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A Mom's Choice awards Silver Recipient! In our future, an age-old
plot of intergalactic proportion is about to be discovered. The
Quest for Freedom begins!
'Extraordinary and thrilling ... This story should be known to
every man, woman and child' - Lemn Sissay In 1868, British troops
charged into the mountain empire of Ethiopia, stormed the citadel
of its monarch Tewodros II and grabbed piles of his treasures and
sacred manuscripts. They also took his son - six-year-old Prince
Alamayu - and brought the boy back with them to the cold shores of
England. For the first time, Andrew Heavens tells the whole story
of Alamayu, from his early days in his father's fortress on the
roof of Africa to his new home across the seas, where he charmed
Queen Victoria, chatted with Lord Tennyson and travelled with his
towering red-headed guardian Captain Speedy. The orphan prince was
celebrated but stereotyped and never allowed to go home. The book
also follows the loot - Ethiopia's 'Elgin Marbles' - and tracks it
down to its current hiding places in bank vaults, museum store
cupboards and a boarded-up cavity in Westminster Abbey. A story of
adventure, trauma and tragedy, The Prince and the Plunder is also a
tale for our times, as we re-examine Britain's past, pull down
statues of imperial grandees and look for other figures to
commemorate and celebrate in their place.
Adolescence is one of the most turbulent yet exciting phases in
life. Increased autonomy brings with it new health risks ranging
from drugs and sexually transmitted disease, to eating disorders
and suicidal depression. Even though todays teenagers are more
concerned with and educated about their health than any previous
generation, they still engage in risky behaviour.
Adolescent Health explores how individual differences contribute
to health and illness across a wide range of cultures and
socio-economic backgrounds. Patrick Heaven blends the latest
research findings from a range of sources with practical
suggestions on how to improve health care services for adolescents.
Adolescent Health will prove valuable to professionals working with
young people, social science students and parents.
The last decade has witnessed a breathtaking expansion of ideas
concerning the origin and evolution of the universe. Researchers in
cosmology thus need an unprecedented wide background in diverse
areas of physics. Bridging the gap that has developed, Physics of
the Early Universe explains the foundations of this subject. This
postgraduate-/research-level volume covers cosmology, gauge
theories, the standard model, cosmic strings, and supersymmetry.
Essays on the York Mystery Plays, uniting voices from the scholarly
world with the York community that has assumed responsibility for
their production today. The York Play of Corpus Christi, also known
as the York Cycle, has been central to the study of early English
theatre for over a century and a touchstone for the revival of
medieval dramatic practice for over fifty years. But these two
endeavours... have often found little common ground. This volume
therefore accomplishes something very important. It brings together
scholars of medieval English drama and places them in dialogue with
experienced practtitioners from the community. Together, they share
a common commitment to understanding how performances matter to the
communities that produce them, and how plays intersect with other
public activities. CAROL SYMES, Professor of History, University of
Illinois at Urbana. This volume provides a wealth of new insights
into the performance of mystery plays in medieval York and their
modern revival. It utilises both academic study, and the practical
experience of those who now produce the cycle within York itself on
wagons in the street, in an approximation of their original
performance. A number of topics are covered. The manuscript is
linked to Richard III; the Masons are introduced as non-guildsmen
in an enterprise assumed to be guild-specific; families, not just
male heads of households, are shown to be important to the dramatic
narrative; and cognitive theory elucidates performance past and
present.Recent productions are discussed in lively detail by those
directly responsible for them, leading to analyses of performances
in Israel, Spain, and Australia, not all of them of a predictable
kind, which offer further angles on the medieval dramatic
tradition. Professor Margaret Rogerson teaches in the Department of
English at the University of Sydney. Contributors: Margaret
Rogerson, Keith Jones, Richard Beadle, Sheila K. Christie,Mike
Tyler, Jill Stevenson, Elenid Davies, Ben Pugh, Peter Brown, Tony
Wright, Steve Bielby, Emma Cunningham, Alan Heaven, Linda Ali, Paul
Toy, Gweno Williams, John Merrylees, David Richmond, Alexandra F.
Johnston, Sharon Aronson-Lehavi, Pamela M. King
The advent of advanced astronomical instruments and huge surveys
means that the twenty-first century is witnessing a rapid growth in
astrostatistical science. Interpreting the cosmic microwave
background, weak and strong gravitational lensing, galaxy
clustering and other signatures of the early Universe all require
advanced statistical techniques. Led by members of the IAU's newly
formed Working Group in Astrostatistics and Astroinformatics, IAU
Symposium 306 emphasises the intricate mathematical methods needed
to extract scientific insights from large and complicated datasets.
It contains contributions on Bayesian methods, weak lensing
cosmology, CMB data analysis, cross-correlating datasets,
large-scale structure, data mining and machine learning, ongoing
surveys and the future Euclid mission. The approaches presented
here provide a solid foundation to advance new research methods in
cosmology, making it an essential text for the large community of
astronomers and statisticians who will analyse and interpret the
vast and growing amount of observational data.
