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This accessible How To Guide provides practical, expert guidance on
how to successfully set up and run a law clinic. Donald Nicolson,
JoNel Newman and Richard Grimes explore the process of designing a
clinic to address unmet legal needs, enhance student learning, and
maximise the additional benefits of a clinic. How to Set up and Run
a Legal Clinic is a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice
of running a clinic. Based on the authors’ first-hand experience,
the book analyses a variety of day-to-day issues that can arise
when setting up a law clinic and provides invaluable solutions to
these commonly occurring challenges. In investigating how clinics
may be run, and what services they can provide, the book
investigates possible tensions between educational and social
justice objectives, and how they may be resolved to meet these dual
aims. The book examines how the expectations of all stakeholders,
including those with regulatory oversight of clinical activities,
can be managed and met. Those working within law schools who are
wishing to set up or expand law clinics will find this book to be
highly useful. It will be a valuable resource for those aiming to
enhance employability and experiential learning offerings.
Students, and legal practitioners, wishing to gain insight into the
value of clinical work will also find this to be a helpful guide.
LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2022 'A remarkable and powerful
book, the rarest of things ... Nicolson is unique as a writer ... I
loved it' EDMUND DE WAAL Few places are as familiar as the shore -
and few as full of mystery and surprise. How do sandhoppers inherit
an inbuilt compass from their parents? How do crabs understand the
tides? How can the death of one winkle guarantee the lives of its
companions? What does a prawn know? In Life Between the Tides, Adam
Nicolson explores the natural wonders of the shoreline, from the
extraordinary biology of its curious animals to the flow of our
human history. This is an invitation to the water, where marvellous
things wait an inch below the surface. Previously published as The
Sea is Not Made of Water
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.
In Harold Nicolson's own words 'This study of Lord Curzon
represents the third volume of a trilogy on British diplomacy
covering the years from 1870 to 1924. The first volume of that
trilogy was a biography entitled Lord Carnock: A Study in the Old
Diplomacy. The second volume was a critical survey of the Paris
conference called Peacemaking, 1919.' All three volumes are
reissued in Faber Finds. Curzon himself, not a modest man it must
be admitted, rated highly the work of his final years. In his
'Literary Testament' dictated only a few hours before his death he
said, 'As to my work as Foreign Secretary from 1918 to 1924 - a
period of unparalleled difficulty in international affairs and of
great personal worry and sometimes tribulation . . . - I court the
fullest publicity as to my conduct in those anxious years and can
imagine no better justification than the publication of any or all
the telegrams, despatches, minutes and records of interviews for
which I was responsible.' Some of the chapter headings alone remind
us of what an eventful period it was: Armistice, The Eastern
Question, Smyrna, Persia, Egypt, Reparation, Chanak and Lausanne.
It is perhaps a pity that Harold Nicolson didn't write the official
biography of Lord Curzon (he was a candidate) but what we have here
is a work that is, in the words of David Gilmour, another
biographer of Curzon, 'acute, jaunty, readable and sympathetic.'
'Of all branches of human endeavour, diplomacy is the most
protean.' That is how Harold Nicolson begins this book. It is an
apt opening. The Paris Conference of 1919, attended by thirty-two
nations, had the supremely challenging task of attempting to bring
about a lasting peace after the global catastrophe of the Great
War.
Harold Nicolson was a member of the British delegation. His book
is in two parts. In the first he provides an account of the
conference, in the second his diary covering his six month stint.
There is a piquant counterpoise between the two. Of his diary he
writes, 'I should wish it to be read as people read the
reminiscences of a subaltern in the trenches. There is the same
distrust of headquarters; the same irritation against the
staff-officer who interrupts; the same belief that one's own sector
is the centre of the battle-front; the same conviction that one is,
with great nobility of soul, winning the war quite single-handed.'
The diary ends with prophetic disillusionment, 'To bed, sick of
life.'
