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Cornerstone Publishing House Pillars of Parenting: Timeless Secrets For
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Critical Publishing Ltd Advising on Governance in Education
Book SynopsisAn ideal book for new or prospective education advisers which focuses on why governance is needed, what forms of governance are necessary and how these are implemented in practice. As the third instalment of The Education Adviser series, it offers essential background reading for anyone involved in advising within the education system. Divided into three sections, this book details the specifics of governance, illustrating the skills, knowledge, understanding and approaches required for governance advising. As a contributed volume, it presents a diverse range of perspectives from MAT leaders, headteachers, key influencers, and education advisers at local, regional, national and international levels. Each chapter concludes with the author's analysis of the impact and differences made, resulting in a thorough, insightful, and practical text. These case scenarios also encourage readers to reflect and consider integrating these approaches to their own practice. Chapter contents include:the importance of quality advice for school governors;regulatory frameworks across the UK jurisdictions;the principles of good governance;governance and partnerships;the role of governance in transformative change within the school setting. Readers will be fully equipped with an understanding of the role of governance in education advising and how this can enhance the educational outcomes of children, young people, and the overall effectiveness of educational settings.
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Zeichner Risk Analytics Cybersecurity Foundations: An Interdisciplinary
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Common Notions Echoes of Cochabamba
Book SynopsisLessons from the greatest people’s victory against corporate neoliberal capture in Latin America.Water is life! From the frontlines of the greatest popular rebellion against the privatization of water comes the triumphant grassroots story of ordinary people in Cochabamba, Bolivia who became water warriors. As Echoes of Cochabamba shows in vivid detail, the 2001 “water wars” was an explosion of democracy and human rights regained by the masses, which won popular control of water supply and defied all odds by driving out the transnational corporation that had stolen their water in the first place.Oscar Olivera, a trade union machinist who helped shape and lead a movement that brought thousands of ordinary people to the streets, powerfully conveys the perspective of a committed participant in a victorious and inspirational rebellion.Olivera relates the selling of the city’s water supply to Aguas del Tunari—a subsidiary of US-based Bechtel—the subsequent astronomical rise in water prices, and the refusal of poverty-strapped Bolivians to pay them. Olivera brings us to the front lines of a movement, chronicling how the people organized an opposition and the dramatic struggles that eventually defeated the privatizers.With hard-won political savvy, Olivera reflects on major themes that emerged from the war over water: the fear and isolation that Cochabambinos faced with a spirit of solidarity and mutual aid; the challenges of democratically administering the city’s water supply; and the impact of the water wars on subsequent resistance.Twenty-five years later, Cochabamba teaches us that the real issue is not the capture of state power, but the creation of new pathways from the grassroots up.
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American Society for Training & Development Virtual Training Tools and Templates
Book SynopsisA Complete & Practical Toolkit for Successful Virtual Training Create the most effective virtual training solutions for your organization by using the right tools for the right learning situation. In this updated edition of Virtual Training Tools and Templates, online learning pioneer Cindy Huggett expands on her first edition by adding more than 80 new tools and sharing her most powerful ones to help training professionals create engaging virtual learning that leads to results. Whether you’re a training program manager, designer, facilitator, or producer, you’ll find expert guidance on selecting the right technology, working with IT colleagues, designing creative programs, developing activities, and facilitating experiences to engage and inspire learners. The new edition includes: 185 checklists, worksheets, questionnaires, templates, and other training and learning aids that provide accessible, effective virtual learning for everyone Tips on incorporating the latest trends in hybrid, immersive, and global classrooms More than a dozen tools for measuring your program’s success so you can move forward with confidence Resources to make the behind-the-scenes work of producers and administrators more effective For a complete reference on virtual training, see Cindy’s companion volume, The Virtual Training Guidebook, second edition, which offers step-by-step advice for planning, designing, and building high-impact programs. These two volumes combined cover what you need to know to design and deliver successful virtual training.
