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Book SynopsisThis book confronts an escalating crisis unfolding in Australian schools: the influence of manosphere-aggravated misogyny and the everyday gendered violences it produces. Drawing on interviews and testimonies from over 130 teachers, it examines the legacy of the profound harms caused by Andrew Tate, and the ways that other manosphere groups and ideologies are shaping boysâ attitudes and behaviour towards women in schools.The book argues that manosphere ideologies, amplified by powerful platform algorithms and galvanised by wider political shifts towards far-right populism and grievance-based politics, are contributing to misogynist radicalisation, increasingly surfacing in classrooms in boys' hostility toward gender equality, profound sexist behaviours, and strengthened commitments to the idea of 'male supremacy'. Part One maps this terrain, centering teachers' accounts that show how misogynistic narratives take hold, how they reanimate long-standing patterns of sexism in schools, and how institutions themselves often minimise or dismiss women educatorsâ experiences. Part Two turns to solutions, offering practical, research-informed guidance for teachers, leaders and policymakers seeking to build safer school environments and enable effective violence prevention work to take place. It provides strategies for whole-school change along with complementary pedagogical tools, while grappling with the structural barriers that hinder progress towards just outcomes.Accessible yet deeply grounded in data and theoretical analysis, Schooling Misogyny is both a diagnosis and a call to actionâan essential resource for anyone committed to addressing and preventing gender-based violence and creating more transformative educational futures.
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Book SynopsisUnlock Your PhD Potential is a comprehensive guide designed to help you overcome the hurdles of securing and succeeding in a PhD program. The book demystifies the doctoral journey, offering step-by-step advice on navigating applications, funding, and the challenges of academic life, while prioritising equity, diversity, inclusion, and mental well-being. Written by an expert in psychology, it empowers readers to approach their doctorate with confidence and resilience, highlighting how successfully navigating human relationships is central to PhD success. Packed with actionable insights, the guide covers everything from choosing the right supervisor and managing workâlife balance to combating procrastination and imposter syndrome. Drawing on decades of experience mentoring students from diverse backgrounds, as well as on her research expertise in the psychology of discrimination and structural barriers, Prof. Zagefka combines academic expertise with practical, real-world advice. Whether you are preparing to apply or already deep into your doctoral studies, this book offers essential strategies for excelling at every stage. Unlock Your PhD Potential is ideal for prospective and current PhD students in the UK and beyond, including international applicants and those from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds. Academic advisors and supervisors will also find it an invaluable resource for supporting doctoral researchers. With its accessible language and expert insight, it is your roadmap to academic success.
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Book SynopsisThis volume explores the transformative social change at the heart of designbuild education. From Black Mountain College to Rural Studio, designbuild was once viewed as a subversive critique of architectural education separate from the mainstream. Yet designbuild courses have exploded in popularity in the last decade so that nearly all schools of architecture boast designbuild programs or projects.With that widespread acceptance of designbuild comes a range of approaches and outcomes, from hands-on material and technological experimentation to the construction of large-scale projects addressing social challenges of their time and place. In Designbuild Pedagogies, leaders and innovators in designbuild pedagogy from around the world expound on the methods they use to approach their work and the potentials they envisage for this expanding mode of teaching. Collectively, these pieces frame designbuild as a radical form of education that shifts academic paradigms toward social justice. This book is structured into three main sections, The Past, The Present, and The Potentials and includes pieces by established practitioners and emerging voices from the US, Mexico, Chile, South Africa, Ecuador, Argentina, Thailand, Germany, the UK, and Australia.These provocative chapters make for an accessible and inspiring window into designbuildâs future and will be of interest to faculty and students of architecture and related design disciplines.
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Book SynopsisArtificial Intelligence is transforming work, politics and culture in unprecedented ways, despite concerns about education, economies and the environment. Universities are at the frontlines and academics are confronted daily by AIâs impact on teaching, research and institutional life. Artificial Universities situates the rise of AI within its larger cultural context, tracing its origins in myth, fiction and computational history, and drawing on speculative design, campus novels and critical theory to explore urgent questions. What happens to universities when AI outperforms humans in writing and most other tasks? What happens to Design when the tools are smarter than the users? Combining historical analysis and experimental methods using AI itself, chapters explore artificial personas and design fiction generators. These include a metaversity, where students attend as avatars and academics are disciplined by algorithmic tribunals. Artificial book reviews discuss campus novels where writing is obsolete and student work is evaluated through prompt logs. A dark academia gothic novel pictures an âœundead institutionâ enacting empty rituals long after their functional and symbolic roles have disappeared. Imaginary educational reviews report on the transformative uses of GenAI in Design schools around the world, from the RCA in London, where irony continues to thrive but nobody knows what to do with it, to the Dubai Pavilion of the Possible, where pleasure labs are used as therapeutic containment zones. These provocative fictions use AI materials in a creative and playful manner to reflect on real issues. The book also explores ways that AI bias can be addressed, not through Big Tech âœguard railsâ but by critically shaping outputs.With a unique blend of historical analysis and experimental methods, this book examines the ways in which generative AI may support or undermine different ideas of the university. It will be of interest to anyone concerned about the future of universities and the repercussions of AI.
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Book SynopsisWriting Positionality for Qualitative Inquiry: A Meta-Analysis of Written Research provides fundamental instruction for researchers on expressing positionality and incorporating written positionality statements into their research writing. The book offers a distinctive progression from identifying problems to implementing solutions, serving as a practical manual that emphasizes positionality's importance while guiding researchers through critical reflections on their data collection and analysis practices.Structured in three comprehensive parts, the work provides an overview of research writing practices and engages with existing scholarship to demonstrate how positionality has expanded scientific knowledge development beyond traditional objectivist foundations. Readers gain deep understanding of positionality's necessity within qualitative research through discussion of four major dimensions of written positionality, covering crucial issues such as sociocultural identities. The book explores future modes of positionality through pathways including intersectionality, intertextuality, and temporality, while an appendix featuring the author's own positionality statement serves as a practical reference exemplifying the concepts explored throughout.This valuable resource serves both emerging and established researchers across social science disciplines seeking to enhance research rigor by situating their role in data collection and analysis. It proves particularly useful for graduate students, qualitative researchers, ethnographers, and academics in sociology, anthropology, education, psychology, and related fields who need practical guidance for developing and articulating their positionality within scholarly work.
