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  • CREATIVITY FOR TEACHERS
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    CREATIVITY FOR TEACHERS
    CLAIRE BADGER / JONATHAN FIRTH
    Creativity is a word that is widely used in education, but in ways that are not always consistent or in line with research. This exciting new book explores how creativity is not something additional, but which is infused throughout learning, relevant to every subject and student. Taking a cognitive science approach, it presents creativity in terms of building competencies. It c...

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  • REMEMBERING ENGLAND: CULTURAL MEMORY IN THE SAGAS OF ICELANDERS
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    REMEMBERING ENGLAND: CULTURAL MEMORY IN THE SAGAS OF ICELANDERS
    MATTHEW FIRTH
    This book provides an in-depth study of depictions of England in the Saga of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur), examining their utility as sources for the history of Viking Age Anglo-Scandinavian cultural contact. The Íslendingasögur present themselves as histories, but they are difficult historical sources. Their setting is the Saga Age, a period that begins with the settlement of ...

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  • METACOGNITION AND STUDY SKILLS: A GUIDE FOR TEACHERS
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    METACOGNITION AND STUDY SKILLS: A GUIDE FOR TEACHERS
    JONATHAN FIRTH
    Pupils often make poor choices when it comes to independent learning because they don’t intuitively understand how to learn. In the classroom too, they typically misjudge how well they understand new concepts, overestimate the accuracy of their own examples and underestimate how much they forget. This book reveals how a metacognitive approach to teaching can help overcome these...

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  • EARLY ENGLISH QUEENS, 850–1000
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    EARLY ENGLISH QUEENS, 850–1000
    MATTHEW FIRTH
    This book offers a comprehensive, biography-led examination of queenship in England between 850 and 1000, tracing the development of the queen’s role from bed companion to institutional office. The period 850–1000 is critical to the development of English queenship. In the aftermath of viking invasion, the kings of Wessex expanded their hegemony over neighbouring regions, gradu...

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  • WRITING WELL AND BEING WELL FOR YOUR PHD AND BEYOND
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    WRITING WELL AND BEING WELL FOR YOUR PHD AND BEYOND
    KATHERINE FIRTH
    Prioritizing wellbeing alongside academic development, this book provides practical advice to help students write well, and be well, during their PhD and throughout their career. In this unique book, Katherine Firth offers expert guidance on developing a writing practice and avoiding burnout, providing strategies and insights for developing a sustainable writing career beyond t...

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  • ESSAYS ON SOCIAL ORGANISATION AND VALUES
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    ESSAYS ON SOCIAL ORGANISATION AND VALUES
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    In this volume Professor Firth has brought together and commented upon a number of his papers on anthropological subjects published over the last thirty years. All these essays relate in different ways to his continuing interest in the study of social process, especially in the significance within a social context of individual choice and decision. Although some specialist stud...

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  • THE WORK OF THE GODS IN TIKOPIA
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    THE WORK OF THE GODS IN TIKOPIA
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    First published in 1939 and long out of print, this book remains unique as the only full and detailed account by a social anthropologist of a complete pagan Polynesian ritual cycle. This new single-volume edition omits some of the Tikopia vernacular texts, but includes a new theoretical introduction; postscripts have also been supplied to some of the chapters comparing the perf...

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  • HOUSEKEEPING AMONG MALAY PEASANTS
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    HOUSEKEEPING AMONG MALAY PEASANTS
    ROSEMARY FIRTH
    Initially published in 1966. A study of the social and economic conditions of a small fishing village in Kelantan, on the north-east coast of Malay.  The study, from August 1939 to July 1940 is based on collaborations with the author's husband's investigations explores how the Kelantan people use their money, manage resources, their behaviour, how religion affects theie day to ...

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  • TWO STUDIES OF KINSHIP IN LONDON
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    TWO STUDIES OF KINSHIP IN LONDON
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    In 1947 members of the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics, under the leadership of Professor Firth, made a study of kinship in a South London borough. More recently, to provide comparative material, Professor Garigue investigated kinship patterns among Italian immigrants in London. The results of these two pioneering studies are here presented, with an...

