The Critical Global Educator: Global citizenship education as sustainable development By Maureen Ellis
2015 | 262 Pages | ISBN: 1138887803 | PDF | 2 MB
An acknowledged challenge for humanitarian democratic education is its perceived lack of philosophical and theoretical foundation, often resulting in peripheral academic status and reduced prestige. A rich philosophical and theoretical tradition does however exist. This book synthesises crucial concepts from Critical Realism, Critical Social Theory, Critical Discourse Studies, neuro-, psycho-, socio- and cognitive-linguistic research, to provide critical global educators with a Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) framework for self- and negotiated evaluation. Empirical research spanning six years, involving over 500 international teachers, teacher educators, NGO and DEC administrators and academics, traces the personal and professional development of the critical global educator. Analyses of surveys, focus groups and interviews reveal factors which determine development, translating personal transformative learning to professional transaction and transformational political efficacy. Eight recommendations call for urgent conceptual deconstruction, expansion and redefinition, mainstreaming Global Citizenship Education as Sustainable Development. In an increasingly heteroglossic world, this book argues for relevance, for Critical Discourse Studies, if educators mediating and modelling diverse emergent disciplines are to honestly and effectively engage a learner's consciousness.The Critical Global Educator will appeal to researchers, academics and postgraduate students in the fields of citizenship, development, global education, sustainability, social justice, human rights and professional development.

The Contemplative Tarot: A Christian Guide to the Cards by Brittany Muller
English | September 13th, 2022 | ISBN: 1250863570 | 368 pages | True EPUB | 67.22 MB
"This insightful book will help you to see both the cards-and Christian spirituality-in surprising new ways."

The Complex PTSD Coping Skills Workbook: An Evidence-Based Approach to Manage Fear and Anger, Build Confidence, and Reclaim Your Identity by Tamara McClintock Greenberg
English | September 1st, 2022 | ISBN: 1684039703 | 210 pages | True PDF | 4.10 MB
Reclaim your life from C-PTSD with this powerful and compassionate workbook.

The Commissar Vanishes: The Falsification of Photographs and Art in Stalin's Russia by David King
English | October 1, 1997 | ISBN: 0805052941 | Scan PDF | 192 pages | 40.7 MB
The doctoring of photographs didn't begin with the advent of computers in magazine production departments.

Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, "The Cleveland Clinic Guide to Sleep Disorders "
English | ISBN: 1427799571 | 2009 | 224 pages | EPUB | 1173 KB
From the nation's top-ranked clinic for neurology, the most important health information and advice on how to avoid and cope with or overcome sleep disorders

John W. Loftus, "The Case Against Miracles"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1839190086 | EPUB | pages: 574 | 0.9 mb
For as long as the idea of "miracles" has been in the public sphere, the conversation about them has been shaped exclusively by religious apologists and Christian leaders. The definitions for what a miracles are have been forged by the same men who fought hard to promote their own beliefs as fitting under that umbrella. It's time for a change.

Susan J. Wolfson, "The Cambridge Companion to Keats "
English | ISBN: 0521651263 | 2001 | 320 pages | PDF | 1193 KB
In The Cambridge Companion to Keats, leading scholars discuss Keats's work in several fascinating contexts: literary history and key predecessors; Keats's life in London's intellectual, aesthetic and literary culture and the relation of his poetry to the visual arts. These specially commissioned essays are sophisticated but accessible, challenging but lucid, and are complemented by an introduction to Keats's life, a chronology, a list of contemporary people and periodicals, a source reference for famous phrases and ideas articulated in Keats's letters, a glossary of literary terms and a guide to further reading.

Anthony Roche, "The Cambridge Companion to Brian Friel "
English | ISBN: 0521666864 | 2006 | 198 pages | PDF | 721 KB
Brian Friel is widely recognized as Ireland's greatest living playwright, winning an international reputation through such acclaimed works as Translations (1980) and Dancing at Lughnasa (1990). This 2006 collection of specially commissioned essays includes contributions from leading commentators on Friel's work (including two fellow playwrights) and explores the entire range of his career from his 1964 breakthrough with Philadelphia, Here I Come! to his most recent success in Dublin and London with The Home Place (2005). The essays approach Friel's plays both as literary texts and as performed drama, and provide the perfect introduction for students of both English and Theatre Studies, as well as theatregoers. The collection considers Friel's lesser-known works alongside his more celebrated plays and provides a comprehensive critical survey of his career. This is a comprehensive study of Friel's work, and includes a chronology and further reading suggestions.

Tara Austen Weaver, "The Butcher and the Vegetarian: One Woman's Romp Through a World of Men, Meat, and Moral Crisis"
English | 2010 | ISBN: 1605299960 | 240 pages | EPUB | 0.28 MB
Growing up in a family that kept jars of bean sprouts on its windowsill before such things were desirable or hip, Tara Austen Weaver never thought she'd stray from vegetarianism. But as an adult, she found herself in poor health, and, having tried cures of every kind, a doctor finally ordered her to eat meat. Warily, she ventured into the butcher shop, and as the man behind the counter wrapped up her first-ever chicken, she found herself charmed. Eventually, he dared her to cook her way through his meat counter. As Tara navigates through this new world-grass-fed beef vs. grain-fed beef; finding chickens that are truly free-range- she's tempted to give up and go back to eating tempeh. The more she learns about meat and how it's produced, and the effects eating it has on the human body and the planet, the less she feels she knows. She embarks upon a sometimes hilarious, sometimes frightening whirlwind tour that takes her from slaughterhouse to chef's table, from urban farm to the hearthside of cow wranglers. Along the way, she meets an unforgettable cast of characters who all seem to take a vested interest in whether she opts for turnips or T-bones. The Butcher and the Vegetarian is the rollicking and relevant story of one woman's quest to reconcile a nontraditional upbringing with carnal desires.

The Buddha for Modern Minds: a non-religious guide to the Buddha and his teachings by Lenorë Lambert
English | August 23rd, 2021 | ISBN: 0645065021 | 247 pages | True EPUB | 4.08 MB
How can the Buddha's teachings help me? Here? Now? In MY life?