WINNER OF THE 2019 DUFF COOPER PRIZETHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'With emotional and psychological insight, Barton unlocks this sleeping giant of our culture. In the process, he has produced a masterpiece.' Sunday TimesThe Bible is the central book of Western culture. For the two faiths which hold it sacred, it is the bedrock of their religion, a singular authority on what to believe and how to live. ...

Commonsense Rules for Financial Freedom--Anyone Can Do It!Safe Strategies for Financial Freedom shows you how to know in 30 seconds whether you should be in or out of the market. The authors show you how great investors avoid mistakes--and win big. With Van Tharp's legendary risk-control techniques, learn how the world's most profitable investors reduce their risk and leave their wealth-generating potential unlimited, and how you can too. You'll learn how ...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of A History of the Bible, this is the story of how the Bible has been translated, and why it mattersThe Bible is held to be both universal and specific, the source of fundamental truths inscribed in words that are exact and sacred. For much of the history of Judaism and almost the entirety of Christianity, however, believers have overwhelmingly understood scripture not in the languages in which it was firs...

The highly anticipated follow-up to Unpacking the Pyramid Model, this one-of-a-kind book is the first to provide a comprehensive, step-by-step overview of the widely used Pyramid Model Practices for infants and toddlers from birth to three. With this accessible training guide, teachers and providers will use research-based practices to meet the unique needs of infants and toddlers—and boost their social-emotional development in the critical first years of life.Created by t...

Early childhood inclusion is a national priority—but how can preschool programs step up the progress of inclusion and ensure that all young children learn and grow together? Big-picture change is the answer, and this new edition of a trusted bestseller offers programs, communities, and states a clear path forward.Written by top inclusion experts and updated with timely new topics and tools, this comprehensive resource will help readers develop program-level policies for implementin...

For more than a decade, the widely used Pyramid Model for Promoting Social Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children has been helping early educators use research‐based practices to boost social‐emotional development. Now there’s a practical guide that makes it easier than ever to implement this highly effective framework in preschool classrooms.Created by the Pyramid Model developers and experts with extensive training experience, this is the first book to prov...

In contrast to the plethora of works focusing on the tragic loss of human lives during the First World War, little is known about the more hopeful realities of thousands of prisoners of war from Britain, France, Germany and Belgium who were sent to Switzerland from 1916. This book explores the everyday lives of these prisoners and their impact on Switzerland.Internees were warmly welcomed by local people and given education, training and employment. Leading relatively free lives, t...

Watch the webinar!Inclusion is clearly related to better outcomes for young children—but reports from the US Department of Education show the practice has grown by just 5% over the past 27 years. This is the how-to book preschool administrators, school district leaders, child care directors, and faculty need to step up the progress of early childhood inclusio...

This book is closely tied to the new curriculum, with extracts from the curriculum itself and lesson plans and teaching ideas for every area.This book will equip non-specialists to confidently deliver engaging and well-informed lessons, that acount for the changes in the National Curriculum.This is a very practical and easy to apply programme for teaching French either in your own classroom, or to implement across the school in the role of a co-ordinator.

Educational Transitions in Post-Revolutionary Spaces explores the transformation of the education system in Tunisia following the Jasmine Revolution, the first of a wave of revolutions known as the Arab Spring.The authors provide a detailed account of how Tunisia's robust education system shaped and sparked the conflict as educated youth became disgruntled with their economic conditions. Exploring themes such as radicalization, gender, activism and social media, the chapte...

This book is closely tied to the new curriculum, with extracts from the curriculum itself and lesson plans and teaching ideas for every area.This book will equip non-specialists to confidently deliver engaging and well-informed lessons, that acount for the changes in the National Curriculum.This is a very practical and easy to apply programme for teaching Spanish either in your own classroom, or to implement across the school in the role of a co-ordinato

"I have gone to school on his research and have found his model to be a malleable process that is readily shaped to incorporate new concepts and ideas. This durability is testament to the value of Sids work."Don Bowers, Former CEO, Makino, Inc.Strategic Management Simplified is a handbook that is designed to help the reader achieve a critical balance so rare in business keeping your actions tied to your strategy, making decisions with a reasonable amount of assessment, and ...