New Releases by Helen Taylor

Helen Taylor is the author of Chasing Guano: The Discovery of a Penguin Supercolony (How Nature Works) (2024), Community Schools (2023), Exposing Pathways to Deception in the Lives of Believers (2021), Father's Day Animals Coloring Book For Kids Ages 4-8 (2021), Projects Assisting Victims' Experience and Recovery (PAVER) Review (2021).

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Chasing Guano: The Discovery of a Penguin Supercolony (How Nature Works)

release date: Jul 30, 2024
Chasing Guano: The Discovery of a Penguin Supercolony (How Nature Works)
When scientist Heather Lynch came across a satellite image of the Antarctic Peninsula''s remote Danger Islands streaked with pink, she knew exactly what she was looking at. . . . Poop—guano, to be more specific—and a lot of it. The culprit, she suspected, was a previously unnoticed colony of penguins. A big one. And their favorite food appeared to be pink krill. For a closer look, Heather built a team for an expedition to the Danger Islands, an area notorious for its unpredictable sea ice. Their mission was to count the penguins, determine how long ago the colony was established, and make a case for protecting their habitat from overfishing and other threats. Penguins are particularly important to study because, as indicator species, they can alert scientists to issues affecting the larger ecosystem. Join Heather and her team on a fascinating exploration of these remote islands as they discover a “supercolony” home to one of the world’s largest populations of Adélie penguins. Features team photos from the expedition!

Community Schools

release date: Jul 07, 2023
Community Schools
Schools have the potential to empower communities by connecting people better with the places they live. But how can these benefits be baked into a design brief? As complex institutions, schools not only provide education and pastoral care for children, as they grow and develop, but also act as workplaces for staff and civic assets or hubs for the wider community. Yet they''re not often perceived to be critical infrastructure. Community Schools reconsiders what is required from physical school environments, building on the learning gathered from the sector over the past two decades. To meet the new social, environmental and economic challenges it advocates designing differently, both in terms of the form that buildings take and the evaluation of their impact and performance. By calling for a reframing of the way that schools are regarded as community-wide amenities, this book explores the potential for architects to deliver design in a manner that supports healthy lifestyles and promotes wellbeing. Through encouraging social connections, new possibilities open up for educational facilities to become open, welcoming and inclusive. Featuring: Over 12 international case studies from practices including: Architype, Argyll + Bute, Bogle Architects, DRMM, Revaerk, Scott Brownrigg and XDGA Key themes of wellbeing, connectivity, inclusion, indicators and evaluation Practical guidance and learning points throughout A new design brief for community schools

Exposing Pathways to Deception in the Lives of Believers

release date: Oct 13, 2021
Exposing Pathways to Deception in the Lives of Believers
The title mentions exposing pathways to Deception. Deception is a process, a road, a path. We need a map, a compass, and a way of knowing the difference between Deception and Truth. But what kind of Truth? Truth that helps us succeed only in this life, or truth that prepares us to live for eternity in a presently invisible System of Reality? Shouldn’t we listen and obey this God who, from the invisible realms, reveals Himself to us through an objective Truth Source called the Bible, & His Son, Jesus, and His Holy Spirit?

Father's Day Animals Coloring Book For Kids Ages 4-8

release date: May 22, 2021
Father's Day Animals Coloring Book For Kids Ages 4-8
★Looking For A Funny And Beautiful Coloring Book For Your Kids!!★ This Book Has Lovely Father''s Day Animals Coloring Pages For Kids Draw Coloring Pages that coloring pictures is a simple task, however, psychologists believe that it makes a huge contribution in the development of the body. What You Will Find This Book: Cover: Premium glossy cover design Book Size: 8.5 x 11 Interior: Printed High Quality On Bright White page: 64 Single-sided Pages Amazing Artwork and design A nice large format (A4 size) for small hands to enjoy. All designs are printed on a single side, with a special blank page behind, to assist with removal for framing or display and minimize bleed through ★The Perfect Father''s Day Gift ★

Projects Assisting Victims' Experience and Recovery (PAVER) Review

release date: Jan 01, 2021

The Humming Hive

release date: Nov 19, 2020
The Humming Hive
A collection of short prose and poetry, autobiographical and fictional.