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Simon & Schuster The Right Kind of White
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking memoir documenting the various attempts the author makes to define himself in relation to other White people and the journey to create a more inclusive language for his white identity.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Marxism and History
Book SynopsisThis textbook examines Marxism’s enormous impact on the way historians approach their subject. Tackling current historiographical questions in an accessible way, the author offers a clear introduction to Marxist views of history, key Marxist historians and thinkers, and the relevance of Marxist theory and history to students’ own work. This is a concise, thorough overview of an important area of historiography. The second edition incorporates significant new developments in research, including Marxist contributions to the emergence of global, maritime and transnational history; the discovery of Marx’s ecologism and the historical critique of fossil capitalism as a source of environmental disaster; a reassessment of gender oppression through social reproduction theory; and the contribution of Marxism to debates on race, Eurocentrism and whiteness. Table of Contents1. Introduction2. Marxist History’s Wide Panorama3. Marx and Engels’s Conception of History4. The Historical Writings of Marx and Engels5. The Second Generation and the Philosophy and Writing of History6. ‘Rescuing the Poor Stockinger’: History from Below7. Marxism, Structuralism, Humanism8. Marxism and Postmodernism9. Conclusion
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Physics Education
Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive overview of the theoretical background and practice of physics teaching and learning and assists in the integration of highly interesting topics into physics lessons. Researchers in the field, including experienced educators, discuss basic theories, the methods and some contents of physics teaching and learning, highlighting new and traditional perspectives on physics instruction. A major aim is to explain how physics can be taught and learned effectively and in a manner enjoyable for both the teacher and the student. Close attention is paid to aspects such as teacher competences and requirements, lesson structure, and the use of experiments in physics lessons. The roles of mathematical and physical modeling, multiple representations, instructional explanations, and digital media in physics teaching are all examined. Quantitative and qualitative research on science education in schools is discussed, as quality assessment of physics instruction. The book is of great value to researchers involved in the teaching and learning of physics, to those training physics teachers, and to pre-service and practising physics teachers.Table of ContentsTopics of Physics Education and Connections to other Sciences.- Professional Competencies for Teaching Physics.- How to Teach a Teacher: Challenges and Opportunities in Physics Teacher Education in Germany and the U.S..- Instructional Design.- Nature of Scientific Knowledge and Nature of Scientific Inquiry in Physics Lessons.- Instructional Coherence and the Development of Student Competence in Physics.- Multiple Representations and Learning Physics.- Physical-Mathematical Modelling and its Role in Learning Physics.- Physics Tasks.- Experiments in Physics Teaching.- Multimedia and Digital Media in Physics In-struction.- Instructional Explanations in Physics Teaching.- Language in physics instruction.- Students’ Conceptions.- Formative Assessment- Methodical Basics of Empirical Research.- Qualitative research on science education in schools.
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Springer International Publishing AG High-Quality Outdoor Learning: Evidence-based
Book SynopsisThis open access book reviews evidence and case studies on the effects of outdoor learning on teachers and learners. It shows how real-world learning outside the classroom contributes to unlocking the full potential of learners, demonstrating its benefits for academic learning, social competencies, personal and emotional development, psychological well-being, and physical activity and health. In addition, the book highlights how outdoor learning nurtures environmental awareness and helps learners to tackle current sustainability challenges. Its focus on high-quality learning makes it a unique contribution to the implementation of SDG 4. Aimed at lecturers at teacher training universities, teachers, professional educators, coaches, and multipliers who train staff of educational NGOs, as well as decision makers on all levels of education systems, this book is of interest to all those who seek a more in-depth understanding of the future of education.Table of Contents1. Preface Rolf Jucker & Jakob von Au (editors): contextualising Education Outside the Classroom (EotC) Cluster 1: Accumulating scientific evidence that EotC is high quality learning / supporting the learning potential of kids 2. Cathy Jordan and Louise Chawla: A Coordinated Research Agenda for Nature-Based Learning 3. Kuo Ming, Barnes Michael, Jordan Catherine: Do Experiences With Nature Promote Learning?Converging Evidence of a Cause-and-Effect Relationship 4. Kuo Ming, Browning Matthew H. E. M., Penner Milbert L.: Do Lessons in Nature Boost Subsequent Classroom Engagement? Refueling Students in Flight 5. Louise Chawla: Childhood nature connection and constructive hope: A review of research on connecting with nature and coping with environmental loss 6. Rolf Jucker: Summary of: Caroline Fiennes et al.: The Existing Evidence-Base about the Effectiveness of Outdoor Learning 7. Sue Waite (Plymouth): International views on school-based outdoor learning. Cluster 2: Results of the TEACHOUT research project 8. Erik Mygind: Udeskole - pupils’ physical activity and gender perspectives 9. Erik Mygind & Mads Bølling: Pupils’ well-being, mental and social health 10. Karen Barfod and Erik Mygind: Udeskole – Regular teaching outside the classroom Cluster 3: Accumulating scientific evidence that EotC is supporting the health of pupils & teachers 11. Richard Hobday: Outdoor Learning and Children’s Eyesight 12. Sue Waite and Jennie Aronsson, Plymouth University: Some impacts on health and wellbeing from school-based outdoor learning Cluster4: Necessary teacher’s competences for teaching EotC / necessary changes in teacher training curriculums and CPD 13. Christina Wolf: A review on outdoor-based teaching in higher education 14. Jeff Mann, Son Truong, Tonia Gray: Rediscovering the potential of outdoor learning for developing 