For over fifteen years, Louise Gilbert has partnered with Australia's leading organisations to guide teams and inspire leaders to embrace growth and change. She has now brought together the lessons from this work, and captured the essence of what all leaders and teams want to know. Make Work Work for You unpacks twenty-seven leadership practices to foster performance, growth and wellbeing for individuals, teams and organisations.Are your people stres...

Emotion Coaching (EC) is a universal communication strategy which supports children and young people to self-regulate and manage their stress responses. Originally noticed as an effective way parents communicated with their children around challenging behaviours, Emotion Coaching has been shown to be highly successful in educational settings too. This is why the authors pioneered the research and application of Emotion Coaching into UK (primary and secondary) schools and community settings...

The health and well-being of children is integral to learning and development but what does it actually mean in practice?This textbook draws on contemporary research on the brain and mind to provide an up-to-date overview of the central aspects of young children’s health and well-being – a key component of the revised EYFS curriculum.Critically engaging with a range of current debates, coverage includesearly influences, such a...

Finding a Guy Like Gilbert is a self-help guide for the woman who thinks she has tried everything and is almost ready to give up looking for love--but not quite yer! You have dated all the wrong guys and you're more than ready to meet the right one, but lately you feel so jaded that you honestly wonder if there's anyone out there for you or whether you'll recognise him even if he appears. The truth is that you've been out there for so long that you've likely developed some...

En février 1997, le gouvernement ontarien annonce la fermeture de l’Hôpital Montfort, le seul hôpital universitaire francophone de la province. L’onde de choc est immédiate et donne naissance sans tarder à SOS Montfort, organisme militant voué à la sauvegarde d’une institution jugée essentielle à la survie de l’Ontario français. En résulte un impressionnant mouvement de solidarité qui braque les projecteurs sur la question des minorités francophones à l’échelle pancanadienne.Sous l...

Featuring leading scientists acting as consultants on the stories, and writing scientific afterwords, bringing the theory featured in the stories to life, including Prof. Sarah Bridle (Jodrell Bank), Prof. Jonathan Wolff and Prof. Frank Jackson (the inventor of the 'Mary's Room' thought experiment).Science is always telling stories. Whether in the creation myths of evolution or the Big Bang, or in the eureka moments of science history, narrative – just as much as metaphor – is a ke...

Everyday Kindness is a charity anthology of short, fictional stories of kindness, edited by LJ Ross. These uplifting tales of hope and of small, everyday kindnesses are intended to support wider, positive mental health goals and foster wellbeing through the act of reading tales of goodwill inspired by others. Featuring authors across the spectrum of literature, some international bestsellers and award-winning writers amongst them, this is a unique collection of words.Proceeds from ...

Children's Library of Classics: A 20-Book Collection offers readers a rich tapestry of timeless tales and literary masterpieces curated for young audiences. This anthology spans an impressive range of styles and genres, from the high adventure and heroism found in the works of Daniel Defoe and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, to the moral complexities and whimsical narratives by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Charles and Mary Lamb. These stories, while designed to entertain, also provoke thought and...

Timeless Tales for Young Readers: 20 Books Adapted for Children encapsulates an array of literary gems, spanning centuries and continents. This anthology marries the timeless narratives of legends like William Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes, and Geoffrey Chaucer with the meticulous adaptations by later literary figures tailored for younger audiences. The collection is a tapestry of varied literary styles, from the rich allegories and moral tales of the medieval period to the innovative s...

C’est le simple récit d’un de ces drames qui, moins le dénoûment, se passent chaque jour à Paris, mais demeurent inconnus, ou sont bientôt oubliés.Dans l’année 1835, le promeneur inoccupé qui, sortant du jardin des Tuileries, se serait dirigé sous les arcades de la rue de Rivoli, aurait pu apercevoir sous la porte cochère d’un des plus beaux hôtels de ce quartier, un grand vieillard à la chevelure et à la moustache blanches, à l’œil vif et bon, à la démarche ferme, portant le ruban...

LESBOHÉMIENS DU PONT DU GARD.Au village de Mouriès, 20 septembre 1842.Je crois, madame, que vous ne pourriez découvrir sur aucune carte de la France le nom du village d’où je vous écris. C’est à peine si quelques anciennes cartes de la Provence en font mention comme d’un hameau sans importance. Aujourd’hui, le hameau s’est agrandi et compte une population de deux mille habitants, heureux, tranquilles, vivant dans l’égalité sociale la plus complète, car, à part le cur...

PRÉFACE.C’est un des priviléges des hommes de génie de faire participer leurs ancêtres et leurs descendants à l’intérêt qu’ils inspirent ; on aime à remonter aux sources de ces grandes intelligences et à pressentir leur venue. On se plaît à en suivre le courant, à savoir si les fils ont dignement continué le père, ou si rien de vivant n’est resté de ces races fameuses.La famille contemporaine des hommes illustres éveille toujours notre curiosité ; nous voulons connaître le ...