Why Women Read Fiction

release date: Dec 05, 2019
Why Women Read Fiction
Ian McEwan once said, ''When women stop reading, the novel will be dead.'' This book explains how precious fiction is to contemporary women readers, and how they draw on it to tell the stories of their lives. Female readers are key to the future of fiction and—as parents, teachers, and librarians—the glue for a literate society. Women treasure the chance to read alone, but have also gregariously shared reading experiences and memories with mothers, daughters, grandchildren, and female friends. For so many, reading novels and short stories enables them to escape and to spread their wings intellectually and emotionally. This book, written by an experienced teacher, scholar of women''s writing, and literature festival director, draws on over 500 interviews with and questionnaires from women readers and writers. It describes how, where, and when British women read fiction, and examines why stories and writers influence the way female readers understand and shape their own life stories. Taylor explores why women are the main buyers and readers of fiction, members of book clubs, attendees at literary festivals, and organisers of days out to fictional sites and writers'' homes. The book analyses the special appeal and changing readership of the genres of romance, erotica, and crime. It also illuminates the reasons for British women''s abiding love of two favourite novels, Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre. Taylor offers a cornucopia of witty and wise women''s voices, of both readers themselves and also writers such as Hilary Mantel, Helen Dunmore, Katie Fforde, and Sarah Dunant. The book helps us understand why—in Jackie Kay''s words—''our lives are mapped by books.''

Gone With the Wind

release date: Jul 25, 2019
Gone With the Wind
Gone with the Wind (1939) is one of the greatest films of all time - the best-known of Hollywood''s Golden Age and a work that has, in popular imagination, defined southern American history for three-quarters of a century. Drawing on three decades of pertinent research, Helen Taylor charts the film''s production history, reception and legacy.

Social Justice in Contemporary Housing

release date: Sep 03, 2018
Social Justice in Contemporary Housing
Philosophy is not usually seen as a guidance for modern housing policy, but in this new book, Dr Helen Taylor argues that there is something innovative, unusual, and worth discussing about the application of philosophy to housing. The philosophical framework used within this book is John Rawls’ conception of justice as fairness. The UK has gone through several shifts in housing policy over the past decade, most recently by introducing the controversial ‘Bedroom Tax’, in an effort to make more cuts to benefits and social welfare. Social Justice in Contemporary Housing: Applying Rawls’ Difference Principle suggests that by using ideas of agency we can understand the impact that social policy has on individuals and wider society. The work outlines the liberal principle of legitimacy and argues that Rawls’ concept of reasonableness can, and should, be used to justify the intervention of policy in individuals’ lives. This book will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students of housing as well as philosophy and social policy, and also those working around the creation and implementation of social housing in the UK.

The Backstreets of Purgatory

release date: Jul 12, 2018
The Backstreets of Purgatory
Finn Garvie''s life is one spectacular mess. He spends most of his time fannying around a makeshift Glasgow studio, failing to paint his degree portfolio, while his girlfriend Lizzi treats him like one of her psychology patients, and his best friend Rob is convinced that the tattoos he designs are the height of artistic achievement. To top it all, Finn is worried that some stinking bastard is hanging around, spying on him, laughing at his cock-ups and eating his leftover curry. Fortunately, he has plenty of techniques to distract him - tackling the church hall renovations with the help of his alcoholic neighbour; pining after Kassia, the splendidly stroppy au-pair; and re-reading that book on Caravaggio, his all-time hero. Things take a turn for the strange when he finally encounters the person who''s been bugging him, and it seems to be none other than Caravaggio himself... Art, truth and madness come to blows in this darkly funny debut novel from a startling new talent.

Three Essays on Religion. [1874]

release date: Nov 09, 2017
Three Essays on Religion. [1874]
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Refugees and the Meaning of Home

release date: Nov 03, 2015
Refugees and the Meaning of Home
This book explores the meaning of home for Cypriot refugees living in London since their island was torn apart by war. Taking an innovative approach, it looks at how spaces, time, social networks and sensory experiences come together as home is constructed. It places refugee narratives at its centre to reveal the agency of those forced to migrate.

Coming Home

release date: Oct 19, 2015
Coming Home
We all love a new recipe, don''t we? Try this one for a southern fried good time. Take one over-the-hill and slightly overweight ex-model who has moved home to the rural south from New York to write a cookbook, Add one red-neck carpenter and throw in a cute little dog. Mix well with some country songs, southern cooking, a few funny, and not so funny happenings along with way. Serve with a mixture of guitar players and meddling neighbors. Told in Helen''s down home narrative style this southern romance is sure to bring a smile to your face and tears to your eyes. Helen''s writing style has been described as ''painting a story with words.'' She describes the story as, " A little bit corny, a whole lot of country and wash tub full of fun."

