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  • Psychoanalysis and the family in twentieth-century France

    Françoise Dolto and her legacy

    by Richard Bates ...
    Series series Studies in Modern French and Francophone History
    In the last quarter of the twentieth century, if French people had a parenting problem or dilemma there was one person they consulted above all: Françoise Dolto (1908–88). But who was Dolto? How did she achieve a position of such influence? What ideas did she communicate to the French public? This book connects the story of Dolto’s rise to two broader histories: the dramatic growth of ... Read more

    $93.99 USD

  • Soccer Speed

    by Richard Bate, Ian Jeffreys ...
    The world’s most popular sport is also one of the most demanding. Stronger, smarter, and more agile players have increased the intensity and tempo of the game. Success hinges on the ability to read, react, and execute. For individual players and teams alike, speed is a necessity.Soccer Speed is a groundbreaking work—more than a training guide, but an all-encompassing execution plan for success in ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The World is My Mirror

    by Richard Bates ...
    The World is My Mirror sparkles with a commonsensical humour, but Richard Bates is serious when it matters. Richard is an “ordinary bloke” with his own small business in England. A little less ordinary is this simple, yet profound, book about his experience of trying to find out the meaning of his life and what happened when the trying stopped. In straightforward language he takes us with him into ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The First Migrants

    How Black Homesteaders' Quest for Land and Freedom Heralded America's Great Migration

    by Richard Edwards, Jacob K. Friefeld, Angela Bates ...
    Winner of the Denver Public Library's 2024 Caroline Bancroft History PrizeWinner of the 2024 Nebraska Book AwardFinalist for the 2024 Spur AwardFinalist for the 2024 ASALH Book PrizeHonorable Mention for the 2024 Jon Gjerde PrizeThe First Migrants recounts the largely unknown story of Black people who migrated from the South to the Great Plains between 1877 and 1920 in search of land and freedom. ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • A Letter to the Queen

    On Lord Chancellor Cranworth's Marriage and Divorce Bill

    by Caroline Norton, Richard Garnett, William Bates ...
    Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877) was an English author and social reformer. After Norton left her husband in 1836, he sued her friend and Prime Minister Lord Melbourne for adultery. Though the claim was thrown out of court, Norton was denied a divorce and access to her children. In response to this, Norton campaigned vehemently, which eventually led to the passing of the Custody of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Aesthetic Dimensions of Educational Administration & Leadership

    Edited by Eugenie A. Samier, Richard Bates ...
    The question of aesthetics as a theoretical framework for thinking about modern leadership issues in educational settings is an emergent area of inquiry that is receiving considerable attention. There is a growing sense that the mechanistic approach to leadership, which has been widely encouraged over the last ten years, is sterile and that a more philosophical approach is now required.This ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Schooling Internationally

    Globalisation, Internationalisation and the Future for International Schools

    Edited by Richard Bates ...
    The number of schools that call themselves international is growing exponentially. In addition many other schools are exploring the concept of international-mindedness and what that might mean in the contemporary world of globalisation. This book sets out to provide a critical perspective on current issues facing ‘international schooling’, particularly the conflict between ‘internationalising’ and ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Florence Nightingale at Home

    by Paul Crawford, Anna Greenwood, Richard Bates, Jonathan Memel ...
    Series series History (R0)
    Winner of the 2021/2022 People's Book Prize Best Achievement AwardHomes can be both comforting and troubling places. This timely book proposes a new understanding of Florence Nightingale’s experiences of domestic life and how ideas of home influenced her writings and pioneering work. From her childhood homes in Derbyshire and Hampshire, she visited the poor sick in their cottages. As a young woman ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

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    Top 10 Poets, The - Oxford University

    Five poems each from the best poets to attend Oxford university

    by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oscar Wilde, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Matthew Arnold, A E Housman, Michael Drayton, Robert Southey, Robert Seymour Bridges, Lewis Carroll, Katherine Lee Bates ...
    Narrated by Sean Barrett, Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe ...

    Unabridged

    The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Cromwell A Drama in Five Acts

    by Alfred Bate Richards ...
    The plot centers around Cromwell's transition from a relatively obscure country gentleman to the leader of the Parliamentary forces, and eventually to the de facto ruler of England. The play portrays his military prowess, political cunning, and the moral dilemmas he faces as he navigates the turbulent world of 17th-century English politics. Through his interactions with key historical figures—such ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Giulia Gonzaga

    A Gentlewoman in the Italian Reformation

    by Susanna Peyronel Rambaldi ...
    Translated by Richard Bates ...
    The life of Giulia Gonzaga – a leading figure in a delicate time of transition in 16th-century Italian political, cultural and religious history – brings this period and its dramatic turning-points alive. A favoured disciple of Juan de Valdés and at the centre of his group of followers, as well as a loyal friend of the protonotary Pietro Carnesecchi, who was condemned for heresy and executed, ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Cromwell

    Enriched edition. A Drama, in Five Acts

    by Alfred Bate Richards, Marcus Finley ...
    In his pivotal work "Cromwell," Alfred Bate Richards intricately explores the complex life and enduring legacy of Oliver Cromwell, the 17th-century English military leader and statesman. Set against the backdrop of the English Civil War, Richards employs a blend of vivid prose and rich historical detail, framing Cromwell's political maneuvers and moral dilemmas with an empathetic lens. The ... Read more

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