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Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics - EBook

By: Kate Curtis,Clair Ramsden,Ramon Z. Shaban,Margaret Fry,Julie Considine

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Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics - EBook

By: Kate Curtis,Clair Ramsden,Ramon Z. Shaban,Margaret Fry,Julie Considine

Endorsed by the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia CENA is the peak professional association representing emergency nurses and has endorsed this text in recognition of the relevance it has to emergency nursing across Australasia. Led by an expanded editorial team of internationally recognised clinicians, researchers and leaders in emergency care, the 3rd edition of Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics continues to be the foremost resource for students preparing to enter the emergency environment and for clinicians seeking a greater understanding of multidisciplinary emergency care. The text provides nursing and paramedicine students and clinicians with the opportunity to understand the best available evidence behind the treatment that is provided throughout the emergency care trajectory. This unique approach ultimately seeks to strengthen multidisciplinary care and equip readers with the knowledge and skills to provide safe, quality, emergency care. The 3rd edition builds on the strengths of previous editions and follows a patient journey and body systems approach, spanning the pre-hospital and hospital environments. Expanded editorial team, all internationally recognised researchers and leaders in Emergency Care Chapter 6 Patient safety and quality care in emergency All chapters revised to reflect the most up-to-date evidence-based research and practice Case studies and practice tips highlight cultural considerations and communication issues Aligns to NSQHSS 2e, NMBA and PBA Standards An eBook included in all print purchases

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Learning to Lead in Higher Education

By: Paul Ramsden

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Learning to Lead in Higher Education

By: Paul Ramsden

The future success of our universities depends on academics' capacity to respond energetically to change. To help academics face new and uncertain demands, we need an entirely different approach to their management and leadership. This book shows academic leaders how to increase resource productivity and enhance teaching quality. It also demonstrates how leaders can help their staff through momentous change without compromising professional standards. Drawing on ideas from the world of business leadership as well as research into what makes academics committed and productive, Learning to Lead in Higher Education provides heads of departments and course leaders with practical tools they can use to improve their management and leadership skills. It shows academic and university leaders at all levels how they can turn adversity into prosperity.

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1134744986

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Man of the Century

Winston Churchill and His Legend Since 1945

By: John Ramsden

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Man of the Century

Winston Churchill and His Legend Since 1945

By: John Ramsden

Man of the Century is the often surprising story of how Winston Churchill, in the last years of his life, carefully crafted his reputation for posterity, revealing him to be perhaps the twentieth century's first, and most gifted, "spin doctor." Ramsden draws on fresh material and extensive research on three continents to argue that the statesman's force of personality and romantic, imperial notion of Britain has contributed directly to many of the political debates of the last decades--including American involvement in Vietnam and the role of the Anglo-American alliance in promoting and protecting a certain vision of world order.

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0231131062

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9780231131063

Working-Class Community in the Age of Affluence

By: Stefan Ramsden

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Working-Class Community in the Age of Affluence

By: Stefan Ramsden

It has appeared to many commentators that the most fundamental change in what it is meant to be working-class in twentieth-century Britain came not as a result of war or of want, but of prosperity. Social investigators documented how the relative affluence of the 1950s and 1960s improved the material conditions of life for working-class Britons whilst eroding their commitment to the shared life of ‘traditional’ communities. Utilising an oral history case study of sociability and identity in the Yorkshire town of Beverley between the end of the Second World War and the election of Margaret Thatcher’s government, Working-Class Community in the Age of Affluence challenges this influential narrative. An introductory essay outlines how sociologists and historians understood the complex social, cultural and economic changes of the post-war decades through the prism of affluence, and traces how these changes came to be seen as deleterious to the ‘traditional’ working-class community. The book then proceeds thematically, exploring change across areas of social life including family, neighbourhood, workplace and associational life. This book represents the first sustained historical analysis of change and continuity in working-class community living during the age of affluence. It suggests not only that older social practices persisted, but also that new patterns of sociability could strengthen as much as undermine community. Ultimately, Working-Class Community in the Age of Affluence asks us to rethink assumptions about the decline of local solidarities in this pivotal period, and to recognise community as a key feature of working-class life across the twentieth century.

