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For British Rail, the 1970s was a time of contrasts, when bad jokes about sandwiches and pork pies often belied real achievements, like increasing computerisation and the arrival of the high-speed I……続きを見る

Ob Waldorf-Pädagogik, biologisch-dynamische Landwirtschaft, ganzheitliche Medizin oder organische Architektur: Fast jeder ist schon – freiwillig oder unfreiwillig – in die Einflusszone Rudolf Steine……続きを見る

Franz-Michael Konrad beschreibt anschaulich die Geschichte der Schule vom Alten Ägypten über antike Gymnasien und mittelalterliche Klosterschulen bis zur Gegenwart. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf der Ent……続きを見る

Salerno, Bologna, Paris – etwa ab dem elften Jahrhundert formieren sich in Europa neuartige Bildungseinrichtungen, die für die gesamte Entwicklung des Kontinents von herausragender Bedeutung werden ……続きを見る

"Schaut nicht auf meinen Finger, der euch die Richtung weist, sondern schaut auf das Kind", sagte einmal sinngemäß Maria Montessori und brachte damit in denkbar kürzester Form auf den Punkt, was Gru……続きを見る

Ludovico Scarfiotti was a versatile Italian race driver, the nephew of a Fiat executive. He raced Formula 1, sports cars and was an especially talented hill climber in European competitions. Known t……続きを見る

Mike Parkes was an engineer before he became a driver for Ferrari in the 1960s. He was drafted by Enzo Ferrari to drive the Maranello, Italy's F1 cars in midseason of '66. Of his 7 grand prix starts……続きを見る

Anthony Miles Standish Tony Brooks drove a works Ferrari from 1956 until he departed to drive Cooper cars near the end of a career that ended in 1961. The son of a dentist Tony also trained to becom……続きを見る

Willy Mairesse was a Belgian Formula 1 and Sports Car driver with a penchant for wrecking his Ferraris. So much so that his death by suicide in 1969 was attributed to a severe wreck he had at Le Man……続きを見る

Umberto Maglioli competed in the most noteworthy sports car races beginning in the 1950s and concluding in 1967. It was after he won the world's oldest sports car race, the Targa Florio, that he was……続きを見る

Chris Bristow was a promising English racer who died very young while attempting to pass Willy Mairesse's Ferrari at Spa-Francorchamps during the Belgian Grand Prix of 1960. In doing so he took a li……続きを見る

2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title! Tells the little known story of the collaboration and clash between the indomitable educator Maria Montessori and the American publisher S. S. McClure over th……続きを見る

The Village on the Plain tells the story of the founding of Auburn University as a small private college and the tumultuous history of its growth and transformation into the complex institution it i……続きを見る

No fight over what gets taught in American classrooms is more heated than the battle over humanity’s origins. For more than a century we have argued about evolutionary theory and creationism (and it……続きを見る

Henry Taylor was a Formula One racer who switched to become a rally racer after having a serious wreck. Taylor later became a Ford executive and was captain of the British rally team for a number of……続きを見る

They're all here--every X-bomber and X-fighter since 1942. On October 2, 1942, the Bell XP-59 Airacomet soared up and away from present-day Edwards AFB, launching the US Army Air Forces into the Jet……続きを見る

Originally among the smallest secondary schools in Oxford, and without much of a reputation, by 2013 The Cherwell School had grown fourfold and established a national reputation for quality. Martin ……続きを見る

Fred Wacker was a Formula 1 driver from the Chicago area who drove for Gordini among other marques. He became President of the Chicago Chapter of the Sports Car Club of America. Fred stressed safety……続きを見る

An epic trip across America with much-loved national treasure and comedy legend, Billy Connolly Billy Connolly has spent much of his life in the United States, where he now lives. It's a country he ……続きを見る

Toni Ulmen was a German Veritas driver who excelled in Formula Two competition, so much so that he won a championship in this division. Unfortunately the German post World War II drivers were kept f……続きを見る

Paco Godia entered a works Maserati in the 1951 Spanish Grand Prix, thus becoming the first Formula One driver in his country's history. After this he drove intemittently throughout the 1950s until ……続きを見る

A must for any Canadian railroad aficionado, this special bundle gathers six books in one for a can’t-miss retrospective of the nation’s railway history. Rails Over the Mountains Explore western Can……続きを見る

Lines Were Drawn looks at a group of Mississippi teenagers whose entire high school experience, beginning in 1969, was under federal court-ordered racial integration. Through oral histories and othe……続きを見る

Piero Carini was a Ferrari driver from Genoa, Italy. A talented sports car racer, he joined the Ferrari works team in 1953. He also drove for Alfa Romeo in 1954 and Ferrari in sports car events worl……続きを見る

The twentieth century was a time of great change in early years education. As the century opened, the use of Froebel's kindergarten methods infiltrated more infant classrooms. The emergence of psych……続きを見る

The definitive life story of the seventies world 500cc motorcycle champion Barry Sheene – the Brit whose death-defying crashes and playboy lifestyle made him the most famous bike racer on the planet……続きを見る

The Age of Railways was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life – from trade and transportation to health and recreation. Full Steam Ahead reveals how t……続きを見る

The progressive raising of the school-leaving age has had momentous repercussions for our understanding of childhood and youth, for secondary education, and for social and educational inequality. Th……続きを見る

Curriculum Studies in India examines Indian scholars in dialogue regarding their intellectual life histories and subjective investments in their field. With chapter introductions by William Pinar, s……続きを見る

Education has always been a key instrument of nation-building in new states. National education systems have typically been used to assimilate immigrants; to promote established religious doctrines;……続きを見る