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A Degree in a Book: Everything You Need to Know to Master the Subject - in One Book! (A Degree in a Book)

An essential guide to everything you can learn by taking a degree in Economics, this full-colour book leads the reader through the crucial aspects of economic theory and the involvement of economics in our day-to-day lives.Packed with flow diagrams, infographics, pull-out features and profiles of prominent economists (past and present), the book reveals how economic policies are constructed on both a national and international level and the factors that impact them. Chapters cover topics such as:• Supply and demand• Market structures• Development economicsA Degree in a Book: Economics is perfect for both students and those wishing to know how economics has played its part in constructing the world in which we live.ABOUT THE SERIES: Get the knowledge of a degree for the price of a book with Arcturus Publishing's A Degree in a Book series. Written by experts in their fields, these highly visual guides feature flow diagrams, infographics, handy timelines, information boxes, feature spreads and margin annotations, allowing readers to get to grips with complex subjects in no time.

Drawing Class

Barrington Barber draws on his artistic expertise and long experience of teaching to create a structured, user-friendly drawing course to guide the aspiring draughtsman through the whole process of learning to draw.

The Education of Young Children (Routledge Revivals)

First published in 1956, The Education of Young Children is focused on presenting the psychological needs of children within education, following several talks given by the author at conferences for teachers of young children. The book highlights the importance of meeting all aspects of a child’s needs. It demonstrates that physical, emotional, social, and intellectual needs are all intrinsically connected and fundamental to education and development. It also puts forward the significance of Nursery Schools and the training given to Nursery School teachers, as well as the influence of Nursery Schools on Infant Schools. The Education of Young Children will appeal to those with an interest in the history and psychology of education.

The Education of Young Children (Routledge Revivals)

First published in 1956, The Education of Young Children is focused on presenting the psychological needs of children within education, following several talks given by the author at conferences for teachers of young children. The book highlights the importance of meeting all aspects of a child’s needs. It demonstrates that physical, emotional, social, and intellectual needs are all intrinsically connected and fundamental to education and development. It also puts forward the significance of Nursery Schools and the training given to Nursery School teachers, as well as the influence of Nursery Schools on Infant Schools. The Education of Young Children will appeal to those with an interest in the history and psychology of education.

Essential Guide to Drawing: Portraits

Capturing a likeness of another human being is one of the greatest and most enjoyable challenges for artists. In this guide, author and artist Barrington Barber provides an accessible introduction to portrait drawing, backed up by step-by-step demonstrations and inspiring examples. Starting with the proportions of the head and how to measure it accurately, you will learn to closely observe your sitter's features and build up a convincing likeness.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Essential Guides to Drawing are practical books for artists who wish to improve their skills in a particular subject area. The series covers Animals, Landscapes, Perspective & Composition, Portraits, Still Life and Landscapes.

Essential Guide to Drawing: Still Life

Ready-to-hand, varied and versatile, still-life subjects are ideal drawing material. This handy guide provides an accessible introduction to the genre, from drawing single objects such as vases and fruit, to more complex themed compositions. Whether you are a complete beginner or an experienced draughtsman, the clear demonstrations and step-by-step exercises in these pages will teach you to create realistic, attractive still-life drawings.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Essential Guides to Drawing are practical books for artists who wish to improve their skills in a particular subject area. The series covers Animals, Landscapes, Perspective & Composition, Portraits, Still Life and Landscapes.

The Fundamentals of Drawing Portraits

This book is essential for everyone who wants to improve their drawing skills. Written by teacher and established artist Barrington Barber, it contains a wealth of know-how and practical advice, supported by over 300 original illustrations. Guidance is given on how to overcome common difficulties without imposing a particular style or approach. The aim throughout is to help you discover your artistic purpose while giving you the technical skills necessary if you are to produce work you will be proud to call your own.As a complement to the book's essentially skills based core, you will find feature spreads on artists who have been major influences on the development of portraiture, and plenty of scope for incorporating their innovative ideas in your own drawings.The Fundamentals of Drawing Portraits presents an inspirational approach to all aspects of the subject, ensuring that you will remain enthused from beginning to end and regularly revisit its pages for advice and encouragement.