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  • YOUR PHD SURVIVAL GUIDE
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    YOUR PHD SURVIVAL GUIDE
    KATHERINE FIRTH / LIAM CONNELL / PETA FREESTONE
    Accessible, insightful and a must-have toolkit for all final year doctoral students, the founders of the ‘Thesis Boot Camp’ intensive writing programme show how to survive and thrive through the challenging final year of writing and submitting a thesis. Drawing on an understanding of the intellectual, professional, practical and personal elements of the doctorate to help reader...

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  • NUCLEAR PLAYGROUND
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    NUCLEAR PLAYGROUND
    STEWART FIRTH
    In the late 1980s it was felt that World War III could start in the Pacific. Long regarded by the USA as an American lake, the Pacific was now a focus of competition between the superpowers. The USSR, whose nuclear-arms navy was limited to their north Pacific ports, now had a major new naval base at Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam. In response to this new threat, the Americans were pla...

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  • THE HOUSE OF LORDS DURING THE CIVIL WAR
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    THE HOUSE OF LORDS DURING THE CIVIL WAR
    C. H. FIRTH
    Originally published in 1910, this book traces the political role of the House of Lords during the first half of the seventeenth century, from its early years of defending the constitution against the crown, and the subsequent conflict with the Lower House during the Civil War, to its abolition in 1649 and restoration eleven years later. ...

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  • AUSTRALIA IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
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    AUSTRALIA IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
    STEWART FIRTH
    The world changed for Australia after the terrorist attacks on the US on September 11, 2001 and the Bali bombings of 2002. Security became the dominant theme of Australian foreign policy. Australian military forces remained in Afghanistan years later, opposing the terrorist threat of the Taliban, while hundreds of Australian troops and police worked with public servants to buil...

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  • EMPLOYABILITY AND SKILLS HANDBOOK FOR TOURISM, HOSPITALITY AND EVENTS STUDENTS
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    EMPLOYABILITY AND SKILLS HANDBOOK FOR TOURISM, HOSPITALITY AND EVENTS STUDENTS
    MIRIAM FIRTH
    This handbook provides students with an essential understanding of the skills and knowledge needed to work in the tourism, hospitality and events industries. It offers reflective, reflexive and critical analysis on personal, academic and professional development. Not only looking at how to develop the skills, attributes and prospects for employment in these competitive industri...

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  • THE TEACHER'S GUIDE TO RESEARCH
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    THE TEACHER'S GUIDE TO RESEARCH
    JONATHAN FIRTH
    This accessible guide provides practical support on becoming research engaged and research active within the school and beyond. It explores the meaning of research and clarifies multiple types of research which lead to different views on ‘what works’, all whilst showing how to engage with the latest educational findings and how to conduct classroom-based research as part of car...

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  • EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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    EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
    ROGER FIRTH
    To integrate the principles, values, and practices of sustainable development into all aspects of education and learning was the overarching goal of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014). This, it was believed, would ‘save the planet’, encouraging behaviour changes to allow for the development of a more sustainable and just society for all. Awarenes...

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  • MRCP PART 2 SELF-ASSESSMENT
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    MRCP PART 2 SELF-ASSESSMENT
    JOHN D FIRTH / BARBARA NICHOLS
    "MRCP Part 2 Self-Assessment" is the perfect revision aid. Drawn from the highly successful Medical Masterclass material from the Royal College of Physicians of London, this concise volume is specifically designed to cover the topics and format found in the Membership to the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) Part 1 examination. The large scale, lavishly illustrated, full-colou...

    $1,040.00

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  • PSYCHOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM
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    PSYCHOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM
    MARC SMITH / JONATHAN FIRTH
    Written by experienced classroom practitioners who are experts in the field of psychology, Psychology in the Classroom provides a thorough grounding in the key principles of psychology and explores how they can be applied to teaching and learning. It draws on both classic and cutting-edge research, offering practical advice on commonly overlooked or misunderstood concepts that ...

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  • REVIVAL: THE MACHINERY OF THE MIND (1922)
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    REVIVAL: THE MACHINERY OF THE MIND (1922)
    VIOLET MARY FIRTH
    This book is one of the shortest and clearest of the many popular books upon modern psychology which have been published. The beginner would find this book, with its clear explanations of technical terms, a useful companion to more advanced treatises. ...

