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Considers the nature, aims and purposes of education. This book introduces the student of Education Studies, and related courses, to the perspectives and contexts of education to prepare them for study in the field. It provides boxed examples and case studies where appropriate to enable the student learner to contextualise the introductory theory.

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Offers reflections on the Sunday readings. This title provides a pithy and readable commentary covering all the Sunday readings for years A, B and C. For each Sunday a short commentary on the three readings is given, together with questions and suggestions for personal reflection, and a section for families looking at the readings together.

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A timely and original study that unites two growing areas of research in Hegel and Schelling Studies.

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An historical analysis that challenges traditional readings which have reduced two of German idealism's most important thinkers to opposing caricatures: Hegel the uncompromising systematist, blind to the novelty and contingency of human life and Schelling the protean thinker, drawn to all manner of pseudoscientific charlatanry.

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Offers a detailed overview of research on discourse markers covering different areas of linguistics: from a discourse analysis point of view, to a Relevance Theory perspective going through a computational linguistics approach. This book is of interest to researchers in semantics, pragmatics, grammar and discourse analysis.

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A thorough overview of work on discourse markers covering a variety of approaches, from discourse analysis to computational linguistics

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A guide to planning for and teaching critical thinking in schools, whether for discrete assessment or to improve analytical skills across the curriculum. With an introduction to what critical thinking skills are, it is suitable for the teachers wanting to improve their students reasoning and problem-solving skills.

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Intends to explain how the rise of Islamism is changing the nature of the conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbours. Combining narrative and argument, the author uses first-person accounts of key moments in the conflict to highlight the human impact of this battle of wills.

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New biography of a Catholic martyr exploring the complicated and controversial story of her demise. >

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Ranging from Elizabeth of York - wife of Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch - through to Elizabeth I, her grand-daughter and the last in the line, this book explores the most colorful and dramatic women in British history.

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Offers an overview of the Tudor dynasty. Exploring the reign of each monarch within the framework of the dynasty, the author unpacks the key questions surrounding the monarchy; the relationship between church and the state, development of government, war and foreign policy, the question of Ireland and the issue of succession in Tudor politics.

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"Metzilah (R.A), Center of Zionist, Jewish, Liberal and Humanist Thought."

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A visual book that offers primary and secondary teachers practical guidance to help them through their training and first few years in teaching. With checklists, stress busting tips and useful sources of support and advice, it is suitable guide for all trainee and beginning teachers.

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This book provides the first comprehensive account of classical and contemporary pragmatism's attacks on traditional epistemology. Douglas McDermid deals critically and at length with the influential and fashionable brand of neo-pragmatism advanced by Richard Rorty (1931-). Written in a lucid and engaging style, the book is set to become a classic in its field.

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That Christians are persecuted in various parts of the world is well-known. Less often documented are the violent, systematic attacks on churches and holy sites. This book focuses on the attacks on Christian communities in many parts of the world. It presents graphic photographs and survivors' accounts as testimony to widespread destruction.

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Provides an assessment of feminist rejections of rationality and a reconstruction of the concept to meet feminist demands. This book represents a sustained argument for a feminist theory of rationality. It opens by asking the question: is reason inherently masculine

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J B Priestley grew up in Bradford, and served on the front line in the First World War, before attending Cambridge and embarking on a career as a writer. This title follows the development of Priestley's thought from his engagement with social themes to his subsequent disillusion in the post-war period.

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This collection of essays examines the war body on screen by drawing upon multiple and diverging view points, differing academic backgrounds and methodological approaches.

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Wine was one of the earliest commodities to be traded across the whole of western Europe. Wine has held its place for centuries at the heart of social and cultural life in western Europe. This book will explain how and why this came about, providing a thematic history of wine and the wine trade in Europe in the middle ages from c 1000 to c 1500.

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A guide to the published writings of Graham Greene, from his literary writings to published letters and interviews. It surveys not only Greene's literary work - including his fiction, poetry and drama - but also his other published writings.

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An important new book discussing the unexplored dynamics of English aristocratic society.

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From the domains of contemporary Middle Eastern literature, this book stages a conversation on questions of cruelty, evil, rage, vengeance, madness, and deception. It forms a record of voices, movements, and thought - experiments drawn from the inner circles of the Middle Eastern region.

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Gilles Deleuze's relationship with theology is a complex one. This book shows the ways in which Deleuze's thought can in fact advance issues in political and feminist theology in particular, exploring the important theological and spiritual aspirations contained in Deleuze's philosophy itself, as part of his lifelong quest for the Absolute.

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Gilles Deleuze's relationship with theology is a complex one. This book shows the ways in which Deleuze's thought can in fact advance issues in political and feminist theology in particular, exploring the important theological and spiritual aspirations contained in Deleuze's philosophy itself, as part of his lifelong quest for the Absolute.