Choice and selection are now cornerstones of education policies wherever these have been shaped by market economics. Now, as never before, schools can face uncertain futures, because their survival is determined by external factors such as admission policies and parental preferences. Because of the link between schooling, and housing and other public sector services, the implications of increasing choice extends well beyond education.Schools, Markets and Choice Policies bri...

This book takes a theoretically informed look at British education policy over the last sixty years when secondary schooling for all children became an established fact for the first time. Comprehensive schools largely replaced a system based on academic selection. Now, under choice and competition policies, all schools are subject to the rigours of local education markets. What impact did each of these successive policy frameworks have on structures of opportunities for families and their...

Born Wild is a story of passion, adventure and skulduggery on the frontline of African conservation. Following Tony Fitzjohn's journey from London bad boy to African wildlife warrior, the heart of the story is a series of love affairs with the world's most beautiful and endangered creatures - affairs that so often end in pain, for to succeed in re-introducing a lion or leopard to the wild is to be deprived of their companionship.Tony tells of his twenty years in Kenya with...

Create and run a human resource analytics project with confidenceFor any human resource professional that wants to harness the power of analytics, this essential resource answers the questions: "Where do I start?" and "What tools are available?" Predictive Analytics for Human Resources is designed to answer these and other vital questions. The book explains the basics of every business—the vision, the brand, and the culture, and shows how predictive analyt...

The synodal constitutions of the church of Ossory establish guidelines aimed at preserving the sanctity of the church and its practices. Emphasizing the importance of the Catholic faith, the statutes mandate the reporting of transgressions against core beliefs. They also outline the procedures for the consecration of churches and the requirement for clergy to reside within their parishes. Furthermore, the regulations specify that only ordained priests or those on the path to ordination may...

Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the fourth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 4 in the series spans the years 1835 to 1869 and includes stories from a wide range of male authors; English, Irish, Scottish and American. Includes tales by Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Washington Irving. Readers new to this genre will discover ...

Feeling Overwhelmed: The Reset Protocol provides a biological and psychological framework for navigating chronic stress, burnout, and sensory overload.The human nervous system is facing unprecedented demands. From digital overwhelm and information fatigue to economic anxiety and the relentless pressure of hustle culture, the sensation of being buried has become a silent psychological baseline for 78% of working adults.This book moves beyond generic self-help advice. Instead...

SELF-SABOTAGE: THE RESET PROTOCOLDo you ever feel like you are your own worst enemy?For decades, we’ve been told to "just try harder" or use "willpower." This advice is wrong. In The Reset Protocol, author Jamie Fitzjohn reveals that self-sabotage isn't a character flaw—it’s a misguided safety mechanism. Based on 2026 neurobiological research and ancient wisdom, this book provides the "hardware" and "software" update your brain needs to sto...

Most advice on imposter syndrome tells you to "fake it until you make it" or list your achievements in a mirror. But as anyone who has struggled with chronic self-doubt knows, these surface-level fixes rarely work. Imposter syndrome isn't a logical problem; it’s an emotional and neurobiological one.In Imposter Syndrome: The Reset Protocol, Jamie Fitzjohn explores the clockwork of the human brain to explain why high achievers often feel like frauds. Drawing on a mix of mode...

Dunhaung, China 1908 – An archaeologist discovers an ancient temple, but the legendary library rumoured to be at its heart is what he really wants to find. The present - Archaeologist, Dr Sasha Blake is studying a replica of an ancient manuscript at Bristol University.  Offered sponsorship by a wealthy silk trader, Jon Solomon, she is desperate to locate the original and four powerful rings that accompany it.   But her investor is hiding terrible secrets. When Sas...

A natural history and celebration of the famous bears and salmon of Brooks River.On the Alaska Peninsula, where exceptional landscapes are commonplace, a small river attracts attention far beyond its scale. Each year, from summer to early fall, brown bears and salmon gather at Brooks River to create one of North America's greatest wildlife spectacles. As the salmon leap from the cascade, dozens of bears are there to catch them (with as many as forty-three bears sig...

What in the digital era is knowledge? Who has knowledge and whose knowledge has value?Postmodernism has introduced a relativist flavour into educational research such that big questions about the purposes of education have tended to be eclipsed by minutiae. Changes in economic and financial markets induce a sense that we are also experiencing an intellectual credit crunch. Societies can no longer afford to think about the role of education merely in relation to national markets and...