Strap yourself into your time machine and get ready for a wild but educational ride through the last two centuries. Today, we will be observing the lives of twelve notable men who made an impact upon our culture, each in his own unique way. These twelve guys all let us know they were here. Our world would not be the same today without them. These twelve guys, coincidentally, all had the first name of Charles.History leaves us interesting anomalies sometimes. If you were born betwee...

This guide shares best practice for delivering mental health support and treatment digitally.Part One considers aspects relevant to all digital mental health interventions, such as therapeutic alliance, risk, safeguarding, working with complexity, and what people are looking for from digital support.Part Two focuses on specific therapies and models, including CBT, ACT, DBT, CFT, CAT and EMDR, and how they can be adapted for digital delivery. Whatever technology is available ...

English Language Arts as an Emancipatory Subject explores the changing nature and history of the English Language as an emancipatory subject, as well as how its current activities and projects address and challenge inequalities.Various forms of critical literacy have established English teaching as a radical force for social justice and subversion. However, the expert contributors to this book question whether English is a force for good in its capacity to develop literate...

Accidentally buying a Sicilian villa for just one euro is not the great Eat, Pray, Love game changer that Brian Chapman hopes it would be.Instead, tumbledown buildings, a shortage of plumbers, and resentful locals make Brian’s drunken whim look like the biggest mistake of his chequered career so far.Who could believe that an outbreak of swearing would lead not only to cultural reconciliation but to this very Australian fish out of water finding true love in Italy?‘A...

The seminal Dartmouth Conference (1966) remains a remarkably influential moment in the history of English teaching. Bringing together leading voices in contemporary English education, this book celebrates the Conference and its legacy, drawing attention to what it has achieved, and the questions it has raised.Encompassing a multitude of reflections on the Dartmouth Conference, The Future of English Teaching Worldwide provides fresh and revisionist readings of the meeting a...

The fourth volume in the successful IFTE series provides an international perspective on the knowledge and professional development of the English teaching workforce. It provides a state-of-the-art review of English teaching and teachers and how they are developed over time.With contributions from leading scholars around the world, this volume is divided into four sections that follow the journey of an English teacher from being a student, to the latter stages of professional devel...

The renowned and highly experienced editors of this book bring together the leading voices in contemporary English education under the banner of the International Federation for the Teaching of English (IFTE). The collected chapters here represent the very best of international writing on the teaching of English in the past decade.The key issues and debates surrounding English teaching across the globe are discussed and analysed accessibly, and incorporate wide-ranging top...

Literature teaching remains central to the teaching of English around the world. This edited text brings together expert global figures under the banner of the International Federation for the Teaching of English (IFTE). The book captures a state-of-the-art snapshot of leading trends in current literature teaching, as well as detailing predicted trends for the future.The expert scholar and leading teacher contributors, coming from a wide range of countries with fascinating...

The Spring 2024 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.”The Spring 2024 Issue, guest-edited by Laila Lalami, features poetry and prose by Mosab Abu Toha, Nathalie Handal, January...

Wealthy individuals are often quoted as saying, "Money isn't everything." Those of us who are less fortunate think it sure would be nice to have all our financial problems solved, so we can focus on the rest of that "everything." Having a lot of money does seem to result in a whole new set of problems, however - ones which many of us would welcome.In this text, Cal Andrews attempts to settle the matter of whether or not money is capable of purchasing happiness. The lives of ten men...

Poetry Ireland Introductions / Céadlínte 2025 offers poets in the early stages of their careers the opportunity to showcase their work through workshops, an e-publication and performance. This year's poets were selected by adjudicators Jessica Traynor and Aifric Mac Aodha in partnership with Poetry Ireland, the national poetry organisation. For the anthology, each poet has provided a pair of poems and a short, personal prose piece exploring topics from music and travel to more personal ref...