History

Explains his influence on the military, law, politics, and religion Get the real story of Napoleon Bonaparte Not sure what's true about Napoleon? This easy-to-follow guide gets past the stereotypes and introduces you to this extraordinary man's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637165249Author Captivating HistoryFormat HardbackPage Count 142Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm)...

Many histories of science have been written, but A New History of the Humanities offers the first overarching history of the humanities from Antiquity to the present. There are already historical studies of musicology, logic, art history, linguistics,...

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The son of a shopkeeper, Joseph Lancaster (1778-1838) received little formal education himself. In 1798 he set up a school in Southwark, waiving fees for poor children. Originally published in 1803, this work sets out in detail the philosophy and...

This book synthesizes an array of research and shows how these insights can contribute to a better understanding of human learning, especially as this relates to adolescence. By mis-understanding teenagers' instinctive need to do things for themselves,...

The fruit of a two-year research project, this ground-breaking book aims to provide the first historical account of the teaching of history in twentieth-century England, and a series of reflections and suggestions which will inform, feed into and...

Collins Primary History provides a rich coverage of the Primary National Curriculum for History. Packed with information, source materials, questions and activities, the beautifully designed pupil books support children to explore, interpret...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637163733Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 154gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681885858Author Jamie GroveFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Weldon OwenPublisher Weldon Owen

Tracing the development of the University of Exeter over the six decades since it was granted its royal charter in 1955, this book tells the history of the institution and its community. Jeremy Black draws on a wide range of resources, from archival...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637167892Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)...

One of the key ways in which the traditional Jewish world of eastern Europe responded to the challenges of modernity in the nineteenth century was to change the system for educating young men so as to reinforce time-honoured, conservative values. The...

The seven liberal arts -- of grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy -- formed the basis of an education in classical antiquity, such as Ancient Greece. The objective was not so much the acquisition of knowledge, but the...

A royal education.Xenophon (ca. 430 to ca. 354 BC) was a wealthy Athenian and friend of Socrates. He left Athens in 401 and joined an expedition including ten thousand Greeks led by the Persian governor Cyrus against the Persian king. After the...

All teachers need to know how children and adolescents learn and develop. Traditionally, this knowledge had been informed by a mix of speculative and scientific theory. However, in the past three decades there has been substantial growth in new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307405395Author Charles MurrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 193gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

The Value of the Humanities provides a critical account of the principal arguments used to defend the value of the Humanities. The claims considered are: that the Humanities study the meaning-making practices of culture, and bring to their work a...

Marginal Comment, which attracted keen and widespread interest on its original publication in 1994, is the remarkable memoir of one of the most distinguished classical scholars of the modern era. Its author, Sir Kenneth Dover, whose academic publications...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647486860Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm)...

Provocative, audacious and challenging, this book rejuvenates not only the historical study of law but also the role of Law Schools by asking which stories we tell and which stories we forget.It argues that a historical approach to law should be at the...

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The ability to ask intelligent and searching questions, to use questioning for different purposes and to know what to do with the answers is crucial to teachers of all subjects and age groups. Sometimes a whole lesson can be built around one or two key...

Peter Wood argues against the flawed interpretation of history found in the New York Times' 1619 Project and asserts that the true origins of American self-government were enshrined in the Mayflower Compact in 1620."1620 is a dispassionate, clear...

This collection of simple to use and fun activities will jumpstart pupils' understanding of the historical skills of chronology, enquiry, historical inference and knowledge and understanding of people, places and time. History is an effective way to...

Understand Irish History is a comprehensive guide to a fascinating history. You will explore Irish reformation and restoration, culture, religion and society as well as more recent conflicts and their impact. Taking you from ancient Ireland to the...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Find out all about the creation of the Roman Empire, and the leader, lawyer and warrior who established it and built such a powerful kingdom. Seizing land and power...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913887377Author Clever LiliFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Clever Lili LtdPublisher Clever Lili LtdWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm *...

Do business schools actually make good on their promises of "innovative," "outside-the-box" thinking to train business leaders who will put society ahead of money-making? Do they help society by making better business leaders? No, they don't, Steven Conn...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913887308Author Clever LiliFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Clever Lili LtdPublisher Clever Lili LtdWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm *...

The Story of Science guides us to the original texts that have changed the way we think about our world, our cosmos and ourselves. Whether referenced individually or read together as the narrative of Western scientific development, the book's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612960432Author John ScuraFormat PaperbackPage Count 422Imprint Black Rose WritingPublisher Black Rose WritingWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788409175277Author Victor LerenaFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Alberto BomprezziPublisher Alberto BomprezziWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916453203Author Jonathan MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Cambria BooksPublisher Cambria PublishingWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

This book explores undergraduate education programmes in a new way. Written by those at the forefront of teaching and learning, it encourages students to delve beneath the surface of their degree subject and reveals important insights about the how, why...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913836504Author Muriel DunbarFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Tippermuir Books LimitedPublisher Tippermuir Books LimitedWeight(grams) 220g

An account of the post-World War II evolution of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) in light of growing bureaucratic tensions and external pressures on the academic profession.Book InformationISBN 9780826513489Author Philo A...

Policy recommendations and strategies to support teachers in addressing the violent past.Education plays a vital role in fostering reconciliation and teaching peace in conflict-affected societies. In particular, teaching about the violent past from...

This book presents the scholarship of Miriam Ben-Peretz, a pioneering female professor and university leader who held the highest academic honors in Israel and was an American Educational Research Fellow and a member of the National Academy of Education...