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The Art of Explanation

How to Communicate with Clarity and Confidence

By: Ros Atkins

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The Art of Explanation

How to Communicate with Clarity and Confidence

By: Ros Atkins

A great read for polishing your communication skills' FORBES 'For all those who want their audiences to listen and understand' JEREMY BOWEN 'Precision, deftness and a calming expertise' THE TIMES Do you worry about holding people's attention during presentations? Are you unsure where to start when faced with writing an essay or report? Are you preparing for an interview and wondering how to get all your points across? Explanation - identifying and communicating what we want to say - is an art. And the BBC presenter and journalist Ros Atkins, creator of the viral 'Ros Atkins on...' explainer videos, is something of a master of the form. In this book, Ros shares the secrets he has learned from years of working in high-pressure newsrooms, identifying the ten elements of a good explanation and the seven steps you need to take to express yourself with clarity and impact. Whether at work, school, university or home, we all benefit from being able to articulate ourselves clearly. Filled with practical examples, The Art of Explanation is a must-read for anyone who wants to sharpen their communication skills.

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Wildfire

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147229842X

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Evolution's Destiny

Co-evolving Chemistry of the Environment and Life

By: R J P Williams,Ros Rickaby

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Evolution's Destiny

Co-evolving Chemistry of the Environment and Life

By: R J P Williams,Ros Rickaby

This book is written as an addition to Darwin's work and that of molecular biologists on evolution so as to include views of it from the point of view of chemistry rather than just from our knowledge of the biology and genes of organisms. By concentrating on a wide range of chemical elements, not just those in traditional organic compounds, we show that there is a close relationship between the geological or environmental chemical changes from the formation of Earth and those of organisms from the time of their origin. These are considerations which Darwin or other scientists could not have explored until very recent times since sufficient analytical data were not available. They lead us to suggest that there is a combined geo- and bio-chemical evolution, that of an ecosystem, which has had a systematic chemical development. In this development the arrival of new very similar species is shown to be by random Darwinian competitive selection processes such that a huge variety of species coexist with only minor differences in chemistry and advantages. This is in agreement with previous studies. On the large scale of evolution of very different organisms, and over greater timescales, by way of contrast, we observe that groups of species have special, different, chemical features and function. It is more difficult to understand how they evolved and therefore we examine their chemical development in detail. Overall there is a cooperative evolution of a chemical system driven by capture of energy, mainly from the sun, and its degradation in which the chemistry of both the environment and organisms are facilitating intermediates. We shall suggest that the overall drive of the whole joint system is to optimise the rate of this energy degradation. Since the environmental changes are inorganic and relatively fast they move inevitably to equilibrium. The living part of the system, the organisms, under the influence of this inevitable environmental change are forced to follow but as they are increasingly energised and their reactions are slow, they move further away from equilibrium. We are able to explore the ways in which this chemical system evolved, recognising that as complexity of the chemistry of organisms increased, they had to be formed from more and more compartments and to become part of a chemically cooperative overall activity. They could not remain as isolated species. Only in the last chapter do we attempt to make a connection between the changing chemistry of organisms with the coded molecules of each cell which have to exist to explain reproduction.

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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184973559X

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9781849735599

Returning to Nursing Practice

Confidence and Competence

By: Ros Wray,Mary Kitson

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Returning to Nursing Practice

Confidence and Competence

By: Ros Wray,Mary Kitson

Returning to Nursing Practice Navigate every step of returning to nursing practice with this accessible guide Returning to Nursing Practice offers a step-by-step guide to navigate the challenges of returning to work after a practice break. It advocates renewed career pathways in healthcare for nurses rediscovering their professional identity and confidence. Common features of RTP courses are discussed including updating study and clinical skills and the importance of reflective practice. The book highlights the practical, psychological, and community-oriented aspects of returning to the profession and is an invaluable resource for any nurse considering or embarking on this journey. Returning to Nursing Practice readers will also find: Content designed to re-familiarise the returning nurse with updated healthcare practice An easy-to-use and readable style, supplemented throughout with figures and illustrations, and hints and tips from previous returners Careful attention to the student and practice assessor relationship, and the value of peer support, and well-being Returning to Nursing Practice is essential for nurses undertaking RTP courses and lapsed registration nurses considering a return to practice.p>

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119795885

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9781119795889

The Personal World of the Language Learner

By: Cristina Ros i Solé

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The Personal World of the Language Learner

By: Cristina Ros i Solé

This book presents a radical turn in Second Language Acquisition research by introducing a conceptual paradigm that challenges rationalist, instrumental and empiricist approaches to language learning theory. It argues for a shift in focus from measuring the effectiveness of language learning processes to humanising the language learning experience. This new paradigm explores the force of affect, the imagination and creativity and their roles in assembling language learners' intimate worlds. 'The personal' is reclaimed and acts as driving force for language learning and the sphere in which learners engage both their minds and bodies in a constant socialization of feelings and emotions. The author provides examples from real language learners using a variety of modern languages to provide insights on the kind of personal worlds that languages compel us to inhabit. This book will be of interest to those working with language learning and language education theory, language teachers, and researchers and students who are interested in issues of identity and intercultural communication in language learning.