21st century skills 15. Nadia Lausselet / Ismaël Zosso: How to achieve quality teacher outdoor education: a competence centre shows possible paths 16. Svantje Schumann: Investigating the Experience of Nature: Challenges and case-analytical approaches Cluster 5: Case studies and context 17. Nicholas Robin: a reflection on outdoor learning in the history of science education 18. Rowena Passy and Ian Blackwell, Plymouth University: Natural Connections: learning about outdoor based learning 19. Christian Armbrüster / Matthias D. Witte (Mainz): Outdoor-based teaching and learning in Germany Theoretical considerations and empirical findings 20. Ulrich Dettweiler, Gabriele Lauterbach, Ruth Kermish-Allen: Fostering 21st Century Skills by Teaching Science Outside the Classroom: Students’ Perceived Relevance of Contents and Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction 21. Carol Rowntree Jones, Sue Anderson, Caroline Scothern: Creating a Forest for Learning in the National Forest, England 22. Rolf Jucker: outdoor-based teaching and learning in Switzerland: bilingual approaches to systemic integration
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Springer International Publishing AG Antonio Gramsci: An Intellectual Biography
Book SynopsisThis intellectual biography provides an organic framework for understanding Antonio Gramsci’s process of intellectual development, paying close attention to the historical and intellectual contexts out of which his views emerged. The Gramsci in Notebooks cannot fully account for the young director of L’Ordine Nuovo, or for the communist leader. Gramsci’s development did not occur under conditions of intellectual inflexibility, of absence of evolution. However, there is a strong thread connecting the “political Gramsci” with Gramsci as a “cultivated man.” The Sardinian intellectual’s life is marked by the drama of World War I, the first mass conflict in which the great scientific discoveries of the previous decades were applied on a large scale and in which millions of peasants and workers were slaughtered. In all of his theoretical formulations, this dual relation, which epitomizes the instrumental use of “simpletons” by ruling classes, goes beyond the military context of the trenches and becomes full-fledged in the fundamental relations of modern capitalist society. In contrast with this notion of social hierarchy, which is deemed natural and unchangeable, Gramsci constantly affirmed the need to overcome the historically determined rupture between intellectual and manual functions, due to which the existence of a priesthood or of a separate caste of specialists in politics and in knowledge is made necessary. It is not the specific professional activity (whether material or immaterial) that determines the essence of human nature: to Gramsci, “all men are philosophers.” In this passage from Notebooks, we find the condensed form of his idea of “human emancipation,” which is the historical need for an “intellectual and moral reform”: the subversion of traditional relations between rulers and ruled and the end of exploitation of man by man.Table of ContentsPART ONE – THE YOUNG REVOLUTIONARY 1. The premises of an uninterrupted discourse 2. Dialectics versus positivism: the young Gramsci’s philosophical background 3. Self-education and autonomy of producers 4. Lenin and the topicality of revolution 5. L’Ordine Nuovo 6. The origin and defeat of the Italian revolution 7. The party problem 8. Revolutionary reflux and reactionary offensive PART TWO – THE POLITICAL LEADER 1. The new Party 2. The Comintern and the “Italian case” 3. Toward a new majority 4. Gramsci leading the Party 5. Theoretical maturity between 1925 and 1926 6. The Congress of Lyon PART THREE – THE THEORETICIAN 1. From Sardinia’s contradictions to the sourther question 2. The Notebooks: the difficult beginnings of a “disinterested” work 3. Hegemonic relations, productive relations and the subaltern 4. Permanent transformism 5. Historical premises and congenital contradictions in Italian biography 6. “The old dies and the new cannot be born” 7. The double revision of Marxism and similarity with Lukács 8. Translatability and hegemony 9. The philosopher man and the tamed gorilla 10. Michels, the intellectuals and the issue of organization 11. The dismantling of the old schemes of political art EPILOGUE References
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Springer International Publishing AG One Rights: Human and Animal Rights in the
Book SynopsisThis is an open access book.Animals are the traditional blind spot in human rights theory. This book brings together the seemingly disparate discourses of human and animal rights, and looks at emerging animal rights as new human rights. It approaches the question whether animals can and should have human rights through a comprehensive review of contemporary human rights philosophy, discussing both naturalistic and political justifications of human and animal rights. On philosophical as well as practical grounds, this book argues that there are compelling conceptual, principled, and prudential reasons for modernizing the human rights paradigm and integrating animals into its protective mandate. Moreover, this book proposes the novel One Rights approach as a new (post-)human rights paradigm for the Anthropocene. One Rights advances a holistic understanding of the indivisibility and interdependence of human and animal rights. This book explores how the systematic subjugation, exploitation, and extermination of animals simultaneously contributes to some of the gravest social and environmental threats to human rights, such as animalistic dehumanization and climate change. This book submits that, in light of their socio-political and ecological interconnectedness, human and animal rights are best protected in concert. The themes of this book are part of a larger conversation about postanthropocentric legal paradigms emerging in the Anthropocene. For human rights to survive in this era of anthropogenic crises, we need to abandon the toxic ideology of human exceptionalism and embrace a more inclusive version of (post-)human rights that tends to the nonhuman. This book intends to show that a holistic One Rights approach promises to achieve better rights-protective outcomes for humans, animals, and their shared planetary home.Table of ContentsAnimal Rights: A New (Non-)Human Rights Revolution?.- Naturalistic Conceptions of Human and Animal Rights: From Human Exceptionalism to Transspecies Universalism.- Political Conceptions of Human and Animal Rights: Principled and Prudential Reasons.- One Rights: Indivisibility and Interdependence of Human and Animal Rights.
