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A darkly witty, deeply affecting, and finely crafted memoir by the
Big Bang Theory and Speechless star and comedian, John Ross Bowie.
From his earliest memories of watching Rhoda with his parents in
their tiny Hell's Kitchen apartment, John knew that he wanted to be
an actor. The strange, alternate world of television-where people
always cracked the perfect joke, lived in glamorous Upper East Side
buildings, and made up immediately after fighting-seemed far better
than his own home life, with a mother and father on the brink of
divorce and a neighborhood full of crumbling pre-war architecture
and not-so-occasional muggings. And yet that other world also seems
unattainable. Besides crippling stage fright (which would take him
years to overomce) John's father, ever aloof and cynical, has
instilled within him the notion that acting is "no job for a man."
His father would impart that while theater, film, and television
should be consumed and even debated, to create was no way to make a
living or support a family. Putting aside his acting dreams, John
stumbles through his twenties. He tries his hand at teaching and
other traditional occupations, but nothing feels nearly as
fulfilling as playing with his fleetingly on-the-map punk band,
Egghead. When he and his bandmates break up, John lands a joyless
job copywriting for a consulting agency and slips into a dark
depression. He loses weight, begins drinking heavily, and his
relationships flounder. But everything changes when John discovers
improv (and anti-depressants). As a part of New York's now-famous
Upright Citizens Brigade, John not only explores his passion for
acting and comedy-and begins to envision himself doing so
professionally-he also meets his future wife and fellow actor,
Jamie Denbo. No Job for a Man follows the couple as they relocate
to Los Angeles and try to make it in the arts, meeting success and
failure, wins and losses, despair and hope along the way. Though
his father chronically refuses to acknowledge pride in his adult
son's accomplishments, John comes to realize what being a man truly
means.
* Presents immediately applicable, easy-to-use formula created for
every leader and group member to evaluate team unity - and increase
team performance * Goes beyond addressing the symptoms of disunity,
to provide the tools to correct the problem of a poorly performing
team at its base * Introduces a methodology that has been applied
to well over 100 teams with tremendous results
Argues the forces which originally drove us into the Cold War never
went anywhere, and the stakes are higher than ever As the American
people delude themselves once more into thinking of the United
States as a liberating force for peace in the world, Waging a New
Cold War invites us, instead, to think for ourselves. Behind the
scenes the plans to wage war have been laid--either by proxy, as in
Ukraine, or directly, against the U.S.'s old twentieth-century
foes. Waging a New Cold War: A Socialist Perspective makes a strong
case that, as the official story is laid out by government
propagandists, and as the mainstream media provides cover, the aim
of this latest set of American military escapades remains the same
as ever: Maintenance of U.S hegemony in the global financial
system. Foregrounded with an introduction by Vijay Prashad, this
cogent collaboration puts forth three essays that illustrate
clearly that, while the Cold War against the Soviet Union ended,
the "cold war" against the "enemies" of the United States did not.
Furthermore, its authors lay out evidence that the U.S.
establishment has been willing to risk nuclear winter--in other
words, mutual annihilation--to hold onto economic primacy. And they
show that, while Russia and China can each be criticized,
justifiably, for their violations of human life and dignity,
neither, on its own, threatens the eruption of a Third World War
and the end of the human race as we know it. Just in time, we have
in our hands an intelligent text that strengthens our struggle
against the cynical machinations of the American military behemoth
and its propaganda machine.
* Presents immediately applicable, easy-to-use formula created for
every leader and group member to evaluate team unity - and increase
team performance * Goes beyond addressing the symptoms of disunity,
to provide the tools to correct the problem of a poorly performing
team at its base * Introduces a methodology that has been applied
to well over 100 teams with tremendous results
Educational technology changes constantly. That's why TECHNOLOGY
INTEGRATION FOR MEANINGFUL CLASSROOM USE: A STANDARDS-BASED
APPROACH, 3rd Edition is such a useful resource. This text equips
you with the knowledge, creative and critical thinking skills and
confidence to successfully navigate the ever-evolving environment
of technology integration in the classroom. Its self-directed
approach, along with the activities included to build and model
self-directed learning with your students, helps you develop skills
that you can apply throughout your career to find and use the most
appropriate technologies for your students and subject areas. Just
like the 2017 ISTE Standards for Educators on which the book is
based, the focus is on empowering teachers to be successful in a
changing education space.
