Jim Cassell's Books

Storming the Eagle's Nest

Hitler's War in the Alps

By: Jim Ring

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

From the Fall of France in June 1940 to Hitler's suicide in April 1945, the swastika flew from the peaks of the High Savoy in the western Alps to the passes above Ljubljana in the east. The Alps as much as Berlin were the heart of the Third Reich.'Yes,' Hitler declared of his headquarters in the Bavarian Alps, 'I have a close link to this mountain. Much was done there, came about and ended there; those were the best times of my life . . . My great plans were forged there.'With great authority and verve, Jim Ring tells the story of how the war was conceived and directed from the Fuhrer's mountain retreat, how all the Alps bar Switzerland fell to Fascism, and how Switzerland herself became the Nazi's banker and Europe's spy centre. How the Alps in France, Italy and Yugoslavia became cradles of resistance, how the range proved both a sanctuary and a death-trap for Europe's Jews - and how the whole war culminated in the Allies' descent on what was rumoured to be Hitler's Alpine Redoubt, a Bavarian mountain fortress.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

247

Publisher

Faber & Faber

Published Date

ISBN 10

0571282407

ISBN 13

9780571282401

THE COMPASSION OF JAZZ

My Incredible Life in Music & the Movement

By: Jim Cassell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

THE COMPASSION OF JAZZ

My Incredible Life in Music & the Movement

By: Jim Cassell

The Compassion of Jazz chronicles the career of Jim Cassell, a native Californian born in la Jolla, as he navigates his way from student to sailor to hippie to political activist with the United Farm Workers, to a career as a promoter and manager for major jazz, latin jazz, and blues performers .

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

166

Published Date

ISBN 10

1587904934

ISBN 13

9781587904936

Starting Your Own Business 6th Edition

How to Plan and Build Your Own Successful Enterprise: Checklists, Tips, Case Studies and Online Coverage

By: Jim Green

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Starting Your Own Business 6th Edition

How to Plan and Build Your Own Successful Enterprise: Checklists, Tips, Case Studies and Online Coverage

By: Jim Green

This book concentrates on the creative heart of business, on how to develop an exciting enterprise from the original germ of an idea. * Finding a good idea * Getting started * Creating a winning business plan * Funding your enterprise * Marketing your business * Maintaining progress * Monitoring growth

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

204

Publisher

How To Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

184803458X

ISBN 13

9781848034587

Rethinking Cultural Policy

By: Jim McGuigan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Rethinking Cultural Policy

By: Jim McGuigan

“a fascinating, thorough and expertly argued discussion of the modes and practices of cultural policy in an increasingly globalized and neoliberal world.” European Journal of Communication Rethinking Cultural Policy addresses issues concerning culture, economy and power in the age of new-liberal globalization. It examines how public cultural policies have been rationalized in the past and how they are being rethought. Arguing that the study of culture and policy should not be confined to prevailing governmental agendas, the book offers a distinctive and independent analysis of cultural policy. The book examines a wide range of issues in cultural policy and blends a close reading of key theories with case studies. Topics covered include: Branding culture and exploitation The state, market and civil society How visitor attractions such as London's Millennium Dome are used for national aggrandizement and corporate business purposes Cultural development, diversity and ecological tourism in poorer parts of the world This is the ideal introduction to contemporary cultural policy for undergraduate students in culture and media studies, sociology of culture, politics, arts administration and cultural management courses, as well as postgraduates and researchers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

192

Publisher

McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

Published Date

ISBN 10

0335226426

ISBN 13

9780335226429

Haig's Intelligence

GHQ and the German Army, 1916–1918

By: Jim Beach

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Haig's Intelligence

GHQ and the German Army, 1916–1918

By: Jim Beach

Haig's Intelligence confronts a perennial question about the British on the Western Front: why did they think they were winning?

