Background
JENKINS, Simon was born on June 10, 1943 in Birmingham. Son of Daniel Jenkins.
(Investigates the alliance between the British administrat...)
Investigates the alliance between the British administration and the Muslim landed magnates who dominated the countryside and provides valuable insights into the emergence of the elite's governing Pakistan today.
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( Landlords to London was originally published in 1975, t...)
Landlords to London was originally published in 1975, the first book by Simon Jenkins, later to be editor of the London Evening Standard and the Times, and in 2008 the Chairman on the National Trust. The book is a collective biography of the men who mapped out the metropolis of London as we see it today - also the story of the people of London, who have never sat idly by any argument over 'their' city. The Great Estates of London were carved out of the fields surrounding the medieval City and made their owners fabulously rich, but led also to a remarkable flowering of urban design in the squares, crescents and terraces of Bloomsbury, Belgravia, Islington, Kensington et al. These wealthy families are shadowy figures in London's history, but Simon Jenkins brings their tastes and endeavours to light, while also recording the popular protests and petitions that have led to the ceaseless reform, revision, conservation and regeneration of London's landscape and skyline. 'Extremely informative and witty.' Roy Porter, London: A Social History
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(Who was the mysterious girl sold for half of Westminster?...)
Who was the mysterious girl sold for half of Westminster? Did we have to import an American to build the new wing of the National Gallery? Who was Vermeer's Guitar Player? Why is bankruptcy such a driving force behind London's development? What makes a City churchyard such a wondrous thing? Simon Jenkins has been roaming and writing about London all his life and naturally much of this book is about London. However he often strays further afield and the issues raised have wide implications and offer rich food for thought. He is fascinated by the arguments that constantly engulf the capital: Should we pay to see a famous Goya; Is it right to return the Elgin Marbles to Athens?; What can be learnt from Seifert's Centre Point? Are we being swamped by tourists?. But he also observes the longer-term shifts in the capital's art and architecture. With Betjeman, he finds an eerie peace in the churches of Heathrow. With Constable, he witnesses the skies above Hampstead Heath. He joins the Prince of Wales in welcoming the demise of Modernist building. He debates the restoration of Windsor Castle. He traces the booms and busts of Docklands and considers to what use the empty offices might one day be put. From Hampstead's Vale of Health to Richmond's river front, from the hanging of the Royal Academy's 'Leonardo' to the Finest Walk in London, he is full of surprises. Paintings and books, buildings and the environment are mingled in this collection which is wonderfully lively and always stimulating.
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(Featuring connect-the-dot puzzles from syndicated newspap...)
Featuring connect-the-dot puzzles from syndicated newspaper columns, this book packs a big punch with pocket-sized but intricate designs for readers to decipher. In addition to traditional connect-the-dots, you'll find unique innovations such as connecting odd/even numbers and other multiple line variations. Each final image is a small treasure... beautifully drawn and charming. A wide variety of subject matter further adds to the final surprise. From the publishers of The Greatest Dot-to-Dot Books in the World series. Great for gifts and travel! Ages 8 to adult.
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(At present, more than 50 per cent of the entire world pop...)
At present, more than 50 per cent of the entire world population lives in cities. According to the United Nations more than two-thirds of the world's large cities are vulnerable to rising sea levels, exposing millions of people to the risk of extreme floods and storms. Within the coming 30 years, the United Nations project that the number of people living in cities will increase to 60 per cent of the world's population, resulting in even more people living in highly exposed areas. Both scientists and policy makers have addressed the issue of adapting to the challenge of climate change, and both call for embedding long term scenarios in city planning and investments in all sectors. Based on estimations of costs of estimations, it appears that investing in adaptation now would save money in the long term. This book shows the different aspects of climate adaptation. It is an independent investigation of comparative adaptation problems and progress in the cities of Rotterdam, New York and Jakarta. In this regard, each city faces different challenges; one of the lessons of "The Connecting Delta Cities" initiative is that while cities will follow adaptation paths that may differ, sometimes substantially, each city can learn from the others.
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(Featuring connect-the-dot puzzles from syndicated newspap...)
