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Captured Landscape: Architecture and the Enclosed Garden

Kate Baker

The enclosed garden, or hortus conclusus, is a place where architecture and landscape come together. It has a long and varied history, ranging from the early paradise garden and cloister, the botanic garden and giardini segreto, the kitchen garden and as a stage for social display. The enclosed garden has continued to develop into its many modern forms: the city retreat, the redemptive garden,... read more

Understanding Transitions in the Early Years

Anne O'Connor

There are many transitions that children experience before they are five, including the first major transition from home to an early years setting. Successive changes can have a serious impact on young children and stress, separation and insecure attachments can affect not only a child’s emotional health but also cognitive and intellectual development. Featuring new material on provision for t... read more

Mindfulness for Coaches

Michael Chaskalson

Mindfulness for Coaches accessibly presents theory and research on the benefits of mindfulness training and explores how mindfulness can feature in coaching work. Michael Chaskalson and Mark McMordie explain how coaches can use mindfulness to become more deeply attuned to themselves and to clients, and to create transformational resonance. The authors present a systematic methodology to cultiv... read more

Key Thinkers in Neuroscience

Andy Wickens

Key Thinkers in Neuroscience provides insight into the life and work of some of the most significant minds that have shaped the field. Studies of the human brain have been varied and complex, and the field is rich in pioneers whose endeavours have broken new ground in neuroscience. Adopting a chronological and multi-disciplinary approach to each Key Thinker, the book highlights their extraordi... read more

Using Formative Assessment to Support Student Learning Objectives

M. Christina Schneider, Robert L. Johnson

As student learning objectives become an increasingly prominent approach to setting goals and growth measures in schools, teachers’ competence in formative assessment is essential. Using Formative Assessment to Support Student Learning Objectives introduces current and future educators to SLOs as tools for shaping career- and college-ready students. Written in concise and straightforward langu... read more

Global Concepts for Young People

Becky Hunt

Learn how to teach global concepts and use them to increase critical thinking across the curriculum. In this new book from popular consultant Becky Hunt, you’ll get ready-to-use lesson plans, stories, and activities to help you teach five key global concepts—Change, Interdependence, Culture, Scarcity, and Power. Aligned with both the C3 Social Studies Framework and the Common Core State Standa... read more

How to Get Tenure

Michael S. Harris

Helping assistant professors and pre-tenure faculty balance competing obligations in teaching, research, and service, this comprehensive book explores the challenging path toward tenure. Drawing from research literature on faculty development, pedagogy, and psychology, How to Get Tenure covers topics such as productivity, research agendas, publication, service, and preparing a dossier. Whether... read more

Powerful Pedagogy

Ruth Powley

How can we teach better quicker? In Powerful Pedagogy, Ruth Powley, Love Learning Ideas blogger and experienced teacher and school leader, debunks teaching and learning myths and shows how the more we know about pedagogy, the more able we are to make informed and efficient choices about our practice, saving ourselves valuable time. Focusing on building sequences of learning rather than one-off... read more

Design-Build

Daniel Winterbottom

Design-Build provides everything you need to know about how to embark on a design-build project within a studio or professional practice setting. Design-build models have increased across academic programs worldwide, allowing students to address the real-world challenges of working in the community using a participatory design process. In practice, they offer a full partnership between the des... read more

How to Be a Brilliant SENCO

Helen Curran

Helen Curran’s invaluable book aims to support new and experienced SENCOs with the task of developing and leading special educational needs provision and inclusive practice, through the exploration of practical strategies and approaches. This book takes a pragmatic approach to the issues which have historically been associated with the role of the SENCO; namely a lack of time, a lack of resour... read more

The Social Dynamics of Family Violence

Angela J. Hattery, Earl Smith

The Social Dynamics of Family Violence explores family violence throughout the life course, from child abuse and neglect to intimate partner violence and elder abuse. Paying special attention to the social character and institutional causes of family violence, Hattery and Smith ask students to consider how social inequality, especially gender inequality, contributes to tensions and explosive t... read more

Life and Suicide Following Brain Injury

Alyson Norman

Life and Suicide Following Brain Injury tells the story of Tom, a 43 year-old man who acquired a brain injury from a road traffic accident at the age of 22. Tom survived but went on to take his own life 20 years later. As a vulnerable adult with mental health issues and long-term difficulties with substance misuse, this book tells Tom's story from his early childhood through to his death. In t... read more

The Process of Argument

Michael Boylan

The Process of Argument: An Introduction is a necessary companion for anyone seeking to engage in successful persuasion: To organize, construct, and communicate arguments. It is both comprehensive and accessible: An authoritative guide to logical thinking and effective communication. The book begins with techniques to improve reading comprehension, including guides on navigating through fake n... read more

Hydrodynamic Design and Assessment of Water and Wastewater Treatment Units

Edmilson Costa Teixeira, William Bonino Rauen

Water and wastewater treatment normally take place in a series of continuous flow units, each designed to perform a step of the intended purification process - typically involving coagulation or flocculation, sedimentation or filtration, and disinfection. The flow pattern governs the residence/contact time, turbulence levels, collisions and shear to which different fluid portions are subjected... read more

Using Creative Arts-Based Research Methods in School Settings

Suzanne Everley

This book considers the practical challenges likely to be faced when conducting research in the reality of busy educational contexts. It presents an understanding of the perceived efficacy and accessibility of creative research approaches from the perspective of participants as well as the researcher. The book addresses key concerns in research that seeks to understand children’s experiences i... read more

