Armouron: The Armoured Ghost

THE ARMOURON

Elite warriors who banded together centuries ago to fight for justice and for freedom.

PLANET EARTH

Under the control of a huge corporation, led by the power-mad Chairman.

THE CADETS

Trainee gladiators at the Nu-Topian Academy - where something is very, very wrong.

SALT

The grizzled old master of the armour workshop, with a secret in his past.

THE STORY

On a training mission in the city at night, the Armouron come across a massive war machine standing in the middle of the city's largest park. Thinking it must be a hologram, as there is no other way it could have landed without anybody noticing one of them throws a stone at it. It responds by turning its guns on him and blowing a hole in the spot where he was standing a few seconds earlier.

Chaos ensues. The machine had been put in the park to test an experimental cloaking device. It had treated the stone throwing as an attack and deactivated the cloak to use its weapons. The White Knights descend to enforce order and the park is cordoned off...

THE ARMOURON

Elite warriors who banded together centuries ago to fight for justice and for freedom.

PLANET EARTH

Under the control of a huge corporation, led by the power-mad Chairman.

THE CADETS

Trainee gladiators at the Nu-Topian Academy - where something is very, very wrong.

SALT

The grizzled old master of the armour workshop, with a secret in his past.

THE STORY

A non-conformist group living an outlaw existence just outside the perimeter of the city has become a thorn in the Chairman's side. He decides to act but reckons without the groups' unexpected allies, the Amouron. Through secret tunnels the Armouron put up a desperate fight to help the outlaws.

But as the Chairman's military chief captures the outlaws under an electromagnectic shield, time looks to be running out...

This is a key text for any student embarking on a qualitative research project, it provides worked examples and valuable models which can be used as guides for plans and proposals, answering key questions and providing a comprehensive guide to a student’s project.

It shows that when planning a qualitative research proposal, researchers should adopt an approach where they ask themselves the following four questions:

• What research paradigm informs my approach to my research area?
• What theoretical perspective do I choose within the paradigm?
• What methodology do I choose?
• What methods are most appropriate?

Including examples of the write-up of two central types of research projects: studies on participants’ ‘perspectives’ on phenomena and studies on how participants manage or ‘cope with’ phenomena, the book outlines five research proposals to illustrate ways in which these two central ‘types’ can be varied and applied when engaging in five other types of studies, namely, policy studies, life history studies, retrospective interactionist longitudinal studies and interactionist historical studies, and ‘problem-focused’ studies.

This book promotes student learning through formative assessment and feedback, which:

• enables self-assessment and reflection in learning
• encourages teacher-student dialogue
• helps clarify what is good performance
• provides students with quality information to help improve their learning
• encourages motivation and self-confidence in students
• aids the teacher in shaping teaching

Underpinned by the relevant theory, the practical advice and examples in this book directly address the issues of how to motivate students to engage in formative assessment effectively and shows teachers how they can provide further useful formative feedback.

Three bestselling novels together in one omnibus, including:

HAIL MARY
In this third book of the series, Private investigator Jim Knighthorse finds himself on the trail of his mother's killer, a cold case spanning two decades. While on the hunt, he takes on a brutal case that takes him into shark-infested waters and deep into the heart of Mexico. All the while, Knighthorse comes closer and closer to finding his mother's killer...and there's going to be hell to pay.

THE VAMPIRE IN THE IRON MASK
Spinoza is a private investigator who specializes in finding the missing. He's good at what he does. Damn good. But he's also a recovering alcoholic and a royal mess. Now determined to redeem his troubled soul, Spinoza won't let his personal demons—or demons of any kind—stop him from finding the missing. In this third and final Spinoza mystery, a worker at a popular medieval dinner theater hires Spinoza to find out the identity of one of his co-workers, a co-worker who's never been seen without an iron mask...and who just might be a real prisoner. Spinoza's new client hints that the man in the iron mask is being held without his consent in the bowels of the dinner theater, a forbidden area for the other employees. When Spinoza attends Medievaland, posing as a guest, he doesn't count on bumping into someone from a previous case, nor can he ever forget what he finds when his investigation takes him past his own life tragedy and brings him face-to-face with the vampire imprisoned in the iron mask. But is the vampire someone he should rescue, or fear?

