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The writer and recipient of these engaging letters, Alexander
Chisholm Gooden (born 1817), went up to Trinity College, Cambridge
in 1836, having previously been educated at the University of
London. A glittering academic career beckoned; he was top of the
Classical Tripos in 1840, and in the following year went to Germany
to read for a Trinity fellowship, but died tragically early from
peritonitis after rowing on the Rhine. The 169 letters between
Gooden and his family and friends collected in this volume
constitute a rich and hitherto unknown source for student life in
Cambridge in the 1830s. They cover a wide range of topics:
friendships, local politics, accommodation, clothing and bills, the
personalities and vagaries of dons, and Gooden's health. They also
give a detailed picture of his career as a student of classics and
mathematics, and, after his examination success in 1840, as a
private tutor to undergraduates.The differences between Cambridge
and London styles of scholarship caused difficulties for Gooden;
they offer the reader an unusual and interesting light on his
struggle to succeed at Trinity. JONATHAN SMITH is Archivist at
Trinity College Library, Cambridge; CHRISTOPHER STRAY is Honorary
Research Fellow at the Department of Classics, University of Wales,
Swansea
Leadership is demanding and challenging. How do leaders cope? How
do they remain fit and strong, and thrive? The authors of
Leadership Resilience, a business school academic and a police
officer, suggest that many challenges faced by leaders are similar
to the challenges experienced by police officers. The isolation;
the pressure not to show personal emotions; the expectation that
they will deal effectively with confused, frustrated and angry
people; and that they can deal with delivering bad news; all
contribute to the pressures bearing on leaders and police officers
everywhere. The authors argue that these challenges are more
pronounced in policing and so more readily identifiable than in
other leadership situations. They explore challenges experienced by
police officers, look at how they cope with them, and draw lessons
for those undertaking leadership roles more generally. Leadership
Resilience provides accounts from police officers, in their own
words, of difficult experiences they encounter. They describe their
feelings about what was important and how they coped with it. Each
account is followed by an analysis highlighting what is discussed,
and not discussed, in the accounts and identifying lessons that can
be drawn by leaders in other situations. All is presented so that
it is relevant to different cultures demanding different styles of
leadership. Analysis of the engaging experiences featured will help
leaders struggling with the gap between leadership education and
capability and the demands made of them to survive and thrive,
while maintaining their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual
health.
This eight-volume, reset edition in two parts collects rare primary
sources on Victorian science, literature and culture. The sources
cover both scientific writing that has an aesthetic component -
what might be called 'the literature of science' - and more overtly
literary texts that deal with scientific matters.
This eight-volume, reset edition in two parts collects rare primary
sources on Victorian science, literature and culture. The sources
cover both scientific writing that has an aesthetic component -
what might be called 'the literature of science' - and more overtly
literary texts that deal with scientific matters.
This eight-volume, reset edition in two parts collects rare primary
sources on Victorian science, literature and culture. The sources
cover both scientific writing that has an aesthetic component -
what might be called 'the literature of science' - and more overtly
literary texts that deal with scientific matters.
This eight-volume, reset edition in two parts collects rare primary
sources on Victorian science, literature and culture. The sources
cover both scientific writing that has an aesthetic component -
what might be called 'the literature of science' - and more overtly
literary texts that deal with scientific matters.
The 'MisLeadership' of this book's title is a description of the
phenomenon the authors have uncovered through their analysis of the
validity, or otherwise, of current leadership styles and
achievements, in the light of the challenges leaders face, and
particularly of the urgent global issues with which business
leaders are now confronted. John Rayment and Jonathan Smith examine
existing approaches to leadership with a focus on their
shortcomings, categorized according to the four main types of
misLeadership the authors have identified - Missing, Misguided,
Misinformed and Machiavellian leadership. Each of these forms of
misleadership has a corollary in one of the four elements of the
kind of holistic leadership that the authors advocate - the
capacity for effective decision making, the adoption of a global
perspective, the move to a new business paradigm to replace the
current economic and social one, and commitment to a contemporary
mission. From Rayment and Smith's passionately argued, but well
reasoned perspective, leaders, the led and those responsible for
leadership development will gain an insight into the prevalence and
causes of misleadership and into ways in which it can be identified
and overcome. A range of examples and case studies is provided to
enable the concepts presented here to be related to practice. As
well as illustrating instances of 'misleadership' these also
demonstrate that the emphasis in relation to the decision making
models currently available to leaders may not be the most important
stages of the processes involved. The global perspective emphasized
by the authors is not just about globality in the geographical
sense. An important part of the way forward suggested here involves
considering all aspects of humanity - the physical, mental and
spiritual strength, stamina and fitness of individuals, groups and
societies, in the context of a 'Global Fitness Framework'. All this
is presented in a practical and approachable style that enables
these authors to introduce a new approach to a key element of
management thinking, in a way that will encourage and empower
individuals to think on a different scale, challenge assumptions
and exercise effective leadership.