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Taylor & Francis

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1315462923

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Test and Measurement: Know It All

By: Jon S. Wilson,Stuart Ball,Creed Huddleston,Edward Ramsden,Dogan Ibrahim

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Test and Measurement: Know It All

By: Jon S. Wilson,Stuart Ball,Creed Huddleston,Edward Ramsden,Dogan Ibrahim

The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written to create hard-working desk references that will be an engineer's first port of call for key information, design techniques and rules of thumb. Guaranteed not to gather dust on a shelf!Field Application engineers need to master a wide area of topics to excel. The Test and Measurement Know It All covers every angle including Machine Vision and Inspection, Communications Testing, Compliance Testing, along with Automotive, Aerospace, and Defense testing. - A 360-degree view from our best-selling authors - Topics include the Technology of Test and Measurement, Measurement System Types, and Instrumentation for Test and Measurement - The ultimate hard-working desk reference; all the essential information, techniques and tricks of the trade in one volume

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0080949681

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Chemistry

By: Eileen Ramsden

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Chemistry

By: Eileen Ramsden

This third edition of Key Science: Chemistry has been fully revised to meet the requirements of all 2001 GCSE specifications. It is aimed at middle-ability students, but contains enough material for high achievers. Topics are clearly differentiated between core material for GCSE science: Double-Award/Single-Award and extension material for GCSE science: chemistry.

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Nelson Thornes

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0748762426

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Handbook of Heterocyclic Chemistry

By: Alan R. Katritzky,Christopher A. Ramsden,John A. Joule,Viktor V. Zhdankin

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Handbook of Heterocyclic Chemistry

By: Alan R. Katritzky,Christopher A. Ramsden,John A. Joule,Viktor V. Zhdankin

Heterocyclic compounds play a vital role in the metabolism of living cells. Their practical applications range from extensive clinical use to fields as diverse as agriculture, photography, biocide formulation and polymer science. Written by leading scholars and industry experts, the Handbook of Heterocyclic Chemistry is thoroughly updated with over 50% new content. It has been rewritten with a new expanded author team, who have carefully distilled essential information on the reactivity, structure and synthesis of heterocycles from the 2008 major reference work Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry III. To bring the work up to date the author team have also added new synthetic examples and structures, key applications and new references from 2008-2010. Contains more than 1500 clearly drawn structures and reactions. The highly systematic coverage given to the subject makes this one of the most authoritative single-volume accounts of modern heterocyclic chemistry available and should be useful reference for those teaching a heterocyclic course. - Covers the structure, reactivity and synthesis of all heterocyclic compounds as distilled from the larger 15-volume reference work - Saves researchers time when they require important information on heterocycles--speeding them to thousands of clearly drawn chemical structures and pertinent reviews by leading experts - Features 35% new material to compliment the completely revised text

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0080958443

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The Cash Flow Challenge

By: Philip Ramsden

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The Cash Flow Challenge

By: Philip Ramsden

The Cash Flow Challenge offers you an enjoyable way to learn about cash flow. You make the decisions, learn from your mistakes and understand why cash is an organization's lifeblood and how to manage it, and why every manager has a part to play.

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Gower Publishing, Ltd.

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0566078074

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Understanding Abnormal Psychology

Clinical and Biological Perspectives

By: Pamilla Ramsden

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Understanding Abnormal Psychology

Clinical and Biological Perspectives

By: Pamilla Ramsden

Understanding Abnormal Psychology provides a thorough understanding of abnormal psychology with a focus on the integration of psychology, biology and health. It goes beyond a descriptive overview of clinical disorders to provide a critical appreciation of the multifaceted aspects of mental illness. Each disorder is clearly and succinctly explained with the support of case studies. These examples are then used to introduce the debates surrounding current research, the biology of abnormal disorders and standards of treatment. The bridge between the biological elements of brain functioning and the psychological mechanisms that are responsible for coping and adjustment is thoroughly explored. This valuable consideration of the range of elements involved in the diagnosis and treatment of clinical disorders will provide you with a broad and critical understanding of this complex and fascinating field. The companion website has a number of useful features for students, including a flipcard glossary of key terms from the textbook and a test bank of interactive self-assessment multiple-choice questions.

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SAGE

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1446291405

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9781446291405

Nanotechnology

An Introduction

By: Jeremy Ramsden

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Nanotechnology

An Introduction

By: Jeremy Ramsden

This book provides an overview of the rapidly growing and developing field of nanotechnology, focusing on key essentials and structured around a robust anatomy of the subject. The newcomer to nanotechnology, who may well have a strong background in one of the traditional disciplines such as physics, mechanical or electrical engineering, chemistry or biology or who may have been working in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology, is confronted with a bewildering range of information. This book brings together the principles, theory and practice of nanotechnology, giving a broad yet authoritative introduction to the possibilities and limitations of this exciting field. - Succinct chapter summaries allow readers to grasp quickly the concepts discussed and gain an overview of the field - Discusses design and manufacture and applications and their impact in a wide range of nanotechnology areas - An ideal introduction for businesses and potential investors in nanotechnology