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Book SynopsisThis book examines modern American farmland preservation, arguing that its policies must address the social, identity, and psychological issues facing American farmers.As American farmland is disappearing rapidly, this crisis not only jeopardizes American agriculture but also threatens rural communities. While the American farmland preservation movement has focused on conservation easements, permanent land restrictions that work within the American legal systemâs preference for inalienable property rights, the author argues for a new era of farmland preservation based on stakeholder-led solutions. The book showcases how rapid development is escalating farmland loss in urbanizing parts of the country, meaning the problem facing much of rural America is the loss of farmers and farm communities, not farmland. Drawing on the authorâs career as a farmland preservation specialist, the book evaluates Americaâs current farmland preservation policies framed through the âœpolitics of place,â a term describing the role of place in local politics and civic engagement. Utilising interviews with farmland preservationists, the book highlights a broader, more holistic approach to farmland preservation than mere land protection. By featuring these prominent examples from around the country, the book puts forward a new future for farmland preservation that more insightfully addresses the social and economic issues facing Americaâs farming communities and fosters a more engaged rural citizenship.This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of food and agriculture, rural sociology, environmental management, as well as professionals working in farmland management, conservation and preservation.
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Book SynopsisThe SPSS Survival Manual throws a lifeline to students and researchers grappling with this powerful data analysis software.In her bestselling manual, Julie Pallant guides you through the entire research process, helping you choose the right data analysis technique for your project. From the formulation of research questions, to the design of the study and analysis of data, to reporting the results, Julie discusses basic through to advanced statistical techniques. She outlines each technique clearly, providing step by step procedures for performing your analysis, a detailed guide to interpreting data output and examples of how to present your results in a report. Illustrated with screen grabs, examples of output and tips, it is supported by a website with sample data and guidelines on report writing. This eighth edition is fully revised and updated to accommodate changes to IBM SPSS Statistics procedures, screens and output.For both beginners and experienced users in psychology, sociology, health sciences, medicine, education, business and related disciplines, the SPSS Survival Manual is an essential text.
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Book SynopsisAmid global sustainability difficulties and rising economic uncertainty, this book emphasizes the necessity for integrated strategies that harmonize security, sustainable development, and technological innovation. It helps create robust and transparent frameworks for organizations in dynamic contexts by utilizing advanced tools, including digital technology, renewable energy systems, and strategic knowledge management. The book emphasizes actionable tactics that link global security with sustainable economic advancement.The concepts in the book fundamentally rely on the utilization of digital technologies to improve security management and sustainability initiatives. Blockchain, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and predictive analytics are examined as essential instruments for maintaining operational resilience and adhering to regulatory requirements. Blockchain provides immutable data records that enhance transparency and trust within organizational ecosystems. This technology facilitates accurate tracking of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) parameters, bolstering stakeholders' trust in the organization's sustainability assertions. Likewise, IoT devices gather real-time data on energy usage, emissions, and supply chain efficiency, facilitating proactive modifications that conform to sustainable development objectives.The book underscores the strategic incorporation of renewable energy sources (RES) into security frameworks, establishing energy systems that are both sustainable and geopolitically stable. Organizations can diminish their reliance on non-renewable energy and enhance economic efficiency and long-term resilience by implementing solar, wind, and other renewable technologies. Improved energy security is essential for maintaining continuity during interruptions and facilitates the worldwide shift towards low-carbon economies. This component of the research demonstrates the relationship between energy sustainability and global security goals.
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Book SynopsisThe Patient and the Analyst is an essential work of psychoanalytic literature.Introducing and explaining the core principles of psychoanalytic work, the book is both a readable introduction and an authoritative work of reference. Covering subjects including transference and countertransference, resistance, interpretation and the treatment alliance, the authors provide considerable insight. This Classic Edition includes a new foreword by Peter Fonagy.The Patient and the Analyst is a classic work that will be essential reading for psychoanalysts in practice and in training.
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Book SynopsisLiteracy provides some of the most important challenges, and solutions, to learning in the classroom and beyond. However, each year worrying statistics suggest that literacy is in decline, with fewer children reading daily and falling national standards for writing. Literacy Essentials for Every Teacher is the definitive guide to literacy, summarising the best of what we know works with reading, writing, talk, and vocabulary development and providing practical solutions for transforming literacy outcomes in the classroom.Alex Quigley, author of the bestselling âClosing the Gapâ series, explains the âwhyâ of reading, writing, talk, and vocabulary, establishing the essential knowledge teachers need before offering a wealth of strategies and easy-to-use classroom activities that can be used across the curriculum every day to support literacy development. Including additional guidance on literacy assessment and supporting learners with SEND, the chapters equip teachers with the tools to build confidence in speaking, enhance vocabulary and foster a love for reading and writing.Packed with practical advice, answers to frequently asked questions, and examples spanning all phases of education, this is an essential resource for all teachers at every stage of their career.
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Book SynopsisThe sophisticated human capacity for trust is our crowning evolutionary achievement that makes social life and long-lasting relationships and institutions possible. This cutting-edge volume provides a comprehensive overview of the psychology of trust, featuring leading international researchers who have done ground-breaking work on the origins, nature, characteristics and consequences of trust.The chapters examine the evolutionary, historical, social, cultural and psychological origins of trust. The role of cognitive, motivational and affective processes influencing trust are discussed, and the current crisis of trust in Western liberal democracies receives special attention, representing a serious challenge to the survival of liberal democratic societies built on the enlightenment values of rationalism, individualism, humanism, and tolerance.Exploring one of the most intriguing psychological issues that shapes human social life, this book will be of interest both to a lay audience, as well as students and researchers interested in all areas relevant to the relationship between human psychology and the social and cultural processes that define our civilization.
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Book SynopsisThis book introduces the subject of Artificial Intelligence (AI), its structures, its uses, its application to the Artificial Neural Network, its technology applications, and the advantages and disadvantages of its use, including its potential weaknesses and drawbacks. Artificial Intelligence, in its broadest sense, is intelligence exhibited by machines, particularly computer systems. It is a field of research in computer science that develops and studies methods and software that enable machines to perceive their environment and use learning and intelligence to take actions that maximize their chances of achieving defined goals. Such machines may be called AIs. AI technology is widely used throughout industry, government, and science.Some high-profile applications include advanced web search engines (e.g., Google Search); recommendation systems (used by facilities such as YouTube, Amazon, and Netflix); interacting via human speech (e.g., Google Assistant, Siri, and Alexa); autonomous vehicles (e.g. Waymo); generative and creative tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Apple Intelligence, and AI art); and superhuman play and analysis in strategy games (e.g., chess and Go). However, many AI applications are not perceived as AI: For example, a lot of forefronts and cutting-edge AI has filtered into general applications, often without being called AI because once something becomes useful enough and common enough, it is no longer labeled as AI anymore.The growing use of artificial intelligence in the 21st century is influencing a societal and economic shift towards increased automation, data-driven decision-making, and the integration of AI systems into various economic and commercial sectors and areas of everyday life, impacting job markets, healthcare, government, industry, education, propaganda, and disinformation and deception, whether deliberate of otherwise. This raises questions about the long-term effects, ethical implications, and risks of AI, prompting discussions about regulatory policies to ensure the safety and benefits of the technology.