How to Draw Like a Fashion Illustrator: Skills and techniques to develop your visual style

This step-by-step guide provides an insight into how to illustrate fashion designs and get your ideas down on paper. It is of interest to any designer, from the complete beginner or someone hoping to improve their skills and establish a career as a fashion illustrator, to professionals wanting to strengthen their visual impact. Using inspiration from past artists and illustrators, readers will learn how to adopt new and different ways of drawing.

Inspiring Zentangle Projects: Exciting new ways to creativity

Zentangle is an accessible and creative artform that is immensely popular around the world. In this innovative book, certified Zentangle teacher Jane Marbaix presents a range of projects designed to free up creativity and improve tangling skills.

Mandala Zentangle: The Mindful Way to Creativity

Zentangle is the drawing art form taking the world by storm. Easy to do and immensely enjoyable, the Zentangle method can make artists of us all. To create artworks the Zentangle way, you need no drawing skills. The steps are easily taught in a few simple lessons In this follow up to her first book, the immensely successful Zentangle, Certified Zentangle Teacher Jane Marbaix explores the artistic possibilities of Zendalas and shows how beautiful and rewarding artworks can be created from the cosmic forms inherent in mandalas. The mandala-like imagery emphasizes the meditative and therapeutic nature of the Zentangle method.

Sound and Symbol, Volume 1: Music and the External World (Bollingen Series (General) #655)

An approach to music as an instrument of philosophical inquiry, seeking not so much a philosophy of music as a philosophy through music.

Zentangle: The inspiring and mindful drawing method

Aimed at beginners, this book shows how beautiful images can be created from repeating patterns. Accredited Zentangle teacher Jane Marbaix demonstrates a range of patterns one step at a time and offers a sourcebook of her own designs to inspire tanglers to try something different. Proven to reduce stress and enhance creativity in people of all ages, Zentangle does not require a background in practical art or expensive materials to produce pleasing results.

The Active Teacher: Training and Assessment (Routledge Revivals)

Originally published in 1955, this book holds some techniques for helping teachers to diagnose their own faults and learn from one another. The first part is concerned with the handling of speech problems in general and the second part with the training of English specialists. Today it can be read and enjoyed in its historical context.

The Active Teacher: Training and Assessment (Routledge Revivals)

Originally published in 1955, this book holds some techniques for helping teachers to diagnose their own faults and learn from one another. The first part is concerned with the handling of speech problems in general and the second part with the training of English specialists. Today it can be read and enjoyed in its historical context.

Gedanken zur Reform des physikalischen Unterrichts: Erste Göttinger Tagung 6.–8. Januar 1955 (Unternehmungsspiele #3)

To Write Good Tamil: நல்ல தமிழ் எழுத வேண்டுமா

தமிழ்மொழி, ஆட்சி மொழியாகும் காலம் நெருங்கி விட்டது. தமிழ் வெளியீடுகளும் நாளிதழ்களும் நல்ல தமிழில் வெளிவரல் வேண்டும். எழுத்தாளர்கள் பிழையின்றி எழுத வேண்டுமானால், ஓரளவு நடைமுறை இலக்கணம் தெரிந்து கொள்ளுதல் இன்றியமையாதது. இந்நூலாசிரியர் நீண்ட கால அனுபவம் வாய்ந்தவர். எனவே பெருவரவாகக் காணப்படும் பிழைகளை இவர் இந்நூலில் எடுத்துக் காட்டித் திருத்தங்களையும் கொடுத்துள்ளார்; வல்லெழுத்துமிகும் இடங்களையும் மிகாத இடங்களையும் எளிய முறையில் விளக்கியுள்ளார்; சந்தி முறைகளை மிக எளிதாகக் காட்டியுள்ளார்; சொற்றொடர்ப்பிரிப்புகளில் ஏற்படும் தவறுகளை எடுத்துக்காட்டி விதிகளையும் வகுத்துள்ளார். ஆதலால், நல்ல தமிழ் எழுத விரும்பும் பலர்க்கும் இந்நூல் பயன்படக்கூடியது

