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Real World modo: The Authorized Guide In the Trenches with modo

Real World modo: The Authorized Guide In the Trenches with modo

Explore one of the most exciting 3D tools on the market modo with Real-World modo - the Luxology approved concept and principle- driven guide. Learn to apply the revolutionary artist-friendly modo toolset with its powerful 3D rendering engine to your project workflows. In a clear motivating and entertaining style Luxology insider Wes McDermott provides captivating 3D imagery real world observations and valuable tips and tricks all in one place - an invaluable resource for any digital artist. Explore 3D techniques and principles with chapters on modelling UV mapping texturing animation lighting and rendering. Learn to leverage the technical elements of the modo rendering engine including Antialaising Shading Rate and Irradiance Caching from an artist's perspective. Integrate modo with other 3D applications such as Maya and Mudbox and learn to properly setup a linear rendering workflow within modo. For practical hands-on techniques you can visit www. wesmcdermott. com for video walk-throughs that further enhance the coverage in the book. | Real World modo: The Authorized Guide In the Trenches with modo

GBP 175.00
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Introducción a la lingüística de corpus en español

Introducción a la lingüística de corpus en español

Introducción a la lingüística de corpus en español es la primera obra concebida desde la óptica del español para investigar los corpus textuales existentes en la actualidad. Destinada a conjugar armónicamente la exposición de cuestiones teóricas y metodológicas proporciona información detallada sobre las tareas necesarias en el diseño construcción y explotación de un corpus a partir de numerosos ejemplos de obtención de datos sobre diferentes cuestiones léxicas y gramaticales. Características principales: • Exposición de cuestiones teóricas y metodológicas combinada con el tratamiento de casos prácticos de extracción y análisis de datos procedentes de corpus textuales de español; • Análisis de fenómenos léxicos y gramaticales del español desde diferentes perspectivas y con atención a la variabilidad diacrónica diatópica y diastrática; • Indicación detallada del modo de obtener los datos necesarios para la investigación en diferentes corpus del español; • Inclusión de un resumen inicial actividades de investigación en cada capítulo y lecturas complementarias recomendadas; • Presentación de un capítulo final con herramientas informáticas útiles para el análisis de textos no incluidos en corpus textuales; • Recopilación de los principales términos usados en la lingüística de corpus en un glosario bilingüe (español e inglés). Introducción a la lingüística de corpus en español es una obra con un enfoque marcadamente didáctico y dirigida fundamentalmente a estudiantes avanzados de grado y posgrado profesores que necesiten hacer uso de corpus en sus clases investigadores que precisen un conocimiento más profundo de la lingüística de corpus o expertos en otras disciplinas que deseen familiarizarse con una perspectiva técnica de los fenómenos lingüísticos. Introducción a la lingüística de corpus en español provides the first complete overview of corpus linguistics in Spanish. Combining the discussion of theoretical and methodological issues it provides detailed information on the design construction and use of a corpus with numerous examples of obtaining data on different lexical and grammatical issues. This is an ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate students teachers who need to make use of corpora in their classes researchers who need a deeper knowledge of corpus linguistics or experts in other disciplines who wish to become familiar with a technical perspective of linguistic phenomena.

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Classical Islam A History 600 A

Classical Islam A History 600 A

In a book written with the poignancy and beauty appropriate to its subject matter the author opens by reminding us that the essence of a society is in a sense identical with its history. Classical Islam also serves as a reminder that in the case of Islam despite its triumphs on the fields of battle telling its history is the only way open to us to render that essence accessible and show it from all sides. The work offers a grand narrative of a faith that offers an interpretation of the world a way of life and a style of thinking that goes far beyond institutional or political supports. The relevance of this historical perspective is beyond dispute. The period from 610 A. D. when Muhammad received his call until the conquest of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258 is known as the classical period of Islam. This was the period of the great expansion of Islam both as a political structure and as a religious and intellectual community. It established the base for the development of the high Islamic civilization of North Africa the Near East Persia and India as well as further expansion of the Islamic religious and intellectual community throughout the world. This book presents an authoritative history of the period written by one of the world's leading experts on the subject. Classical Islam examines the relationships both cultural and political between the Islamic world and the Mediterranean countries and India and elaborates on the economic social and intellectual factors and forces that shaped the Muslim world and molded its interactions with infidels. The work is written in a clear and direct narrative form emphasizing simultaneously the major intellectual trends and the political events and tendencies of the formative period in Islamic history that still resonates today. | Classical Islam A History 600 A

GBP 130.00
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Take a Look at a Good Book

Take a Look at a Good Book

Take A Look At A Good Book is the third book in a series. The popular features of the two earlier books Have Some Sums to Solve and At Last!! Encoded Totals Second Addition have been retained in Take A Look At A Good Book. The thirty-eight puzzles presented in Section 1 along with the cover dedication and preface puzzles all fall into the special subcategory of additive alphametics. Each of their sums has a unique decoding sometimes insured by the imposition of an initial condition.