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Book SynopsisRussian Word Roots: Volume 2 provides a systemic approach to Russian vocabulary acquisition, focusing on the second most productive set of Russian word roots and their formation system to allow students to master both active and passive vocabulary more quickly.Each of the 15 alphabetically organized chapters focuses on a specific word root, including a list of vocabulary based on the root along with various exercises designed to review the acquired vocabulary to solidify studentsâ grasp of word formation. With this textbook, students will learn approximately 300 new words and improve their ability to deduce the meanings of new words through common roots. They will also gain a deeper understanding of the meanings of prefixes and suffixes, enhancing their ability to communicate more precisely. This second volume continues to not only strengthen the studentsâ Russian language but also sharpen linguistic skills in their native language by cultivating an awareness of semantic similarities across languages.Russian Word Roots: Volume 2 is ideal for students with a Novice High to Intermediate Low and higher proficiency in Russian on the ACTFL scale and an existing understanding of basic grammar concepts, including verb conjugation, cases, and word formation patterns.
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Book SynopsisWe Need to Talk about Menopause uses engaging storytelling and sharp analysis to explore the lived experiences of women going through menopause, breaking the silence around a topic that is often considered taboo. Written by a team of psychologists and anthropologists, it aims to provide support, understanding, and visibility for women navigating this major life transition and to reframe menopause as a time of transformation rather than deficiency.Through the stories of 60 different women, the book explores the physical and emotional toll of menopause, the impacts it can have on work and personal lives, and how these women navigated relationships, aging, and body image in a world that often stigmatizes this transition. The book shares personal stories about intrusive symptoms, feelings of isolation, and the struggle to talk openly about menopause. It encourages women and their families to start honest conversations, learn from each other, and recognize menopause as a unique and transformative experienceIt is valuable reading for those going through the menopause transition, their partners and families as well as medical professionals to hear the stories that donât often make it to their consultations. Amplifying these voices fosters a collective understanding of menopause as a natural, multifaceted experience.The authors have created a dedicated website to complement this book, offering a wealth of resources and support for women navigating menopause. Visit https://carleton.ca/conversations-about-menopause/ to explore additional insights, tools, and guidance.
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Book SynopsisEmbark on an exciting expedition with Logic Safari, where students dive into engaging problem-solving activities! As their excitement grows, so will their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills.Beloved for their versatility, these activities effortlessly integrate into multicurricular lessons and pullout programs with limited time. Each puzzle is thoughtfully designed with relatable introductions, clear clues, a grid, and vibrant images (now in color!) to keep students motivated. The challenge lies in hunting down clues, sorting, analyzing, and piecing them together to uncover the correct solution. With each book, the puzzles become increasingly complex, while fresh scenarios keep students excited and engaged. These deductive logic puzzles are so captivating that students eagerly tackle them, unaware of the valuable skills theyâre building along the way.This is the first book in the three-part Logic Safari series. For other levels of challenge, explore Logic Safari Book 2 and Logic Safari Book 3.
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Book SynopsisThis book helps sales professionals, support teams, process improvement experts, and internal consultants reduce operational complexity to improve sales operations. In addition to proven process methodologies, it discusses how to integrate leading-edge technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), work task mining, digitization, and data governance to reduce process complexity and friction. It is estimated that salespeople spend less than 50% of their time selling products or services. For some organizations, this percentage is as low as 30%. Non-selling time is spent on administrative activities and prospecting for new customers. Administrative activities include sales reporting, expediting orders for different reasons, handling customer inquiries and complaints, training, and working through the many tools, processes, and teams needed to get information or work done. The goal of this book is to show ways to remove administrative work tasks from sellers to increase deal velocity, give back selling time, and reduce lead time from quote to cash. In parallel, the author discusses ways to automate these tasks using automation strategies, including AI for important work tasks such as prospecting, lead management, creating quotes and proposals, preparing and managing customer meetings, and similar work. This book enhances customer, sales, support teams, and stakeholder satisfaction
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Book SynopsisPerforming with Resilience provides essential guidance for performers, educators, and industry professionals on sustaining mental health in the demanding entertainment industry.The book explores the psychological, emotional, and physiological challenges artists face and presents evidence-based strategies, practical exercises, and industry best practices to promote resilience, safety, and well-being. Blending neuroscience, psychology, and lived experience, this book reveals how creativity and care can work together rather than against each other. It offers practical tools for emotional regulation, boundary-setting, and recovery, turning complex research into language that artists can use in auditions, rehearsals, classrooms, and everyday life. The book provides strategies to manage emotional intensity, stress, and burnout; tools for setting boundaries and ensuring psychological safety; and science-backed approaches to emotional regulation and nervous system support. It also advocates for safe mental health practices and systematic industry changes to support the well-being of the artistsUnlike existing books that focus solely on technique or psychological resilience, this book integrates real-world industry insights, cutting-edge research, and practical, actionable tools tailored for actors, directors, and all members of the creative process. This book is written for actors, directors, mental health coordinators, intimacy coordinators, acting coaches, and drama educators.For free resources and resilience tools, visit www.vancityic.com and follow @vancityic for daily practices that support mental health in artistic spaces.
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Book SynopsisToward Sound Athletic Talent Development addresses a fundamental question in its comprehensive analysis of Denmarkâs unique approach to early athletic talent development: how can we develop world-class athletes without compromising their well-being, education, or identity? Central to Denmarkâs approach, the book shows, is a commitment to âœsoundâ development, a carefully constructed path that balances the pursuit of elite performance with the broader needs of growing individuals, and a path in which the authors explore in depth in this book. Grounded in the Danish experience, the book examines how young athletes aged 12 to 16 navigate the dual demands of sport and school, and how institutions can support them in doing so. Drawing from survey, interview, and observational data, the authors reject the notion that talent is simply innate and instead argue that athletic ability is socially constructed â emerging from relationships with coaches, clubs, schools, and communities. From this premise, they weave an analytically driven narrative that documents on the one hand how these programs within the Danish approach shape not only sporting skills but also identities, values, and social connections. On the other, its focus on collaboration, flexibility, and holistic growth compels us to reconsider how talent can be developed in a broad sense. Ranging from the personal experiences of student-athletes to the national policies that shape their opportunities, the book offers timely research for those interested in the relationship between sport and education and sport and society, and its insights stretch beyond to educators, policymakers, and sports professionals worldwide.
