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Random House Children's Books DAulaires Book of Greek Myths
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell
Book SynopsisFew philosophers have had a more profound influence on the course of modern philosophy than Bertrand Russell. The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell is a comprehensive anthology of Russellâs most definitive essays written between 1903 and 1959. First published in 1961, this remarkable collection is a testament to a philosopher whom many consider to be one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. This is an essential introduction to the brilliance of Bertrand Russell.Table of ContentsPreface by Bertrand Russell; Introduction by the Editors; Epigrammatic Insights from the Pen of Russell; Chronological List of Russell’s Principle Works; Chronology of the Life of Bertrand Russell; Acknowledgements; Some Thoughts About Bertrand Russell; PART 1: Autobiographical Asides 1. My Religious Reminiscences 2. My Mental Development 3. Adaptation: An Autobiographical 4. Why I Took to Philosophy PART 2: The Nobel Prize Winning Man of Letters (Essayist and Short Story Writer) 5. How I Write 6. A Free Man's Worship 7. An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish: Hilarious Catalogue of Organized and Individual Stupidity 8. The Metaphysician's Nightmare PART 3: The Philosopher of Language 9. Language 10. Sentences, Syntax, and Parts of Speech 11. The Uses of Language 12. The Cult of 'Common Usage’ PART 4: The Logician and Philosopher of Mathematics 13. Symbolic Logic 14. On Induction 15. Preface to Principia Mathematica 16. Introduction to Principia Mathematica. 17. Summary of Part III, Principia Mathematica 18. Summary of Part IV, Principia Mathematica 19. Summary of Part V, Principia Mathematica 20. Summary of Part VI Principia Mathematica 21. Introduction to the Second Edition, Principia Mathematica 22. Mathematics and Logic 23. The Validity of Inference 24. Dewey’s New Logic 25. John Dewey PART 5: The Epistemologist 26. Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description 27. Theory of Knowledge 28. Epistemological Premisses PART 6: The Metaphysician 29 Materialism, Past and Present 30.Language and Metaphysics 31. The Retreat from Pythagoras PART 7: History of Philosophy 32. Philosophy in the Twentieth Century 33. Aristotle's Logic 34. St Thomas Aquinas 35. Currents of Thought in the Nineteenth Century 36. The Philosophy of Logical Analysis PART 8: The Psychologist 37. Psychological and Physical Causal Laws 38. Truth and Falsehood 39. Knowledge Behaviouristically Considered PART 9: The Moral Philosopher 40. Styles in Ethics 41. The Place of Sex Among Human Values Individual and Social Ethics 42. Individual and Social Ethics 43. 'What I Believe' 44. The Expanding Mental Universe PART 10: The Philosopher of Education 45. Education 46 The Aims of Education 47 Emotion and Discipline 48 The Functions of a Teacher PART 11: The Philosopher of Politics 49 The Reconciliation of Individuality and Citizenship 50 Philosophy and Politics 51 Politically Important Desires 52. Why I am not a Communist PART 12: The Philosopher in the Field of Economics 53. Property 54. Dialectical Materialism 55. The Theory of Surplus Value PART 13: The Philosopher of History 56. On History 57. The Materialistic Theory of History 58 History as an Art PART 14: The Philosopher of Culture: East and West 59. Chinese and Western Civilization Contrasted 60. Eastern and Western Ideals of Happiness PART 15: The Philosopher of Religion 61. The Essence of Religion 62. What is an Agnostic? 63. Why I am not a Christian 64. Religion Cure our Troubles? PART 16: A Philosopher and Expositor of Science 65. Physics and Neutral Monism 66. Science and Education 67. Limitations of Scientific Method 68. The New Physics and Relativity 69. Science and Values 70. Non-Demonstrative Inference PART 17: The Analyst of International Affairs 71. The Taming of Power 72. If We are to Survive this Dark Time- 73. What Would Help Mankind Most? 74. Current Perplexities 75. World Government 76. The Next Half-Century 77. Life Without Fear 78. Science and Human Life 79. Open Letter to Eisenhower and Khrushchev 80. Man’s Peril 81. Methods of Settling Disputes in the Nuclear Age
£19.99
University of California Press Europe and the People Without History
Book SynopsisExplores the historical trajectory of so-called modern globalization. This title challenges the long-held anthropological notion that non-European cultures and people were isolated and static entities before the advent of European colonialism and imperialism.Trade Review"The work of a powerful theoretical intelligence, but one informed by a lived sense of social realities." * Times Literary Supplement *"Wolf's intention is to show that European expansion not only transformed the historical trajectory of non-European societies but also reconstituted their historical accounts of their societies before European intervention. . . . His historical sweep and analytic breadth are astounding, and he gives approximately equal weight to historical 'winners' and 'losers.'" * American Journal of Sociology *"Wolf's empirical knowledge is exceptionally wide. . . . He relies on a skillful selection of phenomena in time and space that are reasonably representative of the totality. . . . The book is very well written and with a profoundly human touch." * Ethnos *"Wolf has created a history of connection rather than one of segregation. . . . This absorbing and stimulating book . . . provides a convincing and, dare I say, new perspective. . . . By emphasizing a common past, Wolf moves away from weary polarities of active 'white' centre and passive 'non- white' periphery and suggests both a more complex and a more informed sense of the relationship between Europe and the rest of the world." * European Update *"In this big and important book, Eric Wolf begins and ends with the assertion that anthropology must pay more attention to history. . . . It is with pleasure, then, that one reads a critical analysis that rejects pseudo- historical oppositions and explores with such care the historical processes by which primitive and peasant pasts have become a fundamentally altered primitive, peasant, and proletarian present." * Dialectical Anthropology *"Wolf's intention is to explain the development and nature of the chains of cause and consequence which linked populations in the post-1400 world. The outcome is a tightly structured and elegant book." * Oceania *Table of ContentsForeword to the 2010 Edition Preface (1997) Preface (1982) Part One Connections 1 Introduction 2 The World in 1400 3 Modes of Production 4 Europe, Prelude to Expansion Part Two In Search of Wealth 5 Iberians in America 6 The Fur Trade 7 The Slave Trade 8 Trade and Conquest in the Orient Part Three Capitalism 9 Industrial Revolution 10 Crisis and Differentiation in Capitalism 11 The Movement of Commodities 12 The New Laborers Afterword Bibliographic Notes Bibliography Index
£25.50
Simon & Schuster Experience And Education
Book SynopsisExperience and Education is the best concise statement on education ever published by John Dewey, the man acknowledged to be the pre-eminent educational theorist of the twentieth century. Written more than two decades after Democracy and Education (Dewey''s most comprehensive statement of his position in educational philosophy), this book demonstrates how Dewey reformulated his ideas as a result of his intervening experience with the progressive schools and in the light of the criticisms his theories had received. Analyzing both traditional and progressive education, Dr. Dewey here insists that neither the old nor the new education is adequate and that each is miseducative because neither of them applies the principles of a carefully developed philosophy of experience. Many pages of this volume illustrate Dr. Dewey''s ideas for a philosophy of experience and its relation to education. He particularly urges that all teachers and educators looking for a new movement in education should think in terms of the deeped and larger issues of education rather than in terms of some divisive ism about education, even such an ism as progressivism. His philosophy, here expressed in its most essential, most readable form, predicates an American educational system that respects all sources of experience, on that offers a true learning situation that is both historical and social, both orderly and dynamic.Trade Review"No one has done more to keep alive the fundamental ideals of liberal civilization." -- Morris R. Cohen
£10.62
University of California Press Visual Thinking
Book SynopsisVisual Thinking has been the gold standard for art educators, psychologists, and general readers alike. This title states that all thinking (not just thinking related to art) is basically perceptual in nature, and that the ancient dichotomy between seeing and thinking, between perceiving and reasoning, is false and misleading.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Schema Therapy with Couples
