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The ability to produce fluent, legible handwriting with ease is
something that affects attainment in most areas of the curriculum,
yet many children continue to struggle with this vital skill. Based
on holistic principles, this programme offers a different approach,
developing the muscles of the hand - so that children gain the
necessary control to produce letter forms - alongside the
perceptual skills required to orientate and organize letter and
words. The programme is effective for mainstream children aged 4-6
years, children with developmental co-ordination disorders and
older children with mild to moderate learning difficulties. Over
400 carefuly graded exercises and activities develop hand-eye
co-ordination, form constancy, spatial organization, figure-ground
discrimination, orientation and laterality. The package consists of
two pupil workbooks and a teacher's handbook.
Depending on their dynamics, neighbourhoods may serve to contain or
exacerbate youth violence. This book uses fascinating ethnographic
and interview data to explore the disappearance of localized
relationships in a South London housing estate. Through a
comparative analysis of the experiences of different generations,
James Alexander considers the impact of both wider socio-economic
developments and the gradual move from neighbourly to professional
support for young people. As well as evaluating the effectiveness
of youth work programmes, he considers how the actions of
neighbours and the decisions of policymakers influence how
supported young people feel and, consequently, their vulnerability
to criminal influences.
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Learn to play the violin with popular pieces - lessons and sheet
music for beginners The Abracadabra approach to learning through
songs and tunes has set countless beginners on a clear path of
progress and enjoyment with their chosen instrument. This violin
tutor provides a selection of pieces of music from a wide range of
sources. It continues from the point at which Abracadabra Violin
Book 1 leaves off, providing consolidation of already learned
techniques and progression through grades three and four.
This book presents a fundamental shift in the way we approach,
discuss, and evaluate Joyce's non-fictional writings. Rather than
simply proposing or applying new methodologies, it historicises and
reconceives the critical assumptions that have shaped scholarly
approaches to these works for over half a century, showing that
non-fiction as a categorical distinction, no matter how sensible it
appears, crumbles under closer inspection. Bringing into
conversation a group of key Joyce scholars, this volume acts not
only as a vital reimagining of our critical relationship to Joyce's
non-fiction, but as a contribution to similar debates being carried
out across the broad range of modernist studies.
This book offers a fundamental and comprehensive re-evaluation of
one of Joyce's most pervasive themes. By showing that betrayal was
central to how Joyce understood and depicted the difficulties and
terrors at the heart of all relationships, this book re-conceives
Joyce's approach to history, politics, and the other. Leaving
behind the pathologizing discourses by which Joyce's interest in
betrayal has been treated as an 'obsession,' this book offers a
vision of Joyce as both dramatist and theorist of betrayal. It
demonstrates that, rather than being compelled by some unconscious
urge to produce and reproduce textual betrayals, Joyce had a deep
and hard-won conception of the specific dramatic energies wrapped
up in the language and structures of betrayal and repeatedly found
ways to make use of this understanding in his work.
This book offers a fundamental and comprehensive re-evaluation of
one of Joyce's most pervasive themes. By showing that betrayal was
central to how Joyce understood and depicted the difficulties and
terrors at the heart of all relationships, this book re-conceives
Joyce's approach to history, politics, and the other. Leaving
behind the pathologizing discourses by which Joyce's interest in
betrayal has been treated as an 'obsession,' this book offers a
vision of Joyce as both dramatist and theorist of betrayal. It
demonstrates that, rather than being compelled by some unconscious
urge to produce and reproduce textual betrayals, Joyce had a deep
and hard-won conception of the specific dramatic energies wrapped
up in the language and structures of betrayal and repeatedly found
ways to make use of this understanding in his work.
On June 6, 1944, the Allies embarked upon the most dramatic
military action of all time: Operation Overlord launched the
largest amphibious invasion ever, involving 175,000 military
personnel supported by nearly 7,000 vessels in the landing on
Normandy. Road to Victory presents a detailed pictorial history of
the last 14 months of the Second World War in both Europe and the
Pacific in spectacular photographs drawn from the archive of The
Daly Mail.
In the USA, severe psychiatric illness after childbirth strikes one
woman for every 1000 births, or about 3500 women each year. An
unrecorded number of new mothers experience lesser degrees of
postpartum illness, and two distinct forms of severe illness can be
distinguished. One form, called postpartum psychosis, is an
agitated, very changeable condition, often characterized by
confusion, hallucinations, delusions and sometimes episodes of
violent behaviour. The other condition, major postpartum
depression, begins two or three weeks after childbirth, and is
characterized by confusion, depression of mood, and often with
exhaustion, headache and digestive upset. Mixtures of the two
severe disorders occur frequently. This volume contains a number of
essays which support the position that postpartum disorders are
primarily organic and are mainly disorders of hormonal deficit.
