Philip Taylor: 23 books

In Global Communications, International Affairs and the Media since 1945 , Philip M. Taylor traces the increased involvement of the media in issues of peace and especially war from the nineteenth century to the present day. He analyzes the nature, role and impact of communications within the international...

This book traces how abstract managerial ideas about maximizing production flexibility and employee freedom were translated into concrete, day-to-day practices at the Motorola plant in East Kilbride, UK. Using eyewitness accounts, the book describes how employees dealt with the increased freedom Motorola...

How can teachers incorporate drama into the curriculum? What drama activities are especially successful? How do teachers know when students are learning in, through and about drama? Teachers who are new to drama, or those wishing to refresh their knowledge and ideas, should find practical answers...

This volume examines the current major issues in research design for arts teachers. It aims to answer two key questions: how do researchers design their studies? What research methods are appropriate for specific investigative questions?

A Noble Queen Philip Meadows Taylor, administrator and novelist (188-1876) This ebook presents «A Noble Queen», from Philip Meadows Taylor. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- DEDICATION...

As the literature on military-media relations grows, it is informed by antagonism either from journalists who report on wars or from ex-soldiers in their memoirs. Academics who attempt more judicious accounts rarely have any professional military or media experience.A working knowledge of the operational...

Contents: 1. The Defense Of Poesy, by Sir Philip Sidney 2. On Shakespeare and On Bacon, by Ben Jonson 3. Of Agriculture, by Abraham Cowley 4. The Vision Of Mirza and Westminster Abbey, by Joseph Addison 5. The Spectator Club, by Sir Richard Steele 6. Hints Towards An Essay On Conversation, A Treatise...

As a teenager, Liverpudlian Philip Meadows Taylor was sent away to India to serve an apprenticeship to a Bombay business tycoon. He remained in the country for much of his life, gaining unparalleled insight into India's culture, languages and customs, knowledge he eventually put to use in a series...

The Thuggees were a roving tribe of assassins and criminals who terrorized India for centuries. This fictionalized autobiography of a member of the Thuggees was a runaway bestseller in nineteenth-century England. Author Philip Meadows Taylor is said to have based the book on his conversations with Syeed Amir Ali (also known as Feringhea), a long-time member of the group.

The "Times."  "For its rapid action, in fact, we have seldom read a better story, or one which is more full of incidents, sanguinary, trenchant, and robust."    The "Daily Telegraph."  "A true and a wonderfully well-sustained piece of Oriental life and striking...

This study describes research into teachers’ role conceptions and uncertainties in different types of school and neighbourhood. The authors examine in particular pupils’ and parents’ conceptions of the teacher’s role, and the conflicts which teachers experience when they are exposed to different expectations and demands in a rapidly changing educational and social scene.

Tale about the Thug cult in India in the 1830's.

The story of a Thug, one of the members of the strange murder sect of India. The Thugs would join travelers and gain their confidence. This would allow them to then surprise and strangle their victims by pulling a handkerchief or noose tight around their necks. They would then rob their victims of...

Links environmental thought with postcolonial studies for a new understanding of Britsh Empire and Victorian literature.