As a first-hand account of one of the most important events
shaping the modern world this book remains a classic.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2019 'This is a book of
wonders' Sunday Times 'Spellbinding and intelligent' Financial
Times 'Extraordinary and engrossing' Spectator It was the most
extraordinary year. In a book brimming with poetry and nature
writing, biography and adventure, Adam Nicolson walks in the
footsteps of Coleridge, Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy during
the months in the late 1790s they spent together in the Quantock
Hills. Out of it came The Ancient Mariner, 'Kubla Khan', Lyrical
Ballads and 'Tintern Abbey'; Coleridge's unmatched hymns to
friendship and fatherhood; Wordsworth's revolutionary verses and
paeans to the unity of soul and cosmos, love and understanding. In
short, a poetry that sought to remake the world.
What is the nature of things? Must I think my own way through the
world? What is justice? How can I be me? How should we treat each
other? Before the Greeks, the idea of the world was dominated by
god-kings and their priests, in a life ruled by imagined
metaphysical monsters. 2,500 years ago, in a succession of small
eastern Mediterranean harbour-cities, that way of thinking began to
change. Men (and some women) decided to cast off mental
subservience and apply their own worrying and thinking minds to the
conundrums of life. These great innovators shaped the beginnings of
philosophy. Through the questioning voyager Odysseus, Homer
explored how we might navigate our way through the world.
Heraclitus in Ephesus was the first to consider the
interrelatedness of things. Xenophanes of Colophon was the first
champion of civility. In Lesbos, the Aegean island of Sappho and
Alcaeus, the early lyric poets asked themselves ‘How can I be
true to myself?’ In Samos, Pythagoras imagined an everlasting
soul and took his ideas to Italy where they flowered again in
surprising and radical forms. Prize-winning and bestselling writer
Adam Nicolson travels through this transforming world and asks what
light these ancient thinkers can throw on our deepest
preconceptions. Sparkling with maps, photographs and artwork, How
to Be is a journey into the origins of Western thought. Hugely
formative ideas emerged in these harbour-cities: fluidity of mind,
the search for coherence, a need for the just city, a recognition
of the mutability of things, a belief in the reality of the ideal
— all became the Greeks’ legacy to the world. Born out of a
rough, dynamic—and often cruel— moment in human history, it was
the dawn of enquiry, where these fundamental questions about self,
city and cosmos, asked for the first time, became, as they remain,
the unlikely bedrock of understanding.
The classic story of the relationship between Vita Sackville-West
and Harold Nicolson, and a unique portrait of the Bloomsbury Group.
'A brilliantly structured account of the dramas, infidelities and
deep emotional attachments' GUARDIAN 'An intimate and controversial
account of his bisexual parents' open relationship' NEW YORK TIMES
'One of the most absorbing stories, built around two very
remarkable people, ever to stray from Gothic fiction into real
life' TLS The marriage was that between the two writers, Vita
Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson and the portrait is drawn partly
by Vita herself in an autobiography which she left behind at her
death in 1962 and partly by her son, Nigel. It was one of the
happiest and strangest marriages there has ever been. Both Vita and
Harold were always in love with other people and each gave the
other full liberty 'without enquiry or reproach', knowing that
their love for each other would be unaffected and even strengthened
by the crises which it survived. This account of their love story
is now a modern classic.
WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2018 WINNER OF THE JEFFERIES AWARD
FOR NATURE WRITING 2017 The full story of seabirds from one of the
greatest nature writers. The book looks at the pattern of their
lives, their habitats, the threats they face and the passions they
inspire - beautifully illustrated by Kate Boxer. Seabirds are
master navigators, thriving in the most demanding environment on
earth. In this masterly book, drawing on all the most recent
research, Adam Nicolson follows them to the coasts and islands of
Scotland, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, and the Americas. Beautifully
illustrated by Kate Boxer, The Seabird's Cry is a celebration of
the wonders of the only creatures at home in the air, on land and
on the sea. It also carries a warning: the number of seabirds has
dropped by two-thirds since 1950. Extinction stalks the ocean and
there is a danger that the grand cry of a seabird colony will this
century become little but a memory.