Book SynopsisSchema Therapy for Couples represents the first practitioner guide to detail effective Schema Therapy techniques in couple and relationship therapy.Trade ReviewUK/ROW British Journal of Psychology (author request) British Journal of Clinical Psychology (author request) British Journal of Medical Psychology (author request) British Journal of Health Psychology (author request) The Psychologist North America PsycCritiques x3 Journal of Marital and Family Therapy (author request) The American Journal of Psychology (author request) The American Journal of Psychotherapy (author request) American Psychologist (author request) Monitor on Psychology (author request) Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy (author request) Journal of Cross-Cultural PsychologyJournal of Marriage and Family (author request) The Family Journal, Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families (author request) Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy (author request) Psychotherapy Networker magazine (author request)Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables vii About the Authors viii Preface x Acknowledgments xiii Abbreviations xiv Introduction xv About the Companion Website xvii 1 What Schema Therapy Offers 1 2 The Initial Contract and First Interview 13 3 Relationship Assessment 29 4 Understanding the Origins of Relational Styles 45 5 Foundations for Evidence]Based Practice in Couple Therapy 57 6 Schemas and Modes 69 7 Approaching Schema Therapy for Couples 95 8 Mode Mapping and Mode Cycle Clash]cards 109 9 Interventions in Couple Treatment 139 10 Common Problems in Couple Therapy, Including Affairs, Forgiveness, and Violence 173 11 Differentiating Needs from Wants, and the Challenge of Integration 215 12 Building Friendship, Building the Healthy Adult 239 Appendix A: Self-care for the Couple Therapist 253 References 261 Index of Therapy Tools and Interventions 271 Index 273
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John Murray Press Secrets of Adulthood
Book SynopsisThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before distills her key insights into simple truths for living with greater satisfaction, clarity and happiness.The right idea, invoked at the right time, can change your life. Drawing from her long studies of happiness, and also from the challenges she''s faced herself, writer Gretchen Rubin has discovered the Secrets of Adulthood that can help us manage the complexities of life. To convey her conclusions, she turned to the aphorism - the ancient literary discipline that demands that a writer convey a large truth in a few words.Perhaps you''re paralyzed by indecision, struggling to navigate a big change, fighting a temptation, or puzzled by the behaviour of someone you love; whatever you face, the right aphorism can help. From procrastination to the pursuit of happiness, Secrets of Adulthood is filled with witty and thought-provoking reflections such as:* Recognize that, like sleeping with a big dog in a small bed, things that are uncomfortable can also be comforting* Accept yourself, expect more from yourself* Easy children raise good parents* What can be done at any time is often done at no timeFor anyone undergoing a major life transition, such as graduation, career switch, marriage, or moving, or for those just encountering everyday dilemmas, these disarming aphorisms will inspire you by articulating truths that you may never have noticed but instantly recognize.
£12.34
Yale University Press The Forgotten Palestinians A History of the
Book SynopsisTrade Review“The Forgotten Palestinians strings together fragments, events, documents, and interviews into a coherent and convincing narrative in a way that will certainly lend itself to advancing future studies. In this way, Pappé’s book is also a cornerstone study, and one that will certainly produce many more in the same tradition, making this book both overdue and timely.”—Ryvka Barnard, Arab Studies Journal“An essential contribution.”—Magid Shihade, Journal of Palestine Studies “Ilan Pappé is Israel’s bravest, most principled, most incisive historian.”—John Pilger“The Forgotten Palestinians strings together fragments, events, documents, and interviews into a coherent and convincing narrative in a way that will certainly lend itself to advancing future studies. In this way, Pappé’s book is also a cornerstone study, and one that will certainly produce many more in the same tradition, making this book both overdue and timely.”—Ryvka Barnard, Arab Studies Journal -- Ryvka Barnard * Arab Studies Journal *“Pappe, in highly readable prose, gives us details and perspective about the history of the Arab community in the state's early years.”—David B. Green, Haaretz -- David B. Green * Haaretz *“This is undoubtedly an important book.”—Matt Hill, Review 31 -- Matt Hill * Review 31 *“Ilan Pappé is Israel’s bravest, most principled, most incisive historian.”—John Pilger -- John Pilger
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Barrons Educational Services AP Psychology Premium 2026 Prep Book with 3
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£20.39
Brixton Ink Limited World to Come
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Swift Press Bad Therapy
Book SynopsisFrom the author of Irreversible Damage, an investigation into how mental health overdiagnosis is harming, not helping, children''Apacy, no-holds barredattack on mental health professionals and parenting experts ... thought-provoking''Financial Times''A message thatparents, teachers, mental health professionals and policymakers need to hear'' New StatesmanIn virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous generations. What's gone wrong?In Bad Therapy, Abigail Shrier argues that the problem isn't the kids it's the mental-health experts. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with child psychologists, parents, teachers and young people themselves, she reveals that most of the therapeutic approaches have serious side effects and few proven benefits: for instance, talk therapy can induce rumination, trapping children in cycles of anxiety and depression; while gentle parenting' can encourage emotional turbulence in children as they lash out, desperate for an adult to be in charge. Bad Therapy is a must-read for anyone questioning why our efforts to support our kids have backfired.
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers The Secret War Spies Codes and Guerrillas
Book SynopsisAs gripping as any spy thriller, Hastings's achievement is especially impressive, for he has produced the best single volume yet written on the subject' Sunday TimesAuthoritative, exciting and notably well written' Daily TelegraphA serious work of rigourous and comprehensive history royally entertaining and readable' Mail on SundayIn The Secret War, Max Hastings presents a worldwide cast of characters and extraordinary sagas of intelligence and Resistance to create a new perspective on the greatest conflict in history. The book links tales of high courage ashore, at sea and in the air to the work of the brilliant boffins' battling the enemy's technology. Here are not only the unheralded codebreaking geniuses of Bletchley Park, but also their German counterparts who achieved their own triumphs and the fabulous espionage networks created, and so often spurned, by the Soviet Union. With its stories of high policy and human drama, the book has been acclaimed as the best history of the secTrade Review‘As gripping as any spy thriller. Hastings understands, better than any previous historian, that this is as much a story about human nature as it is about the mechanics of code-breaking or spycraft … he has the novelist’s eye for the telling detail … this book works because Hastings is simply a very fine writer who is not afraid of making judgements … Hastings’s achievement is especially impressive, for he has produced the best single volume yet written on the subject’ Lawrence Rees, Sunday Times ‘A total thriller with a full cast of killers, swashbucklers and beautiful adventuresses. The best history of war intelligence yet’ Simon Sebag Montefiore ‘This is his war and he writes with an easy assurance, scatter-gunning opinions … Hastings is on form. He has set out to provide thought and discussion and, with his familiar robustness, shotgun at side, he has succeeded’ The Times ‘Authoritative, exciting and notably well written’ Daily Telegraph ‘A serious work of rigorous and comprehensive history … royally entertaining and readable’ Mail on Sunday ‘Vintage Hastings: a vivid cast of characters, social observation and opinions forcefully expressed … Given the national fixation with spies and special forces, Hastings’s book is a very necessary corrective’ Evening Standard ‘Lively and entertaining … a rich gallery of rogues, eccentrics and brainstorming professors which … Hastings can manipulate with wonderful deftness’ Observer ‘A compendious, crisply argued and witty assessment’ Financial Times ‘[Hastings] writes with infectious relish … a magnificent parade of crooks, alcoholics and fantasists … [he] has drawn fascinating fresh material … A book that pulses along, yet is filled with acute insight into human ingenuity, frailty, and the ironies of evil’ Spectator ‘Magisterial … an author at the top of his game’ Country Life ‘Hastings deploys a formidable arsenal to tell his human stories, plus a refreshing degree of scepticism’ Daily Telegraph
£11.69
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Uniforms of the WaffenSS
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Stanford University Press Violence as Worship
