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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
With a foreword by Kathleen Jamie. Trees can evoke powerful
feelings. For Henry David Thoreau, the woods are places beyond
civilisation; for Ursula Le Guin and J. R. R. Tolkien, they are
loaded with otherworldly potential; and for those fleeing
captivity, they can provide a welcome sanctuary. Woods can strike
fear. They can inspire wonder. They can be lovely, dark and deep.
John Miller builds upon the ecological arguments for saving forests
to raise the compelling question of their cultural value, with
beautiful illustrations from the British Library’s unparalleled
collections of books and manuscripts. This book roams freely across
literature and culture from around the world, weaving in personal
memoir, to explore why woods matter to us. In the midst of a
climate crisis, there is hope to be found in our deeply emotional
connection to trees, and the instinct it awakens in us to value and
protect them.
Tattooing is an ancient practice with profound religious and
cultural significance. While western tattooing centres on three
main traditions - Polynesian, Japanese and Euro-American -- it has
been recorded more or less everywhere. Beginning with the birth of
the tattoo, John Miller explores this unique expression of
personal, cultural and national identity, the tension between
tattoo's status as a fashion item and its roots in subculture, and
the relevance of magic -- a crucial part of tattooing's origins --
in contemporary society. As the inherent shock factor of tattoos
decreases, tattoos are becoming more extensive, public and
challenging in response, prompting an upsurge in avant-garde tattoo
projects and 'extreme' tattooing. The Philosophy of Tattoos
investigates the innate human desire to mark the skin, and what
tattooing might tell us about that obsessively asked question: what
does it mean to be human?
Fired up by the accounts of exploring parties in the nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries, writers of the weird and supernatural
began to construct a literary Arctic and Antarctic in which terrors
lay undiscovered in the ice and gateways to bizarre hidden worlds
were waiting. From James Hogg's lurid North Pole narrative of life
amongst polar bears in 'The Surpassing Adventures of Allan Gordon'
to tales of mad science and ghostly visitations among the
wind-blown expanse of the southern continent, this new collection
showcases a wealth of neglected material and an overlooked niche of
literature obsessed with the limits of human experience. Pulp tales
of alien forces emerging from the ice and a battle between hunter
and invisible man-eating duck creature drift alongside modern
horror from indigenous Arctic voices to show the extent and
endurance of the lure of these sublime landscapes.
This is a book for pacesetters -- church leaders who desire to help
their churches break free of the things that turn them in on
themselves and keep them from being outward-looking and
outward-moving communities of Jesus Christ. The ingrown church is a
common phenomenon. It is the 'norm' for contemporary evangelical
and Protestant churches. But ingrownness is a pathology. It can
destroy the vital spiritual health of a church. It must, therefore,
be combated with the norms of Scripture. And that is why this book
was written. Outgrowing the Ingrown Church is a masterful mix of
biblical principle, objective analysis, and personal experience. It
traces the author's own growing awareness of the problem of
ingrownness in his calling as a pastor, seminary professor, and
evangelist/missionary. In his own discovery of the power and
presence of God he discovered the tendency of the church to live by
its own power and resources. This is a book written to help change
churches by changing the individuals who read it. It offers one an
unparalleled challenge to be evaluated, revitalized, and then used
by God for the work of ministry. Thus it is a book not merely for
pastors, but for the whole body of Christ. 'I have never been as
excited about any book concerning church growth as when I read this
book . . . . (His biblical) principles, if followed, transform
individual lives and then lead to a movement within a church to
change the whole congregation, ' writes John Guest in the foreword
This book describes how three of the most significant Anglophone
writers of the first half of the twentieth century - Yeats, Eliot,
and Woolf - wrestled with a geopolitical situation in which
national boundaries had come to seem increasingly permeable at the
same time as war among (and within) individual nation-states had
come to seem virtually inescapable. Drawing on Jean-Francois
Lyotard's analysis of the elements of performativity in J.L.
Austin's speech act theory, and making critical use of Carl
Schmitt's writings on sovereignty and world order, Miller situates
the writings of Yeats, Eliot, and Woolf in the context of what
Lyotard describes as a "civil war of language." By virtue of its
dissolution of any clear boundary between "interiority" and
"exteriority," as well as by virtue of its resistance to any
decisive form of resolution or regulation, this "civil war of
language" takes on dimensions that are ultimately global in scope.