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William Andrew

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1437778372

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Language Development and Social Interaction in Blind Children

By: Miguel Perez Pereira,Gina Conti-Ramsden

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Language Development and Social Interaction in Blind Children

By: Miguel Perez Pereira,Gina Conti-Ramsden

The Classic Edition of this foundational text includes a new preface from Miguel Pérez-Pereira, examining how the field has developed since first publication. The volume provides an in-depth account of blind children's developing communicative abilities, with particular emphasis on social cognition and language acquisition from infancy to early school age. It provides insights into why the development of blind children may differ from that of sighted children and explores development of "theory of mind" and perspective taking in language learning. It also discusses the caregiver–child interaction, research on early intervention and practical strategies for blind children that can assist parents and practitioners. The up-to-date preface discusses recent neurological research and the comparison between the psychological development of visually impaired and autistic children. Language Development and Social Interaction in Blind Children continues to facilitate dialogue between those interested in the study of typically developing children and those interested in the development of children who are blind, and challenges some widely held beliefs about the development of communication in blind children.

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Routledge

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100003111X

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Let's Go!

How Great Leaders Shape the Future

By: Jamie Ramsden

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Let's Go!

How Great Leaders Shape the Future

By: Jamie Ramsden

Ever noticed how leadership theories can disintegrate in the face of real-world challenges? That’s frustrating, whether you’re a busy executive or a developing leader. On the other hand, purely reactive problem-solving is like bailing water from a ship without ever patching the leaks. With no reflection, no structure, no guiding vision, your temporary fixes won’t last, and soon you’re bailing water again. Author Jamie Ramsden has thrived in the leadership world as a successful executive, an elite coach, and an academic. Let’s Go! lays out his own powerful leadership framework, which merges hands-on business knowledge with profound insights into human motivations. The effective leader is a role model, a community builder, a sense maker, and a future shaper. In this inspirational book, Jamie blends theory and practical application to show you how to excel in each of these four leadership roles—and bring your team, your family, and your whole community along for the ride. Let’s Go! empowers executives and leaders to elevate their game, better understand themselves and their world, and live to their fullest potential—not for a few months or even a few years, but forever.

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Harriman House Limited

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1804090395

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9781804090398

Chemistry Extension File

(For International Schools)

By: Eileen Ramsden

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Chemistry Extension File

(For International Schools)

By: Eileen Ramsden

Includes a Teacher's Guide including teaching notes, guidance on the range of activities for coursework, equipment lists and answers to all questions. Additional assessment to enrich, extend and tailor the context of the Key Science textbooks for international schoolsA 'Mother Tongue' glossary to help students access the textbooksAdditional multiple choice questionsAlternative practical exercises (with sample mark schemes)

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Nelson Thornes

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0748740252

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9780748740253

Calculations for GCSE Chemistry

By: Eileen Ramsden

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Calculations for GCSE Chemistry

By: Eileen Ramsden

This fully revised edition is in line with the revised 2002 National Curriculum requirements and focuses on quantitative chemistry in science. Written to match all major GCSE specifications the text covers all types of numerical questions from first principles. For each topic, a concise treatment of the underlying theory is followed by problems grouped into three sections of increasing difficulty. Calculations based on round number molar masses are included to enable students to concentrate on the chemical basis of the problems rather than arithmetical manipulation.

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Nelson Thornes

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0748768025

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The Bully in the Greenhouse: Why children bully others and what schools can do about it

By: Graham Ramsden

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The Bully in the Greenhouse: Why children bully others and what schools can do about it

By: Graham Ramsden

Graham Ramsden's insightful new book helps understand why people, particularly children, bully others. It utilises research from a wide variety of psychological and sociological sources to explore the context of bullying from both a historical viewpoint as well as from a social perspective. It delves into the psychology of those people who choose to bully and helps the reader to understand why some people bully others and why some do not. The closing chapters use this understanding to explore a variety of ways schools and other education settings can use their existing systems and structures to address this endemic issue.

