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A fin-tastic tale of friendship and adventure, perfect for fans of
Lemony Snicket and Edward Scissorhands! 'Charming and delightful
... a whimsical adventure story stuffed to the flippers with fish
puns and fun' SAM SEDGMAN 'I loved this story of fish, friendship
and finding yourself.' A.F. STEADMAN 'The story has been polished
like a pebble in a gift shop ... so charming and quirky is our
voyage' THE TIMES Marina lives in Merlington, a fish-obsessed
seaside town. Unfortunately, she doesn't care for fish; she loves
telling stories. Marina finds her best story yet when she explores
the ruined, haunted pier: a boy called William with a head of
tentacles and crab claws for hands. He has lived on the pier all
his life, cared for by a fisherman who has since disappeared and
who warned him always to remain hidden. Together, the pair resolve
to unravel the mystery of his past - but danger isn't far away ...
The debut novel by Richard Pickard, a fresh new voice in children's
fiction and winner of the Times/Chicken House Chairman's Choice
Award 2019. A funny, dark, core middle-grade story touching on
themes of lies, storytelling, secrets, acceptance and, of course,
fish! Perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate
Events and Edward Scissorhands!
 A magical, wondrous novel by the author of The Peculiar
Tale of the Tentacle Boy – about a boy who longs to swim, and a
town with a mysterious past ... 'A hilarious and warm-hearted
mystery set in a secretive seaside town, Son of the Sea had me
hooked!'Â JENNIFER BELL, AUTHOR OFÂ LEGENDARIUM 'A
splashing success, frothing with adventure. This beautiful book is
a witty, warm-hearted, web-toed delight.'Â SAM SEDGMAN, AUTHOR
OF THE ADVENTURES ON TRAINSÂ SERIES HIS FEET WERE THE FIRST
CLUE ... Casper dreams of swimming the Channel. Surely, he was born
to use his webbed toes ... Instead, he's strictly forbidden to go
near water. When his parents have an unlucky accident, Casper is
sent to stay with a grandmother he's never met - where he discovers
his special tie to the sea ... From the acclaimed author of The
Peculiar Tale of the Tentacle Boy – winner of the Times/Chicken
House Competition Chairman's Choice Award Packed full of magical
realism, humour, LGBTQ+ representation and a message of
acceptance Perfect for readers aged 9 and up Â
Higher education has come under increasing public scrutiny in
recent years, assailed with demands for greater efficiency,
accountability, cost reduction, and, above all, job training.
Drawing upon examples from across the world, with an emphasis on
Anglo-American higher-education systems, this handbook employs
sociological approaches to address these pressing concerns. The
second edition is thoroughly updated and adds several new chapters
to shed further light on the transformations wrought by the
interrelated processes of massification, vocationalization, and
marketization that have swept through universities in the wake of
neoliberal reforms introduced by governments since the 1980s. The
handbook explores recent developments in higher-education systems
and policy as well as the everyday experiences of students and
staff and ongoing problems of inequality and diversity within
universities. In doing so, the chapters address a number of current
issues concerning the legitimacy of higher-educational credentials,
from the continuing debate regarding traditional pedagogies and the
role of universities in social class reproduction to more recent
concerns about standards in mass systems. Collectively, this
handbook demonstrates that the sociology of higher education has
the potential to play a leadership role in improving the myriad
higher-education systems around the world that are now part of an
interrelated set of subsystems, replete with both persistent
problems and promising prospects. This book is therefore necessary
reading for a variety of stakeholders within academia as well as
professionals and policy-makers interested in understanding higher
education and the acute challenges it faces.
In response to mounting concerns about the future of the press, an
outpouring of lively debate and proposals for alternative models of
journalism has exploded across journals of opinion, the
blogosphere, and academic publications. Despite this proliferation,
a comprehensive overview of this new terrain has been noticeably
missing--just what will the world look like without newspapers.
"Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights"offers the first
roadmap to this crucially important new debate, in a concise and
accessible introduction to the current schools of thought emerging
in response to the journalism crisis, with contributions by the
leading media analysts writing today.
This fully updated second edition of Teaching Physical Education
Creatively provides knowledge and understanding for students,
trainee and qualified teachers, to engage creatively in teaching
primary Physical Education. It is full of ideas for developing the
teaching of dance, games, gymnastics and ways of using outdoor
spaces for activities in an innovative and engaging manner. There
is also a chapter to support creative practitioner to plan for
creative Physical Education. With an emphasis on developing
creative teaching processes by building from children's curiosity,
imagination and need to explore and move, it forges clear links
between research and practice, and offers suggestions for
developing exciting, engaging new approaches to teaching Physical
Education. Key topics explored include: Physical Education and
creativity Building physical competence and physical literacy
Creative ways to develop the teaching of dance, games, gymnastics
and ways of using outdoor spaces for activities Developing
understanding of space, speed and dynamics Creative planning
Inclusive approaches and aspects of differentiation Teaching
Physical Education Creatively presents the theory and background
necessary to develop a comprehensive understanding of creative
teaching and children's learning. Packed with practical guidance
and inspiration for lively, enjoyable Physical Education, it is an
invaluable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students in
initial teacher training, practicing teachers, and undergraduate
students of Physical Education and dance.