Based on OS data and fully revised for 2017 the Ayrshire Street
Atlas is your essential guide to the towns and villages throughout
Ayrshire. Exceptionally clear mapping and full index to street
names. Don't leave home without it! Exceptionally clear street
mapping Index to street names Tourist attractions highlighted Shows
schools, post offices, parking, petrol stations, hospitals
religious buildings, recreation areas, cemeteries and more
The popularity of amateur genealogy and family history has soared
in recent times. Genealogy, Psychology and Identity explores this
popular international pastime and offers reasons why it informs our
sense of who we are, and our place in both contemporary culture and
historical context. We will never know any of the people we
discover from our histories in person, but for several reasons we
recognize that their lives shaped ours. Paula Nicolson draws on her
experiences tracing her own family history to show how people can
connect with archival material, using documents and texts to expand
their knowledge and understanding of the psychosocial experiences
of their ancestors. Key approaches to identity and relationships
lend clues to our own lives but also to what psychosocial factors
run across generations. Attachment and abandonment, trusting, being
let down, becoming independent, migration, health and money, all
resonate with the psychological experiences that define the
outlooks, personalities and the ways that those who came before us
related to others. Nicolson highlights the importance of genealogy
in the development of identity and the therapeutic potential of
family history in cultivating well-being that will be of interest
to those researching their own family tree, genealogists and
counsellors, as well as students and researchers in social
psychology and social history.
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Poems of the Sea (Hardcover)
Adam Nicolson; Edited by Gaby Morgan
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Poems of the Sea is an anthology of classic poetry that celebrates
the sea; from the power of a stormy ocean to ships and sailors and
beaches strewn with shells. Part of the Macmillan Collector's
Library; a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics with ribbon
markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for
any book lover. This edition features an introduction by author
Adam Nicolson. For generations, poets have taken inspiration from
ocean mists and rugged coastlines to conjure up adventures on the
high seas and joyous days at the seaside. From Emily Dickinson's
morning dog walks by the shore, to the river running through Sara
Teasdale's sunny valley, and from Walt Whitman's fish-filled
forests, to the silent ships passing in Paul Laurence Dunbar's dark
ocean, there are poems here for every reader to enjoy.
In "A Traveller's History of Greece", the reader is provided with
an authoritative general history of Greece from its earliest
beginnings down to the present day. It covers in a clear and
comprehensive manner the classical past, the conflict with Persia,
the conquest by the Romans, the Byzantine era and the occupation by
the Turks; and, the struggle for independence and the turbulence of
recent years, right up to current events. This history will help
the visitor make sense of modern Greece against the background of
its diverse heritage. Illustrated with maps and line drawings, "A
Traveller's History of Greece" is an invaluable companion for your
vacation.
Fully revised and updated, Genealogy, Psychology and Therapy
highlights the importance of genealogy in the development of
identity, and the therapeutic potential of family history in
cultivating wellbeing. The popularity of amateur genealogy and
family history has soared in recent times. We will never know any
of the people we discover from our histories in person, but for
several reasons, we recognize that their lives shaped ours. Key
approaches to identity and relationships lend clues to our own
lives but also to what psychosocial factors run across generations.
Attachment and abandonment, trusting, being let down, becoming
independent, migration, health and money, all resonate with the
psychological experiences that define the outlooks, personalities
and the ways that those who came before us related to others. This
new edition builds on the original book, Genealogy, Psychology, and
Identity, by highlighting the work of Erik Erikson along with
studies of the quality of attachment, historical social conditions
especially war, forced migration, health inequalities and financial
uncertainty, to enable a more detailed understanding of trauma and
its long shadow, and to focus on how genealogy informs our
identities and emotional health status, exploring the transmission
of trauma across generations. The intergenerational transmission of
trauma is examined using analysis of real-life family examples,
alongside an assessment of a narrative therapy approach to healing.
