Download or read book Tantalising Tales written by Melissa Wray and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Randomistas written by Andrew Leigh and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating account of how radical researchers have used experiments to overturn conventional wisdom and shaped life as we know it Experiments have consistently been used in the hard sciences, but in recent decades social scientists have adopted the practice. Randomized trials have been used to design policies to increase educational attainment, lower crime rates, elevate employment rates, and improve living standards among the poor. This book tells the stories of radical researchers who have used experiments to overturn conventional wisdom. From finding the cure for scurvy to discovering what policies really improve literacy rates, Leigh shows how randomistas have shaped life as we know it. Written in a “Gladwell-esque” style, this book provides a fascinating account of key randomized control trial studies from across the globe and the challenges that randomistas have faced in getting their studies accepted and their findings implemented. In telling these stories, Leigh draws out key lessons learned and shows the most effective way to conduct these trials.
Download or read book Mind Boggling Mini Masterpieces written by Oliver Dawes and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ancient Fairy and Folk Tales written by Graham Anderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology explores the multitude of evidence for recognisable fairy tales drawn from sources in the much older cultures of the ancient world, appearing much earlier than the 17th century where awareness of most fairy tales tends to begin. It presents versions of Cinderella, The Emperor’s New Clothes, Snow White, The Frog Prince and a host of others where the similarities to familiar ‘modern’ versions far outweigh the differences. Here we find Cinderella as a courtesan, Snow White coming to a tragic end or an innocent heroine murdering her sisters. We find an emperor’s new clothes where the flatterers compare him to Alexander the Great, or a pair of adulterers caught in a magic trap. Tantalising fragments suggest that there is more to be discovered: we can point to a Sleeping Beauty where the girl takes on the green colouring of the surrounding wood, or we encounter a Rumpelstiltskin connected to a mystery cult. The overall picture suggests a much richer texture of popular tale as a fascinating new legacy of antiquity. This volume breaks down the traditional barriers between Classical Mythology and the fairy tale, and will be an invaluable resource for anyone working on the history of fairy tales and folklore.
Download or read book Ten Tantalising Tales written by Nav Cheema and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-04 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human mind learns from stories, the best teacher teaches with examples. Therefore, metaphors have a special place in our languages. Metaphors are exciting and inciting. This is a collection of 10 stories that are 1000 words each. Each story has its premise and its revelation. They are odd, quirky and contemporary. To tell these stories in 1000 words was a big challenge. Maximum impact, minimum words.
Download or read book The Mojo Collection written by Various Mojo Magazine and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 881 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The greatest albums of all time . . . and how they happened. Organised chronologically and spanning seven decades, The MOJO Collection presents an authoritative and engaging guide to the history of the pop album via hundreds of long-playing masterpieces, from the much-loved to the little known. From The Beatles to The Verve, from Duke Ellington to King Tubby and from Peggy Lee to Sly Stone, hundreds of albums are covered in detail with chart histories, full track and personnel listings and further listening suggestions. There's also exhaustive coverage of the soundtrack and hit collections that every home should have. Like all collections, there are records you listen to constantly, albums you've forgotten, albums you hardly play, albums you love guiltily and albums you thought you were alone in treasuring, proving The MOJO Collection to be an essential purchase for those who love and live music.
Download or read book written by Piotr Balcerowicz and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 2003 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present collection of Essays in Jain Philosophy and Religion contains contributions of world-acclaimed scholars in jain studies. As a through and critical research work in the field of Jaina exploration of the history and background of the exchange of ideas between the Jainas and other systems of thought in India, the book will prove to be a rare document. Each of the four main sections of the present volume pertains to an important aspect within Jaina studies.