Toys, Play and Discipline in Childhood (Routledge Library Editions: Early Years)

Originally published in 1955, Toys, Play and Discipline in Childhood is an expansion and development of the author’s earlier title Play and Toys in Early Years. It examines the areas of toys, play and discipline in a child’s life from babyhood, up to school-age children. The author had spent 25 years teaching children between the ages of 2 and 12 years and had come to realize how closely linked play and discipline are in the development of young children. At the time there were very few books that dealt with play, and parents needed advice and help in catering for their children’s needs. Written at a time where nursery education was still a relatively new concept, this book would have been an invaluable resource for both parents and nursery teachers. Today it can be read and enjoyed in its historical context.

Toys, Play and Discipline in Childhood (Routledge Library Editions: Early Years)

Originally published in 1955, Toys, Play and Discipline in Childhood is an expansion and development of the author’s earlier title Play and Toys in Early Years. It examines the areas of toys, play and discipline in a child’s life from babyhood, up to school-age children. The author had spent 25 years teaching children between the ages of 2 and 12 years and had come to realize how closely linked play and discipline are in the development of young children. At the time there were very few books that dealt with play, and parents needed advice and help in catering for their children’s needs. Written at a time where nursery education was still a relatively new concept, this book would have been an invaluable resource for both parents and nursery teachers. Today it can be read and enjoyed in its historical context.

Mass und Zahl im Kunstwerk (Beihefte für den mathematischen Unterricht #3)

Die beiden ersten Untersuchungen können also am vegetabilischen und geometrischen Ornament vorgenommen werden, die dritte hingegen ist nur am geometrischen Ornament möglich, da die Teilformen des vegetabilischen Ornaments nicht mathematisch konstruiert sind. Die beiden ersten Be­ trachtungen können nur mit gruppentheoretischen Erwägungen sinnvoll durchgeführt werden. So müssen wenigstens die Postulate des Gruppen­ begriffs bekannt sein. Auf eine eingehende Untersuchung der Gruppe muß allerdings hier verzichtet werden, da sie in das Gebiet der höheren Mathe­ matik gehört. Postulate: 1. Ein System von Elementen A, B, C, D, . .. bildet eine Gruppe, wenn eine bestimmte Zusammensetzung zweier Elemente immer ein Element des Systems ergibt, oder, vielleicht klarer, wenn einem geordneten Paar von diesen Elementen immer ein Element des Systems zugeordnet ist, das man das Produkt der beiden Elemente nennt (AB = Cl. (Beispiel: A = Drehung um 900, B = Drehung um 1800, C = Drehung um 2700.) 2. Es gilt die Gleichung (AB)C = A (BC), aber nicht unbedingt AB = BA. Drücke diese Forderungen mit Worten aus. 3. Es gibt in jeder Gruppe einEinheitselement, für das gilt: A E =E A = A (s. Beispiel aus 1.: E = Drehung um 3600). 4. Es gibt zu jedem Element A ein inverses Element A-l, für das gilt AA-l = E (s. Beispiel aus 1.: A-l = Cl. Definitionen: 1. Die Anzahl der Elemente einer endlichen Gruppe nennt man die Ordnung der Gruppe.

