This book brings together the major writings of David Sellar (1941–2019) on the genealogies (pedigrees) claimed by some of the major clans of medieval Highland and Island Scotland, especially the descendants of their twelfth-century king Somerled. The claimed pedigrees in the medieval Gaelic 1467 manuscript and the Irish genealogies are critically analyzed in relation to each other, and their historical authenticity tested against other evidence, including the Gaelic or Norse quality of th...

Murder in the Val D’ElsaBy: David SellarMark thought he was going to the Val D'Elsa for a quiet vacation—until his landlord’s murdered body appears on the hood of his rental car. Caught up in the murder investigation, Mark meets the handsome and charming Ispettore Massimo, and his trip takes another unexpected turn.A combination of travel memories, murder mystery, and romance, Murder in the Val D'Elsa combines the glories of Italy’s Chianti region, the food, the peo...

Business Plan Project provides detailed instructions on how to write a comprehensive business plan for new ventures. The intended market segments are graduate or upper-level undergraduate students, entrepreneurs, consultants, and college instructors or corporate trainers. Business Plan Project can be used in executive development programs and over 10 college level courses.Business Plan Project is designed to meet important needs of each s...

Una novel·la monumental sobre la guerra i la memòria.Vet aquí la història de la descomposició total d'una família, de la deshumanització d'un poble, de la desintegració d'un territori i d'una península de cases buides.La història d'un soldat que s'esquinça la pell per deixar sortir la cendra acumulada, d'un poeta que cus l'ombra d'una nena després d'un bombardeig, i d'un mestre que ensenya als seus alumnes a fer-se els morts; d'un general que dorm al costat...

Through interviews and descriptions of methodology, Breaking the Rules captures the essence of major works by the internationally acclaimed avant-garde company.

HUMOR I AVENTURES DE LA MÀ DE L'AUTOR NÚMERO 1No n'hi ha cap dubte: els gossos són els millors animals del món!Alguns són la mascota perfecta de moltes famílies.D'altres són gossos policia capaços de lluitar contra lladres i criminals.I fins i tot n'hi ha que guien i ajuden persones cegues.Però... i si existís un gos que pogués fer totes aquestes coses i que, a més, fos un robot?Prepara't per conèixer el...ROB...

A global education race now pits countries, regions, and school systems against one another. The racecourse has been created by a small number of influential international testing programs, and the popular media announces winners and losers. Fear of falling behind haunts policy-makers and shapes educational priorities around the world. But are we running in the right direction? We all have a stake in education, and as informed citizens we need to understand the increasingly influential and...

TORNA L'ÀVIA GÀNGSTER!HUMOR I AVENTURES DE LA MÀ DE L'AUTOR NÚMERO 1L'àvia d'en Ben era la millor: no només era una gran cuinera de sopa de col... sinó que, de nit, en secret i amb el sobrenom de Gat Negre, era la lladre de joies més gran de la història!Ara l'àvia d'en Ben ja no hi és, però, de sobte, passa una cosa inexplicable:*Algú està robant els tresors més especials del món.*Totes les pistes apunten al Gat Negr...

Aquesta és la història d'en Ben i de la seva àvia, una dona amb un secret súper emocionant! Humor i aventures de l'autor número 1 a Anglaterra.Vols conèixer l'àvia d'en Ben? Segur que et semblarà la típica àvia de manual:- Té els cabells blancs.- Porta dentadura postissa.- Es guarda el mocador a la màniga de la brusa.Però hi ha una altra cosa...És una lladre de joies perseguida a tot el món!La crítica ha dit...

Wilfrid Sellars made profound and lasting contributions to nearly every area of philosophy. The aim of this collection is to highlight the continuing importance of Sellars’ work to contemporary debates. The contributors include several luminaries in Sellars scholarship, as well as members of the new generation whose work demonstrates the lasting power of Sellars’ ideas. Papers by O’Shea and Koons develop Sellars’ underexplored views concerning ethics, practical reasoning, and free will, wi...

All pupils - able children included - need to be taught strategies to enable their thinking skills to progress. They also need help with developing different approaches to problem solving. A sustained piece of work that requires perseverance, logical strategies, and refinement of method and extension of the original task is not the same as a straightforward quick-fix type problem. Both types of problem solving need to be taught. This book presents a series of activities that can be used wi...

This book brings together the major writings of David Sellar (1941–2019) on the genealogies (pedigrees) claimed by some of the major clans of medieval Highland and Island Scotland, especially the descendants of their twelfth-century king Somerled.The claimed pedigrees in the medieval Gaelic 1467 manuscript and the Irish genealogies are critically analysed in relation to each other, and their historical authenticity tested against other evidence, including the Gaelic or Norse qualit...