In Paranormal Realities II, the second installment in the series, demonologist Keith Johnson (formerly of TAPS and SyFy's Ghost Hunters) shares more of his most intriguing experiences from nearly four decades of investigating the paranormal. In these short stories Keith describes assisting clients and families with malevolent hauntings and shares interesting accounts of local New England folklore. Featured is a special foreword by Brian Harnois, formerly of SyFy's Ghost Hunters and GHI.

Why is assessment so important in the teaching-learning process? How should we assess pupils in the primary classroom? Assessing Learning in the Primary Classroom is an accessible introduction to the concepts critical to a professional understanding of this vital aspect of a teacher's role. It comprehensively considers the principles underpinning effective assessment, the different forms it can take and the different purposes it serves, both within and beyond the classroom. Linking the latest research and theory with examples of assessment in the classroom, it considers key issues such as:...

The 50th anniversary of NASA on 1 October 2008 found an agency in the midst of deep transition. In the closing year of the presidency of George W. Bush, only a month before the presidential election and in the midst of a worldwide economic crisis, the Agency was implementing a new Vision for Space Exploration intended to return humans to the Moon, to proceed onward to Mars, and to study the cosmos beyond. All of this was to be done not with new funding, but by ramping down the Space Shuttle Program that had been the centerpiece of human spaceflight for three decades and ramping up a new...