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Author: Makayla Bryant Publisher: Attrition ISBN: 9780578676678 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 432
Book Description
At the age of sixteen, every teenager must go through a process called The Assessment to determine which Quadrant would be an acceptable fit. Tabitha Nix, a rule follower, is hesitant about listening to her father's wishes about her trying to make it into Fidelity, a Quadrant based on government and loyalty. She's accepted into Ardent, the most daring and audacious Quadrant. The Quadrant that just so happens to be surviving off the bloodshed of innocent Graduates in a test known as The Attrition. In Ardent, Tabitha is forced to learn how to fight with and without a weapon, something she's fearful of doing. Her trainers in Ardent push her to the point where she's determined to know why they are training the Graduates this way. She is even willing to break the rules to find out what everyone's hiding from her. She discovers something she wished she never had. In the Ardent test, The Attrition, Tabitha is forced to kill and murder to survive. She questions everything she knows about the four Quadrants, and everyone around her. Who can she trust? Can she even trust herself? What other lies have been fed to her by her father and the government? The answers Tabitha finds uproot more problems in the four Quadrants than she ever imagined and she's forced to make a choice-comply and keep her family safe or rebel and threaten the existence of the only world she's known.
Author: Makayla Bryant Publisher: Attrition ISBN: 9780578676678 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 432
Book Description
At the age of sixteen, every teenager must go through a process called The Assessment to determine which Quadrant would be an acceptable fit. Tabitha Nix, a rule follower, is hesitant about listening to her father's wishes about her trying to make it into Fidelity, a Quadrant based on government and loyalty. She's accepted into Ardent, the most daring and audacious Quadrant. The Quadrant that just so happens to be surviving off the bloodshed of innocent Graduates in a test known as The Attrition. In Ardent, Tabitha is forced to learn how to fight with and without a weapon, something she's fearful of doing. Her trainers in Ardent push her to the point where she's determined to know why they are training the Graduates this way. She is even willing to break the rules to find out what everyone's hiding from her. She discovers something she wished she never had. In the Ardent test, The Attrition, Tabitha is forced to kill and murder to survive. She questions everything she knows about the four Quadrants, and everyone around her. Who can she trust? Can she even trust herself? What other lies have been fed to her by her father and the government? The answers Tabitha finds uproot more problems in the four Quadrants than she ever imagined and she's forced to make a choice-comply and keep her family safe or rebel and threaten the existence of the only world she's known.
Author: William Philpott Publisher: Abrams ISBN: 1468312316 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 315
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A history of World War I and an analysis of its causes & effects, plus how the conflict was fought. The Great War of 1914–1918 was the first mass conflict to fully mobilize the resources of industrial powers against one another, resulting in a brutal, bloody, protracted war of attrition between the world’s great economies. Now, one hundred years after the first guns of August rang out on the Western front, historian William Philpott reexamines the causes and lingering effects of the first truly modern war. Drawing on the experience of front line soldiers, munitions workers, politicians, and diplomats, War of Attrition explains for the first time why and how this new type of conflict was fought as it was fought; and how the attitudes and actions of political and military leaders, and the willing responses of their peoples, stamped the twentieth century with unprecedented carnage on—and behind—the battlefield. War of Attrition also establishes link between the bloody ground war in Europe and political situation in the wider world, particularly the United States. America did not enter the war until 1917, but, as Philpott demonstrates, the war came to America as early as 1914. By 1916, long before the Woodrow Wilson’s impassioned speech to Congress advocating for war, the United States was firmly aligned with the Allies, lending dollars, selling guns, and opposing German attempts to spread submarine warfare. War of Attrition skillfully argues that the emergence of the United States on the world stage is directly related to her support for the conflagration that consumed so many European lives and livelihoods. In short, the war that ruined Europe enabled the rise of America. Praise for War of Attrition A Wall Street Journal Best Non-Fiction Book of 2014 “An incisive, colorful book. . . . War of Attrition succeeds both as an argument and a gripping narrative.” —Geoffrey Wawro, author of A Mad Catastrophe “Philpott argues persuasively that the stunning victories of the last hundred days of the war were the result of a steep learning curve necessitated by earlier bloodbaths.” —The Wall Street Journal “An astute examination by an expert war historian that sifts through the collective theatres of attrition in this unprecedented slaughter.” —Kirkus Reviews
Author: Hubertus H. Weltens Publisher: Walter de Gruyter ISBN: 3111395936 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 153
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Language acquisition is a human endeavor par excellence. As children, all human beings learn to understand and speak at least one language: their mother tongue. It is a process that seems to take place without any obvious effort. Second language learning, particularly among adults, causes more difficulty. The purpose of this series is to compile a collection of high-quality monographs on language acquisition. The series serves the needs of everyone who wants to know more about the problem of language acquisition in general and/or about language acquisition in specific contexts.
Author: Monika S. Schmid Publisher: Oxford Handbooks ISBN: 0198793596 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 657
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This volume is the first handbook dedicated to language attrition, the study of how a speaker's language may be affected by crosslinguistic interference and non-use. Topics covered include theoretical implications, psycho- and neurolinguistic approaches, linguistic and extralinguistic factors, L2 attrition, and heritage languages.
Author: Dr. Jnaneshwar Pai Maroor Publisher: Archers & Elevators Publishing House ISBN: 9386501341 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 200
Author: Vincent Tinto Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 0226922464 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 314
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In this 1994 classic work on student retention, Vincent Tinto synthesizes far-ranging research on student attrition and on actions institutions can and should take to reduce it. The key to effective retention, Tinto demonstrates, is in a strong commitment to quality education and the building of a strong sense of inclusive educational and social community on campus. He applies his theory of student departure to the experiences of minority, adult, and graduate students, and to the situation facing commuting institutions and two-year colleges. Especially critical to Tinto’s model is the central importance of the classroom experience and the role of multiple college communities.
Author: William D. Taylor Publisher: William Carey Publishing ISBN: 0878089705 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 452
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Does God really care about His servants? Yes! Do we care for our people who are serving the Lord in cross-cultural ministry? The Reducing Missionary Attrition Project (ReMAP), launched by World Evangelical Fellowship Missions Commission, seeks to answer that question in this important study. This book utilizes the findings of a 14-nation study done by ReMAP and will help supply some very encouraging answers. This book was published in partnership with the World Evangelical Alliance.
Author: Lynne Hansen Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0195352645 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 232
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This volume introduces the study of language attrition--the forgetting of language. In this first collection devoted to second language attrition, the contributors focus on contexts of loss where Japanese is either the attriting language, or the replacing language. Bringing together research to substantiate previous hypotheses in the field, this book offers new theoretical and practical insights for those interested in language change.
Author: Makayla Bryant
Author: Makayla Bryant
Author: William Philpott
Author: Hubertus H. Weltens
Author: Monika S. Schmid
Author: Herbert W. Seliger
Author: Dr. Jnaneshwar Pai Maroor
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Author: Lynne Hansen