GBP 74.99
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Developing a Curriculum A Practical Guide

Developing a Curriculum A Practical Guide

Originally published in 1972. This is a practical and comprehensive guide to planning and developing a curriculum which will give both professional and prospective teachers a clearer insight into this vital part of the teacher's role. The study of objectives selection and organisation of content and methods evaluation the total situation various settings for curriculum development and the advantages of co-operative curriculum planning are among the aspects considered but they are always linked to the school and classroom situation with frequent examples of curriculum development based on the principles outlined. The authors’ wide experience of helping teachers plan their own curriculum and their first-hand experience of curriculum development projects makes them well placed to understand the problems confronting the teacher. | Developing a Curriculum A Practical Guide

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Do We Have Free Will? A Debate

Do We Have Free Will? A Debate

In this little but profound volume Robert Kane and Carolina Sartorio debate a perennial question: Do We Have Free Will? Kane introduces and defends libertarianism about free will: free will is incompatible with determinism; we are free; we are not determined. Sartorio introduces and defends compatibilism about free will: free will is compatible with determinism; we can be free even while our actions are determined through and through. Simplifying tricky terminology and complicated concepts for readers new to the debate the authors also cover the latest developments on a controversial topic that gets us entangled in questions about blameworthiness and responsibility coercion and control and much more. Each author first presents their own side and then they interact through two rounds of objections and replies. Pedagogical features include standard form arguments section summaries bolded key terms and principles a glossary and annotated reading lists. Short lively and accessible the debate showcases diverse and cutting-edge work on free will. As per Saul Smilansky’s foreword Kane and Sartorio present the readers with two things at once: an introduction to the traditional free will problem; and a demonstration of what a great yet very much alive and relevant philosophical problem is like. Key Features: Covers major concepts views and arguments about free will in an engaging format Accessible style and pedagogical features for students and general readers Cutting-edge contributions by preeminent scholars on free will. | Do We Have Free Will? A Debate

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Commodity Derivatives A Guide for Future Practitioners

Commodity Derivatives A Guide for Future Practitioners

Commodity Derivatives: A Guide for Future Practitioners describes the origins and uses of these important markets. Commodities are often used as inputs in the production of other products and commodity prices are notoriously volatile. Derivatives include forwards futures options and swaps; all are types of contracts that allow buyers and sellers to establish the price at one time and exchange the commodity at another. These contracts can be used to establish a price now for a purchase or sale that will occur later or establish a price later for a purchase or sale now. This book provides detailed examples for using derivatives to manage prices by hedging using futures options and swaps. It also presents strategies for using derivatives to speculate on price levels relationships volatility and the passage of time. Finally because the relationship between a commodity price and a derivative price is not constant this book examines the impact of basis behaviour on hedging results and shows how the basis can be bought and sold like a commodity. The material in this book is based on the author’s 30-year career in commodity derivatives and is essential reading for students planning careers as commodity merchandisers traders and related industry positions. Not only does it provide them with the necessary theoretical background it also covers the practical applications that employers expect new hires to understand. Examples are coordinated across chapters using consistent prices and formats and industry terminology is used so students can become familiar with standard terms and concepts. This book is organized into 18 chapters corresponding to approximately one chapter per week for courses on the semester system. | Commodity Derivatives A Guide for Future Practitioners

GBP 69.99
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Mobility and Identity in Europe A Mobile Ethnographic Approach

