Product Description: There is increasing emphasis on the importance of arithmetical skills and this text enables trainee primary teachers to build their own confidence in arithmetic to enhance their teaching of it. Focused on the teaching of arithmetic, the text covers all aspects including recall of number facts and the traditional pen and paper methods...read more

Product Description: Richard English argues here that the post-9/11 War on Terror has spectacularly failed and that we now need a radically new approach to dealing with international terrorism. Recent policies have ignored the lessons of the past, and Terrorism: How to Respond seeks to remedy this lack of vision by looking at the long history of terrorism and assessing why such violence emerges, how it is sustained, and--most crucially of all--how and why it ends...read more

A narrative history of Irish nationalism, in which events are analysed in detail. Drawn from years of research, this book explains why Irish nationalists have believed and acted as they have, why their ideas and strategies have changed over time, and what effect Irish nationalism has had in shaping the country.

Drawn from years of original research and also from the literature on the subject, this book offers explanations of why Irish nationalists have believed and acted as they have, why their ideas and strategies have changed over time, and what effect Irish nationalism has had in shaping modern Ireland.

Product Description: By clearly outlining how ICT can enhance and improve children’s learning, this book shows how to unleash the full potential of ICT within the classroom. Stimulating, useful and free of jargon, the book provides many practical examples to show teachers where, when and how ICT can be used effectively within their maths teaching...read more

Product Description: The IRA has been a much richer, more complexly layered, and more protean organization than is frequently recognized. It is also more open to balanced examination now--at the end of its long war in the north of Ireland--than it was even a few years ago...read more

Looks at the history of the Irish Republican Army, from the 1916 Easter Rising until the present day, discussing such topics as the IRA's core beliefs and philosophy, the partition of Ireland, and the split of the IRA. (view table of contents)

Drawing on current debates on secessions within the United Kingdom, this book analyses the British State today and looks at its place in the future. Featuring original contributions from a variety of disciplines, this study tackles the problem of defining and studying the state and looks at the role the nation-state has played as the basic political unit in Europe and throughout the world.

Product Description: Protagonists in the heated debate about British decline here set out their current views and respond to critics. The second half of the book builds on these chapters by systematically examining key themes and issues. Contributors include: Corelli Barnett, Former Keeper of the Churchill Archives Centre at Churchill College, Cambridge, and Fellow of Churchill College (1977-1995); Sir Samuel Brittan, Former Principal Economics Commentator, Financial Times (1966) and Assistant Editor (1978); Jonathan Clark, Former Fellow of Peterhouse College, Cambridge (1977-) and of All Souls College, Oxford (from 1986); Robert Eccleshall, Professor of Politics, Queen's University, Belfast; Marie-Therese Fay, Research officer with the Cost of the Troubles Study; Andrew Gamble, Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield, Stuart Hall, Professor of Sociology, Open University; Will Hutton, Editor, The Observer; David Marquand Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: In Ideas Matter a wide array of Irish and international figures pay tribute to Conor Cruise O'Brien, with a collection of original essays on a wide range of issues which fascinated O'Brien: Irish history and politics, the United Nations, the Middle East, African affairs, American studies, the interplay of literature and politics, Edmund Burke, deTocqueville, Camus, and W...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Ernie O'Malley (1897-1957) was one of the most talented and colorful of modern Irish republicans. A leader in the 1916-1923 Revolution he was a contemporary of Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera. This thematic biography draws heavily on previously unseen archival material, and will be essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of modern Irish politics and the history of the IRA...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Never be lost for words again! Travel jargon can often be confusing. This handy reference features 3,000 definitions of travel, tourism and geography terms including an in-depth focus on skiing, diving and cruising terms. It also features contact details and information on over 130 of the top travel associations worldwide, 250 of the top tourist attractions worldwide listed by country and alphabetically and a USA/UK dictionary...read more

Product Description: This collection of essays brings together exciting, fresh work by young scholars working on vital aspects of modern Irish unionism. Its range is broad, taking in much material (literary, political, cultural, intellectual) which has previously been ignored...read more

Product Description: In this comprehensive study of socialist republicanism in interwar Ireland, the author demonstrates that the contradictory analysis that characterized the republican left explains its political failure. This important book unravels the politics of a significant Irish republican cult and illuminates important issues of class and politics, changing and enriching our reading of the history of independent Ireland...read more