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Book SynopsisAll About Dyspraxia is an accessible and practical guide for primary school teachers, designed to increase their understanding of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), commonly known as dyspraxia, and equip them with adaptable strategies to support dyspraxic learners in their setting.The book shows how challenges can extend into every aspect of school life, from learning to write and use scissors, to managing self-care tasks, joining in playground games and forming friendships. Drawing upon the voices of dyspraxic children and adults, it unpicks myths and misconceptions before providing a wealth of evidence-based strategies to support independence, confidence and behaviour in the classroom. Chapters cover: Early identification and support to help learners thrive from the start. Recognising strengths often overlooked in traditional classroom settings. Strategies for developing handwriting, fine motor skills and self-care tasks like managing belongings and using cutlery. Guidance on technology use and sensory processing to create inclusive learning environments. Collaborating with parents to support dyspraxic learnersâ progress. Whether helping a child to manage their coat and shoes, develop legible handwriting, or prepare for secondary school, All About Dyspraxia offers clear, actionable guidance to empower all primary teachers, SENCOs and parents seeking to better understand and support children with dyspraxia.
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Book SynopsisAll About Dyspraxia is an accessible and practical guide for secondary school teachers, designed to increase their understanding of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), commonly known as dyspraxia, and equip them with adaptable strategies to support dyspraxic learners in their setting.The book explores a range of key areas, including timekeeping, homework, behaviour and evidence-based supports, and focuses on adaptations that can be made in every classroom. Drawing upon the voices of dyspraxic young people and adults, it unpicks myths and misconceptions before providing a wealth of evidence-based strategies to support independence, confidence and behaviour in the classroom. Chapters cover: Support with secondary transition to adapt to new routines and ease anxiety. Organisational skills to manage belongings and complete homework. Targeted strategies to support writing, fine motor skills, and physical tasks. Exam preparation and technology use to empower learners. Sensory processing adaptations and suggestions to foster positive mental health. Whether you're supporting a new learner through transition into secondary school, helping a final year learner manage coursework, or simply want to make your classroom more accessible, All About Dyspraxia provides clear, actionable guidance to empower all secondary teachers, SENCOs and parents seeking to increase their knowledge and understanding of dyspraxia.
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Book SynopsisNow in its third edition, Understanding Education Research is designed to help students learn to read educational research articles carefully, systematically, and critically.Readers learn how to categorize titles, decode abstracts, find research questions, characterize research arguments, break down methods and procedures, explore references, apply analysis strategies, and interpret findings. This textbook doubles as a quick reference guide that shows students how to easily develop the skills they need to become research literate, and this third edition has been updated to offer simple guidelines for qualitative, quantitative, and statistical approaches; up-to-date information on complex and confusing methodologies; discussions on understanding the role of AI; and insights on how students will use education research going forward.Understanding Education Research is essential reading for teacher preparation educational research courses.
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Book SynopsisThis book brings together the first-hand experiences of more than fifty mainstream and special school leaders to provide both inspirational and realistic advice on inclusion and SEND. Following an AâZ format, the book is packed with practical tips and solutions to everyday challenges and opportunities facing headteachers, SENCos and other senior leaders.A wealth of knowledge and skills are shared, covering topics from accountability and behaviour to relationships and resilience, with the intention of being meaningfully supportive during what can be challenging and intense working days. The growing complexity and demands of leadership roles, as well as the opportunities to share expertise in securing the progress of pupils who need additional or specialist support are also considered.Distilling guidance from the authorsâ in-depth interviews and action research, this accessible â and often humorous â dip-in-and-out book will be a valuable read for aspiring and practising leaders in both mainstream and specialist settings.
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Book SynopsisAs the tech billionaires dominate the headlines, this groundbreaking book reveals the overlooked yet formidable influence of multi-generational family wealth on the global economy. It provides essential insights into the largest wealth transfer in human historyâas 2% of the global population inherits vast fortunes over the next 25 yearsârevealing how this tsunami of inherited capital will transform investment landscapes, industrial financing, and potentially undermine nation-state autonomy.Drawing from extensive research and industry expertise, David Molian charts the meteoric rise of ultra-wealthy dynasties whose collective impact rivalsâand may outlastâSilicon Valley's tech titans. It charts the historical patterns behind industry-dominating family businesses and their evolution into business dynasties, and how the coming $30+ trillion wealth transfer will reshape global finance, investment, and economic development. In stagnating economic times, the search for growth and prosperity dominates government agendas throughout the world. The evidence suggests that family businesses outpace their peers. Through numerous case histories and industry analyses this book explains why, and how harnessing and supporting their success may be a critical part of regenerating national economies. It also explains the forcesâchiefly the components of globalismâthat have propelled family wealth in the eastern hemisphere in the last half-century.Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand where true economic power lies in the 21st century, the book is specifically of interest to professionals involved in family business, including private banks, family offices, family consultants, law firms and large accountancy practices.
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Book SynopsisAgents of the Invisible World explores an underappreciated aspect of the well-researched early modern witchcraft trials: children. In particular, this work analyses the various roles children played in English and New English witchcraft trials between 1589-1692, seeking to understand not only how children became involved in witchcraft trials but why.Using primary sources, including legal documents, pamphlets and hitherto overlooked archival materials, this book reveals that children were not always passive accusers who identified witches, but could be aggressive in their denunciations, sometimes even being accused of witchcraft themselves. By once again allowing these children to take centre-stage, Northcott uncovers the haunting history behind childrenâs pervasive involvement in witchcraft trials on both sides of the Atlantic. Readers are guided through thirty-six case studies from England and New England, making this the most detailed work on the role of children in England and New England to date. The main themes discussed include agency, motivation, influence and impact, incorporating multidisciplinary insights and principles from feminism, anthropology, history of emotion, social, cultural and religious studies.This volume is a valuable resource for students, scholars and anyone interested in concepts of early modern witchcraft and magic, children and childhood, and social history.