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John Catt

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1398383619

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9781398383616

Financial Management: Bullet Guides

By: Philip Ramsden

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Financial Management: Bullet Guides

By: Philip Ramsden

Open this book and you will Master basic finance Manage balance sheets Budget effectively Foster success

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John Murray

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1444142135

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Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics

By: Kate Curtis,Clair Ramsden

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Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics

By: Kate Curtis,Clair Ramsden

- Highlighted skills - cross references to the Clinical Skills chapter throughout text - Over 30 new case studies - Patient journey from pre-hospital and emergency-specific case studies - Critical thinking questions at the end of chapters - Chapter 35 Obstetric emergencies now includes 'Supporting a normal birth'.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0729584593

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9780729584593

AQA Modular Science for GCSE

By: David G. Applin,Jim Breithaupt,Eileen Ramsden

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AQA Modular Science for GCSE

By: David G. Applin,Jim Breithaupt,Eileen Ramsden

This brand new series consists of five textbooks, each with corresponding Teacher Support. GSCE Double Award is delivered by the Year 10 and 11 Higher texts. The Foundation Tier Double Award is delivered by the Year 10 and 11 Foundation texts. The Foundation and Higher texts can be used in parallel to cover a wide ability range.

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Nelson Thornes

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0748772863

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9780748772865

Letters From Timor

By: Graeme Ramsden

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Letters From Timor

By: Graeme Ramsden

Letters from Timor provides a very different and personal perspective of Australian Military Operations. Through the compilation of excerpts of his experiences in Timor, Graeme Ramsden, a chaplain in the Australian Regular Army, has portrayed, with passion and clarity, an engaging account of what it means to serve God, soldiers and the civilian population during a military action.

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Simon and Schuster

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1921941200

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9781921941207

Applied Nanotechnology

The Conversion of Research Results to Products

By: Jeremy Ramsden

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Applied Nanotechnology

The Conversion of Research Results to Products

By: Jeremy Ramsden

Applied Nanotechnology: The Conversion of Research Results to Products, Third Edition, takes an integrated approach to the scientific, commercial and social aspects of nanotechnology, exploring the relationship between nanotechnology and innovation, the changing economics and business models required to commercialize innovations in nanotechnology, and product design challenges that are investigated through case studies. Applications in various sectors, including composite materials, energy and agriculture are included, as is a section on the role of the government in promoting nanotechnology. In addition, the potential future of molecular self-assembly in industrial production is discussed, along with the ethics and social implications of nanotechnology. This new edition begins a concise introduction to nanotechnology, carefully explaining the relationships between science, technology, wealth and innovation. Next, it focuses on actual products and processes, including the big three areas of application, health, IT and energy. Different types of nanobusiness (upstream, downstream, ancillary etc.), are also carefully delineated, and aspects such as design and realization (e.g., actual fabrication) are also covered, amongst other timely topics. This book offers a vision of the role of nanotechnology in confronting the challenges facing humanity, from healthcare to climate change. - Written by an author who has direct, hands-on experience working in a large nanotechnology-based company, in academia as a professor and chair of nanotechnology, and as the co-owner and director of a nanotechnology-based start-up - Presents comprehensive coverage in an integrated fashion, not wasting space on trivial details that, if not already known to the reader, can be readily found in generic sources - Thoroughly revised, reflecting advances in the field - Includes areas that have been expanded into nanotechnology, such as health, and the safety of nano products and processes

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William Andrew

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0128133449

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9780128133446

Bertrand Russell's Dialogue with His Contemporaries (Routledge Revivals)

By: Elizabeth Ramsden Eames

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Bertrand Russell's Dialogue with His Contemporaries (Routledge Revivals)

By: Elizabeth Ramsden Eames

First published in 1989, this book considers Bertrand Russell’s philosophy through his correspondence with others. Indeed, his exchanges with his elders in philosophy, with his contemporaries, and with one of his most outstanding pupils are brought to life in this judicious exposition: meticulously documented before being judged with insight and sympathy, as well as impartiality. Elizabeth Ramsden Eames here explores the issues that emerged from Russell’s exchanges with certain other philosophers, and interprets the resulting reciprocal influences and reactions. The conversations presented cover subjects such as: the nature of relations; pluralism versus monism; the relation of the subject and object in knowledge; the analysis of experience; the definition of truth; the analysis of belief; and the theory of meaning. These have been in the forefront of philosophical discussion in our time, and Russell’s dialogue with his contemporaries promises to illumine them.

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Routledge

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1134059434

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Backpacking Beyond Boundaries

A South African's Travels

By: Tim Ramsden

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Backpacking Beyond Boundaries

A South African's Travels

By: Tim Ramsden

Backpacking Beyond Boundaries is the story of a young man who puts his career on hold in search of adventure and the discovery of his inner being. He leaves South Africa in 1990 while Nelson Mandela is still in prison and South Africa ruled by a white minority government. His travels take him through 35 countries and cultures as far afield as South East Asia where he spends one year; exotic islands of Thailand, hitchhiking through Malaysia, charming beauty of Sri Lanka, overland through India into Nepal and finally back to Thailand. He also buses through Morocco and into the Sahara Desert. In Turkey he joins a group of 11 fellow backpackers and travels across the country. Behind the Iron Curtain he visits East Germany and the Berlin Wall, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Hungary seeing communism at work. In 1996 he returns to a free South Africa, one now with equal rights and called the Rainbow Nation, before choosing a new life in Canada. In 2003 he travels to Namibia and reconnects with his army past. And in 2005 he makes a special journey to Mozambique with two army friends to see the prison where one of them was held captive.