Book SynopsisThe book views religious violence as a special type of social action and analyzes the world views and scripts of modern militant religious communities as well as those of their opponents.Trade Review"Hans Kippenberg's Violence as Worship: Religious Wars in the Age of Globalization offers an insightful and fresh perspective using a historically detailed sociology . . . Well-written and historically-robust case studies make this book a valuable addition to the growing literature on religion and violence."—Melissa Mathes, Politics & Religion"In Violence as Worship, an expertly researched and excellently translated book, Kippenberg has offered a completely new interpretation of religious cum political conflicts in the contemporary world. This is a must-read book for government leaders, law enforcement officers, and religious personalities who advise presidents and other foreign politices."—Kofi Asimpi, Missiology"Kippenberg's handling of violence as a religious act has broader applications for how analysts consider religion, agency and causation. The book is enormously useful for the analysis of religious and civic activity."—Ipsita Chatterjea, Bulletin for the Study of Religion"This book is both one of the best contributions to the study of contemporary world conflicts and an impressive new approach to research on religiously inspired political conflicts in general. Kippenberg's approach is directed against all attempts to essentialize 'religion' and 'violence:' instead, he focusses on religious motivations and interpretations of violent acts by individuals and collectivities."—Hans Joas, Max Weber Center, University of Erfurt, Germany, and Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago"What makes Violence As Worship so engaging is Kippenberg's consistently brilliant use of social theory to explain the story behind the headlines. No one else has laid bare the extent to which religious advocates are also actors in civil society, empowered through the vast expansion of the public domain during the past half-century."—Bruce Lawrence, Duke University
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Simon & Schuster The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time
Book SynopsisA wise and witty compendium of the greatest thoughts, greatest minds, and greatest books of all time''listed in accessible and succinct form''by one of the world''s greatest scholars.From the ''Hundred Best Books'' to the ''ten Greatest Thinkers'' to the ''ten Greatest Poets, here is a concise collection of the world''s most significant knowledge. For the better part of a century, Will Durant dwelled upon''and wrote about''the most significant eras, individuals, and achievements of human history. His selections have finally been brought together in a single, compact volume. Durant eloquently defends his choices of the greatest minds and ideas, but he also stimulates readers into forming their own opinions, encouraging them to shed their surroundings and biases and enter ''the Country of the Mind, a timeless realm where the heroes of our species dwell. From a thinker who always chose to exalt the positive in the human species, The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time stays true to Durant''s optimism. This is a book containing the absolute best of our heritage, passed on for the benefit of future generations. Filled with Durant''s renowned wit, knowledge, and unique ability to explain events and ideas in simple and exciting terms, this is a pocket-size liberal arts and humanist curriculum in one volume.Table of ContentsContentsIntroductionChapter OneA Shameless Worship of HeroesChapter TwoThe Ten "Greatest" ThinkersChapter ThreeThe Ten "Greatest" PoetsChapter FourThe One Hundred "Best" Books for an EducationChapter FiveThe Ten "Peaks" of Human ProgressChapter SixTwelve Vital Dates in World HistoryIndexCopyright © 2002 by John Little, Monica Ariel Mihell, and William James Durant Easton
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Atlantic Books Peak Human
Book SynopsisAll golden ages are marked by periods of spectacular cultural flourishing, scientific exploration, technological achievement and economic growth; yet no two are the same. Their beliefs, societies and place in the wider world all vary. Despite this, all previous golden ages have ended, whether it be because of external pressures or internal fracturing; too much hubris or too little wariness.Looking at seven of humanity''s greatest civilizations - ancient Athens, the Roman Republic, Abbasid Baghdad, Song China, Renaissance Italy, the Dutch Republic and the Anglosphere - historian and commentator Johan Norberg seeks to distil their strengths and shortcomings in answering the question: how do we ensure that our current golden age doesn''t end?As insightful as it is riveting, Peak Human is at once a paean to our incredible progress and a warning that we cannot afford to be complacent.
£14.24
PublicAffairs,U.S. Why Nothing Works
Book SynopsisA provocative exploration about the architecture of power, the forces that stifle us from getting things done, and how we can restore confidence in democratically elected government.
£23.80
Adventures Unlimited Press Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings Evidence of
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£21.60
David R. Godine Publisher Inc Hamlets Mill
Book SynopsisA work of scientific and philosophical inquiry, in which, the authors track world myths to a common origin in early man's descriptions of cosmological activity, arguing that these remnants of ancient astronomy, suppressed by the Greeks and Romans and then forgotten, were really a form of pre-literate science.Trade Review"A book wonderful to read and startling to contemplate. If this theory is correct, both the history of science and the reinterpretation of myths have been enriched immensely." (Washington Post Book World)
£18.99
Henry Holt and Co. Emotions Revealed
Book SynopsisA tour de force. If you read this book, you''ll never look at other people in quite the same way again.Malcolm GladwellRenowned psychologist Paul Ekman explains the roots of our emotionsanger, fear, disgust, sadness, and happinessand shows how they cascade across our faces, providing clear signals to those who can identify the clues. As featured in Malcolm Gladwell''s bestseller Blink, Ekman''s Facial Action Coding System offers intense training in recognizing feelings in spouses, children, colleagues, even strangers on the street. In Emotions Revealed, Ekman distills decades of research into a practical, mind-opening, and life-changing guide to reading the emotions of those around us. He answers such questions as: How does our body signal to others whether we are slightly sad or anguished, peeved or enraged? Can we learn to distinguish between a polite smile and the genuine thing? Can we ever truly control our emotions? Packed with unique exercises and photographs, and a new chapter on emotions and lying that encompasses security and terrorism as well as gut decisions, Emotions Revealed is an indispensable resource for navigating our emotional world.
£15.99
Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Trickle Down Theory and Tax Cuts for the Rich
Book SynopsisThis essay unscrambles the gross misconceptions that have made rational debates about tax policies virtually impossible for decades.
£5.84
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Tanks at the Iron Curtain 196075
Book SynopsisA new analysis of the technology and tanks that faced off against each other on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain, during the very height of the Cold War.From the 1960s onwards, there was a generational shift in tank design and warfare with the advent of CBR (chemical, biological, radiological) protection and a move away from HEAT ammunition to APFSDS. This shift confronted the growing threat of guided anti-tank missiles and saw the introduction of composite armor. Soviet heavy tanks and tank destroyer/assault guns became obsolete, giving way to the technological might of the T-62 and T-64, while NATO forces employed the Chieftain, AMX-30, Leopard I, and M60, plus the initial attempt at a common US-German tank, the MBT-70. Using detailed illustrations and contemporary photographs, this companion volume to NVG 301, Tanks at the Iron Curtain 194660 focuses on key battle tanks and their technology to give a comprehensive overall picture of hTrade ReviewThe writer compares tank production figures, gun and ammunition, armour, and estimated combat effectiveness of opponent tanks. A good review of this big subject with photos and impressive artwork, recommended. -- John Ham * Tankette *This is an easy-to-read volume stacked with great images of cold war tanks, this is definitely a book worth picking up especially war gamers wo either play or plan to play A Cold War gone hot scenario. -- Jason Hubbard * Irregular Magazine *Table of ContentsIntroduction The Tanks, Doctrine, and Organization Soviet Union: The Rise of the Missile Tank Warsaw Pact United States: The Missile Tank Debacle; Radical Alternatives; M48/M60 Improvements United Kingdom West Germany France Tanks in Battle Technical Analysis Firepower T-62 vs. NATO tanks Fire control Protection Tank Armor of the 1960s Mobility Tank Comparisons Combat Effectiveness of NATO/Warsaw Pact Tanks: Further Reading Index
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Union Square & Co. Irish Fairy and Folk Tales
Book SynopsisA special pocket edition that features an elegant bonded-leather binding, distinctive gilt edging, and decorative endpapers. It is a suitable gift for anyone interested in Irish folklore.