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

386

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1107039614

ISBN 13

9781107039612

Sound of Trumpets

History of the Labour Movement in South Australia

By: Jim Moss

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sound of Trumpets

History of the Labour Movement in South Australia

By: Jim Moss

From small beginnings, trade unions developed leading to the birth of the United Trades and Labor Council in 1884, and to political action with the formation of the United Labor Party in 1891. This is a record of peaceful movements for reform, for the Chartist program and a wider democracy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

480

Publisher

Wakefield Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0949268062

ISBN 13

9780949268068

Effective Teaching in Gifted Education

Using a Whole School Approach

By: Wendy Robinson,Jim Campbell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Effective Teaching in Gifted Education

Using a Whole School Approach

By: Wendy Robinson,Jim Campbell

Effective teaching for gifted and talented students is high on the agenda of school systems across the world. Written by leading international scholars in the field, Effective Teaching in Gifted Education presents a thoroughly enlightening analysis of the practice of schools judged to be outstanding in their effective teaching of gifted and talented students. Eight in-depth case studies draw upon the voices of school leaders, classroom teachers and students to illustrate and explore Gifted and Talented provision across a range of educational settings and circumstances, including: differentiated teaching and learning in an urban City Technology College gifted education in an inner-city, multi-ethnic school and a rural comprehensive school school ethos, student voice and motivation in a girls' grammar school curricular depth, enrichment and interactive teaching in a boys' grammar school learning in a residential summer school for gifted students. Providing a rich evidence base, these and other examples place best practice within a framework of theory and policy. School leaders, Gifted and Talented Co-ordinators and classroom practitioners reading this book will understand the principles behind the practice, as well as how and why to apply the practice in their own schools. This distinctive book will also be immensely useful to all those involved with Gifted and Talented education programmes and schemes and those following Continuing Professional Development and school leadership programmes, as well as NQTs, M-level students and researchers in education.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

352

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1136994947

ISBN 13

9781136994944

Masculinities, Gender Relations, and Sport

By: Jim McKay,Michael A. Messner,Donald Sabo

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Masculinities, Gender Relations, and Sport

By: Jim McKay,Michael A. Messner,Donald Sabo

In the era of sports dominance in America, athletics have become both a metaphor and reality of American masculinity. Edited by three of the leading scholars at the intersection of masculinity and sports studies, this volume offers a fascinating articulation on the state of athletics in modern society. Each part of the volume examines a significant arena and tackles some of the most deeply rooted issues within the field of sports. From the mechanisms by which masculinity is interwoven into sports to the violence encoded within the field, this book provides an insiders look at the state of gender relations.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

346

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Published Date

ISBN 10

145226371X

ISBN 13

9781452263717

100 Film Musicals

By: Douglas Pye,Jim Hillier

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

100 Film Musicals

By: Douglas Pye,Jim Hillier

From the coming of sound to the 1960s, the musical was central to Hollywood production. Exhibiting – often in spectacular fashion – the remarkable resources of the Hollywood studios, musicals came to epitomise the very idea of 'light entertainment'. Films like Top Hat and 42nd Street, Meet Me in St. Louis and On the Town, Singin' in the Rain and Oklahoma!, West Side Story and The Sound of Music were hugely popular, yet were commonly regarded by cultural commentators as trivial and escapist. It was the 1970s before serious study of the Hollywood musical began to change critical attitudes and foster an interest in musical films produced in other cultures. Hollywood musicals have become less common, but the genre persists and both academic interest in and fond nostalgia for the musical shows no signs of abating. 100 Film Musicals provides a stimulating overview of the genre's development, its major themes and the critical debates it has provoked. While centred on the dominant Hollywood tradition, 100 Film Musicals includes films from countries that often tried to emulate the Hollywood style, like Britain and Germany, as well as from very different cultures like India, Egypt and Japan. Jim Hillier and Douglas Pye also discuss post-1960s films from many different sources which adapt and reflect on the conventions of the genre, including recent examples such as Moulin Rouge! and High School Musical, demonstrating that the genre is still very much alive.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

357

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1838714049

ISBN 13

9781838714048

Freedom of Choice

Vouchers in American Education

By: Jim Carl

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Freedom of Choice

Vouchers in American Education

By: Jim Carl

This book reveals that, far from being the result of a groundswell of support for parental choice in American education, the origins of school vouchers are seated in identity politics, religious schooling, and educational entrepreneurship. Inserting much-needed historical context into the voucher debates, Freedom of Choice: Vouchers in American Education treats school vouchers as a series of social movements set within the context of evolving American conservatism. The study ranges from the use of tuition grants in the 1950s and early 1960s in the interest of fostering segregation to the wider acceptance of vouchers in the 1990s as a means of counteracting real and perceived shortcomings of urban public schools. The rise of school vouchers, author Jim Carl suggests, is best explained as a mechanism championed by four distinct groups—white supremacists in the South, supporters of parochial school in the North, minority advocates of community schools in the nation's big cities, and political conservatives of both major parties. Though freedom was the rallying cry, this book shows that voucher supporters had more specific goals: continued racial segregation of public education, tax support for parochial schools, aid to urban community schools, and opening up the public school sector to educational entrepreneurs.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

