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  • Michael Osborn on Metaphor and Style

    by Michael Osborn ...
    Series series Rhetoric & Public Affairs
    This volume features two dimensions of Michael Osborn’s work with rhetorical metaphor. The first focuses on his early efforts to develop a conception of metaphor to advance the understanding of rhetoric, while the second concerns more recent efforts to apply this enriched conception in the analysis and criticism of significant rhetorical practice. The older emphasis features four of Osborn’s more ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • My Father's Eyes

    by Michael Osborne ...
    In a time far removed from our memories......there was a great flood that wiped out all life on this planet except for the inhabitants of a solitary ark, the first destruction of Earth. Could there have been other survivors? Today half of the world’s population vanished in a split second, plunging humanity into cataclysmic chaos. This activated seven years of the greatest suffering and loss ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • American Tall Tales

    by Mary Pope Osborne ...
    Illustrated by Michael McCurdy ...
    The perfect addition to every family’s home library and just right for sharing aloud, American Tall Tales introduces readers to America’s first folk heroes in nine wildly exaggerated and downright funny stories.Here are Paul Bunyan, that king-sized lumberjack who could fell “ten white pines with a single swing”; John Henry, with his mighty hammer; Mose, old New York’s biggest, bravest fireman; ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • Uncanny Magazine Issue 27

    March/April 2019

    by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Karen Osborne, Tina Connolly, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Marie Brennan, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, A.T. Greenblatt, Beth Cato, Cassandra Khaw ...
    The March/April 2019 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.Featuring new fiction by Karen Osborne, Tina Connolly, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Marie Brennan, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and A.T. Greenblatt. Reprinted fiction by Aliette de Bodard, essays by Tracy Townsend, Briana Lawrence, Marissa Lingen, and Suzanne Walker, poetry by Beth Cato, D.A. Xaolin Spires, Cassandra Khaw, Sandi Liebowitz, and ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Concepts and Practices of Lifelong Learning

    by Brenda Morgan-Klein, Michael Osborne ...
    This textbook gives a wide-ranging, research-informed introduction to issues in lifelong learning across a variety of educational settings and practices. Its very accessible approach is multi-disciplinary drawing on sociology and psychology in particular. In addition, issues are discussed within an international context. While there has been a proliferation of texts focussing on particular areas ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Access, Lifelong Learning and Education for All

    Edited by Gareth Parry, Michael Osborne, Peter Scott ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book examines access, lifelong learning and education for all, which have been policy preoccupations in all countries for more than half a century, but have been overlaid and pushed aside by the development of mass higher education. The authors examine what has been achieved, what lessons have been learnt and what still remains to be done, addressing matters of equity, agency, community, ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • Improving What is Learned at University

    An Exploration of the Social and Organisational Diversity of University Education

    by John Brennan, Robert Edmunds, Muir Houston, David Jary, Yann Lebeau, Michael Osborne, John T.E. Richardson ...
    Series series Improving Learning
    Received the ‘highly commended’ award by the Society for Educational Studies for books published in 2010.What is learned in universities today? Is it what students expect to learn? Is it what universities say they learn? How far do the answers to questions such as these differ according to what, where and how one studies?As higher education has expanded, it has diversified both in terms of its ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • The Gifted

    by B. Michael Osborn ...
    Dive into a world of mystique and wonder. Join young Elzibeth, an extraordinary child with a name as unique as her destiny, as she navigates a life filled with mysterious guardians, ancient secrets, and perilous encounters. When the enigmatic Tetherspoons introduce her to Finias Shoop, a humble young man with untapped powers, the stage is set for an epic journey. Elzibeth's arrival at Briarwood, a ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Social Capital, Lifelong Learning and the Management of Place

    An International Perspective

    Edited by Michael Osborne, Kate Sankey, Bruce Wilson ...
    With contributions from around the world, this book brings together inter-related research from three fields: social capital, place management and lifelong learning regions. Providing valuable insight into the management of place and the development of learning at a regional level, the book presents international research that underpins the development and implementation of policies and practices ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Researching Widening Access to Lifelong Learning

    Issues and Approaches in International Research

    Edited by Beth Crossan, Jim Gallacher, Michael Osborne ...
    This authoritative volume is a truly international contribution to the worldwide debate on how best to widen access to lifelong learning. The first section of the book comprises research studies from around the world, reflecting the diversity of contexts in which widening access is researched and considers issues central to the access debate, including different understandings of the concept of ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • The Pedagogy of Lifelong Learning

    Understanding Effective Teaching and Learning in Diverse Contexts

    Edited by Michael Osborne, Muir Houston, Nuala Toman ...
    Presenting a snapshot of contemporary international research into the pedagogy of lifelong learning and teaching, this book focuses on a wide range of issues related to lifelong learning, including higher education, community-based learning and literacy practices in continuing education. It highlights the fact that the wide-ranging conclusions they draw have vital implications for this rapidly ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • M. I. Finley

    An Ancient Historian and his Impact

    Edited by Daniel Jew, Robin Osborne, Michael Scott ...
    Series series Cambridge Classical Studies
    M. I. Finley (1912–86) was the most famous ancient historian of his generation. He was admired by his peers, and was Professor of Ancient History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of the British Academy. His unmistakable voice was familiar to tens of thousands of radio listeners, his polemical reviews and other journalism were found all over the broadsheets and weeklies, and his scholarly ... Read more

    $43.49 USD