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Jane Taylor

Handwriting is a learnt, physical skill that needs to be taught and practiced. This manual shows how to get handwriting right from the outset and to progress successfully. Poor handwriting is a major cause of low self-esteem, and can disguise ability. Only thorough assessment can pinpoint the weakness once something has gone wrong. Methods of assessment for pupils in difficulty and techniques to help them are given. The materials are tried and tested and have been used successfully in both...

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Jane Taylor, Lily O'Hara

Promoting Health: The Primary Health Care Approach 8e supports a broad range of practitioners to understand the key values, principles, concepts and practices of health promotion in a primary health care context and apply these in their everyday work as health professionals.The book comprehensively explores the role of structural and systemic determinants of health and health equity, and the social, cultural, economic, commercial, political, natural and built environments.Fully updated thr...

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Jane Taylor

As the world approaches a new century, and many people anticipate the great advances of modernity, Cambridge University sits mired in the traditions of the past.Here, the university Proctors still operate as a private police force, aggressively acting to protect the undergraduates in their charge from the women of the town.They make good use of the euphemistically named Spinning House to confine any women they consider likely to corrupt the morals of the university, though ...

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Jane Taylor, Lily O'Hara, Lyn Talbot, Glenda Verrinder

- Updated framework for health promotion practice including distinction between comprehensive and selective primary health care approaches, and the addition of the health promotion practice cycle - Introduction to the values and principles of critical health promotion and their application within a comprehensive primary health care context - Increased focus on indigenous perspectives, with current Australian and New Zealand examples - Quizzes to check understanding of the content of each c...

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Jane Taylor

'It's coming up to twenty-four hours since the boy stepped down from the big passenger liner – it must be, he reckons foggily – because morning has come around once more with the awful irrevocability of time destined to lead nowhere in this worrying new situation. His temporary minder on board – last spotted heading for the bar some while before the lumbering process of docking got underway – seems to have vanished for good. Where does that leave him now? All on his own in a new country: t...

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Jane Taylor

Jane Taylor was born in London on September 23rd 1783. She and her sisters were part of a large literary family. She is of course most famous for ‘The Star’, a poem which we now all know by its first line ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’. However she was rather more accomplished than that poem might state. Here we collect a great deal of her best work. Jane was to die on April 13th 1824 of breast cancer at the age of 40. She is buried at Ongar Churchyard. Many of her works were collect...

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Jane Taylor, Ann Taylor, Miles Draycott

In 'Little Ann, and Other Poems,' readers are invited into the enchanting world of 19th-century verse that captures the innocence and purity of childhood. This anthology encompasses a wide range of styles, from lilting lyrical ballads to more introspective and thoughtful pieces, celebrating simplicity, virtue, and nature. The collection not only showcases the breadth of children's poetry with its rhythmic charm and evocative imagery but also transcends time and place, connecting with unive...

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Jane Taylor, Ann Taylor, Darcy Wycombe

City Scenes; or, a peep into London presents a vivid tapestry of life in 19th-century London, capturing the multifaceted experiences and intricate textures of urban existence. This anthology deftly navigates the bustling cityscape through a diverse range of literary styles, encompassing narrative sketches, reflective essays, and lyrical vignettes. The collection's narratives illuminate the juxtaposition between the gentle beauty of everyday moments and the harsh realities faced by London's...

Forensic odontology refers to the science and practice of dentistry which may be applied to help solve litigation in both criminal and civil cases. It is a specialist branch of dentistry that assists the legal system in the handling, analysis and interpretation of dental evidence.Forensic Odontology: Principles and Practice pulls together the very latest research findings and advice on best practice and essential skills, including aspects of forensic science that provide a...

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Jane E. Taylor

With time slipping away, a rainbow-striped mitten, and teacher, Miss Moony, hurriedly search Portside Elementary School for the little mitten's twin, Lefty. But finding a lost mitten is never easy in a gigantic school building. Lefty could be anywhere. With only a few more places to look, will they find him before the end of lunch recess? Join their search and learn why it's important to never give up.

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Charles Taylor, Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar, Jane Kramer, Benjamin Lee, Michael Warner

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Public planet books

One of the most influential philosophers in the English-speaking world, Charles Taylor is internationally renowned for his contributions to political and moral theory, particularly to debates about identity formation, multiculturalism, secularism, and modernity. In Modern Social Imaginaries, Taylor continues his recent reflections on the theme of multiple modernities. To account for the differences among modernities, Taylor sets out his idea of the social imaginary, a broad unders...

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Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

Refiguring the Archive at once expresses cutting-edge debates on `the archive' in South Africa and internationally, and pushes the boundaries of those debates. It brings together prominent thinkers from a range of disciplines, mainly South Africans but a number from other countries. Traditionally archives have been seen as preserving memory and as holding the past. The contributors to this book question this orthodoxy, unfolding the ways in which archives construct, sancti...