Mobility and Identity in Europe A Mobile Ethnographic Approach

This book demonstrates that mobility in Europe is not a synonym for European mobility showing how certain mobile individuals are more likely to develop an explicitly European identity than others. Through a series of mobile ethnographic accounts with truck drivers musicians and MEPs the author lays out the complexities behind assumptions about mobility and European identity providing a clear contrast between individuals for whom this process certainly is true and others who in spite of their high levels of mobility do not consider themselves European or for whom the notion of being European is simply insignificant. Ultimately as this book shows the enactment of a European identity through practices of mobility has more to do with social class than with a mobile condition per se with mobility in Europe being transformed into European mobility only when it empowers individuals solidifying their elevated position in the social pyramid. An account of European identity and its connection to mobility and notions of class Mobility and Identity in Europe also explores the ways in which mobile ethnography can be practised as a method and what conclusions can be drawn from it. As such it will appeal to scholars and students of sociology anthropology and geography. | Mobility and Identity in Europe A Mobile Ethnographic Approach

GBP 38.99
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Letters to a Young Leader A New Leadership for a New Generation

Letters to a Young Leader A New Leadership for a New Generation

If you are interested in becoming a better leader this book is a great place to start. Rather than using the familiar textbook approach leadership expert Robert Denhardt offers practical lessons drawn from a lively year-long correspondence with two (fictional) former students about their experiences in leadership. The letters explore the deeply personal issues these and other young and emerging leaders are facing – what the skills and personal qualities are that you need for contemporary leadership what will leadership mean to you and those you lead and even why or why not you might want to become a leader. Along the way the book speaks to the big picture arguing that leadership today has been stripped of its historic contribution to creating meaningful human experience and has been reduced to a technical exercise in executive management. Based on his experience of teaching leadership to thousands of undergraduates graduate students and advanced practitioners Denhardt speaks person-to-person with young leaders about their questions and their concerns as they enter into the somewhat flawed world of leadership today. The result is a call for a new leadership for a new generation. This book will be valuable to students enrolled in regular and executive degree programs in leadership business management public administration nonprofit management educational administration and many other fields. It also speaks to young leaders out of school but committed to enhancing their leadership. Indeed readers of all ages will learn lessons relevant to their own professional development. | Letters to a Young Leader A New Leadership for a New Generation

GBP 36.99
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China's Grain Economy The Challenge of Feeding More Than a Billion

China's Grain Economy The Challenge of Feeding More Than a Billion

This book was originally pubished in 2000. China is the largest developing country in the world and is still heavily based on agriculture. Currently about 70 per cent of China's total of more than one bilion people live in rural areas and about half of the total national labour force is involved in agricultural activities. It is clear that agriculture is the foundation for the development of the Chinese national economy. Within agriculture the grain economy is the most important sector: indeed it has been recognised as a treasure in managing the country by all past Chinese dynasties. Ensuring enough grain supply to meet the demands of such a huge population seems to be a long-term goal for the Chinese government and this book explores whether China will be able to produce enough grain to keep pace with its population increases. | China's Grain Economy The Challenge of Feeding More Than a Billion

GBP 21.99
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Arthur Sullivan: A Victorian Musician A Victorian Musician

Arthur Sullivan: A Victorian Musician A Victorian Musician

Published in 1992. This is a revised enlarged edition of a book which on its original appearance in 1984 was hailed as a landmark in the study of Victorian musical life. It presents the figure of Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1990) not only as the celebrated co-creator of light operas with W. S Gilbert but as a composer of all kinds of music from symphony and concerto to ballads such as ‘The Lost Chord’ and hymns such as ‘Onward Christian Soldiers’. A prominent public life with a knighthood in 1883 is contrasted with an unconventional private life involving a liaison of almost thirty years with an American living in London Mary Frances Ronalds. The author’s access to Sullivan’s diary held by Yale University and to letters and other documents at the Pierpont Morgan library in New York gives this book both a unique authority and a deep human understanding. A new chapter updates research to the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth 1992 and incorporates music examples. | Arthur Sullivan: A Victorian Musician A Victorian Musician

GBP 44.99
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Is There a God? A Debate

Is There a God? A Debate

Bertrand Russell famously quipped that he didn’t believe in God for the same reason that he didn’t believe in a teapot in orbit between the earth and Mars: it is a bizarre assertion for which no evidence can be provided. Is belief in God really like belief in Russell’s teapot? Kenneth L. Pearce argues that God is no teapot. God is a real answer to the deepest question of all: why is there something rather than nothing? Graham Oppy argues that we should believe that there are none but natural causal entities with none but natural causal properties—and hence should believe that there are no gods. Beginning from this basic disagreement the authors proceed to discuss and debate a wide range of philosophical questions including questions about explanation necessity rationality religious experience mathematical objects the foundations of ethics and the methodology of philosophy. Each author first presents his own side and then they interact through two rounds of objections and replies. Pedagogical features include standard form arguments section summaries bolded key terms and principles a glossary and annotated reading lists. In the volume foreword Helen De Cruz calls the debate both edifying and a joy and sums up what’s at stake: Here you have two carefully formulated positive proposals for worldviews that explain all that is: classical theism or naturalistic atheism. You can follow along with the authors and deliberate: which one do you find more plausible? Though written with beginning students in mind this debate will be of interest to philosophers at all levels and to anyone who values careful rational thought about the nature of reality and our place in it. | Is There a God? A Debate

