Best Selling Books by Rebecca West

In these four brilliant short novels set in America, England and Paris, Rebecca West explores the lives and relationships of rich women and men who are ruled by ''the harsh voice we hear when money talks, or hate''. There is Josie, a flower of American girlhood whose boundless ambition for wealth fatally loosens the bonds of her marriage to Corrie. There is Etienne de Sevenac, a dilettante French aristocrat whose courtly stratagems are no match for Nancy Sarle - a plain but powerful American businesswoman. There is Alice Pemberton, a sensible Englishwoman - the very salt of the earth - but a petty tyrant in her gracious Georgian home. And lastly there is Sam Hartley, an American businessman who has fought his way to riches with his wife at his side, but whose life is now haunted by an abiding vision of beautiful young women.

Mary en Rose is het tweede deel van de Aubrey-trilogie, die vertelt over de excentrieke, intellectuele familie Aubrey. Moeder Clare heeft door een slimmigheid wat geld verdiend en de familie Aubrey geniet nu van kleine luxes. De kinderen zijn opgegroeid tot tieners: de tweeling Mary en Rose zit op een muziekacademie in Londen en ontdekt een wereld aan muziekleraren en concertzalen, maar ervaart ook de onromantische hardheid van het leven als professioneel pianist. Hun broer, Richard Quin, lijkt voorbestemd voor literaire grootsheid in Oxford. Hun oudere zus Cordelia heeft haar artistieke ambities opgegeven om te trouwen en nicht Rosamund werkt als verpleegkundige. Maar als de Eerste Wereldoorlog uitbreekt en zijn donkere schaduw over de wereld werpt, worden alle zwaarbevochten zekerheden van de familie Aubrey aan het wankelen gebracht.

Given the increasing diversity of the United States and students entering schools, the value of teacher learning in clinical contexts, and the need to elevate the profession, national organizations have been calling for a re-envisioning of teacher preparation that turns teacher education upside down. This change will require PK-12 schools and universities to partner in robust ways to create strong professional learning experiences for aspiring teachers. University faculty, in particular, will not only need to work?in?schools, but they will need to work?with?schools in the preparation of future teachers. This collaboration should promote greater equity and justice for our nation’s students. The purpose of this book is to support individuals in designing clinically based teacher preparation programs that place equity at the core. Drawing from the literature as well as our experiences in designing and coordinating award-winning teacher?education programs, we offer a vision for equity-centered, clinically based preparation that promotes powerful teacher professional learning and develops high-quality, equity-centered teachers for schools. The chapter topics include policy guidelines, partnerships, intentional clinical experiences, coherence, curriculum and coursework, university-based teacher educators, school-based teacher educators, teacher candidate supervision and evaluation, the role of research, and instructional leadership in teacher preparation. While the concepts we share are research-based and grounded in the empirical literature, our primary intention is for this book to be of practical use. We hope that by the time you finish reading, you will feel inspired and equipped to make change within your own program, your institution, and your local context. We begin each chapter with a “Before You Read” section that includes introductory activities or self-assessment questions to prompt reflection about the current state of your teacher preparation program. We also weave examples, a “Spotlight from Practice,” in the form of vignettes designed to spark your thinking for program improvement. Finally, we conclude each chapter with a section called “Exercises for Action,” which are questions or activities to help you (re)imagine and move toward action in the (re)design of your teacher preparation program. We hope that you will use the exercises by yourself, but perhaps more importantly, with others to stimulate conversations about how you can build upon what you are already doing well to make your program even better. Praise for (Re)Designing Programs: A Vision for Equity-Centered, Clinically Based Teacher Preparation: "Jennifer Jacobs and Rebecca West Burns’ book, “(Re)Designing Programs: A Vision for Equity-Centered, Clinically Based Teacher Preparation,” is a must-read for all teacher educators, especially those involved in the creation and/or direction of clinically based teacher education programs. Their text provides a roadmap for higher education and school-based teacher educators to collaboratively design a program that prepares teachers to meet the needs of future students. They not only redefine the terms and language we use within clinical practice programs but also encourage us to reflect upon how teachers should be prepared in an equity-centered, clinically based teacher education program. Their text deserves to be on the book shelves of all teacher educators." - D. John McIntyre

Rosamund is het derde en laatste deel van de Aubrey-trilogie, die vertelt over de excentrieke, intellectuele familie Aubrey. In de jaren na de Eerste Wereldoorlog reizen Mary en Rose, nu twee beroemde pianisten, door Amerika. Ze verblijven in de meest exclusieve hotels en worden als sterren ontvangen op feesten, waar champagne rijkelijk vloeit en de gasten charmant en bevoorrecht zijn. Maar luxe en succes zijn niet alles, want in deze wereld lijkt niemand echt liefde voor muziek te hebben. De oorlog heeft bij Mary en Rose diepe sporen achtergelaten en ze zijn niet in staat de kloof tussen heden en verleden te overbruggen. Als nicht Rosamund een plotse keuze maakt, moeten ze heroverwegen wat familie en liefde voor hen betekenen. In Rosamund volgen we hun pijnlijke reis naar emotionele en artistieke volwassenheid.

