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Praise for FACT FORWARD "As an education leader and policymaker, I've seen how good data, properly understood and wisely used, can drive real and lasting change. Dan Gaylin's Fact Forward shows why data literacy at all levels of society matters and offers a roadmap for how to achieve it." - ARNE DUNCAN, Former Secretary of Education, Former CEO of Chicago Public Schools, Managing Director, ChicagoCRED, Emerson Collective "At C-SPAN, we believe that trustworthy information is vital to democracy. Dan Gaylin's Fact Forward shows us how to make data accessible and meaningful to all audiences - not just experts - and to hold data producers and data reporters accountable for their work." - SAM FEIST, CEO of C-SPAN "Today, we are drowning in data. To be a responsible citizen means knowing what to trust. Dan Gaylin's Fact Forward is exactly what we all need to do just that." - ARTHUR C. BROOKS, Harvard Professor and #1 New York Times Bestseller "As an economist and as a dean, I've seen how data literacy separates successful organizations from those that falter. Dan Gaylin's Fact Forward offers critical insights for leaders navigating today's complex data landscape, showing how rigorous analysis can be an important dimension of better decisions and outcomes. I highly recommend this book to readers who are serious about evidence-based leadership." - KERWIN CHARLES, Dean, Yale School of Management "Having led a variety of organizations, including Bank of America, I know that trusted data is the cornerstone of sound decision-making. Dan Gaylin's Fact Forward provides a cogent argument and an actionable plan for building data literacy in every sector of society - crucial guidance for an age when data can either clarify or confuse." - WALTER MASSEY, Retired Chairman, Bank of America and President Emeritus, Morehouse College "To halt the decline in institutional trust, we must move beyond simplistic metrics and rankings to embrace rigorous, transparent approaches to data. Dan Gaylin's Fact Forward offers a compelling vision for how genuine data literacy can restore public confidence and advance evidence-based dialogue across ideological divides." - DANIEL DIERMEIER, Chancellor, Vanderbilt University

With a broader range of entries than any other reference book on stage directors, this Encyclopaedia showcases the extraordinary diversity of theatre as a national and international artistic medium. It covers both individual directors and a range of directorial modes and styles across different global traditions in contemporary theatre.

Cutting-edge examples of urban architecture from renowned firms across Mexico CityThe sixth edition of Mexico City's architecture biennial celebrates the best built works, research projects and publications completed between June 2021 and May 2023 throughout the country and produced in the greater metropolitan area. This book was published in conjunction with Colegio de Arquitectos de la Ciudad de México

Latino Voices lifts up the words and lives of Latino leaders and artists with this empowering illustrated collection of quotes.

This comprehensive new handbook offers insight into the knowledge and experience needed to meet the needs of Europe's high-ability students. Tracking all the major developments in the field and covering a large scope of topics, this book is a major addition to the literature on gifted education in Europe.

Discover the world's most remote and mysterious islands in this beautifully designed book. Spanning continents and cultures, it explores exotic, hard-to-reach locations with an international appeal. Divided into four sections—Strange, Scary, Remote, and Naturally Odd—it unveils the haunting beauty and enigmatic allure of these isolated and extraordinary places.

The Field Guide to Secret Symbols is your gateway to uncovering the secret symbols that are all around us.. This richly illustrated guide explores the secret symbols embedded in architecture, art, literature, and beyond. From ancient deities and mythical creatures to the arcane signs of freemasonry and modern gang tattoos, discover the fascinating history and significance of these concealed emblems.

A lavishly illustrated compendium of the most significant publications that have informed mathematical knowledge throughout history.

Three witches – gens X, Y and Z – the maiden, the mother, the crone – work together to produce the definitive guide to modern witchcraft.

This comprehensive new handbook offers insight into the knowledge and experience needed to meet the needs of Europe's high-ability students. Tracking all the major developments in the field and covering a large scope of topics, this book is a major addition to the literature on gifted education in Europe.

Records of the household and wardrobe are important sources for understanding English royal medieval government. This book outlines their functions, organisation and development, along with the activities and accounts of the various officials and departments charged with their undertaking.

