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Handbook of Narrative Psychotherapy for Children, Adults, and Families

Theory and Practice

By: Jan Olthof

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Handbook of Narrative Psychotherapy for Children, Adults, and Families

Theory and Practice

By: Jan Olthof

The Handbook Narrative Psychotherapy for Children, Adults and Families combines philosophical, scientific and theoretical insights in the field of narrative psychotherapy and links them to sources of inspiration such as poetry, film, literature and art under the common denominator 'narrative thinking'. Sections on theoretical issues alternate with a large number of case histories drawn from different therapeutic contexts. The reader can browse at will through the many examples of therapeutic sessions, in some cases including literal transcriptions, in which narrativity in all its forms is the point of departure. What language does the body speak? What messages do seemingly random slips of the tongue convey? How can a painting help a client to find words for his or her story? The discussion of the 'logic of abduction' demonstrates the importance of metaphor, and special attention is given to the processes of creating a therapeutic context and defining a therapeutic framework.

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Routledge

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0429914415

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Developing Everyday Coping Skills in the Early Years

Proactive Strategies for Supporting Social and Emotional Development

By: Erica Frydenberg,Kelly O'Brien,Jan Deans

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Developing Everyday Coping Skills in the Early Years

Proactive Strategies for Supporting Social and Emotional Development

By: Erica Frydenberg,Kelly O'Brien,Jan Deans

This evidence-based book will help parents and practitioners to develop children's coping skills through arts and language-based strategies.

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169

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A&C Black

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144116104X

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9781441161048

Timman's Titans

My World Chess Champions

By: Jan Timman

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Timman's Titans

My World Chess Champions

By: Jan Timman

The Stories and the Games: Alekhine – Euwe – Botvinnik – Smyslov – Tal - Petrosian – Spassky – Fischer - Karpov – Kasparov For many years Jan Timman was one of the best chess players in the world. He combined his brilliant successes on the board with a passion for writing and meticulously analysing his own games and those of his rivals. Three times he was a World Championship Candidate and in 1993 he played in the final of the FIDE World Championship. In this fascinating book, Jan Timman portrays ten World Chess Champions that played an important role in his life and career. Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946) he never met, but the story of how in Lisbon he bought one of the last chess sets belonging to the fourth World Champion is one of many highlights in this book. Timman has a keen eye for detail and a fabulous memory, and he visibly enjoys sharing his insider views, including many revelations about the great champions. Timman’s Titans not only presents a personal view of these chess giants, but is also an evocation of countless fascinating episodes in chess history. Each portrait is completed by a rich selection of illustrative games, annotated in the author’s trademark lucid style. Always to the point, sharp and with crystal-clear explanations, Timman shows the highs and lows from the games of the champions, including the most memorable games he himself played against them.

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New In Chess

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9056916734

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9789056916732

The Day Kasparov Quit

and other chess interviews

By: Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam

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The Day Kasparov Quit

and other chess interviews

By: Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam

What goes on in some of the sharpest minds on earth? Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam has collected a new series of intimate portraits of the top grandmasters of chess, winning the confidence of Garry Kasparov, Miguel Najdorf, Vishy Anand, Judit Polgar, David Bronstein, Hikaru Nakamura and many others. Anyone attracted by the mystique of the royal game will love the behind-the-scenes stories about the masters? struggle to win, their fear of losing, and the striking difference between the European and the American chess scene.

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New In Chess

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9056914839

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9789056914837

On The Attack

The Art of Attacking Chess According to the Modern Masters

By: Jan Timman

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On The Attack

The Art of Attacking Chess According to the Modern Masters

By: Jan Timman

A world famous grandmaster explains the modern style of attacking chess to amateur chess players. Jan Timman teaches how to build up an advantage in the game and how to convert that advantage into an aggressive strategy and into great attacking moves. He has selected the most instructive attacking games of great players like Kasparov, Topalov, Karpov, Shirov, and Judit Polgar in order to explain to amateur chess players the basic ideas of modern attacks and their successful execution.

