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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE 2022 SHORTLISTED
FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS' ASSOCIATION DEBUT CROWN 2022 Glasgow,
1817: Jean Campbell - a young, Deaf woman - is witnessed throwing a
child into the River Clyde from the Old Bridge. If found guilty she
faces one of two fates; death by hanging or incarceration in an
asylum. But Jean's deafness leaves her isolated and unable to
defend herself, until the authorities call in Robert Kinniburgh, a
talented teacher from the Deaf & Dumb Institution. Through a
difficult process of trial and error, Robert and Jean manage to
find a rudimentary way of communicating with each other. As Jean
grows to trust Robert, she reveals what really happened on that
bridge over the river Clyde. And Robert, now embroiled in this dark
case, must act quickly to ensure justice is served, before it is
too late. 'Based on a case from Scottish legal history, Smith's
novel skilfully combines crime fiction with a woman's struggle to
speak the truth' The Times 'Fascinating' Sally Magnusson
EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. What
is feminist peace? How can we advocate for peace from patriarchy?
What do women, globally, advocate for when they use the term
'peace'? This edited collection brings together conversations
across borders and boundaries to explore plural, intersectional and
interdisciplinary concepts of feminist peace. The book includes
contributions from a geographically diverse range of scholars,
judges, practitioners and activists, and the chapters cut across
themes of movement building and resistance and explore the limits
of institutionalized peacebuilding. The chapters deal with a range
of issues, such as environmental degradation, militarization,
online violence and arms spending. Offering a resource to advance
theoretical development and to advocate for policy change, this
book transcends traditional approaches to the study of peace and
security and embraces diverse voices and perspectives which are
absent in both academic and policy spaces.
In 1999, after 24-years of violent military occupation by
Indonesian forces, the small country of Timor-Leste became host to
one of the largest UN peace operations. The operation rested on a
liberal paradigm of statehood, including nascent ideas on gender in
peacebuilding processes. This book provides a critical feminist
examination of the form and function of a gendered peace in
Timor-Leste. Drawing on policy documents and field research in
Timor-Leste with national organisations, international agencies and
UN staff, the book examines gender policy with a feminist lens,
exploring and developing a more complex account of 'gender' and
'women' in peace operations. It argues that gendered ideologies and
power delimit the possibilities of building a gender-just peace,
and contributes deep insight into how gendered logics inform
peacebuilding processes, and specifically how these play out
through the implementation of policy that explicitly seeks to
reorder gender relations at sites in which peace operations deploy.
By utilising a single case study, the book provides space to
examine both international and national discourses, and
contextualises its analysis of Women, Peace and Security within
local histories and contexts. This book will be of interested to
scholars and students of gender studies, global governance,
International Relations, and security studies.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE 2022 'Beautifully
written and a real page turner -a wonderful insight into the early
quest to understand and give a voice to people who cannot hear. '
Elisabeth Gifford 'A fascinating exploration of deafness and human
value amid the sights, sounds of smells of 1817 urban Scotland.'
Sally Magnusson 'told with great empathy and heart' Guinevere
Glasfurd 'A striking and stylish literary page-turner that breathes
life into the past' Zoe Strachan 'skilfully combines crime fiction
with a woman's struggle to speak the truth' The Times In the
burgeoning industrial city of Glasgow in 1817 Jean Campbell - a
young, Deaf woman - is witnessed throwing a child into the River
Clyde from the Old Bridge. No evidence is yielded from the river.
Unable to communicate with their silent prisoner, the authorities
move Jean to the decaying Edinburgh Tolbooth in order to prise the
story from her. The High Court calls in Robert Kinniburgh, a
talented teacher from the Deaf & Dumb Institution, in the hope
that he will interpret for them and determine if Jean is fit for
trial. If found guilty she faces one of two fates; death by hanging
or incarceration in an insane asylum. Through a process of trial
and error, Robert and Jean manage to find a rudimentary way of
communicating with each other. As Robert gains her trust, Jean
confides in him, and Robert begins to uncover the truth, moving
uneasily from interpreter to investigator, determined to clear her
name before it is too late. Based on a landmark case in Scottish
legal history Hear No Evil is a richly atmospheric exploration of
nineteenth-century Edinburgh and Glasgow at a time when progress
was only on the horizon. A time that for some who were silenced
could mean paying the greatest price.
Blended (also called hybrid) classrooms, in which face-to-face
interaction is intentionally combined with online activities to aid
student learning, are becoming more and more common. Most recently,
"flipped" classrooms have become a popular method for teaching
because more time for active learning in-class can be gained by
moving content delivery such as lecture to outside-of-class
homework using technology tools such as video or lecture capture.
The blended model is proving to be an environment that provides
more self-directed, technology-mediated learning experiences for
students who will be incorporating technology more and more into
their professional lives post-college. The Blended Course Design
Workbook meets the need for a user-friendly resource that provides
faculty members and administrators with instructions, activities,
tools, templates, and deadlines to guide them through the process
of revising their traditional face-to-face course into a blended
format. Providing a step-by-step course design process that
emphasizes active learning and student engagement, this book will
help instructors adapt traditional face-to-face courses to a
blended environment by guiding them through the development of
course goals and learning objectives, assignments, assessments, and
student support mechanisms with technology integration in mind. It
will also help instructors choose the right technologies based on
an instructor's comfort level with technology and their specific
pedagogical needs. The book will help each instructor who uses the
text to develop a unique course by making choices about their
course design based on student learning needs for their chosen
topic and discipline. Every component of the workbook has been
piloted with faculty designing and implementing blended courses and
then revised to better meet the needs of faculty across a range of
comfort levels with technology use. The Blended Course Design
Workbook includes detailed instructions for each stage of course
design alongside specific activities that the reader can complete.