Miller examines the emergence of modernism as bound up with a
crisis of personal, political, and aesthetic sovereignty that
undermined traditional distinctions between the public and private.
In the process, he directly engages with the theoretical discourse
surrounding the geopolitical impact of globalization and
biopolitics: a discourse that is central to the influential and
widely-debated work of such varied figures as Carl Schmitt, Hardt
and Negri, Giorgio Agamben, and Jean-Luc Nancy. This book will be
of interest to anyone concerned not only with twentieth-century
literature but also with questions of nationalism and
globalization.
This book describes how three of the most significant Anglophone
writers of the first half of the twentieth century - Yeats, Eliot,
and Woolf - wrestled with a geopolitical situation in which
national boundaries had come to seem increasingly permeable at the
same time as war among (and within) individual nation-states had
come to seem virtually inescapable. Drawing on Jean-Francois
Lyotard's analysis of the elements of performativity in J.L.
Austin's speech act theory, and making critical use of Carl
Schmitt's writings on sovereignty and world order, Miller situates
the writings of Yeats, Eliot, and Woolf in the context of what
Lyotard describes as a "civil war of language." By virtue of its
dissolution of any clear boundary between "interiority" and
"exteriority," as well as by virtue of its resistance to any
decisive form of resolution or regulation, this "civil war of
language" takes on dimensions that are ultimately global in scope.
Miller examines the emergence of modernism as bound up with a
crisis of personal, political, and aesthetic sovereignty that
undermined traditional distinctions between the public and private.
In the process, he directly engages with the theoretical discourse
surrounding the geopolitical impact of globalization and
biopolitics: a discourse that is central to the influential and
widely-debated work of such varied figures as Carl Schmitt, Hardt
and Negri, Giorgio Agamben, and Jean-Luc Nancy. This book will be
of interest to anyone concerned not only with twentieth-century
literature but also with questions of nationalism and
globalization.
Recognized by the Driver and Vehicle Stands Agency (DVSA) as
recommended reading for the Approved Driving Instructor (ADI)
exams, this bestselling guide is the authoritative guide for both
trainee and qualified driving instructors. The Driving Instructor's
Handbook covers every aspect of being a driving instructor, from
the role itself, to the characteristics needed to the job
effectively, through to preparation for the ADI exams. Now in its
22nd edition, the book includes detailed guidance on issues such as
licences, training, teaching and coaching skills and road traffic
law. Fully updated to cover all changes including updates to the
ADI theory and practical tests, new rules in the Highway Code,
revised motorway legislation, different rules and procedures in
Northern Ireland and updated advice on disabilities, this book is
essential reading for anyone involved in the training of drivers or
driving instructors.
Improve your teaching and communication skills with this guide
which is recommended reading by the Driver and Vehicle Standards
Agency (DVSA) for the Approved Driving Instructor (ADI)
examinations. Practical Teaching Skills for Driving Instructors is
an indispensable handbook for all new and established driving
instructors. Fully revised and updated for this 12th edition, it
provides all the necessary advice to help driving instructors and
anyone involved in driver training to communicate effectively with
learners. Containing essential guidance on teaching, communication
and coaching skills, Practical Teaching Skills for Driving
Instructors is ideal for both experienced and trainee driving
instructors. It explains how people learn and how to tailor the
teaching approach to different needs. With sections on how
structuring lessons, it covers the whole teaching process, from
early stage lessons through to the final test. The companion title
to the bestselling The Driving Instructor's Handbook, it will help
you develop and improve your ability to teach drivers how to drive.
Woods play an important and recurring role in horror, fantasy, the
gothic and the weird. They are places in which strange things
happen, where you often can't see where you are or what is around
you. Supernatural creatures thrive in the thickets. Trees reach
into underworlds of earth, myth and magic. Forests are full of
ghosts. In this new collection, immerse yourself in the whispering
voices between the branches in Wistman's Wood on Dartmoor, witness
an inexplicable death in Yorkshire's Strid Wood and prepare
yourself for an encounter with malignant pagan powers in the dark
of the New Forest. This edition also includes notes on the real
locations and folklore which inspired these deliciously sinister
stories.
