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First published in 1988. This is a collection of essays that were presented at or generated afterwards at a meeting on language acquisition Society Development in April 1981: a symposium on “The Development of Language and Language Researchers: Whatever Happened to Linguistic Theory?” in Boston.

In this intersectional reconceptualization of US rape culture, Alisa Kessel reveals how sexual violence is a political act that preserves and emboldens the dominant sociopolitical order. The imperative to dominate through rape is unique among crimes against other people. While other violent crimes, such as assault or murder, can be committed out of a material need or desire for security, and may even have political motivations, theft and murder are not exclusively motivate...

Supervision has become indispensable in the coaching world. Coaches seek it due to the complexity of their work. They value its contribution to performing their work ethically, effectively and to the highest quality standards. Increasingly, organizations require it as a condition. Coach training programs included in their curricula. Global professional associations urge their members to adopt it for quality assurance and discuss making it mandatory for certification. As a groundbreaking co...

It is the school summer holiday, three months after Edie Marble faced off against eco-terrorists. Grandpa David is unwell and asks Edie's father to bring the family to Canada to see him—possibly for the last time. What he doesn't tell them is that he has already reached out to Edie in secret.In Toronto, Edie uncovers a dark family secret that has long been buried and forgotten. When Grandpa David begins receiving mysterious messages from an unknown number, the truth finally starts ...

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''Army of Shadows'' (L'Armée des ombres) is a gripping, partially fictionalized account of the French Resistance during World War II, written in 1943 by Joseph Kessel. Kessel, a member of the Resistance himself, created a bleak, hyper-realistic tribute to the ordinary men and women—messengers, saboteurs, and doctors—who fought in the shadows. The narrative explores the terrifying, everyday reality of surviving under Nazi occupation and the Vichy regime. Key themes include: The staggering c...

Embark on a journey through the rich tapestry of developmental psychology with 'Pillars of Developmental Psychology.' This collection reveals personal histories of influential scholars, the living 'pillars,' whose decades-long contributions have shaped the discipline. The book deepens the argument that a complete understanding of the field requires the human narratives that have woven its fabric, complementing and going beyond analytical views. These 'pillars' not only recount the achievem...

A Jewish member of the French Resistance, Sim Kessel lived for almost three years in Nazi captivity. The bulk of his time was at the Auschwitz concentration camp, where he survived torture, starvation, and even his own public execution through extraordinary luck. His remarkable and terrifying story shows in knowing and intimate detail how guards and kapos under the Nazi system degenerated into conscienceless killers, and how the desperate scramble to survive dehumanized Kessel's fellow pri...

From unpicking the science of ADHD to understanding how it manifests uniquely in girls, this is a practical guide for parents based on medical expertise and lived experience.Do you find yourself wondering, yet struggling to accept, that your daughter might have ADHD? Are you on a long waiting list for an assessment? Have they recently been diagnosed and you are wondering what to do next? Are you overwhelmed daily by challenges and wondering how to go on?You...

Nadia Bèl scrubs operating theatres at four in the morning to pay her way through a degree she cannot afford. She has been rejected from medical school twice. She will not be rejected three times.Dr. Alasdair Muir has spent thirty years in that theatre and has never once noticed the person who cleans it. Until he sees that every instrument has, for six months, been going back onto the tray in the exact order a right-handed surgeon needs it.The man who did not notice her the...

The Mission of Guevavi on the Santa Cruz River in what is now southern Arizona served as a focal point of Jesuit missionary endeavor among the Pima Indians on New Spain's far northwestern frontier.For three-quarters of a century, from the first visit by the renowned Eusebio Francisco Kino in 1691 until the Jesuit Expulsion in 1767, the difficult process of replacing one culture with another—the heart of the Spanish mission system—went on at Guevavi. Yet all but the initial years pr...

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