The constituency for education and therapy in the arts is rapidly expanding beyond the conventional school and clinical settings to include the wider community. In Cultivating the Arts in Education and Therapy, Malcolm Ross integrates traditional Chinese Five Element Theory, also known as The Five Phases of Change, with contemporary Western psychological and cultural studies, to form a new Syncretic Model of creative artistic practice.The Syncretic Model is explor...

In "A Climber in New Zealand," Malcolm Ross presents a captivating narrative that intertwines the exhilarating challenges of mountaineering with the breathtaking landscapes of New Zealand. Ross employs a vivid, descriptive literary style that evokes the raw beauty of the natural world while delving deep into the psychological and emotional complexities faced by climbers. Set against the backdrop of the early 20th century, the book weaves together adventure with introspection, exploring the...

Two Kiwis recount their experiences of the Front at Gallipoli and France during the First World War. Included are a number of their own photographs."THE authors of this book, father and son, have seen much of the Light and Shade of War during the past two years, the one as a War Correspondent in Egypt, Turkey and France, the other as a soldier, and, afterwards, as one of the staff of The Times."The day for writing the histories of our different campaigns is not yet. For the p...

A abordagem pedagógica da arte já não pode deixar de considerar as questões relevantes de um mundo em grande transformação social. Entra em pauta, assim, a arte contemporânea, com signos e discursos próprios, com uma linguagem e discurso que chamam para um entendimento mais coletivo ou menos individualista das coisas. Passam a interessar os sentidos, a percepção do outro, as origens, os lugares de fala, a apreensão do espaço. A formação da criança passa a ter uma atenção mais voltada ao co...

Ein Kinderroman ab 10 Jahren um Mut, Geschwisterzusammenhalt und die Kraft der Freundschaft – tiefsinnig, berührend und fesselnd erzählt von Ross Welford Als Malcolm und sein Bruder Seb in den Besitz zweier »Trauminatoren« gelangen, beginnt für sie ein unglaubliches Abenteuer. Schnell finden sie heraus, dass sie ihre Träume mithilfe dieser Maschinen selbst bestimmen und sich sogar gegenseitig darin besuchen können. In einen Vanille-See springen, über die höchsten Baumwipfel schweben, mit s...

China and Africa have long shared a history of allegiance and contact points through global political forces from the time of colonialism and the Cold War. With China’s rise as the new superpower, its presence in Africa has expanded, leading to significant economic, geopolitical and cultural shifts. While issues such as trade, aid and development have received much attention, Chinese and African encounters through the lens of the visual arts and material culture is a neglected field.

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 ...

Chatsworth House during the Second World War. The Devonshire family make way for an evacuated girls’ school, Chatsworth’s grand interiors now converted to dormitories and classrooms. Pupils Ceri and Gwyneth explore these new surroundings and their history, above and below stairs. But a ghost story about a screaming woman on the bridge in the grounds seems disturbingly true—and all the more disturbing for the parallels it presents with the secret love affair they discover their charismatic ...

Bloomsbury presents Me Mam. Me Dad. Me. by Malcolm Duffy, read by Ross Adams.WINNER SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2019, YA CATEGORY.WINNER REDBRIDGE CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2019.SHORTLISTED WATERSTONE'S CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2019.WORLD BOOK NIGHT TITLE 2019.– and many more.'It was the day the clocks went back. That's when I decided to kill him.'Humorous and heartbreaking debut novel with the fresh, funny, honest voice of a 14-year-old Geor...

This new volume of the Language Family Series presents an overview of the Oceanic subgroup of the Austronesian languages, spread across a region embracing eastern Indonesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia. It provides sufficient phonological and grammatical data to give typologists and comparativists a good idea of the nature of these languag

When Charlotte Mullen, a fortyish flinty Irish spinster, takes in her orphaned cousin, the beautiful nineteen-year-old Francie Fitzgerald who had been living in Dublin with poor relatives, life in a small Irish village is dramatically upended. As Charlotte plots to marry Francie to a local squire's son, events build to a shocking crescendo with dire effects. Originally published in three volumes, this Warbler Classics edition is based on the combined 1895 publication and includes an afterw...

The study of the prehistory of East Asia is developing very rapidly. In uncovering the story of the flows of human migration that constituted the peopling of East Asia there exists widespread debate about the nature of evidence and the tools for correlating results from different disciplines.Drawing upon the latest evidence in genetics, linguistics and archaeology, this exciting new book examines the history of the peopling of East Asia, and investigates the ways in which we can de...