Rodin Educational Consultancyhas developed a range of Teaching Tools to Empower Thinking. With over 30,000 copies sold, Reflections on Classroom Thinking Strategies is a popular resource for teachers, with easy to use tools and worksheets for empowering students to think, and engage in a lifelong love of learning.
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Im Nachkriegsmünchen ist er verfemt, und so geht er mit seiner Frau und den drei Töchtern nach Bolivien, der exzentrische Hans Ertl, einst Riefenstahls erster Kameramann und Rommels ›Leibphotograph‹. Doch auch das neue Leben ist reich an Spannungen, und für seine nächste Expedition, die Suche nach der verlorenen Inkastadt Paititi, muss die ganze Familie einen hohen Preis zahlen. Insbesondere Monika, die älteste Tochter und ihrem Vater frappierend ähnlich, scheint jeden Halt zu verlieren. Was als persönliche Sinnkrise beginnt, wird zu ihrer politischen Radikalisierung führen und sie zu immer extremeren Maßnahmen treiben. Rodrigo Hasbún hat eine spektakuläre historische Episode zu einem hochexplosiven Kammerspiel verdichtet. Er erzählt von den Hoffnungen und Ernüchterungen einer deutschen Familie im südamerikanischen Exil und von den unentrinnbaren Fliehkräften der Geschichte.
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Es gehört zu den erstaunlichsten Phänomenen der Wissenschafts- und Disziplinentwicklung, daß, obwohl die Technik seit geraumer Zeit zu einer der bestimmenden Größen moderner Gesellschaften geworden ist, es bis heute keine ausgereifte Soziologie der Technik gibt. Dieser Band soll dazu beitragen, wenigstens in Ansätzen die bezeichnete Lücke zu schließen. Das Spektrum der hier vorgestellten Arbeiten ist breit angelegt: Überlegungen zu einer Theorie der Technik, historisch-soziologische Analysen, empirisch ausgerichtete Untersuchungen, programmatische Forschungsansätze und klassisch gewordene Arbeiten zum Themenkomplex. Dabei werden unterschiedliche techniksoziologische Bezüge zu dem politischen, wirtschaftlichen, gesellschaftlichen und kulturellen Bereich hergestellt. Dies ist Ausdruck der Tatsache, daß die technische Entwicklung keine isolierte Größe bildet, wie vor nicht langer Zeit noch oft behauptet wurde. Im Gegenteil: die Bedingungen und Folgen der Technik bleiben weitgehend unverständlich, solange es nicht gelingt, sie in einen breiteren Kontext zu stellen. Dieses Ziel könnte mit Hilfe soziologischer Analysen greifbarer werden.
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Makes available, for the first time in English translation, four of the principal narrative sources for the history of the Spanish kingdom of León-Castile during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Three chronicles focus primarily upon the activities of the kings of León-Castile as leaders of the Reconquest of Spain from the forces of Islam, and especially upon Fernando I (1037-65), his son Alfonso VI (1065-1109) and the latter's grandson Alfonso VII (1126-57). The fourth chronicle is a biography of the hero Rodrigo Díaz, better remembered as El Cid, and is the main source of information about his extraordinary career as a mercenary soldier who fought for Christian and Muslim alike. Covers the fasincating interaction of the Muslim and Christian worlds, each at the height of their power. Each text is prefaced by its own introduction and accompanied by explanatory notes. ;
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Makes available, for the first time in English translation, four of the principal narrative sources for the history of the Spanish kingdom of León-Castile during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Three chronicles focus primarily upon the activities of the kings of León-Castile as leaders of the Reconquest of Spain from the forces of Islam, and especially upon Fernando I (1037-65), his son Alfonso VI (1065-1109) and the latter's grandson Alfonso VII (1126-57). The fourth chronicle is a biography of the hero Rodrigo Díaz, better remembered as El Cid, and is the main source of information about his extraordinary career as a mercenary soldier who fought for Christian and Muslim alike. Covers the fascinating interaction of the Muslim and Christian worlds, each at the height of their power. Each text is prefaced by its own introduction and accompanied by explanatory notes.
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There he stands, the man the whole of Spain cheered, before whom the most catholic regents Isabella and Ferdinand rose to their feet, his eyes on his ship Capitana, devoured by shipworm, stranded off Jamaica. Some of the crew mutiny, the locals can no longer be fobbed off with glass beads, the Spanish on the nearby island of Hispaniola do not help, the world doesn‘t want anything to do with him, the demanding whinger. He, Christopher Columbus, is a John Lackland, a king without land, a conqueror without conquest. Between fiction and historical truth, Wolfgang Wissler recounts the legendary sailor‘s last expedition in an entirely new way – and what a story it is!