Offering a valuable balance of information for everyone on the rehabilitation team, Atlas of Orthoses and Assistive Devices, 6th Edition, brings you up to date with rapid changes in every area of this fast-moving field. Significant new content, a new editor with specialization in prosthetics and orthotics, and new contributing authors deliver expert guidance on the decision-making process needed for the prescription and application of technologically complex devices. From traditional fabrication and fitting principles to advanced information in the material sciences, digital printing technology, neural stimulation systems, microprocessor technologies, and robotics, this new edition remains practical, readable, and evidence-based-an ideal resource to assist medical and rehabilitation professionals achieve optimal outcomes for patients with a wide variety of conditions.Includes coverage of key advances in robotic systems, 3D printing technology, and virtual reality devices, as well as wearable inertial sensors in people with mobility impairments, plus a new chapter on digital technology in orthotics and prosthetics.Covers cutting-edge topics ranging from gait assessment strategies to novel therapies such as use of a virtual environment during rehabilitation.Features a vibrant, full-color design with numerous figures, tables, and color photographs throughout.Shares the knowledge and experience of new editor William Lovegreen, who brings specialized expertise in prosthetics and orthotics, as well as new contributing authors who provide fresh perspectives and greater international representation.Discusses brain-computer interface (BCI) systems relating to assistive technology (AT) systems and orthotics.Includes economic evaluations for orthotic and prosthetic devices.An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date.

A treasure trove of illuminating and entertaining quotations from the legendary naturalistHere is Charles Darwin in his own words-the naturalist, traveler, scientific thinker, and controversial author of On the Origin of Species, the book that shook the Victorian world. Featuring hundreds of quotations carefully selected by world-renowned Darwin biographer Janet Browne, The Quotable Darwin draws from Darwin's writings, letters to friends and family, autobiographical reminiscences, and private scientific notebooks. It offers a multifaceted portrait that takes readers through his youth, the famous voyage of the Beagle, the development of his thoughts about evolution, his gradual loss of religious faith, and the time spent turning his ideas into a well-articulated theory about the natural origin of all living beings-a theory that dangerously included the origin of humans.The Quotable Darwin also includes many of the key responses to Darwin's ideas from figures across the social spectrum, scientists and nonscientists alike-and criticism too. We see Darwin as an innovative botanist and geologist, an affectionate husband and father, and a lively correspondent who once told his cousin that he liked to play billiards because "it drives the horrid species out of my head." This book gives us an intimate look at Darwin at work, at home, as a public figure, and on his travels.Complete with a chronology of Darwin's life by Browne, The Quotable Darwin provides an engagingly fresh perspective on a remarkable man who was always thinking deeply about the natural world.

A comprehensive and authoritative collection of Thoreau quotations on more than 150 subjects, from beauty to wisdomFew writers are more quotable than Henry David Thoreau. His books, essays, journals, poems, letters, and unpublished manuscripts contain an inexhaustible treasure of epigrams and witticisms, from the famous ("The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation") to the obscure ("Who are the estranged? Two friends explaining") and the surprising ("I would exchange my immortality for a glass of small beer this hot weather"). The Quotable Thoreau, the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of Thoreau quotations ever assembled, gathers more than 2,000 memorable passages from this iconoclastic American author, social reformer, environmentalist, and self-reliant thinker. Including Thoreau's thoughts on topics ranging from sex to solitude, manners to miracles, government to God, life to death, and everything in between, the book captures Thoreau's profundity as well as his humor ("If misery loves company, misery has company enough"). Drawing primarily on The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau, published by Princeton University Press, The Quotable Thoreau is thematically arranged, fully indexed, richly illustrated, and thoroughly documented. For the student of Thoreau, it will be invaluable. For those who think they know Thoreau, it will be a revelation. And for the reader seeking sheer pleasure, it will be a joy. Over 2,000 quotations on more than 150 subjectsRichly illustrated with historic photographs and drawingsThoreau on himself and his contemporariesThoreau's contemporaries on ThoreauBiographical time lineAppendix of misquotations and misattributionsFully indexedSuggestions for further reading

Fully updated for 2026, this A4 format road atlas of France provides clear mapping at 4.7 miles to 1 inch.  Featuring detailed city maps of Paris, Lille and Lyon,16 pages of overview mapping of Europe, France and scenic routes, campsites and tourist attractions and £10 off AA European Breakdown Cover promotion.