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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book makes the often-undiscussed aspects of fieldwork accessible to novice researchers by drawing on the authentic experiences of young field researchers from diverse backgrounds. From landing in unfamiliar territories and navigating local politics to data collection challenges and psychological impacts, this practical guide transforms real experiences into actionable insights.Venturing into the field for the first time can be both exhilarating and dauntingâunlike traditional manuals, this book offers multiple perspectives that prepare you for the realities of fieldwork while providing tools like SWOT analysis to evaluate your preparation. The journey unfolds through fourteen comprehensive chapters that follow the complete fieldwork cycleâfrom proposal development to post-fieldwork reflections. Learn how to judge the quality of your research design, make the most of preparatory visits, adapt when original plans need revision, and handle unexpected situations from medical emergencies to political complexities. Unique chapters address specific challenges such as conducting research in your hometown, safety concerns for female researchers, and the psychological dimensions of fieldwork that range from alienation to powerlessness. This essential resource serves multiple audiences across disciplines where field data collection is centralâethnography, anthropology, social geography, environmental studies, and beyond.It's invaluable for Master's and MPhil students preparing for their first field experience, PhD candidates planning extensive fieldwork, and supervisors guiding them through this critical process. Perfect as course material for fieldwork preparation classes and as a discussion tool for communities of practice, this book bridges the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application, ensuring that new researchers feel supported rather than isolated in their fieldwork journey.
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Book SynopsisCybernetic System Design for a Complex World has profound implications for leaders and decision-makers in any sector struggling to achieve clarity and agency in todayâs complex and dynamic world. This book provides the means to tailor organisations, capabilities, and technologies to their specific operating environments, whether simple or complex.By introducing a new way of thinking and visualising systems, this title enables professionals to better understand situations, design effective solutions, and make confident decisions. Rooted in the principles of cybernetics â the universal mechanisms through which all systems, social or technological, adapt and maintain viability in dynamic conditions â Cybernetic System Design for a Complex World combines a robust theoretical framework, practical tools, and methods to achieve effective agency even in the face of the most challenging tasks. Cybernetic ideas have been uniquely developed into an accessible and comprehensive methodology that is applicable to all aspects of purposeful system design and allows professionals to navigate the complexity of the modern âInformation Ageâ world.
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Book SynopsisIn exploring the birth of a Dutch identity between 1780 and 1830, this book integrates nationalism studies with literary and linguistic history by highlighting scholarly study of the Dutch language as a factor in the creation of the national identity. These early scholars promoted the Dutch language during a time of political upheaval, when citizens needed something to feel proud of. This book examines the impact individual agents had on a crucial stage in the Dutch nation-building process.
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Book SynopsisThis collection represents a new and significant contribution to the study of recipe books from the early modern period (ca. 1500â1800) by situating them in a broader European context, traversing Catalonia, Finland, French and German-speaking regions, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and England. Ten essays, including a critical introduction to the genre, trace the materiality of the books and the use of the instructions therein, investigating patterns of recipe collection and their evolution over time; the international transmission of recipes, ingredients, and artisanal knowledge; and womenâs manuscript culture. The authors explore how localised traditions of book production and domestic record-keeping shaped the physical forms of the books, and how stains, folds, marginalia, items pressed between pages, and pasted-in additions reveal their many uses. The inclusion of new ingredients and the integration of foreign recipes point to the many ways in which people, food, ideas, and books travelled the globe.
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Book SynopsisThe rise of generative AI presents both a challenge and an opportunity for educators, particularly English teachers. Teach English with AI: A Practical Guide for Secondary English Teachers offers practical guidance for navigating a rapidly evolving landscape, moving beyond the fear and scepticism to embrace AI as a tool for enhancing teaching and learning.In a world where AI skills are increasingly valuable and well rewarded in the workplace, this book provides English teachers with subject-specific strategies to integrate AI into their classrooms. It demonstrates how AI can augment, rather than replace, the core human skills that English curricula emphasise. Teachers will discover innovative ways to use AI to support students' development, from creative writing and critical analysis to communication and digital literacy.Blending practical application with a clear vision of human-centred design, this essential book equips English teachers with the knowledge, skills and strategies they need to thrive in the age of AI.
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Book SynopsisModern enterprises must address three concurrent challenges: rapid technological advancement, increasing regulatory requirements, and heightened customer expectations. In this context, the concept of cloud has evolved from a destination to an operating model. Pega Cloud 3 exemplifies this transformation. It provides a cloud-native execution environment, including pods for strict isolation, externalized stateful services for enhanced performance, Kubernetes for automated recovery and continuous delivery, and integrated low-code decisioning with governance. Pega Agentic AI on Cloud 3 synthesizes these components into a structured methodology, enabling agentic artificial intelligence (AI) that operates with evidence-based planning and defined safeguards. Key features of the book include: Priority is given to actionable decisions over extensive definitions. Where terminology could become ambiguous, a default is provided along with justification for any deviations, facilitating team progress. Evidence is treated as the primary deliverable. Automated pipelines are emphasized over static screenshots, and audits are structured as exportable data rather than informal searches. Rollbacks are occasionally necessary. Rollback procedures are designed, rehearsed, and standardized to maintain operational confidence. The book is a practical guide focusing on actionable methodologies rather than theoretical concepts. Each architectural pattern supports incremental adoption, with all controls implemented programmatically, and every change is subject to audit and review. The book features a continuous case study, Northstar Enterprises, a diversified organization that adopted Cloud 3 to accelerate delivery, efficiently demonstrate compliance, and align scaling with measurable customer outcomes.
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Book SynopsisThis book is a comprehensive guide that explores the most pressing issues surrounding CEO succession planning and executionâone of the most critical decisions a company will ever face.The book delivers a clear framework to help boards, senior executives, and other stakeholders navigate every step of the CEO succession processâfrom identifying the right timing to evaluating candidates, preparing for unexpected departures, and ensuring smooth transitions. The framework is supported by diverse case studies, diagnostic checklists, and discussion prompts to walk readers through the complexities of CEO transitions. Ultimately, it equips readers with the knowledge on transforming CEO succession from a reactive challenge into a proactive opportunity that secures long-term organizational success.An essential resource for professionals who are actively involved in governance of publicly listed, private, state-owned or charitable organizations, including board members, executives, advisors and consultants. The book will also be useful for scholars interested in corporate governance, strategy, or organizational transformation.
