Best Selling Books by David Lynch

Improving Schools with Blended Learning is specifically designed to address the important issues needed to successfully modernise education within the context of technological change. It does this by first providing a clear roadmap for designing Blended Learning environments able to respond to the technological imperatives challenging schools at present, and then illustrating this roadmap via specific, original research that details the ''how to'' aspects of a successful technology-based design process. School leaders, teachers, teacher education students and researchers will all find highly relevant information about how to manage for disruption in the new and informative approach to Blended Learning (BL) they will discover in this book. This book arose from two different research projects the authors have been pursuing over the last 3–5 years, including school improvement research and Blended Learning research designed to investigate the role of technology in effective teaching and learning. By combining the insights gained from these two different research areas, this book is able to present a novel understanding of BL that is both insightful and clearly evidence-based. Improving Schools with Blended Learning also provides several original contributions to specific knowledge in the areas of BL and school improvement that most educators will find highly useful, including the use of BL schemas, a clear and extended BL continuum, how to measure and evaluate the success of BL, how to scaffold teacher ICT knowledge and skills, and a specific process for contextualising applied BL in relation to the ‘disruption’ imperatives of the Knowledge Economy.

How might schools harness technological innovation for classroom effects? In this book the authors seek to answer this question by introducing and investigating the concept of Blended Learning through a review of current research literature. In this book, the authors consolidate the current state of Blended Learning research, by defining what is meant by Blended Learning before discussing specific technologies used in Blended Learning, the professional development required of teachers and how to implement whole of school Blended Learning regimes in schools. The book includes descriptions of popular Blended Learning models with real-world examples of their implementation, addressing both student and teacher perspectives. This book will serve as a guide to hastening the progress of Blended Learning towards the improvement of student outcomes in a world of continuous technological innovation and social change.

How do I plan my classroom curriculum so that all my students benefit? Where should I start? What are the important considerations? What should I be aiming for? How do I ensure that my teaching is effective? These are some of the questions teachers invariably ask? In the complex and challenging environment, that is the classroom in the Knowledge Age, having the personal capacity to design the classroom curriculum so that all students make the required learning gains is the today''s benchmark for teaching success. The authors provide an insight into how to design the classroom curriculum so that all students make the required learning gains. The book provides a detailed understanding of the theory and practice of curriculum and programming and step by step instructions and design resources to enable an easy understanding of the classroom curriculum design process.The book is supported by the publisher''s Book Resources Section.

Drawing on ten years of research into whole-of-school teaching improvement, this engaging text explains what teaching improvement requires, how it is achieved, and how to maintain it in your classroom and school. Based on studies involving real schools and real teachers, The Teaching Improvement Agenda is focused on what really matters for teachers and leaders in today’s schools. The book begins with an examination of the education field to identify the fundamental elements which inform and generate teaching improvement. This lays the foundations for an instructive set of innovative, research-informed strategies which have been designed to empower the teacher and school leader to improve teaching across the whole school. The book closes with a series of case studies that demonstrate these approaches in action. Answering the "what?" and "how?" questions of teaching improvement, this book is an essential guide for school leaders and teachers, as well as instructors and students in initial teacher education.

This book case studies schools and universities, in Australia and elsewhere, as they respond to changes in society and the economy that are generated by the Knowledge Economy. Chapters by academics, scholars and community leaders unravel the circumstances of education and provide an analysis of an education system struggling to find its way in a period of rapid social movement. To illustrate their ideas, chapter authors offer examples of innovations and the logistics necessary to change the current system of educationin school, community and university levels.

From the people who turned teacher education on its ear in Australia in 2001 comes a text about preparing the next generation of teachers. Richard Smith and David Lynch, two of Australia''s leading teacher education researchers and the architects of the acclaimed Bachelor of Learning Management program (BLM), take their previously published ideas about teaching and teacher education further to detail a new paradigm in the preparation of teachers. Drawing on 30 years of teacher education research and their own experiences in redeveloping teacher education in Australia, Smith and Lynch explore what it means to be a teacher in the 2000s, outlining a new vision for the preparation of teachers in a Knowledge Age.

Delves into the internal politics and personalities that brought life to the Irish Socialist Republican Party. The political significance of the organisation led by James Connolly is viewed in both the international and national sphere. The legacy of theISRP has had an impact on the left wing and republican movements in Ireland for many decades.

Over the past 30 years high-resolution CT (HRCT) has matured to become an integral part of the multidisciplinary evaluation in diffuse lung disease. In this regard, Webb, Muller and Naidich’s High-Resolution CT of the Lung, 6th Edition, is a ‘gold standard’ reference that aims to keep radiologists and pulmonologists alike at the cutting edge of the ever-evolving field of thoracic imaging. The new US-European author team continues the tradition of excellence which readers have come to expect while the underlying layout and ethos — established by the ‘founding’ author team — remain. The new edition aims to brings readers up to date not only with recent advances but also with the important conceptual changes in thinking in various fields of thoracic imaging. Also featured in this updated edition is authoritative guidance on HRCT findings and differential diagnosis, as well as the characteristics of the common lung diseases assessed using HRCT, all enhanced by a multitude of new images and updated content throughout.

