Today more than one and a half million children are being taught at home by their own parents. In this expanded edition of the book that helped launch the whole movement, Pat Farenga has distilled John Holt's timeless understanding of the ways children come to understand the world and added up-to-th[...]

First published in the mid 1960s, How Children Fail began an education reform movement that continues today. In his 1982 edition, John Holt added new insights into how children investigate the world, into the perennial problems of classroom learning, grading, testing, and into the role of the trus[...]

How small children begin to read, write, count, and investigate the world, without being taught.. The essence of John Holts insight into learning and small children is captured in Learning All The Time. This delightful book by the influential author of How Children Fail and How Children Learn sho[...]

Systems modelling is an essential enabling technique for any systems engineering enterprise. This book provides an introduction to the systems engineering modelling language, the SysML, aimed at systems engineering practitioners at various levels of abilities, ranging from students to experts.[...]

In this insightful work, a noted expert goes behind the headlines to examine the complexities of Syrian politics and their impact on the modern world. Beginning with an overview of political and economic change after 1963 when the Ba'th Party came to power, the book focuses on developments in Syria [...]

In 1967, 139 years after their arrival in Aden, the British withdrew from the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. This title tells the story of the final few years of British rule in Aden and the neighbouring Eastern and Western Aden Protectorates.[...]