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Springer International Publishing AG The Referendum that Changed a Nation: Scottish
Book SynopsisDrawing on data from the Scottish Referendum Study and subsequent Scottish Election Studies, this book provides the first in depth analysis of how voters engaged with the independence referendum in 2014 and what impact this has had on vote choice, polarisation and engagement in Scotland since then. The book contains eight chapters, and discusses how voters engaged with the referendum campaign, explains vote choice by examining reactions to the cues of parties, leaders and events, and compares the importance of these to calculations about risk. Table of Contents1. Studying Referendums and Voting in Scotland2. The 2014 Referendum Campaign3. How Voters Reacted to Campaign Cues4. Explaining Referendum Vote Choice5. Two Earthquakes or One?6. Electoral Behaviour 2014 to 2019: The Multi-Level Voter in Scotland7. How the Referendum Changes Scotland: Engagement, Polarisation and Losers' Consent8. Conclusion
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Mdpi AG Mental Health Promotion for Refugees and Other
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Mdpi AG Reflective Learning in Higher Education
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Springer International Publishing AG The Rise of Victimhood Culture: Microaggressions,
Book SynopsisThe Rise of Victimhood Culture offers a framework for understanding recent moral conflicts at U.S. universities, which have bled into society at large. These are not the familiar clashes between liberals and conservatives or the religious and the secular: instead, they are clashes between a new moral culture—victimhood culture—and a more traditional culture of dignity. Even as students increasingly demand trigger warnings and “safe spaces,” many young people are quick to police the words and deeds of others, who in turn claim that political correctness has run amok. Interestingly, members of both camps often consider themselves victims of the other. In tracking the rise of victimhood culture, Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning help to decode an often dizzying cultural milieu, from campus riots over conservative speakers and debates around free speech to the election of Donald Trump. Trade ReviewSelected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2018“Comprehensive, measured, and well researched, this may be the most important book of the year. Period. … The authors do a masterful job of explaining the nation’s shift from a culture of honor, to a culture of dignity, to one of victimhood. … Required reading for those seeking to move beyond the seeming downward spiral of becoming a nation of victims.” (J. R. Mitrano, Choice, Vol. 56 (1), September, 2018)“Sociologists Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning have produced the first systematic theoretical analysis of the moral culture of “victimhood” emerging on university campuses. … This book is an important addition to the sociology of morality in its documentation of the contours of a newly emerging moral culture.” (Kevin Mccaffree, skeptic.com, February, 2018)Table of Contents1. Microaggression and the Culture of Victimhood 2. Microaggression and the Structure of Victimhood 3. Trigger Warnings, Safe Spaces, and the Language of Victimhood 4. False Accusations, Moral Panics, and the Manufacture of Victimhood 5. Opposition, Imitation, and the Spread of Victimhood 6. Sociology, Social Justice, and Victimhood7. Victimhood, Academic Freedom, and Free Speech 8. Conclusion
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Springer International Publishing AG Feminism in Play
Book SynopsisFeminism in Play focuses on women as they are depicted in video games, as participants in games culture, and as contributors to the games industry. This volume showcases women’s resistance to the norms of games culture, as well as women’s play and creative practices both in and around the games industry. Contributors analyze the interconnections between games and the broader societal and structural issues impeding the successful inclusion of women in games and games culture. In offering this framework, this volume provides a platform to the silenced and marginalized, offering counter-narratives to the post-racial and post-gendered fantasies that so often obscure the violent context of production and consumption of games culture.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Reframing Hegemonic Conceptions of Women and Feminism in Gaming Culture (Kishonna L. Gray, Emma Vossen, and Gerald Voorhees) Part I. Neither Virgin Nor Vixen: Representations of Women 2. Women by Women: A Gender Analysis of Sierra Titles by Women Designers (Angela R. Cox) 3. The Material Undermining of Magical Feminism in Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea (James Malazita) 4. “From Sirens to Cyborgs:The media politics of the female voice in games and game cultures (Milena Droumeva) 5. The Magnificent Memory Machine: The Nancy Drew Series and Women’s History (Robyn Hope) 6. The Sexual Politics of Videogame Graphics (Robert Mejia & Barbara LeSavoy) Part II. All Made Up: Gendering Assemblages 7. Women’s Experiences on the Path to Game Development (Johanna Weststar & Marie-Josée Legault) 8. Rule Makers versus Rule Breakers: The Impact of Legislative Policies on Women Game Developers in the Japanese Game Industry (Tsugumi Okabe) 9. Sexism and the WoWGirl: A Study of Perceptions of Women World of Warcraft (Thaiane Oliveira, Reynaldo Gonçalves, Alessandra Maia, Julia Silveira, and Simone Evangelista) 10. With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Video Game Live Streaming and its Potential Risks and Benefits for Female Gamers (Lena Uszkoreit) Part III. Beyond Feminization: Gaming and Social Futures 11. Doing/Undoing Gender with the Girl Gamer in High Performance Play (Emma Witkowski) 12. The Magic Circle and Consent in Gaming Practices (Emma Vossen) 13. Shoot the Gun Inside: Doubt and Feminist Epistemology in Video Games (Elyse Janish) 14. Women Agents and Double-Agents: Theorizing Feminine Gaze in Video Games (Stephanie C. Jennings) 15. Feminism and Gameplay Performance (Emma Westecott)
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AV Akademikerverlag Mamma Medea von Tom Lanoye in der Inszenierung
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Babadada BABADADA, Nederlands - Amharic (in Geʽez
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Crecimiento de Autoayuda Recuperándose del abuso narcisista: Una guía
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Sri Satguru Publications Nature in Asian Traditions of Thought: Essays in
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Wydawnictwo STRATUS, Artur Juszczak Fighting Ships of the U.S. Navy 1883-2019: Volume
Book SynopsisThis series of books provides details of all USN warships from 1893 to the present day. Every class and individual ship has an entry providing details of the procurement, dimensions and characteristics, and a summary of each ship's history and development. Profusely illustrated with photos. An essential manual for all US Navy enthusiasts and historians.This is volume four, part three - Destroyers (1937-1943).
