Exploring the intricate relationship between magic and culture, this work delves into how different societies perceive and practice magic. It addresses the intellectual challenges faced by both scholars and practitioners in deciphering the meanings and implications of magical beliefs. Through a thoughtful examination, it seeks to bridge the gap between academic inquiry and personal conviction, highlighting the significance of cultural context in understanding magical traditions.
Constructing Meaning and Developing Understanding
Focusing on various effective teaching methods, this comprehensive guide addresses the evolving landscape of secondary science education, particularly emphasizing climate change and technological advancements. The fourth edition offers insights into student comprehension of scientific concepts and their teaching implications. With a commitment to environmentally sustainable practices, it serves as an essential resource for trainee and practicing science teachers, as well as those pursuing M Level studies.
In this fully updated, third edition of Crossroads, Jim Baker adds new information following recent government elections in Malaysia and reviews the policies and impact of the next generation of Singapore leaders
This collection features a diverse array of recipes gathered over five decades from family and friends, showcasing cherished culinary traditions and personal favorites. Each recipe reflects the warmth of shared meals and the joy of cooking together, offering a glimpse into the unique flavors and stories that have shaped these dishes. Ideal for anyone seeking to explore home-cooked meals with a personal touch, this compilation celebrates the bonds created through food.
Set against the backdrop of 1965 America, the narrative follows a young man grappling with personal challenges, including his father's alcoholism. To find an escape, he enlists in the United States Air Force, where he spends over four years before returning to Oklahoma to work on the family ranch. He later reenters the Air Force, dedicating his life to military service and ultimately rising to the rank of Chief Master Sergeant, highlighting themes of resilience and the quest for identity.
Poetry is a journey into the landscape of our imagination, a gateway to understanding ourselves more deeply and to find a sense of peace through the struggles and concerns that confront us in our lives. Nature is also the perfect canvas on which to let your ideas flow, there is always a new sight or sound onto which to let your inspiration grow.
The story begins in Russia 1917, at the time that Czar Nicholas 2nd, his wife, Alexandra, and four children Olga, Tatiana, Anastasia, Maria and son, Alexis, are imprisoned before being assassinated. Little-known is the fact that there was a parallel or rival Czar in the far-east of Russia, recognised by the Old Believers: Czar Ussuri, who had a small son, Mikhail. Because of the prevailing unrest, Mikhail was sent to live under the guardianship of an old Russian aristocratic family, where, in time, he would be known as Peter Mikhail Czarevitch, Fast forward to 2008, where some members of a sports club are spending their summer holidays in St Helena. Sinister events are unfolding on the island at the same time. The thing that bonds the group is croquet. Would they, and the game of croquet, survive?
Harry Larsen’s boyhood in post-war Sydney is marred by the death of his Danish father. With the loss of their breadwinner, Harry and his mother move to a new life in the country in New South Wales. He takes with them an old biscuit tin containing letters and items left by his father. The letters, in a language he cannot understand, and the words ‘For redder’ levelled in anger at his father, become posers that the Harry seeks to solve. The adult Harry learns of his mother’s death while employed as an engineer on a copper mine on the island of Bouganville, a mine that is increasingly opposed by the islanders. Returning to Australia for his mother’s funeral he decides to give up his life as an engineer and go to Denmark to find the truth of his father’s wartime activities; to his resistance to the German occupation of his country. For Harry it is a journey of discovery to find the family that he has not known and, ultimately, to love.“A debut novel of a boy raised in Sydney to the adult who seeks to find the truth of his father’s participation in resistance to German occupied Denmark.”