ELVIS HAS NOT LEFT THE BUILDING
It's tough being the King. Which is why in 1977 Elvis faked his own death and endured massive facial reconstruction surgery, and disappeared from the limelight to live a normal life as the unassuming Aaron King. Unfortunately, leaving fame behind also meant leaving his fortune behind, too, and now Elvis finds himself broke and living in near poverty in a small apartment in Los Angeles. Luckily for him, it turns out he's a pretty good private investigator. Now in his seventies and contemplating a return to music (discreetly, of course), Elvis is hired to solve a baffling missing person case. The King digs deeper, and soon finds himself surrounded by the seedier elements of Los Angeles, from nefarious Hollywood producers who prey upon the young, to twin brothers with a very dark secret. And as Elvis pieces the bizarre puzzle together, he slowly makes his singing comeback—and will be reunited on stage with someone even the King himself never dreamed possible.

**Acclaim for the novels of J.R. Rain**

"Be prepared to lose sleep!"
- James Rollins, author of Bloodline and The Blood Gospel

"I love this!"
- Piers Anthony, author of On A Pale Horse and Luck of the Draw

"J.R. Rain delivers a blend of action and wit that always entertains. Quick with the one-liners, but his characters are fully fleshed out (even the undead ones) and you'll come back again and again."
- Scott Nicholson, author of Chronic Fear and After: The Shock

"Dark Horse is the best book I've read in a long time!"
- Gemma Halliday, author of Spying in High Heels and Unbreakable Bond

"Powerful stuff!"
- Aiden James, author of Destiny of Coins and Cades Cove

"Moon Dance is a must read. If you like Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter, be prepared to love J.R. Rain's Samantha Moon, vampire private investigator."
- Eve Paludan, author of Taking Back Tara and New York Minute

"Impossible to put down. J.R. Rain's Moon Dance is a fabulous urban fantasy replete with multifarious and unusual characters, a perfectly synchronized plot, vibrant dialogue and sterling witticism all wrapped in a voice that is as beautiful as it is rich and vividly intense as it is relaxed."
- April Vine, author of Unbound and Intrigue in India

"Is it possible to redefine two genres in one book? I don't know, but J.R. Rain has left a lasting impression for the vampire and mystery genres."
- P.J. Day, author of King's Blood and The Sunset Prophecy

Adele Faber y Elaine Mazlish han ayudado a millones de familias con sus bestsellers. Ahora, y por primera vez en español, estas aclamadas expertas a nivel internacional nos ofrecen una guía que le dará las herramientas necesarias para ayudarles a sus adolescentes -- ¡y a usted mismo! -- a sobrevivir la etapa difícil de la adolescencia.

"Mi hijo de trece años pasa su tiempo con los peores chicos de la escuela. Le paso diciendo que se aleje de ellos, pero siempre me ignora. ¿Cómo hago para que me haga caso?"

"Mi hija pasa mucho tiempo en el Internet charlando con un muchacho de dieciséis años. Bueno, por lo menos eso dice él. Ahora la quiere conocer. Ella está muy entusiasmada. Yo tengo miedo. ¿Qué hago?"

"Acabo de enterarme que mi hija de doce años fuma marihuana. ¿Cómo la confronto?"

Vivir con un adolescente puede ser abrumador. A veces es como si nuestros niños cariñosos se convirtieran de la noche a la mañana en adolescentes independientes, con sus propios pensamientos, gustos y valores. Hoy en día, los jóvenes están creciendo en un mundo más cruel, más materialista, más sexual y más violento que antes. ¿Qué se debe hacer?

Tras muchos años de investigación, conferencias y comentarios que han recibido, Faber y Mazlish, autoras del clásico bestseller Cómo Hablar para que los Niños Escuchen y Cómo Escuchar para que los Niños Hablen, han desarrollado una innovadora forma de mantener un diálogo abierto y respetuoso entre padres y adolescentes, una estrategia que le pone frenos al conflicto, reduce frustraciones y fomenta conversaciones acerca de las drogas, el sexo y otros temas difíciles y de actualidad.

Escrito en el estilo práctico y popular de estas galardonadas autoras, y lleno de sugerencias, historias y dibujos, esta guía le ayudará a construir una relación más comunicativa y menos conflictiva con sus adolescentes.