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MMP Republic P-47c-5-Ra
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Wydawnictwo STRATUS, Artur Juszczak Hawker Hunter in British service
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Bohn,Scheltema & Holkema,The Netherlands In Mijn Koffer Op Zolder: Levensverhalen Van
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Double 9 Books A Guide To Health
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Westland Publications Limited Constitution Land
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Westland Publications Limited Career Heist How to Navigate Your Career
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Channel View Publications Ltd 2075 The Futures of Food Tourism
Book SynopsisThis book explores the future of food tourism in 2075 and beyond. It uses the principles of multiple futures to demonstrate, analyse and examine different paths that food tourism may take using scenario planning. It is timely given the issues of global food supply, climate change and the rise of food tourism as the core of the experience economy.
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Atlantic Books Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World
Book SynopsisNever in human history was there such a chance for freedom of expression. If we have Internet access, any one of us can publish almost anything we like and potentially reach an audience of millions. Never was there a time when the evils of unlimited speech flowed so easily across frontiers: violent intimidation, gross violations of privacy, tidal waves of abuse. A pastor burns a Koran in Florida and UN officials die in Afghanistan.Drawing on a lifetime of writing about dictatorships and dissidents, Timothy Garton Ash argues that in this connected world that he calls cosmopolis, the way to combine freedom and diversity is to have more but also better free speech. Across all cultural divides we must strive to agree on how we disagree. He draws on a thirteen-language global online project - freespeechdebate.com - conducted out of Oxford University and devoted to doing just that.With vivid examples, from his personal experience of China's Orwellian censorship apparatus to the controversy around Charlie Hebdo to a very English court case involving food writer Nigella Lawson, he proposes a framework for civilized conflict in a world where we are all becoming neighbours.Trade ReviewA major piece of cultural analysis, sane, witty and urgently important. Timothy Garton Ash exemplifies the "robust civility" he recommends as an antidote to the pervasive unhappiness, nervousness and incoherence around freedom of speech, rightly seeing the basic challenge as how we create a cultural and moral climate in which proper public argument is possible and human dignity affirmed. -- Rowan Williams, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and former Archbishop of CanterburyParticularly timely. . . Garton Ash argues forcefully that. . . there is an increasing need for freer speech. . . A powerful, comprehensive book * The Economist *Garton Ash has two virtues that are rarely combined. The ability to theorise and the ability to work. His research is wide-ranging. He covers all the great controversies of our time and many more illuminating conflicts you are unlikely to know about... An urgent and encyclopedic work -- Nick Cohen * Observer *Illuminating and thought-provoking... [Garton Ash's] larger project is not merely to defend freedom of expression, but to promote civil, dispassionate discourse, within and across cultures, even about the most divisive and emotive subjects. -- Faramerz Dabhoiwala * Guardian *Timothy Garton Ash aspires to articulate norms that should govern freedom of communication in a transnational world. His work is original and inspiring. Free Speech is an unfailingly eloquent and learned book that delights as well as instructs. -- Robert Post, Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law, Yale Law SchoolThere are still countless people risking their lives to defend free speech and struggling to make lonely voices heard in corners around the world where voices are hard to hear. Let us hope that this book will bring confidence and hope to this world-as-city. I believe it will exert great influence. -- Murong Xuecun, author of LEAVE ME ALONE: A NOVEL OF CHENGDUA thorough and well-argued contribution to the quest for global free speech norms. * Kirkus Reviews *A master class in political and historical analysis * Publishers Weekly *Free Speech is a resource, a weapon, an encyclopedia of anecdote, example and exemplum that reaches toward battling restrictions on expression with mountains of data, new ideas, liberating ideas. -- Diane Roberts * Prospect *Admirably clear... wise, up-to-the-minute and wide-ranging... Free Speech encourages us to take a breath, look hard at the facts and see how well-tried liberal principles can be applied and defended in daunting new circumstances. -- Edmund Fawcett * The New York Times Book Review *Timothy Garton Ash rises to the task of directing us how to live civilly in our connected diversity. -- John Lloyd * Financial Times *A brave and admirable attempt to construct a platform on which more people can find common ground, even if only on how to disagree without killing each other. Whether the ten principles are used or not, they are a considerable achievement. -- George Brock * Times Literary Supplement *
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Grub Street Publishing No Parachute
