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The Schoolhouse (Paperback): Sophie Ward The Schoolhouse (Paperback)
Sophie Ward
R457 R414 Discovery Miles 4 140 Save R43 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Isobel lives an isolated life in North London, working at a nearby library. She feels safe if she keeps to her routines and doesn't let her thoughts stray too far into the past. But a newspaper photograph of a missing local schoolgirl and a letter from her old teacher are all it takes for her ordinary, careful armour to become overwhelmed and the trauma of what happened when she was a pupil at The Schoolhouse to return.

The Schoolhouse was different - one of the 1970s experimental schools that were a reaction to the formal methods of the past. The usual rules did not apply, and life there was a dark interplay of freedom and violence, adventure and fear. Only her teenage diary recorded what happened, but the truth is coming for her and everything she has tried to protect is put at risk.

Set between the past and the present, The Schoolhouse is a masterful and gripping novel about childhood, secrets and trust.

The Schoolhouse - 'Stylish, pacy and genuinely frightening' The Times (Hardcover): Sophie Ward The Schoolhouse - 'Stylish, pacy and genuinely frightening' The Times (Hardcover)
Sophie Ward
R522 R474 Discovery Miles 4 740 Save R48 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

'A compelling, fast-moving narrative . . . delivers real emotional impact' Telegraph 'A literary provocateur' Guardian Isobel lives an isolated life in North London, working at a nearby library. She feels safe if she keeps to her routines and doesn't let her thoughts stray too far into the past. But a newspaper photograph of a missing local schoolgirl and a letter from her old teacher are all it takes for her ordinary, careful armour to become overwhelmed and the trauma of what happened when she was a pupil at The Schoolhouse to return. The Schoolhouse was different - one of the 1970s experimental schools that were a reaction to the formal methods of the past. The usual rules did not apply, and life there was a dark interplay of freedom and violence, adventure and fear. Only her teenage diary recorded what happened, but the truth is coming for her and everything she has tried to protect is put at risk. Set between the past and the present, The Schoolhouse is a masterful and gripping novel about childhood, secrets and trust.

Using Shakespeare's Plays to Explore Education Policy Today - Neoliberalism through the lens of Renaissance humanism... Using Shakespeare's Plays to Explore Education Policy Today - Neoliberalism through the lens of Renaissance humanism (Hardcover)
Sophie Ward
R4,760 Discovery Miles 47 600 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Shakespeare is revered as the greatest writer in the English language, yet education reform in the English-speaking world is informed primarily by the 'market order', rather than the kind of humanism we might associate with Shakespeare. By considering Shakespeare's dramatisation of the principles that inform neoliberalism, this book makes an important contribution to the debate on the moral failure of the market mechanism in schools and higher education systems that have adopted neoliberal policy. The utility of Shakespeare's plays as a means to explore our present socio-economic system has long been acknowledged. As a Renaissance playwright located at the junction between feudalism and capitalism, Shakespeare was uniquely positioned to reflect upon the nascent market order. As a result, this book utilises six of his plays to assess the impact of neoliberalism on education. Drawing from examples of education policy from the UK and North America, it demonstrates that the alleged innovation of the market order is premised upon ideas that are rejected by Shakespeare, and it advocates Shakespeare's humanism as a corrective to the failings of neoliberal education policy. Using Shakespeare's Plays to Explore Education Policy Today will be of key interest to researchers, academics and students in the fields of education policy and politics, educational reform, social and economic theory, English literature and Shakespeare.

The Schoolhouse (Paperback): Sophie Ward The Schoolhouse (Paperback)
Sophie Ward
R419 R391 Discovery Miles 3 910 Save R28 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Using Shakespeare's Plays to Explore Education Policy Today - Neoliberalism through the lens of Renaissance humanism... Using Shakespeare's Plays to Explore Education Policy Today - Neoliberalism through the lens of Renaissance humanism (Paperback)
Sophie Ward
R1,452 Discovery Miles 14 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Shakespeare is revered as the greatest writer in the English language, yet education reform in the English-speaking world is informed primarily by the 'market order', rather than the kind of humanism we might associate with Shakespeare. By considering Shakespeare's dramatisation of the principles that inform neoliberalism, this book makes an important contribution to the debate on the moral failure of the market mechanism in schools and higher education systems that have adopted neoliberal policy. The utility of Shakespeare's plays as a means to explore our present socio-economic system has long been acknowledged. As a Renaissance playwright located at the junction between feudalism and capitalism, Shakespeare was uniquely positioned to reflect upon the nascent market order. As a result, this book utilises six of his plays to assess the impact of neoliberalism on education. Drawing from examples of education policy from the UK and North America, it demonstrates that the alleged innovation of the market order is premised upon ideas that are rejected by Shakespeare, and it advocates Shakespeare's humanism as a corrective to the failings of neoliberal education policy. Using Shakespeare's Plays to Explore Education Policy Today will be of key interest to researchers, academics and students in the fields of education policy and politics, educational reform, social and economic theory, English literature and Shakespeare.

The Schoolhouse - 'Stylish, pacy and genuinely frightening' The Times (Paperback): Sophie Ward The Schoolhouse - 'Stylish, pacy and genuinely frightening' The Times (Paperback)
Sophie Ward
R316 R290 Discovery Miles 2 900 Save R26 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

'A compelling, fast-moving narrative . . . delivers real emotional impact' Telegraph 'A literary provocateur' Guardian Isobel lives an isolated life in North London, working at a nearby library. She feels safe if she keeps to her routines and doesn't let her thoughts stray too far into the past. But a newspaper photograph of a missing local schoolgirl and a letter from her old teacher are all it takes for her ordinary, careful armour to become overwhelmed and the trauma of what happened when she was a pupil at The Schoolhouse to return. The Schoolhouse was different - one of the 1970s experimental schools that were a reaction to the formal methods of the past. The usual rules did not apply, and life there was a dark interplay of freedom and violence, adventure and fear. Only her teenage diary recorded what happened, but the truth is coming for her and everything she has tried to protect is put at risk. Set between the past and the present, The Schoolhouse is a masterful and gripping novel about childhood, secrets and trust.

Love and Other Thought Experiments - Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020 (Paperback): Sophie Ward Love and Other Thought Experiments - Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020 (Paperback)
Sophie Ward; Read by Sophie Ward 1
R276 R251 Discovery Miles 2 510 Save R25 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020 Longlisted for the Desmond Eliot Prize 2020 Longlisted for the Polari Prize 2021 Featuring on BBC 2's Between the Covers 'Sophie Ward is a dazzling talent who writes like a modern-day F Scott Fitzgerald' Elizabeth Day, author of How To Fail 'An act of such breath-taking imagination, daring and detail that the journey we are on is believable and the debate in the mind non-stop. There are elements of Doris Lessing in the writing - a huge emerging talent here' Fiona Shaw 'A towering literary achievement' Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things Rachel and Eliza are planning their future together. One night in bed Rachel wakes up terrified and tells Eliza that an ant has crawled into her eye and is stuck there. Rachel is certain; Eliza, a scientist, is sceptical. Suddenly their entire relationship is called into question. What follows is a uniquely imaginitive sequence of interlinked stories ranging across time, place and perspective to form a sparkling philosophical tale of love, lost and found across the universe.

In the 'Lyme' Light - A Journey of Acceptance & Rediscovery (Paperback): Sophie Ward In the 'Lyme' Light - A Journey of Acceptance & Rediscovery (Paperback)
Sophie Ward
R409 Discovery Miles 4 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Heart of Bold (Paperback): Nirrimi Joy Firebrace Heart of Bold (Paperback)
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R446 Discovery Miles 4 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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