290

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

0313393281

ISBN 13

9780313393280

Volunteer Tourism

The lifestyle politics of international development

By: Jim Butcher,Peter Smith

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Volunteer Tourism

The lifestyle politics of international development

By: Jim Butcher,Peter Smith

Just a generation ago the notion that holidays should be invested with ethical and political significance would have sounded odd. Today it is part of the lifestyle political landscape. Volunteer tourism is indicative of the growth of lifestyle strategies intended to exhibit care and responsibility towards others less fortunate, strategies aligned closely with developing one’s ethical identity and sense of global responsibility. It sits alongside telethons, pay-per-click, Fair Trade and ethical consumption generally as a way to “make a difference”. Volunteer tourism involves a personal mission to address the political question of development. It draws upon the private virtues of care and responsibility and disavows political narratives beyond this. Critics argue that this leaves the volunteers as unwitting carriers of damaging neoliberal or postcolonial assumptions, whilst advocates see it as offering creative and practical ways to build a new ethical politics. By contrast, this volume analyses volunteer tourism as indicative of a retreat from public politics into the realm of private experience, and as an expression of diminished political and moral agency. This thought provoking book draws on development, political and sociological theory and is essential reading for students, researchers and academics interested in the phenomenon of volunteer tourism and the politics of lifestyle that it represents.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

162

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317750349

ISBN 13

9781317750345

Families, Education and Giftedness

Case Studies in the Construction of High Achievement

By: Jim Campbell,Laura Mazzoli Smith

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Families, Education and Giftedness

Case Studies in the Construction of High Achievement

By: Jim Campbell,Laura Mazzoli Smith

What is it like to be YOUNG, GIFTED AND WORKING CLASS in contemporary England? How do working class family values support high educational achievement? What do researchers and policy makers have to learn about giftedness from working class families? These provocative questions are explored in this ground-breaking book. Most studies of giftedness focus on the characteristics of individuals, and draw upon psychological frameworks to understand them. Participants in most gifted education programmes are recruited disproportionately from the higher social classes. Sceptical of the concept of giftedness, Mazzoli Smith and Campbell question conventional methodologies, using a narrative approach to understand how four families of working class origins, each with a gifted child, construct their values in relation to education and social class. They explore the influence of their family histories, cultural values and life styles upon educational engagement and achievement. The authors show that gifted education policies are poorly matched to the values of these families and argue that much research into giftedness has been flawed by social and cultural discrimination. They propose an agenda for change in research paradigms in the giftedness field, which should be characterized by interdisciplinarity and more culturally relative conceptions of giftedness.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

197

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

946091991X

ISBN 13

9789460919916

Lakeland Wild

By: Jim Crumley

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Lakeland Wild

By: Jim Crumley

With a naturalist’s eye and a poet’s instinct, acclaimed nature writer Jim Crumley traces the place of our first and most famous National Park in the evolution of global conservation and pleads the case for a far-reaching reappraisal of its wildness. Books of the Year, Mark Avery The Lake District is one of England’s busiest national parks. Many people believe that wildness is long gone from the fells, lakes, tarns and becks, yet, within its boundaries, Jim Crumley sets out to prove them wrong—to find “a new way of seeing and writing about this most seen and written about of landscapes." With a naturalist’s eye and a poet’s instinct, he is drawn to Lakeland’s turned-aside places where nature still thrives, from low-lying shores to a high mountain oakwood that is not even on the map. Through backwaters and backwoods, Crumley traces this captivating land’s place in the evolution of global conservation and pleads the case for a far-reaching reappraisal of all of Lakeland’s wildness.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

