A richly illustrated history that explores every aspect of life in Leeds. This new history of Leeds covers all the main political, social and economic developments of the city: The Harrying of the North devastated the surrounding area in 1069; the Civil War saw a battle fought in the town itself; cholera and typhus epidemics raged in the nineteenth century; the building of the Middleton Railway in 1758 established the oldest railway in the world; and Richard Oastler, the F...

In our hyper-connected world, every email, notification, and project is flagged as top priority. We are constantly sprinting to meet arbitrary deadlines, convinced that moving faster is the only way to achieve our goals and stay ahead of the competition. However, cognitive science reveals a darker truth: chronic urgency actually slows down our brain's processing power. When everything is urgent, the brain enters a permanent state of fight-or-flight, destroying our ability to prioritize, th...

When we marvel at the miracles of modern globalization, we usually point to massive cargo ships, advanced containerization, and digital tracking software. Yet, none of these marvels could function without a painfully boring, utterly ubiquitous invention hiding at the base of every supply chain. The modern wooden shipping pallet is the unsung hero of global logistics. Born out of necessity during World War II to drastically speed up the loading of military supplies, this simple platform sta...

The book is about the life and times of David Thornton aka Pie growing up in Harlem during the time when Harlem was the drug capital of the United States. His life was focused on playing basketball and making it to the NBA. Once the opportunity rose he had to decide on a professional basketball career or make a stand to represent his hometown Harlem. This is an autobiography of the man they referred to as Pie.A story of a man that played the basketball game at its highest level and...

Based on five years of research in high school and community college programs, this book explores the potential for using work-based learning as part of a broad education reform strategy.

From seven masters of historical fiction—including New York Times bestseller Kate Quinn—comes a richly imagined anthology of stories which bring the epic tale of the Trojan War to life.Troy: city of gold, gatekeeper of the East, haven of the god-born and the lucky, a city destined to last a thousand years. But the Fates have other plans—the Fates, and a woman named Helen. In the shadow of Troy’s gates, all must be reborn in the greatest war of the ancient ...

Taking risks is how humans learn. It is how humans have always learned. A person sees a problem, takes in the available information, and tries a solution. It is in that process - whether the goal is understanding a Shakespeare play, figuring out an algorithm, or writing a theory of history - that engaged learners make breakthroughs, be those breakthroughs individual, group, or societal.In this book, three experienced practitioners describe how to re-imagine teaching spaces - conven...

Psalms of Boundless Praise Because of Deliverance from Bogard Press

Legendary director, actor, author, and provocateur Werner Herzog has incalculably influenced contemporary cinema for decades. Until now there has been no sustained effort to gather and present a variety of diverse philosophical approaches to his films and to the thinking behind their creation. The Philosophy of Werner Herzog, edited by M. Blake Wilson and Christopher Turner,collects fourteen essays by professional philosophers and film theorists from around the globe, who explore the famed...

Heavy wind swept across the clearing, howling through the surrounding maples and pounding the tiny cabin with sheets of rain as the worn and bent farmer trudged across the newly sown lawn, making for the warmth of the candle-lit windows.Did you get a mental picture as you read the above sentence? Did you see the cabin? Did you see the rain blowing across the clearing and beating on the tiny structure?If you answered yes, consider yourself extremely lucky. You have retained ...

From bookshelves overflowing with self-help books to scholarly treatises on neurobiology to late-night infomercials that promise to make you happier, healthier, and smarter with the acquisition of just a few simple practices, the discourse of habit is a staple of contemporary culture high and low. Discussion of habit, however, tends to neglect the most fundamental questions: What is habit? Habits, we say, are hard to break. But what does it mean to break a habit? Where and how do habits ta...

This textbook offers students and practitioners an accessible introduction to strengths-based approaches in Social Work and Social Care practice. Covering the theory and research in support of these approaches, and packed full of case studies, the book will allow readers to develop a critical understanding of how strengths-based approaches work, and how they can be successfully applied in order to improve outcomes for people with lived experience.Covering the five main models of st...