Routledge Applied Linguistics is a series of comprehensive
textbooks, providing students and researchers with the support they
need for advanced study in the core areas of English language and
Applied Linguistics.Each book in the series guides readers through
three main sections, enabling them to explore and develop major
themes within the discipline. Section A, Introduction, establishes
the key terms and concepts and extends readers' techniques of
analysis through practical application. Section B, Extension,
brings together influential articles, sets them in context, and
discusses their contribution to the field. Section C, Exploration,
builds on knowledge gained in the first two sections, setting
thoughtful tasks around further illustrative material. This enables
readers to engage more actively with the subject matter and
encourages them to develop their own research responses. Throughout
the book, topics are revisited, extended, interwoven and
deconstructed, with the reader's understanding strengthened by
tasks and follow-up questions. Research Methods for Applied
Language Studies: Provides an advanced introduction to quantitative
and qualitative research methods used in second and foreign
language learning, teaching and assessment Takes readers step by
step through the processes of research, from formulating research
questions to writing up a dissertation or report. Employs a wide
variety of carefully structured tasks and discussion points to
guide the reader through the key themes, frameworks and procedures
of applied language research, including ethnography, conversation
analysis and quasi-experimental designs. Engages students in
readings and tasks on articles from leading names in the field,
including Alison Mackey, Roy Lyster, Angela Creese, Junko Mori, Rod
Ellis and Diane Larsen-Freeman. Is supported by a Companion
Website, including data sets for practice and guides to writing a
proposal, making recordings, conducting interviews, producing
questionnaires and organising a dissertation. Written by
experienced teachers and researchers in the field, Research Methods
for Applied Language Studies is an essential resource for students
and researchers of Applied Linguistics.
Originally published in 1919, this book is an outgrowth of
classroom discussions. It contains in substance the talks on
economics which have been made, for the past eleven years, to the
author's classes in Cornell and New York Universities. The time has
long since passed when a single volume can treat exhaustively the
whole field of economics; designed as an introduction, this book
will servce as a means to the end of a more intelligent study of
economic questions and prepares the mind of the student for the
thought contained in the more advanced and specialized works on the
subject and the practical applications they reveal.
Feature-length episode of the children's animation following the
little girl who became a princess after her mother married the king
of Enchancia. Sofia (voice of Ariel Winter) runs into trouble when
she gets the chance to turn into a mermaid and visit her new
underwater friend Oona (Kiernan Shipka). With the help of Princess
Ariel (Jodi Benson), Sofia tries to prevent disaster both on land
and under the sea. Also included are three additional episodes:
'Tri-Kingdom Picnic', 'Finding Clover' and 'Make Way for Miss
Nettle'.
Polar explorer John Ross (1777 1856) sailed with William Edward
Parry in 1818 to seek a North-West Passage from Baffin Bay. The
attempt was unsuccessful, and Ross was widely blamed for its
failure. In 1829 he set out on a privately funded expedition on the
steamship Victory, accompanied by his nephew James Clark Ross, to
try again, returning to England in late 1833. Using survival
techniques learnt from the Inuit he befriended, Ross kept his crew
healthy through four icebound winters. While the voyage once again
failed to find a North-West Passage, it surveyed the Boothia
Peninsula and a large part of King William Land. It was also
valuable for its scientific findings, with J. C. Ross discovering
the magnetic north pole. Ross published this two-volume work in
1835. Volume 1 summarises previous Polar exploration before
describing the voyage in great detail, from preparations to the
return in 1833.
Polar explorer John Ross (1777 1856) sailed with William Edward
Parry in 1818 to seek a North-West Passage from Baffin Bay. The
attempt was unsuccessful, and Ross was widely blamed for its
failure. In 1829, he set out on a privately funded expedition on
the steamship Victory, accompanied by his nephew James Clark Ross,
to try again, returning to England in late 1833. Using survival
techniques learnt from the Inuit he befriended, Ross kept his crew
healthy through four icebound winters. While the voyage once again
failed to find a North-West Passage, it surveyed the Boothia
Peninsula and a large part of King William Land. It was also
valuable for its scientific findings, with J. C. Ross discovering
the magnetic pole. Ross published this two-volume work in 1835.