The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle, Volume 2

release date: Sep 21, 2015
The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle, Volume 2
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Becoming a Primary Mathematics Specialist Teacher

release date: Aug 15, 2013
Becoming a Primary Mathematics Specialist Teacher
What is the role of the mathematics specialist? What is deep subject knowledge in mathematics? What sort of pedagogical knowledge does a mathematics specialist need? How can you best support your colleagues to improve mathematics teaching and learning? Becoming a Primary Mathematics Specialist Teacher helps you explore the role of the specialist in promoting positive attitudes towards mathematics and developing the teaching and learning of mathematics in your primary school. Illustrated throughout with classroom-based examples and referenced to relevant research, it is designed to support your development as a reflective practitioner who can confidently review and develop practice in your own classroom, as well as challenge and move the whole school forward through collaborative professional development. Essential topics explored include: The nature of the role of the primary mathematics specialist Understanding how attitudes to mathematics evolve, and why it is crucial to challenge and change negativity What we mean by deep subject knowledge in primary mathematics Pedagogical knowledge of how mathematics is taught and learned The skills of coaching and mentoring to support teachers and teaching assistants Unpicking the principles of progression for high quality teaching in all years groups The key features of deep subject knowledge and pedagogy in three areas of the curriculum: multiplication, time and data handling. Becoming a Primary Mathematics Specialist Teacher is an essential source of guidance and ideas for all primary school teachers aiming to achieve Mathematics Specialist status or already taking this role, those studying primary mathematics as a specialism and at masters level, and for all primary mathematics co-ordinators.

African American Criminological Thought

release date: Feb 01, 2012
African American Criminological Thought
This landmark book presents the contributions of African Americans past and present to understanding crime, criminological theory, and the administration of justice. The authors devote individual chapters to African American pioneers Ida B. Wells-Barnett, W. E. B. Du Bois, E. Franklin Frazier, and Monroe N. Work, and contemporary scholars Lee P. Brown, Daniel Georges-Abeyie, Darnell F. Hawkins, Coramae Richey Mann, William Julius Wilson, and Vernetta D. Young. Included for each individual are a biography, information on their contributions to criminological thought, and a list of selected references. A wide range of issues are covered such as lynching, the convict lease system, homicide, female crime and delinquency, terrorism, community policing, the black ethnic monolith paradigm, and explanations of criminality.

The Family of Frederick and Elizabeth Williams

release date: Jan 01, 2011

Succeeding on Your Primary PGCE

release date: Sep 14, 2010
Succeeding on Your Primary PGCE
Studying for a Primary Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) can be demanding, but this book will help you to succeed on this intensive and challenging course. By showing you how to make the most of your time on the PGCE, the book encourages you to take a positive and proactive approach to your studies, and to reflect on and learn from your experiences. Packed with advice on how to make the most of your lectures, tutorials, assignments, placements, and time spent with teachers, the book highlights the need for reflection, professionalism, and strong personal commitment if you are to become a good teacher.

Race and Crime

release date: Jan 01, 2009
Race and Crime
"The Second Edition of the popular Race and Crime addresses two major goals. First, the text examines the history of how racial and ethnic groups (including African Americans/Blacks, Asian Americans, Latinos/Latinas, Native Americans, and Whites) intersect with the U.S. criminal justice system. Second, the authors investigate key contemporary issues relevant to understanding the current state of race/ethnicity and crime in the United States. To achieve these goals, Race and Crime studies the historical background and current issues in the context of policing, courts, sentencing, juvenile justice, and corrections."--BOOK JACKET.

Fifty-Five Feathers

release date: Apr 06, 2008
Fifty-Five Feathers
Pukeko is worried about her friend Gecko who seems to be suffering in the cold of winter, so she asks Wise Old Tree for some advice. ''Make him a cloak of fifty-five feathers,'' she is told, and so Pukeko sets out to help her friend

Returning to Rockwell

release date: Oct 01, 2007
Returning to Rockwell
Dana Lynne O''Malley grew up believing that her grandfather was a leprechaun. After all, that was the nickname her grandmother lovingly gave him. Curiously, even as Dana becomes an adult, her grandfather never dissuades her from the fantasy. When her grandfather dies, however, it quickly becomes clear that he is indeed more than just an ordinary mortal. He rises from the dead, clad in his burial kilt, confident that he''s been sent back for a reason. Dana is struggling to move beyond the tragic death of her lesbian lover while at the same time dealing with the daunting prospect of running the Burlington Gazette , the family newspaper. She dreams of branching out and thriving as a photographer. Luckily, her grandfather''s insurance policy is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, and he''s only too happy to allocate some of the money to help his granddaughter find her passions. Travel with Dana as she traverses the country, capturing the spirit of America using the lens of her camera, much like Norman Rockwell did with his paintbrush. It''s a bittersweet journey on which she meets a beautiful Latina named Angelita Esperanza, and her life is forever changed.