De onde vêm as ideias? Neste livro Em Águas Profundas, David Lynch, o aclamado cineasta, abre uma rara e preciosa janela para conhecermos seus métodos como artista, seu estilo pessoal de trabalhar e o valiosos estímulo criativo que lhe proporciona a prática da meditação. Lynch descreve a experiência de "mergulhar em si mesmo" e de "pescar ideias" como se pescam peixes e, depois, como aplicar essas ideias na televisão, no cinema, e nos outros meios criativos com que trabalha, como pintura, música e desenho. David Lynch aborda pela primeira vez o seu comprometimento de três décadas com a Meditação Transcendental e o consequente impacto que isso teve para a expansão de todo o seu processo criativo. Em capítulos curtos e objetivos, Lynch explica o processo de desenvolvimento de suas ideias: de onde vêm, como são capturadas e como as melhores surgem. E demonstra como põe suas ideias em prática e como se relaciona com as pessoas ao seu redor. Por fim, analisa o eu interior e o mundo exterior – e como o processo de "mergulhar em si mesmo" contribuiu para alcançar a extraordinária qualidade do seu trabalho. Em Águas Profundas constitui uma verdadeira revelação para a legião de admiradores que há tempos quer compreender melhor a visão pessoal de David Lynch. E, sem dúvida, esta obra é igualmente intrigante para os que desejam nutrir e fortalecer a sua própria capacidade criativa.

Neotřelá kombinace biografie a memoáru dokazuje, že ani kniha o životě a díle geniálního režiséra Davida Lynche nemůže být obyčejná. Vůbec poprvé odkrývá okolnosti zrodu jeho smělých filmových vizí, jako jsou Městečko Twin Peaks, Sloní muž, Mazací hlava, Lost Highway nebo Mulholland Drive. Životopis napsala novinářka Kristine McKennová na základě více než stovky rozhovorů s Lynchovými přáteli, rodinnými příslušníky, bývalými manželkami, herci, agenty, hudebníky a dalšími spolupracovníky. Do textu však vstupuje sám Lynch svými upřímnými komentáři, překvapí například vzpomínkou na pražské natáčení hudby k Modrému sametu nebo zábavnými i ledacos odkrývajícími historkami z dětství a studentských let. Text doprovází téměř stovka unikátních fotografií z Lynchovy soukromé sbírky. Kniha tak pohltí nováčky i lynchovské fanatiky.

Dans ces mémoires uniques et hybrides, qui sont aussi particulières que l’homme lui-même, Lynch se confie pour la première fois sur sa vie, toujours en quête d’une vision singulière, et sur les nombreux chagrins d’amour et épreuves qu’il a affrontés pour mener à bien ses projets peu orthodoxes, parfois avec succès, parfois sans. Les réflexions lyriques, intensément intimes et sans aucun filtre de Lynch sont précédées de sections biographiques, écrites par sa proche collaboratrice Kristine McKenna et basées sur plus de cent interviews inédites avec des membres de sa famille, des acteurs, des agents, des musiciens et des collègues dans plusieurs domaines, qui ont chacun leur propre version de ce qu’il s’est passé. Room to dream est un livre-monument qui offre un exceptionnel et accessible voyage dans la vie et l’esprit de l’un des artistes vivants les plus timides, énigmatiques et authentiques. Traduit de l’anglais par Carole Delporte et Johan Frederik Hel Guedj

David Lynch realiza una original incursión en el género biográfico. Un libro magnético y particular. Espacio para soñar ofrece una mirada insólita a la vida personal y creativa del cineasta David Lynch, a través de sus propias palabras y las de sus colegas más próximos, amigos y parientes. En este libro singular, a caballo entre la biografía y las memorias, David Lynch se sincera por primera vez acerca de una vida dedicada a perseguir un imaginario único, deteniéndose en las penurias y las luchas que soportó para llevar a buen puerto sus proyectos heterodoxos. Las reflexiones de Lynch --líricas, íntimas y sin tapujos-- parten, capítulo tras capítulo, de las secciones biográficas que aporta su estrecha colaboradora Kristine McKenna, sustentadas en más de cien entrevistas inéditas con ex mujeres sorprendentemente francas, miembros de su familia, actores, agentes, músicos y colegas en todo tipo de disciplinas, cada uno con su propia versión de lo ocurrido. Espacio para soñar es un libro llamado a no perecer jamás, un pase exclusivo a las bambalinas de la vida y la mente de uno de los artistas más enigmáticos y sustancialmente originales de nuestro tiempo. La crítica ha dicho... «Si esperaban que la biografía de David Lynch fuese como cualquier otra, es que nunca han visto una de sus películas. Un libro fascinante.» The New York Times «E spacio para soñar bien podría ser el evangelio según David Lynch. Aquí hay infinidad de informaciones inéditas incluso para los más fanáticos. Y todo estácontado con el formidable encanto del cineasta, una mezcla de entusiasmo juvenil y sabidurá cósmica.» The Washington Post «Las memorias de David Lynch iluminan los orígenes de su arte. El humor y las excentricidades de sus recuerdos y observaciones son uno de los innegables atractivos de este libro.» The Economist «Lynch es todo un maestro para los locos perversos e inquietantes, y también para los locos del montón.» The Sunday Times «Un libro gozosamente fuera de lo convencional. Lynch escribe como habla. Esplana y llanamente directo, alegremente profano y se entusiasma repentinamente con lo más inesperado.» The Big Issue «Descubrimos o redescubrimos aspectos singulares de su singular personalidad, todo ello desde una perspectiva honesta, algo excéntrica y también a ratos divertida y cálida. [...] A medio camino entre la biografía y las memorias, es un documento esencial para comprender mejor su a veces incomprensible universo.» Fotogramas «Para los que aman el delirio cinematográfico lynchiano. Espacio para soñar acaba por convertirse en un artefacto biográfico curioso e inevitablemente extraño.» Zenda Libros