£29.99
Book SynopsisThis book is an overview of the Bayesian approach to applying the most important inferential methods of statistical science. It is designed as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and masterâs students in Data Science, Statistics, or Mathematics who are interested in learning about Bayesian statistics.The reader should be familiar with calculus and should have taken a statistical inference Statistics course covering the basic rules of probability, probability distributions and expectations, as well as the fundamentals of the traditional, frequentist approach to statistics, including sampling distributions, likelihood functions, basic inferential methods such as point estimation, confidence intervals, significance tests, and linear regression models.Key Features:â Uses real world data examples and contains numerous exercises.â Includes software appendices in R and Python.â Offers slides, labs, and other materials on the bookâs website.Each chapter begins with a brief review of the primary frequentist methods for its topic before introducing corresponding Bayesian methods. This book presents some substantive theory as well as the methods, and is therefore intended for a reader who wishes to understand Bayesian methods rather than merely apply them. The focus is not just on presenting statistical methodologies but also on demonstrating how to implement them with modern software, emphasizing appropriate simulation methods.
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Book SynopsisThis book examines how neoliberal power shapes individual subjectivity in contemporary American workplaces through the lens of the Great Resignationâthe 2021 mass voluntary job departure phenomenon.Drawing on in-depth interviews and a Foucauldian framework, the book traces how neoliberal rationalities of choice, flexibility, and self-optimization shape the ways individuals explain their labor decisions and evaluate their lives. Rather than treating the Great Resignation as a singular rupture, the analysis situates it within longer historical transformations in governance, capitalism, and employment relations.The book identifies differentiated modes of labor subjectivityâalignment, negotiation, and refusalâshowing how workers variously inhabit, strain against, or attempt to revalue dominant norms of work and responsibility. Across chapters, it demonstrates how quitting becomes intelligible not simply as resistance or market behavior, but as an ethical and discursive practice shaped by uneven opportunities, affective demands, and institutional constraints. In doing so, the book reveals both the durability and the limits of neoliberal labor governance.Offering a theoretically rich account of how labor and life might be reimagined, the book is intended for scholars and advanced students in sociology, critical psychology, labor studies, and social theory, as well as readers interested in work, governance, and contemporary capitalism. It will also appeal to researchers and practitioners seeking critical insight into current debates about labor, precarity, and organizational life.
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Book SynopsisBusinesses are now expected to do more with less - scale, expand, and adapt to disruptive technologies such as AI, all while reducing costs - but this shift impacts individuals as much as companies.This book provides tools to design scalable systems for businesses, and offers a window into emerging roles, skillsets, and the new dynamics of career-building in the age of automation. Drawing on decades of hands-on experience, the authors bridge the gap between theory and practice, distilling lessons from startups, global enterprises, and academic research into a blueprint for sustainable scaling. Readers will learn how to identify scalable patterns, design operational systems, leverage automation and AI, and ensure long-term adaptability in a fast-changing market. But the book goes beyond high-level organizational strategies to present both a compass and a map for emerging professionals: highlighting the skills and knowledge required for the future of work, and delineating a clear pathway to develop them.Whether youâre a startup founder navigating growing pains, an enterprise leader driving digital transformation, a student exploring the business world, or a young professional defining your career path, this book is your guide to scaling smarter, faster, and with less friction.
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Book SynopsisThis book investigates emotions within International Relations, focusing on their role in shaping political actions and global interactions. For decades, IR theorists and politicians emphasized rational decision-making. However, recent scholarship has sparked a wave of interest in emotions, uncovering their significant influence. Collecting cutting-edge research that situates the emotional turn within the broader idea of Global IR, international contributors consider Western and non-Western emotional norms to reveal how cultural diversity permeates emotional expression and its role in politics. With case studies exploring emotions in contexts such as the China-Taiwan conflict, Western states' policy toward Israel, Polish foreign policy, the Korean War, the African Union responses, role of pain in the Middle Eastern context, anti-liberal contestations in Latin America, and more, this book is primarily aimed at scholars and advanced students in International Relations, Political Science, and Global and Area Studies.
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Book SynopsisBased on 30+ years of experience in artist management, this book is a savvy collection of advice, learnings, and practical resources for successfully working in performing arts management.Many arts management books focus on hypotheticals and conceptual situationsâso whatâs a burgeoning artist manager to do when things get real? This book serves as the practical guide to build a meaningful and sustainable career in arts management, including basic building blocks of the field, along with many skills and guiding principles that have proven successful during economic downturns, industry shifts, and completely unexpected events. Filled with tools and templates, the book defines crucial aspects of arts management, such as equitable contracting, artist agreements, and fee structures. It also provides insight for filing visas to bring international artists into the United States, and peers into the future of the performing arts to assess current power structures in the field to reach toward equity in each and every role.With this book, new and aspiring arts managers and administrators will gain a real-world education and long-lasting inspiration as they develop their careers and come to understand how the performing arts touring world really works.
£34.19
Book SynopsisWhen the Brain Can't Cope: Introducing Brain Fatigue Syndrome is a ground-breaking book pioneering the clinical condition of Brain Fatigue Syndrome, characterized by cognitive, emotional, and sensory impairment and profound exhaustion after mental activity that is not relieved by rest or sleep. It offers a thorough description, including its relationship to other pathologies and symptoms, method of study and recognition, and comprehensive management.The book defines and describes brain fatigue, outlining how it can be assessed. Presenting a pathophysiological explanation at the cellular level, the authors also include research-based treatment strategies aimed at improving daily functioning and quality of life. To bring visibility to this often âœinvisibleâ condition, personal stories from individuals living with brain fatigue are incorporated, along with practical and real-life examples to raise awareness of the reality of this complex syndrome.It is valuable reading for students of neuropsychology, medicine, nursing and occupational therapy, as well various healthcare professionals who work in the field of neurorehabilitation for acquired brain damage, and those in primary care settings.
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Book SynopsisGeriatric Rehabilitation: A Textbook for the Physical Therapist Assistant, recognizes the growing role of the PTA in a variety of heath care settings from acute to home to long-term care settings.Geriatric Rehabilitation focuses on the clinically relevant assessment, treatment, and management of the geriatric population. Pathological manifestations commonly seen in the elderly patient are addressed from a systems perspective, as well as a focus on what is seen clinically and how it affects function.Each pathological area covered includes:â Screening, assessment, and evaluationâ Treatment prescriptionâ Goal settingâ Modification of treatmentâ Anticipated outcomesâ Psychosocial, pharmacological, and nutritional elementsThe chapters also include suggested treatment interventionsâtechniques, tips, and options, Pearls that highlight important chapter information, and appendices and study aids.The organization and presentation of the practical, hands-on components of interventions, assessments, and decision-making skills make this a go-to text for the PTA to administer comprehensive geriatric care at each point along the continuum of care.Geriatric Rehabilitation: A Textbook for the Physical Therapist Assistant is a key text for students and those practicing in geriatric populations.
