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Learning is the key to bettering your circumstances and becoming the person you want to be. Skills, information, and abilities will never come to you - it’s up to you to seek them out, and this audiobook shows you how to do so in the most effective and efficient manner.

Beginning Theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for over two decades. This new and expanded fourth edition continues to offer listeners the best single-volume introduction to the field. The bewildering variety of approaches, theorists and technical language is lucidly and expertly unravelled.

Everything you ever need to know about making it as a scientist. Despite your graduate education, brainpower, and technical prowess, your career in scientific research is far from assured. Permanent positions are scarce, science survival is rarely part of formal graduate training, and a good...

We’ve never been taught how to learn. This book is the key to reversing all the misconceptions you have, and make learning fun again. Smart Learning is not a textbook - it’s a guidebook for your journey in learning. It will show you the most effective methods, the pitfalls we must avoid, and the habits we must cultivate.

"A lightning bolt of a book" makes the case for why self-directed learning — "unschooling" — is the best way to get kids to learn (Lenore Skenazy) In Free to Learn, developmental psychologist Peter Gray argues that in order to foster children who will thrive in today’s constantly changing...

Sparked by observing teachers struggle to implement rich mathematics tasks to engage students in deep thinking, Peter Liljedahl has translated his 15 years of research into this practical guide on how to move toward a thinking classroom. Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K-12 helps teachers implement 14 optimal practices for thinking that create an ideal setting for deep mathematics learning to occur.

An invitation and guide for leaders “to cast a courageous and imaginative vision, to lead resiliently, and to be present and steady in times of deep anxiety.” Ed Friedman’s genius was to see the individual in the family in the larger group, bringing the wisdom of his experience as a therapist and rabbi to the field of organizational leadership. A timeless bestseller, A Failure of Nerve still astonishes in this new edition with its relevance and continues to transform the lives of leaders everywhere.

Was wäre, wenn es wissenschaftliche Lösungen gäbe, die Ihre tiefsten Ängste vor einer Krankheit, einer lebensbedrohlichen Diagnose oder den Auswirkungen des Alterns auslöschen könnten? Life Force zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie jeden Tag mit mehr Energie, einem starken Immunsystem und dem Know-how aufwachen können, um Ihre biologische Uhr zurückzudrehen. Dieses Buch ist für jeden geeignet, vom Hochleistungssportler über den Durchschnittsmenschen, der seine Energie und Kraft steigern möchte, bis hin zu Menschen, die Heilung suchen.

For those suffering chronic pain - even after years of surgery, rehabilitation and medication - only one question matters: How do I find lasting relief? With Freedom from Pain, two pioneers in the field address a crucial missing factor essential to long-term recovery - healing the unresolved emotional trauma held within the body.

In a compelling narrative that introduces historical and contemporary research on self-directed education, Unschooled also spotlights how a diverse group of individuals and organizations are evolving an old schooling model of education. These innovators challenge the myth that children need to be taught in order to learn.

The essential handbook for doing historical research in the 21st century, The Princeton Guide to Historical Research provides students, scholars, and professionals with the skills they need to practice the historian's craft in the digital age, while never losing sight of the fundamental values and techniques that have defined historical scholarship for centuries.

Running out of Saturdays is a warm, witty and unapologetically honest memoir from Peter Brewer – a big-hearted larrikin with a whiteboard full of wisdom and a yarn (or 50) to tell. Now in his mid-60s, Peter reflects on a life jam-packed with colourful characters, career moves (some undeniably questionable), boisterous family gatherings and boardroom lessons. From his humble beginnings to becoming a respected leader in the real estate industry, PB’s learned – often the hard way – what really matters in business, family and life.

""My all-time favorite. Astonishing."" (Stephen King) Down the Rabbit Hole is the first book in the Echo Falls mystery series by bestselling crime novelist Peter Abrahams. Perfect for middle school readers looking for a good mystery. Welcome to Echo Falls, home of a thousand secrets. In Down...

Dave R. Stuart Jr.’s work is centered on a simple belief: all students and teachers can flourish. Yet that seemingly simple goal can feel unattainable when teachers are expected to teach core content within the disciplines and improve literacy in their classrooms. How can teachers and students flourish under so much pressure? Stuart’s advice: Take a deep breath and refocus on six known best practices—establish and strengthen key beliefs, then build knowledge and increase reading, writing, speaking and listening, and argumentation in every content area, every day.

E-Business und E-Commerce haben die Welt in den letzten Jahrzehnten grundlegend verändert. Dieser Podcast basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Lehrbuch und vermittelt ein fundiertes Grundverständnis zu diesem Thema. Der Podcast wurde auf Grundlage des Buches „E-Business - Technologien und Anwendungen“ von Ralf Peters mithilfe von Google NotebookLM erstellt. Die Inhalte und Rechte an Text und Audio liegen bei Ralf Peters. © 2025 Ralf Peters. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

The candid tale of one of Britain’s most outstanding contemporary philanthropists. These pages wryly track Peter’s varied career moves, from flogging tickets for one of The Beatles first major concerts, to getting inadvertently caught up in a New York family turf war while trying to buy a...

Neue Wege gehen und lernen das Leben zu genießen. Peter Lauster, bekannt durch die psychologischen Sachbuch-Bestseller "Lassen Sie sich nichts gefallen", "Lassen Sie der Seele Flügel wachsen" und "Die Liebe", zieht mit diesem Hörbuch die Summe seiner Erfahrungen und Erkenntnisse. "Lebenskunst" weist neue Wege zur schöpferischen Persönlichkeitsentfaltung und inneren Freiheit.

Wir kommunizieren heute mehr als jemals zuvor. Und dennoch sind wir merkwürdig sprachlos: Abermillionen Tweets, Posts und Likes stehen in krassem Gegensatz zu einem tiefgehenden Mangel an Orientierung, Klarheit und Haltung - nicht nur des Einzelnen, sondern auch der Gesellschaft. Zwischen Dauergezwitscher und Verstummen, zwischen Geschwätzigkeit und resigniertem Schweigen kommt es mehr denn je darauf an, der eigenen inneren Stimme zu folgen und ihr nach außen wirksam Gehör zu verschaffen. Dazu braucht es Mut. Mut, die innere Haltung zu finden. Und Mut, für diese einzustehen und den Mund aufzumachen.

The students of today tell their stories of adversity and growth in letters to the original Freedom Writers—authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Freedom Writers Diary—who write supportive and powerful letters in response. Over twenty years ago, the students in first-year teacher...

In his book, Peter Hitchens describes the misjudgements made by politicians over the years that have led to the increase of class distinction and privilege in our education system. This is of course the opposite of what was intended, especially by former Minister of Education Shirley Williams and Margaret Thatcher, her successor in that role, who closed down many more Grammar Schools than Williams.