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Helping you develop the confidence and basic skills needed to
understand and support children with special educational needs,
this guide will support you in tackling the everyday challenges
that working in an inclusive classroom poses. The Essential Guide
to Special Educational Needs will provide advice and support in
recognising and identifying children with special educational
needs, while also providing practical guidance to help you support
the needs of individuals in your classroom. "I asked myself if this
book could enhance the professionalism of teachers in general. It
will, irrespective of any specialism... This book should help to
disperse the fog of ignorance and prejudice and I wish that some of
my school teachers had read something like it." Cliff Jones,
Critical Professional Learning, Vice Chair of the International
Professional Development Association (IPDA)
An Owl in a Hawk's World: Top diplomat Llewellyn E Thompson was
everywhere the Cold War was. Winner of the New Mexico/Arizona Book
Award for Best Biography Winner of the New Mexico/Arizona Book
Award for Best Biography Against the sprawling backdrop of the Cold
War, The Kremlinologist revisits some of the twentieth century's
greatest conflicts as seen through the eyes of its hardest working
diplomat, Llewellyn E Thompson. From the wilds of the American West
to the inner sanctums of the White House and the Kremlin, Thompson
became an important advisor to presidents and a key participant in
major global events, including the Cuban Missile Crisis and the
Vietnam War. Yet unlike his contemporaries Robert S. McNamara and
Dean Rusk, who considered Thompson one of the most crucial Cold War
actors and the "unsung hero" of the Cuban Missile Crisis, he has
not been the subject of a major biography-until now. Thompson's
daughters Jenny and Sherry Thompson skillfully and thoroughly
document his life as an accomplished career diplomat. In vigorous
prose, they describe how Thompson joined the Foreign Service both
to feed his desire for adventure and from a deep sense of duty.
They also detail the crucial role he played as a negotiator
unafraid of compromise. Known in the State Department as "Mr.
Tightlips," Thompson was the epitome of discretion. People from
completely opposite ends of the political spectrum lauded his
approach to diplomacy and claimed him as their own. Refuting
historical misinterpretations of the Berlin Crisis, the Austrian
State Treaty, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Thompsons tell
their father's fascinating story. With unprecedented access to
Thompson's FBI dossier, State Department personnel files, letters,
diaries, speeches, and documents, and relying on probing interviews
and generous assistance from American and Russian archivists,
historians, and government officials, the authors bring new
material to light, including important information on the U-2,
Kennan's containment policy, and Thompson's role in US covert
operations machinery. This unique and monumental biography not only
restores a central figure to history, it makes the crucial events
he shaped accessible to a broader readership and gives contemporary
readers a backdrop for understanding the fraught United
StatesRussia relationship that still exists today.
A practical and simple workbook filled with 25 positive
affirmations with space for illustration and personalization by
children. Parents of school-age children, homeschoolers, teachers,
child psychologists, pediatricians, guidance counselors, self-help
enthusiasts, art therapists, and occupational therapists can all
benefit from sharing this workbook with children.
"My Hut" chronicles the experiences of a YMCA secretary in France
during World War One. In September 1917, William Levere sailed for
France as a YMCA volunteer. Throughout the war, Levere ran a
canteen for soldiers in the town of Neufchateau, a hub of activity
for the American Expeditionary Forces. He also traveled throughout
the region, visiting troops along the front lines. After the
Armistice, he continued his YMCA work for the U.S. Army of
Occupation in Andernach, Germany. Published for the first time
nearly eight decades after it was written, "My Hut" is Levere's own
memoir of his days of service. It brings to life the overseas
adventures of one American man who sought to take part in history.
An Owl in a Hawk's World: Top diplomat Llewellyn E Thompson was
everywhere the Cold War was. Winner of the New Mexico/Arizona Book
Award for Best Biography Winner of the New Mexico/Arizona Book
Award for Best Biography Against the sprawling backdrop of the Cold
War, The Kremlinologist revisits some of the twentieth century's
greatest conflicts as seen through the eyes of its hardest working
diplomat, Llewellyn E Thompson. From the wilds of the American West
to the inner sanctums of the White House and the Kremlin, Thompson
became an important advisor to presidents and a key participant in
major global events, including the Cuban Missile Crisis and the
Vietnam War. Yet unlike his contemporaries Robert S. McNamara and
Dean Rusk, who considered Thompson one of the most crucial Cold War
actors and the "unsung hero" of the Cuban Missile Crisis, he has
not been the subject of a major biography-until now. Thompson's
daughters Jenny and Sherry Thompson skillfully and thoroughly
document his life as an accomplished career diplomat. In vigorous
prose, they describe how Thompson joined the Foreign Service both
to feed his desire for adventure and from a deep sense of duty.
They also detail the crucial role he played as a negotiator
unafraid of compromise. Known in the State Department as "Mr.
Tightlips," Thompson was the epitome of discretion. People from
completely opposite ends of the political spectrum lauded his
approach to diplomacy and claimed him as their own. Refuting
historical misinterpretations of the Berlin Crisis, the Austrian
State Treaty, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Thompsons tell
their father's fascinating story. With unprecedented access to
Thompson's FBI dossier, State Department personnel files, letters,
diaries, speeches, and documents, and relying on probing interviews
and generous assistance from American and Russian archivists,
historians, and government officials, the authors bring new
material to light, including important information on the U-2,
Kennan's containment policy, and Thompson's role in US covert
operations machinery. This unique and monumental biography not only
restores a central figure to history, it makes the crucial events
he shaped accessible to a broader readership and gives contemporary
readers a backdrop for understanding the fraught United
StatesRussia relationship that still exists today.
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