Feltmaking is a popular medium for craftsmen but few have explored its potential as an art form This new book demonsrates the exciting scope of pictorial feltmaking & explains how to create felt pictures with the depth & atmosphere usually associated with a graphite drawing or a watercolour painting Written by a leading felt artist it shows to work freely with the wool as if it were paint or a piece of charcoal ...

We are far less free than we like to think In Creating Freedom Raoul Martinez exposes the mechanisms of control that pervade our lives & the myths on which they depend Exploring the lottery of our birth the coercive influence of concentrated wealth & the consent-manufacturing realities of undemocratic power he shows that our faith in free media free markets free elections & free will is dangerously misplaced Written with empathy & imagination this scholarly fierce & profoundly hopeful manifesto makes a dazzling case for creating freedom on our own terms ...

How can we define " Judaism" & what are the common threads uniting ancient rabbis Maimonides the authors of the Zohar & modern secular Jews in Israel? Michael L Satlow offers a fresh perspective on Judaism that recognizes both its similarities & its immense diversity Presenting snapshots of Judaism from around the globe & throughout history Satlow explores the links between vastly different communities & their Jewish traditions He studies the geonim rabbinical scholars who lived in Iraq from the ninth to twelfth centuries; the intellectual flourishing of Jews in medieval Spain; how the Hasidim of nineteenth-century Eastern Europe confronted modernity; & the post-World War II development of distinct American & Israeli Jewish identities Satlow pays close attention to how communities define themselves their relationship to biblical & rabbinic texts & their ritual practices His fascinating portraits reveal the amazingly creative ways Jews have adapted over time to social & political challenges & continue to remain a " Jewish family" ...

Outstanding leadership is the kind that inspires employees delights customers & achieves extraordinary business results & no one knows more about this kind of leadership than Lee Cockerell the man who ran Walt Disney World (R) Resort operations for over a decade In Creating Magic he shares the ten practical common sense strategies that guided his own journey from a poor farm boy in Oklahoma to the head of operations for a multibillion dollar enterprise Combining surprising business wisdom with insightful & entertaining stories from his four decades on the front lines of some of the world's best-run companies Lee shows all of us
- from small business owners to managers at every level
- how to become better leaders by infusing quality character courage enthusiasm & integrity into our workplaces & our lives

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Powerful Teacher Education describes the strategies goals content & processes of seven highly successful & long-standing teacher education programs
- Alverno College Bank Street College Trinity University University of California Berkeley University of Southern Maine University of Virginia & Wheelock College All these colleges & universities have succeeded in preparing teachers to teach diverse learners to achieve high levels of performance & understanding In discussing the common features of these programs Linda Darling-Hammond shows what outstanding teacher education models do & how they do it & what their graduates accomplish as a result Powerful Teacher Education also examines the policies organizational features resources & relationships that have enabled these programs to succeed
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In this thoroughly updated edition of L Dee Fink s bestselling classic he discusses new research on how people learn active learning & the effectiveness of his popular model; adds more examples from online teaching; & further focuses on the impact of student engagement on student learning The book explores the changes in higher education nationally & internationally since the publication of the previous edition

Includes:: additional procedures for integrating one s course & adds strategies for dealing with student resistance to innovative teaching This edition continues to provide conceptual & procedural tools that are invaluable for all teachers when designing instruction It shows how to use a taxonomy of significant learning & systematically combine the best research-based practices for learning-centered teaching with a teaching strategy in a way that results in powerful learning experiences for students Acquiring a deeper understanding of the design process will empower teachers to creatively design courses that will result in significant learning for students

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Are you ready to make your dreams come true? Michael Neill is widely recognized as one of the world's leading life coaches & his teachings have impacted everyone from housewives to CEOs & from gang members in prison to leaders at the United Nations For the last decade he has been sharing the principles that will allow you to create far more than you ever thought possible with far less struggle than you expected Thousands of people from all over the world have already used the principles behind this 90-day programme to reconnect with their creative spark & get their most important ideas & projects out of their head & into the world Now it's your turn What if you could accomplish more than you ever imagined without the constant stress & pressure associated with 'high achievement'? What if creating what you want to see in the world isn't dependent on believing in yourself or even believing that it's possible? Whether you want breakthrough results for your business yourself or your life this book will change the way you see yourself as you learn to make the impossible possible! ...

In this book Professor Douglas Kelly persuasively argues for a literal interpretation of the six-day account of creation found in Genesis chapters 1 & 2 He assesses both the biblical details & the scientific data to show that there is a convincing & scientifically viable case for this understanding This new edition written twenty years after the original contains important revisions & additional chapters bringing this insightful & relevant volume up-to-date with developments in this field ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play Jon Amiel (SOMERSBY TV&s THE SINGING DETECTIVE) directs real-life married couple Paul Bettany & Jennifer Connelly star as Charles Darwin & his wife in this biographical drama Set before the publication of ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES CREATION finds Darwin grieving over the death of his daughter & feeling far away from his wife Age Rating 15 ...

Part ghost story part psychological thriller part heart-wrenching love story Creation is the story of Charles Darwin & the single most explosive idea in history Darwin&s great still controversial book The Origin of Species depicts nature as a battleground In Creation the battleground is a man&s heart Torn between his love for his deeply religious wife & his own growing belief in a world where God has no place Darwin finds himself caught in a struggle between faith & reason love & truth This is not the grey-bearded old man that most people imagine when they think of Darwin Told in a collage of scenes from the past & present laced with stories of exotic animals & the dark dreams of a troubled mind Creation is a film that will provoke entertain & ultimately deeply move you ...