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Springer

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1137528532

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9781137528537

Autonomy and Identity

The Politics of Who We Are.

By: Ros Hague

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Autonomy and Identity

The Politics of Who We Are.

By: Ros Hague

Autonomy and Identity are key concepts in both political and feminist thought and have played central roles in both fields. Although there has been much academic work on both concepts there has arguably been little that has addressed the connections between autonomy and identity. Autonomy and Identity seeks to draw innovative links between these concepts in order to develop a new understanding which sees autonomy as a process by which we change and develop our identity. It draws on thinkers from the canon of political thought such as G.W.F. Hegel, Mary Wollstonecraft, J.S. Mill and Simone de Beauvoir and features illustrative examples drawn from a wide range of contemporary issues including pornography, domestic violence and women’s citizenship. Hague argues that identity is best understood as changing, multiple, and something we need to take control of ourselves. In order to support this version of identity there needs to be a concept of autonomy which emphasises self-direction to control our identity. Providing valuable insight into the complexities of thinking about linking autonomy to identity, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, gender studies, contemporary political thought and the history of political thought.

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229

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Routledge

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1136754180

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9781136754180

Material Interculturality

Making Sense with Everyday Objects

By: Cristina Ros i Solé

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Material Interculturality

Making Sense with Everyday Objects

By: Cristina Ros i Solé

This book shows how objects can create new linguistic and cultural orders, spotlighting the ways in which everyday collections help make the world anew by rearranging its materiality and how multilingual speakers make meanings without words. Adopting an innovative approach to intercultural research drawing on work from visual and multisensorial ethnography, Ros i Solé critically reflects on what we know as interculturality by going beyond the verbal and the more-than-human to understand languages and cultures. This book expands the meaning of interculturality by seeing it as the result of the relations between people, places, and materiality. Using everyday multilingual artefacts such as clothes, cookie-cutters, LPs, books, and pens, it presents a new semiotic multilingual landscape where the intercultural is closely connected to the ground, and it is felt, rehearsed, and re-enacted through the stories and the memories contained in multilingual objects. This book will be of particular interest to students and scholars in intercultural communication, multilingualism, language education, and applied linguistics.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040126944

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9781040126943

Women Who Won

70 extraordinary women who reshaped politics

By: Ros Ball

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Women Who Won

70 extraordinary women who reshaped politics

By: Ros Ball

Did you know that Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka was the first woman in the world to become a democratically elected prime minister? That Tina Anselmi of Italy was a wartime resistance fighter who became the first woman to serve as a cabinet minister? Or that Sylvie Kinigi of Burundi was the first woman to serve as a prime minister in Africa? It is high time these extraordinary women who helped shape our world became household names, and this book brings them at last to the fore. Women Who Won is a celebration of 70 women from the last 100 years: politicians from around the globe who fought for election in a man’s world... and won. Beautifully illustrated by artist Emmy Lupin, it features well-known figures, including Kamala Harris, Benazir Bhutto, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Jacinda Ardern and Julia Gillard, alongside lesser-known women whose stories are ready to be heard: Shidzue Katō, one of the first women elected to the Diet of Japan Yulia Tymoshenko, the first woman prime minister of Ukraine Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the US Congress Peri-Khan Sofieva, the first democratically elected Muslim woman Ethel Blondin-Andrew, the first Indigenous woman elected to Canadian parliament Women of the past, but also women of the present and future. Women who smashed the political glass ceiling. Women who fought to leave a positive legacy for future generations. Women who paved the way for girls of today to become women who won.

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Unbound Publishing

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1800182538

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The Art of Explanation

How to Communicate with Clarity and Confidence

By: Ros Atkins

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How to Communicate with Clarity and Confidence

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Fast Track to the Top

10 Skills for Career Success

By: Ros Taylor,John Humphrey

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Fast Track to the Top

10 Skills for Career Success

By: Ros Taylor,John Humphrey

Fast Track to the Top guides you through practical programmes based on the 10 Key Skills common to successful people, enabling you to profile your personal skills, assess your potential and learn how to achieve your goals.

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Kogan Page Publishers

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0749436662

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Book's by Ros Atkins

The Art of Explanation

The Art of Explanation

Evolution's Destiny

Evolution's Destiny

Returning to Nursing Practice

Returning to Nursing Practice

The Personal World of the Language Learner

The Personal World of the Language Learner

Autonomy and Identity

Autonomy and Identity

Material Interculturality

Material Interculturality

Women Who Won

Women Who Won

The Art of Explanation

The Art of Explanation

Fast Track to the Top

Fast Track to the Top

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