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Health Communications Affirmations for the Inner Child
Book SynopsisAll of us need positive affirmation throughout our lives. As children, these powerful messages helped us to know that we were worthwhile, that it was all right to want food and to be touched, and that our very existence was a precious gift. The messages that we received from our parents helped us to form decisions that determined the course of our lives. If we were raised with consistent, nurturing parents, we conclude that life is meaningful and that people are to be trusted. If we were raised with parents who were addictively or compulsively ill, we determine that life is threatening and chaotic--that we are not deserving of joy. These are the crucial decisions that impact our lives long after we have forgotten them. Unfortunately, childhood judgments don't disappear. They remain as dynamic forces that contaminate our adulthood. When childhood needs are not taken care of because of abuse or abandonment, we spend our lives viewing the world through the distorted perception of a needy infant or an angry adolescent. The more we push these child parts away, the more control they have over us. This collection of daily meditations is dedicated to those adults who are ready to heal their childhood wounds. It is through this courageous effort that we will move from a life of pain into recovery.
£10.07
Pearson Education Pearson REVISE Edexcel ASA Level Biology Revision
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers Tutor Time
Book SynopsisNo matter what you teach, there is a 100 Ideas title for you!The 100 Ideas series offers teachers practical, easy-to-implement strategies and activities for the classroom. Each author is an expert in their field and is passionate about sharing best practice with their peers.Each title includes at least ten additional extra-creative Bonus Ideas that won''t fail to inspire and engage all learners._______________Essential for busy secondary form tutors, this book will inspire form time ideas that are constructive, exciting, yet take little preparation!Activities include community builders, PSHE related topics, creative thinking activities and a variety of active learning techniques to engage your students in discussions.While this book mostly focuses upon interesting, worthwhile and fun activities to do with a registration group it also includes some tips and advice on how to fulfill pastoral care responsibilities of pupils in a form group.
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ACC Art Books Harry Styles: and the clothes he wears
Book Synopsis"A true collector’s item…" — Tim Chan, Rolling Stone "Filled to the brim with everything from Harry's colour palettes to his inspiration, this pick combines high-fashion with all the quirkiness we love about HS and it's just perfect." — Glamour UK "Have the best-dressed coffee table by adorning it with this book filled with photos of THE best-dressed man." — Seventeen Magazine "It's a wonderful book... if you're a Harry Styles fan or not...just have a look at how he wears clothes, look at his influences, and if you are a Harry Styles fan, it's a double whammy." — BBC's Jo Good Show "This deep dive into some of his most iconic fits is a dream gift for the person who basically spent 2021-2023 living, breathing, and eating Love On Tour." — Buzzfeed “I’m incredibly lucky to have an environment where I feel comfortable being myself” – Harry Styles. Stepping bravely into the cyclone of 21st-century fashions, Harry Styles is more than weathering the storm. Whether he’s breaking the internet with his $7.99 frog-eyed yellow bucket hat or a pair of black fishnets, or fronting cult magazine The Beauty Papers, as he did in March 2021, Hazza’s sparkle knows no boundaries. Gucci met Styles in 2014, and there was instant chemistry. According to designer Alessandro Michele, Harry is ‘a young Greek God with the attitude of James Dean and a little bit of Mick Jagger’ – and that effortless superstardom certainly radiates from the photos in this collection, which document the heart of Harry’s wardrobe, both on-stage and off. Part fashion history lesson, pulling references from the rock and roll greats of the past, and part innovation, Harry’s style pays homage to Kurt Cobain and Marc Bolan, Prince and Little Richard, while developing into something authentic and entirely his own. This chic book fizzles with facts about Harry’s styling choices, presenting the star’s most revered looks alongside pictures that trace the roots of each design. With quotes from key designers, this is the perfect gift for any fan. Trade Review"A true collector’s item…" - Tim Chan, Rolling StonePosted on Instagram stories by Influencer Tara Thompson, Influencer Jenna Wolf, and Influencer Emmy Hartman. - InstagramPosted on Instagram stories by Magazine Elle Korea - InstagramHarry Styles... "has known how to break all the rules to dress matching classic Hollywood with rebellion of rock." [Translated from Spanish via Google Translate] - ELLE Mexico"Filled to the brim with everything from Harry's colour palettes to his inspiration, this pick combines high-fashion with all the quirkiness we love about HS, and it's just perfect." - Glamour UKPosted on Instagram stories by influencer Lauren Ladnier - Instagram"This collection book is a detailed study of the selection of outfits throughout the years of Styles' career and that prints the moment that the world is going through: one where inclusion, diversity and difference not only are welcome, but they set the fashion trends and 21st century society." - Grazie Mexico"Harry Styles fans unite: this epic book takes a look at the Watermelon Sugar singer's epic outfits to date through 100 fabulous photographs – also paying homage to the idols who have influenced his sartorial taste. A great gifts for teens who love Harry" - Glamour UK"This hardcover book by Terry Newman also features eye-catching photos of the artist’s amazing fashions, making it the ideal purchase for the biggest Harry Styles fan — or even fashion lover — you know." - Seventeen Magazine"Have the best-dressed coffee table by adorning it with this book filled with photos of THE best-dressed man." - Seventeen Magazine"With over 100 photos and references to pop idols that have inspired some of Styles’s looks, Harry Styles: And the Clothes he Wears takes readers on a deep dive into the artist’s closet." - Bella MagazinePosted on Instagram stories and TikTok by Influencer Andie J - Instagram and TikTokPosted on Instagram stories by Influencer Ceri Jones. - Instagram Ceri Jones"Has anyone else been keeping up with the ever-changing fashion evolution of Harry Styles? From suits, to skirts to sequins the man has done it all, and author Terry Newman, is serving it to us on a silver platter." - BELLA Magazine"It's a wonderful book... if you're a Harry Styles fan or not...just have a look at how he wears clothes, look at his influences, and if you are a Harry Styles fan, it's a double whammy." - BBC's Jo Good Show"See the inspiration behind some of the most famous looks worn by Harry Styles. The beautifully bound book has over 100 photos of the pop star and his fashion choices." - Entertainment Tonight"The Perfect Last Minute Gifts For The Pop Music Lover In Your Life." - Z100 New York Radio"This deep dive into some of his most iconic fits is a dream gift for the person who basically spent 2021-2023 living, breathing, and eating Love On Tour." - Buzzfeed
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Inner Traditions Bear and Company Gobekli Tepe: Genesis of the Gods: The Temple of
