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Grammar School Boy
This memoir covers the first twenty years of the life of the author, a retired university professor, from when he was born in October 1941 during WW2 to when he went up to university in October 1961.
Political Ties
These poems explore current concerns about the quality of human relationships in a digital age, the subtle influence of neo-liberal ideology, the psychology of the impact of terrorism and modern warfare, and the fragility of identity in the postmodern era. Some derive from the author’s experience as a psychologist working with a variety of emotional and behavioural difficulties. They reflect doubts and ambiguities about the validity of the expert’s knowledge and the reliability of judgements on the causes and moral status of so-called 'deviant' behaviour. The poems are full of both light and dark humour, irony, contradictory 'voices', surreal elements and apt but often provocative metaph...
A Curriculum for Life
Quickie (education, U. of Sheffield) agrees that schools of the near future must teach literacy, numeracy, and other skills, but wonders what else children need to learn to life in the present and coming society. He proposes his curriculum for life as an alternative to the British National Curriculum, and focuses on such themes as social development, thinking skills, parenting, citizenship, and work related learning. Distributed in the US by Taylor and Francis. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Disability in Modern Children's Fiction
First published in 1985, Disability in Modern Children’s Fiction presents a case for the inclusion of a planned element in the mainstream curriculum, specifically designed to encourage positive attitudes and actions towards children with special needs, and for utilising the possibilities inherent in fiction for helping all children to explore their thoughts and feelings in this area. The central chapters of the book are concerned with a critical examination of specific texts, focusing on how they deal with disability in a story context. Books are grouped for discussion under common themes which have been teased out according to their contemporary relevance: the effects on the family of a s...
Lease, 1760 July 14, to Mary Withell
Jane Quicke, along with John Quicke, John Rous and Thomas Rous lease Withell a dwelling house at Bourn Stream, Gloucestershire, along with the barn, stable, must millhouse, and 21 acres, for the sum of five shillings. A nominal rent of one peppercorn is reserved. Witnessed by W[illia]m Webley, Jim [Jem?] Loudon, Benj[ami]n Walmsley, Jos[eph] Hawkey and Cha[rle]s Hobbyn. Family relationships of Rous family are given in tracing the chain of title.
Magna Britannia
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