En Atrapa el pez dorado el director de cine David Lynch abre una ventana a su mente y nos muestra su particular forma de crear. Atrapa el pez dorado es un ensayo sobre el origen de las ideas y la creatividad que el cineasta americano aplica a su universo personal. El punto de partida del libro es la meditación, algo que le apasiona desde hace años y cuya práctica ha marcado su proceso creativo. Es, también, un compendio de pensamientos que busca fomentar la creatividad y en el que David Lynch aboga por dejar trabajar a la intuición, a la vez que va revelando, de forma ágil y amena, detalles sobre su carrera, sus películas, Hollywood, etc. Música, pintura, películas. Lynch enlaza temas y lanza ideas. Esas ideas que, según él, son como peces persiguiendo el cebo del deseo. Reseñas: «Ideas sobre la meditación al servicio de la creatividad.» Miqui Otero, El País «Atrapa el pez dorado desvela, a su manera, uno de los mecanismos creativos más legendarios del cine moderno: cómo se le ocurren las ideas a David Lynch y cómo logra transformar ideas abstractas en imágenes gracias a la intuición.» Carlos Prieto, El Confidencial

Ontdek de kracht van meditatie voor creativiteit in dit boek. Leer hoe meditatie je inspiratie vergroot en nieuwe ideeën laat bloeien. Een gids voor creatieve geesten. ‘Met dit boek onthult Lynch de bron van creativiteit.’ – 8weekly Alles gaat steeds sneller en soms lijkt het alsof de wereld aan je voorbij gaat. In Meditatie en creativiteit beschrijft wereldberoemd regisseur David Lynch de positieve effecten die mediteren op zijn artistieke leven hebben. Lynch laat zien hoe meditatie, inspiratie, en soms puur toeval hebben bijgedragen aan meesterwerken zoals Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet en Twin Peaks. Aan de hand van deze befaamde films illustreert Lynch in korte en toegankelijke teksten hoe je ruimte schept voor nieuwe ideeën, twijfels over creativiteit overwint, en hoe je opnieuw inspiratie vindt als je vastzit. ''Lynch schrijft losjes over het effect van meditatie, met af toe prachtige metaforen, zoals die over de vissen. Ben je op zoek naar kleine vissen dan kun je gerust in ondiep water blijven. Maar wie grote vissen wil vangen, moet naar dieper water.'' - Trouw

Um mergulho sem precedentes na vida pessoal e criativa do visionário cineasta David Lynch, por meio de suas próprias palavras e do olhar de colegas de trabalho, família e amigos. Uma combinação única de biografia e memórias, talvez Espaço para sonhar seja mais precisamente descrito como uma história oral da carreira de Lynch. O livro traz intercalados capítulos escritos por Kristine McKenna pelo próprio cineasta, mesclando depoimentos de familiares, amigos e profissionais que trabalharam com Lynch e a perspectiva do próprio diretor. O resultado é um livro que acompanha o estilo único e a reverência peculiar de Lynch, uma obra singular que dá ao leitor acesso único à vida e à mente de um dos artistas vivos mais originais e enigmáticos da atualidade.

Ein einzigartiger Einblick in das persönliche und kreative Leben des visionären Künstlers David Lynch, erzählt von ihm selbst und seinen engsten Kollegen, Freunden und Verwandten. In einer faszinierenden Mischung aus Biografie und Memoire schreibt David Lynch erstmals über seine vielen Kämpfe und auch Niederlagen; wie kompliziert es oft war, seine zahlreichen unorthodoxen Projekte zu verwirklichen. Lynch kommentiert ungefiltert und auf sehr offene Art und Weise die biografischen Ausführungen seiner Co-Autorin Kristine McKenna, die für das Buch über hundert Interviews mit erstaunlich gesprächigen Ex-Frauen, Familienmitgliedern, Schauspielern, Agenten, Musikern und sonstigen Kollegen geführt hat. Traumwelten ist ein besonderes Buch, das dem Leser eine tiefe Einsicht in das Leben und die Gedankenwelt eines der schillerndsten und originellsten Künstlers unserer Zeit gewährt.