Featuring connect-the-dot puzzles from syndicated newspaper columns, this book packs a big punch with pocket-sized but intricate designs for readers to decipher. In addition to traditional connect-the-dots, you'll find unique innovations such as connecting odd/even numbers and other multiple line variations. Each final image is a small treasure... beautifully drawn and charming. A wide variety of subject matter further adds to the final surprise. From the publishers of The Greatest Dot-to-Dot Books in the World series. Great for gifts and travel! Ages 8 to adult.
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(Inscribed and SIGNED by the author on ffep to Kay Graham ...)
Inscribed and SIGNED by the author on ffep to Kay Graham Clean and tight in original red binding in very good pictorial dustjacket. Katharine Graham (1917-2001) was the Publisher, and later, Chairman of the Board of the Washington Post Company. She was a noted Washington hostess, whose dinner table served so many of the powerful, influential and interesting people during their tenure in the Nation's Capitol.; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.;
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( In his long and distinguished career as a writer and s...)
In his long and distinguished career as a writer and scholar Julian Simon came to be known as one of the leading—and most controversial—authorities on population economics. An immensely productive writer, his work is unified by a basic core belief: that human intellect and ingenuity are ever-renewable resources in the use and preservation of natural resources. Inevitably, Simon's position provoked the hostility of doctrinaire environmentalists, both in academia and in the movement at large. However, Simon's arguments were invariably built from facts and powerful evidence that stood him well in many high-profile public debates. The first part of Simon's autobiography takes the reader through his childhood, his years as a midshipman and then as an officer in the Navy, plus a stint in the Marines, and his experiences as a copywriter in an advertising firm. Simon's plan after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago was to be an entrepreneur, which would afford him enough money to care for his parents and allow him free time for writing fiction. He ran a small mail-order business for two years, during which time he wrote his first book, How to Start and Operate a Mailorder Business, which has since gone through seven editions. Deciding to seek a professional career, in 1963, he accepted a position at the University of Illinois. Although he spent thirty-five years of his life as a faculty member at three universities, his autobiography contains almost no discussion of departmental affairs or university politics, topics about which Simon had little or no interest. Rather, after the personal chronology and experiences, the book includes substantive chapters on research methods, population economics, and immigration. It also explains how Julian Simon became the economist he was. He analyzes crucial periods in his life when he developed his ideas on fundamental issues. Written in an engaging and amusing manner, Julian Simon's autobiography is a combination of personal memoir and professional contribution to important ideas in economics, research methods, and demography. His observations and personal reflections will interest the general reader on a humanitarian level as well as environmentalists, sociologists, and economists on a professional level.
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(This critical assessment of Heller's works from his earli...)
This critical assessment of Heller's works from his earliest short stories to his most recent work seeks to illustrate the absurdist vision which informs even his plays and occasional essays. His best-known work is "Catch-22" and this is dealt with thoroughly by the author, though not to the exclusion of other more minor works. Biographical information is included to supplement the critical discussion where relevant and draws on some previously unpublished material. The author has written "The Fictional Labyrinths of Thomas Pynchon".
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(The paradoxes of the American decadent movement in the 18...)
The paradoxes of the American decadent movement in the 1890s and 1920s.
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(During a snowy, 22 degree February weekend, a group of ar...)
During a snowy, 22 degree February weekend, a group of artists, designers, editors, educators and photographers from around North America met at Syracuse University to judge the Eleventh Edition, the annual competition of the Society of Newspaper design.
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Featuring connect-the-dot puzzles from syndicated newspaper columns, this book packs a big punch with pocket-sized but intricate designs for readers to decipher. In addition to traditional connect-the-dots, you'll find unique innovations such as connecting odd/even numbers and other multiple line variations. Each final image is a small treasure... beautifully drawn and charming. A wide variety of subject matter further adds to the final surprise. From the publishers of The Greatest Dot-to-Dot Books in the World series. Great for gifts and travel! Ages 8 to adult.
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(Featuring connect-the-dot puzzles from syndicated newspap...)