Book SynopsisBuilt at the end of the last ice age, the mysterious stone temple complex of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey is one of the greatest challenges to 21st century archaeology. As much as 7,000 years older than the Great Pyramid and Stonehenge, its strange buildings and rings of T-shaped monoliths--built with stones weighing from 10 to 15 tons--show a level of sophistication and artistic achievement unmatched until the rise of the great civilizations of the ancient world, Sumer, Egypt, and Babylon. Chronicling his travels to Göbekli Tepe and surrounding sites, Andrew Collins details the layout, architecture, and exquisite relief carvings of ice age animals and human forms found at this 12,000-year-old megalithic complex, now recognized as the oldest stone architecture in the world. He explores how it was built as a reaction to a global cataclysm--the Great Flood in the Bible--and explains how it served as a gateway and map to the sky-world, the place of first creation, reached via a bright star in the constellation of Cygnus. He reveals those behind its construction as the Watchers of the Book of Enoch and the Anunnaki gods of Sumerian tradition. Unveiling Göbekli Tepe's foundational role in the rise of civilization, Collins shows how it is connected to humanity's creation in the Garden of Eden and the secrets Adam passed to his son Seth, the founder of an angelic race called the Sethites. In his search for Adam's legendary Cave of Treasures, the author discovers the Garden of Eden and the remains of the Tree of Life--in the same sacred region where Göbekli Tepe is being uncovered today.Trade Review“Andrew Collins has not only written the definitive explanation of Gobekli Tepe, but he has probably explained one of the most important mysteries of all time: Where and how did modern humans evolve? This is a masterpiece of work that brings ancient history to life.” * Gregory Little, author of The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Mounds & Earthworks and ed *“Here is an author to watch. Here is someone interested in the truth who will take us there at all costs.” * Rand Flem-Ath, coauthor of Atlantis Beneath the Ice *“Göbekli Tepe: Genesis of the Gods by Andrew Collins is a comprehensive interpretation of the oldest advanced temple complex on Earth. Like Pompeii emerging from volcanic ash in 1599, Göbekli Tepe’s last moments were preserved by back-fill 10,000 years ago that totally preserved it as a museum of early prehistory. The extraordinary raised reliefs, pictograms, and pillars—many over twenty-feet tall and weighing many tons—tell the story of a forgotten culture from 11,500 years ago. World-renowned for his explorations of the prehistoric Middle East, Collins weaves together archeological, anthropological, astronomical, and spiritual aspects of Göbekli Tepe. His insights of Paleolithic sky-to-Earth cultic practices open our minds to Eden in the early Neolithic. In my own books, I have theorized that a series of cataclysms around 13,000 to11,500 years ago devastated Earth and traumatized our ancestors. Collin’s insights into this ancient site constructed by humans who were most likely recovering from post-cataclysmic trauma are compelling. This clear and correct interpretation of Göbekli Tepe offers even more! He draws our minds even deeper back 17,000 years to the Solutrean phase to describe human cultural development before the cultural regression. Göbekli Tepe awakens ancient memory to process deeply hidden trauma, from the past because it is a faithful and accurate depiction of the Paleolithic advanced culture. A must-read for anybody who wants to know the real story before “history” began.” * Barbara Hand Clow, author of Awakening the Planetary Mind: Beyond the Trauma of the Past to a New Er *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Dating System UsedIllustration Credits Introduction by Graham HancockPrologue In Quest of AngelsPart OneConstruction1 A Lifetime’s Work 2 Monumental Architecture 3 Frozen in Stone 4 Strange Glyphs and Ideograms Part TwoCosmos5 Gateway to Heaven 6 Window on Another World 7 Turned toward the Stars 8 The Path of Souls 9 Cult of the Vulture 10 Cosmic Birth StonePart ThreeCatastrophobia11 The Hooded Ones 12 Fear of the Fox’s Tail 13 Cosmic Trickster 14 From a Fox to a Wolf 15 Twilight of the Gods 16 The Wolf Progeny 17 A Dark Day in Syria 18 AftermathPart FourContact19 The Reindeer Hunters 20 Swiderian Dawn 21 The Solutrean Connection 22 Obsidian Obsession 23 The Bingöl Masters 24 Wolf Stone Mountain 25 Saviors of the World 26 Strange-Looking People Part FiveConvergence27 In the Garden of Eden 28 The Fountain of Paradise 29 The World’s Summit 30 Rise of the Anunnaki 31 The Making of Humankind 32 The Coming of the Watchers 33 Mountain of the Watchers 34 Walking with Serpents Part SixCompletion35 A Quiet Corner of Eden 36 The Red Church 37 The Secrets of Adam 38 As Angels Ourselves 39 The Return to Eden 40 A Trip to Paradise 41 Göbekli Tepe Revisited 42 A Loss of Innocence Appendix Useful Dates Notes Bibliography About the Author Index
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Working with Traumatic Memories to Heal Adults
Book SynopsisWhat potential does psychotherapy have for mediating the impact of childhood developmental trauma on adult life?Combining knowledge from trauma-focused work, understandings of the developmental brain and the neurodynamics of psychotherapy, the authors explain how good care and poor care in childhood influence adulthood. They provide scientific background to deepen understanding of childhood developmental trauma. They introduce principles of therapeutic change and how and why mind-body and brain-based approaches are so effective in the treatment of developmental trauma. The book focuses in particular on Pesso Boyden System Psychotherapy (PBSP) which uniquely combines and integrates key processes of mind-body work that can facilitate positive change in adult survivors of childhood maltreatment. Through client stories Petra Winnette and Jonathan Baylin describe the clinical application of PBSP and the underlying neuropsychological concepts upon which it is based. Working with Traumatic Memories to Heal Adults with Unresolved Childhood Trauma has applications relevant to psychotherapists, psychologists and psychiatrists working with clients who have experienced trauma.Trade ReviewFor those interested in learning more about Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor Therapy (PBSP) and its use in the treatment of individuals who have experienced childhood trauma, Working with Traumatic Memories to Heal Adults with Unresolved Childhood Trauma by Petra Winnette and Jonathan Baylin was written for you. Winnette was a student of Albert Pesso and her description of the therapeutic content, interventions, and process of PBSP, along with four detailed case studies of this use of this treatment model, demonstrate clearly how and why this mind-body method of psychotherapy is widely considered to be very effective in treating unresolved trauma. Winnette also traces the roots of PBSP to attachment theory and research along with our developing knowledge of developmental trauma, while Baylin describes in an understandable and thorough manner a neurobiological understanding of why PBSP is likely to be effective treatment model for trauma resolution, new learning and integration. Along with learning the basics of PBSP, the reader is also likely to understand ways in which the PBSP therapeutic process and specific interventions are likely to positively contribute to the effectiveness of their current practice in providing treatment for traumatized adults. -- Daniel Hughes, Ph.D., Founder of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and President of DDPIThis is the book we have been waiting for! It is unique in integrating the neuroscience of early development, attachment theory and an intriguing therapeutic approach, Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor (PBSP). The theorectical perspective and insightful case studies of adults with unresolved childhood trauma may well change one's mind about the possibilities in psychotherapy. A great achievement! -- Michal Goetz, MD, Ph.D., Child Psychiatrist, Charles University in PragueTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. Part 1: Background. 1. When Things Go Right. 2. When Things Go Wrong. 3. Children, Adults and Therapeutic Change. Part 2: Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor as a Therapeutic System. 4. PBSP. Part 3: PBSP Client Case Studies. 5. Emma, The Lady With a Bowl of Cold Water. 6. Anthony, The Young Man Who Jumped. 7. Rebecca, The Lady With a Wrong Ring. 8. Silvester, The Man Who Changed Everything. 9. Epilogue. Appendix. References.