Book SynopsisFrom the young airmen who took their frail machines high above the trenches of World War I and fought their foes in single combat there emerged a renowned company of brilliant aces - among them Ball, Bishop, McCudden, Collishaw and Mannock - whose legendary feats have echoed down half a century. But behind the elite there were, in the Royal Flying Corps, many hundreds of other airmen who flew their hazardous daily sorties in outdated planes without ever achieving fame. Here is the story of one of these unknown flyers - a story based on letters written on the day, hot on the event, which tells of a young pilot's progress from fledgling to seasoned fighter. His descriptions of air fighting, sometimes against the Richtofen Circus, of breathless dog-fights between Sopwith Pup and Albatros, are among the most vivid and immediate to come out of World War I. Gould Lee brilliantly conveys the immediacy of air war, the thrills and the terror, in this honest and timeless acount. Rising to the rank of air vice-marshal, Gould Lee never forgot the RFC's needless sacrifices - and in a trio of trenchant appendices he examines, with the mature judgement of a senior officer of the RAF and a graduate of the Staff and Imperial Defence Colleges, the failure of the Army High Command to provide both efficient aeroplanes until mid-1917 and parachutes throughout the war, and General Trenchard's persistence in a costly and largely ineffective conception of the air offensive.Trade Review`Gould Lee brilliantly conveys the immediacy of air war, the thrills and the terror, in this honest and timeless account.' Britain at War; `Make no mistake; what we have here is a classic which gives a genuinely warm and detailed look at the life of a pilot on a typical fighter squadron during the violent days following Bloody April and into the last year of the war.' War History Online; `His wartime exploits still resonate in the stirring, first-hand narratives contained in this nicely illustrated book.' Over the Front; `An excellent work. 10/10.' The Great War; `This new edition deserves a special place in the bookcase of any self-respecting WWI aviation enthusiast.' WINDSOCK Worldwide; `Fascinating insight to the life of a fighter pilot. This is one of the classic pieces of aviation literature.' Cross & Cockade International
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Polari Press Patient L1
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ERIS The Right to Be Lazy
Book SynopsisPaul Lafargue spells out with unrivaled clarity the damage inflicted by the myth that endless work is morally virtuous.
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Future Horizons Incorporated How Do I Teach This Kid?: Visual Work Tasks for
Book SynopsisFirst Runner-Up in the 2006 Writer's Notes Book Awards, this book utilizes the strengths of children with ASD to help them develop new skills. Tasks are visually oriented, consistent; expectations are clear. Children learn motor, matching, sorting, reading, writing, and math skills using easy-to-make 'task boxes'. Tasks include pushing items through a small openings (children love the 'resistance' it takes to push them through); matching simple, identical pictures or words; sorting objects by color, size, or shape. Ideas are plentiful, materials colorful, and children love the repetitive nature of the 'tasks', which help them learn to work independently! Sample data sheets are included.Table of Contents What are task boxes? Creating an independent work system Stuff to save for task boxes What do you do with the stuff once you get it? Task Boxes to Make: MOTOR TASKS Put blocks in slot Pull clothespins off box, put in hole Put mini balls in hole Pull blocks off box, put in hole Pull teddy bears off box Put big checkers in slot Park cars in spot Assemble film canisters and drop in slot Put poker chips in slot Put coins in bank Put facial features on a potato toy Block construction MATCHING TASKS Plastic egg color match Clothespin color match Puzzle piece outline match Blocks color match Tile sample color match Simple picture match Match block pattern Memory match Shape match Border picture match Box top match Object to photo match Lotto picture match SORTING TASKS 2-Color car sort 3-color poker chip sort 4-color game piece sort 3-way colored beads sort Colored straw sort Boy-girl sort Teddy bear color sort Balls and Blocks sort Ghosts and pumpkins sort Apples and pumpkins sort Paint card sort Crayon sort Plastic utensil sore Sort sports cards by category File index cards by color Same/different sort Texture sort Category sort Sort by size READING TASKS Alphabet sequence Upper-to-lower case letter match Word-to-word match Word-to-picture match Clothespin word-to-picture match Blocks-to-color words match Paperclips-to-color words match Sentence to picture match Initial sound sort Initial letter match Character and setting sort 3-part story sequence File by first letter File words by category Alphabetical order on clothespins Holiday-to-month name binder Opposites binder WRITING TASKS Trace lines Draw lines to match Spell name sequence Letter match to spell word Attach clothespins to spell words Simple sentence construction with pictures Simple sentence construction with words MATH TASKS 1:1 Correspondence with pegs and film canisters 1:1 Correspondence with cotton balls and ice-cube tray Count dots, match to number Count sets of items, match to number Sequence numbers on strip Make sets on a box Fill in the sequence with missing number Sequence by skip counting Size seriation Make sets in ice cube tray Make sets in cups Extend pattern with stickers Appendix I: Sample IEP goals Appendix II: Data sheets for tracking independence
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American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Enacting the Work of Language Instruction Bundle