They develop as the endocrine system falls back from the
hyperactivity of pregnancy toward or beyond the levels of the prior
non-pregnant state. Tremendous therapeutic opportunities exist or
are imminent for both the organic and the psychological components
of postpartum mental illness.
This book takes Complexity Theory and applies it to medicine where
it has previously made little ground. It provides new hypotheses
for multiple common but misunderstood diseases. Doctors in
particular will understand that many diseases have remained
unsolved due to a linear approach to what are complex biological
systems, and failure to understand and apply Complexity Theory.
Therefore, many common conditions have no known cause and
consequently treatments are either ineffectual or non-existant,
when many of these diseases are in fact preventable. There is
growing interest in non-linear science, dynamic systems, chaos and
complexity theory. This trend has directly involved other sciences,
including biology, but has been little touched on by medicine.
Readers of this book will: * Understand the difference between
Linear Science and Complexity Theory, and how medicine has failed
to apply the latter. * Recognise the advantages of using this
understanding to generate realistic hypotheses for cause of
disease. * Read how hypotheses so generated have been formulated
for a number of common diseases.
This book presents a fundamental shift in the way we approach,
discuss, and evaluate Joyce's non-fictional writings. Rather than
simply proposing or applying new methodologies, it historicises and
reconceives the critical assumptions that have shaped scholarly
approaches to these works for over half a century, showing that
non-fiction as a categorical distinction, no matter how sensible it
appears, crumbles under closer inspection. Bringing into
conversation a group of key Joyce scholars, this volume acts not
only as a vital reimagining of our critical relationship to Joyce's
non-fiction, but as a contribution to similar debates being carried
out across the broad range of modernist studies.
Sometimes you just need to chill the fuck out. Over thirty-five new
intricate and meditative zentagle designs that feature classic and
delightfully unique sweary words and mantras to help you relax,
calm down and let go of all your stress and anxiety. Each
single-sided page includes such stress-relieving words and phrases
as 'Shit Tits', 'Dumbass', 'Thunder Cunt' and 'Wanker'. Why not try
before you buy? Download four free pages at
swearybook.com/shithappens WARNING contains seriously colourful
language!
Dangerous Neighbors shows how the Haitian Revolution permeated
early American print culture and had a profound impact on the young
nation's domestic politics. Focusing on Philadelphia as both a
representative and an influential vantage point, it follows
contemporary American reactions to the events through which the
French colony of Saint Domingue was destroyed and the independent
nation of Haiti emerged. Philadelphians made sense of the news from
Saint Domingue with local and national political developments in
mind and with the French Revolution and British abolition debates
ringing in their ears. In witnessing a French colony experience a
revolution of African slaves, they made the colony serve as
powerful and persuasive evidence in domestic discussions over the
meaning of citizenship, equality of rights, and the fate of
slavery. Through extensive use of manuscript sources, newspapers,
and printed literature, Dun uncovers the wide range of opinion and
debate about events in Saint Domingue in the early republic. By
focusing on both the meanings Americans gave to those events and
the uses they put them to, he reveals a fluid understanding of the
American Revolution and the polity it had produced, one in which
various groups were making sense of their new nation in relation to
both its own past and a revolution unfolding before them. Zeroing
in on Philadelphia-a revolutionary center and an enclave of
antislavery activity-Dun collapses the supposed geographic and
political boundaries that separated the American republic from the
West Indies and Europe.
May 2014. National Indie Excellence Book Awards - Finalist in
Parenting & Family. May 2014. Eric Hoffer Awards - Honorable
Mention in Memoir; Finalist for Grand Prize & Montaigne Medal.
March 2014. Beverly Hills Book Awards - Finalist in Parenting &
Family. December, 2013 - Named to Kirkus Reviews and IndieReader
'Best of 2013.' June 1, 2013 - LOVING ANDREW won second place in
the non-fiction category of the IndieReader Discovery Awards, which
were announced at BookExpo America, a major trade show in New York
City. The book was awarded five stars out of five-see IndieReader
Review May 13, 2013.
A mother recounts how the birth of Andrew with Down syndrome,
and the loss to cancer of a second baby start a family's journey
through the maze of parenthood. With the support of a loving
father, mother, and two younger siblings, Andrew mastered the
skills of life and became a contributing member of society. In
spite of coping with schizophrenia in his later years, Andrew
remained active, happy, and full of love until Alzheimer's stole
his memory and brought his life to a close at the age of
fifty-two.