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Liberty's A Biography of a Shop

Liberty's A Biography of a Shop

First published in 1975 Liberty’s is the biography of a shop and its various owners in London. Responding to the social pressures class patterns and governmental policies the developments in the shop mimic the social changes taking place in London. It is affected by war and depressions by trade booms and enemy bombs by changes in fashions and taste. Liberty’s not only reflected these changes but also contributed to the artistic movements and the development of fashionable taste. This book will be of interest to students of history fashion and sociology. | Liberty's A Biography of a Shop

GBP 85.00
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Business With a Conscience A Research Companion

Business With a Conscience A Research Companion

Practicing business with a conscience leaves no sector untouched. It trickles into how we treat our employees; approach our work in general; address stakeholders; engage in accounting financial and production management practices; implement and manage information technology; communicate on a direct and indirect basis; and market what we stand for. Business has encountered an interesting evolution in the first two decades of the twenty-first century with social media as a catalyst aiding greater understanding and improvement regarding the critical value of soft skills workplace diversity change readiness moral responsibility sustainable awareness and a general socially responsible mindset. This amalgamate spirit of business as we envision it in both the near and far future has found its way in all segments of business education research and practice. Adhering to the global trend of increased responsibility and evoking a constructive change in the narrative of business this Research Companion serves as a critical reference work for business scholars and practitioners in various settings. It brings together contributing scholars from multiple business areas from a variety of cultures and locations of the world in order to achieve the compilation of a reference work that will find an expansive appeal. Including insights from the broad business spectrum ranging from internal managerial practices to strategic applications including international sensitivity this volume highlights the urgency for increased awareness in business decision-making on all fronts. It will be of great value to researchers academics practitioners and students in the fields of corporate social responsibility business ethics leadership organizational studies and entrepreneurship. | Business With a Conscience A Research Companion

GBP 48.99
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A Global Guide to Human Resource Management Managing Across Stakeholders

A Global Guide to Human Resource Management Managing Across Stakeholders

A Global Guide to Human Resource Management is a concise HRM introductory text offering a uniquely non-region-specific approach to people management in international business organisations. The book presents an alternative to standard managerial approaches reflecting the perspectives of multiple stakeholders (workers trade unions states and governments NGOs) to critically evaluate HRM in practice and in so doing enables students to make effective decisions in their own practice wherever their careers take them. Its accessibility and concision make it well suited to short courses for non-HRM and non-business specialists. This text covers all major introductory topics for non-specialists introducing the concept and purpose of HRM through recruitment people skills designing work promoting health rewarding success and successful and ethical people management. This edition includes a new chapter on green HRM. Rich with pedagogical features the book includes five case studies per chapter to connect theory with practice. It is also supported with a range of instructor materials including online guest lectures general discussion questions a glossary an index and online documentaries that explain how to manage people. It is essential reading for students interested in Human Resources and Personnel Management Organisational Behaviour and Development and Workplace Culture. | A Global Guide to Human Resource Management Managing Across Stakeholders

GBP 48.99
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The Sustainability Mindset Principles A Guide to Developing a Mindset for a Better World

The Sustainability Mindset Principles A Guide to Developing a Mindset for a Better World

As we increase our awareness of the planetary challenges and how they intersect with the discipline or profession we choose to focus on we have put our attention on the external forces and impacts. What remains untouched however is the set of beliefs values assumptions mental processes and paradigms that we hold and share: our mindset. But how do we change a mindset? This book is the first to introduce the 12 Principles for a Sustainability Mindset presenting educators with a framework that makes it easy to include them into teaching plans and lessons of any discipline. Written in a very clear and practical way the book provides examples checklists tips and tools for professionals and educators. It transforms the development of a much-needed mindset for sustainability into an accessible fun and intuitive task. The book is written with educators from a variety of disciplines in mind including but not limited to management educators coaches and trainers. No other book comes close to providing such a well-organized and solid way of starting to shift our mindsets in the direction of sustainability. | The Sustainability Mindset Principles A Guide to Developing a Mindset for a Better World

