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The first biography of the renowned writer, broadcaster,
conservationist and chronicler of colonial Kenya, whose lyrical and
evocative memoir The Flame Trees of Thika (1959) achieved worldwide
fame when made into a television drama series in 1981. Colonial
Kenya inspired three great writers - Karen Blixen (Out of Africa),
Beryl Markham (West with the Night) and Elspeth Huxley. Huxley's
writings (30 books in all: novels, biographies, political accounts)
have great political and social range, encompassing (in her Kenyan
books) the exploits of the Happy Valley farmers - made famous by
James Fox's book White Mischief, poor white farmers and the lives
of Africans alike. After a childhood spent in East Africa and
wartime Britain, Elspeth married Gervas, a grandson of Thomas
Huxley and cousin to Julian and Aldous Huxley, whom she knew well.
She also later got to know Joy Adamson and the Leakeys. She
travelled widely with her husband (an executive with the Empire
Marketing Board) and wrote while constantly on the move. She worked
for the BBC in World War II and became a Kenyan government adviser.
In 1938 she bought a farm in Wiltshire, where she died in 1997. The
author, Christine Nicholls, has access to all her letters and
papers, and is familiar with many of the people and places in the
book. Elspeth Huxley was a compelling personality and a brilliant
letter-writer, extraordinarily energetic and effective in
everything she did.
Elderly Care Medicine Lecture Notes provides all the necessary
information, within one short volume, for a sound introduction to
the particular characteristics and needs of elderly patients.
Presented in a user-friendly format, combining readability with
high-quality illustrations, this eighth edition has been thoroughly
revised to reflect advances in knowledge on how disease presents in
elderly people, and changes in management practice, particularly
regarding stroke, dementia, delirium, and cancer. New for this
edition, Elderly Care Medicine Lecture Notes also features: * More
treatment tables and boxes throughout for rapid access and revision
* Expansion of material on polypharmacy and prescribing *
Discussion of emotional support, counselling and spirituality *
Advice for doctors on breaking bad news and end-of-life care *
Consideration of ethical and legal issues A companion website at
www.lecturenoteseries.com/elderlycaremed features appendices which
can be used as guidelines in a clinical setting, key revision
points for each chapter, further reading suggestions, and extended
content for specialty training in geriatrics. Not only is this book
a great starting point to support initial teaching on the topic,
but it is also easy to dip in and out of for reference or revision
at the end of a module, rotation or final exams. Whether you need
to develop or refresh your knowledge of geriatrics, Elderly Care
Medicine Lecture Notes presents 'need to know' information for all
those involved in treating elderly people.
The Speech Situation is a term worn with age in the teaching of
public speaking in America. That it is comprised of occasion,
speaker, and topic is a gross oversimplification. It also includes
challenge, anxiety, emotion, fear, responsibility, faults of
memory, and instants of pride. Out of the circumstances arise an
increase in heart rate, a change in blood pressure, an abnormal
pattern of breathing, a noticeable build up in perspiration, and an
ongoing evaluation. For students this may be merely a grade or
perhaps a series of evaluative remarks, possibly addressed both to
the speaker and the other participants, the audience. It may entail
a replaying of a record of the speech, indeed a videotape. Most
important is the lasting impression that remains with all of the
participants. What of the vocabulary of the speaker under the
circumstances of the speech situation? This speaker - in the major
portions of this work we may say, "this young man" - has spent time
seeking an appropriate topic. He has outlined a composition around
a central idea or thesis. He has marshaled evidence, details. He
has framed an opening paragraph. He has been admonished not to give
an essay, but to strive for audience contact, interpersonal
communication. He makes his audible approach through his vocabulary
and accompanying phonology. Under the tension, the speaker repeats;
he adds meaningless vocalizations in periods that might logically
be pauses. There are slips of the tongue. At worst, failing, he
withdraws to await another day."
St Antony's College, Oxford, was founded by Antonin Besse and
opened its doors in October 1950. Under the inspired leadership of
William Deakin, the College became a centre for postgraduate
teaching and research in the social sciences. The most deliberately
international of all Oxford colleges, it was also the first to
admit substantial numbers of women. This book recounts the
College's history and describes the changing lifestyle of its
students over the last fifty years.
The Speech Situation is a term worn with age in the teaching of
public speaking in America. That it is comprised of occasion,
speaker, and topic is a gross oversimplification. It also includes
challenge, anxiety, emotion, fear, responsibility, faults of
memory, and instants of pride. Out of the circumstances arise an
increase in heart rate, a change in blood pressure, an abnormal
pattern of breathing, a noticeable build up in perspiration, and an
ongoing evaluation. For students this may be merely a grade or
perhaps a series of evaluative remarks, possibly addressed both to
the speaker and the other participants, the audience. It may entail
a replaying of a record of the speech, indeed a videotape. Most
important is the lasting impression that remains with all of the
participants. What of the vocabulary of the speaker under the
circumstances of the speech situation? This speaker - in the major
portions of this work we may say, "this young man" - has spent time
seeking an appropriate topic. He has outlined a composition around
a central idea or thesis. He has marshaled evidence, details. He
has framed an opening paragraph. He has been admonished not to give
an essay, but to strive for audience contact, interpersonal
communication. He makes his audible approach through his vocabulary
and accompanying phonology. Under the tension, the speaker repeats;
he adds meaningless vocalizations in periods that might logically
be pauses. There are slips of the tongue. At worst, failing, he
withdraws to await another day."
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