The book is unique because it facilitates a step-by-step process
for blended course design with specific templates and tools that
can be used across disciplines.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE 2022 'Beautifully
written and a real page turner -a wonderful insight into the early
quest to understand and give a voice to people who cannot hear. '
Elisabeth Gifford 'A fascinating exploration of deafness and human
value amid the sights, sounds of smells of 1817 urban Scotland.'
Sally Magnusson 'told with great empathy and heart' Guinevere
Glasfurd 'A striking and stylish literary page-turner that breathes
life into the past' Zoe Strachan 'skilfully combines crime fiction
with a woman's struggle to speak the truth' The Times In the
burgeoning industrial city of Glasgow in 1817 Jean Campbell - a
young, Deaf woman - is witnessed throwing a child into the River
Clyde from the Old Bridge. No evidence is yielded from the river.
Unable to communicate with their silent prisoner, the authorities
move Jean to the decaying Edinburgh Tolbooth in order to prise the
story from her. The High Court calls in Robert Kinniburgh, a
talented teacher from the Deaf & Dumb Institution, in the hope
that he will interpret for them and determine if Jean is fit for
trial. If found guilty she faces one of two fates; death by hanging
or incarceration in an insane asylum. Through a process of trial
and error, Robert and Jean manage to find a rudimentary way of
communicating with each other. As Robert gains her trust, Jean
confides in him, and Robert begins to uncover the truth, moving
uneasily from interpreter to investigator, determined to clear her
name before it is too late. Based on a landmark case in Scottish
legal history Hear No Evil is a richly atmospheric exploration of
nineteenth-century Edinburgh and Glasgow at a time when progress
was only on the horizon. A time that for some who were silenced
could mean paying the greatest price.
In 1999, after 24-years of violent military occupation by
Indonesian forces, the small country of Timor-Leste became host to
one of the largest UN peace operations. The operation rested on a
liberal paradigm of statehood, including nascent ideas on gender in
peacebuilding processes. This book provides a critical feminist
examination of the form and function of a gendered peace in
Timor-Leste. Drawing on policy documents and field research in
Timor-Leste with national organisations, international agencies and
UN staff, the book examines gender policy with a feminist lens,
exploring and developing a more complex account of 'gender' and
'women' in peace operations. It argues that gendered ideologies and
power delimit the possibilities of building a gender-just peace,
and contributes deep insight into how gendered logics inform
peacebuilding processes, and specifically how these play out
through the implementation of policy that explicitly seeks to
reorder gender relations at sites in which peace operations deploy.
By utilising a single case study, the book provides space to
examine both international and national discourses, and
contextualises its analysis of Women, Peace and Security within
local histories and contexts. This book will be of interested to
scholars and students of gender studies, global governance,
International Relations, and security studies.
Blended (also called hybrid) classrooms, in which face-to-face
interaction is intentionally combined with online activities to aid
student learning, are becoming more and more common. Most recently,
"flipped" classrooms have become a popular method for teaching
because more time for active learning in-class can be gained by
moving content delivery such as lecture to outside-of-class
homework using technology tools such as video or lecture capture.
The blended model is proving to be an environment that provides
more self-directed, technology-mediated learning experiences for
students who will be incorporating technology more and more into
their professional lives post-college. The Blended Course Design
Workbook meets the need for a user-friendly resource that provides
faculty members and administrators with instructions, activities,
tools, templates, and deadlines to guide them through the process
of revising their traditional face-to-face course into a blended
format. Providing a step-by-step course design process that
emphasizes active learning and student engagement, this book will
help instructors adapt traditional face-to-face courses to a
blended environment by guiding them through the development of
course goals and learning objectives, assignments, assessments, and
student support mechanisms with technology integration in mind. It
will also help instructors choose the right technologies based on
an instructor's comfort level with technology and their specific
pedagogical needs. The book will help each instructor who uses the
text to develop a unique course by making choices about their
course design based on student learning needs for their chosen
topic and discipline. Every component of the workbook has been
piloted with faculty designing and implementing blended courses and
then revised to better meet the needs of faculty across a range of
comfort levels with technology use. The Blended Course Design
Workbook includes detailed instructions for each stage of course
design alongside specific activities that the reader can complete.
The book is unique because it facilitates a step-by-step process
for blended course design with specific templates and tools that
can be used across disciplines.
Jack, Lizzy and their naughty cat, Cat, are off to spend the
afternoon with their grandmother. But Georgina Fiona-May Orbis is
no ordinary grandmother: she lives in a house full of butterflies!
Georgina also has a secret - she knows how to turn into a butterfly
- The Butterfly House is a charming story of friendship between
children and their grandparents from one of the youngest talents in
British illustration, Sarah Smith. The book's richly textured
illustrations and delightful details will capture the imaginations
of young and old alike.
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