Insightful & humorous On Cricket is an intelligent exposition of the game's idiosyncratic culture & its enduring appeal by Mike Brearley one of England's finest cricket captains 432 pages Brearley Mike ...

This is a sweeping survey of the current state of Critical Pedagogy offering inspiration to everybody invested in the future of radical educational change For thirty years Henry Giroux has been theorizing pedagogy as a political moral & cultural practice drawing upon critical discourses that extend from John Dewey & Zygmunt Bauman to Paulo Freire This impassioned book starts with the crucial role of pedagogy in schools before extending the notion to the educational force of the wider culture Giroux focuses on five crucial elements associated with critical pedagogy First he presents an overview of the term as it applies to schooling & to larger cultural spheres Second he analyzes the increasingly empirical orientation of teaching focusing on the culture of positivism Section Three examines some of the major economic social & political forces undermining the promise of democratic schooling in both public & higher education Giroux then outlines increasing attempts by both right wing & liberal interests to reduce schooling to training & students merely to customers Finally the book focuses on the legacy of Paulo Freire & issues a fundamental challenge to educators public intellectuals & others who believe in the promise of a radical democracy Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Pedagogy of the Oppressed the new series Critical Pedagogy Today provides a range of incisive overviews & applications of Critical Pedagogy across fields & disciplines Building on the work of Paulo Freire the series reinvigorates his legacy & provides educators with an array of tools for questioning contemporary practices & forging new pedagogical methods ...

Never before has there been a greater need for deeper listening & more open communication to cope with the complex problems facing our organizations businesses & societies Renowned scientist David Bohm believed there was a better way for humanity to discover meaning & to achieve harmony He identified creative dialogue a sharing of assumptions & understanding as a means by which the individual & society as a whole can learn more about themselves & others & achieve a renewed sense of purpose ...

Four years ago Jocelyn Butler left her tragic past behind in the States & started over in Scotland burying her grief ignoring her demons & forging ahead without attachments Her solitary life is working well
- until she moves into a new apartment on Dublin Street where she meets a man who shakes her carefully guarded world to its core 432 pages Young Samantha
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A compelling first-hand look at one of today's most fascinating food trends
- the practice of cooking with & eating insects The
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A rousing 7-step plan for living a life filled with hope & possibility from an inspirational speaker who survived a near-fatal fire at the age of nine & now runs a successful business inspiring people all around the world When John O' Leary was nine years old he was almost killed in a devastating house fire With burns on one hundred percent of his body O' Leary mustered an almost unimaginable amount of inner strength just to survive the ordeal The insights he gained through this experience & the heroes who stepped into his life to help him through the journey his family the medical staff & total strangers changed his life Now he is committed to living life to the fullest & inspiring others to do the same An incredible & emotionally honest account of triumph over tragedy On Fire contains O' Leary's reflections on being that little boy the life-giving choices made then & the resulting lessons he learned O' Leary very clearly shares that without the right people providing the right guidance at the right time he never would have made it through those five months in the hospital let alone the years that followed as he struggled to regain mobility embrace his story & ignite clarity of his life's purpose On Fire encourages us to seize the power to choose our path & transform our lives from mundane to extraordinary Once we stop thinking solely on the big moments in our lives we can begin to focus on those smaller opportunities that tend to pass us by These are the events that can determine how we feel about life now where we are headed in the future & how many lives we can impact along the way We can't always choose the path we walk but we can choose how we walk it Empowering inspiring remarkably honest & heartfelt O' Leary's strength & incredible spirit shine through on every page ...

' Truly great cities' writes Jonathan Glancey 'have always been a heady mix of the planned & the unplanned the rational & the irrational the dreamlike & the matter-of-fact' Nowhere is this more true than in Bath which in the eighteenth century was transformed from a small provincial spa to one of the most fashionable & architecturally dazzling cities in the world By the end of the eighteenth century Bath was the tenth largest city in the country In the early years of the following century however its star suddenly faded & growth came to a virtual standstill For the past 200 years the city's residents have struggled to come to terms with that extraordinary legacy These fifteen walks published to coincide with the 25th anniversary of Bath's designation as a World Heritage Site explore the resonances of that legacy today As well as shedding new light on familiar landmarks they go in search of hidden treasures in out-of-the way corners before heading out to explore old villages absorbed by the city Erudite never patronising witty & even sometimes like his eighteenth-century namesake acerbic & satirical Dr Swift is the perfect companion to guide you round the World Heritage Site Lavishly illustrated in full colour with photographs engravings & archive maps to guide you on these walks range from gentle strolls around the city's streets to challenging climbs through woods & along country lanes to visit spectacular buildings high in the hills above Nine of the walks are step-free or have step-free alternatives indicated & all start & end in the heart of the city ...

THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEARWhat is being on form? How does it relate to feeling 'in the zone'? Are these states in the lap of the gods a matter of which side of the bed we got out of that morning? Or is there anything we can do to make their arrival more likely? In this fascinating book former England cricket captain & psychoanalyst Mike Brearley examines many of the elements of being in & out of form across a number of different disciplines
- not only in cricket & psychoanalysis but also in finance music philosophy medicine teaching tree surgery & drama Drawing on his own experiences both on & off the field Brearley describes various states of mind from the conscious determination involved in training & practice through to that almost spiritual state of being 'inspired' To achieve any level of form requires us to be able to hold different tensions in mind & to tolerate both ambivalence & ambiguity Neither form nor creativity can be guaranteed
- Brearley illustrates in depth the frequent ways we lose form
- though understanding in a full sense enables us to make drastic loss of form less likely Perceptive & engaging On Form is an exploration of the benefits & risks of being on form & can help us all reflect on the range of conditions that block or liberate us PRAISE FOR THE ART OF CAPTAINCY'A work of real substance valued for its practicality & its precision as well as its balanced humanity & insight' Hilary Mantel' The best book on captaincy written by an expert' Mike Atherton'A subtle wise book' Ed Smith' The man-management skills demonstrated by Brearley's handling of Ian Botham remain an inspiration' Nasser Hussain' The Art of Captaincy was & is an outstanding book I would add only three words which I always bear in mind Keep it simple' Richie Benaud


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Family tensions explode for a loving couple Ethel & Norman Thayer (Katharine Hepburn & Henry Fonda in Academy Award winning performance) at their New England summer cabin on Golden Pond Their daughter Chelsea (Jane Fonda) has come to visit with her new lover Bill (Dabney Coleman) & his tough young son Billy (Doug Mc Keon) The three generations collide But what begins as a stubborn battle of wills between Norman & Billy slowly turns into a relationship that Chelsea always wanted with her father & Norman discovers how much he has missed by denying his daughter&s love Actors Katharine Hepburn Henry Fonda Jane Fonda Dabney Coleman & Doug Mc Keon Director Mark Rydell Certificate PG Year 1981 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Subtitles English Hard of Hearing Duration 1 hour 44 minutes (approx)
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Dramatic story of an elderly couple living in the backwaters of New England & the conflicts between three generations when their only daughter brings her lover & her son to stay ...