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First biography of a major anarchist thinker Draws on untapped
archival primary sources and family records More interest in
anarchist ideas as mutual aid has become more prevalent
Since the turn of the twenty-first century, family history is the
place where two great oceans of research are meeting: family
historians outside the academy, with traditionally trained, often
university-employed historians. This collection is both a testament
to dialogue and an analysis of the dynamics of recent family
history that derives from the confluence of professional historians
with family historians, their common causes and conversations. It
brings together leading and emerging Australian and New Zealand
scholars to consider the relationship between family history and
the discipline of history, and the potential of family history to
extend the scope of historical inquiry, even to revitalise the
discipline. In Anglo-Western culture, the roots of the discipline's
professionalisation lay in efforts to reconstruct history as
objective knowledge, to extend its subject matter and to enlarge
the scale of historical enquiry. Family history, almost by
definition, is often inescapably personal and localised. How, then,
have historians responded to this resurgence of interest in the
personal and the local, and how has it influenced the thought and
practice of historical enquiry?
First biography of a major anarchist thinker Draws on untapped
archival primary sources and family records More interest in
anarchist ideas as mutual aid has become more prevalent
Since the turn of the twenty-first century, family history is the
place where two great oceans of research are meeting: family
historians outside the academy, with traditionally trained, often
university-employed historians. This collection is both a testament
to dialogue and an analysis of the dynamics of recent family
history that derives from the confluence of professional historians
with family historians, their common causes and conversations. It
brings together leading and emerging Australian and New Zealand
scholars to consider the relationship between family history and
the discipline of history, and the potential of family history to
extend the scope of historical inquiry, even to revitalise the
discipline. In Anglo-Western culture, the roots of the discipline's
professionalisation lay in efforts to reconstruct history as
objective knowledge, to extend its subject matter and to enlarge
the scale of historical enquiry. Family history, almost by
definition, is often inescapably personal and localised. How, then,
have historians responded to this resurgence of interest in the
personal and the local, and how has it influenced the thought and
practice of historical enquiry?
Uncover the mind-blowing complexities of the brain and how it
affects our personalities, behaviours and more. Written by
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL, Sophie Scott, and
composed of ten mind-blowing yet accessible essays, The Brain
guides you through the astounding complexities of the organ that
makes you, you. From diving into the networks of neurons that are
vital to our functioning, to the way our brains differ from one
another and how neuroscience is shaping up for the future; this
book is a guide to our most powerful and awe-inspiring body part.
If you have ever wondered what's going on inside your head (or
someone else's), this book will be a fascinating and enthralling
read.
Learn how to knit from scratch and create awesome colourful
projects! Simple step-by-step instructions and illustrations show
you how to complete eight fantastic knitting projects, from simple
bookmarks to stripy handwarmers and even an animal hat! Each
project will introduce a new technique for you to practise and
includes a variation to try once you've mastered the skill. Don't
worry if you get stuck - the handy help section at the back will
untangle any problems! The Get Into series is designed to get kids
excited about being creative. Fun, easy to follow and with
colourful illustrations and photography, each book is a
comprehensive introduction to a popular hobby. Other titles
available: Sewing, Gardening, Baking, Drawing, Photography.
Sophie was a nice Christian teenager, the much-loved daughter of
decent hardworking parents. One night she came back from
babysitting and, almost without conscious motive, hit her leg with
a coathanger. Then she tried whipping herself with a belt. The
following day she scratched her arm repeatedly with the point of a
compass. The sensation produced a warm sense of wellbeing, a
release of tension. Thus began an eight-year struggle to conceal
what was happening from her parents and friends; to reconcile this
addiction with her faith; to find a stronger sense of self-worth;
to find healing. Slowly, with lapses, she learned to identify the
triggers and to realise that Jesus does not reject the self-harmer.
Today Sophie works with teenagers and has considerable insight into
how this very common problem can be tackled.
Speech recognition in 'adverse conditions' has been a familiar area
of research in computer science, engineering, and hearing sciences
for several decades. In contrast, most psycholinguistic theories of
speech recognition are built upon evidence gathered from tasks
performed by healthy listeners on carefully recorded speech, in a
quiet environment, and under conditions of undivided attention.
Building upon the momentum initiated by the Psycholinguistic
Approaches to Speech Recognition in Adverse Conditions workshop
held in Bristol, UK, in 2010, the aim of this volume is to promote
a multi-disciplinary, yet unified approach to the perceptual,
cognitive, and neuro-physiological mechanisms underpinning the
recognition of degraded speech, variable speech, speech experienced
under cognitive load, and speech experienced by theoretically
relevant populations. This collection opens with a review of the
literature and a formal classification of adverse conditions. The
research articles then highlight those adverse conditions with the
greatest potential for constraining theory, showing that some
speech phenomena often believed to be immutable can be affected by
noise, surface variations, or attentional set in ways that will
force researchers to rethink their theory. This volume is essential
for those interested in speech recognition outside laboratory
constraints.
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