His exploits echo with the bustle of crowded ports and the crash of naval warfareIt is 1780 and seventeen-year-old Alan Lewrie is a brash young libertine with a head full of dreams. When he is found in bed with the wrong woman, he is forced to leave his profligacy behind for a new life at sea.Though sickness and hard labour await him aboard the tall-masted Ariadne, Lewrie finds himself gradually adapting to the world of a midshipman.But a...

This comprehensive eBook presents significant works of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - estimated 5870 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education • How We Think • Moral Principles in Education • The Child and the Curriculum • Human Nature and Conduct • Creative Intelligence: Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude, James Hayden Tufts, Addison Webster Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd Henry Bode,...

It is the business of science to predict. An exact science like astronomy can usually make very accurate predictions indeed. A chemist makes a precise prediction every time he writes a formula. The nuclear physicist advertised to the world, in the atomic bomb, how man can deal with entities so small that they are completely beyond the realm of sense perception, yet make predictions astonishing in their accuracy and significance. Economics is now reaching a point where it can hope also to m...

"How We Think" by John Dewey is a groundbreaking exploration of the process of thinking and its role in education and problem-solving. In this influential work, Dewey delves into the nature of intelligence, inquiry, and reflective thought, offering valuable insights into how individuals can enhance their thinking abilities and engage in meaningful learning experiences. The book begins by challenging traditional notions of thinking as a passive, linear process and instead presents thinking ...

Based on John Dewey's lectures on esthetics, delivered as the first William James Lecturer at Harvard in 1932, Art as Experience has grown to be considered internationally as the most distinguished work ever written by an American on the formal structure and characteristic effects of all the arts: architecture, sculpture, painting, music, and literature.

Embroiled in war, Alan Lewrie is in for the fight of his lifeAfter being shipped off to the navy, Alan Lewrie has found his sea legs. Although a stark contrast to the social whirl of London, his rise in status to naval officer rather suits him.When, alongside the crew of the Desperate, he finds himself entangled in the siege of Yorktown, he is forced to fight for his life. But rescuing a loyalist family, along with their attractive daughter Caroline, gets...

This practical guide for beginners and experienced artists unlocks the secrets to loose and expressive painting. It is suitable for all opaque mediums, such as oils, acrylics, and gouache.Are you tired of creating tight, uninspiring paintings that fail to convey your true feelings about the subject? Do you find yourself frustrated by repeating the same techniques repeatedly without achieving the desired effect? Discover the secret to a loose and impressioni...

The first novel in the classic series of Alan Lewrie's naval adventures—"The best naval series since C. S. Forester" ( Library Journal )."You could get addicted to this series. Easily." ― New York Times Book Review1780: Seventeen-year-old Alan Lewrie is a brash, rebellious young libertine. So much so that his callous father believes a bit of navy discipline will turn the b...

Every great hunt starts the same way: with more questions than answers… and the courage to chase them. In the legendary realm of King Arthur's Camelot, the deadliest threats don't always charge across the battlefield, they lurk in the shadows, waiting to strike.When three friends uncover a dangerous conspiracy, the fate of the kingdom hangs in the balance. Locke, a quiet, book-loving boy with a head full of ancient lore raised among monks; Gwenna, a fierce strategist with a warrior...

Life is growth. Education is therefore essential to human life as it fosters for individuals the capacity to perpetuate growth. This is the theory expressed by John Dewey in this critical review of the philosophy of education. Throughout this work Dewey traces the aims of education to their philosophic and historical bases, and explains how differing aims can lead students to gain not only differing levels of knowledge, but also different morals and values. The values taught to students ma...

The American philosopher John Dewey transformed how people around the world view the purposes of schooling. In Democracy and Education (1916), Dewey opposed the model of education in which adults lecture at students and students follow strict rules. Instead, Dewey called upon schools to provide children with experiences such as gardening, sewing, building structures, conducting experiments in laboratories, and performing in school plays. For Dewey, democratic education teaches you...

Life for Lewrie is frustratingly quiet, but that won't last long...Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, is still in Gibraltar, his schemes for raids along the coast of Southern Spain shot to a halt. He is reduced to commanding a clutch of harbour defence gunboats in the bay while his ship, HMS Sapphire, slowly grounds herself on a reef of beef bones.But Napoleon Bonaparte's invasion of peaceful Portugal and his so-called collaborative march ...