As a professor at Yale William Deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply His students some of the nation's brightest minds were adrift when it came to the big questions how to think critically & creatively & how to find a sense of purpose Now he argues that elite colleges are turning out conformists without a compass Excellent Sheep takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with parents & counsellors who demand perfect grades & culminates in the skewed applications Deresiewicz saw first-hand as a member of Yale's admissions committee As schools shift focus from the humanities to practical subjects like economics students are losing the ability to think independently It is essential says Deresiewicz that college be a time for self-discovery when students can establish their own values & measures of success in order to forge their own paths He features"es from real students & graduates he has corresponded with over the years candidly exposing where the system is broken & offering clear solutions on how to fix it Excellent Sheep is likely to makea lasting mark He takes aim at just about the entirety of upper-middle-class life in America Mr Deresiewicz's book is packed full of what he wants more of in American life passionate weirdness (The New York Times) ...

Cover design by Orla Kiely Mildred Lathbury is one of those &excellent women& who is often taken for granted She is a godsend &capable of dealing with most of the stock situations of life
- birth marriage death the successful jumble sales the garden fete spoilt by bad weather& As such though she often gets herself embroiled in other people&s lives
- & especially those of her glamorous new neighbours the Napiers whose marriage seems to be on the rocks One cannot take sides in these matters though it is tricky especially when Mildred teetering on the edge of spinsterhood has a soft spot for dashing young Rockingham Napier This is Barbara Pym&s world at its funniest & most touching

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Mildred Lathbury is one of those &excellent women& who is often taken for granted She is a godsend &capable of dealing with most of the stock situations of life
- birth marriage death the successful jumble sales the garden fete spoilt by bad weather& As such she often gets herself embroiled in other people&s lives
- especially those of her glamorous new neighbours the Napiers whose marriage seems to be on the rocks One cannot take sides in these matters though it is tricky especially as Mildred teetering on the edge of spinsterhood has a soft spot for dashing young Rockingham Napier This is Barbara Pym&s world at its funniest & most touching

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Using the cover artwork of our much-loved Virago Modern Classics hardback range these elegant notebooks celebrate three of our most popular titles Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier; Excellent Women by Barbara Pym & Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann They are a must-have for all Virago fans & are surely the most stylish way of collecting notes on your favourite books Or maybe it will inspire you to write a novel of your own Each notebook features a ribbon bookmark high-quality paper & matching endpapers Rebecca & Excellent Women feature artwork by award-winning textile designer Neisha Crosland wwwneishacroslandcom Valley of the Dolls features artwork by textile designer & founder of Biba Barbara Hulanicki wwwbarbarahulanickidesigncom ...

Throughout history migrants have fueled the engine of human progress Their movement has sparked innovation spread ideas relieved poverty & laid the foundations for a global economy In a world more interconnected than ever before the number of people with the means & motivation to migrate will only increase Exceptional People provides a long-term & global perspective on the implications & policy options for societies the world over Challenging the received wisdom that a dramatic growth in migration is undesirable the book proposes new approaches for governance that will embrace this international mobility The authors explore the critical role of human migration since humans first departed Africa some fifty thousand years ago
- how the circulation of ideas & technologies has benefited communities & how the movement of people across oceans & continents has fueled economies They show that migrants in today's world connect markets fill labor gaps & enrich social diversity Migration also allows individuals to escape destitution human rights abuses & repressive regimes However the authors indicate that most current migration policies are based on misconceptions & fears about migration's long-term contributions & social dynamics Future policies for good or ill will dramatically determine whether societies can effectively reap migration's opportunities while managing the risks of the twenty-first century A guide to vigorous debate & action " Exceptional People" charts the past & present of international migration & makes practical recommendations that will allow everyone to benefit from its unstoppable future growth
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