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This accessible book addresses one of the twenty-first century's most important issues: the increasing lack of connection between political institutions and the social reality of our everyday lives. A

The Philosophy and Practice of Coaching will help to advance the global conversation about the future of coaching. The book is organized into three key sections: Foundations for Coaching, Applications

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This new reader contains a broad range of authoritative articles, including some newly commissioned pieces, and covers several key facets of family and community history.

Practitioners need help keeping up to speed with the latest developments in the Early Years. Updated in line with current policy and practice, this new edition fully reflects the Early Years Foundatio

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來認識旺德，他是個像你我一樣的孩子，常常搬家，上過很多不同的學校。十幾歲的時候，她在圖書館當過女服務員，並幫助老人。然後，她發現自己想成為一名醫生。一路上，她遇到了一位患有結節病的患者。該患者的免疫系統沒有按照應有的方式運作。 Wonder決定她要學習如何進行醫學研究，以便了解這種疾病。有一天，她希望能夠幫助找到結節病的治療方法。我是誰？該系列以科學家的勵志傳記為特色，年輕讀者將能夠將這些科學家視為像他們自己一樣的人。這些書由科學家本人和范德比爾特大學的合著者撰寫，旨在幫助年輕讀者了解科學家是像他們一樣的普通人，他們對學習和發現新事物感到興奮，並決定在學校努力學習，以便為自己創造成為科學家的機會。在了解這些科學家的故事的同時，讀者也將了解一些解釋清楚且易於理解的基本科學思想，並了解這些科學家當今正在研究的前沿科學。我是誰？系列共同編輯：David A Weintraub，范德比爾特大學藝術與科學學院天文學、歷史學和科學技術傳播教授； Ann Neely，范德比爾特大學皮博迪教育與人類發展學院教育實踐榮譽副教授；凱文‧約翰遜 (Kevin Johnson)，范德比爾特大學和范德比爾特大學醫學中心生物醫學資訊學和兒科教授。在本系列中：由 STEM 領域的頂尖專家撰寫科學概念的愉快探索Meet Wonder, a kid like you and me, who moved around a lot and went to lots of different schools. As a teenager, she worked as a waitress, at a library, and helped out with older people. Then, she discovered she wanted to become a doctor. Along the way, she met a patient with an illness called sarcoidosis. This patient's immune system was not working the way it was supposed to. Wonder decided that she would learn how to do medical research so that

有鑑於演奏和理論分析不能分家，作者搜集了有關貝多芬32首奏鳴曲及數首其他鋼琴作品演奏詮釋上的教導和指示。德雷克教授大量採用作曲家本人的話語，及其門生和同儕的文字――主要包括Czerny、Schindler、Moscheles和Ries――而創下此項精彩之先例。首章介紹貝多芬的養成教育，與門生的關係及其所寫作的鋼琴之特性。其後論速度、力度、朗誦風格、踏瓣及裝飾音的各篇章內，作者詳盡探究奏鳴曲中各項特定的問題，以近350個譜例，指出貝多芬自己的解決方法。結論中則討論今日之鋼琴家演奏這些不朽之作的態度和著手處。作者完成了其「令貝多芬的思想重新活在我們的音樂世界」的目標，令人讚歎。