New Releases by Peter Clarke

"Perfecting the Mind" by Peter Clarke is a transformative guide that delves into the power of the human mind in shaping success, wholeness, and spiritual victory. The book explores the laws governing the mind, showing readers how to meditate, speak in the spirit, and harness the mind's potential to manifest success. It provides practical steps to condition the mind for wealth, detect victim mentality, and overcome life's battles through mental transformation in Christ. With a focus on aligning the mind with spiritual principles, the book empowers readers to perfect their minds for achieving total success and living in victory.

Collins International Primary Maths supports best practice in primary maths teaching, whilst encouraging teacher professionalism and autonomy. A wealth of supporting digital assets are provided for every lesson, including slideshows, tools and games to ensure they are rich, lively and engaging. Collins International Primary Maths supports best practice in primary maths teaching, whilst encouraging teacher professionalism and autonomy. Each Progress Book page offers assessment questions which allow learners to apply what they have learned and demonstrate mastery and understanding of mathematical concepts. Questions throughout the course develop learners' Thinking and Working Mathematically skills and each unit offers an opportunity for personal reflection on progress.

"The Busy Ant Maths program ensures confidence from the start for teachers and pupils, embedding best practice across the school. Using the planning tool on Collins Connect together with this guide offers you a complete solution for planning and delivering inspiring math lessons, helping promote learning and raising attainment for all children. Written by an expert author team with over 50 years' combined classroom experience, Busy Ant Maths is a flexible, whole-school mathematics program that ensures conceptual understanding and mathematical fluency from the start. "

Used in conjunction with the Teacher's Guide, Progress Guide and Homework Guide, the Busy Ant Maths Pupil Book 1C is the best way to ensure that pupils achieve all the learning objectives of the new Primary Maths National Curriculum. Collins Busy Ant Maths Activity Book 1C is packed with exciting activities to help build and develop the skills needed to be successful in Maths. Each page features lots of hands-on, highly visual activities with a low level of text to give pupils confidence in learning maths. Activity Book 1C contains: * fun activities to consolidate the objectives covered in the daily maths lesson * objectives at the top of each page so the child is in control of their own learning * space to record answers, providing structure to each exercise * simple text. * engaging, colourful graphics.

Functional safety is the task of developing and implementing automatic safety systems used to manage risks in many industries where hazardous processes and machinery are used. Functional Safety from Scratch: A Practical Guide to Process Industry Applications provides a practical guide to functional safety, as applied in the chemical process industry, including the oil and gas, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and energy sectors. Written by a seasoned professional with many years of functional safety experience, this book explains the purpose of the relevant international standard IEC 61511 and how to achieve compliance efficiently. It provides in-depth coverage of the entire lifecycle of a functional safety system, assuming no prior knowledge of functional safety and only a basic understanding of process safety concepts. SIL assessment, the functional safety management plan, the safety requirements specification, verification, validation and functional safety assessment are covered in particular detail. Functional Safety from Scratch: A Practical Guide to Process Industry Applications is a highly practical source for process and instrumentation engineers, engineering managers and consultants, whether new to the field or already experienced. - Focuses on the 'how to' aspects of functional safety - Provides detailed explanation and guidance on how to develop the safety requirements specification - Includes extensive coverage of safety lifecycle verification, SIS validation, and functional safety assessment - Provides numerous practical exercises to confirm understanding and promote further thought - Includes tips for those preparing for functional safety examinations - Oriented towards an international audience, especially those for whom English is not their first language

John Maynard Keynes died in 1946 but his ideas and his example remain relevant today. In this distinctive new account, Peter Clarke shows how Keynes's own career was not simply that of an academic economist, nor that of a modern policy advisor. Though rightly credited for reshaping economic theory, Keynes's influence was more broadly based and is assessed here in a rounded historical, political and cultural context. Peter Clarke re-examines the full trajectory of Keynes's public career from his role in Paris over the Versailles Treaty to Bretton Woods. He reveals how Keynes's insights as an economic theorist were rooted in his wider intellectual and cultural milieu including Bloomsbury and his friendship with Virginia Woolf as well as his involvement in government business. Keynes in Action uncovers a much more pragmatic Keynes whose concept of 'truth' needs to be interpreted in tension with an acknowledgement of 'expediency' in implementing public policy.