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Trafford Publishing

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142698233X

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9781426982330

Learning to Teach in Higher Education

By: Paul Ramsden

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Learning to Teach in Higher Education

By: Paul Ramsden

This bestselling book is a unique introduction to the practice of university teaching and its underlying theory. This new edition has been fully revised and updated in view of the extensive changes which have taken place in higher education over the last decade and includes new material on the higher education context, evaluation and staff development. The first part of the book provides an outline of the experience of teaching and learning from the student's point of view, out of which grows a set of prinicples for effective teaching in higher education. Part two shows how these ideas can enhance educational standards, looking in particular at four key areas facing every teacher in higher education: * Organising the content of undergraduate courses * Selecting teaching methods * Assessing student learning * Evaluating the effectivenesss of teaching. Case studies of exemplary teaching are used throughout to connect ideas to practice and to illustrate how to ensure better student learning. The final part of the book looks in more detail at appraisal, performance indicators, accountability and educational development and training. The book is essential reading for new and experienced lecturers, particularly those following formal programmes in university teaching, such as courses leading to ILT accreditation.

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1134412053

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Rat City

Overcrowding and Urban Derangement in the Rodent Universes of John B. Calhoun

By: Jon Adams,Edmund Ramsden

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Rat City

Overcrowding and Urban Derangement in the Rodent Universes of John B. Calhoun

By: Jon Adams,Edmund Ramsden

Behind the internet's viral "Universe 25" experiment and Robert C. O'Brien's iconic novel, Mrs. Frisby and the Secret of NIMH, was one scientist who set out to change the way we view our fellow man — using rats . . . After the Civil War and throughout the twentieth century, cities in northern American states absorbed a huge increase in populations, particularly of immigrants and African Americans from southern states. City governments responded by creating new regulations that were often segregationist — corralling black Americans, for example, into small, increasingly overcrowded neighborhoods, or into high-rise “projects.” The situation intensified after World War II, as rising crime and racial unrest swept the nation, and blame fell on the crowded conditions of city life. The hardest-hit populations were left marginalized and voiceless. Enter John B. Calhoun, an ecologist employed by the National Institute of Mental Health to study the effects of overcrowding on rats. From 1947 to 1977, Calhoun built a series of sprawling habitats in which a rat’s every need was met—except space. The results were cataclysmic. Did a similar fate await our own teeming cities? Rat City is the first book to tell the story of Calhoun’s experiments, and their extraordinary influence — an enthralling record of urban design and dystopian science. Meticulously researched, it follows Calhoun’s struggle to solve the problem of crowding before America’s cities drain into the behavioral sink. And as the “war on rats” continues around the world, and our post-pandemic society reevaluates the necessity of urban living, the riveting story of Rat City is more relevant than ever.

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Melville House

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1685891004

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9781685891008

Lyme

By: Jane Fant,Sallie Ramsden,Judy Russell

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Lyme

By: Jane Fant,Sallie Ramsden,Judy Russell

Chartered in 1761, Lyme began as a small farming community. It stretches from the banks of the Connecticut River eastward to Smarts Mountain. Located just north of Hanover, Lyme has a picturesque village common and the longest line of contiguous horse sheds in New England, as well as the Dartmouth Skiway and a section of the Appalachian Trail. Residents include families who trace their roots back to Lyme's beginnings as well as newer arrivals, among them many Dartmouth College alumni. It is home to writers and artists, talented tradespeople, and home-based entrepreneurs. Using photographs from 1860 to 1960, Lyme illustrates daily life in this town, from the people who have lived and worked here to their homes and properties. Seen here are the farms, houses of worship, schools, places, and events that make up Lyme's history.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738549290

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9780738549293

A-level Chemistry

By: E. N. Ramsden

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A-level Chemistry

By: E. N. Ramsden

Each topic is treated from the beginning, without assuming prior knowledge. Each chapter starts with an opening section covering an application. These help students to understand the relevance of the topic: they are motivational and they make the text more accessible to the majority of students. Concept Maps have been added, which together with Summaries throughout, aid understanding of main ideas and connections between topics. Margin points highlight key points, making the text more accessible for learning and revision. Checkpoints in each chapter test students' understanding and support their private study.

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