194

Publisher

Saraband

Published Date

ISBN 10

1915089492

ISBN 13

9781915089496

Unpacking the Kists

The Scots in New Zealand

By: Brad Patterson,Tom Brooking,Jim McAloon

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Unpacking the Kists

The Scots in New Zealand

By: Brad Patterson,Tom Brooking,Jim McAloon

Historians have suggested that Scottish influences are more pervasive in New Zealand than in any other country outside Scotland, yet curiously New Zealand's Scots migrants have previously attracted only limited attention. A thorough and interdisciplinary work, Unpacking the Kists is the first in-depth study of New Zealand's Scots migrants and their impact on an evolving settler society. The authors establish the dimensions of Scottish migration to New Zealand, the principal source areas, the migrants' demographic characteristics, and where they settled in the new land. Drawing from extended case-studies, they examine how migrants adapted to their new environment and the extent of longevity in diverse areas including the economy, religion, politics, education, and folkways. They also look at the private worlds of family, neighbourhood, community, customs of everyday life and leisure pursuits, and expressions of both high and low forms of transplanted culture. Adding to international scholarship on migrations and cultural adaptations, Unpacking the Kists demonstrates the historic contributions Scots made to New Zealand culture by retaining their ethnic connections and at the same time interacting with other ethnic groups.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

347

Publisher

McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published Date

ISBN 10

0773589783

ISBN 13

9780773589780

Growing Up on the Set

Interviews with 39 Former Child Actors of Classic Film and Television

By: Tom Goldrup,Jim Goldrup

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Growing Up on the Set

Interviews with 39 Former Child Actors of Classic Film and Television

By: Tom Goldrup,Jim Goldrup

Former child actor Paul Petersen once said, "Fame is a dangerous drug and should be kept out of the reach of children." It is certainly true that many child actors have fallen prey to the dangers of fame and suffered for it later in life, but others have used fame to their advantage and gone on to even more successful careers in adulthood. This work is a compilation of interviews with 39 men and women who, as children, worked in the motion picture industry in Hollywood. They all handled their childhood celebrity differently. Lee Aaker, Mary Badham, Baby Peggy, Sonny Bupp, Ted Donaldson, Edith Fellows, Gary Gray, Jimmy Hunt, Eilene Janssen, Marcia Mae Jones, Sammy McKim, Roger Mobley, Gigi Perreau, Jeanne Russell, Frankie Thomas, Beverly Washburn, Johnny Whitaker, and Jane Withers are among those interviewed. They talk candidly about their experiences on and off the set, the people they worked with, and what they did after their careers ended. The pros and cons of being a child actor and the effects that it had on them later in life are discussed at great length.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

390

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

1476613702

ISBN 13

9781476613703

Shipton and Tilman

By: Jim Perrin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Shipton and Tilman

By: Jim Perrin

Using unpublished diaries, Jim Perrin, the acclaimed author of The Villain and Menlove, tells the story of the greatest exploring partnership in British history. In the 1930s Tilman and the younger Shipton pioneered many routes in Africa and the Himalayas and found the key to unlocking Everest. They crossed Africa by bicycle, explored China with Spender and Auden, journeyed down the Oxus River to its source and, with no support, opened up much of the Nepalese Himalaya. In the words of Jim Perrin, 'The journeys of discovery undertaken through two decades by this pair of venturesome ragamuffins are unparallelled in the annals of mountain exploration.' Jim Perrin writes of his source-material: 'These unpublished diaries, journals, and extensive correspondence have not previously been used to present a portrait of the most productive friendship in the history of mountain exploration. What they reveal is, in Shipton's phrase, "a random harvest of delight" gathered by two uniquely bold and engaging characters from the great mountain ranges of the world during the golden era of their first western exploration. Between geographical excitement, the nature of arduous travel in difficult and uncharted terrain throughout a lost epoch, and the quirkiest and most stimulating of friendships, the theme is a gift, and one that has long been waiting for adequate treatment'.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

436

Publisher

Random House

Published Date

ISBN 10

1409021408

ISBN 13

9781409021407

The Moralisation of Tourism

Sun, Sand... and Saving the World?

By: Jim Butcher

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Moralisation of Tourism

Sun, Sand... and Saving the World?

