Curriculum Planning: A Handbook for Professionals

Education & Teaching

Pratt, David

Schools & Teaching

Wadsworth Pub. Co.

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Curriculum, Design, and Development

The Political Thought of King Alfred the Great (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series, Series Number 67)

This book is a comprehensive study of political thought at the court of King Alfred the Great (871-99). It explains the extraordinary burst of royal learned activity focused on inventive translations from Latin into Old English attributed to Alfred's own authorship. A full exploration of context establishes these texts as part of a single discourse which placed Alfred himself at the heart of all rightful power and authority. A major theme is the relevance of Frankish and other European experiences, as sources of expertise and shared concerns, and for important contrasts with Alfredian thought and behaviour. Part I assesses Alfred's rule against West Saxon structures, showing the centrality of the royal household in the operation of power. Part II offers an intimate analysis of the royal texts, developing far-reaching implications for Alfredian kingship, communication and court culture. Comparative in approach, the book places Alfred's reign at the forefront of wider European trends in aristocratic life.

History

Europe

Cambridge University Press

Witty, incisive observations on such universally meaningful topics as courage and compassion by many of the greatest minds of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been the hallmark of genius, but Nobel laureates tend to be more than merely brilliant―their idealism, courage, and concern for humanity have also made them sources of inspiration and wisdom. Contrary to the notion that geniuses are absentminded eccentrics who lead solitary lives, many Nobel laureates have been social activists and political leaders, and some have been polymaths whose interests and talents were diverse, such as Philip Noel-Baker, winner of the 1959 Peace prize, who ran in three Olympic Games. 
The quotations―drawn from biographies, published articles, and speeches―are grouped by such themes as achievement, truth and falsehood, war and conflict, technology, and more. "The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer," said Fritjof Nansen, who personally repatriated more than 400,000 prisoners of war after World War I, and helped save millions of Russians from starvation. Albert Einstein prudently advised, "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts," and Czeslaw Milosz warned, "In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot."
Most of the quotations have never been anthologized previously. There is a section of short biographical sketches of each of the roughly 250 laureates quoted in the book, a brief history of the Nobel Prize, and a complete list of every Nobel laureate through 2006. The Impossible Takes Longer is a remarkable assemblage of insightful, thought-provoking, sometimes humorous statements by some of the world's wisest men and women.

The Impossible Takes Longer: The 1,000 Wisest Things Ever Said by Nobel Prize Laureates

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Walker Books

Fundamentals of Construction Estimating takes a comprehensive approach to estimating, offering readers a well-rounded, up-to-date perspective on the estimating process. It is designed for ABET level courses and focuses on the process of utilizing the latest technology to compile cost estimates for general contractors.This is one book that users will be sure to keep as a standard reference for measuring and pricing construction work long after a course is completed.

Fundamentals of Construction Estimating

Arts & Photography

Architecture

Cengage Learning'

“If the path to the Nobel Prize is uncertain, are there common factors among Nobel laureates that help to account for their achievements?” the author, David Pratt asks. “Is their childhood privileged or challenging? Are they precocious as children? Are teachers important in their lives or are they self-taught? How significant is gender? Do Nobel Prize winners work in solitude or in collaboration? How important to their success are intelligence, persistence, creativity, and intuition? Is marital stability a factor? How many of them have experienced tragedy, or imprisonment, or exile, or war at first hand? Is eccentricity a necessary part of their genius? Has anyone ever refused the Nobel Prize? Do many laureates agree with Doris Lessing (Literature, 2007), who called the prize “a bloody disaster”? Who has been overlooked by the Nobel selectors? Collectively, the answers to these questions provide guideposts to the pathways to extraordinary achievement. But the secret of their success is something different. The book is crammed with anecdotes and examples from the lives of some two hundred and fifty laureates. Tables summarize occupations of fathers of all the laureates, universities with which they were affiliated, and gender and age distributions. A lucid and engaging style, ample notes, and a full index make the book enjoyably easy to read.

Nobel Laureates: The Secret of Their Success

Biographies & Memoirs

Branden Books

From the award-winning author of Bob the Book, My Movie showcases the remarkable range and versatility of David Pratt's short fiction, including stories previously published in The James White Review, Velvet Mafia, Christopher Street, Chelsea Station, and other periodicals, Web sites, and anthologies. The impact of memories thematically dominates the fourteen stories included in this imaginative collection, from the coming-of-age title story of a young boy's code of secret languages to the magical, speculative world of "Ulmus Americana," where trees yearn for love. Film and video are at the heart of many of these stories, including "Another Country," about a woman who enters a fictitious land created by her son and his boyhood friend for their backyard home movies, and the brilliantly conceived "Calvin Gets Sucked In," where a man is consumed, literally, by a porn video, with hilarious and disturbing results. Pratt also turns an unflinching camera eye on the realities and mishaps of gay life, from a hook-up with a crack addict to the painful and poignant struggles with illness, loss, and mortality. Haunting, funny, surreal, and heartbreaking, My Movie brilliantly documents how we come to terms with being queer.

My Movie

Chelsea Station Editions

Just what is a 'gay book'? -A book attracted to books of the same gender! Meet 'Bob the Book,' a gay book for sale in a Greenwich Village bookstore, where he falls in love with another book, Moishe. But a freak accident separates the young lovers. As Bob wends his way through used book bins, paper bags, knapsacks, and lecture halls, hoping to be reunited with Moishe, he meets a variety of characters, both book and human, including Angela, a widowed copy of Jane Austen's 'Mansfield Park' and two other separated lovers, Neil and Jerry, near victims of a book burning. Among their owners and readers are Alfred and Duane, whose on-again, off-again relationship unites and separates our book friends. Will Bob find Moishe? Will Jerry and Neil be reunited? Will Alfred and Duane make it work? Read 'Bob the Book' to find all the answers.

Bob the Book

Packed with principles and processes drawn from the widely acclaimed Ranching For Profit School, The Turnaround is a story about facing the frustrations and overcoming the challenges that all family ranches must overcome if they are going to stay family ranches. The Turnaround focuses on Wayne and Lori who discover that knowing how to grow crops and raise livestock is not the same thing as knowing how to run a business that grows crops and raises livestock. Land rich and cash poor, supported by off-farm income, they are working harder and falling further behind. Wayne is frustrated. Lori is tired. Burning the candle at both ends, they treat life as though it is something that is going to happen later. But it's been over 10 years. How long do they have to wait? They wonder if it's possible to have a ranch and a life. Introduced to Ranching For Profit School principles by their neighbors, Wayne and Lori begin their journey toward a happier, more prosperous future. The Turnaround includes tasks to help you apply the economic and financial principles introduced in the story. Guidelines in the appendices will help you evaluate the health of your land. Wayne and Lori’s story and these tools can help you begin your own journey toward a brighter future.

The Turnaround: A Rancher's Story

Ranch Management Consultants, Inc.

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Curriculum Planning: A Handbook for Professionals

Curriculum, Design, and Development

The Political Thought of King Alfred the Great (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series, Series Number 67)

The Political Thought of King Alfred the Great (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series, Series Number 67)

The Impossible Takes Longer: The 1,000 Wisest Things Ever Said by Nobel Prize Laureates

Fundamentals of Construction Estimating

Nobel Laureates: The Secret of Their Success

My Movie

Bob the Book

The Turnaround: A Rancher's Story