GBP 34.99
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The British Empire A History and a Debate

The British Empire A History and a Debate

What was the course and consequence of the British Empire? The rights and wrongs strengths and weaknesses of empire are a major topic in global history and deservedly so. Focusing on the most prominent and wide-ranging empire in world history the British empire Jeremy Black provides not only a history of that empire but also a perspective from which to consider the issues of its strengths and weaknesses and rights and wrongs. In short this is history both of the past and of the present-day discussion of the past that recognises that discussion over historical empires is in part a reflection of the consideration of contemporary states. In this book Professor Black weaves together an overview of the British Empire across the centuries with a considered commentary on both the public historiography of empire and the politically-charged character of much discussion of it. There is a coverage here of social as well as political and economic dimensions of empire and both the British perspective and that of the colonies is considered. The chronological dimension is set by the need to consider not only imperial expansion by the British state but also the history of Britain within an imperial context. As such this is a story of empires within the British Isles Europe and later world-wide. The book addresses global decline decolonisation and the complex nature of post-colonialism and different imperial activity in modern and contemporary history. Taking a revisionist approach there is no automatic assumption that imperialism empire and colonialism were ’bad’ things. Instead there is a dispassionate and evidence-based evaluation of the British empire as a form of government an economic system and a method of engagement with the world one with both faults and benefits for the metropole and the colony. | The British Empire A History and a Debate

GBP 34.99
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A Life Well Lived Dialogues with a “Kabouter

A Life Well Lived Dialogues with a “Kabouter

Manfred Kets de Vries wears many “hats”—psychoanalyst executive coach consultant management educator researcher writer—but he has noticed that whichever hat he is wearing every question he is asked boils down to one thing: “How can I live a well-lived life?” Over many years of practice in all these disciplines Professor Kets de Vries has realized the unsurpassed value of stories in tackling human dilemmas and providing answers to this question. The book is therefore one of the most important books he has written for coaches students leaders managers educators—or anyone seeking a more reflective text to guide them through the multitude of questions that we face in work and in life. He draws on a long literary tradition of the unexpected encounter with a wise “other ” fantastic or magical—think The Little Prince Alice's Adventures in Wonderland The Once and Future King the Harry Potter novels—to animate an exploration of the deepest questions and concerns of human beings. He constructs an extended Socratic dialogue between his two “selves”; the first a naïve traveler lost in the Siberian wilderness and the second a reflective avatar who comes to his aid. The avatar takes the form of a “kabouter ” a familiar figure in Dutch folklore whose counterpart can be found in different cultures around the world and throughout centuries of storytelling. Through stories riddles and puzzles the kabouter challenges the traveler to question and reflect upon his life and values guiding him—and readers—toward the insights that will help them achieve a life well lived. | A Life Well Lived Dialogues with a “Kabouter

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Creating Visual Narratives Through Photography A Fresh Approach to Making a Living as a Photographer

Creating Visual Narratives Through Photography A Fresh Approach to Making a Living as a Photographer

This book provides photographers with the foundation to craft more compelling photos from concept all the way through to creation and distribution on the path to making a living. Based on real-life practice and experience former National Geographic and White House visual editor Mike Davis takes readers on a journey starting with addressing the motivation behind an image and how this determines the rest of the creative process. He goes on to articulate best technical practices to create the narrative through photo composition and what to do with your work after the photos are completed. Each section offers exercises for applied learning and a series of appendices cover assignments structures a compilation of critical words and concepts a comprehensive resource guide of organizations competitions grants collectives and agencies book publishers and printers and more. This is an ideal resource for students and practitioners alike to gain a more informed understanding of photographic expression and learn how to effectively execute these visions. | Creating Visual Narratives Through Photography A Fresh Approach to Making a Living as a Photographer

GBP 32.99
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Connecting Africa and Asia Afrasia as a Benign Community