'The Following Game is tremendously good. As with his book on
teaching, Jonathan Smith seems to have invented a genre to meet his
immediate needs. The result is completely natural: talking voice,
spontaneity of exposition, insights and connections popping up as
and when they need to, candour, uncompromised expressions of
feeling all that. So it speaks to me who couldn't be more
indifferent to cricket with great directness and passion.'
--Christopher Reid, winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2009 'The
Following Game is a wonderfully subtle auto-biography, witty,
reticent, modest, laugh out loud humorous (on many pages),
generous, uncomplaining, self-deprecatory, observant, sensitive,
classless, profound, and widely perceptive of ideas, places and
people. It is and will remain a classic.' --The Observer.Longlisted
for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2011.
The Yorkshire 3 Peaks challenge is on many people's bucket list, an
achievable (but difficult) walk in an accessible part of the
country. The fact the area is stunningly beautiful helps! The 3
Peaks book offers a detailed step by step description of the 3
Peaks route. However, there is much more to it than that: - Full
colour photography throughout - A description of alternative routes
up each mountain - History and Geology of this unique and
fascinating area - Sections on Fell Running, Caving and Biking
written by outside experts - The problems of managing the route,
written by Alan Hulme from the National Park - Beyond the 3 Peaks:
excellent alternative challenges for walkers in the Dales Nearly
100,000 people take on the Yorkshire 3 Peaks challenge every year.
Most succeed but many do not. The walk takes place in some of the
most stunning countryside in the country. Not only does the
limestone scenery make the walk unique and attractive but the
industrial heritage makes it memorable. The book is much more than
a simple guide, it adds flavour and interest to the area and the
walk itself.
Introduction to Intelligence: Institutions, Operations, and
Analysis offers a strategic, international, and comparative
approach to covering intelligence organizations and domestic
security issues. Written by multiple authors, each chapter draws on
the author's professional and scholarly expertise in the subject
matter. As a core text for an introductory survey course in
intelligence, this text provides readers with a comprehensive
introduction to intelligence, including institutions and processes,
collection, communications, and common analytic methods.
Nineteen-fifty-three is synonymous in the British memory with the
coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June. But less well known is
what happened in 10 Downing Street on 23 June. With Anthony Eden
vying for power, the elderly Prime Minister, Winston Churchill,
must maintain the confidence of his government, the press and the
public. But after a diplomatic dinner in which he is on typically
sparkling form, Churchill's Italian dining companions are rushed
out of the building and his doctor called. The Prime Minister has
had a stroke. Churchill is bedbound throughout the summer, and
while secrecy agreements have been struck with leading newspaper
barons, the potential impact of his health on public life is never
far from the minds of his inner circle. With the help of a devoted
young nurse and his indomitable wife, Clementine, Churchill
gradually recoups his health. But will he be fit enough to
represent Britain on the world stage?
Leadership is demanding and challenging. How do leaders cope? How
do they remain fit and strong, and thrive? The authors of
Leadership Resilience, a business school academic and a police
officer, suggest that many challenges faced by leaders are similar
to the challenges experienced by police officers. The isolation;
the pressure not to show personal emotions; the expectation that
they will deal effectively with confused, frustrated and angry
people; and that they can deal with delivering bad news; all
contribute to the pressures bearing on leaders and police officers
everywhere. The authors argue that these challenges are more
pronounced in policing and so more readily identifiable than in
other leadership situations. They explore challenges experienced by
police officers, look at how they cope with them, and draw lessons
for those undertaking leadership roles more generally. Leadership
Resilience provides accounts from police officers, in their own
words, of difficult experiences they encounter. They describe their
feelings about what was important and how they coped with it. Each
account is followed by an analysis highlighting what is discussed,
and not discussed, in the accounts and identifying lessons that can
be drawn by leaders in other situations. All is presented so that
it is relevant to different cultures demanding different styles of
leadership. Analysis of the engaging experiences featured will help
leaders struggling with the gap between leadership education and
capability and the demands made of them to survive and thrive,
while maintaining their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual
health.