Volume 2 contains scientific reports, ethnological information on
the Inuit, an Eskimo vocabulary, and comments on natural history.
Originally published in 1919, this book is an outgrowth of
classroom discussions. It contains in substance the talks on
economics which have been made, for the past eleven years, to the
author's classes in Cornell and New York Universities. The time has
long since passed when a single volume can treat exhaustively the
whole field of economics; designed as an introduction, this book
will servce as a means to the end of a more intelligent study of
economic questions and prepares the mind of the student for the
thought contained in the more advanced and specialized works on the
subject and the practical applications they reveal.
Three-volume collection of episodes from the children's animation
following a little girl who becomes a princess. When her mother
marries the king, Sofia (voice of Ariel Winter) becomes a member of
the royal family overnight and moves into their grand palace. She
will have to train for her new role as princess under the tutelage
of fairies Flora (Barbara Dirikson), Fauna (Russi Taylor) and
Merryweather (Tress MacNeille). In 'Holiday in Enchancia' Princess
Aurora (Kate Higgins) makes an appearance and helps Sofia to find
King Roland (Travis Willingham) when he disappears in a blizzard.
The episodes are: 'Baileywick's Day Off', 'The Little Witch', 'The
Baker King' and 'Four's a Crowd'. In 'Ready to Be a Princess'
Princess Jasmine (Linda Larkin) comes to Sofia's aid when she
encounters some difficulties on a magic carpet ride. The episodes
are: 'A Royal Mess', 'The Shy Princess', 'Blue Ribbon Bunny', 'The
Princess Test' and 'Two to Tangu'. 'The Floating Palace' includes a
feature-length episode which sees Sofia run into trouble when she
gets the chance to turn into a mermaid and visit her new underwater
friend Oona (Kiernan Shipka). With the help of Princess Ariel (Jodi
Benson), Sofia tries to prevent disaster both on land and under the
sea. Also featured are three additional episodes: 'Tri-Kingdom
Picnic', 'Finding Clover' and 'Make Way for Miss Nettle'.
Following distinguished service during the Napoleonic Wars, the
Scottish naval officer and Arctic explorer Sir John Ross (1777
1856) embarked on an abortive expedition to discover the North-West
Passage. The existence of the Croker mountains, which he claimed
had blocked his path, was afterwards disputed and his reputation
suffered. His 1819 account of that voyage has been reissued in the
Cambridge Library Collection. Prior to setting out in a steam
vessel on a second expedition, for which he would be knighted, Ross
published the present work in 1828. Seeking to establish himself as
an authority on steam power when the technology was still in its
infancy, Ross explores the development of the steam engine, the
commercial and military potential of steam navigation, and how this
called for a radical change in naval tactics. Illustrated
throughout, this is the work of a practical maritime mind,
combining both historical and technical detail.
Sir John Ross (1777-1856), the distinguished British naval officer
and Arctic explorer, undertook three great voyages to the Arctic
regions; accounts of his first and his second voyages are also
reissued in this series. (During the latter, his ship was stranded
in the unexplored area of Prince Regent Inlet, where Ross and his
crew survived by living and eating as the local Inuit did.) In this
volume, first published in 1855, the explorer describes his
experiences during his third (privately funded) Arctic voyage,
undertaken in 1850 as part of the effort to locate the missing
expedition led by Sir John Franklin, his close friend. Ross also
summarises in partisan style the previous efforts by the Royal Navy
to find out what happened to the Erebus and Terror, and is scathing
in his account of what he regards as the mismanagement and
incompetence of the Admiralty.
Sir John Ross (1777-1856) was a Scottish naval officer and Arctic
explorer. He joined the Royal Navy at the age of nine and
distinguished himself during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1818, Ross was
assigned to H.M.S. Isabella and commissioned to search for the
North-West Passage. This book, published in 1819, describes the
expedition, which was unsuccessful although it did discover new
facts about Baffin Bay. Several of Ross's former officers disputed
his account of the decision to turn back at Lancaster Sound, which
he had mistakenly believed was impassable. The ensuing controversy
affected the rest of Ross's career and made him unpopular with
influential contemporaries including Sir John Barrow and William
Edward Parry. It also soured relations with his young nephew James
Clark Ross, who had accompanied him, and who in 1831, during a
second eventful expedition with his uncle, identified the location
of the magnetic North Pole.
