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Essex Rock

Geology Beneath the Landscape

By: Ian Mercer,Ros Mercer

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Essex Rock

Geology Beneath the Landscape

By: Ian Mercer,Ros Mercer

All landscapes are built on rock: from hard stone for building with, to the softest clay or sand. Each piece of rock is a storehouse of prehistorical information; even a simple pebble from the garden has its own complex tale to tell. Geology is the great detective science that can unlock these secrets. In this entertaining and eye-opening book, the authors take a deep dive – quite literally – into their home county of Essex. We are all living in an ice age, an ongoing event that has hugely affected Essex over the last 3 million years. Yet this county was born more than 500 million years ago. Our story begins when the land we know as Essex was part of a large continent close to the South Pole, tracing the geological processes that continue to shape the countryside around us. The form of the land, boulders on village greens, road cuttings, cliffs, stones in church walls – they can all bring geology to light in unexpected and fascinating ways. Aimed at a general readership with no scientific background but equally appealing to the seasoned geologist, chapters progress from fundamentals to intricate details of geological investigations and cutting-edge research. Richly illustrated with photographs and colour diagrams, here the geology of a county is visualised and brought to life as never before, along with pertinent environmental insights in the light of climate change that is happening now.

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652

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Pelagic Publishing Ltd

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1784272809

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9781784272807

Walk! Menorca

By: David Brawn,Ros Brawn

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Walk! Menorca

By: David Brawn,Ros Brawn

Some of Menorca's riches can be reached by car, but to get the best from the island you should set out on foot to discover the beautiful landscapes and beauty spots. This work contains detailed walk description with timings to aid navigation, full colour 1:40,000 scale map of the route, and GPS waypoints for key points on all country routes.

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148

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Discovery Walking Guides Ltd

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190494602X

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9781904946021

Women's Worlds

Ideology, Femininity and Women's Magazines

By: Ros Ballaster,Margaret Beetham,Elizabeth Frazer,Sandra Hebron

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Women's Worlds

Ideology, Femininity and Women's Magazines

By: Ros Ballaster,Margaret Beetham,Elizabeth Frazer,Sandra Hebron

This book integrates new material, using sources from the eighteenth and nineteenth century periodical press, research with contemporary readers, the authors' critical reading of past and present magazines, and a clear discussion of theoretical approaches from literary criticism. The development of the genre, and its part in the historical process of forging modern definitions of gender, class and race are analysed through critical readings and a discussion of readers' negotiations with the contradictory pleasures of the magazine, and its constricting ideal of femininity.

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206

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1349213918

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9781349213917

EBOOK: Teaching for Learning Mathematics

By: Ros Sutherland

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EBOOK: Teaching for Learning Mathematics

By: Ros Sutherland

Why do students find learning mathematics difficult? Can anything be done about this? What can we learn from mathematics lessons in which students are motivated to struggle with difficult mathematical ideas? How can teachers make sense of the research which is available, and use it to improve practice in real classrooms? This book explores the factors that influence young people’s learning of mathematics. It uses a holistic, socio-culturally informed approach to show how all young people can be encouraged to engage with and learn mathematics. Rich examples from classroom practice are used to connect theory and practice. The role of mathematical tools, including information and communications technologies, is discussed. A key focus of the book is the link between teaching and learning, including different ways in which teachers can design and orchestrate mathematical learning environments. This important, accessible and relevant book is essential reading for student teachers of mathematics as well as all qualified mathematics teachers in secondary schools.

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166

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335230261

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9780335230266

Using Talk to Support Writing

By: Ros Fisher,Susan Jones,Shirley Larkin,Debra Myhill

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Using Talk to Support Writing

By: Ros Fisher,Susan Jones,Shirley Larkin,Debra Myhill

Using Talk to Support Writing presents a new and innovative approach to the teaching of early writing. The authors discuss both theoretical and practical issues around using talk in the classroom to support children as they learn to write. Set within the context of national concern for achievement in the development of writing ability, it addresses the gap in understanding early teaching and focuses on the exploration of how talk and writing interface. This includes: - Numerous examples of teaching and activities for using talk to support writing - Using extensive data from classrooms; video and audio recordings, and transcripts of children′s talk - Exploring three aspects of talk when used to support writing: talk for idea generation; talk for oral rehearsal and talk for reflection. This book is for students on Primary ITT courses, particularly for English specialists. Students on M-level English and literacy courses will also find it useful.

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SAGE

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1446246663

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9781446246665

Inside the Literacy Hour

Learning from Classroom Experience

By: Ros Fisher

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Inside the Literacy Hour

Learning from Classroom Experience

By: Ros Fisher

The National Literacy Strategy is at the heart of the government drive to raise the standards in literacy in schools. Based on a research project conducted in classrooms during the first year of the National Literacy Strategy (NLS), this book provides a practical analysis of the ways in which successful teachers have implemented the Literacy Hour. Taking a reflective approach, it chronicles how teachers have changed their attitudes and practice over the first year, and questions why these changes have occurred. With various descriptions of teachers' practice and examples of children's writing throughout, this is an in-depth, yet down-to-earth reflective analysis of effective literacy teaching. Ros Fisher looks in detail at issues such as; improving the teaching of literacy; researching classroom practice; children's learning in the Literacy Hour; changing practice at Key Stage One and Two and mixed age classes and literacy for four-year-olds.