Book SynopsisThis bundle includes both volumes of Enacting the Work of Language Instruction.Volume 1 presents an approach to teacher education and professional development that emphasizes carefully deconstructing fundamental instructional practices that are complex and often not visible through observation, definition, or brief explanation. Its goal is to assist teachers in learning how to enact specific practices, referred to as high-leverage teaching practices, deemed essential to foreign language teaching and situated in theory and research.Six practices are presented in Volume 1: Facilitating Target Language Comprehensibility; Building a Classroom Discourse Community; Guiding Learners to Interpret and Discuss Authentic Texts; Focusing on Form in a Dialogic Context Through PACE; Focusing on Cultural Products, Practices, and Perspectives in a Dialogic Context; Providing Oral Corrective Feedback to Improve Learner PerformanceUnique features of the book include deconstruction of each practice, activities for rehearsing the practices, rubrics for assessing performance, tools to assist teachers in enacting the practices, and discussion of how each practice relates to larger educational issues.Volume 2 continues the discussion of HLTPs begun in Volume 1 by deconstructing an additional four practices that are complex and often not visible through observation or brief explanation:• Establishing a Meaningful and Purposeful Context for Language Instruction• Planning for Instruction Using an Iterative Process for Backward Design• Engaging Learners in Purposeful Written Communication• Developing Contextualized Performance AssessmentsFeatures of the book include deconstruction of each practice, activities for rehearsing the practices, rubrics for assessing performance, tools to assist teachers in enacting the practices, and discussion of how each practice relates to larger educational issues. This volume explains how teachers can move from deconstructing the practices to enacting them, and ultimately to using greater creativity in adapting the practices.
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Future Horizons Incorporated Different...Not Less: Inspiring Stories of
Book SynopsisTemple Grandin offers the world yet another great work, an inspiring and informative book that offers both hope and encouragement.In these pages, Temple presents the personal success stories of fourteen unique individuals that illustrate the extraordinary potential of those on the autism spectrum. One of Temple's primary missions is to help people with autism, Asperger's Syndrome, and ADHD tap into their hidden abilities. Temple chose these contributors from a wide variety of different skill sets to show how it can be done. Each individual tells their own story in their own words about their lives, relationships, and eventual careers. The contributors also share how they dealt with issues they confronted while growing up, such as bullying, making eye contact, and honing social skills. Different...Not Less shows how, with work, each of the contributors: Found invaluable mentors Learned skills necessary for employment when young Became successfully employed Developed self-confidence Faced the challenges of forming and maintaining relationships (and sometimes) Raised families Trade ReviewThis is an inspiring book. The stories of achievement will be encouraging for parents of a young child with an autism spectrum disorder and will be especially inspirational for adolescents and young adults who are feeling despondent that autism could deprive them of a successful career or relationship. This book has antidepressant qualities to rival those of medication." —Dr. Tony Attwood
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Gifted Unlimited Reflecting, Refracting, and Resituating
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Egypt’s Diplomacy in War, Peace and Transition
Book SynopsisWritten from the perspective of an insider of the most prominent events in the Middle East over the last fifty years, this book examines Egypt’s diplomacy in transformative times of war, peace and transition. The author offers unique insights, first-hand information, singular documents, critical and candid analysis, as well as case studies, richly sharing his experiences as the country’s Foreign Minister and ambassador. This project covers a wide range of issues including the Arab-Israeli peace process, the liberation of Kuwait, the invasion of Iraq, nuclear weapons proliferation in the region, relations with the United States, Russia and other major international and regional players. Most importantly, it offers a series of potential trajectories on the future of Egypt and its relations within the region and the world. This is an essential work for a number of audiences, including scholars, graduate students, researchers, as well as policy makers, and is strongly appealing for anyone who is interested in international relations and Middle Eastern politics. Trade Review Table of ContentsPart I Uncharted Destinies Chapter 1 Personal and Professional Alignments Part II Foreign Policy Challenges and Opportunities Chapter 2 Geopolitical Upheaval in the Middle East Chapter 3 No War Chapter 4 Yet No Peace Chapter 5 Efforts to Quell Nuclear Weapons Proliferation in the Middle East Chapter 6 New Engagement of Sensitive Neighbors and Longstanding Relations Chapter 7 An Indispensable but Uncomfortable Relationship Part III Egypt’s Continuous Transitions Chapter 8 After three decades a public awakening fueling two revolutions Chapter 9 A nexus of foreign and domestic policy throughout the Interim period Part IV Looking Forward Chapter 10 Towards a Better Middle East
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Male Body in Representation: Returning to