Missionary and amateur anthropologist John Roscoe (1861 1932)
published this account of the Baganda tribe of Buganda in 1911, to
preserve a record of a sophisticated people before their cultural
traditions were undermined as their territory became part of the
British Protectorate of Uganda. He had spent twenty-five years in
Africa, during which he interviewed the people in their own
languages about their customs and religious beliefs. The Baganda is
a straightforward survey of a traditionally organised way of life.
Birth, upbringing, marriage, death and burial, clans, kings,
government, warfare, and other topics are treated in careful
detail. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the longest chapter is on religion,
but Roscoe makes non-judgmental observations on customs which did
not fit with western morality. More recent anthropological research
has amplified Roscoe's findings, but has found little to correct,
and this remains a standard work on a culture about to undergo a
massive transformation.
John Roscoe (1861 1932) was an ordained Christian missionary who
was elected a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Society in 1912
for his contributions to the ethnographic record of Uganda. John
Roscoe joined the Uganda mission in 1891 and upon returning to
England in 1909 he began to publish the results of his
investigations into the lives of the indigenous people in Uganda.
This edition contains an ethnographic survey of six different
indigenous Bantu speaking groups living near Lake Victoria, and was
first published as part of the Cambridge Archaeological and
Ethnological Series in 1912. In this work he describes the social,
political and economic life of these groups before European
influence from colonialism, drawn from interviews with local people
in their own language. This volume contains views on ethnicity
which were acceptable at the time this volume was published.
As the American people delude themselves once more into thinking of
the United States as a liberating force for peace in the world,
Waging a New Cold War invites us, instead, to think for ourselves.
Behind the scenes the plans to wage war have been laid--either by
proxy, as in Ukraine, or directly, against the U.S.'s old
twentieth-century foes. Waging a New Cold War: A Socialist
Perspective makes a strong case that, as the official story is laid
out by government propagandists, and as the mainstream media
provides cover, the aim of this latest set of American military
escapades remains the same as ever: Maintenance of U.S hegemony in
the global financial system. Foregrounded with an introduction by
Vijay Prashad, this cogent collaboration puts forth three essays
that illustrate clearly that, while the Cold War against the Soviet
Union ended, the "cold war" against the "enemies" of the United
States did not. Furthermore, its authors lay out evidence that the
U.S. establishment has been willing to risk nuclear winter--in
other words, mutual annihilation--to hold onto economic primacy.
And they show that, while Russia and China can each be criticized,
justifiably, for their violations of human life and dignity,
neither, on its own, threatens the eruption of a Third World War
and the end of the human race as we know it. Just in time, we have
in our hands an intelligent text that strengthens our struggle
against the cynical machinations of the American military behemoth
and its propaganda machine.
British comedy starring Burt Reynolds as Jefferson Steel, a
washed-up Hollywood action star desperate to revive his flagging
career. When his sleazy agent (Charles Durning) signs him up for
what he believes is a high-profile Royal Shakespeare Company
production of King Lear at Stratford upon Avon, Steel thinks he has
finally landed the plum role he has been waiting for. However, he
soon discovers that he has been tricked into joining an amateur
dramatics group for a charity production. Imelda Staunton, Derek
Jacobi and Samantha Bond co-star.