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New In Chess

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9056914901

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9789056914905

The Unstoppable American

Bobby Fischer’s Road to Reykjavik

By: Jan Timman

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The Unstoppable American

Bobby Fischer’s Road to Reykjavik

By: Jan Timman

Initially things looked gloomy for Bobby Fischer. Because he had refused to participate in the 1969 US Championship, he had missed his chance to qualify for the 1970 Interzonal Tournament in Palma de Mallorca. Only when another American, Pal Benko, withdrew in his favour, and after the officials were willing to bend the rules, could Bobby enter the contest. And begin his phenomenal run that would end with the Match of the Century in Reykjavik against World Champion Boris Spassky. Fischer started out by sweeping the field at the 23-round Palma Interzonal to qualify for the next stage of the cycle. In the Candidates Matches he first faced Mark Taimanov, in Vancouver. Fischer trounced the Soviet ace, effectively ending Taimanov’s career. Then, a few months later in Denver, he was up against Bent Larsen, the Great Dane. Fischer annihilated him, too. The surreal score in those two matches, twice 6-0, flabbergasted chess fans all over the world. In the ensuing Candidates Final in Buenos Aires, Fischer also made short shrift of former World Champion Tigran Petrosian, beating the hyper-solid ‘Armenian Tiger’ 6½-2½. Altogether, Fischer had scored an incredible 36 points from 43 games against many of the world’s best players, including a streak of 19 consecutive wins. Bobby Fischer had become not just a national hero in the US, but a household name with pop-star status all over the world. Jan Timman chronicles the full story of Fischer’s sensational run and takes a fresh look at the games. The annotations are in the author’s trademark lucid style, that happy mix of colourful background information and sharp, crystal-clear explanations.

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New In Chess

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9056919806

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9789056919801

Landscape Modernism Renounced

The Career of Christopher Tunnard (1910-1979)

By: David Jacques,Jan Woudstra

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Landscape Modernism Renounced

The Career of Christopher Tunnard (1910-1979)

By: David Jacques,Jan Woudstra

Before the Second World War landscape architect Christopher Tunnard was the first author on Modernism in Landscape in the English language, but later became alarmed by the destructive forces of Post-war reconstruction. Between the 1950s and the 1970s he was in the forefront of the movement to save the city, becoming an acclaimed author sympathetic to preservation. Ironically it was the Modernist ethos that he had so fervently advocated before the war that was the justification for the dismemberment of great cities by officials, engineers and planners. This was not the first time that Tunnard had to re-evaluate his principles, as he had done so in the 1930s in rejecting Arts-and-Crafts in favour of Modernism. This book tracks his changing ideology, by reference to his writings, his colleagues and his work. Christopher Tunnard is one of the most influential figures in Landscape Architecture and his journey is one that still resonates in the discipline today. His leading role in first embracing the tenets of Modernism and then moving away from to embrace a more conservationist approach can be seen in the success and impact on the profession of those with whom he worked and taught.

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Routledge

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1136616330

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9781136616334

Imagining Serengeti

A History of Landscape Memory in Tanzania from Earliest Times to the Present

By: Jan Bender Shetler

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Imagining Serengeti

A History of Landscape Memory in Tanzania from Earliest Times to the Present

By: Jan Bender Shetler

Many students come to African history with a host of stereotypes that are not always easy to dislodge. One of the most common is that of Africa as safari grounds—as the land of expansive, unpopulated game reserves untouched by civilization and preserved in their original pristine state by the tireless efforts of contemporary conservationists. With prose that is elegant in its simplicity and analysis that is forceful and compelling, Jan Bender Shetler brings the landscape memory of the Serengeti to life. She demonstrates how the social identities of western Serengeti peoples are embedded in specific spaces and in their collective memories of those spaces. Using a new methodology to analyze precolonial oral traditions, Shetler identifies core spatial images and reevaluates them in their historical context through the use of archaeological, linguistic, ethnographic, ecological, and archival evidence. Imagining Serengeti is a lively environmental history that will ensure that we never look at images of the African landscape in quite the same way.

