Bamkirk, Scotland, the road to nowhere. No wonder the recently bereaved and angrily disenchanted alcoholic Jock MacTavish has his eye on independence. Salmond will deal with the English, and all the rest who conspire to drag Scotland through the mire of servitude and poverty. But while Jock has one eye on freedom, Ghandi', his Asian GP, has an eye on his liver ... In a hilarious novel of sectarian politics, racism, alcoholism, poverty, and, yes, love, John Murphy spins a heartfelt tale of the turning around of Jock MacTavish. Told in a broad Scottish dialect (well worth the trouble to understand) Jock MacTavish Freedom Fighter for an Independent Free Scotland mixes rheumy-eyed sentimentalism with biting Scottish wit in a winner-takes all knock out fight towards a bright future.

This practical guide to managing behaviour in Further and Adult Education is for all those training to teach in the sector. The third edition includes new chapters on 14-19 learners and behaviour theory and continues to offer practical ideas on how to manage and motivate students. It takes account of the variety of contexts in the sector and makes reference to important research findings and studies of learner behaviour. Based firmly on what teachers and students have to say about their experiences, it uses case studies, dialogue and journal extracts to explore key issues, and help teachers develop their practice.

Product Description: Published in 1853, This volume contains the biography of Saint Patrick, Apostle of Ireland. Also includes the lives of Saint Bridget, Virgin and Abbess and Saint Columba, Abbot and Apostle of the Northern Picts.

This user-friendly book equips school practitioners with practical skills and strategies for conducting student-driven interviews―conversations that invite students of all ages to take charge of school-behavior problems and build solutions based on their own strengths and resources. In contrast to traditional interviewing models that approach behavior problems by focusing on what is wrong and missing in students’ lives, student-driven interviews help students discover and apply what is right and working in their lives―successes, strengths, values, and other "natural resources." In Conducting Student-Driven Interviews, readers will learn how to customize conversations one student at a time using ideas and techniques that have been field tested for application to real problems of real students in the real world of schools. The book’s positive, student-driven approach is illustrated through dozens of real-life dialogues and examples involving a wide range of students and problems, and the author’s irrepressible faith in students’ ability to change jumps off of every page. School-based professionals of all backgrounds will find Conducting Student-Driven Interviews an invaluable roadmap for increasing student involvement and involving students in every aspect of their care, from goal development through evaluation of services.

Product Description: John Murphy's first collection finely balances the lyrical and the metaphysical in poems that are rooted in the extraordinary transformations of ordinary lives. The voice is distinctly urban and European in tone. His themes include the economic crisis, fatherhood, illness, marriage and divorce, chronic pain, and the inevitable flux and uncertainty of the 21st century...read more

The book examines recent developments in sources of public international law, such as treaties and custom operating among nations in their mutual relations, as well as developments in some of the primary rule of law international institutions created by the processes of public international law. It finds that public international law has become increasingly dysfunctional in dealing with some of the primary problems facing the world community, such as the maintenance of international peace and security, violations of international human rights and the law of armed conflict, arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation, and international environmental issues, and that it and international institutions face a problematic future. It concludes, however, that all is not lost. There are possible alternative futures for international law and legal process, but choosing among them will require the making of hard choices by the world community.