Download or read book Routledge International Handbook of Therapeutic Stories and Storytelling written by Clive Holmwood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-02-14 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge International Handbook of Therapeutic Stories and Storytelling is a unique book that explores stories from an educational, community, social, health, therapeutic and therapy perspectives, acknowledging a range of diverse social and cultural views in which stories are used and written by esteemed storytellers, artists, therapists and academics from around the globe. The book is divided into five main sections that examine different approaches and contexts for therapeutic stories and storytelling. The collected authors explore storytelling as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, in education, social and community settings, and in health and therapeutic contexts. The final section offers an International Story Anthology written by co-editor Sharon Jacksties and a final story by Katja Gorečan. This book is of enormous importance to psychotherapists and related mental health professionals, as well as academics, storytellers, teachers, people working in special educational needs, and all those with an interest in storytelling and its applied value.
Download or read book The Convergence of Distance and Conventional Education written by Roger Mills and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-03-11 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of essays from leading British, North American and Australasian contributors looks at the issues of the convergence of distance and conventional education. The term 'convergence' refers to the breaking down of barriers between open and distance learning and conventional institutions, and the creation of more and more institutions working across a range of modes. Such convergence has been driven by a number of factors, including the new technologies for teaching and learning, the impact of lifelong learning policies, the entry of larger than ever numbers of adult part-time students into tertiary education, and the demands of both employers and individuals for professional and work-related education throughout their working lives. The fourteen chapters engage critically with a range of aspects of convergence, including: * how well is open and distance learning carried out by conventional institutions for which it may continue for a lengthy period to be seen as of secondary importance? * to what extent will open and distance learning be more effectively carried out by conventional institutions able to offer a variety of modes to a wide range of learners? * how well will the variety of learners be served by systems that are converging? * what are the managerial issues at institutional level where converging systems are being developed?
Download or read book Bring Me the Head of Trevor Brooking written by Ben Sharratt and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West Ham United last won a major trophy in 1980, but the roller-coaster ride of the past three decades has produced enough twists and turns, heroes and villains and contrasting emotions to grace the script of the most thrilling TV soap opera. Since Trevor Brooking headed home the FA Cup final winner against Arsenal, the Hammers have experienced delight and despair in not so equal measure, with a cast of controversial characters - either adored or abhorred - playing the key roles in a tale of fact rather than fiction. The saving of the club by David Sullivan and David Gold, as West Ham stared into the financial abyss following the ill-fated Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson reign, is the latest chapter in a saga that includes numerous promotions and relegations, great escapes, contentious changes of ownership and management, internal feuds, bust-ups and power struggles, the Carlos Tevez affair and the passing of legends Ron Greenwood, John Lyall and Bobby Moore, as well as several false dawns in the endless quest for success. Including exclusive interviews with key protoganists, Bring Me the Head of Trevor Brooking tells - for the very first time - the inside story behind 60 of the most significant developments at Upton Park in the modern era. Whether examining the contributions of Paolo Di Canio, Harry Redknapp and Frank McAvennie or Gianfranco Zola, Marco Boogers and Iain Dowie, the book celebrates the good, the bad and the ugly of West Ham United.
Download or read book SPY wthin a RUBY written by Stefan Nicholson and published by Stefan Nicholson. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric the 'nerd' and Ruby the 'world hater' from the village of Dogbol in England have just finished school and get recruited by agent Roger Davis to send him information on two hotel guests (who happen to be Russian and Chinese spies negotiating to buy classified defence secrets from the Cigar Club (elite, titled rogues with Whitehall connections). Things rapidly get out of hand as the story line follows an abduction, killings, multiple agency operations and a group of disbanded foreign legionnaires. A boat gets blown to bits in Liverpool and other boats fight it out off the coast to recover diamonds. Eric and Ruby fend off many challenges trying to survive with the help of some foreign agents. Justice comes at a high price for all involved and people’s lives are changed during their ordeals.
