Bøger af Paul Cooper

Based on the podcast with over 100 million downloads, Fall of Civilizations brilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse.

This book draws on a framework of enregisterment and indexicality to chart the ways in which the Yorkshire dialect came to be associated with particular linguistic repertoires and social stereotypes from the nineteenth century through to today.

"Based on the podcast with over one hundred million downloads, Fall of Civilizations ... explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse. Across the centuries, we journey from the great empires of Mesopotamia to those of Khmer and Vijayanagara in Asia and Songhai in West Africa; from Byzantium to the Maya, Inca, and Aztecs of Central America; from Roman Britain to Rapa Nui. With ... research, ... insight, and ... empathic storytelling, historian and novelist Paul Cooper evokes the majesty and jeopardy of these ancient civilizations, and asks what it might have felt like for a person alive at the time to witness the end of their world"--

Stu is leading a group of young students on a walk in the Maine woods when one of the kids begins speaking in tongues - the tongue of Stu's former kung fu master Rocco, to be precise. And with this supernatural summons begins Stu's quest to find Rocco after years of separation. A smashed windshield whose cracks form a road map and a spontaneous acupressure treatment provided by an oak tree are among the long series of cosmic clues and coincidences that lead Stu and his girlfriend Faith on a twisted path through the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. With cryptic encounters, intense memories and powerful mystical experiences flooding his reality, Stu's search for Rocco becomes a road trip into the mind. But can Stu hold his relationship, not to mention his sanity, intact as a mysterious gravity pulls him further into the wilderness? And what does Rocco have waiting for him at the end of the road?

The Big Bang. The Ice Age. That's two. On the 17 December 2019 1.5 billion lives were lost due to tsunami, tornadoes and volcanic eruptions the intensity of which exceeded all previous records. Was this the start of the third?

In the USA per year approximately 10,000 people are either murdered, raped or seriously assaulted by repeat offenders. Such figures are repeated all over the planet.What if you were the richest peron in the world and you wanted to right this wrong. What lengths would you go to? What risks would you take?What if you were a police detective intent on upholding law and order. What lengths would you go to to support law and order? What risks would you take? Particuarly if it involved members of your family.

Everybody wants to change the world...but how? This slim volume addresses some of the key ideas that catalyze successful change efforts, empowering leaders to make things better in their neighborhood...or across the world. Writing in a breezy, easy-to-read style, Paul Cooper touches on the concepts and approaches that can help anyone become a more effective change agent.His premise: We are a worldwide nation of change agents. With less connection to our employers, roles, or professions, any one of us can look at a problem and propose a way to fix it. We can collect information from experts around the globe, and energize people who share our passions. Whether we choose to aim big, or aim small, work within the system or overthrow it, each of us has the power to change the world. This book is designed to help.

Designed for individual teachers and school teams, this text demonstrates how to approach and manage disruptive students and behaviour through a series of detailed strategies presented in the context of a research base and complete with case studies.

Based on the views of pupils who have been excluded from mainstream schools, this book offers sensible guidelines to reducing disaffection in both mainstream and segregated schools.

The authors present evidence of the success of nurture groups, and examine what factors affect the success of the group. From this they draw key messages for effective practice, including the importance of recognising a child's emotional needs and meeting them, and the role of the relationship between the teaching staff co-ordinating the group.

A clear and concise guide to classroom practice for teachers dealing with pupils with attention deficit/Hyperactivity disorder, a condition which is estimated to affect on average one in every 25 children.

Paul Cooper and Fintan O'Regan have produced a concise and comprehensive guide to including and educating children with AD/HD.

The contributors stress that EBDs are a form of communication, albeit an antagonistic one, and evaluate the success of different methods of intervention in clinical, educational and family settings. They argue that successful intervention requires an appreciation of the complex interplay in the social and personal factors affecting each child.

The authors show that exclusion is not the only option when dealing with children in emotional and behavioural difficulties in mainstream schools. Essential reading for special needs coordinators, teachers and heads.