This book explores the record of the UN development system (UNDS) over more than 70 years as a fount of ideas and concepts in development; as a contributor to development thinking and strategy; and as the principal source of global development goals from the first UN Development Decade to the SDGs. It also examines the more mixed record of the UNDS in its operational role and asks how the ideational and operational functions can be more successfully aligned, and what changes such an alignm...

This year-on-year study of Norfolk at war is the first such for many years, which utilizes material that has not been published in book form before or, sometimes, at all. In both the First and Second World War, Norfolk was pivotal, albeit for different reasons. During the war of 1939-45 Norfolk was home to many bases of the USAAF, changing the area forever with bases remaining a fond feature of Norfolk life. Another unique and enduring legacy was the arrival and often permanent settlement ...

Building a Positive School Culture provides busy leaders with practical, tested approaches to consider and adopt in their various leadership settings. Chapters offer a common language for school leaders to assess and view school culture using the CPR framework and are informed by research and evidence from hundreds of school leaders and thousands of students. This guide serves as the foundation for connected professional learning options, such as masterclasses and school leadershi...

A JUMBLE OF DOGS completes the author's initial trip to the subcontinent. Another six months' worth of highs, lows, moods and musings captured in song and verse.Titles include The Hunchback of Premam Beach, Turtle Bones, The Temple Dancer and King of the Cliff and range from doggerel to rap to hard rock with all sorts in between.

Sadness is a horse who has lost herself in the grind and drudgery of a hard, working life. She is alone, listless and without hope. Having outlived her usefulness, her owner puts her on a truck and sends her away on what it is to be her final journey, but something happens along the way... A short story.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 marked an abrupt end to decades of globalisation and international cooperation, threatening the stability of Europe, impacting global food and energy security, and creating shock waves in a world barely recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. This book provides historical context to the current conflict through an exploration of the Red Army’s 1920 conquest of Ukraine. The book contributes to readers’ understanding of how and why the leaders ...

Norfolk Coast in the Great War focuses on the trials and joys, the achievements and disappointments, the humor and the sadness of everyday life in a region living on the edge of the country at the heart of the Kings vast Empire. Everyone from the folk who went off to fight, to scouts and schoolchildren, had a role to play in this coastline that had, since the time of the Spanish Armada, been considered a likely place for an enemy invasion. There were days of great tension, even terror, suc...

Offers an in-depth exploration of the author's life, work, and enduring legacy, examining his personal struggles, literary achievements, and social reform efforts.The Real Charles Dickens is an insightful look into the world of the life and work of the great 19th-century writer. Dickens led one of the most colourful and interesting lives of any author and this book delves into his difficult early life, his emergence as a major novelist, his troubled marriage and su...

This contributed volume reviews the lessons that may be learned from trying to integrate distance learning strategies with face-to-face teaching methods. It contains practical examples from education, commerce and industry.

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A dud bomb. An incompetent bomb maker. No obvious target. No obvious motive. So why, many years later, is newly-retired Eric Handle obsessed by the case? And he is obsessed, but not by the attempt itself. It was what happened immediately after: a subtle but clear warning to back off. With only the help of his fellow residents at the retirement village, Eric Handle has decided to restart the investigation.

Songs From A Wooden House is a collection of more than forty poems which will provide both light-hearted amusement and thought-provoking distractions for people in all walks of life.With titles such as Love Is..., The Tribulations of a Hungry Buddhist Spider and Desert Island Vegetables, these poems can be read anywhere at any time, whether on a packed commuter train on your way to work or curled up with a glass of something before the fire late at night.Whether you like the ...