This book has been developed in association with the Cultural Heritage Department of the Council of Europe. It examines key themes and objectives for the protection of the architectural and archaeological heritage in a range of European countries. The analysis of individual countries and the group as a whole gives an assessment of how advanced current mechanisms are and the ongoing problems that remain to be managed in order to safeguard the 'common heritage'.
The problem of addiction is one of the major challenges and
controversies confronting medicine and society. It also poses
important and complex philosophical and scientific problems. What
is addiction? Why does it occur? And how should we respond to it,
as individuals and as a society? The Routledge Handbook of
Philosophy and Science of Addiction is an outstanding reference
source to the key topics, problems and debates in this exciting
subject. It spans several disciplines and is the first collection
of its kind. Organised into three clear parts, forty-five chapters
by a team of international contributors examine key areas,
including: the meaning of addiction to individuals conceptions of
addiction varieties and taxonomies of addiction methods and models
of addiction evolution and addiction history, sociology and
anthropology population distribution and epidemiology developmental
processes vulnerabilities and resilience psychological and neural
mechanisms prevention, treatment and spontaneous recovery public
health and the ethics of care social justice, law and policy.
Essential reading for students and researchers in addiction
research and in philosophy, particularly philosophy of mind and
psychology and ethics, The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and
Science of Addiction will also be of great interest to those in
related fields, such as medicine, mental health, social work, and
social policy.
As we face a world that is undergoing unparalleled change, no area
is more dynamic than business. To help us understand, navigate and
succeed in this new world, the team at Monocle brings together its
unique knowledge of culture, politics, economics, and business.
Featuring stories of people running enterprises on every scale, the
inspirational tales in this book provide readers with insights into
the challenges and joys of creativity and entrepreneurship. These
unmatched case studies reveal, among many success stories, how
leaders choose branding, hire teams and design workspaces for
today's needs. Whether you are planning to make a life change,
start a new business, or reinvigorate an existing one, The Monocle
Book of Entrepreneurs is a resource for anyone who wants to make a
difference in their work and life.
Celebrate Christmas with reflections and prayers for each day of
Advent. This antidote to the commercialism of the festive season
can be used for individual meditation or group worship. The authors
are the former and current wardens of the Abbey on the Island of
Iona.
Monocle's latest book is a celebration of the Nordic region, with
some surprises, quirks and - maybe - a sauna or two along the way.
Monocle's journalists, editors and photographers have returned time
and again to all corners of northern Europe for insights,
inspiration and ideas for living better. This book isn't about
hammering the overhyped hygge trend or fussing over foamy food.
Much the opposite - it's about a shared but distinct set of values
that have helped varied nations excel in quiet diplomacy,
thoughtful design and reasoned debate. Monocle looks beyond the
cliches and uncovers the folks, firms and stories that help the
region rank highly for everything in everything from art and
architecture to eating well. Far from lumping these different
nations together, the Monocle team will highlight the people,
places and products that show the Nordics in all their nuances:
lessons we can all learn from makers in Norway's high north or
retailers reaching higher in Reykjavik; the firms building bridges
in Denmark or selling Swedish soft power abroad. The world can
learn a lot from our knowing northern neighbours - and The Monocle
Book of the Nordics is the ideal place to start.
Higher education has come under increasing public scrutiny in
recent years, assailed with demands for greater efficiency,
accountability, cost reduction, and, above all, job training.
Drawing upon examples from across the world, with an emphasis on
Anglo-American higher-education systems, this handbook employs
sociological approaches to address these pressing concerns. The
second edition is thoroughly updated and adds several new chapters
to shed further light on the transformations wrought by the
interrelated processes of massification, vocationalization, and
marketization that have swept through universities in the wake of
neoliberal reforms introduced by governments since the 1980s. The
handbook explores recent developments in higher-education systems
and policy as well as the everyday experiences of students and
staff and ongoing problems of inequality and diversity within
universities. In doing so, the chapters address a number of current
issues concerning the legitimacy of higher-educational credentials,
from the continuing debate regarding traditional pedagogies and the
role of universities in social class reproduction to more recent
concerns about standards in mass systems. Collectively, this
handbook demonstrates that the sociology of higher education has
the potential to play a leadership role in improving the myriad
higher-education systems around the world that are now part of an
interrelated set of subsystems, replete with both persistent
problems and promising prospects. This book is therefore necessary
reading for a variety of stakeholders within academia as well as
professionals and policy-makers interested in understanding higher
education and the acute challenges it faces.
