Eurospan Staff Picks: May 2024

2nd May 2024

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Practical AI Strategies: Engaging with Generative AI in Education

 

Amid the discourse surrounding the controversial role of generative AI in education, this book goes beyond the hype to explore the opportunities and challenges of the technology in K-tertiary education. It explores the broader landscape of generative AI, offering invaluable insights into its workings and ethical considerations.

Published by Amba Press

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Nelson's Neonatal Antimicrobial Therapy, Second Edition

 

A new edition that offers updated expert advice on dosing for neonates, including low-birth-weight newborns; drug selection for bacterial, fungal, viral and parasitic pathogens; drug stewardship; and much more.

Published by American Academy of Pediatrics

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A Field Guide to Climate Change: Understanding the Problems

 

A guide for understanding climate change. It takes an interdisciplinary approach because climate change is simultaneously a matter of science, engineering, economics, politics, culture, ethics, and more. The guide thus follows the contours of climate change as it appears in the world - as a tangle of problems.

Published by Broadview Press

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One Man Talking: Selected Essays of Shao Xunmei, 1929-1939

 

Shao Xunmei, poet, essayist, publisher, and printer, played a significant role in the publication and dissemination of journals and pictorial magazines in Shanghai during the 1920s and 1930s. His poetry has been translated by several prominent scholars through the years, but remarkably few of his essays have received the same attention, and this is the first collection of his prose writings to be published in English.

Published by City University of Hong Kong Press

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Developing Talents: Careers for Individuals with Autism, Third Edition

 

Who knows better about developing the talents of those with autism than Temple Grandin? This updated and expanded edition of Developing Talents considers the continuing dismal employment statistics for individuals with ASD. The authors take an in-depth look at entrepreneurship and many other options.

Published by Future Horizons

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Humpback Highway: Diving into the mysterious world of whales

 

Acclaimed wildlife scientist Vanessa Pirotta has been mugged by whales, touched by a baby whale and covered in whale snot. In this book, Pirotta dives beneath the surface to reveal the mysterious world of humpback whales from their life cycle and the challenges humans present them to why whale snot and poo are important for us and the ocean.

Published by NewSouth Publishing

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Seven Crucial Conversations in Early Childhood Education: Where Have We Been and Why Does It Matter?

 

Designed to spark an interchange of ideas, this book presents early childhood education as a nuanced, shifting, and complex field. Readers will bear witness to several decades of the lived experiences of influential leaders engaged in conversation about seven major topics.

Published by Teachers College Press

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The Outbreak Atlas

 

Provides an overview of outbreak activities alongside compelling case studies and visualisations to guide readers through the complexity involved in outbreak preparedness, response, and recovery. The book lifts the curtain on the rationale and interconnectedness of actions across different fields and at various levels.

Published by Vanderbilt University Press

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The Witch of Pungo: Grace Sherwood in Virginia History and Legend

 

The authoritative cultural history of Virginia’s most famous accused witch. This is the first book to explore Grace Sherwood’s life and cultural impact in depth. Anyone interested in colonial Virginia, American folklore, and the history and legacy of witch trials will find much to enjoy in this spellbinding book.

Published by University of Virginia Press

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