In this perceptive examination into the inner workings of cults former member of the Jehovah's Witnesses, Robin Jackson, exposes the identifying marks and intriguing techniques cults use to win over members. Jackson uncovers the characters and beliefs of some of these groups that can very often inflict grievous harm on society. In a world that is becoming increasingly secular and disillusioned with mainstream religions, cults seem to be flourishing. According to them everybody else misses the mark. At least, that is what they claim. Cults: How They Work presents a hard hitting, yet witty look into the sometimes secretive inner workings of the cults. But be warned. This book contains information cults do not want you to acquire.

Cults: How They Work

Religion & Spirituality

Jackson, Robin

Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts

Jacko Consulting

Parents and professionals working with special needs children are often faced with difficult decisions about the best ways to educate such children. This book presents a case for holistic special education as practiced by Camphill villages and schools. Camphill’s holistic approach embraces education and therapy in a number of different forms, including all aspects of care―from nutrition and daily skills to bedtime routines―as well as craft work and medical treatment. It emphasizes the importance of the creative arts alongside core aspects of curriculum such as literacy and math. Camphill philosophy holds that the relationship between the child and the adult coworker should be one of mutual teaching and learning. It recognizes parents, not as recipients of a service, but as equal and active partners, while striving to develop the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of a child. Written by people who are actively involved in holistic special education on a daily basis, this is an honest and informative manual that will be valued by parents and professionals alike.

Holistic Special Education

Parenting & Relationships

Disabilities & Hyperactivity

Floris Books

A Guide to Scots Bird Names

Ptarmigan Press

A top secret computer intelligence organization stumbles across a virus that is propagating across computer systems around the world at an exponential rate. Written in 1992, a time when modems and bulletin board systems were the norm and the Internet was just coming into its own, Enchantress takes you into a world where bits and bytes wreak havoc and devastation in the real world. Join the team of COMPOPS as they turn their computer skills against a cyber foe while they face real world threats to their lives because of their actions in the digital realm.

Enchantress

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

"The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet." Proverbs 27:7 So there I was working diligently in the church... not that church was in me. But to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. Have you ever known someone, especially children to say "I'm hungry" and when you offer something, they say, "That's not what I want"? My response is usually. "well then you're not hungry". The above scripture from Proverbs speaks to that kind of thing, yet it clearly refers to much more than food .Let me now introduce myself. I am Passion. And believe me, I was the very meaning of the word; full of intense emotions, enthusiasm, desire, joy, and anger. Come take this journey with me and you'll see how I was missing the better part; and how Passion (me) became Purpose. The Author

From Passion To Purpose

Independently published

Archaeological investigations at Huntsman’s Quarry, Kemerton, south Worcestershire during 1995-6 recorded significant Late Bronze Age occupation areas and field systems spreading across more than 8 hectares. Limited evidence for Upper Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Beaker activity was also recovered together with an Early Bronze Age ring-ditch. Waterholes and associated round-houses, structures and pits were set within landscape of fields and droveways radiocarbon dated to the 12th–11th centuries cal BC. Elements of this field system probably predated the settlement. Substantial artifactual and ecofactual assemblages were recovered from the upper fills of the waterholes and larger pits . The settlement had a predominantly pastoral economy supported by some textile and bronze production. Ceramics included a notable proportion of non-local fabrics demonstrating that the local population enjoyed a wide range of regional contacts. Wider ranging, national exchange networks were also indicated by the presence of shale objects as well as the supply of bronze for metalworking, perhaps indicative of a site of some social status. Together the evidence indicates a small settlement within which occupation of individual areas was short-lived with the focus of the settlement shifting on a regular basis. It is proposed that this occurred on a generational basis, with each generation setting up a new ‘homestead’ with an associated waterhole. The settlement can be compared favorably to those known along the Thames Valley but until now not recognized in this part of the country. Cropmark evidence and limited other investigations indicate that the fields and droveways recorded represent a small fragment of a widespread system of boundaries established across the gravel terraces lying between Bredon Hill and the Carrant Brook. This managed and organized landscape appears to have been established for the maintenance of an economy primarily based on relatively intensive livestock farming; the trackways facilitating seasonal movement of stock between meadows alongside the Carrant Brook, the adjacent terraces and the higher land on Bredon Hill. Table of Contents Contents List of Figures List of Tables Contributors Summary Acknowledgements PART 1: INTRODUCTION Background Location, geology and topography Archaeological and historical background Project history Aims Methodology - Robin Jackson and Mike Napthan PART 2: DATING AND STRUCTURAL EVIDENCE Radiocarbon dating - Alex Bayliss, Robin Jackson and Christopher Bronk Ramsey Earlier prehistoric activity - Robin Jackson and Mike Napthan The Late Bronze Age activity - Robin Jackson and Mike Napthan PART 3: ARTEFACTUAL EVIDENCE Prehistoric pottery - Ann Woodward and Robin Jackson Petrology - David F Williams Ceramic weights - Derek Hurst Stone weight - Derek Hurst Fired clay - Derek Hurst The mould fragments and slag - Roger C P Doonan Worked Flint - Peter Bellamy Worked timbers - Ian Tyers Other finds PART 4: ENVIRONMENTAL EVIDENCE Animal bone - Stephanie Pinter-Bellows Human bone - Stephanie Pinter-Bellows Cremated bone - Stephanie Pinter-Bellows The plant macrofossils - Elizabeth Pearson The pollen - James Greig Molluscs - Andrew Moss Environmental synthesis - Elizabeth Pearson PART 5: DISCUSSION AND SYNTHESIS Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Neolithic Beaker Early Bronze Age Late Bronze Age Bibliography APPENDICES 1Additional pottery tables and figures 2Pottery fabrics - Derek Hurst and Robin Jackson