Download or read book Angel in a Thorn Bush written by Rob Fynn and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walk with an African adventurer, whose ancestors arrive in Cape Town when Napoleon is conquering Europe. Befriending Shaka, chief of the Zulu, they settle in Rhodesia, today's Zimbabwe. Deep insights and experience of living and fighting for survival through Colonial occupation to Nationalist 'free' Africa today. An extraordinary continent, that excites, inspires and baffles. Living in the beautiful, remote Zambezi valley through the country's 'freedom fighter' war, Rob and wife, Sandy, pioneer a big Safari lodge in Zimbabwe - Fothergill Island on Lake Kariba - raising their family of three daughters there. Laugh, cry, and discover in escapades that stretch the imagination, where 'doing your thing' isn't always plain sailing. Huge challenges. Meet with the Creator of the awesome wilderness, in a worldwhere nothing is ever the same, where angels dare to walk, and thorn bushes entangle.
Download or read book Flexible Learning Human Resource and Organisational Development written by Viktor Jakupec and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses contemporary contexts of flexible learning and its practices, and looks at the directions in which education and training providers may be required to go, in order to implement flexible learning.
Download or read book Risk Assessment and Management in Pervasive Computing Operational Legal Ethical and Financial Perspectives written by Godara, Varuna and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2008-10-31 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides extensive information about pervasive computing and its implications from various perspectives so that current and future pervasive service providers can make responsible decisions about where, when and how to use this technology.
Download or read book Quality Education a Distance written by G. Davies and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers several aspects of providing quality education at a distance: Quality of systems that support online learning, quality support infrastructure, quality of technical access and support, materials distribution; issues in each of these areas are considered. It contains the papers presented at the working conference of Working Group 3.6 (Distance Education) of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP Geelong, Australia, Feb. 2003).
Download or read book Blood Lines written by Liz Ryan and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kerry Laraghy is the girl with everything. The daughter of a lovely, loving Irish country home, she is destined to succeed her father as a trainer of world-class racehorses. But Kerry doesn't want Ireland or horses: she wants Paris, Africa and a man who can take her far away from her inheritance. Brandon Lawrence, heir himself to a multinational corporation, is a loving father, husband of a glamorous wife, wealthy and secure. But under the smooth surface Brandon is secretly at war with himself. When they meet, the consequences are devastating for them both, and for everyone they love, for decades to come.
Download or read book Daydreams at Dusk Reveries and Refrains Vol 1 written by Russell Fourie-Kidson and published by Celenic Earth Publications. This book was released on 2023-10-20 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the enchanting world of "Reveries and Refrains Vol. 1: Daydreams at Dusk," author Russell Fourie-Kidson invites you to a journey where the boundaries between music and literature blur, where the melodies of life intertwine with the poetic verses of Ben Howard's songs. Step into the Twilight: Within these pages, you'll discover a collection of short stories that resonate with the lyrical magic of Ben Howard's music. Each story is a window into the complex emotions and profound moments that echo in Howard's melodies, providing a unique interpretation of his songs. A Melodic Odyssey: From the wistful longing of "Nica Libres at Dusk" to the introspective depths of "Someone in the Doorway," and the enigmatic allure of "Murmurations," this volume takes you on a captivating journey through the landscapes of the human heart. Russell Fourie-Kidson masterfully weaves tales that mirror the emotional complexity found in Howard's lyrics. An Exploration of Human Experience: "Daydreams at Dusk" delves into themes of love, longing, personal revelation, and the intricacies of existence. It's an invitation to immerse yourself in the ever-passionate world of human emotion—a world where stories and songs meld together seamlessly. A Symphony of Words: As you turn each page, you'll find that the charm of this collection lies not only in the stories themselves but in the profound connection you'll form with them. Just as cherished songs reveal new layers of meaning with each listen, these stories will touch your soul and resonate with you deeply. Conclusion: "Reveries and Refrains Vol. 1: Daydreams at Dusk" is more than just a book; it's a journey into the heart of music and literature. Whether you're a long-time admirer of Ben Howard's melodies or new to his world, this volume promises to speak to you, touch you, and carry you into a realm where emotions dance to the rhythm of words and music. Join Russell Fourie-Kidson on this exquisite exploration of human experience through the lens of Ben Howard's music. Dive into "Daydreams at Dusk" and let the harmonious blend of song and story transport you to a place where reveries and refrains come together in perfect harmony.
