Böcker av John Gordon

A collection of poems that highlight the mundanity of existence, the harshness of reality and how that there are times when even love itself cannot conquer all.

He is universally regarded as the world's most influential writer, whose works transcend cultures and time. Yet, in his homeland, one person in five has never seen or read a play by William Shakespeare.The author of this book believes the reason that so many fail to make the acquaintance of the Bard lies in the classroom. He feels the introduction to Shakespeare is made in the wrong way and to pupils of the wrong age.This book attempts to show that simple rhymes, evoking the powerful moral themes of Shakespearean drama, can engage the interest of young children more effectively than confronting teenagers with an incomprehensible text.

His second wife divorces him citing no reason. Boredom, another man? He never finds out. The company he works for folds. Taking a job in far away upstate New York. he rents an empty farmhouse on Coal Yard Road giving his only companion and loyal friend, his dog, a huge yard to run in. Winter and his new job are both harsh and endless. A seemingly random discovery forces him to examine his past soul-scared wounds. Starting with his early childhood and moving forward he comes to an honest reckoning of his independent self.

Ecosystem Science is a highly interdisciplinary field of global significance. This series - copublished by Higher Education Press (HEP) and De Gruyter Publishers - is devoted to prominent topics in the fundamentals of ecosystem science and its application. The series is targeted to an international audience of scientists and practitioners, while maintaining a strong emphasis on reaching scholars and the general public in China. This will be accomplished by publishing all ESA books in both English and Chinese.

The National Institute of Justice strives to assist criminal justice practitioners through research, development, and evaluation of technologies and methods. RAND researchers interviewed an extensive sample group to assess priorities at the state and local levels, the means by which those agencies commonly receive information on technology, and the effectiveness of outreach by the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center

This guide for anyone training to become a secondary English teacher includes a 'lesson feedback' case study in each chapter combined with research findings to explore and analyse what underpins quality English teaching, all in line with the 2014 curriculum.