Huntsman’s Quarry, Kemerton: A Late Bronze Age settlement and landscape in Worcestershire

History

Europe

Oxbow Books

The Roman 'small town' of Ariconium in southern Herefordshire has long been known as an important iron production center but has remained very poorly understood. The town is suggested to have developed from a late Iron Age Dobunnic tribal center, which owed its evident status and wide range of contacts to control of the production and distribution of Forest of Dean iron. Rapid expansion during the second half of the 1st century AD indicates that the local population was able to articulate rapidly with the economic opportunities the Roman conquest brought. The town developed as a typical small roadside settlement and a major iron production center but a heavy reliance on iron working appears to have made it especially vulnerable to the economic decline of the latter part of the 4th century. Some role as an administrative and political center can be suggested during the late 4th century and may be implicated in the survival of the name Ariconium in the early medieval kingdom of Erynyg or Archenfield, however, firm archaeological evidence for any continuing occupation remains elusive.Table of ContentsSection 1: Background 1. Introduction 2. The project 3. Site history Section 2: Archaeological investigations: summary and analysis 4. The buried remains 5. Fieldwalking and other sources Section 3: Erosion and deposition history 6. Soil erosion (Tony Lloyd) 7. Erosion across the settlement area: case studies Section 4: The finds and environmental evidence 8. The Iron Age and Roman pottery (Steven Willis) 9. The brooches: an assessment of the collection (Donald Mackreth) 10. The coins (Cathy King) 11. Other small finds (Hilary Cool) 12. Worked stone (Ruth Shaffrey and Fiona Roe) 13. Building materials (Robin Jackson) 14. Ironworking residues (David Starley and Tim Young) 15. Charcoal from Bridgewater’s 1963 excavation (Rowena Gale) 16. Environmental evidence (Elizabeth Pearson) Section 5: Archaeological synthesis 17. The character of the settlement 18. Settlement chronology 19. Trade and exchange 20. The ironworking industry Section 6: Management, erosion and landuse 21. Management, erosion and landuse Section 7: Concluding remarks 22. Summary of archaeological and historical evidence 23. Erosion and management 24. Areas for future research 25. Abbreviations

Ariconium, Herefordshire: an Iron Age settlement and Romano-British 'small town'

Ancient Civilizations

This book makes a critical case for advocacy in the lives of people with learning difficulties. This can only be applauded.' 
- Disability &amp; Society
'I found this book to be a thoughtful, interesting and challenging read and I would recommend it to anyone working in the field of advocacy or involved in any capacity with people with learning disabilities. It raises many questions about advocacy in all its different forms and asks those of us involved in this field to reflect on our own practice and that of our funding bodies. It also challenges and invites reflection on prevailing attitudes towards learning disability more generally and the way in which services are provided. Finally it leaves the reader in no doubt of the benefit and necessity of advocacy services, to ensure that people with learning disabilities are able to have their voices heard and their needs understood and met.'
-The British Journal of Developmental Disabilities
'This is designed for advocacy practitioners and staff working in agencies who come into contact with advocacy services. It is aimed at more experienced practitioners, and service planners, who are serious about developing effective advocacy services within a social inclusion framework.'
- Care and Health magazine
'This book continues to raise questions about advocacy throughout. It asks questions of those who are advocates and those who have the duty of funding such services. It is a very thoughtful and practical collection of essays on a whole range of issues and ranges, and seeks to provide, some answers. In addition to all this, it is very readable and provides a quite comprehensive bibliography, which in itself is worth the cost of the book.'
- Rostrum
'Advocacy and Learning Disability is a sound collection of perspectives with an interesting international flavour. Barry Gray and Robin Jackson have collected insightful contributions from Britain, the USA, New Zealand and Australia to create a useful overview exploring a very wide range of self-advocacy issues directly related to learning disability delivery.'
-The British Journal of Special Education
Advocacy is a critically important element in the development of effective services for people with a learning disability. It is seen by many as the critical link between theory and practice in creating a truly inclusive society. This book presents an in-depth examination of the historical, legal and philosophical contexts within which advocacy services have developed. The kind of professional and practical issues and problems confronting those running and using advocacy services are discussed, and the role of advocacy is examined. Chapters covering advocacy with families and with people with communication difficulties contain helpful information for practitioners. A survey of the development of advocacy services in the USA, Australia and New Zealand provides an international perspective.
Practical and informative, Advocacy and Learning Disability will be essential reading for advocacy practitioners and those working in agencies in the statutory and voluntary sectors who come into contact with advocacy services.

Advocacy and Learning Disability

Politics & Social Sciences

Gray, Barry

Philosophy

Jessica Kingsley

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