By: Jim Butcher

Tourism is no longer an innocent pleasure. It has been interpreted and reinterpreted as an activity which is ultimately damaging to receiving cultures and the environment. 'New' forms of tourism, such as ecotourism, alternative tourism, community tourism and ethical tourism, have been presented as morally superior alternatives to the package holiday, yet ironically, even advocates of these new, ethical tourism brands are increasingly subject to criticisms, not dissimilar to those they themselves level against package holidays. Using a host of international examples from the industry, the media and non-governmental organisations, this intriguing book examines what the advocates of 'new tourism' see as being wrong with mass tourism, looks critically at the claims made for the new alternatives and makes a case for guilt-free holidays. The only book on the market to provide a sustained critique of conventional mass tourism’s own critics, Butcher offers a counterpoint to the moral rhetoric steadily turning travellers into guilty tourists.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

316

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1134435088

ISBN 13

9781134435081

Nature Unbound

Conservation, Capitalism and the Future of Protected Areas

By: Dan Brockington,Rosaleen Duffy,Jim Igoe

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Nature Unbound

Conservation, Capitalism and the Future of Protected Areas

By: Dan Brockington,Rosaleen Duffy,Jim Igoe

This groundbreaking volume is the first comprehensive, critical examination of the rise of protected areas and their current social and economic position in our world. It examines the social impacts of protected areas, the conflicts that surround them, the alternatives to them and the conceptual categories they impose. The book explores key debates on devolution, participation and democracy; the role and uniqueness of indigenous peoples and other local communities; institutions and resource management; hegemony, myth and symbolic power in conservation success stories; tourism, poverty and conservation; and the transformation of social and material relations which community conservation entails. For conservation practitioners and protected area professionals not accustomed to criticisms of their work, or students new to this complex field, the book will provide an understanding of the history and current state of affairs in the rise of protected areas. It introduces the concepts, theories and writers on which critiques of conservation have been built, and provides the means by which practitioners can understand problems with which they are wrestling. For advanced researchers the book will present a critique of the current debates on protected areas and provide a host of jumping off points for an array of research avenues

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

266

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1136560564

ISBN 13

9781136560569

Reflecting the Audience

London Theatregoing, 1840-1880

By: Jim Davis,Victor Emeljanow

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Reflecting the Audience

London Theatregoing, 1840-1880

By: Jim Davis,Victor Emeljanow

This innovative work begins to fill a large gap in theatre studies: the lack of any comprehensive study of nineteenth-century British theatre audiences. In an attempt to bring some order to the enormous amount of available primary material, Jim Davis and Victor Emeljanow focus on London from 1840, immediately prior to the deregulation of that city's theatres, to 1880, when the Metropolitan Board of Works assumed responsibility for their licensing. In a further attempt to manage their material, they concentrate chapter by chapter on seven representative theatres from four areas: the Surrey Theatre and the Royal Victoria to the south, the Whitechapel Pavilion and the Britannia Theatre to the east, Sadler's Wells and the Queen's (later the Prince of Wales's) to the north, and Drury Lane to the west. Davis and Emeljanow thoroughly examine the composition of these theatres' audiences, their behavior, and their attendance patterns by looking at topography, social demography, police reports, playbills, autobiographies and diaries, newspaper accounts, economic and social factors as seen in census returns, maps and transportation data, and the managerial policies of each theatre.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

317

Publisher

University of Iowa Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1587294028

ISBN 13

9781587294020

Orchid

A Cultural History

By: Jim Endersby

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Orchid

A Cultural History

By: Jim Endersby

Introduction: imagining orchids -- Censored origins -- The lesbian boy -- The uses of orchids -- Red book, black flower -- Utopian botany -- The signature of all things -- The name of the orchid -- Making a family -- A second Adam -- Artificial to natural -- Myths of orchids -- Orchidmania -- The blooming aristocracy -- Orchis bank -- Every trifling detail -- Beautiful contrivances -- The scramble for orchids -- Lost orchids -- Cannibal tales -- Savage orchids -- Long purples and a forked radish -- Queer flowers -- Creation and consolation -- Sexy orchids -- Boy's own orchids -- Manly orchids -- Frail orchids -- Deceptive orchids -- Orchids in orbit -- Endangered orchids -- Fragile specialists -- The spider orchids of Sussex -- Conclusion: an orchid's-eye view?