Minecraft + STEM = An unstoppable force for fun and
learning! In Unofficial Minecraft STEM Lab for
Kids, you’ll find a collection of 48 creative,
collaborative projects that make learning science, technology,
engineering, and math exciting for the whole family. Venture off on
six action-packed Quests, each with four unique Labs that pair a
hands-on activity with an in-game project. Just a few of the
exciting things you’ll create and learn about:
 Hands-on activities: Concoct glow-in-the-dark slime
Grow pipe cleaner snowflakes Design and build a model Martian
habitat Mix milk and soap to create “fireworks” Make a working
volcano Create an electromagnet In-game projects: Craft a
laboratory to serve as your in-game headquarters Carve a crystal
ice castle Construct a working dam Design and use a custom
teleporter Build an underwater oceanographic field station Start
with a lesson on terminology and gameplay, learn how to
document Lab activities with sketchnoting, and meet five leading
Minecraft experts who share how their experiences with the game
have contributed to their success. Â The popular Lab for Kids
series features a growing list of books that share hands-on
activities and projects on a wide host of topics, including art,
astronomy, clay, geology, math, and even how to create your own
circus—all authored by established experts in their fields. Each
lab contains a complete materials list, clear step-by-step
photographs of the process, as well as finished samples. The labs
can be used as singular projects or as part of a yearlong
curriculum of experiential learning. The activities are open-ended,
designed to be explored over and over, often with different
results. Geared toward being taught or guided by adults, they are
enriching for a range of ages and skill levels. Gain firsthand
knowledge on your favorite topic with Lab for Kids. Â
The work of Michel Foucault has been influential in the analysis of
space in a variety of disciplines, most notably in geography and
politics. This collection of essays is the first to focus on what
Foucault termed 'heterotopias', spaces that exhibit multiple layers
of meaning and reveal tensions within society.
@lt;P@gt;First published in 1983, John Miller's@lt;I@gt;Glorious
Revolution@lt;/I@gt; established itself as the standard
introduction to the subject. It examines the dramatic events
themselves and demonstrates the profound impact the Revolution had
on subsequent British history. The Second Edition contains a fuller
discussion of Scotland and Ireland, the growth of a fiscal-military
state and the role of religion and the Revolution.@lt;/P@gt;
The first study of Restoration England from the point of view of
both rulers and ruled, this volume offers a vital reappraisal of
seventeenth century England. The civil wars had a traumatic effect
on the English people: memories of bloodshed and destruction and
the ultimate horror of the execution of Charles I continued to be
invoked for decades afterwards. It is often argued that the
political and religious fissures created by the wars divided
English society irrevocably, as demonstrated by the later bitter
conflict between the Whig and Tory parties. "After the Civil Wars
"proposes instead that although there was political conflict,
Charles II's reign was not a continuation of the divisions of the
civil wars.
This key Seminar Study was first published as Restoration England:
The Reign of Charles II in 1985. Unavailable for several years, the
book has now been heavily revised, and expanded, to take account of
over ten years of new scholarship. In particular, the Second
Edition reflects new work done on political parties, the
constitution, taxation, the church, and the legacy of the civil
wars. As ever primary documents illustrate points raised in the
text and an extensive bibliography directs readers to further
reading. New for this edition is a chronology of the main events in
Charles II's reign which, given the thematic treatment of the
reign, readers are likely to find particularly useful. When Charles
II was restored to the throne in 1660 the event was widely greeted
as a return to normal after the upheavals of civil war. In this
short study Professor John Miller explores how far this was true
and how far the civil wars had, in fact, weakened (or strengthened)
the monarchy. The book divides neatly into two: in the first part
the 'Restoration Settlement' of 1660-4 is examined in detail; and,
in the second, the salient features of government, politics and
religion under Charles II are considered, seeking to show how well
the restored regime worked in practice. Throughout, complex issues
of change over time are explained as clearly and concisely as
possible and the Restoration is placed in the wider context of the
development of England in the seventeenth century.
Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam
Board: OCR Level: A Level Subject: Physics First teaching:
September 2015 First exams: June 2017 New and updated resources
tailored to the 2015 Advancing Physics specification, written by
curriculum experts and developed in partnership with OCR. With new
accessible format and features throughout, these resources retain
the ethos of Advancing Physics while providing full support for the
new linear qualification. This Student Book covers the second year
of content required for the new Advancing Physics A Level
qualification. It develops true subject knowledge while also
developing essential exam skills.
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