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Agamon, David

Europe

United Writers Publications

Death Camps of the River Kwai

Pounder, Thomas

The hounds of war unleashed

Thurstan, Violetta

The Thinktank That Leaked

Hodder-Williams, Christopher

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Melinda

Hebden, Joan

Literature & Fiction

This is along awaited book. For the first time parents are treated as intelligent as well as caring people who have a legitimate interest in their children's educational progress and situation. Peter Lawrence does not write down to parents but treats them as intelligent partners in a study of the origins and nature of learning disabilities  in particular those associated with learning to read. While the whole of the text is relevant to the subject of dyslexia, he puts forward a strong case for discontinuing the use of this ambiguous term. The concept of intelligence and the processes of perception are discussed in a comprehensive and comprehensible way and their significance for formal learning considered. Fortunate parents, whose children are not disabled learners in any specific sense will discover information which throws new light on such facile comments as 'could do better', and will find new insights into the processes of formal learning  especially in the early years. Intelligence testing, its purpose and limitations are discussed, together with a consideration of the basic factors of heredity and environment and their respective significance for behavior and learning. The much misused and often misconceived description of 'minimal brain damage' is considered at length with reassuring conclusions for many parents. Although intended primarily for parents, there is probably no teacher who would not benefit from reading this book.

Is My Child Stupid?: A Parent's Guide to the Understanding of Specific Learning Disabilities - Including Dyslexia

Peter, Lawrence

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Boy Among Men

JAMES, DAVID

<p>With Foreword by Jack Jones, former General Secretary of the Transportand General Workers Union, who served in the Spanish Civil War. </p>One inky black night in November 1939, Antonio Candela stumbled over a Pyrenean mountain ridge to freedom in France. He had survived the horrors of the Spanish Civil War, a 600km half-starved trek and imprisonment in a Fascist labour camp. He had been born into a poor peasant family in Extremadura, Spain in 1916. He never received any formal education. When Fascist rebel troops suddenly invaded Spain in July 1936, the war caught him entirely by surprise in the ancient city of Badajoz. It was only by a miracle that he escaped the atrocities and massacre there. He sought refuge with the Republicans, and joined them in the people's struggle to defend the Spanish government. He fought in many famous battles, and began to learn how to read and write while in the trenches. Soon he began to understand the political complexities of his country that were the causes of injustices, brutal repression and abject poverty. He had entered the war as an illiterate labourer and emerged enlightened, frustrated and indignant. Memory of the Spanish Civil War still brings back the tragic horrors of the human butchery which the author has witnessed. He was persuaded by his family to write about his experiences. This is his own account of those three years; a unique true story of the ordinary Spanish people's struggle to survive the feudal rigours in their country. The book differs from others about the Spanish Civil War in that they have been written by historians and intellectuals with strong political views. This fascinating narrative will be much in demand by those eager to know more about Spain and what took place in that conflict which proved to be a rehearsal for the Second World War.

Adventures of an Innocent in the Spanish Civil War

candela-antonio

This is an autobiographical narrative dealing with the experience of a teenaged Jewish refugee from Nazi oppression, from the moment he and his family had to leave Germany at the beginning of 1937. The family emigrated to Czechoslovakia and when this country was occupied by the Germans the family managed to get to Poland. While his parents arrived in London shortly before the outbreak of war, Martin and his older brother, Paul, were caught up in the war in Poland. They attempted to make their way to England via Russian occupied Poland and Lithuania. Eventually they succeeded. The book describes the journey of the brothers, but it is not an 'adventure yarn' or a 'hard-luck story'. It is an exploration into the thoughts and feelings of Martin Rosen, the younger of the two brothers, his relationships with people he had known at that time, with his brother and parents, and the very close childhood friends that he had left behind in Germany. Through reminiscences of his childhood  told in flashbacks  the reader learns something about his background, about his ambitions to become a writer and about his beliefs. The events described are often bizarre; the chances of survival were very slim. After the reunion with his parents, Martin understood that there was still a long way to go to reach maturity.

Signals: A Young Refugee's Flight from Germany in the Thirties

Cohn, Frederick G.

Biographies & Memoirs

The Questers - a Mystery Novel

Anthony Wroth

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