BEAT ZEN AND THE ART OF DAVE is the latest travel memoir by Australian author, David McNamara. His new book expands on the world of independent global travel, to capture how the wonderment of an outbound adventure conspires towards an equally profound inner journey. It is a personal account that only comes from living the life of a vagabond and free spirit. By sharing the candid story of how the author's 1998 gap year turned into a way of life, "Beat Zen and the Art of Dave" becomes a wending exploration into the modern wayfaring lifestyle. It intertwines humorous anecdotes and travel lore with backpacking philosophy and Eastern spirituality to show that everyone's journey is a travelogue of sorts. So join the rucksack revolution because we're all part of a travel fraternity overlanding it through life.
The episodes in Loves, kerbsides and goodbyes com from nearly a decade-and-a-half of David McNamara's global travels on the backpacker's road."--P. iii.
The celebration of Washington D.C. basketball is long overdue. The D.C. metro area stands second to none in its contributions to the game. Countless figures who have had a significant impact on the sport over the years have roots in the region, including E.B. Henderson, the first African-American certified to teach public school physical education, and Earl Lloyd, the first African-American to take the court in an actual NBA game. The city's Spingarn High School produced two players – Elgin Baylor and Dave Bing – recognized among the NBA’s 50 greatest at the League’s 50th anniversary celebration. No other high school in the country can make that claim.These figures and many others are chronicled in this book, the first-ever comprehensive look at the great high school players, teams and coaches in the D.C. metropolitan area. Based on more than 150 interviews, The Capital of Basketball is first and foremost a book about basketball. But in discussing the trends and evolution of the game, McNamara also uncovers the turmoil in the lives of the players and area residents as they dealt with prejudice, educational inequities, politics, and the ways the area has changed through the years.
Gower Champion's career spanned the years during which American musical theatre was transformed from a crude popular entertainment into a sophisticated art form. As the director and choreographer of Hello, Dolly!, 42nd Street, and other Broadway musicals, he was central to that transformation. He came of age during the zenith of American musical theatre production and made his mark on both sides of the curtain. As a dancer, he gained notoriety through his work with Jeanne Tyler and Marjorie Belcher, and his experience as a performer gave him a solid foundation for his later success as an organizer of memorable productions. As a choreographer and director, he became known for spectacular numbers that blended dance, staging, and elaborate scenography. More than anyone else, he seemed to realize that the achievement of a musical depended on those spots where music, dance, lighting, costumes, and staging created a sustained narrative and emotional flow through sound and motion rather than words. This book provides the first extensive treatment of Champion's life and legendary career. The book falls neatly into two main sections. The first discusses Champion's career as a performer, with chapters on his early Broadway appearances and his work for MGM Special attention is given to how his experiences as a dancer prepared him for the later half of his career. The second examines his work as a choreographer and director and is organized around the musicals with which he was involved. Each chapter consists of a history of one or more of those productions, from original concept to opening night and sometimes beyond, as Champion, ever the perfectionist, sought to improve on what everyone else thought was already perfect. The volume is fully documented, with basic historical research conducted at several special collections. In addition, the book is based on a careful analysis of Champion's scripts, which include numerous revisions and thus illuminate how he crafted his productions. Finally, the study depends on interviews conducted with various individuals who knew and worked with Champion throughout his impressive career.
Editorial Review A powerful approach for teachers who are striving to improve their skills. This fascinating title looks at how all sorts of educators from college professors, physicians, public school teachers, coaches, and parents achieve success in connecting with learners. The strength of the text rests in the author's unique ability to capture the essential components of extraordinary teachers and translate them into simple lessons that are easily mastered. A practical and inspirational skill building book for all who love to teach. We rate it a "must read " Product Description Now, for the first time The Exemplary Teacher is available in paperback. Take a tour through the pages and discover the qualities of all outstanding teachers. Learn what separates the great teachers from the good and how you can achieve extraordinary success in any learning environment. Taking a real world approach to the toughest challenges that today's teachers face, Dr. McNamara guides the reader along a course to achieving excellence one student at a time. A portion of the net proceeds of the sale of this book will be donated to various charities that work to improve the well being and educational opportunities for disadvantaged children in America.