Once Upon a Time in Beirut

release date: Jan 01, 2007
Once Upon a Time in Beirut
"Beirut isn''t an obvious home for a young Australian couple, but when the opportunity arose for journalist Catherine Taylor and her husband to move to Lebanon, they didn''t think twice about leaving their comfortable life in Sydney. Catherine soon fell in love with the Paris of the Middle East and became fascinated by the complexity of its people- their exuberant and loving nature seemed to belie the many dark years of bloodshed and conflict they''d endured. She set about trying to understand the region, interviewing the wives of suicide bombers, Lebanese hashish farmers, stricken Palestinians on the West Bank, female boxing contestants in Cairo, Hezbollah fighters, and even Osama bin Laden''s best friend. She also witnessed firsthand the impact of 9/11 on the region. Gradually she learnt to negotiate these very different cultures with humour and more than the occasional faux pas. When she reluctantly left after several years she vowed to return. In 2006, after the violence flared up again between Israel and Lebanon, she went back to see how her adopted country and friends had coped, and how, with their remarkable resilience, they saw the way forward."

Troubled World

release date: Oct 01, 2002
Troubled World
Certain areas in the world have been dominating headlines for decades. An understanding of the situation in these troubled regions is essential for readers, yet such understanding requires a grasp of both current events and past history. These books provide readers with the information they need on a region''s history, economy, culture, and politics in order to understand contemporary conflicts there.

African American Classics in Criminology and Criminal Justice

release date: Jan 01, 2002
African American Classics in Criminology and Criminal Justice
"This collection of writings is crucially important, in part, because it reminds us the theoretical paradigms of these and other African American scholars are excluded when crime, its causes, and its control are discussed by criminologists, criminal justice practitioners, and policy makers. To understand crime fully, the perspectives advanced by these scholars must become an integral part of discussions about who is a criminal and which public policies will best control crime." --From the forward by Anne Thomas Sulton, Ph.D, J.D. From W.E.B. Dubois through Lee Brown, this anthology provides a collection of the key articles in criminology and criminal justice written by black scholars. Available in a single volume for the first time, the articles collected in this book reflect the voices of African-American scholars and display the diversity of perspectives sought after in today''s academic community. Crime in the African-American community is examined from social, economic and political perspectives, and the historical context of each article is provided by the editors. Spanning the 20th century, these works present a historical chronology of African-American views on crime and its control with theoretical perspectives that have often been tangential to mainstream scholarship. For your courses in: Criminological Theory Race and Crime Crime and Social Policy Minorities and Criminal Justice

Circling Dixie

release date: Jan 01, 2001
Circling Dixie
For Europeans looking across the Atlantic, American culture is often the site of desire, fascination, and envy. In Britain, the rich culture of the American South has made a particularly strong impact. Helen Taylor explores the ways in which contemporary Southern culture has been enthusiastically produced and reproduced in a British context. Taylor examines some of the South''s most significant cultural exports in discussions that range across literature, music, film, television, theater, advertising, and tourism to focus on how and why Southern themes and icons have become so deeply embedded in British cultural life. The enduring legacy of Margaret Mitchell''s Gone With the Wind can be seen today in the popularity of sequels, revisions, and reworkings of the novel. The conversation between these cultures is further explored in British responses to Alex Haley''s Roots, the British theater''s special affection for Tennessee Williams''s plays, and the marketing of New Orleans as a preferred destination for European tourists. The transformation of Southern culture--itself a hybrid of the European, African, and American--as it circulates back across the Atlantic suggests not only new views of the history, racial politics, music and art of both Britain and the American South, but also an enhanced understanding of the dynamic flow of culture itself.

The Sun was the First Clock

release date: Jan 01, 1999
The Sun was the First Clock
Discusses different aspects of time and how we measure it, including clocks, calendars, time zones, day and night, the seasons, and more. Includes related activities.

A Rainbow is a Circle

release date: Jan 01, 1999
A Rainbow is a Circle
Introduces colors, exploring primary and secondary colors, recognizing colors, colors in light, and more. Includes simple projects.

You'd Never Believe it But - a Rainbow is a Circle

release date: Jan 01, 1999
You'd Never Believe it But - a Rainbow is a Circle
Introduces colors, exploring primary and secondary colors, recognizing colors, colors in light, and more. Includes simple projects.

Snowflakes Can Fall in Summer

release date: Jan 01, 1998
Snowflakes Can Fall in Summer
Explores the four seasons, discussing such topics as the difference in shadows, temperatures, and the length of days, and what happens to plants and animals at different times of the year.
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