Practical letter-writing with exercises and worked examples
The book is divided into 2 parts. Part One - Personal Letters: Chapter I - Types of Letters, Chapter II - The layout of Personal letters, Chapter III - The Body of Personal Letters, Chapter IV - The Subject matter of Personal letters and Chapter Five - Some Examples of Personal letters, while Part Two deals with formal letters: Chapter VI - The layout of Formal letters, Chapter VII - Formal Invitations and Inquiries, Chapter VIII - Letters of Complaint and Answers to Them, Chapter IX - Letters of Application for jobs, Chapter X - Letters to the Press, Chapter XI - Some examples of Formal Letters, Chapter XII - Revision of Grammatical Points Important in Letter-Writing + Appendix
Why Do I Need a Teacher When I've got Google?: The Essential Guide to the Big Issues for Every 21st Century Teacher
‘The future of the world is in your hands’ I know that might seem a bit steep considering you’ve got that Year Ten coursework to sort out and the lesson observation on that nervous looking NQT, but that’s the way it is I’m afraid. You chose to be a teacher, you mould young minds on a daily basis and those minds have got to grow up and save the world.’ (Extract from Chapter One)
Thinking It Through: An Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy
'Thinking it Through' manages to start at the very beginning of the process of philosophy without dumbing down. Each of the nine chapters (covering Mind, Knowledge, Science, Morality, Politics, Law, Metaphysics and a chapter on Philosophy as a subject) begin with the discussion of a premise on which the rest of the chapter is based. In the chapter on the Mind the discussion revolves around whether a computer could ever be considered to have a mind. This initial question is then slowly broken down into the major philosophical arguments. Each is dealt with in turn, in a clear rational manner that is easy to understand.
One of the many recurrent motifs in the book is the portrayal of ships. This alludes to Noah's Ark — the subject of the first chapter — which plays a dominant role in the Abrahamic religions as an example of God's judgment. The woodworm who narrates the first Chapter questions the wisdom of appointing Noah as God's representative.