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Book SynopsisTouched: A Memoir of Child Sexual Abuse and Survival chronicles one manâs experience with sexual abuse and his lifelong journey toward healing and self-understanding. Blending memoir and critical theory, Fox invites readers to rethink how we understand harm, memory, childhood, and queerness. This is not simply an account of sexual violation âitâs a story about what it means to hold onto your truth when others try to rewrite or silence it.Drawing from personal history and childhood artifacts, this book traces the authorâs life from early childhood through early adulthood, mapping the long psychological, interpersonal, and cultural reverberations of child sexual abuse. The memoir situates lived experience within broader discussions of queerness and sexual harm, illuminating how silence, shame, and social stigma shape male survivorsâ identities. Structured in four parts and interspersed with poetic interludes and theoretical appendices, Touched examines memoryâs ethics, child sexual abuseâs âœfeel-good paradox,â and the process of translating personal violation into intellectual and creative agency. Foxâs tale demonstrates how confronting oneâs own history can transform injury into intervention and fearlessly reclaims narrative power from systems that have long misrepresented or erased the sexual abuse of boys and young men.Offering insight, validation and healing for those coming to terms with abuseâs aftermath, Touched will resonate with adult readersâespecially survivors of child sexual abuse. The book also serves LGBTQ individuals, people working in mental health, and anyone who values honest, transformative memoir.
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Book SynopsisTeaching for Cognitive Engagement offers a bold yet accessible vision for Kâ12 teaching and learning rooted in reliable principles from cognitive science. Schools today have put their trust into trends like excessive differentiation, self-paced personalization, and âœstudent-ledâ learning, but are these models misrepresenting how learners learn and how teachers should teach? This book outlines a reinvigoration of evidence-informed instruction that prioritizes memory, knowledge-building, explicit teaching, and other strategies proven to raise achievement and equity across Kâ12 education contexts. Authentic scenarios, lesson structures, interventions, success criteria, and other recurring features show how these approaches can flourish in real classrooms. Provocative and highly practical, this book will help educators refocus their efforts on what students truly need to learn: clarity, knowledge, practice, and expertly designed instruction. In-service teachers, teacher-leaders, instructional leaders, curriculum developers, and other school staff will find an essential professional development resource that draws on the latest educational, psychological, and brain-based research.
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Book SynopsisMindfulness Through Science and Verse bridges contemplative wisdom, psychological science, and poetic expression to offer a novel framework for understanding and practicing mindfulness.The book critically examines the evolution of mindfulness from its Buddhist origins to its integration within contemporary therapeutic frameworks. It offers a nuanced view of mindfulness, acknowledging both its empirically supported benefits and its underexplored challengesâincluding expectancy effects, adverse experiences, and ethical considerations in clinical and educational contexts. Through original verse, guided meditations, and poetic analysis, readers explore themes of impermanence, compassion, nature, grief, and transformation. The book draws from Buddhist and Christian contemplative traditions, while also honouring secular and Indigenous poetic voices to create a rich tapestry of global wisdom. By weaving together scientific rigour, contemplative depth, and poetic sensibility, it invites readers to engage with mindfulness not only as a cognitive skill, but as a creative, ethical, and transformative practiceâone that honours both empirical inquiry and experiential wisdom.Whether the reader is a mindfulness practitioner, therapist, educator, spiritual seeker, or someone drawn to the contemplative power of language, Mindfulness Through Science and Verse offers practical tools and reflective insights to support their journey.
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Book SynopsisThis book presents a comprehensive, practitioner-focused framework for applying Lean Six Sigma (LSS) within the chemical and pharmaceutical process industriesâsectors that have historically been underserved by mainstream LSS literature. While most existing resources concentrate on discrete manufacturing, this work addresses the distinct challenges of process-driven environments, including complex batch operations, stringent regulatory requirements, and variability in raw materials and formulations. By adapting core LSS tools such as DMAIC, SMED, Heijunka, and Visual Management to these realities, the book provides a practical roadmap for achieving operational excellence where precision, compliance, and adaptability are essential. A key technical contribution lies in the detailed application of SMED (Single-Minute Exchange of Dies) principles. The methodology involves breaking down changeover activities into internal and external tasks, conducting cost-benefit analyses, and systematically converting internal tasks to external ones. Supported by standardized work instructions and visual management systems, this approach leads to reduced changeover times, improved equipment availability, and increased throughputâcritical performance metrics in high-capital, highly regulated environments. Another standout feature is the structured adaptation of production leveling (Heijunka) for batch production systems. The book demonstrates how to implement Heijunka boxes and takt-time-based scheduling to manage demand variability, reduce inventory, and smooth production flow. This is particularly beneficial in facilities with shared assets and frequent product changeovers, where conventional scheduling methods often fall short. The integration of these tools enhances responsiveness to customer demand, optimizes asset utilization, and minimizes waste. The book also underscores the strategic value of Visual Management Systems (VMS) across the value stream. Tools such as Andon signals, shadow boards, and visual display boards are used to monitor deviations from standard operating conditions, enabling timely corrective actions. This fosters a culture of transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement. Unlike theoretical texts, this book is grounded in decades of hands-on experience and enriched with case-based insights, making it a practical guide for professionals at all levelsâfrom plant managers to operational excellence leaders. Ultimately, this work fills a critical gap in Lean Six Sigma literature by offering a tailored, experience-based approach for process industries. It empowers organizations to move beyond generic frameworks and implement LSS in ways that align with their operational realities and strategic objectives. With its unique blend of technical rigor, practical relevance, and industry-specific focus, this book is an essential resource for professionals seeking to drive sustainable performance improvements in complex, regulated environments.
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Book SynopsisThis volume challenges the assumption that dominant water-management solutions are universally effective, neutral and scientifically validated.Global water policy tends to frame certain concepts and tools â such as river basin organisations, water pricing, drip irrigation, nature-based solutions and wastewater reuse â as âbest practicesâ. These ready-made solutions, endorsed by policymakers, development agencies and experts, are widely disseminated across countries with limited critical scrutiny. This book examines how these dominant solutions, while often appearing rational and evidence-based, can obscure trade-offs, negative externalities and unintended consequences. From irrigation modernisation projects that inadvertently increase water consumption due to the rebound effect, to water user associations that fail to address deeper governance and equity issues, the book engages with 20 âbest practicesâ to illustrate how universal solutions often ignore the complexity of water politics, institutional settings, cultural specificities and ecological realities. While not dismissing the value of best practices outright, this book argues for a more sceptical, politically aware and context-sensitive approach to water management. It calls for a shift in the burden of proof: rather than accepting a best practice as effective unless proven otherwise, water governance should start by scrutinizing the potential externalities, risks and limitations of any proposed intervention.This book is essential reading for students, academics and professionals in water policy, water governance and environmental management more broadly.
