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards is national awards celebrating the achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. Launched in 2008, the awards aspire to showcase a representative group of works by each of the Indigenous contemporary artists selected as finalists for the awards. The model for the awards is unique within Australia. The awards acknowledge achievement in three categories: the Western Australian Indigenous Art Award of $50,000, the Western Australian Artist Award of $10,000 and a People's Choice Award of $5,000. In 2009, the exhibition showcases outstanding works by 15 Indigenous artists from across the nation and one artists' group who were selected as the finalists. The artist represented include Ricardo Idagi, Tony Albert, Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Timothy Cook, Nick Cumpston, Wakartu Cory Surprise, Spinifex Arts Project (Women's Collaborative), Dennis Nona, Yinarupa Nangala, Brian McKinnon, Gali Yalkarriwuy Gurruwiwi, Doreen Reid Nakamarra, Tiger Palpatja, Christopher Pease, Shane Pickett, and Daniel Walbidi.

The puffer trade came to a sad end in 1994 but from 1966 until then Keith McGinn saw the trade through to its demise. He began as a deckhand on one of the traditional 66ft 'classics' and ended his career as a master on a 600-tonne coaster all the while taking the necessities of life to the remote Highlands and Islands of Scotland.