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

313

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

022637632X

ISBN 13

9780226376325

King Arthur's Wars

The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of England

By: Jim Storr

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

King Arthur's Wars

The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of England

By: Jim Storr

The story of an era shrouded in mystery, and the gradual changing of a nation’s cultural identity. We speak English today, because the Anglo-Saxons took over most of post-Roman Britain. How did that happen? There is little evidence: not much archaeology, and even less written history. There is, however, a huge amount of speculation. King Arthur’s Wars brings an entirely new approach to the subject—the answers are out there, in the British countryside, waiting to be found. Months of field work and map study allow us to understand, for the first time, how the Anglo-Saxons conquered England, county by county and decade by decade. King Arthur’s Wars exposes what the landscape and the place names tell us. As a result, we can now know far more about this “Dark Age.” What is so special about Essex? Why is Buckinghamshire an odd shape? Why is the legend of King Arthur so special to us? Why don’t Cumbrian farmers use English numbers when they count sheep? Why don’t we know where Camelot was? Why did the Romano-British stop eating oysters? This book provides a new level of understanding of the centuries preceding the Norman Conquest.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

313

Publisher

Helion and Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

1911096966

ISBN 13

9781911096962

Tennyson and Mid-Victorian Publishing

Moxon, Poetry, Commerce

By: Jim Cheshire

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Tennyson and Mid-Victorian Publishing

Moxon, Poetry, Commerce

By: Jim Cheshire

This book examines how Tennyson’s career was mediated, organised and directed by the publishing industry. Founded on neglected archival material, it examines the scale and distribution of Tennyson’s book sales in Britain and America, the commercial logic of publishing poetry, and how illustrated gift books and visual culture both promoted and interrogated the Poet Laureate and his life. Major publishers had become disillusioned with poetry by the time that Edward Moxon founded his business in 1830 but by the mid-1860s, his firm presided over a resurgence in poetry based on Tennyson’s work. Moxon not only orchestrated Tennyson’s rise to fame but was a major influence on how the Victorian public experienced the poetry of the Romantic period. This study reevaluates his crucial role, and examines how he repackaged poetry for the Victorian public.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

269

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

1137338156

ISBN 13

9781137338150

Deer of the Southwest

A Complete Guide to the Natural History, Biology, and Management of Southwestern Mule Deer and White

By: Jim Heffelfinger

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Deer of the Southwest

A Complete Guide to the Natural History, Biology, and Management of Southwestern Mule Deer and White

By: Jim Heffelfinger

Author Jim Heffelfinger presents a wide array of data in a reader-friendly, well-organized way. With a clear mission to make his information not only helpful, but entertaining and attractive as well, each chapter focuses on a specific aspect of understanding deer. The clear, detailed table of contents will help readers flip right to the section they want to investigate. Not just hunters, but anyone who is interested in the deer of West Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, southern California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, northern Mexico, or tribal lands will find this book to be an indispensable resource for understanding these familiar and fascinating animals. “Very few books on the subject of deer in any particular region lend themselves to being complete. Jim Heffelfinger’s book breaks the mold. It is by far the most comprehensive book on mule deer and white-tailed deer in the southwestern part of the United States, including Plains portions of Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico, I’ve ever read. Everything you ever wanted to know about these two deer species can be found in its pages . . . All of this under one cover and written in a style easy enough for the layperson to understand, but scientific enough for the professional biologist . . . Deer of the Southwest is a pleasure to read and should be part of every deer enthusiast’s library.”—Great Plains Research “An important reference for anyone interested in deer in the Southwest—managers and enthusiasts alike. Both enlightening and instructive, Deer of the Southwest is the ultimate source for understanding the history, management, and issues facing this resource. Jim Heffelfinger has solidified his reputation as the premier authority on deer in this region.”—Barry Hale, deer program manager, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

311

Publisher

Texas A&M University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1603445331

ISBN 13

9781603445337

Assessing Teacher Effectiveness

Different models

By: Jim Campbell,Leonidas Kyriakides,Daniel Muijs,Wendy Robinson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Assessing Teacher Effectiveness

Different models

By: Jim Campbell,Leonidas Kyriakides,Daniel Muijs,Wendy Robinson

How can we really evaluate teacher effectiveness? Systems of teacher appraisal and evaluation are being created across the world in order to monitor and assess teacher performance. But do the models used really give a fair evaluation? Based on international research, the authors argue that teacher effectiveness is too narrowly conceptualised and methods of measuring it are not attuned to the real contexts in which teachers work. They propose a model of differential teacher effectiveness which takes into account that: * teachers may be more effective with some categories of students than with others * teachers may be more effective with some teaching contexts than others * teachers may be more effective with some subjects or components than with others. Building on and developing previous research on models of teacher effectiveness and current theories, the authors open up possible new debates which will be of interest to academics and researchers working in this area throughout the world.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

