Review 'To us Richards was infinitely more than a brilliantly new literary critic: he was our guide, our evangelist, who revealed to us, in a succession of astounding lightning flashes, the entire expanse of the Modern World.' - Christopher Isherwood
`This is a book which places teachers at the heart of inquiry for improvement. The realism, experience and optimism of each of the writers, shines through each page of the text. It is a "can-do" book which combines discussion of principles, practices and contexts with practical examples of exercises - recommended reading for those wishing to reflect upon the challenges and joys of engaging in teacher-led change' Christopher Day, Professor of Education and Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Teacher and School Development (CRSTD), The University of Nottingham
Queen Victoria: A Personal History by Christopher Hibbert Book Description
First time in paperback: An intimate
biography of a larger-than-life persona-and a radical reassessment of a
monarch we thought we knew. In
this surprising new life of Victoria, Christopher Hibbert, master of
the telling anecdote and peerless biographer of England's great
leaders, paints a fresh and intimate portrait of the woman who shaped a
century. His Victoria is not only the formidable, demanding, capricious
queen of popular imagination-she is also often shy, diffident, and
vulnerable, prone to giggling fits and crying jags. Often censorious
when confronted with her mother's moral lapses, she herself could be
passionately sensual, emotional, and deeply sentimental. Ascending to
the throne at age eighteen, Victoria ruled for sixty-four years-an
astounding length for any world leader. During her reign, she dealt
with conflicts ranging from royal quarrels to war in Crimea and
rebellion in India. She saw monarchs fall, empires crumble, new
continents explored, and England grow into a dominant global and
industrial power. This personal history is a compelling look at the
complex woman whom, until now, we only thought we knew. (Amazon.com)
The title The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (or the curious incident of the dog in the night-time as it appears within the book) is an appropriate one for Mark Haddon's ingenious novel both because of its reference to that most obsessive and fact-obsessed of detectives, Sherlock Holmes, and because its lower-case letters indicate something important about its narrator.
Christopher is an intelligent youth who lives in the functional hinterland of autism--every day is an investigation for him because of all the aspects of human life that he does not quite get.