In this provocative book, David McNamara argues that a `teacher-centred' approch to teaching in the primary school, especially in the later years is actually in the best interests of the children - that the teacher must be seen to have ultimate responsibility for what and how children learn. He attempts to define the distinctive professional expertise of the primary teacher - the application of subject knowledge within the special circumstances of the classroom - and to show how this expertise can be articulated to establish a body of educational knowledge which is both derived from practice and practically useful to others. At a time when increasing emphasis is being placed on the role of the practising teacher as a mentor in intitial teacher education, this book will help teachers at all levels to define their own role in the creation of educational knowledge.
Though we Christians don’t need subjective texts to understand or live our faith, nevertheless we can often take great joy and insight from hearing how others have “walked the walk,” from hearing what our Lord or our Lady had to say to them. Reading these folk can be like talking over a backyard fence. We can get little tips, helps; and we can make a friend. Gabrielle Bossis’s He and I really helps the reader to see how sweetly Jesus, the most high God of the universe, loves us. It helps us get a feel for the mystical circuitry, for how we are made—not to be stand-alone units, but rather to be in intimate, continual union with the only One who both knows us and lovingly completes us. It’s like a homey road map, or an afternoon of tea and good company. It’s like going to a game and the home team wins.
For twenty years, sex-drenched rock diva Angel has kept herself at the top of the pop charts and in the public eye, thanks to her uncanny knack for controversy and amazing talent for personal reinvention. But the dead body of a rising NBA hoop star has been discovered at Angel's L.A. pleasure palace -- and suddenly the most recognizable face in America is nowhere to be seen. The music world is private investigator Jim McNamara's arena, and its pulse, glitter, and volume make him come alive. Now he needs to explore its darkest corners to track down rock's undisputed queen bee -- one Angela "Angel" Chiavone -- and get to the bottom of one very nasty murder. But how do you find a chameleon who could be anywhere and anyone? If McNamara can't figure it out, the elusive enigma's next hit just might be, quite literally, number one with a bullet.
Publication of the Pentagon reports led the Nixon administration to sue the Times for a prior restraint, unleashing a firestorm of publicity and legal wrangling. A mere fifteen days later the Supreme Court freed the Times and the Washington Post, which had also secured a copy of the documents, to continue publishing their Pentagon Papers series.
In retrospect surviving a trauma may be the easy part. Recovering from it is an entirely different story. Mary Herman College is located on an idyllic campus where students are outgoing and successful. That is until one the most popular students is a victim of a horrendous crime. Up to the day that everything changed Emily Verada was a junior at Mary Herman. She was a good student and a runner on the varsity cross country team. She was a student leader and a friend to many. The crime and its aftermath forever changed the lives of those involved and their loved ones. Some on the campus don't wont the story told. They want to move on. Others think that there may be something to be learned from reliving those days. For Emily it was the first time she faced challenges that she was certain she would not overcome. Three Blue Candles is Emily's story. A portion of the net sales of this book will be donated to various charities that work to improve the lives of those individuals who suffer form post traumatic stress disorder.
Summarises advances in our understanding of leader-follower interactions and to illustrate these principles with the lives of ancient political and military leaders from Greece and Rome. This book reviews psychologic, cognitive neuroscientific and evolutionary approaches to leader-follower dynamics.
Written in a conversational style for principals who are not statisticians, this book will help you use measurement and evaluation to propel your school towards educational excellence.
The explosive debut of a new series introduces former record company insider turned insurance investigator Jim McNamara, who explores the murderous underbelly the rock and roll world. Original.
There is no necessary relationship between fame and power, and great influence is often wielded in willful obscurity. So it was with the irascible, indomitable Eugene Fubini. A physics prodigy who fled Italy when the fascists came to power, his searing intelligence and relentless determination lifted him from obscurity to the highest levels of the Pentagon. Indifferent to anything but results, Fubini worked behind the scenes to shape the strategy and substance of his adopted country’s post-World War II defense. Along the way he exerted enormous influence over the development of radar, the rise of the military-industrial complex, the Space Race, and many of the other signature events and movements of mid-twentieth-century American geopolitics. Forewords by Harold Brown, PhD, Former United States Secretary of Defense, and William James Perry, PhD, Former United States Secretary of Defense.
Practising multiple choice questions (MCQs) is a useful way of reinforcing knowledge. This manual contains some 600 questions covering all the subspecialties of psychiatry. It is intended for use in conjunction with the College Seminars series and should be of benefit to all trainees and established clinicians. The volume seeks to enable users to identify gaps in their learning and to consolidate their knowledge and understanding of psychiatry.
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