Imagine the document you have before you is not a book but a map It is well-used creased & folded so that when you open it no matter how carefully something tears & a line that is neither latitude nor longitude opens in the hidden geography of the place you are about to enter Since the publication of her prize-winning memoir Craft for a Dry Lake in 2000 writer & artist Kim Mahood has been returning to the Tanami desert country in far north-western Australia where as a child she lived with her family on a remote cattle station The land is timeless but much has changed the station has been handed back to its traditional owners; the mining companies have arrived; & Indigenous art has flourished Comedy & tragedy familiarity & uncertainty are Mahood&s constant companions as she immerses herself in the life of a small community & in groundbreaking mapping projects What emerges in Position Doubtful is a revelation of the significance of the land to its people
- & of the burden of history Mahood is an artist of astonishing versatility She works with words with paint with installations & with performance art Her writing about her own work & collaborations & about the work of the desert artists is profoundly enlightening making palpable the link between artist & landscape This is a beautiful & intense exploration of friendships landscape & homecoming Written with great energy & humour Position Doubtful offers a unique portrait of the complexities of black & white relations in contemporary Australia
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A book that every academic leader should read & put into practice Kim Cameron associate dean of executive education Ross School of Business University of Michigan Praise for Positive Academic Leadership Buller has produced a book that every academic leader should read & put into practice Positive Academic Leadership pulls together an amazing array of scientific findings & practical guidelines that will be invaluable for academic leaders looking to improve themselves & their institutions Kim Cameron associate dean William Russell Professor of Management & Organizations Ross School of Business; professor of higher education School of Education University of Michigan If I had a magic wand & could make one wish for all of higher education it would be that we had better institutional leadership Whether one is a chair dean provost president or on the Board of Trustees this book can make a world of difference in your ability to provide that leadership! L Dee Fink author Creating Significant Learning Experiences; former president Professional & Organizational Development Network in Higher Education Buller's book brings hope for leadership in higher education by emphasizing the importance of a positive approach that empowers & inspires others Positive Academic Leadership has the potential to transform higher education for the benefit of students faculty & ultimately our communities & our world Kina S Mallard provost & vice president of academic affairs Carson-Newman University Academic leaders who find themselves engulfed in negative thinking & considering only damage control scenarios for pressing issues will want to read this book Employing what Jeffrey Buller calls 'positive academic leadership' is I believe essential to transforming feelings of despair into constructive leadership Mary Lou Higgerson vice president for academic affairs emerita Baldwin Wallace University I can't recall reading any book on leadership that is more applicable to the work of faculty development Every academic leader faculty member chair dean or campus administrator will benefit from Jeffrey Buller's evidence-based model & practices of positive academic leadership Mary Deane Sorcinelli associate provost for faculty development University of Massachusetts Amherst ...

A look at the changeable nature of the weather in the British Isles & its impact on all aspects of our everyday lives from travel arrangements to sporting fixtures The programme examines how low (depressions) & high pressure weather systems (anti-cyclones) operate before identifying some of the impacts on human activity Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play ...

Practical guidance & advice for men to deal with mental health issues at work & home 128 pages Davis Shaun ...

Bestselling author Gill Hasson is back to help you learn how the power of positive thinking can change your life Are you stuck in a rut? Do you feel plagued by negative thoughts & emotions every day? Gill Hasson the bestselling author of Mindfulness & Emotional Intelligence is back to help you move on from those pesky negative emotions & focus on the positive instead Gill's practical & reassuring approach to the benefits of positive thinking will have you applying it to your own life every day If you struggle to see past setbacks both at work & at home it can be tricky not to let those negative emotions affect you in every area of your life This book will give readers the tools to view life with a positive outlook & charge ahead in achieving goals that once seemed out of reach Learn how to Identify the triggers for negative thoughts & understand how to turn them into positive ones Deal with setbacks & make the most out of negative situations Improve your happiness by accepting situations & learning how to move forward Understand how the power of positive thinking can help you achieve your goals The power of positive thinking is not a new idea; it's been around long enough to become almost a cliche but there's a reason behind its longevity positivity works This book shows you how to break through the clouds today & start working toward the life you want ...

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Drawing on more than twenty years of scientific research into positive emotions the author shows us that attaining positivity is not about striving to be an annoyingly & unnaturally cheerful ' Pollyanna' It is about putting into practice the '3-to-1 ratio' of positive to negative emotions 288 pages Fredrickson Barbara ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play It&s 1892 Jesse Lee (Van Peebles) is a marksman who has fought at the frontline in the Spanish-American war only to find himself turned in by his corrupt colonel (Billy Zane) He joins forces with Lieutenant Little J (Stephen Baldwin) the giant Obobo (' Tiny& Lister) Weezie (Charles Lane) the riverboat gambler Father Time; with revenge & justice in mind this gang charges through the West! ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play A horror film like no other Possession is an intense shocking experience that was banned in the UK as a &video nasty& At Cannes Film Festival however the film was nominated for the palme d& Or & Isabelle Adjani won Best Actress for her mesmerising performance With thier marriage in pieves Anna & Mark&s tense relationship has become a psychotic descent into screaming matches violence & self-mutilation Believing his wife&s only lover is the sinister Heinrich Mark is unare of the demonic tentacled creature that Anna has hidden away for liasons in a deserted apartment & will stop at nothing to protect Actors Isabelle Adjani Sam Neill Margit Carstensen Heinz Bennent Johanna Hofer Carl Duering Shaun Lawton Michael Hogben Maximilian Ruthlein Thomas Frey Leslie Malton Gerd Neubert Kerstin Wohlfahrt Ilse Bahrs & Karin Mumm Director Andrzej Zulawski Certificate 18 years & over Year 1981 Screen 1661 Languages English Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Closed Captions Yes Duration 2 hours & 4 minutes (approx) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Joanna & Ben both have successful careers & a happy marriage But the one thing they are eager for is a child to call their own When the prospect of adoption is no longer an option they are presented with an opportunity to bring home a little girl named Piper Rose on questionable legal terms Welcoming Piper into their family their uncertainty is put to rest until strange inexplicable events begin to happen around her Could it be possible that little Piper is connected to a dark force or is there something more sinister behind her cute angelic face? A blood-chilling ghost story with more surprises than the dark Possessed by Evil gives a new & terrifying meaning to the word family ...