Untersuchungen über Güte von Verzinkungen (Forschungsberichte des Wirtschafts- und Verkehrsministeriums Nordrhein-Westfalen #87)

Theodicy and the Cross of Christ: A New Testament Inquiry (The Library of New Testament Studies)

The death of Jesus is commonly regarded as the one radically novel perspective from which the problem of suffering is viewed in the New Testament, as opposed to the appropriation of viewpoints present elsewhere in contemporary writings and in the Old Testament. Tom Holmén's focus on the death of Jesus as a source of New Testament theodicy reveals a two-fold reasoning: the lasting relevance of the theme of Jesus' death on the cross and theodicy, and the lack of thorough and sustained New Testament investigations into this theme. Holmén's argument focuses on the changes in the concept of suffering occasioned by the unprecedented sacrifice of Jesus. He explores both the derivative nature of suffering as God's retribution or a test for discipline – in line with the traditions known in the time contemporary to the formation of the New Testament – and the sharp, wholly new contrast of suffering as intercessory in the crucifixion of Christ, Son of God, appearing to the world as 'impossible'. Holmén considers many issues in his discussion, including the context of providence and covenant, and the problem that Jesus' death causes for theodicy. He also examines other perspectives, such as the writings of Paul, and practical considerations of coping with anguish. Taken as a whole, this study provides a fresh examination of the crucifixion's central role for understanding New Testament approaches to suffering.

Last Term: Book 6 (Malory Towers #Vol. 6)

For new girl Darrell Rivers, there are friends to be made, pranks to be played and fun to be had at Malory Towers in Enid Blyton's best-loved boarding school series.In book six, Darrell and her friends have reached their last term at Malory Towers. But before they say good-bye one last time there are more adventures to be had, pranks to play and competitions to win. Expect more drama at Malory Towers!Between 1946 and 1951, Enid Blyton wrote six novels set at Malory Towers. This edition features the original text and is unillustrated.

Pursuing Truth: How Gender Shaped Catholic Education at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland (Cushwa Center Studies of Catholicism in Twentieth-Century America)

In Pursuing Truth, Mary J. Oates explores the roles that religious women played in teaching generations of college and university students amid slow societal change that brought the grudging acceptance of Catholics in public life. Across the twentieth century, Catholic women's colleges modeled themselves on, and sometimes positioned themselves against, elite secular colleges. Oates describes these critical pedagogical practices by focusing on Notre Dame of Maryland University, formerly known as the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, the first Catholic college in the United States to award female students four-year degrees.The sisters and laywomen on the faculty and in the administration at Notre Dame of Maryland persevered in their work while facing challenges from the establishment of the Catholic Church, mainline Protestant churches, and secular institutions. Pursuing Truth presents the stories of the institution's female founders, administrators, and professors whose labors led it through phases of diversification. The pattern of institutional development regarding the place of religious identity, gender and sexuality, and race that Oates finds at Notre Dame of Maryland is a paradigmatic story of change in US higher education. Similarly representative is her account of the school's effort, from the late 1960s to the present, to maintain its identity as a women's liberal arts college.Thanks to generous funding from the Cushwa Center at the University of Notre Dame, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access (OA) volumes from Cornell Open (cornellopen.org) and other Open Access repositories.

The Concept of Deity: A Comparative and Historical Study. The Wilde Lectures in Natural and Comparative Religion in the University of Oxford (Routledge Library Editions: Anthropology of Religion #2)

For good or ill, most, if not all, of the great institutions which have formed the framework of society have had their roots in the idea of Deity as a beneficent providential order of transcendental reality. In being handed down through countless generations the beliefs, concepts and customs have assumed a great variety of new outward forms in the process of transmission and development. To determine their true meaning and function as a cohesive force and as an expression of ultimate reality, the comparative and historical methods can be employed with considerable advantage. This book, first published in 1950, provides a valuable comparative study of religion.

The Concept of Deity: A Comparative and Historical Study. The Wilde Lectures in Natural and Comparative Religion in the University of Oxford (Routledge Library Editions: Anthropology of Religion #2)

For good or ill, most, if not all, of the great institutions which have formed the framework of society have had their roots in the idea of Deity as a beneficent providential order of transcendental reality. In being handed down through countless generations the beliefs, concepts and customs have assumed a great variety of new outward forms in the process of transmission and development. To determine their true meaning and function as a cohesive force and as an expression of ultimate reality, the comparative and historical methods can be employed with considerable advantage. This book, first published in 1950, provides a valuable comparative study of religion.