241

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1134407238

ISBN 13

9781134407231

Imperial Nature

Joseph Hooker and the Practices of Victorian Science

By: Jim Endersby

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Imperial Nature

Joseph Hooker and the Practices of Victorian Science

By: Jim Endersby

Presents an examination of the life and career of the botanist and naturalist, discussing the interrelationship of scientific work and ideas and Victorian scientific practices.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

442

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0226207927

ISBN 13

9780226207926

The Human Face of War

By: Jim Storr

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Human Face of War

By: Jim Storr

Warfare is hugely important. The fates of nations, and even continents, often rests on the outcome of war and thus on how its practitioners consider war. The Human Face of War is a new exploration of military thought. It starts with the observation that much military thought is poorly developed - often incoherent and riddled with paradox. The author contends that what is missing from British and American writing on warfare is any underpinning mental approach or philosophy. Why are some tank commanders, snipers, fighter pilots or submarine commanders far more effective than others? Why are many generals sacked at the outbreak of war? The Human Face of War examines such phenomena and seeks to explain them. The author argues that military thought should be based on an approach which reflects the nature of combat. Combat - fighting - is primarily a human phenomenon dominated by human behaviour. The book explores some of those human issues and their practical consequences. The Human Face of War calls for, and suggests, a new way of considering war and warfare.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

422

Publisher

A&C Black

Published Date

ISBN 10

1441179372

ISBN 13

9781441179371

Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco in Britain

By: Jim Zacune,Celia Hensman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco in Britain

By: Jim Zacune,Celia Hensman

Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco in Britain focuses on the use and misuse of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco and the British response to these substances. The manuscript first tackles alcohol production, sale, and control and production of drugs. Discussions focus on licensing laws in England and Wales, taxation, home brewing and distilling, detailed incidence of liquor duties, illicit production of alcoholic beverages, overseas trade, and tied-house system. The book then elaborates on the control of drugs, including international control, Dangerous Drugs Act, 1965, United Kingdom laws, and control of specific psycho-active drugs. The publication examines the "normal" use of alcohol in Great Britain, medical use of drugs, and a historical perspective of alcohol abuse in Great Britain. Topics include medical use of cannabis, amphetamines, and opiates, student drinking, medical use of alcohol, expenditure on alcohol, and alcohol consumption. The text then takes a look at the misuse of alcohol in Great Britain, non-medical use of cannabis, non-medical use of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide and hallucinogenic drugs, and non-medical use of hypnotics and tranquillizers. The book is a valuable source of information for readers wanting to study the use and abuse of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco in Great Britain.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

254

Publisher

Elsevier

Published Date

ISBN 10

1483193098

ISBN 13

9781483193090

Mark Rosen's Book of Minnesota Sports Lists

A Compilation of Bests, Worsts, and Head-Scratchers from the Worlds of Baseball, Football, Basketball, Hockey, and More

By: Mark Rosen,Jim Bruton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Mark Rosen's Book of Minnesota Sports Lists

A Compilation of Bests, Worsts, and Head-Scratchers from the Worlds of Baseball, Football, Basketball, Hockey, and More

By: Mark Rosen,Jim Bruton

A compilation of rankings by broadcaster Mark Rosen that list bests, worsts, and more from decades of Minnesota sports"--

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

227

Published Date

ISBN 10

0760345805

ISBN 13

9780760345801

Toward a Philosophy of Religious Studies

Enecstatic Explorations

By: Jim Kanaris

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Toward a Philosophy of Religious Studies

Enecstatic Explorations

By: Jim Kanaris

In this important work, Jim Kanaris provides a unique approach to the study of religion, aiming to alleviate the methodological and ideological barriers that divide philosophers, theologians, and social scientists. This is a "philosophy of religion" for a wider audience than that designation usually circumscribes, and, for that reason, Kanaris opts for the broader "philosophy of religious studies." He hybridizes insights principally from the works of Bernard Lonergan and Martin Heidegger but also those of Jacques Derrida, Charles Winquist, and Tyler Roberts, among others. Kanaris combines this with a distinctive hermeneutical approach that gives rise to what he calls "enecstatic" philosophy, one that manages the irreducible complexity of one's individuality, a singularity, in the negotiation of one's objects of concern. Toward a Philosophy of Religious Studies is unlike any other book in religious studies. It provides a unique way to surface personal involvement in the study of religion without compromising scholarly objectivity and philosophical integrity.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

