John Preston: 36 books
by Hugh Binning, John Preston, Arthur Dent
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2013
"The Digital Puritan" is a quarterly digest of helpful Puritan works. Each article is carefully edited and formatted to maximize readability. This edition contains the following articles:
Be Sober and Watchful - Hugh Binning. Binning answers the question, 'Given the shortness of...
Competence Based Education and Training (CBET) and the End of Human Learning
The Existential Threat of Competency
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017
This book radically counters the optimism sparked by Competence Based Education and Training, an educational philosophy that has re-emerged in Schooling, Vocational and Higher Education in the last decade. CBET supposedly offers a new type of learning that will lead to skilled employment; here, Preston...
Feyerabend
Philosophy, Science and Society
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
This book is the first comprehensive critical study of the work of Paul Feyerabend, one of the foremost twentieth-century philosophers of science.
The book traces the evolution of Feyerabend's thought, beginning with his early attempt to graft insights from Wittgenstein's conception of meaning...
The Benefits of Learning
The Impact of Education on Health, Family Life and Social Capital
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2004
How do education and learning really impact on people's lives?
The Benefits of Learning is a detailed, systematic and vivid account of the impact of formal and informal education on people's lives. Based on extended interviews with adults of all ages, it shows how learning affects their health, family...
A Very English Scandal
Sex, Lies, and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Now a major TV drama series starring Hugh Grant and Ben Wishaw, a behind-the-scenes look at the desperate, scandalous private life of a British MP and champion manipulator, and the history-making trial that exposed his dirty secrets
While Jeremy Thorpe served as a Member of Parliament and Leader...
The Dig
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
A succinct and witty literary venture that tells the strange story of a priceless treasure discovered in East Anglia on the eve of World War II
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In the long, hot summer of 1939, Britain is preparing for war, but on a riverside farm in Suffolk there is excitement of another kind. Mrs. Pretty,...
by John Preston Buschlen, Douglas Lochhead
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1973
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1973
Of this novel of Canadian business life and village and city social conditions in the early twentieth century, the author explains that his object is 'to enlighten the public concerning life behind the wicket and thus pave the way for the legitimate organization of bankclerks into a fraternal association, for their financial and social (including moral) betterment.'
Get It Done When You're Depressed
50 Strategies for Keeping Your Life on Track
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2008
Shake the blues away.
Everyone knows that depression can lead to guilt, sadness, frustration, and in the case of 15-20% of people with depression, suicide. Because we live in a culture that rewards (and often worships) productivity, when a depressed person can't meet the expectations of society,...
Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder
A 4-Step Plan for You and Your Loved Ones to Manage the Illness and Create Lasting Stability
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2008
The authors offer those with Bipolar Disorder a four-step plan towards managing the illness and creating lasting stability.
by John Preston Psy.D., ABPP.
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2006
Anger. Depression. Anxiety. Low self-esteem. With the help of this guide, millions of Americans can stop suffering from these difficult emotions. Written by a prominent psychologist, this book is chock-full of the many strategies and approaches that have proven effective over the years. And since...
Grenfell Tower
Preparedness, Race and Disaster Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2018
The Grenfell Tower fire of June 2017 is one of the most tragic political events in British history. This book argues that preparedness for disasters has always been designed in the interests of the State and Capital rather than citizens. This was exemplified by the ‘stay put’ strategy at Grenfell...
Flute, Accordion or Clarinet?
Using the Characteristics of Our Instruments in Music Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Music therapists are trained to use their first study instrument in clinical practice, yet existing literature focuses almost exclusively on the use of piano, basic percussion and voice.
This illuminating book brings together international music therapists who use a diverse range of musical instruments...
by John Preston
Language: German
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Language: German
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Marc und Tim, zwei junge Männer vom Land, verbindet ein geheimer Wunsch: Sie wollen sich ganz und gar hingeben, dominiert werden - Sklaven für einen anderen Mann sein. Als ihnen ein erfahrener Meister anbietet, sie abzurichten, trennen sich ihre Wege. Während Tim entschlossen ist, Körper und Seele...