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Routledge

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1134518730

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9781134518739

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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280

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Wildfire

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147229842X

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9781472298423

Seductive Forms

Women's Amatory Fiction from 1684 to 1740

By: Ros Ballaster

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Seductive Forms

Women's Amatory Fiction from 1684 to 1740

By: Ros Ballaster

Historicist and feminist accounts of the `rise of the novel' have neglected the phenomenon of the professional woman writer in England prior to the advent of the sentimental novel in the 1740s. Seductive Forms explores the means by which the three leading Tory women novelists of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries challenged and reworked both contemporary gender ideologies and generic convention. The seduction plot provided Aphra Behn, Delarivier Manley, and Eliza Haywood with a vehicle for dramatizing their own appropriation of the `masculine' power of fiction-making. Seduction is employed in these fictions as a metaphor for both novelistic production (the seduction of the reader by the writer) and party political machination (the seduction of the public by the politician). This challenging and lively book also explores the debts early prose fiction owed to French seventeenth-century models of fiction-writing and argues that Behn, Manley, and Haywood succeed in producing a distinctively `English' and female `form' for the amatory novel.

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241

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Oxford University Press

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0191656518

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9780191656514

An Introduction to Family Therapy: Systemic Theory and Practice

By: Rudi Dallos,Ros Draper

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An Introduction to Family Therapy: Systemic Theory and Practice

By: Rudi Dallos,Ros Draper

The fourth edition of the bestselling An Introduction to Family Therapy provides an overview of the core concepts informing family therapy and systemic practice, covering the development of this innovative field from the 1950s to the present day. The book considers both British and International perspectives and includes the latest developments in current practice, regulation and innovation, looking at these developments within a wider political, cultural and geographical context. The fully revised fourth edition also contains new material on: EXPANDED Chapter 4 'Ideas that keep knocking on the door'-updated with applications of attachment & narrative therapy, linking these ideas to issues of developing the therapeutic alliance with families EXPANDED Chapter 5 'Systemic Formulation'- updated with a view of formulation as a core skill in many therapeutic models, and an alternative to diagnosis EXPANDED Chapter 6 '21st Century Practice Development'- updated to include cutting edge innovations in the field, such as integrative practice EXPANDED Chapter 7 'Couple Therapy'- updated to include the more recent process and outcome research in the models, making link with current systemic practice and using more illustrative examples and highlighting how Relate has changed EXPANDED Chapter 8 'Research and Evaluation'- updated with a greater range or research methods and contemporary emphasis on evidence based practice Greater focus on key family therapy skills throughout the book in the updated 'Formats of Exploration' feature in each chapter Expanded lists of key texts and diagrams, suggested reading organized by topic, and new practical examples and exercises are also used in order to encourage the reader to explore and experiment with the ideas in their own practice. This book is key reading for students and practitioners of family therapy and systemic practice as well as those from the fields of counselling, psychology, social work and the helping professions who deal with family issues.

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490

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335264557

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9780335264551

The Collected Works of Richard Edwards

Politics, Poetry and Performance in Sixteenth-Century England

By: Richard Edwards,Ros King

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The Collected Works of Richard Edwards

Politics, Poetry and Performance in Sixteenth-Century England

By: Richard Edwards,Ros King

The heart of this book is its fully annotated, critical editions of the surviving work of Richard Edwards, one of the most influential poets and dramatists writing in England before Shakespeare. Ros King's extensive introduction, identifying the holes in the documentary evidence that might accommodate this important but now little known writer, rewrites the history of pre-Shakespearean drama, illustrates new approaches to sixteenth-century prosody and to the modernisation of dramatic poetry, and re-evaluates the public role of theatre and poetry during a particularly turbulent period in English history.While it will be essential reading for specialist scholars, it will also be of much wider interest. The introduction is highly accessible which makes it an appropriate text-book for students in a field where few textbooks are available. It will appeal to the current appetite among the reading public for biography, while the play, poems and songs are themselves very appealing.

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Manchester University Press

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0719052998

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9780719052996

Profits for All?

The Cost and Benefits of Employee Ownership

By: Agustin J. Ros

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Profits for All?

The Cost and Benefits of Employee Ownership

By: Agustin J. Ros

Profits for All? - The Cost & Benefits of Employee Ownership

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Nova Publishers

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1590330617

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9781590330616

Book's by Ros Mercer

Essex Rock

Essex Rock

Walk! Menorca

Walk! Menorca

Women's Worlds

Women's Worlds

EBOOK: Teaching for Learning Mathematics

EBOOK: Teaching for Learning Mathematics

Using Talk to Support Writing

Using Talk to Support Writing

Inside the Literacy Hour

Inside the Literacy Hour

The Art of Explanation

The Art of Explanation

Seductive Forms

Seductive Forms

An Introduction to Family Therapy: Systemic Theory and Practice

An Introduction to Family Therapy: Systemic Theory and Practice

The Collected Works of Richard Edwards

The Collected Works of Richard Edwards

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