Heraldry, Pageantry and Social Display in Medieval England

Medieval culture was intensely visual. Although this has long been recognised by art historians and by enthusiasts for particular media, there has been little attempt to study social display as a subject in its own right. And yet, display takes us directly into the values, aspirations and, indeed, anxieties of past societies. In this illustrated volume a group of experts address a series of interrelated themes around the issue of display.

Know What You Don't Know: How Great Leaders Prevent Problems Before They Happen

 You'll discover how to become a business "anthropologist," observing how your employees, customers, and suppliers actually behave, not just how they're "supposed" to behave. Roberto shows how and when to circumvent your gatekeepers to see crucial raw data...how to "connect the dots" among issues that seem unrelated, but are really signs of a deeper pattern...how to promote candor among front-line employees...encourage "useful" mistakes, and more.

Competing Devotions: Career and Family among Women Executives

The wrenching decision facing successful women choosing between demanding careers and intensive family lives has been the subject of many articles and books, most of which propose strategies for resolving the dilemma. Competing Devotions focuses on broader social and cultural forces that create women's identities and shape their understanding of what makes life worth living.

Teaching English - English as a Second Language in the United Kingdom

This is of course as much a key topic in the UK as it was in 1985 when this book was originally published. The book aimed to cover English teaching to 8ritish residents' and addresses teaching children in the school sector: teaching adults in education and in the workplace: and teacher trainhg among others. One chapter asks Can ESL teaching be racist?

Kevin Richardson with Tony Park - Part of the Pride My Life Among the Big Cats of Africa

About a year ago, film started to circulate on YouTube(R) of a remarkable man named Kevin Richardson, an animal custodian in a South African animal park. The film showed Richardson in his day-to-day work, looking some of the world's most dangerous animals directly in the eye, crouching down at their level, playing with them and, sometimes, even kissing them on the nose--all without ever being attacked or injured.This is his book about his unbelievable experience.