In this groundbreaking work, renowned historian Simon Dubnow delves into the rich and complex history of the Jewish people in Russia and Poland. Spanning from ancient times to the reign of Alexander I, this comprehensive volume traces the evolution of Jewish communities, their cultural and religious traditions, and their interactions with the surrounding societies. Through meticulous research and vivid storytelling, Dubnow illuminates the triumphs and tribulations of Jewish life in these r...

Questo audiolibro è narrato da una voce digitale.Come essere una persona decisa e determinata?Come imparare a essere deciso?Come smettere di essere una persona indecisa?Una persona decisa è quella che prende decisioni con sicurezza e rapidità, senza rimanere bloccata nel dubbio o nella paura di sbagliare. Valuta le opzioni, sceglie un percorso e agisce con determinazione. Anche di fronte agli ostacoli, mantiene il focus e si assume la responsabilità delle pr...

Questo audiolibro è narrato da una voce digitale.Cosa dire ad un depresso per aiutarlo?Cosa fare per aiutare una persona depressa?Cosa fa bene a chi soffre di depressione?Non basta avere buone intenzioni per aiutare un amico o un familiare con depressione: è necessario sapere cosa dire e cosa fare, e soprattutto cosa non dire e cosa non fare.Spesso pensiamo di essere d’aiuto, ma in realtà potremmo peggiorare la situazione. Ecco perché è fondamentale ...

No one wants to believe their parents will soon grow older and no longer be able to care for themselves.Preparing for that eventuality will ensure your parents are well taken care of, and your family can continue functioning in a healthy, supportive way. A Caregiver's Guide to Navigating Mom and Dad's Care is the ultimate resource designed to ease you through this important transition and keep your parents healthy, happy, and prepared for the future.This comprehensive guide c...

The Effective Teaching of History brings together the varied expertise of three experienced educationalists to provide a practical and invaluable guide for teachers, and teachers-in-training who wish to teach history Key Stages 1-4. It covers a wide range of methods and resources for teaching national curriculum history and examines the role of history in schools and colleges in the 1990s.

Examining globally invasive alien birds, the first part of this book provides an account of 32 global avian invasive species (as listed by the Invasive Species Specialist Group, ISSG). It acts as a one stop reference volume; it assesses current invasive status for each bird species, including details of physical description, diet, introduction and invasion pathways, breeding behaviour, natural habitat. It also looks at the environmental impact of each species, as well as current and future...

Exemplary stories of innovation from around the worldIn an age of rising inequality, getting a good education increasingly separates the haves from the have nots. In countries like the United States, getting a good education is one of the most promising routes to upper-middle-class status, even more so than family wealth. Experts predict that by 2030, 825 million children will reach adulthood without basic secondary-level skills, and it will take a century for the m...

The visual legacy of early modern cardinals constitutes a vast and extremely rich body of artworks, many of superb quality, in a variety of media, often by well-known artists and skilled craftsmen. Yet cardinal portraits have primarily been analyzed within biographical studies of the represented individual, in relation to the artists who created them, or within the broader genre of portraiture. Portrait Cultures of the Early Modern Cardinal addresses questions surrounding the prod...

This book discusses transformative approaches to psychology, social work, and education. Addressing these disciplines’ entanglements with oppressive structures, the contributors aim to reconcile individual support with social justice. In current times of accelerating crises, professionals often see only few opportunities to influence the conditions of their work. Thinking and acting beyond adaptation, authors from seven countries provide inspiration for researchers, practitioners, and stud...

Wild Seas, Wilder Cities is a ‘wild-seeded’ collection of short stories, poems, memoirs and environmental articles from 49 unique contributors, all concerned with showing the positive side of our relationship with the earth.Thanks to funding from Portsmouth Creates, this audiobook features 50 different voices from across the Portsmouth community and beyond. Our readers range from teenagers to those in their nineties, including experienced actors, writers and volunteers from the pub...

Fourteen wartime Christmas tales for you to enjoy this holiday season. This collection of short stories is our gift to bring you something positive and joyful with which to end the year.Soldiers stumbling upon mercy and miracles; children sharing gifts of friendship and love; Romance finding its way into lonely, war-weary hearts; resistance fighters, spies, families on the home front—all bringing their own ray of hope in the darkest of time.For this holiday...

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings the 5th EAI International Conference on DLI 2020, Design, Leaning and Innovation, which took place in December 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually.The 14 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 40 submissions and are organized in four thematic sessions on: digital technologies and learning; designing for innovation; digital games, gamification and robots; designs for innov...