280

Publisher

State University of New York Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1438494564

ISBN 13

9781438494562

Primary Teachers at Work

By: Jim Campbell,S. R. St. J. Neill

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Primary Teachers at Work

By: Jim Campbell,S. R. St. J. Neill

The first part of this book charts and analyses the working days of 326 primary school teachers. It shows how they spent their working lives, the nature of the curriculum they taught, and analyses their work into five main categories: Teaching, Preparation, Administration, Professional Development and Other Activities. The second part comments on the findings by relating them to issues of school management and curriculum manageability and looks at how the idea of `conscientiousness' among primary school teachers may have lead to their exploitation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

284

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1134879652

ISBN 13

9781134879656

Cultural Analysis

By: Jim McGuigan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Cultural Analysis

By: Jim McGuigan

′Jim McGuigan has done it again. The complex cultural machinery hiding behind the apparently simple ′facts of life′ still fresh in our collective memory, has been pulled out from its hiding, exposed, disassembled and put together again, and showed in action of shaping up its products; all that done to the benefit of us all - simultaneously producers and product of the life we share. Another great contribution to cultural studies; and to our understanding of the world notorious for defying/escaping understanding. This is exactly what we need ′cultural analysis′ for′ - Professor Zygmunt Bauman, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Leeds ′Jim McGuigan is one of cultural studies′ leading practitioners. This volume is a generous and wide-reaching exploration of how to use cultural theory to explore a wide variety of topics, brought together under the sign of the struggle for a vigorous, participatory public sphere′ - Toby Miller, University of California This book represents a distinctive approach to cultural analysis, using multi-dimensional methods for addressing issues of public interest. Stressing the impact of both neoliberalism and the formation of a ′cool capitalist culture′ that has colonised everyday life around much of the globe, Jim McGuigan deploys his original concept of the ′cultural public sphere′ within several carefully analysed case studies, including: • celebrity death • festivals and urban regeneration • ′race′ and multicultural controversy • popular television • social significance of the all purpose mobile communication device in a privatised and individualised way of life • riskiness and uncertainty in the creative and media industries This is a radical intervention in the research agendas and conceptual development of cultural policy studies, cultural sociology and, more generally, in the broad field known as ′cultural studies′. It offers challenging theoretical arguments that are substantiated with concrete evidence of cultural and social processes.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

202

Publisher

SAGE

Published Date

ISBN 10

184920442X

ISBN 13

9781849204422

The Great Drummers R&B Funk & Soul

By: Jim Payne

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Great Drummers R&B Funk & Soul

By: Jim Payne

This 248 page book is an exciting documentation of the innovative period of the '60s and '70s when the rhythm of popular music was changed forever. Featured here are biographies, interviews, discographies and rare archival photos of more than 20 great drummers of R&B, funk and soul, including the drummers of James Brown, Earth, Wind and Fire, Otis Redding and Sly and the Family Stone. the true originators of the modern hip-hop beats tell their stories, and the history of the funk comes to life. Appropriate for music fans of all kinds, and all drummers: beginners thru advanced.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

251

Publisher

Mel Bay Publications

Published Date

ISBN 10

1609745825

ISBN 13

9781609745820

Plants

2,400 Royalty-Free Illustrations of Flowers, Trees, Fruits and Vegetables

By: Jim Harter

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Plants

2,400 Royalty-Free Illustrations of Flowers, Trees, Fruits and Vegetables

By: Jim Harter

Hundreds of plant species — from lilies, lichens, and palms to mushrooms, mosses, and maples — supplemented by appendices on edible plants, medicinal herbs, and plants used in decoration and in graphic design. Indispensable source of inspiration and royalty-free graphics for designers and artists; a captivating compendium for botanists, gardeners, and collectors of old engravings.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

392

Publisher

Courier Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

0486402649

ISBN 13

9780486402642

Book's by Jim Cassell

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email