In spite of being told that their firstborn son would have many
limitations in life, his parents were amazed at what Andrew
achieved. He learned to read and write, ride a bicycle - sometimes
too far from home - play the piano, swim almost as well as his
siblings, ride horseback and perform dressage, graduate in special
education from high school, take classes at a community college,
travel alone on Chicago's public transportation system, hold a job
in a regular supermarket for 25 years, win ribbons and medals in
Special Olympics events, and serve as the lead acolyte in his
church. Andrew's ability to describe the demons of his paranoid
schizophrenia that plagued his later years provides a picture of a
little-known ailment among the Down syndrome population.
This book is aimed at a broad audience in order to help all
people understand the humanity and value of a person with a
disability. This is especially important as medical technology
continues to improve prenatal testing for abnormalities, and
parents are faced with the heart-wrenching decision to terminate a
pregnancy or risk having a less-than-perfect baby. The number of
children born with Down syndrome is being drastically reduced, just
as opportunities for them to be accepted into the mainstream of
life have never been better, and their development has improved
exponentially. Life is a game of chance and we should not expect to
play God. No embryo selection or prenatal test can guarantee a
flawless product or rule out unexpected calamities such as the
death to cancer of our second baby.
Interwoven in the story of Andrew are: half a century of
changing attitudes toward the developmentally disabled; improved
educational opportunities; and discussions on pre-natal testing and
abortion. Examples from the stories of two other children with Down
syndrome, born 21 and 35 years after Andrew, help to illustrate the
services that became available after passage of the law "Education
for All Handicapped Children" in 1975, and underline the challenges
that we faced without such services.
Excerpt from the Foreword by Brian Chicoine, MD: "As the medical
director of the Adult Down Syndrome Center... I always appreciate
any occasion to get a more in-depth look into the lives of those
individuals and their families. This book is one such
opportunity... It is about the hope of that journey, and is told
through the life of an amazing, delightful, loving, fun, and caring
man. Each person has a story. Andrew certainly had his. In this
book, you will get to know Andrew, learn his story, appreciate him,
and love him. Perhaps you, too, will experience the journey, the
hope, and the casting aside of preconceived notions."
Over thirty-five creative and intricate designs that feature
classic and wonderfully original insults, exclamations and swear
words to help you relax and let go of the stressful situations in
your life. Each single-sided page includes such agression-relieving
words as 'Shitballs', 'Twat Waffle' and 'Baggy Vag' laid over
therapeutic, mandala and nature inspired patterns. Why not try
before you buy? Download four free pages at
swearybook.com/freebonus WARNING contains seriously colourful
language!
Mary Ingles was twenty-three, married, and pregnant, when Shawnee Indians invaded her peaceful Virginia settlement, killed the men and women, then took her captive. For months, she lived with them, unbroken, until she escaped, and followed a thousand mile trail to freedom--an extraordinary story of a pioneer woman who risked her life to return to her people.
Incompetent co-worker? Annoying neighbour? Rubbish friend? Colour
away your frustration with over thirty-five delightful and vulgar
phrases you wish you'd said out loud. Each single-sided page
includes such tension-busting phrases as, 'Seriously, Bitch?' and
'Oh look ... the fuck-up fairy has visited' alongside friendly
critters and intricate flora to calm your nerves. Why not try
before you buy? Download four free pages at
swearybook.com/freememos WARNING contains seriously colourful
language!
The notion of service was ingrained in medieval culture, prominent
throughout the language and life of the time. The notion of service
was ingrained in medieval culture, and not just as a part of the
wider concept of patronage: it is prominent throughout the language
and life of the time. These studies examine the nature and
importance of service in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries in
a variety of contexts both within and beyond the dominions of the
English crown, including contracts between domestic servants and
employers, labour legislation, career opportunities for graduates,
the public service ethos embodied by the king's household retinue
and a scheme for its reform, public service in France, ducal
service in Brittany, and bastard feudalism in Scotland. ANNE CURRY
is Professor of History, University of Southampton; ELIZABETH
MATTHEW is honorary research fellow at the Department of History,
University of Reading. Contributors: JEREMY GOLDBERG, CHRISTOPHER
GIVEN-WILSON, MICHAEL JONES, ALEXANDER GRANT, VIRGINIA DAVIS,
JEREMY I. CATTO, D.A.L. MORGAN, KATHELEEN DALY, RALPH A. GRIFFITHS.
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