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Members of the genus Phytophthora cause serious damage to a huge array of plants. From the nineteenth century Irish potato famine to current widespread threats to forests and ecosystems in North and South America, Europe and Australia, the genus lives up to its reputation as the plant destroyer. This book provides an overview of Phytophthora species impacting crops, forests, nurseries, greenhouses and natural areas worldwide. Chapters cover major hosts, identification, epidemiology, management, current research, future perspectives and the impacts of globalization on Phytophthora. Phytophthora: A Global Perspective is an essential resource for researchers and extension workers in plant pathology and crop protection.
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For millennia people have travelled to religious sites for worship, initiatory and leisure purposes. Today there are hundreds, if not thousands, of religious pilgrimage routes and trails around the world that are used by pilgrims as well as tourists. Indeed, many religious pilgrimage routes and trails are today used as themes by tourism marketers in an effort to promote regional economic development. Providing a holistic approach to religious pilgrimage routes and trails, this book: - Addresses important conceptual themes such as sustainable local development, regional economic development, heritage identity and management, and promoting environmentally friendly practices; - Includes global case studies to help transfer theory into good practice; - Calls for further discussion of the importance of better planning, management, and maintenance of these routes and trails, so that the positive benefits of this type of tourism development can be fully realized. An important resource for those interested in religious tourism and pilgrimage, this book is also an invaluable collection for academics and policy-makers within heritage tourism and regional development.
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The avocado industry is evolving rapidly. Avocado production has almost doubled recently, with significant expansion in areas planted, especially in Latin America, but also in Africa and Asia. Moreover, the global demand for avocado keeps on growing. The Avocado, 3rd edition is a unique and comprehensive source of information for avocado researchers, and covers everything from the history and distribution, novel agronomic practices, ecological and climatic requirements, and emerging diseases and pest problems. It compiles state-of-the-art information to promote more sustainable production systems and better preparedness to face the challenges that will shape the future of avocado production. This fully updated third edition includes many new international contributors especially from those regions with active and expanding avocado industries. Considering the expansion in avocado consumption, it also includes a new chapter on avocado uses and human nutrition. This is a valuable resource for avocado researchers, academicians and students of horticulture and botany, advisers, professional growers and practitioners in the industry.
In the craft of writing, sooner or later, there comes a moment when you the method itself comes under question for its impetus for being: Why write fiction? For pleasure, out of a pressing necessity, as a method for your thoughts to transcend mere ideas or, perhaps, just due simply to vocation. The're many more questions such as this that arise from this line of reasoning; Is it possible to learn to write just from the act itself? What secrets are there to produce good fiction? How does it all come into being as a proper novel?Rodrigo Garnica takes it upon himself to tackle these questions and more through original reflections on the pilosophy of Sartre, Camus and Heidegger, while also going through the ideas dealt in great works of literature from masters such as Flaubert, Kafka and Becket. Ensayo sobre la escritura (Essay on Writing) is a testimonial for the pure passion that is invoked by literature in its many forms and shapes, one that invites other creators that have taken pen to paper to also remember that first and foremost we are all readers before writing and everytime we create we stand on the shoulders of the giants that came before us as we bring forth our own vision into the world in the written form.
The Acrats is the failed story of two descendants of Bouvard and Pécuchet, Flaubert’s posthumous heroes. The acrats pretend to be modern vigilantes, but they fail to realize that this issue of justice requires many procedures, some frankly bureaucratic. They are homeless by vocation and dreamers, because they have no other choice; they travel the small world within their grasp without realizing that the only goal of their journey is the journey itself.
“Escucho los sonidos del hospital. Voy despertando. Más allá el silencio. El sonido del silencio, el sonido dela nada, el sonido de la muerte. Me agita la anestesia. Estoy abierto en canal. No siento dolor, pero adivino mis órganos expuestos. Se han ido todos, el cirujano, sus ayudantes, el anestesiólogo. Pasa a mi lado un camillero, me prendo a sus ropas con ambas manos, está a punto de arrastrarme, de tirarme de la cama, acuden varias personas para someterme, lo consiguen, despierto mojado en mi propio sudor. La primera imagen: Isabel frente a mí llora sin dejar de mirarme. Nos miramos, vaciamos nuestros seres.”Un hombre escribe acerca del descubrimiento de su vocación de escritor y entrelaza ese relato con el de otras partes cruciales de su existencia: sus amores, los engaños sufridos, la amenaza del envejecimiento y la aparición de la enfermedad. Concluye algo que todos sabemos: la principal novela a la que podemos aspirar es siempre la que representa nuestra propia vida.