Scientists in the late twentieth century are not the first to view
galaxy formation as a phenomenon worthy of explanation in terms of
the known laws of physics. Already in 1754 Kant regarded the
problem as essentially solved. In his Univerlal Natural Hutory and
Theory 0/ the H eaven$ he wrote; "If in the immesurable space in
which all the suns of the Milky Way have formed themselves, we
assume a point around which, through some cause or other, the first
formation of nature out of chaoo began, there the largest mass and
a body of extraordinary attraction will have arisen which has
thereby become capable of compelling all the systems in the process
of being formed within an enormous sphere around it, to fall
towards itself as their centre, and to build up a system around it
on the great scale . . . . Observation puts this conjecture almost
beyond doubt. " More than 200 years later, a similar note of
confidence was voiced by Zel'dovicb at an IAU symposium held in
Tallin in 1911; "Extrapolating . . . to the next symposium
somewhere in the early eighties one can be pretty sure that the
question of the formation of galaxies and clusters will be solved
in the next few years. " Perhaps few astronomers today would share
Kant's near certainty or feel that Zel'dovich's prophecy has been
fulfilled, Many, however, will sympathize with the optimistic
olltlook of these two statements.
What is it like to travel to Europe over land and sea in order to
secure a future for yourself and your family? Why are so many
people willing to risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean? What
are their hopes and fears? And why is Europe, one of the richest
regions of the world, unable to cope? Drawing on compelling
first-hand accounts from 500 people who arrived on the shores of
Europe in 2015, this important new book unpacks their routes,
experiences and decisions. It provides a framework for
understanding the dynamics underpinning recent unprecedented levels
of migration across, and loss of life in, the Mediterranean,
casting new light on the 'migration crisis' and challenging
politicians, policy makers and the media to rethink their
understanding of why and how people move.
The stigma attached to mental health and the social barriers that
surround it amplify its direct effects and damage the life chances
of people with mental health problems. Department of Health (2011)
Educating children and young people about mental health is of vital
importance if we are to challenge the ignorance and stigma related
to this area of health. Many young people will be living in
families where an adult member may have mental health problems or
indeed may be facing similar problems themselves. This book
provides a comprehensive resource to help teachers deal sensitively
with this important area. Part One provides an introduction and
background information highlighting the need to tackle Mental
Health in primary schools. The facts are startling - 10% of 10-16
year olds have a diagnosed mental health disorder, there is an
increasing number of children self-harming and an alarming increase
in early eating disorders. This section provides clear guidance on
how to use the programme, including working with parents and
answering questions children may ask. Part Two details a
comprehensive PowerPoint presentation introducing staff to the
programme. Part Three provides wide-ranging lesson materials with
comprehensive teacher notes and including all the necessary
copiable resources for using the programme from years 3 through to
6. Part Four has a Glossary of Terms as well as a valuable Resource
Directory to direct the busy teacher to other useful sources of
information. The accompanying downloadable resources include:
activity pages; a model letter for parents; and, staff PowerPoint.
When Ross Heaven, a psychologist and ex-pharmaceutical industry
consultant, embarks on a shamanic apprenticeship in the rainforests
and mountains of South America his intention is to unlock the
secrets of San Pedro, the mescaline cactus that has been used as a
sacrament and teacher plant in Peru for millennia, and to learn
about love and healing. What he finds is more remarkable, painful,
enriching, liberating and extraordinary than he could have
imagined.
Having less is the secret to living more. Whether you’ve been dreaming about a treehouse in the wilderness of Montana, or a remote eco-cabin in Patagonia or Australia; driving a campervan on the open roads of Quebec, or floating on a houseboat in Sweden – find escape, inspiration and a window into a freer, simpler, happier kind of life.
In this visual manifesto for the tiny house lifestyle, discover over 250 awe-inspiring images of the world’s most creative small homes, alongside the stories, ideas and advice of those living in them. Curated by the founder of the #1 @tinyhouse Instagram feed.
Sometimes you have to think small to live BIG.
San Pedro, a visionary and hallucinogenic brew derived from the
mescaline-based Trichocereus pachanoi or 'cactus of vision', is one
of Peru's most important and powerful teacher plants. For thousands
of years this brew has been drunk by spiritual seekers and those
who need healing, and it has cured a wide variety of physical
problems, including cancer, diabetes, paralysis, and pneumonia, as
well as emotional and psychological issues such as alcoholism,
heartbreak, and grief. Those who work with it say San Pedro brings
us closer to God. Remarkably, however, while other South American
teacher plants such as ayahuasca have been well reported in the
literature, there has been no book specifically written about the
shamanic use of San Pedro - until now. "The Hummingbird's Journey
to God" provides wisdom for the whole of mankind.
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