The Great Lakes were the main arena for the fur trade in colonial
North America, which drew European explorers and trappers deep into
the northern USA and Canada from the 17th century onwards. The
desire to control the supply of this luxury item sparked wars
between Britain and France, as well as conflicts between rival
tribes and the newly formed United States of America, which
continued until 1840.
The main tribes of the area were the Huron, Dakota, Sauk and Fox,
Miami and Shawnee. All were drawn into the conflicts throughout the
Great Lakes region during the French-Indian War (1754-1763), as
well as the American Revolution. These conflicts culminated in
Black Hawk's War of 1832, as Native American tribes attempted to
resist the loss of their lands to white settlers in what is now
Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. The defeat of these tribes forever
altered the climate of the central American states.
This new addition to Osprey's coverage of Native American tribes
details the growth of the fur trade in the Great Lakes area, the
various skirmishes, battles and wars that were fought to control
this vital trade and important trade area. With
specially-commissioned plates, as well as photographs of locations
and/or artifacts where available, expert author Michael Johnson
also details the lives and material culture - including clothing,
equipment and weaponry - of the local tribes themselves before
their circumstances were irrevocably altered.
College-university relationships, the role of examinations, the
politics of curriculum: papers amplify the picture of developments
in Cambridge during the century. It was in the 19th and early 20th
centuries that Cambridge, characterised in the previous century as
a place of indolence and complacency, underwent the changes which
produced the institutional structures which persist today. Foremost
among them was the rise of mathematics as the dominant subject
within the university, with the introduction of the Classical
Tripos in 1824, and Moral and Natural Sciences Triposes in 1851.
Responding to this, Trinity was notable in preparing its students
for honours examinations, which came to seem rather like athletics
competitions, by working them hard at college examinations. The
admission of women and dissenters in the 1860s and 1870s was a
majorchange ushered in by the Royal Commission of 1850, which
finally brought the colleges out of the middle ages and
strengthened the position of the university, at the same time
laying the foundations of the new system of lectures and
supervisions. Contributors: JUNE BARROW-GREEN, MARY BEARD, JOHN R.
GIBBINS, PAULA GOULD, ELISABETH LEEDHAM-GREEN, DAVID McKITTERICK,
JONATHAN SMITH, GILLIAN SUTHERLAND, CHRISTOPHER STRAY, ANDREW
WARWICK, JOHN WILKES.
This book, a collection of newly commissioned essays by leading
environmental philosophers, was originally to be published by Seven
Bridges, a small scholarly press started by former editors at
Stanford University Press. Seven Bridges is folding due to poor
financing, and this book is now available. It is already in pages,
with a cover design, and each chapter has been double-blind
peer-reviewed and revised. Andrew Light is a professor of applied
philosophy at NYU and a possible editor for a series in
environmental philosophy.
The aesthetics of everyday life, originally developed by Henri
Lefebvre and other modernist theorists, is an extension of
traditional aesthetics, usually confined to works of art. It is not
limited to the study of humble objects but is rather concerned with
all of the undeniably aesthetic experiences that arise when one
contemplates objects or performs acts that are outside the
traditional realm of aesthetics. It is concerned with the nature of
the relationship between subject and object.
One significant aspect of everyday aesthetics is environmental
aesthetics, whether constructed, as a building, or manipulated, as
a landscape. Others, also discussed in the book, include sport,
weather, smell and taste, and food.
The Following Game is about passion and obsession. It's about
cricket, family and poetry, but most of all it's about a father
following his son's career in the public eye and the close
relationship they share. Jonathan Smith is the father of Ed Smith,
a prominent writer and former Kent, Middlesex and England
cricketer. The Following Game is a follow-up to Jonathan's
critically-acclaimed 2002 book The Learning Game, one of the most
talked-about books in education over the last ten years.
Sir Alfred Munnings, retiring President of the Royal Academy,
chooses the 1949 Annual Banquet to launch a savage attack on Modern
Art. The effect of his diatribe is doubly shocking, leaving not
only his distinguished audience gasping but also many people tuning
in to the BBC's live radio broadcast. But as he approaches the end
of his assault, the speech suddenly dissolves into incoherence when
he stumbles over a name - a name he normally takes such pains to
avoid - that takes him back forty years to a special time and a
special place. Summer in February is a disturbing and moving
re-creation of a celebrated Edwardian artistic community enjoying
the last days of a golden age soon to be shattered by war. As
resonant and understated as The Go-Between, it is a love story of
beauty, deprivation and tragedy.
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