Leicestershire and Rutland are predominantly landscapes of rolling green farmland with some areas of higher ground, notably the Charnwood Forest area Beacon Hill and parts of the newly formed National Forest around Coalville. This book features Graham Oliver's photography of both counties.
Gerald Durrell meets James Herriot. In "Zoo Tails," Oliver Graham Jones recalled his time as the chief vet at London Zoo, and some of the extraordinary animals he met along the way. One puff adder, one antelope, one crocodile -- This was the list of sick animals presented to Oliver Graham Jones on his first day as a new vet at London Zoo in 1951. And his time at the zoo didn't get any less strange or entertaining... There's the time he anaesthetized, and was then chased by, a gorilla; had to capture an angry polar bear in thick fog; performed a colostomy on a python; and fitted a raven in the Tower of London with a wooden leg. And if an animal escaped (more frequently than you might think) or required urgent medical attention, he was always on hand, ready for any eventuality. With his self-deprecating humour, Oliver frequently described himself as quaking with fear, but he was also skilful, brave and, most of all, incredibly caring and kind to his animal patients."
(Re)thinking Orientalism is a text that examines the visual discourse of Orientalism through the pedagogy of contemporary graphic narratives. Using feminist, critical race, and postcolonial theoretical and pedagogical lenses, the book uses visual discourse analysis and visual semiology to situate the narratives within Islamophobia and neo-Orientalism in the post-9/11 media context.
Exposes the candidate [president] and our media-driven culture that allowed his dangerous rise. --From publisher description.
A bibliography of the published works of Laurie Lee, compiled from the author's own collection and the Laurie Lee Archive in the British Library
Supplementing the best-selling textbook, Analyzing Ethics Questions from Behavior Analysts, this book analyzes over 50 original and up-to-date ethics cases recently faced by behavior analysts. The workbook provides "solutions" to each question written by the most expert professionals in the field using the Behavior Analyst Certification Board® Ethics Code. Covering all ten sections of the code and designed to allow the reader to see the original question, respond given their knowledge of the Code, and then compare their answers with the authors' answers at the back of the book, Jon S. Bailey and Mary R. Burch provide the necessary guided practice for both students and clinicians to improve ethical competency in behavior analysis.
Welcome to the very unusual farming world of the Baileys and their contract with the mighty Kelloggs company which led to the family fortune. The story dates from the 1940's onward, and the young boys of the family get up to all sorts of scrapes and meet plenty of great characters from an Iranian Secret Policeman to local bobbies. The local bobbies are a particular source of amusement when they clash with runaway pigs and sheep and even get deluged with a load of Kelloggs' grains. The strangeness continues with exotic animals, ghosts in England and Wales, and even a stream that runs up hill and is very attractive to poachers. They are a family that clearly enjoyed life, and their stories will make you smile a lot.
One Man’s Mountain’ is a powerful and energetic memoir describing how what seem to be distant and unachievable dreams can become real and develop into a life’s experience that is way beyond what was thought possible. The book depicts life’s experiences leading from war-time to normal peacetime living. An ordinary suburban lifestyle enables the writer to explore and adventure on two wheels and brings to life a competitive spirit, which causes the writer to see and develop an ambition. The goal to be achieved centres upon an island in the Irish Sea, yet seems beyond reach. The difficulty is that it combined the need to ride and earn a living! Yet strangely, work and play relate.
International business needs to begin taking geopolitical risks and opportunities much more seriously. A paradigm shift is now underway-- the first of its kind since the late 1980s-- that will likely separate the wheat from the chaff among companies across the globe for several decades. To ' be the wheat, ' companies will need to professionalize efforts to incorporate geopolitical realities into all aspects of their business. That can be done-- but while most companies are presently haphazard in their approach, confused about both how to analyze the world as it evolves and how to operationalize that analysis, others are figuring how to play changes to their advantage. To get there, executives need to be systematic, strategic, and savvy. Companies need to engage in education efforts from the board to the operational level, and then put that shared understanding of political risk into action. Each company will have a different set of priorities to develop its geostrategy and strengthen its ability to manage political risks in a more strategic way. This book provides useful step-by-step recommendations for how executives should consider putting geostrategy into practice at their company.
Přes tisíc savců, ptáků, plazů a ryb a jeden zvěrolékař. Autor knihy, Oliver Graham-Jones, se na začátku svého působení v zoo v roce 1951 ocitl v těžké situaci, bez rady a zkušeností. Jako průkopník péče o exotická zvířata se s humorem a laskavostí dívá na výzvy, které ho provázely. Zdravotní péče o zvířata byla tehdy v plenkách; nemocná zvířata byla odvážena do sanatoria, kde se o ně starali ošetřovatelé. S jeho příchodem se podařilo vybudovat moderní nemocnici se správným operačním sálem a karanténními odděleními. Londýnská zoo se tak osvobodila od viktoriánské minulosti a stala se vzorem pro ostatní. Během své praxe zažil autor mnohé příběhy a musel řešit neuvěřitelné případy, jako například pomoc tukanovi bez kousku zobáku nebo hledání polárního medvěda v londýnské mlze. Ne všechny příběhy však měly šťastný konec, a tak autor vzpomíná i na smutné události, jako byl výlet dobrosrdečného šimpanze Cholmondeleyho. Jeho vyprávění, inspirované populárními knihami Jamese Herriota, přináší úsměvné a exotické pohledy na život v zoo.