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Ohio University Press

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0821442430

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9780821442432

Finding Bobby Fischer

By: Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam

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Finding Bobby Fischer

By: Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam

‘Bobby Fischer gets up, tall, overweight, and slightly clumsy. He tries to fulfil the duties of the host and shakes hands, but his nervously darting eyes betray his unease with the situation. This is not a man accustomed to receiving visitors.’ Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam’s gripping encounter with the legendary American recluse, a journalist’s dream come true, is the worthy apotheosis of this unique collection of interviews which were first published in New In Chess between 1986 and 1992. Why did Kasparov think Fischer was an alien? How many stamps does Karpov have? Was it really Caruso who appeared in Smyslov’s dream to teach him how to sing? Brimming with anecdotes and revealing insights these interviews bring together chess champions of past and present. Meet legends like Botvinnik, Gligoric, Portisch and Spassky or modern stars like Anand, Kramnik, and Judit Polgar. Different as they are, they all seem to ask Ten Geuzendam the favourite question of the inimitable Miguel Najdorf: ‘Do you want to hear a beautiful story?’ A classic collection, finally available again.

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New In Chess

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9056915738

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9789056915735

The Art of The Endgame

My Journeys in the Magical World of Endgame Studies

By: Jan Timman

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The Art of The Endgame

My Journeys in the Magical World of Endgame Studies

By: Jan Timman

All through his career Jan Timman has been captivated by the mystery and splendour of endgame studies. Even during his most successful and busy years as a world-class player, Timman continued to compose studies and admire those of others. For him, there has never been any doubt that his journeys in this magical world helped him to grow as a player. In this fascinating book, first published in 2011, Timman has collected studies by other composers and explains in his lucid style how they inspired him to create dozens of brand-new studies. Timman has revised the book for this new edition. With the help of engines, Timman discovered that a few studies needed to be corrected or had alternative solutions. He removed six studies and replaced another six with better versions. And fourteen new studies have been added, two of which are published here for the first time.

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New In Chess

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9083328422

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9789083328423

Max Euwe's Best Games

The Fifth World Chess Champion (1935-’37)

By: Jan Timman

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Max Euwe's Best Games

The Fifth World Chess Champion (1935-’37)

By: Jan Timman

World Chess Champion Max Euwe, who held the title from 1935-1937, is one of the greatest chess players in history. Much has been written about him, and he authored dozens of books himself. But missing was an outstanding collection of games of this 'efficient, man-eating tiger' as the American grandmaster Reuben Fine once called Euwe. Max Euwe's Best Games fills this gap. And it couldn't have been written by anyone else than Euwe's successor in Dutch chess – Jan Timman, World Champion finalist and arguably one of the leading chess analysts of our time. This book offers eighty of Max Euwe's games annotated with great clarity, starting in his early twenties when he worked his way to the world top, up until his late seventies when he was still a force to be reckoned with. It is incredible how high Euwe's level of play was for over fifty years – and how attractive his attacking style was. Timman made many discoveries in Euwe's best and most famous games but has also unearthed several lesser-known brilliancies. Some interesting paradoxes are addressed along the line. For example, although he was an amateur almost his entire life, Euwe was better versed in opening theory than most of his top-level opponents. Although he was the underdog, he beat the mighty Alexander Alekhine in an epic World Championship Match in 1935. At 52, he could still beat top players like Geller and Najdorf with fantastic attacking play in the Zürich Candidates Tournament. And when he was over seventy, he was still highly dangerous for the new upcoming Dutch generation. This game collection of an often underrated World Champion, analysed by top grandmaster Jan Timman, is a must-have for anyone interested in World Championship chess.

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908333659X

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Handbook of Narrative Psychotherapy for Children, Adults, and Families

Theory and Practice

By: Jan Olthof

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Handbook of Narrative Psychotherapy for Children, Adults, and Families

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By: Jan Olthof

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Book's by Jan Olthof

Handbook of Narrative Psychotherapy for Children, Adults, and Families

Handbook of Narrative Psychotherapy for Children, Adults, and Families

Developing Everyday Coping Skills in the Early Years

Developing Everyday Coping Skills in the Early Years

Timman's Titans

Timman's Titans

The Day Kasparov Quit

The Day Kasparov Quit

On The Attack

On The Attack

The Unstoppable American

The Unstoppable American

Landscape Modernism Renounced

Landscape Modernism Renounced

Imagining Serengeti

Imagining Serengeti

Finding Bobby Fischer

Finding Bobby Fischer

The Art of The Endgame

The Art of The Endgame

Max Euwe's Best Games

Max Euwe's Best Games

Handbook of Narrative Psychotherapy for Children, Adults, and Families

Handbook of Narrative Psychotherapy for Children, Adults, and Families

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