Muskoka. Now a magnet for nature tourists and wealthy cottagers, the region underwent a profound transition at the turn of the twentieth century. Making Muskoka traces the evolution of the region from 1870 to 1920. Over this period, settler colonialism upended Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee communities, but the land was unsuited to farming, and within the first generation of resettlement, tourism became an integral feature of life. Andrew Watson considers issues such as rural ident...

This book maps the changes in court advocacy in England and Wales over the last three centuries. Advocacy, the means by which a barrister puts their client’s case to the court and jury, has grown piecemeal and at an uneven pace; the result of a complex interplay of many influences. Andrew Watson examines the numerous principal factors, from the effect on juniors of successful styles deployed by senior advocates, changes in court procedure, reforms in laws determining who and what may be pu...

Childhood memories of her parents and their acquaintances in particular Rudyard Kipling and the secret language, which he taught her and his own children, incorporating Xhosa clicks and Soswati whistles, which she remembered to her dying day. Her own views of the main characters and the important events of her father's life. She demonstrates acute observations of the principal political issues and her father's important role in them.

Be A Great Dad is full of no-pressure, no-agenda advice that works for you and your child. It'll answer all the questions you have and give you supportive suggestions for things that worry you, like work pressures vs sleepless nights and how to support your partner and bond with your child. This book is full of stories from dads who've been there and contains great tips and insight on how to be the best dad you possibly can, whatever your level of involvement.NOT GOT MUCH TIME?...

The ultimate guide to self-publishing a book in Australia. The entire process is explained in clear, no-jargon language, from the original concept right through to printed copies. Chapters include:•Developing your idea•Writing and gathering content•Obtaining photos and illustrations•Copyright issues•Designing the cover and text•Formatting and typesetting the layout•Creating and publishing an e-book•Printing and freight...

George Farrar was a human dynamo. From what we know there were few uneventful or restful days in his life. Salesman, athlete, entrepreneur, father of six daughters, mining magnate, politician, town planner, farmer and soldier; he was tried for high treason, condemned to death by hanging, knighted and made a baronet. He became a household name on the Rand and in the 1968 South African Dictionary of Biography has four columns to himself.

This book analyses the mixed courts of professional and lay judges in the Japanese criminal justice system. It takes a particular focus on the highly public start of the mixed court, the saiban-in system, and the jury system between 1928-1943. This was the first time Japanese citizens participated as decision makers in criminal law. The book assesses reasons for the jury system's failure, and its suspension in 1943, as well as the renewed interest in popular involvement in crimina...

When president Woodrow Wilson spoke in Topeka on February 2, 1916, in favor of a stronger military, he faced skepticism and outright opposition from many Kansas residents—including Governor Arthur Capper and University of Kansas chancellor Frank Strong. But when war against Germany was declared two months later, Kansans joined forces to lend support in money and manpower.In Kansas and Kansans in World War I, Blake Watson helps readers understand how World War I affected Ka...

In the last 20 years, the cognitive sciences have revealed fresh, surprising, and useful insights into how and why our students learn. Teachers can now draw on psychology and neuroscience research to supplement, reconsider, even overturn our traditions and training.To use this research most wisely, teachers must find our way to an elusive Goldilocks Zone.Instead of resisting all research-based guidance, we should be ready to take it to heart – even when it challenges both our...

Combining a lively voice with scientific research, Learning Grows explores the fascinating and useful world of student motivation.Written for teachers—and everyone interested in teaching and learning—Learning Grows helps classrooms flourish by fostering students’ intrinsic motivation.Part I delves into Mindset. Although seemingly well known, this theory is often oversimplified and widely misunderstood. By exploring its step-by-step historical development, we can use it more...

Learning Begins, written by a teacher for teachers, translates current brain research into practical classroom strategies. Because students learn with their brains, it simply makes sense for teachers to explore educational psychology and neuroscience. And yet, information in these fields can be daunting and contradictory. Worse still, few researchers can clearly explain the specific classroom uses of their remarkable discoveries.Learning Begins both explains this research and makes...

Two themes uniting the essays in this collection are the provenance and history of medieval manuscripts during the Middle Ages, and the fates that befell them in England in the period after the invention of printing and the 16th-century dissolution of the religious houses and visitations of the universities. The section 'Libraries and collectors' includes papers on seven major English collectors of the 16th and 17th centuries, and the section 'Manuscripts' concerns the fates of five manusc...