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David Martin's vivid, elegant and absorbing prose offers surprising and often moving insights into his life, times and intellectual development. As Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the LSE he gives a compelling behind-the-scenes account of the protests during the 1960s and 1970s. He also recounts the ups and downs of his leading role in championing the King James Bible and the Prayer Book in the 1980's. It will be a must read for the many pe...

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A practical guide to maximizing learning in groupsThis easy-to-understand book provides practical strategies for helping members learn from their ongoing group experience, including guided illumination of selected group events. Real cases and practice exercises reinforce the importance of reflecting on your practice between group sessions. This brief guide draws on the latest research on group work, covering diversity and multicultural issues ...

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Cervantine Lessons offers a fresh approach to the Novelas ejemplares (1613) of Cervantes in which the twelve novelas are not analyzed individually nor on the basis of generic definitions but rather from a thematic perspective. In this way, certain pertinent themes and problems are explored by grouping the relevant novelas as they dramatize these problems, often leaving the reader with unresolved "conclusions, " and in other instances offering ...

Rapid Reading can treble the rate of reading progress. Part of the Rapid Reading series, created to help children catch up. Rapid Reading is the UK's most comprehensive reading intervention programme

The book aims to use the recent experience of China and other emerging economies of East Asia, together with Japan, to advance our understanding of state power in today's world economy.

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A comprehensive account of the development of nursing in India from 1907-2007, the book critiques conventional explanations for the low status of nursing as attributable to cultural factors, and shifts the focus to the problematic and neglected relationship between the state and professional nursing organisations.

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This book examines the processes and challenges of tribal communities in the high-growth economy of Gujarat. Through a comprehensive and varied account of tribal development in the state, it aims to understand the reasons that prevent economic prosperity and relatively good governance from reaching these communities.

This book is an important commentary on the worst global economic crisis since the Great Depression and the first in-depth analysis of the crisis from a political scientist¿s lens. Instead of offering technocratic solutions, it argues for more state regulation of finance, greater state responsibility towards society, and more radical social movements to fight for economic justice.

Contents: Preface. I. Introduction. Part I: Dynamics of Colonization II. Colonial Citizen as an Educational Ideal. III. Appropriate Knowledge. IV. Meek Dictator. Part II: Dynamics of the Freedom Struggle V. Pursuit of Equality. VI. Quest for Self-Identity. VII. Meanings of Progress. VIII. Conclusion. About the Author. Bibliography. Index

DDR 1956. Julia Sundstrom (Jeanette Hain) ist 26. Mit 18 Jahren hat sie den über zwanzig Jahre älteren Arnold Sundstrom (Robert Atzorn) geheiratet, mit dem sie eine glückliche Ehe führt und einen vierjährigen Sohn hat. Sundstrom ist einer der führenden Architekten der DDR. Auch Julia ist Architektin. Sie arbeiten gemeinsam in einem Team, das eine "Straße des Weltfriedens" baut. Da taucht Tieck (Hans-Michael Rehberg) auf, ein ehemaliger Weggefä...