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  • MRCP PART 1 SELF-ASSESSMENT
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    MRCP PART 1 SELF-ASSESSMENT
    JOHN D FIRTH / MARK NEWMAN
    "MRCP Part 1 Self-Assessment" is the perfect revision aid. Drawn from the highly successful Medical Masterclass material from the Royal College of Physicians of London, this concise volume is specifically designed to cover the topics and format found in the Membership to the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) Part 1 examination. The large scale, lavishly illustrated, full-colou...

    $880.00

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  • WE THE TIKOPIA
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    WE THE TIKOPIA
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    Recognized as a major work when first published, this title has, over the years, become a classic. Forming the basis of modern social anthropology, We the Tikiopia stands in the forefront of its literature. The book is an excellent example of fieldwork analysis of a primitive society; a complete account of the working of a primitive kinship system; and an exhaustive and sophist...

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  • AUDIT IN THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE
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    AUDIT IN THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE
    FIRTH-COZENS JENNY
    At last, a book to take practitioners in the mental health field through the various steps involved in successful clinical audit. This book, including its team and individual exercises, is designed to help select topics for audit, to understand the methods most appropriate, to set standards, understand the significance of outcomes, and to bring about changes as a result. It is ...

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  • ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL ORGANISATION
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    ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL ORGANISATION
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    An illuminating introduction to the methods and problems of social anthropology, this book draws on a wide range of illustrations, including Raymond Firth's own experiences in New Zealand, Malaya and the Solomon Islands.The concept of social organisation is discussed with special reference to the role of individual choice and decision in social affairs and the nature of social ...

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  • SOCIAL CHANGE IN TIKOPIA
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    SOCIAL CHANGE IN TIKOPIA
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    Re-visiting Tikopia a decade after his first visit, Raymond Firth here examines what impact the forces of modernization had on Tikopia society with regard to economics, law, politics and social affairs. Suffering a famine whilst there, the author also examined the issues of responsibility for the famine; problems of distribution in ceremonial and ritual; institutional developme...

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  • PRIMITIVE POLYNESIAN ECONOMY
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    PRIMITIVE POLYNESIAN ECONOMY
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    A great classic of British anthropology, Primitive Polynesian Economy is structured as follows: · Problems of Primitive Economics · Food and Population in Tikopia · Knowledge, Technique and Economic Lore · The Labour Situation · Ritual in Productive Activity · Economic Functions of the Chiefs · Property and Capital in Production · Principles of Distribution and Payment · Exchan...

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  • RANK AND RELIGION IN TIKOPIA (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
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    RANK AND RELIGION IN TIKOPIA (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    Originally published in 1970, this book represents a unique study of beliefs and ritual practices in a pagan religion, and of the processes by which a transformation to Christianity took place. Christianity came to the major islands of Polynesia nearly two centuries ago, and within a couple of generations, the traditional pagan religion had disappeared. Only a few remote island...

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  • RELIGION: A HUMANIST INTERPRETATION
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    RELIGION: A HUMANIST INTERPRETATION
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    Religion: A Humanist Interpretation represents a lifetime's work on the anthropology of religion from a rather unusual personal viewpoint. Raymond Firth treats religion as a human art, capable of great intellectual and artistic achievements, but also of complex manipulation to serve the human interests of those who believe in it and operate it. His study is comparative, drawing...

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  • SYMBOLS (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
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    SYMBOLS (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    This book first published in 1973 offers a broad survey of the study of symbolic ideas and behaviour. The study of symbolism is popular nowadays and anthropologists have made substantial contributions to it. Raymond Firth has long been internationally known for his field research in the Solomons and Malaysia, and for his theoretical work on kinship, economics and religion. Here...

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  • TIKOPIA RITUAL AND BELIEF (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
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    TIKOPIA RITUAL AND BELIEF (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    First published in 1967, this book gives some of the fruits of the author's study of Tikopia ways of thought as the result of three field expeditions. Most Polynesians became Christians more than a century ago but Tikopia had a substantial pagan population until quite recent years. This book of essays describes rites and beliefs of a people who still maintained their traditiona...

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  • PRIMITIVE ECONOMICS OF THE NEW ZEALAND MAORI (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
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    PRIMITIVE ECONOMICS OF THE NEW ZEALAND MAORI (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    First published in 1929, Raymond Firth’s original and insightful study offers an incredibly detailed account of the social and economic organisation of the Maori people before their contact with Western civilisation. Bridging the gap between anthropology and economics, the work covers the class structure, land system, industry, methods of co-operative labour, exchange and distr...

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