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Towards a Contextual Psychology of Disablism

By: Brian Watermeyer

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Towards a Contextual Psychology of Disablism

By: Brian Watermeyer

This innovative work argues that a psychological framework of disability is an essential part of developing a more cohesive disability movement. Presenting conceptual ideas which describe psychological dynamics confronting disabled people in an exclusionary and prejudiced world, this volume is an important contribution to the literature. It will interest students and researchers of disability studies.

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Routledge

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041568160X

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9780415681605

Contract as Assumption II

Formation, Performance and Enforcement

By: Brian Coote

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Contract as Assumption II

Formation, Performance and Enforcement

By: Brian Coote

This second collection of Brian Coote's previously published writings is for the most part a follow-up to his Contract as Assumption (Hart Publishing, 2010). Part of the theme of that collection was that in a bilateral contract the obligations of the parties, both primary and secondary, are those which at formation they have each assumed, that is, have taken upon themselves. Being exchanged at the point of formation, these assumptions constitute the consideration. The institution of contract provides a facility the purpose of which is to enable the parties thereby to bind themselves to legal (contractual) obligation. This emphasis on what happens at formation has prompted the inclusion of several of the papers in this collection. These focus on intention, offer and acceptance, the qualification of primary and secondary obligations whether express or implied, agency, and the effect of illegality on pre-existing rights. Falling outside this group are two pieces respectively on chance and the burden of proof and on impecuniosity, in each case in tort as well as in contract. The collection ends with the author's valedictory lecture, 'Contract: An Underview'. In this paper, delivered on his retirement from the University of Auckland, he summed up his thinking on Contract. It is now for the first time given general currency.

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269

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1782256709

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9781782256700

The Victoria Cross Wars

Battles, Campaigns and Conflicts of All the VC Heroes

By: Brian Best

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The Victoria Cross Wars

Battles, Campaigns and Conflicts of All the VC Heroes

By: Brian Best

The British Empire at its height stretched around the globe. From Asia to the Americas, scores of countries were conquered or assimilated into the greatest commonwealth of nations in history. Many of these countries were won, and held, at the point of the bayonet, and British soldiers and sailors fought long and hard campaigns in deserts, mountains and jungles to maintain and expand the Empire. Fighting, though, means bloodshed; it also means bravery. Victoria Crosses were awarded in operations against Persia, Abyssinia and China, in New Zealand, Burma and Sudan, in the Perak War, the Andaman Islands Expedition and the Mashona Rebellion to name but a few of the forty-four different campaigns of the colonial era.The Victoria Cross Wars explains Britains involvement in these little-known and forgotten campaigns and details the battles and engagements that resulted in the granting of the most highly regarded award for valor in the face of the enemy. The greater conflicts of the twentieth century receive due treatment as do more recent operations in the troubled parts of the world.A total of 1,358 VCs have been awarded since the cross of valor was first instituted in 1855, the latest of which was announced in February 2015. The stories behind the awarding of these medals have been repeated in countless anthologies but The Victoria Cross Wars explains not just what the men did, but why they were there and what they were fighting for.

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599

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Pen and Sword

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1473887380

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9781473887381

Performing Deception

Learning, Skill and the Art of Conjuring

By: Brian Rappert

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Performing Deception

Learning, Skill and the Art of Conjuring

By: Brian Rappert

In Performing Deception, Brian Rappert reconstructs the practice of entertainment magic by analysing it through the lens of perception, deception and learning, as he goes about studying conjuring himself. Through this novel meditation on reasoning and skill, Rappert elevates magic from the undertaking of mere trickery to an art that offers the basis for rethinking our possibilities for acting in the modern world. Performing Deception covers a wide range of theories in sociology, philosophy, psychology and elsewhere in order to offer a striking assessment of the way secrecy and deception are woven into social interactions, as well as the illusionary and paradoxical status of expertise.

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143

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Open Book Publishers

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1800646933

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9781800646933

The Boers in East Africa

Ethnicity and Identity

By: Brian M. du Toit

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The Boers in East Africa

Ethnicity and Identity

By: Brian M. du Toit

The end of the Anglo-Boer War in May 1902 left the Boers (Afrikaners) defeated and bitter in a ravaged land. Poverty and disillusionment spurred many to leave the post-war British-administered South Africa. This book studies one group of emigres who trekked northward to German East Africa and British East Africa. The author relies heavily on primary sources written in both Dutch and Afrikaans to describe the experiences of the Boers in East Africa. The literature dealing with the Afrikaners documents a people known for their independent insistence upon their language and culture, for their territorial sovereignty established in southern Africa, and for their characteristic religiosity and reliance on Old Testament-based Calvinism. Large numbers of Boers would not or could not adjust to living under an administration with whom they had been at war, and those who tried did not receive much support. As one eyewitness wrote, Not much was needed to stimulate the desire to trek. And so the Afrikaner Diaspora began.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313034249

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9780313034244

Towards a Contextual Psychology of Disablism

By: Brian Watermeyer

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Routledge

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Learning How to Study

By: Chris Winberg,Shirlane Douglas,Brian Watermeyer

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Learning How to Study

By: Chris Winberg,Shirlane Douglas,Brian Watermeyer

Designed to help improve students' understanding of the process through which knowledge is produced and its origins, this work guides the reader through critical thought and analysis and shows how to present ideas to others.

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128

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0702140716

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9780702140716

Learning How to Teach Adults 2

By: Brian Watermeyer,Chris Winberg,Inge Du Plessis,Chip Snaddon

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Learning How to Teach Adults 2

By: Brian Watermeyer,Chris Winberg,Inge Du Plessis,Chip Snaddon

Drawing on psychological and sociological theory, this work introduces two new theoretical models of adult education: Paulo Freire's critical pedagogy and Vygotsky's socio-cognitive thoery of learning. A hands-on approach is adopted.

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0702140708

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9780702140709

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Towards a Contextual Psychology of Disablism

Towards a Contextual Psychology of Disablism

Contract as Assumption II

Contract as Assumption II

The Victoria Cross Wars

The Victoria Cross Wars

Performing Deception

Performing Deception

The Boers in East Africa

The Boers in East Africa

Towards a Contextual Psychology of Disablism

Towards a Contextual Psychology of Disablism

Learning How to Study

Learning How to Study

Learning How to Teach Adults 2

Learning How to Teach Adults 2

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