Routledge Applied Linguistics is a series of comprehensive
textbooks, providing students and researchers with the support they
need for advanced study in the core areas of English language and
Applied Linguistics.Each book in the series guides readers through
three main sections, enabling them to explore and develop major
themes within the discipline. Section A, Introduction, establishes
the key terms and concepts and extends readers' techniques of
analysis through practical application. Section B, Extension,
brings together influential articles, sets them in context, and
discusses their contribution to the field. Section C, Exploration,
builds on knowledge gained in the first two sections, setting
thoughtful tasks around further illustrative material. This enables
readers to engage more actively with the subject matter and
encourages them to develop their own research responses. Throughout
the book, topics are revisited, extended, interwoven and
deconstructed, with the reader's understanding strengthened by
tasks and follow-up questions. Research Methods for Applied
Language Studies: Provides an advanced introduction to quantitative
and qualitative research methods used in second and foreign
language learning, teaching and assessment Takes readers step by
step through the processes of research, from formulating research
questions to writing up a dissertation or report. Employs a wide
variety of carefully structured tasks and discussion points to
guide the reader through the key themes, frameworks and procedures
of applied language research, including ethnography, conversation
analysis and quasi-experimental designs. Engages students in
readings and tasks on articles from leading names in the field,
including Alison Mackey, Roy Lyster, Angela Creese, Junko Mori, Rod
Ellis and Diane Larsen-Freeman. Is supported by a Companion
Website, including data sets for practice and guides to writing a
proposal, making recordings, conducting interviews, producing
questionnaires and organising a dissertation. Written by
experienced teachers and researchers in the field, Research Methods
for Applied Language Studies is an essential resource for students
and researchers of Applied Linguistics.
The only instructional technology text organized around the new
ISTE standards, TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION WITH MEANINGFUL CLASSROOM
USE: A STANDARDS-BASED APPROACH, International Edition equips
future teachers with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to
become "self-directed learners" who can effectively integrate
technology into their instruction today-and as technology
inevitably changes. Extremely practical and forward thinking, the
text focuses on the enduring aspects of educational technology like
computers as systems and technology integration as a systematic
process. It provides teachers with a solid understanding of how to
integrate technology resources into their everyday teaching
practices as well as prepares them to successfully navigate the
constantly changing environment of technology.
What's your damage? In 1989, Michael Lehmann's black comedy
Heathers drew a line in the sand, rebuffing the sweetness and
optimism of John Hughes' more popular fare with darkness and death.
Launching the careers of Winona Ryder and Christian Slater,
Heathers became a cult classic, ranking #5 on Entertainment
Weekly's list of the 50 Best High School Movies and inspiring
hoards of teen films that vastly overshadow its fame but lack its
acid wit, moral complexity, and undeniable emotional punch. For the
latest installment of Deep Focus, John Ross Bowie blends
captivating memoir with astute analysis, tracing the rebel-teen
mythology that links Columbine, heavy metal, and The Catcher in the
Rye. With help from Lehmann, screenwriter Daniel Waters, and
members of the cast, Bowie thoroughly unpacks the film's peculiar
resonance. Brilliant riffs on the etymology of its teen slang, the
implications of its title, and its visual debt to Stanley Kubrick
show how Heathers--for all its audacious absurdity--speaks volumes
about the realities of high school and of life itself.
The major contribution made by Coastal Forces to the Allied war
effort has had surprisingly little coverage in the literature of
the Second World War. Motor torpedo boats, PT boats, motor
gunboats, launches and submarine chasers served with distinction
throughout the war, and in every theatre. They performed invaluable
service as patrol boats, convoy escorts, minelayers and
minesweepers, harbour defence vessels, light landing craft, RAF
rescue boats and transports for agents and clandestine missions.
Allied Coastal Forces, now a recognised classic work and first
published in 1990, remains the only publication to deal
comprehensively - in words, photographs and drawings - with the
technical detail of all these boats. Design, construction and
subsequent development are all covered, and the builders,
construction lists, fates and the technical data are given for each
type. Separate sections cover armament and equipment, sea-going
qualities and habitability. This second volume covers sixteen
Vosper MTB designs and the US 70ft, 77ft and 80ft ELCO designs.
US-built Vosper designs supplied under lease-lend are also covered,
while weapons systems and machinery are dealt with in detail. Some
700 finely detailed drawings were drawn by the authors for this
second volume in their highly acclaimed two-volume work. The
authors, firmly established as the recognised authorities on small
warships, unearthed a remarkable body of information now included
in this major work, and their finely detailed drawings, redrawn
form original builders' plans, offer an unparalleled view of all
these remarkable designs. The new and redesigned editions of their
work will be welcomed by naval enthusiasts and modellers alike.
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