Congress regularly enacts laws that benefit particular groups or localities while imposing costs on everyone else. Sometimes, however, Congress breaks free of such parochial concerns and enacts bills that serve the general public, not just special interest groups. In this important and original book, R. Douglas Arnold offers a theory that explains not only why special interests frequently triumph but also why the general public sometimes wins. By showing how legislative leaders build coalitions for both types of programs, he illuminates recent legislative decisions in such areas as economic, tax, and energy policy. Arnold''s theory of policy making rests on a reinterpretation of the relationship between legislators'' actions and their constituents'' policy preferences. Most scholars explore the impact that citizens'' existing policy preferences have on legislators'' decisions. They ignore citizens who have no opinions because they assume that uninformed citizens cannot possibly affect legislators'' choices. Arnold examines the influence of citizens'' potential preferences, however, and argues that legislators also respond to these preferences in order to avoid future electoral problems. He shows how legislators estimate the political consequences of their voting decisions, taking into account both the existing preferences of attentive citizens and the potential preferences of inattentive citizens. He then analyzes how coalition leaders manipulate the legislative situation in order to make it attractive for legislators to support a general interest bill.

In this modern fairy tale, Rebecca West transports her reader with a tale of the polar opposites of mind and spirit, love and power Harriet Hume’s unchanging beauty and commitment to her art stand in stark contrast to Arnold Condorex’s more worldly goals. After a romantic tryst, she discovers that she can read his mind, but Arnold, with his sights set on moving up in the world, quickly parts from the mysterious lady. As they encounter each other over the years, Harriet’s intuitive powers continue to unsettle Arnold, opening his eyes to the darker elements of his political and financial aspirations, even as he remains drawn to her. Beautifully drawn and filled with magical touches, West’s fantasy explores innate and learned gender roles, as her characters uncover the mystery surrounding their otherworldly connection.

This comprehensive handbook provides adaptable assessment and documentation processes for social skill development in music therapy group sessions for children with developmental disabilities. It also includes a CD-ROM of forms and tools, as well as songs that help to facilitate social interaction.

A powerful and prescient exploration of what constitutes betrayal, treason, and loyalty, with incisive commentary on the political and social changes of the 20th century. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Els lluminosos anys vint van apagant-se, i ja s''albira la foscor de la Gran Depressió. La Mary i la Rose s''han convertit en pianistes d''èxit, i viatgen pels Estats Units, allotjant-se als hotels més exclusius i anant a les festes més selectes, on el xampany raja a dojo i on els convidats són d''allò més encantadors i fascinants. Totes dues germanes es troben immerses en un món de luxe extravagant i excessos, habitat per falsos filantrops, experts musicals que no passen d''un diletantisme del tot mediocre. Però el que de veritat impedeix a les dues germanes refer les seves vides és la desaparició de la seva mare i el seu estimat germà. La Rosamund, l''altre gran pilar, és a punt de desaparèixer en un matrimoni sòrdid i insípid. Cada vegada més la Rose i la Mary esdevenen el refugi de l''altra en un món estrany. La certesa d''aquesta vida que s''ha fet estranya farà que la Mary busqui refugi, cada cop més, en el seu interior; la Rose, en canvi, de manera sobtada, descobreix l''amor, i tot un món que li havia estat desconegut. Tercer i últim títol que tanca la trilogia de la família Aubrey, «d''una dels gegants de la literatura anglesa del segle xx», segons The New Yorker. «Un dels millors llibres del segle xx.» Alessandro Baricco «Un autèntic gegant del seu moment, tant pel que va escriure com pel que va representar.» Vanity Fair

In una casa signorile sulle colline inglesi Kitty e Jenny, come molte connazionali, attendono trepidanti il ritorno di un uomo. Il soldato Chris Baldry, marito di Kitty e cugino di Jenny, si trova «da qualche parte in Francia» a combattere. Nessuna delle due immagina che a varcare la soglia sarà un estraneo, un uomo segnato dalla guerra in maniera indelebile, illeso nel corpo ma dalla psiche martoriata. Insieme al ricordo delle granate e delle membra dilaniate di tanti commilitoni, il trentaseienne Chris ha rimosso gli ultimi quindici anni della propria vita: non rammenta nulla del matrimonio con l’aristocratica Kitty né della tragica perdita del loro figlio, avvenuta poco prima della guerra. I suoi ricordi si fermano alle estati della giovinezza nella casa di famiglia e al primo amore, quello per Margaret, la figlia di un fattore locale. È a lei che scrive annunciando il proprio ritorno imminente e, per un crudele scherzo del destino, è proprio da lei che Kitty e Jenny ricevono la notizia. Le due donne dovranno affrontare una scelta difficile: lasciare che Chris rimanga felicemente inconsapevole della sua vera vita o aiutarlo a richiamare alla memoria i traumi del passato. Il ritorno del soldato, dal quale fu tratto l’omonimo film del 1982, racconta la lotta di un uomo reduce dalla prima guerra mondiale e quella delle due donne che lo amano. Pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1918, l’esordio di Rebecca West, grazie al quale la critica la salutò come una delle scrittrici più promettenti del nuovo secolo, è uno straordinario romanzo sulla guerra e le sue conseguenze nella vita delle persone. «Senza mai cadere in facili sentimentalismi, Rebecca West ritrae il potere redentore dell’amore». Pat Barker «Ammaliante... probabilmente il suo romanzo migliore». «The Sunday Times» «Rebecca West è stata una dei giganti della letteratura inglese e vi avrà un posto per sempre. Nessuno in questo secolo ha usato una prosa più abbagliante, o ha avuto più spirito, o ha osservato le tortuosità del carattere umano e gli aspetti del mondo in maniera più intelligente». «The New Yorker»