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Kube Publishing Ltd A Treasury of Ghazali
Book SynopsisAbu Ḥamid al-Ghazali (d. 505/1111) has been described by some scholars as the greatest Muslim in Islamic history. His prolific works, written over the duration of his relatively short lifetime, have deeply influenced Islamic thought for nearly a thousand years. Al-Ghazali was a polymath who had mastered every discipline known to the scholars of his time. In many ways, his corpus of writings on law, theology, philosophy, and Islamic spirituality, represent the most influential understanding of the Islamic religion ever articulated. This short volume, written by one of the world’s leading experts on al-Ghazali, comprises forty gems from al-Ghazali’s inexhaustible treasury of writings, that give the modern reader insights into both the richness of al-Ghazali’s thought, and how they can better help us understand Islam today.Trade Review“This wonderful volume is a most welcome edition ... Each of these nuggets of wisdom is ably explained and aesthetically produced.”—Muhammad Hozien, Ghazali.orgTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION | 1 Education with the Right Intention; 2 Are You in the Wrong Business?; 3 Seek Felicity; 4 Introspection; 5 Do Your Good Deeds Outnumber Your Bad Ones?; 6 The Greatest Pleasure of All; 7 Deconstructing Greek Metaphysics; 8 Do not Eat Your Path to Heaven; 9 The Merits of Marriage; 10 Striving Beyond Justice; 11 Degrees of Piety; 12 The Fruit of Divine Love; 13 Travelling; 14 Listening to Songs; 15 Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil; 16 Behaviour is the Mirror of the Heart; 17 Flames of Repentance; 18 Patience Against Sin; 19 True Grace; 20 A Plantation for the Hereafter; 21 Shamefully Busy; 22 Sins as True Veils; 23 Occasionalism (Allah is the Cause of all Events); 24 Love is the Renewed Imperative; 25 On Knowledge, 26 Action and Sincerity; 27 There Are Absolutely No Secrets; 28 Thinking and Having a Preference for the Eternal; 29 Remembering Death; Knowledge vs. Gold and Silver; 30 Presenting Faith to Children; 31 External Cleansing and Internal Purification; 32 Deconstructing Distractions; 33 Fasting Has Three Degrees; 34 Liberation from Attachments; 35 Involvement of the Tongue, Intellect and Heart in Reciting the Holy Qur’an; 36 Knowing Allah Is a Matter of the Heart; 37 Inculcating Beautiful Personal Traits; 38 Excessive Appetite for Food Unleashes Destructive Forces; 39 Healing the Love for Status; 40 Revolting Against Powerful Unjust Rulers | REFERENCES | INDEX
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The Crowood Press Ltd The Medieval Tailor's Assistant: Common Garments
Book SynopsisThe Medieval Tailor's Assistant is the standard work for both amateurs and professionals wishing to re-create the clothing of Medieval England for historical interpretation or drama. This new edition extends its range with details of fitting different figures and many more patterns for main garments and accessories from 1100 to 1480. It includes simple instructions for plain garments, as well as more complex patterns and adaptations for experienced sewers. Advice on planning outfits and materials to use is given along with a range of projects and alternative designs, from undergarments to outer wear. Early and later tailoring methods are also covered within the period. There are clear line drawings, pattern diagrams and layouts and over eighty full-colour photographs that show the garments as working outfits.
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Oxford University Press Hermeneutics
Book SynopsisHermeneutics is the branch of knowledge that deals with interpretation, a behaviour that is intrinsic to our daily lives. As humans, we decipher the meaning of newspaper articles, books, legal matters, religious texts, political speeches, emails, and even dinner conversations every day . But how is knowledge mediated through these forms? What constitutes the process of interpretation? And how do we draw meaning from the world around us so that we might understand our position in it? In this Very Short Introduction Jens Zimmermann traces the history of hermeneutic theory, setting out its key elements, and demonstrating how they can be applied to a broad range of disciplines: theology; literature; law; and natural and social sciences. Demonstrating the longstanding and wide-ranging necessity of interpretation, Zimmermann reveals its significance in our current social and political landscape. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewThis very readable and much needed introduction breaks new ground in that it is the first to demonstrate, with insight, wit and a trove of illuminating examples, the importance of hermeneutics in all fields of knowledge. * Jean Grondin, Université de Montréal *Zimmerman offers one of the best short introductions to modern hermeneutics. The writing is at all times concise, clear and engaging. The author brilliantly evaluates the riches of this major intellectual tradition as well as revealing its ongoing creative influence on contemporary thought. * Richard Kearney, Charles Seelig Professor at Boston College and author of Anatheism and Carnal Hermeneutics. *An excellent introduction to that most characteristic of human activities, the attempt to understand. From the key figures in the development of the discipline to the application of their ideas in various fields, the reader is shown what it means to think hermeneutically and invited to do so as well. * Fr. John Behr, Dean, St Vladimir's Seminary *The Introduction clearly points to the major issues involved in hermeneutics. Jens Zimmermann writes excellently for a wide audience and the references to texting and to digital worlds gives it a contemporary feel. * Graham Ward, Regius Professor of Divinity, Christ Church Oxford, Director of Graduate Studies New York *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. What is Hermeneutics? ; 2. Hermeneutics: A brief history ; 3. Philosophical hermeneutics ; 4. Hermeneutics and theology ; 5. Hermeneutics and law ; 6. Hermeneutics and science ; 7. Hermeneutics and the humanities ; References ; Further reading ; Index
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Floris Books Rudolf Steiner's Curriculum for Steiner-Waldorf
Book SynopsisThis book is an in-depth exploration of the curriculum of the first Waldorf school, expanding on the original 'Lehrplan'.Divided into sections, the book outlines Steiner's comments on schools and lessons in general, as well as many details on his thinking on specific issues ranging from different age groups to classroom decoration and arrangement.This important book for all Steiner-Waldorf teachers gets to the heart of Steiner's ideas on education and child development.
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HarperCollins Publishers Coaching with Nlp
Book SynopsisA practical guide to using NLP in business and life coaching from bestselling NLP expert Joseph O'Connor. This book is suitable for both established coaches and for those who are being coached.Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is the psychology of excellence. It is based on the practical skills that are used by all good communicators to obtain excellent results. These skills are invaluable for personal and professional development.NLP provides most, if not all, of the skills necessary to become a full time coach or a manager who coaches. This book will help all those looking to have any level of involvement in coaching either as a coach or as the recipient of coaching. NLP enables the coaching process to be faster with fewer meetings, a great benefit in today's time-pressured industries.This book is one of the first to combine business and life coaching with NLP. It provides guidelines and skills for an improved all-round performance as a coach, along with the skills necessary to look after, organize and coach yourself. It provides a comprehensive guide to coaching that will meet the needs of all, no matter what their involvement in coaching.
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Wordsworth Editions Ltd Leviathan
Book SynopsisWith an Introduction by Dr Richard Serjeantson, Trinity College, CambridgeSince its first publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan has been recognised as one of the most compelling, and most controversial, works of political philosophy written in English. Forged in the crucible of the civil and religious warfare of the mid-seventeenth century, it proposes a political theory that combines an unequivocal commitment to natural human liberty with the conviction that the sovereign power of government must be exercised absolutely. Leviathan begins from some shockingly naturalistic starting-points: an analysis of human nature as being motivated by vain-glory and pride, and a vision of religion as simply the fear of invisible powers made up by the mind. Yet from these deliberately unpromising elements, Hobbes constructs with unparalleled forcefulness an elaborate, systematic, and comprehensive account of how political society ought to be: ordered, law-bound, peaceful. In Leviathan, Hobbes presents us with a portrait of politics which depicts how a state that is made up of the unified body of all its citizens will be powerful, fruitful, protective of each of its members, and — above all — free from internal violence.
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Scribe Publications Parenting from the Inside Out: how a deeper
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HarperCollins Publishers The Girl From Aleppo Nujeens Escape From War to
Book SynopsisPreviously published as NujeenThe story that is inspiring the world.Read about Nujeen who escaped the hell of war in Aleppo and travelled to Europe in a wheelchair.She is our hero. Everyone must read her story. She will inspire you' MALALA YOUSAFZAINujeen Mustafa has cerebral palsy and cannot walk. This did not stop her braving inconceivable odds to travel in her wheelchair from Syria in search of a new life. Sharing her full story for the first time, Nujeen recounts the details of her childhood and disability, as well as the specifics of her harrowing journey across the Mediterranean to Greece and finally to Germany to seek an education and the medical treatment she needs.Nujeen''s story has already touched millions and in this book written with Christina Lamb, bestselling co-author of I Am Malala', she helps to put a human face on a global emergency.Trapped in a fifth floor apartment in Aleppo and unable to go to school, she taught herself to speak English by watching US television.Trade Review‘The story of Nujeen, amazing young woman and Syrian refugee, reminds the world that refugees, just like others, have aspirations and dreams for peace, education and a better society. Nujeen inspires me to dream without limits’MALALA YOUSAFZAI ‘Spirited and humbling, and is proof that a refugee is a person first, a statistic last’, Books of the Year, Sunday Times ‘Extraordinary. We have heard many accounts of refugees’ journeys in the past couple of years but none like this one. If it was Lamb who wrote the words, you sense it is Nujeen’s spirit she has caught. The is important chronicle of our strange and terrible times seems likely, in fact, to make her a star’ The Times ‘THE GIRL FROM ALEPPO is a book about a truly remarkable disabled young girl refugee from Syria. I read it in 24 hours – without a dry eye. Not tears of sadness – tears of joy about the glory of a triumphant human spirit. Go on. I challenge you. I bet you cannot read this, dry eyed, to the end’ PADDY ASHDOWN
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Pinter & Martin Ltd. Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View
Book SynopsisVolunteers are invited to a scientific laboratory under the pretence of participating in a study about the effects of punishment on learning. They are instructed by an experimenter to administer an electric shock of increasing intensity every time a 'learner', strapped to an electric conductor, makes a mistake. How many, if any, would go right up the scale to 450 Volts? The implications of Stanley Milgram's extraordinary findings (up to 65 per cent of subjects administered the full shock) are devastating. From the Holocaust to Vietnam and Iraq, "Obedience to Authority" goes some way towards explaining how ordinary people can commit the most horrific of crimes if placed under the influence of a malevolent authority. This title is presented with a new foreword by Jerome Bruner.