Impossible God introduces Derrida's theology for a new generation
interested in Derrida's writings and in the future of theology, and
clarifies Derrida's theology for those already familiar with his
writings. Derrida's theological concerns are now widely recognised
but Impossible God shows how Derrida's theology takes its shape
from his earliest writings on Edmund Husserl and from explorations
into Husserl's unpublished manuscripts on time and theology.
Rayment-Pickard argues that Derrida goes beyond both the nihilism
of the 'death of God' and the denials of negative theology to
affirm a theology of God's 'impossibility'. Derrida's 'impossible
God' is not another God of the philosophers but a powerful deity
capable of wakening us into faith, ethical responsibility and love.
Showing how central theology has been to Derrida's philosophy since
the beginning of his career, Impossible God presents an accessible
study of a neglected area of Derrida's writing which students of
philosophy and theology will find invaluable.
'Introductory Dynamical Oceanography' 2nd ed provides an
introduction to Dynamical Physical Oceanography at a level suitable
for senior year undergraduate students in the sciences and for
graduate students entering oceanography. It aims to present the
basic objectives, procedures and successes and to state some of the
present limitations of dynamical oceanography and its relations to
descriptive physical oceanography.
The first edition has been thoroughly revised and updated and the
new work includes reference to the Practical Salinity Scale 1978,
the International Equation of State 1980 and the beta-spiral
technique for calculating absolute currents from the density
distribution. In addition the description of mixed-layer models has
been updated and the chapters on Waves and on Tides have been
substantially revised and enlarged, with emphasis on internal waves
in the Waves chapter. While the text is self-contained readers are
recommended to acquaint themselves with the general aspects of
descriptive (synoptic) oceanography in order to be aware of the
character of the ocean which the dynamical oceanographer is
attempting to explain by referring to Pickard and Emery's
'Descriptive Physical Oceanography' 4th edition.
The best photo assignments from the Monocle archive, published to
mark the magazine's fifteenth anniversary. Back in 2007 the first
issues of Monocle magazine hit newsstands and kiosks around the
globe. At its core was a pledge to commission all original
photography - capturing the world on film, on the ground and in the
moment. The cover of that first issue featured a Japanese
helicopter pilot from the country's defence force - taken as part
of a 10-day reportage assignment for both photographer and writer.
In the years since, Monocle has continued in its pursuit of
documenting the world through its unique lens - from embassies and
residences to world leaders and cultural stars. Each issue has
featured a dedicated photographic Expo section celebrating
lesser-known locales, obscure events and curious characters through
truly outstanding photography. Alpine wrestlers, Syrian outposts,
French legionnaires, noodle-makers, game show hosts and private
member's clubs have all graced the pages. The Monocle Book of
Photography draws on the best of these photographic stories from an
archive a decade and a half in the making. A handsome linen bound
edition with the highest quality gloss paper and printing, the book
also features supporting text about the photo assignments and the
stories behind them, including first hand accounts from the
photographers involved.
Age, Gender and Sexuality through the Life Course argues that the
gendered structure of temporality (defined in the dual sense of
everyday time as well as age and stage of life) is a key factor
underpinning the stalling of the gender revolution. Taking as its
central focus the idealised young woman who serves as the mascot of
contemporary success, this book demonstrates how the celebration of
the Girl is (i) representative of social mobility, educational and
professional achievement; (ii) possesses diligence, docility and
emotional intelligence, and (iii) displays a reassuring sexuality
and youthfulness - but is constructed from the outset to have a
fleetingly short life span. Pickard undertakes a theoretical and
empirical exploration of the contemporary female experience of
education, work, motherhood, sexuality, the challenge of
having-it-all. Furthermore, through additional analysis of the
transitional 'reproductive regime' from youth into mid-life and
beyond, this insightful monograph aims to demonstrate how age and
time set very clear limits to what is possible and desirable for
the female self; yet how the latter factors also, if used
reflexively, can provide the key means of resisting and challenging
patriarchy. This book is aimed at a broad interdisciplinary
audience located in gender studies, age studies, culture studies,
sociology and psychology; accessible for advanced undergraduates
and beyond.
Originally published as a special issue of Research in Dance
Education, now with an added chapter, this text acknowledges and
celebrates the increasingly diverse careers and employment networks
in which dance professionals and dance educators are engaged.