Book SynopsisThis international and multidisciplinary volume focuses on the male body and constructions of gender in a variety of cultural productions and formats. Locating the subject matter in relevant theoretical fields, it looks at representations of male bodies in various contexts through paranoid and reparative lenses. Organized into four major sections, the contributions assembled in this book feature engaging readings of ‘non/conforming bodies’, ‘fashionable bodies’, ‘passing bodies’, and ‘pioneering bodies’ that to different degrees foreground their critical and creative potentials. In its full scope, the book acknowledges the plurality of gendered experiences and the diversity of male bodies. The Male Body in Representation: Returning to Matter adds to Cultural Studies scholarship interested in the body and gender in general and contributes to the fields of Masculinity and Body Studies in particular.Table of Contents1. Returning to Matter: Critical Perspectives on Representations of the Male Body.- 2. Brother to Brother: A Rereading of Black Masculinities in Embodied Performance.- 3. ‘You’re a Real Man After All’: Fashioning the Male Physique in Twentieth-Century Boxing and Wrestling Magazines.- 4. Basil Dearden’s Violent Playground (1958): Masculinity, Class, and Sentimental Politics.- 5. Refashioning the Male Body: Contemporary Media Representations of the Spornosexual and the Waif.- 6. English Dandies and French Lions: Policing the Male Body in Popular Print and Visual Culture between 1815 and 1848.- 7. Stiliagi Masculinity and the Re-Fashioning of the Male Body in the Soviet Union (1948–1958).- 8. Claiming the Flâneur’s Body: Cross-Dressing Women, Autobiographical Self-Fashioning, and the Pleasures of Passing and Not Passing as a Man on the Street.- 9. Jake and Ellen in Transition: On Clarissa Sligh’s Mutable Bodies.- 10. “A Most Unlikely Hero”: Disability, Masculinity, and Sexuality in Harlequin Superromance Novels.- 11. Of Cyborgs, Aliens, and Tricksters: Posthumanist Perspectives on the Male Body in Caribbean Speculative Literature.- 12. Fashionable Men in Skin-Tight Pants: Shifts in Body Images and Concepts of Masculinity in the History of Men’s Legwear.- 13. “Isn’t it pretty to think so?” – Disability and the Queering of Masculinity in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises and D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover.- 14. Rereading the Male Body: The Cultural Power of Representation.
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Springer International Publishing AG A Lacanian Neuropsychoanalysis
Book SynopsisThis book brings together Lacanian psychoanalysis, neuropsychoanalytic work by Mark Solms and Ariane Bazan, Jaak Panksepp's affective neuroscience, Karl Friston's free energy principle, Adrian Johnston's transcendental materialist philosophy, and Darian Leader's critique of jouissance in Lacanian theory.
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Palgrave Macmillan Medias Investments in Untruths
Book Synopsis1. Introduction.- 2. Bernie Madoff: “It’s all just one big lie”.- 3. Anna Sorokin: “The true story of a complete fake”.- 4. Elizabeth Holmes: “The worst possible thing is to have someone who doesn’t believe in you”.- 5. Sam Bankman-Fried “There are a lot of ways to do good in the world”.- 6. Conclusion.
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transcript Verlag Conflicts in Urban FutureMaking
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Daimon Verlag Archetypal Approach to Death Dreams & Ghosts
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. The Coalition Years
Book SynopsisThe Coalition Years begins its journey in 1996 and explores the highs andows that characterized sixteen years of one of the most tumultuous periods in the nation''s political history. It is an insightful account of thearger governance phenomenon in Indiacoalition politicsas seen through the eyes of one of the chief architects of the post-Congress era of Indian politics.From the inexplicable defeat of the Congress in the 1996 general elections and the rise of regional partiesike the TDP and the TMC, to the compelling factors that forced the Congress to withdraw support to the I.K. Gujral government and the singular ability of Sonia Gandhi to forge an alliance with diverse political parties that enabled the Congress toead the coalitions of UPA I and II, Pranab Mukherjee was a keen observer and an active participant in the contemporary developments that reshaped the course of the country''s political, economic and social destiny.Beyond the challenges, complications and compulsions of coalition governments, this book is also a recollection of Mukherjee''s journey as the Cabinet Minister in the key ministries of defence, external affairs and finance, beginning from 2004. He recounts each of these events with candourthe path-breaking meeting with Henry Kissinger in 2004 that altered the course of the IndoUS strategic partnership, his timely advice to Bangladesh Army Chief Moeen Ahmed in 2008 thated to the release of political prisoners there and the differing views with RBI Governor D. Subbarao on the structure of the FSDC.The third volume of Mukherjee''s autobiography is a sharp and candid account of his years at the helm. It offers the most authoritative account of contemporary Indian politics by one of the tallesteaders and statesmen of our generation.
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Konark Publishers Pvt.Ltd Kunjikkalis Echoes of Liberation
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Unknown India Uzbekistan Perspectives on Connectivity
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Unknown IndiaIndonesia Relations A Civilisational
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Loescher Coedizioni Le vie dorate
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Juggernaut Publications India What the West Should Learn from India
Book SynopsisWith Indiaâs example, Lindner shows exactly what the world could learn from the countries of the Global South to better tackle tomorrowâs challenges.
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