Reading the Face: Understanding a Person's Character Through Physiognomy (Glas Norbert)(Paperback)

Reading the Face: Understanding a Person's Character Through Physiognomy (Glas Norbert)(Paperback)

As a boy traveling to school by streetcar, Norbert Glas often passed the time by studying the faces of his fellow passengers, pondering the significance of the shapes and contours of their noses, eyes, and mouths. Later in life, after becoming a medical doctor and a student of Rudolf Steiner's

Mahler: A Musical Physiognomy (Adorno Theodor W.)(Paperback)

Theodor W. Adorno goes beyond conventional thematic analysis to gain a more complete understanding of Mahler's music through his character, his social and philosophical background, and his moment in musical history. Adorno examines the composer's works as a continuous and unified development that

Understanding Character Education: Approaches, Applications and Issues (Watts Paul)(Paperback)

Screenplay: Building Story Through Character (Selbo Jule)(Paperback)

Screenplay: Building Story Through Character is designed to help screenwriters turn simple or intricate ideas into exciting, multidimensional film narratives with fully-realized characters. Based on Jule Selbo's unique 11-step structure for building story through characters, the book teaches

Exploring the Bible: A Bible Reading Plan for Kids (Murray David)(Paperback)

A Journey through the Bible for Kids Reading the Bible is like taking a trip through God's story, setting out to explore and experience the beautiful views found within. But without a map, it's easy to get lost. Exploring the Bible leads kids ages 6-12 through the Bible one day at a time over the

Understanding Euroscepticism (LeConte Ccile)(Paperback)

This timely text provides a concise and readable assessment of the dynamics, character and consequences of opposition to European integration at all levels from elites and governments through parties and the media to voters and grass roots

Face to Face with Polar Bears - Level 5 (Rosing Norbert)(Paperback / softback)

National Geographic Face to Face Readers is a high-interest series of books for confident, independent readers that have been adapted to a Key Stage 2 audience by education experts. The books pair magnificent National Geographic photographs with lively first-person text and fascinating facts about

Nicholas II, the Last Tsar (Paterson Michael)(Paperback)

The character of the last Tsar, Nicholas II (1868-1918) is crucial to understanding the overthrow of tsarist Russia, the most significant event in Russian history. Nicholas became Tsar at the age of 26. Though a conscientious man who was passionate in his devotion to his country, he was weak,

Men and the Fields (Bell Adrian)(Paperback)

Adrian Bell's travels through East Anglia and lowland Britain capture the character of the countryside before modern agriculture altered the landscape and changed forever the way we eat and

Designing London: Understanding the Character of the City (Ijeh Ike)(Pevná vazba)

Designing London provides a definitive and comprehensive analysis of London's urban character, establishing key principles by which the architecture of the capital's streets, buildings and spaces can be designed to enhance the character of the

A History of Reading (Fischer Steven Roger)(Paperback)

Tracing the complete story of reading from the age when symbol first became sign through to the electronic texts of the present day, Steven Roger Fischer's fascinating A History of Reading offers a sweeping view across time and geography of our evolving relationship with text. Turning to ancient

Law Through the Life Course (Herring Jonathan)(Paperback)

Court decisions are typically seen as one-off interventions relating to an incident in a person's life, but a legal decision can impact on the person as they were and the person they will become. This book is the first to explore the interactions of the law with the life course in order to

Understanding and Teaching Reading Comprehension: A handbook (Oakhill Jane)(Paperback)

The ultimate aim of reading is not the process but to understand what we read and comprehension can take place at many different levels. There has been an increasing emphasis on the importance of reading comprehension in recent years but despite this there is very little written on this vital topic

Your Honour Can I Tell You My Story? (Andi Briarley)(Paperback)

The challenging story of a young person's progress through care, prison and social rejection to youth justice specialist. It charts failures to connect with and modify the author's chaotic early life moving from place to place, school to school, fragmented parenting and poor role models. Encircled

Reading Explorer 1: Student Book (Douglas Nancy)(Paperback / softback)

Part of the six-level Reading Explorer series that brings the world to the classroom through fresh topics, video, and visuals from National Geographic, this book teaches learners to think and read critically to encourage a generation of informed global

Through a Dog's Eyes: Understanding Our Dogs by Understanding How They See the World (Arnold Jennifer)(Paperback)

A 'transformative,'* inspiring book with the power to change the way we understand and communicate with our dogs. Few people are more qualified to speak about the abilities and potential of dogs than Jennifer Arnold, who for twenty years has trained service dogs for people with physical

Reading Graphic Design in Cultural Context (Lees-Maffei Grace)(Paperback)

Reading Graphic Design in Cultural Context explains key ways of understanding and interpreting the graphic designs we see all around us, in advertising, branding, packaging and fashion. It situates these designs in their cultural and social contexts. Drawing examples from a range of design genres,

Fake History: From Mozart's Murder to Cleopatra's ASP (Donald Graeme)(Paperback)

Fake History is an entertaining romp through the centuries, uncovering the fundamental inaccuracies and misleading parts of our past. As Napoleon himself once said, 'History is a version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.' Noted down in historical documents, copied and widely

The Emerald Guide to C. Wright Mills (Trevio A. Javier)(Paperback)

This book offers a comprehensive guide to reading and understanding the development of Mills's sociological ideas, placing them in the context of his life and his position in American sociology. The Emerald Guide to C. Wright Mills focusses on his concern with the interrelationship between social

The Star of Redemption (Rosenzweig Franz)(Paperback)

The Star of Redemption is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding religion and philosophy in the twentieth century. Fusing philosophy and theology, the book assigns both Judaism and Christianity distinct but equally important roles in the spiritual structure of the world. Franz

Journal to the Self: Twenty-Two Paths to Personal Growth - Open the Door to Self-Understanding by Writing, Reading, and Creating a Journal (Adams Kathleen)(Paperback)

Citizens Minds The French Revolution Pupil's Book (Counsell Christine)(Paperback / softback)

Builds thorough understanding and enjoyment of History through enquiry. Think Through History provides an enthralling enquiry-based approach for 11-14 year olds built around key historical issues and

Creed - Professing the Faith Through the Ages (Hahn Scott W.)(Paperback / softback)

Bestselling author Dr. Scott Hahn recovers and conveys the creed's revolutionary character. Tracing the development of the first formulations of faith in the early Church through later ecumenical councils. The Creed tells the story of how the very profession of our belief in Christ fashions us for

Thinking Reading: What Every Secondary Teacher Needs to Know about Reading (Murphy James)(Paperback)

A thorough, easy-to-use walk-through of the extensive research on reading and its effects on student