Addressing issues and developments relating to the workplace of
dance, the text explores what it means to transcend the boundary
between dance as passion, and dance as employment. Chapters explore
challenges of professional practice including limitations on
access, precarity, bodily risk, gender inequality, and sexual
harassment, and challenge the status quo to offer readers new ways
of thinking about dance, and how this might translate into
professional practice and work. Ultimately celebrating the passion
which motivates dancers to embark on a professional career, and
highlighting the elation and joy which such employment can bring,
this volume encourages dance professionals, students, and educators
to imagine things differently and develop teaching approaches,
curricula, work places, and communities which capitalise on the
diversity and dedication of individuals in the field. This text
will be of great interest to graduate and postgraduate students,
researchers, academics, professionals in the field of Dance, Dance
Education, Choreography and related art forms, Curriculum studies
and Sociology of Education.
The current (postfeminist) gender order comprises a highly complex
coexistence of old and new norms and expectations, freedom and
constraints, within a neoliberal social order underpinned by
individualism and involving a shift in gender performance by men
and women. Health, illness and disease at different points in the
life course can be used as a vehicle to illuminate structural and
cultural inequalities that persist despite several decades of
progressive reform in western countries. This collection brings
together a number of key researchers, both established and new to
the field, and based across North America, Australia, the UK and
Europe, and comprises both empirical and theoretical work. Drawing
on a wide range of disciplinary fields, including medical
sociology, medical anthropology, nursing, gender studies, sociology
of risk and age studies, all authors use heath, well-being, illness
and disease as a lens through which to explore the complexities and
inequalities associated with late modernity. This book will be of
interest to scholars and students of age studies, medical sociology
and anthropology, gender studies, healthcare and nursing.
The day is 8 August 1963. It is the early hours of the morning, and
a group of men are waiting at a railway bridge in Buckinghamshire.
They are about to rob a mail train, on its way to London from
Glasgow, and they have no idea that on board they will find
approximately £2.5 million (over £50 million in today's money) in
cash - the largest of its time. Among their number is Ronnie Biggs.
He will be remembered long after most of the other names are
forgotten, and the money spent or lost. What is it about Ronnie
Biggs that fascinates people sixty years on from the crime that
made his name? Is it the man or the myth that makes Ron a
latter-day Robin Hood - the odd man in the confederation of
criminals who held up a train on that fateful day? This is Ronnie
Biggs' official autobiography. It tells of one of the most
extraordinary lives of the twentieth century. From Ron's daring
escape from HMP Wandsworth, to how he managed to outwit and outrun
a posse of law enforcement officers as one of the world's most
wanted men; from plastic surgery in Paris, and his years on the run
in Brazil - complete with two kidnappings and an attempted suicide
- to his return to the UK after 13,087 extraordinary days on the
run. Published for the sixtieth anniversary of Britain's most
famous crime, this is a daring, exciting and often misunderstood
life of a man who has seen and done it all, told in his own words.
Poems of strong and well-crafted connections - between communities
in the West of Scotland and the West Bank Palestinian territories;
between prayer and politics; between a lyrical delight in the
natural world - and down-to-earth living, observed with warmth and
humour. Jan Sutch Pickard is a former Warden of Iona Abbey, a
storyteller, liturgist and Methodist lay preacher. She has twice
served as a peace monitor with the Ecumenical Accompaniment
Programme in Palestine and Israel.
This fully updated second edition of Teaching Physical Education
Creatively provides knowledge and understanding for students,
trainee and qualified teachers, to engage creatively in teaching
primary Physical Education. It is full of ideas for developing the
teaching of dance, games, gymnastics and ways of using outdoor
spaces for activities in an innovative and engaging manner. There
is also a chapter to support creative practitioner to plan for
creative Physical Education. With an emphasis on developing
creative teaching processes by building from children's curiosity,
imagination and need to explore and move, it forges clear links
between research and practice, and offers suggestions for
developing exciting, engaging new approaches to teaching Physical
Education. Key topics explored include: Physical Education and
creativity Building physical competence and physical literacy
Creative ways to develop the teaching of dance, games, gymnastics
and ways of using outdoor spaces for activities Developing
understanding of space, speed and dynamics Creative planning
Inclusive approaches and aspects of differentiation Teaching
Physical Education Creatively presents the theory and background
necessary to develop a comprehensive understanding of creative
teaching and children's learning. Packed with practical guidance
and inspiration for lively, enjoyable Physical Education, it is an
invaluable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students in
initial teacher training, practicing teachers, and undergraduate
students of Physical Education and dance.
Relationships between architects and clients - built upon expressed
values, as well as their import into the final work of architecture
- are typically not discussed in architectural education, rarely
considered in architectural criticism or theory, and usually
missing in most writing about architecture. This monograph seeks to
highlight and address this deficiency. The book focuses on the
process that the firm uses to help their clients to define values,
and to intone them through architectural design. Exquisitely
presented throughout, this volume presents a range of built and
in-process works at a variety of scales, complexity, and locations,
with various clients. Most of these projects have not been
previously published. The projects will be documented and discussed
within the context of the value proposition and design process that
distinguish Pickard Chilton's approach to architecture.
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