The Disordered Mind

George Graham

The Disordered Mind, Third Edition, is a wide-ranging introduction to the philosophy of mental disorder or illness. It examines and explains, from a philosophical standpoint, what mental disorder is: Its reality, causes, consequences, compassionate treatment, and more. Revised and updated throughout, the third edition includes enhanced discussions of the distinction between mental health and i... read more

Being Well in Academia

Petra Boynton

The 'Insider Guides to Success in Academia' offers support and practical advice to doctoral students and early-career researchers. Covering the topics that really matter, but which often get overlooked, this indispensable series provides practical and realistic guidance to address many of the needs and challenges of trying to operate, and remain, in academia. These neat pocket guides fill spec... read more

Creating Your Future After a Toxic Relationship: A Coaching Workbook

Wilkinson, Dee

An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

David Groome

An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology: Processes and Disorders provides a comprehensive, yet accessible, overview of the field for undergraduate students. The fourth edition has been thoroughly revised throughout to provide a comprehensive introduction to the core topics of cognition, including memory, perception, thinking, and language. Uniquely, alongside coverage of normal cognitive funct... read more

Women Talk Back to Shakespeare: Contemporary Adaptations and Appropriations (New Interdisciplinary Approaches to Early Modern Culture)

Carney, Jo Eldridge

Chudley and Greeno's Building Construction Handbook

Roy Chudley, Roger Greeno, Karl Kovac

The 12th edition of Chudley and Greeno’s Building Construction Handbook remains THE authoritative reference for all construction students and professionals. The principles and processes of construction are explained with the concepts of design included where appropriate. Extensive coverage of building construction practice, techniques and regulations representing both traditional procedures an... read more

Habits of Success: Getting Every Student Learning

Fletcher-Wood, Harry

Motor Learning and Control for Practitioners

Cheryl A. Coker

With an array of critical and engaging pedagogical features, the fifth edition of Motor Learning and Control for Practitioners offers the best practical introduction to motor learning available. This reader-friendly text approaches motor learning in accessible and simple terms and lays a theoretical foundation for assessing performance; providing effective instruction; and designing practice, ... read more

Thinking Visually

Reed, Stephen K.

The U.S. and the War in the Pacific, 1941–45

Sandra Wilson, Michael Sturma, Arjun Subrahmanyan, Dean Aszkielowicz, J. Charles Schencking

The U.S. and the War in the Pacific, 1941-45 analyzes the Pacific War with a focus on America’s participation in the conflict. Fought over a great ocean and vast battlefields using the most sophisticated weapons available, the Pacific War transformed the modern world. Not only did it introduce the atomic bomb to the world, it also reshaped relations among nations and the ways in which governme... read more

Safe, Seen, and Stretched in the Classroom

Schmidt Hasson, Julie

Improvised Theatre and the Autism Spectrum: A Practical Guide to Teaching Social Connection and Communication Skills

Kramer, Gary, Ploesch, Richie

Disrupting Sports Journalism

Simon McEnnis

This book critically explores the impact that digital technology has had on the practices and norms of sports journalism. In the wake of major digital disruptions in news reporting, the author analyses how sports journalism has been particularly vulnerable to challenges and attacks on its expertise because of its historically weak commitment to professionalism. Ultimately, an argument is built... read more

Human Behaviour in Pandemics: Social and Psychological Determinants in a Global Health Crisis

Kossowska, Malgorzata, Letki, Natalia, Zaleskiewicz, Tomasz

Filmmakers and Financing (American Film Market Presents)

Levison, Louise

Joinery, Joists and Gender: A History of Woodworking for the 21st Century

Visser, Deirdre

The Lean Education Manifesto: A Synthesis of 900+ Systematic Reviews for Visible Learning in Developing Countries

Hamilton, Arran, Hattie, John

Mentoring Teachers in Scotland: A Practical Guide (Mentoring Trainee and Newly Qualified Teachers)

Eady, Sandra, Essex, Jane, Livingston, Kay, Mccoll, Margaret

Psycho-social Explorations of Trauma, Exclusion and Violence (The New International Library of Group Analysis)

Scanlon, Christopher, Adlam, John

Sport Psychology: The Basics

Tod, David

Assessment as Information Practice: Evaluating Collections and Services (Routledge Guides to Practice in Libraries, Archives and Information Science)

Haddow, Gaby, White, Hollie

The South Asia to Gulf Migration Governance Complex

Ennis, Crystal A., Blarel, Nicolas

Faces of Precarity: Critical Perspectives on Work, Subjectivities and Struggles

Choonara, Joseph, Murgia, Annalisa, Carmo, Renato Miguel, Barbier, Jean-Claude, Armano, Emiliana, Morini, Cristina, Barata, André, Dörre, Klaus, Umney, Charles, Pulignano, Valeria, Morgan, Glenn, Piasna, Agnieszka, Cingolani, Patrick, Bolíbar Planas, Mireia, X. Belvis, Francesc, Gutiérrez-Zamora, Mariana, Hedberg, Charlotta, Holubová, Barbora, Kahancová, Marta, Mattoni, Alice, Hardy, Jane

Civil Servants and Globalization: Integrating MENA Countries in a Globalized Economy (Transnational Administration and Global Policy)

Verheijen, Tony, Staronova, Katarina, Elghandour, Ibrahim, Lefebvre, Anne-Lucie