The book expands on how psychological practices together with
genealogical evidence may impart resilience and emotional repair,
and develops the discussion of the psychological methods by which
we interconnect in a reflective way with material from archival
databases, family stories and photographs and other sources
including DNA. Showing how people can connect with archival
material, using documents and texts to expand their knowledge and
understanding of the psychosocial experiences of their ancestors,
this book will be of interest to those researching their own family
tree, genealogists and counsellors, as well as students and
researchers in social psychology and social history.
Fully revised and updated, Genealogy, Psychology and Therapy
highlights the importance of genealogy in the development of
identity, and the therapeutic potential of family history in
cultivating wellbeing. The popularity of amateur genealogy and
family history has soared in recent times. We will never know any
of the people we discover from our histories in person, but for
several reasons, we recognize that their lives shaped ours. Key
approaches to identity and relationships lend clues to our own
lives but also to what psychosocial factors run across generations.
Attachment and abandonment, trusting, being let down, becoming
independent, migration, health and money, all resonate with the
psychological experiences that define the outlooks, personalities
and the ways that those who came before us related to others. This
new edition builds on the original book, Genealogy, Psychology, and
Identity, by highlighting the work of Erik Erikson along with
studies of the quality of attachment, historical social conditions
especially war, forced migration, health inequalities and financial
uncertainty, to enable a more detailed understanding of trauma and
its long shadow, and to focus on how genealogy informs our
identities and emotional health status, exploring the transmission
of trauma across generations. The intergenerational transmission of
trauma is examined using analysis of real-life family examples,
alongside an assessment of a narrative therapy approach to healing.
The book expands on how psychological practices together with
genealogical evidence may impart resilience and emotional repair,
and develops the discussion of the psychological methods by which
we interconnect in a reflective way with material from archival
databases, family stories and photographs and other sources
including DNA. Showing how people can connect with archival
material, using documents and texts to expand their knowledge and
understanding of the psychosocial experiences of their ancestors,
this book will be of interest to those researching their own family
tree, genealogists and counsellors, as well as students and
researchers in social psychology and social history.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be given your own
remote islands? Thirty years ago it happened to Adam Nicolson. Aged
21, Nicolson inherited the Shiants, three lonely Hebridean islands
set in a dangerous sea off the Isle of Lewis. With only a stone
bothy for accommodation and half a million puffins for company, he
found himself in charge of one of the most beautiful places on
earth. The story of the Shiants is a story of birds and boats,
hermits and fishermen, witchcraft and catastrophe, and Nicolson
expertly weaves these elements into his own tale of seclusion on
the Shiants to create a stirring celebration of island life.
Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (now
the Bailie Gifford) 'A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our
view of Homer ... There's something that hits the mark on every
page' Claire Tomalin, Books of the Year, New Statesman Where does
Homer come from? And why does Homer matter? His epic poems of war
and suffering can still speak to us of the role of destiny in life,
of cruelty, of humanity and its frailty, but why they do is a
mystery. How can we be so intimate with something so distant? 'The
Mighty Dead' is a magical journey of discovery across wide
stretches of the past, sewn together by some of the oldest stories
we have - the great ancient poems of Homer and their metaphors of
life and trouble. In this provocative and enthralling book, Adam
Nicolson explains why Homer still matters and how these vital, epic
verses - with their focus on the eternal questions about the
individual versus the community, honour and service, love and war -
tell us how we became who we are.
Juta's nursing psychology is aimed at nursing professionals to
enable them to apply psychological concepts to nursing practice and
so assist them in their day-to-day contact with patients. It
examines human behaviour in a holistic way, and this means
considering the whole person: brain, nervous system, personality,
stage of life, social relationships and so on. The selection of
topics in Juta's nursing psychology makes this holistic view a
reality and includes: the biological basis of human behaviour;
human development across the lifespan, including the social
context; psychological approaches to health and ill-health; an
introduction to counselling.
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