Connecting Africa and Asia Afrasia as a Benign Community

By 2100 more than 80 per cent of the world’s population is expected to live in Afrasia (Africa and Asia). This book draws lessons from history provides a new cognitive map of the world and discusses multiple challenges global citizens will face in the age of Afrasia an emerging macro-region. The centre of gravity of the world is shifting. Whether the world can manage a soft landing into sustainable equilibrium depends on the nature of the dialogue people in Africa and Asia will organise. The author argues that a state of equilibrium between the two is achievable provided issues related to gender employment agriculture human–nature relationships and multicultural coexistence are simultaneously addressed. Can future Afrasia present itself as a community determined not to allow the return of predatory practice internally and externally? Will the fates of African and Asian peoples converge or diverge? How about the future relationships between Afrasia and the rest of the world? Exploring these questions using multiple disciplines this book will be of interest to professional researchers and graduate students in IR and Afro-Asian relations as well as Asian and African area studies demography geography history development economics anthropology language education and religious studies. The Open Access version of this book available at http://www. taylorfrancis. com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license. | Connecting Africa and Asia Afrasia as a Benign Community

GBP 130.00
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Kedi A Docalogue

Kedi A Docalogue

This second book in the Routledge Docalogue series continues to model a new form for the discussion of documentary film focusing on a new film and a different set of critical questions. Kedi (2016) is the first feature documentary by Turkish-American filmmaker Ceyda Torun. The film provides a window into the everyday lives of Istanbul street cats; their itinerant meanderings present a non-human perspective on this ever-changing ancient city while at the same time exploring the meaningful impact these cats have on the humans they encounter. Kedi: A Docalogue brings together a diversity of perspectives on this film. By combining five distinct critical approaches to a single documentary this book acts both as an intensive scholarly treatment and as a guide for how to analyze theorize and contextualize a documentary. Together the essays in this book touch upon key topics in documentary studies including animal studies eco-documentaries sound studies and media industry studies making them essential reading for scholars interested in contemporary documentary. They also provide useful case studies for teaching documentary film in courses on Contemporary Cinema Cultural Studies and Media Industries. | Kedi A Docalogue

GBP 51.99
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A Practical Guide to Becoming a Community College President

A Practical Guide to Becoming a Community College President

This practical resource helps aspiring leaders demystify the challenges associated with becoming a community college president. Building on existing scholarship and research related to historical origins of the community college this book explores the role and function of the presidency discusses existing demographics and the importance of meeting the needs of a diverse student population and unpacks the required competencies and leadership challenges related to becoming a community college president. Including real voices from award-winning and current presidents as well as a step-by-step approach to attaining the position this is an important resource that speaks to the needs of today and tomorrows’ community college leaders. | A Practical Guide to Becoming a Community College President

GBP 35.99
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Striking a Balance A Comprehensive Approach to Early Literacy

Striking a Balance A Comprehensive Approach to Early Literacy

Now in its sixth edition Striking a Balance clearly illustrates how to create a comprehensive early literacy program that places direct skills instruction within the context of rich and varied reading and writing experiences. Text discussions dynamic activities and valuable appendices provide a variety of effective instructional resources selected based on research and teacher testimonials. The sixth edition incorporates recent updates to national and state standards as well as expanded sections on working with English language learners and students with special needs while maintaining the book’s essential features: classroom vignettes discussion questions field-based activities a student website and study guide. An essential resource for early literacy instructors this textbook’s practical approach fundamentally demonstrates how children develop authentic literacy skills through a combination of direct strategy instruction and motivating contexts. | Striking a Balance A Comprehensive Approach to Early Literacy

GBP 52.99
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Aleppo A History

Aleppo A History

Shortlisted for the 2018 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize Aleppo is one of the longest-surviving cities of the ancient and Islamic Middle East. Until recently it enjoyed a thriving urban life—in particular an active traditional suq with a continuous tradition going back centuries. Its tangle of streets still follow the Hellenistic grid and above it looms the great Citadel which contains recently-uncovered remains of a Bronze/Iron Age temple complex suggesting an even earlier role as a ‘high place’ in the Canaanite tradition. In the Arab Middle Ages Aleppo was a strongpoint of the Islamic resistance to the Crusader presence. Its medieval Citadel is one of the most dramatic examples of a fortified enclosure in the Islamic tradition. In Mamluk and Ottoman times the city took on a thriving commercial role and provided a base for the first European commercial factories and consulates in the Levant. Its commercial life funded a remarkable building tradition with some hundreds of the 600 or so officially-declared monuments dating from these eras. Its diverse ethnic mixture with significant Kurdish Turkish Christian and Armenian communities provide a richer layering of influences on the city’s life. In this volume Ross Burns explores Aleppo's rich history from its earliest history through to the modern era providing a thorough treatment of this fascinating city history accessible both to scholarly readers and to the general public interested in a factual and comprehensive survey of the city’s past. | Aleppo A History

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