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Oneworld Publications The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian
Book SynopsisAt a time when a lasting peace between Palestinians and Israelis seems virtually unattainable, understanding the roots of the longest-running conflict in the Middle East is an essential step in restoring hope to the region. In The Iron Cage, Rashid Khalidi, one of the most respected historians and political observers of the Middle East, examines the Palestinian’s struggle for statehood, presenting a succinct and insightful history of the people and their leadership throughout the twentieth century. Ranging from the Palestinian struggle against colonial rule and the establishment of the State of Israel to the current rivalry between Hamas and Fatah, this is an unflinching and sobering critique of the Palestinian failure to achieve statehood, as well as a balanced account of the odds ranged against them. Lucid yet challenging, Rashid Khalidi’s engrossing narrative of this tortuous history is required reading for anyone concerned about peace in the Middle East.Trade Review"A work of forceful historical analysis written in a spirit of self-examination . . . 'The Iron Cage' compels us to reflect more deeply on the problems that continue to bedevil the Palistinain movement." * The Nation *"the book will delight everyone sick to death of following the minutiae of the "peace process" and the inevitable apportioning of blame for its failure. Equally, it is a godsend for those new to the subject, as it presents a strong analysis within a frameworkd that is comparable across colonized peoples." * International History Review *"'The Iron Cage' is a patient and eloquent work, ranging over the whole of modern Palestinian history from World War I to the death of Yasser Arafat. Reorienting the Palestinain narrative around the attitudes and tactics of the Palestinians themselves, Khalidi lends a remarkable illumination to a story so wearily familiar it is often hard to believe anything new can be found within." Jonathan Shainin * Salon *"Khalidi asks crucial questions regarding the state of Palestinian identity and viability that no other historians or political analysts have covered with such depth." Alejandra Ju * Political Affairs *"Khalidi's book is no exercise in victimology. He is tough on the British, the Israelis, and the Americans, but she is scarcely less hard-hitting in appraising the Palestinians. The final chapter provides an excellent critique of the Palestine Liberation Organization's labored moves toward the recognition of Israel and the idea, increasingly bruited, that a two-state solution is no longer feasible." L. Carl Brown * Foreign Affairs *"A must-read historical and political study of the national Palestinian movement . . . Supporters of the Palestinians and of Israel will read this book in different ways and with different eyes, but both will find Khalidi's presentation richly illuminating." Neil Caplan * The Middle East Journal *"[Khalidi's] most accomplished effort to date . . . Magesterial in scope, meticulous in its attention to detail, and decidedly dispassionate in its analysis, 'The Iron Cage' is destined to be a benchmark of its genre." Joel Schalit * Tikkun *"A first-rate and up-to-date historical and political analaysis of the Palestinian predicament." * Publishers Weekly *"A lucid and compelling examination of the Palestinian dilemma by 'arguably the foremost US historian of the modern Middle East'." Warren I. Cohen * Los Angeles Times Book Review *"Khalidi, tackling ‘historical amnesia,’ brilliantly analyses the structural handicap which hobbled the Palestinians throughout 30 years of British rule . . . Khalidi restores the Palestinians to something more than victims, acknowledging that for all their disadvantages, they have played their role and can (and must) still do so to determine their own fate." * The Guardian *"Khalid [has] done much to provide a Palestinian narrative rooted in personal histories but disciplined by the standards of Western scholarship." * The New York Times *"Khalidi, tackling ‘historical amnesia,’ brilliantly analyses the structural handicap which hobbled the Palestinians throughout 30 years of British rule . . . restor[ing] the Palestinians to something more than victims." * The Guardian *"Khalidi [has] done much to provide a Palestinian narrative rooted in personal histories but disciplined by the standards of Western scholarship." * The New York Times *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Writing Middle Eastern History in a Time of Historical Amnesia 1. Arab Society in Mandatory Palestine 2. The Palestinians and the British Mandate 3. A Failure of Leadership 4. The Revolt, 1948, and Afterwards 5. Fateh, the PLO, and the PA: The Palestinian Para-State 6. Stateless in Palestine
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Puddle Dancer Press Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life:
Book Synopsis5,000,000 COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE • TRANSLATED IN MORE THAN 35 LANGUAGESWhat is Violent Communication? If “violent” means acting in ways that result in hurt or harm, then much of how we communicate—judging others, bullying, having racial bias, blaming, finger pointing, discriminating, speaking without listening, criticizing others or ourselves, name-calling, reacting when angry, using political rhetoric, being defensive or judging who’s “good/bad” or what’s “right/wrong” with people—could indeed be called “violent communication.” What is Nonviolent Communication? Nonviolent Communication is the integration of four things: • Consciousness: a set of principles that support living a life of compassion, collaboration, courage, and authenticity • Language: understanding how words contribute to connection or distance • Communication: knowing how to ask for what we want, how to hear others even in disagreement, and how to move toward solutions that work for all • Means of influence: sharing “power with others” rather than using “power over others” Nonviolent Communication serves our desire to do three things: • Increase our ability to live with choice, meaning, and connection • Connect empathically with self and others to have more satisfying relationships • Sharing of resources so everyone is able to benefitTrade Review"Nonviolent Communication connects soul to soul, creating a lot of healing. It is the missing element in what we do." Deepak Chopra, author , How To Know God"Dr . Rosenberg has brought the simplicity of successful communication into the foreground. No matter what issue you're facing, his strategies for communicating with others will set you up to win every time." Anthony Robbins, author , Awaken the Giant Within and Unlimited Power"Marshall Rosenberg's dynamic communication techniques transform potential conflicts into peaceful dialogues and create compassionate connections. I highly recommend this book." John Gray, Ph.D., author , Men are From Mars, Women are from Venus"You have to be able to say, 'Where is this person coming from?' he says. 'What makes them tick? Why are they excited or frustrated by something that is happening, whether it's about computing or beyond computing?' There's far more to McCracken's outstanding piece. Nadella gave him a close and honest look at both himself and Microsoft, and the result is a fun must-read." Ben Kerschberg, Forbes"Upon becoming Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella asked his top executives to read Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication . . . . If empathy as a measure of emotional IQ is a predictor of success, then Nadella hit the nail on the head by inculcating the corporate giant with the trait from top to bottom. Why else is empathy important? Microsoft is both a services and a product company, and its offerings have to resonate with users. Nadella states: 'You have to be able to say, "Where is this person coming from? What makes them tick? Why are they excited or frustrated by something that is happening, whether it's about computing or beyond computing?"' Harry McCracken, Fast Company"The 1 Book That Transformed Microsoft's Culture from Cutthroat to Creative." Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, Inc"Nadella's time as CEO was initially shaped by Marshall Rosenberg's 'Nonviolent Communication,' which he asked his top executives to read. This was the first indicator to senior leadership that Nadella would not operate like his predecessors" Satya Nadella , Microsoft CEO, Business Insider"The CEO of Microsoft, the most valuable company in the world, grounds himself and Microsoft's culture on ideas he's learned thanks to his reading habit. 'I read a few pages here or a few pages there,' Nadella told Fast Company. 'There are a few books, of course, that you read end-to-end. But without books I can't live.' Nadella's time as CEO was initially shaped by Marshall Rosenberg's 'Nonviolent Communication,' which he asked his top executives to read. This was the first indicator to senior leadership that Nadella would not operate like his predecessors. Nadella recommended it to his leadership team, symbolically differentiating his expectations from that of his predecessors. Nonviolent communication integrates qualities like compassion and effective communication to allow for better leadership. Rosenberg writes from a position of experience and research: He has started peace programs in places throughout the world that have experienced the effects of war, including Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Serbia, and Ireland. This book outlines the principles of peaceful conflict resolution. It's interesting to note that one of the concepts involves sharing power with others instead of using power over others. Nadella recommended it to his leadership team, symbolically differentiating his expectations from that of his predecessors. Reports have found that Microsoft used to have a conflict-heavy culture under Steve Ballmer now there's nonviolent communication coming from the top." Satya Nadella , Microsoft CEO, Business Insider