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Book SynopsisAmid accelerating global warming, the digital revolution and rising geopolitical tensions, industrial policy has taken centre-stage in EU policymaking. Consequently, initiatives such as the Green Deal Industrial Plan, the CHIPS & Science Act, the Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs) and the InvestAI initiative have been developed or proposed recently. Meanwhile, by re-introducing competitiveness and security as primary objectives for industrial policy, European policymakers appear to backtrack on the social and environmental agenda, while not effectively addressing critical governance deficits and financing gaps. European industrial policy is thus at a critical juncture, and its strategic trajectory is currently under discussion. The volume intervenes into current industrial policy debates from a critical perspective. Achieving sustainable, inclusive as well as effective industrial policy depends on embracing a progressive approach that prioritises broad stakeholder engagement, effective governance and accelerated implementation, instead of a push for rearmament and geopolitical competition.Progressive Industrial Policy in Europe serves as a key reference for scholars and students in a diverse range of academic disciplines. The volume is also intended for researchers active at trade unions, think tanks and NGOs, along with policymakers and specialised civil servants on both supranational, national and local levels.
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Book SynopsisConspiracy for Greatness examines various aspects of our lives, areas that we have impacted with our conspiracies for smallness, and our gatherings of evidence and arguments that reinforce our limitations. This book helps readers examine some of the most significant aspects of their lives. They will become aware of and get present to the impact of their decisions and choices in their lives. They also learn to take responsibility for how they can turn their life around and design their future by inventing a vision for their life worth living and working to achieve. We have strong views about ourselves, others, and the world. These ideas heavily influence our everyday thoughts, decisions, and actions. As we become aware of our beliefs and their impact on our lives, we take responsibility for our actions. We may then more readily remove restricting boundaries and allow vital traits like responsibility for our actions and accountability for our decisions about our lives and the people around us to promote productive relationships, fulfillment, self-expression, and success. The word 'Transformation' has become prominent in the coaching business for addressing personal or professional success through coaching methods. People constantly alter their feelings, appearance, activities, attitudes, behaviors, and thoughts. This book helps readers transform with awareness and effectiveness by utilizing their preferred coaching styles. When people take action to change their lives, learn more about themselves and grow, self-regulate their emotions, or learn how to communicate effectively to have a more productive life, better relationships, or other ways to improve their lives, they do so deliberately and purposefully. This book gives them methods to start changing. We've all faced a seemingly insurmountable issue that turns out to be easy when viewed in a less emotional state. No problem changed; we did. Conspiracy for Greatness helps readers overcome emotional and judgmental ideas. When they remove the emotion from a situation, they might see it differently and solve it more readily. This stage allows them to create a clear goal and action plan for personal and professional change.
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Book SynopsisTransform your teaching life using the science of hope! Drawing on the psychological framework of Hope Theory, combined with hope-based leadership practices and real experiences from educators nationwide, this book is your practical guide to reigniting passion, reclaiming your power, and creating positive change in your personal and professional life. This book will show you how to set meaningful goals, create clear pathways to achieve them, and develop the agency to take action.Youâll learn: Tools for designing hope-filled environments that benefit everyone Concrete strategies to move from overwhelm to empowerment Essential skills in communication, emotional intelligence, and collaboration Real case studies of educators who transformed their situations A step-by-step process for personal and professional renewal Whether you're a teacher, coach, or leader, this book provides practical solutions for common challenges in any educational environment. Using a hope-filled mindset, learn how to strengthen your personal power, find meaning in your work, and create positive teaching and learning cultures.
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Book SynopsisIn a world built for words, Neurodiversity in Silence reveals the powerful, often invisible experiences of children and adults living with both Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and hearing impairment. Through the lens of neuroscience, education, and human empathy, Dr. Hina Hadayat Ali and Dr. Hina Fazil invite us to see beyond diagnosis, and into a deeper understanding of minds that communicate differently.This groundbreaking book uncovers the profound challenges of dual diagnosis: the diagnostic tools that miss the mark, the systems that fail to connect, and the educators left without a map. Yet at its core, Neurodiversity in Silence is a story of resilience and reimagining, of children who express through gesture, image, and sensation, and of caregivers and professionals who build bridges across silence. From brain development and sensory processing to multimodal communication and inclusive classrooms, this book equips readers with evidence-based insights and actionable strategies.Whether you are a teacher, clinician, parent policymaker, or advocate, you will find guidance, and hope, within these pages. This may also be of interest to students and researchers in special education, psychology, neuroscience, and disability studies.
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Book SynopsisMonty the Null Hippopotamus: Exploring Statistical Foundations Through Simulation offers a revolutionary approach to introductory statistics designed for students who grew up in the computing age. Breaking away from the traditional formula-memorization approach that makes Stat 101 a dreaded requirement, this book emphasizes computational thinking and conceptual understanding through hands-on coding examples. The aim is to make statistics accessible and engaging by leveraging modern computing power rather than relying on memorizing inscrutable formulas, punching in tedious calculations into calculators, and flipping through pages of statistical tables.The book covers foundational statistical concepts through advanced topics including nonparametric methods and regression analysis, all presented through a computational lens that prioritizes process over precision. Every concept is illustrated with fully reproducible R code (with Python alternatives available), ensuring readers develop genuine intuition for how statistical methods actually work in practice.Features: â Emphasizes simulation and Monte Carlo methods over formula memorizationâ Every statistical concept illustrated with fully reproducible R and Python examplesâ Comprehensive coverage, from basic inference to nonparametrics and regressionâ Graduated homework exercises combining theory with real-world data analysisâ More than thirty data sets supporting examples and homework exercisesâ Favors understanding over pedantry, with extensive web links and contextual referencesThe book is designed for undergraduate students comfortable with probability, calculus, and basic programming concepts. It serves as an ideal text for introductory statistics courses, and is equally valuable for graduate students from non-statistical backgrounds seeking a modern foundation in statistical thinking. The narrative emphasizes active reading and coding practice rather than passive consumption, making it perfect for students who are ready to engage deeply with statistical concepts through hands-on exploration.
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