Featuring connect-the-dot puzzles from syndicated newspaper columns, this book packs a big punch with pocket-sized but intricate designs for readers to decipher. In addition to traditional connect-the-dots, you'll find unique innovations such as connecting odd/even numbers and other multiple line variations. Each final image is a small treasure... beautifully drawn and charming. A wide variety of subject matter further adds to the final surprise. From the publishers of The Greatest Dot-to-Dot Books in the World series. Great for gifts and travel! Ages 8 to adult.
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(Featuring connect-the-dot puzzles from syndicated newspap...)
Featuring connect-the-dot puzzles from syndicated newspaper columns, this book packs a big punch with pocket-sized but intricate designs for readers to decipher. In addition to traditional connect-the-dots, you ll find unique innovations such as connecting odd/even numbers and other multiple line variations. Each final image is a small treasure... beautifully drawn and charming. A wide variety of subject matter further adds to the final surprise. From the publishers of "The Greatest Dot-to-Dot Books in the World" series. Great for gifts and travel! Ages 8 to adult.
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( Conceiving of pedagogy as a form of cultural politics a...)
Conceiving of pedagogy as a form of cultural politics and teachers, therefore, as cultural workers, Simon offers a fresh vision of the notion of pedagogy. Grounded in an ethical and political stance devoted to the advancement of human dignity, Simon reflexively considers the basis on which teachers form their own dispositions and feelings, and urges them to consider not only what they might do as teachers but what social visions are supported by their practices. In this in-depth discussion of the requirements for a pedagogy of possibility, Simon highlights the significance of his theoretical commitment as applied to educational practice. To illustrate the ways that pedagogy is implicated in the construction of a social imaginary, Simon explores how the substance of schooling might be recast in a way that involves the work of teaching in reconstituting a progressive moral project for education that can constitute part of a broadly based social transformation. He subsequently offers a social vision on which a pedagogy of possibility might be founded, and shows how schools, along with other sites of cultural production, may be understood as integral to the struggle to establish such a vision. In addition, he discusses in detail how a practice of pedagogy might be conceptualized that would help establish concrete forms of hopeful practice.
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JENKINS, Simon was born on June 10, 1943 in Birmingham. Son of Daniel Jenkins.
Mill Hill School, St.John’s College, Oxford.
Columnist London Evening Standard, 1968-1974, editor, 1976-1978. Political editor The Economist, 1979-1986. Columist Sunday Times, 1986-1990.
Editor The Times, London, 1990-1992. Columnist The Times, Spectator, since 1992.
(Who was the mysterious girl sold for half of Westminster?...)
(During a snowy, 22 degree February weekend, a group of ar...)
(Investigates the alliance between the British administrat...)
( Landlords to London was originally published in 1975, t...)
(This critical assessment of Heller's works from his earli...)
( In his long and distinguished career as a writer and s...)
(Featuring connect-the-dot puzzles from syndicated newspap...)
(Featuring connect-the-dot puzzles from syndicated newspap...)
(Featuring connect-the-dot puzzles from syndicated newspap...)
(Featuring connect-the-dot puzzles from syndicated newspap...)
(Featuring connect-the-dot puzzles from syndicated newspap...)
( Conceiving of pedagogy as a form of cultural politics a...)
(Inscribed and SIGNED by the author on ffep to Kay Graham ...)
( "Must be read by all our military people and anyone who...)
(At present, more than 50 per cent of the entire world pop...)
(The paradoxes of the American decadent movement in the 18...)
Author: City At Risk, 1971, Landlords to London, 1974, Newspapers, 1979, Companion Guide to Outer London, 1981, Battle for the Falklands, 1983, Images of Hampstead, 1983, With Respect Ambassador, 1985, Market for Glory, 1986, The Selling of Mary Davies, 1993, Against the Grain, 1994, Accountable to None: The Tory Nationalization of Britain, 1996, England's Thousand Best Churches, 2000, England's Thousand Best Houses, 2003.
Deputy chairman English Heritage, 1988-1990. Board directors British Rys., 1979-1980, South Bank Centre, 1979-1990. Member Millenium Commission, since 1994.
Married Gayle Hunnicutt. 1 child Edward LLoyd.