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Basic Books Frames of Mind The Theory of Multiple
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Her Place at the Table
Book SynopsisThoroughly revised and updated and with a new Introduction by the authors, this paperback edition of Her Place at the Table draws on extensive interviews with women leaders to help all women negotiate their path to leadership success. A Woman''s Guide to Taking Her Place at the Leadership Table It''s time for women to take their places at the leadership tables alongside men. Why? Because the skills we developed at the foot of the tablebringing people together, building bridges across differences, and thinking outside the boxare in great demand. But to use this time and these skills to the greatest advantage, read this book. The authors have set a great meal for you...just devour it. Marie C. Wilson, president and founder, The White House Project Does she have the right stuff? That question follows women whenever they are promoted to visible leadership positions. Her Place at the Table lays out the pragmatic moves that can help any woman in bTable of ContentsIntroduction: Taking Your Place at the Leadership Table—Questions Will Be Asked 1 1 Drill Deep 19 Negotiating the Intelligence for Informed Decisions 2 Mobilize Backers 55 Negotiating for Critical Support 3 Garner Resources 97 Negotiating Key Allocations 4 Bring People On Board 127 Negotiating Buy-In 5 Make A Difference 169 The Big Challenge Appendix A 201 A Road Map to Negotiating the Five Challenges Appendix B 206 What Organizations Can Learn from How Women Leaders Negotiate the Five Challenges Notes 209 Bibliography 219 Acknowledgments 229 About the Authors 231 Index 235
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Random House USA Inc Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece
Book SynopsisFrom fire-stealing Prometheus to scene-stealing Helen of Troy, from Jason and his golden fleece to Oedipus and his mother, this collection of classic tales from Greek mythology demonstrates the inexhaustible vitality of a timeless cultural legacy. These stories of heroes and powerful gods and goddesses are set forth simply and movingly, in language that retains the power and drama of the original works by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Homer.Introduction by Werner JaegerWith black-and-white illustrations throughoutPart of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Etruscans
Book Synopsis* The first, full account of Etruscan politics, culture and society, placing Etruscans in their Mediterranean context. * Incorporate up--to--date finding from landscape archaeology. * Includes unique practical guide to more than 60 Etruscan sites.Trade Review"Written with scholarly precision but without condescension The Etruscans deserves to be on the shelves of all those who want an up-to-date overview of the subject." History Today, Volume 48, Sept 98. "As well as offering new approaches and interpretations the book presents the reader with concise summaries of, often highly contentious, recent debates." Vedia Izzet, Christ's College, Cambridge. "In an impressively comprehensive book, they weave together material from a wealth of sources, classical literature, land surveys and excavation - their text providing a lesson in itself in how to recreate ancient history." History Today.Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. The Landscape. 2. Origins. 3. Sources and Society. 4. Cultural Transformations. 5. Settlement and Territory. 6. Subsistence and Economy. 7. Life, Cult, and Afterlife. 8. Romanization. Appendix: Etruscan Places - A Rough Guide. Bibliography. Index.
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Dover Publications Inc. The Crowd
Book SynopsisOne of the greatest and most influential books of social psychology ever written, brilliantly instructive on the general characteristics and mental unity of a crowd, its sentiments and morality, ideas, reasoning power, imagination, opinions and much more. A must-read volume for students of history, sociology, law and psychology.
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Faber & Faber Voices from the Grave
Book SynopsisEd Moloney''s Voices from the Grave follows his highly acclaimed A Secret History of the IRA, the best-informed account yet written of the IRA''s evolution from ruthless guerilla army into governmental party. But reconciliation between political figures who until very recently wished each other dead or in jail has not been accompanied by very much truth-telling about the past. Men who have been to the White House and fraternized with Tony Blair deny that they ever fired a shot in anger, or caused a bomb to be planted.Now, in Voices from the Grave, a truly ground-breaking piece of historical evidence is unearthed. Two former paramilitary leaders - one republican, one loyalist - speak with unprecedented frankness about their role in some of the most appalling violence of the Troubles. The openness of Brendan Hughes of the IRA and David Ervine of the UVF results in a book of shocking and irresistible testimony, their voices set in the context of a narrative by Ed Moloney of their lives and of the society they grew up in.
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John Blake Publishing Ltd Talking with Female Serial Killers - A chilling
Book SynopsisChristopher Berry-Dee, criminologist and bestselling author of books about the serial killers Aileen Wuornos and Joanne Dennehy, turns his uncompromising gaze upon women who not only kill, but kill repeatedly. Because female murderers, and especially serial murderers, are so rare compared with their male counterparts, this new study will surprise as well as shock, particularly in the cases of women like Beverley Allitt, who kill children, and Janie Lou Gibbs, who killed her three sons and a grandson, as well as her husband. Here too are women who kill under the influence of their male partners, such as Myra Hindley and Rosemary West, and whose lack of remorse for their actions is nothing short of chilling. But the author also turns his forensic gaze on female killers who were themselves victims, like Aileen Wuornos, whose killing spree, for which she was executed, can be traced directly to her treatment at the hands of men. Christopher Berry-Dee has no equal as the author of hard-hitting studies of the killers who often walk among us undetected for many years, and who in so many cases seem to be acting entirely against their natures.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Anthropology: Why It Matters
Book SynopsisHumanity is at a crossroads. We face mounting inequality, escalating political violence, warring fundamentalisms and an environmental crisis of planetary proportions. How can we fashion a world that has room for everyone, for generations to come? What are the possibilities, in such a world, of collective human life? These are urgent questions, and no discipline is better placed to address them than anthropology. It does so by bringing to bear the wisdom and experience of people everywhere, whatever their backgrounds and walks of life.In this passionately argued book, Tim Ingold relates how a field of study once committed to ideals of progress collapsed amidst the ruins of war and colonialism, only to be reborn as a discipline of hope, destined to take centre stage in debating the most pressing intellectual, ethical and political issues of our time. He shows why anthropology matters to us all.Introducing Polity’s Why It Matters series: In these short and lively books, world-leading thinkers make the case for the importance of their subjects and aim to inspire a new generation of students.Trade Review"Ingold, one of the most original and radical thinkers alive, presents his unique vision in a crystal-clear and passionate way. The book deserves a wide readership inside and outside the discipline."—Thomas Hylland Eriksen, University of Oslo "Anthropology: Why It Matters is both an introduction to and a profound meditation on the classic questions of anthropology. It is a model of what I would call 'companionable thinking.'"—Veena Das, Johns Hopkins UniversityTable of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: On taking others seriously Chapter 2: Similarity and difference Chapter 3: A discipline divided Chapter 4: Rethinking the social Chapter 5: Anthropology for the future Further reading Index
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