Sick of poverty and wanting a better life for his family, James is determined to change his son's future and tells him he must leave the village in country Ireland and puts the sixteen year old on a cart for Belfast. Swept along by fate and determination, William, leaving his girlfriend behind, uses his wits in Belfast to obtain work. Hearing that gold is there for the taking, he finds his way onto the steam sailing ship Lady Grace bound for Australia - and the gold rush. Threatened onboard by bullies, and learning to cope with the unpredictable and savage elements during the voyage, his courage and patience are tested as he heads to the unknown new colony of Australia, and a new life. Never easy, sometimes funny, and often dangerous, William's adventures show how one determined man can change his future.

Collins International Maths Foundation and Foundation Plus provide inspirational, fun and age-appropriate learning for children in early years and kindergarten classes.The materials have been developed in consultation with expert practitioners to be easy to use in the classroom and to support children following a range of early years curricula and who are preparing for their first year of primary education in an international school, including schools following the Cambridge Assessment International Education primary framework.The course introduces young children to maths concepts in an age-appropriate way through topic-based discovery and activity-based learning, with plenty of opportunities to explore maths through games and hands-on exploration. Careful progression ensures children develop the skills they need to be ready for maths in their first year of primary and beyond.Each level comprises Activity Books A, B and C - one for each term - supported by a carefully selected collection of colourful stimulus materials in the Reading Anthology and Teacher's Guide. Schools can opt to use the course over one or two school years.The engaging and brightly illustrated Activity Books provide age-appropriate practice that is fun for children, that allow teachers to see and record progress, and that show parents what is being covered in class.Collins International Maths Foundation and Foundation Plus can be used on their own, or alongside Collins International English Foundation and Foundation Plus and Collins International Science Foundation and Foundation Plus to provide a comprehensive early-years programme.

Collins International Primary Maths supports best practice in primary maths teaching, whilst encouraging teacher professionalism and autonomy. A wealth of supporting digital assets are provided for every lesson, including slideshows, tools and games to ensure they are rich, lively and engaging.

Ensure every pupil is fluent in the times tables up to and including 12x12 for success in the Multiplication Tables Check. This whole-school resource gives teachers new tools to help children memorise, recognise patterns, and secure mastery of the multiplication tables.Make every minute count using the quick-fire tasks for lesson starters, times tables sessions or in small windows before or after break times.- Master the multiplication tables with varied and purposeful practice.- Develop rapid recall with whole-class, paired and individual games.- Reduce workload with over 1000 pages of ready-to-use interactive PowerPoints, activity sheets, games boards, cards and more to download when you buy the book.- Practice single or multiple tables at a time, with games suitable for use from Year 2 onwards.Created by leading expert, Peter Clarke, Busy Ant Maths ensures confidence from the start for teachers and pupils, embedding best practice across the school. Peter Clarke has many years' experience in primary classroom teaching, leading curriculum development and writing best-selling maths resources.

When politicians are bought and sold, when ancient monarchs prowl the earth looking for kingdoms to rule, and when common citizens are corrupted by dreams of an alien anarchist utopia, the time has come for the world to be destroyed at any moment. In this comic satire of political corruption gone off the rails, it's up to an ensemble of disgraced politicians to prove their mythical status as superheroes-and to save the world from something far more sinister than they had ever imagined.

Pataphysics, at once a literary trope and a branch of philosophy (and science), has influenced an array of prominent artists, writers, and musicians since the early 20th century. Members of the Paris-based Collège de 'Pataphysique have included Marcel Duchamp, Raymond Queneau, Man Ray, Max Ernst, Fernando Arrabal, and the Marx Brothers. "Apocryphal Pataphysics" brings the study of pataphysics into the modern age, stripping off the arcane baggage, fleshing out new dimensions, and serving up a quasi-guidebook for pataphysicians

A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year for 2017 'War, comrades,' declared Trotsky, 'is a great locomotive of history.' He was thought to be acknowledging the opportunity the First World War had offered the Bolsheviks to seize power in Russia in 1917. Twentieth-century warfare, based on new technologies and mass armies, certainly saw the locomotive power of war geared up to an unprecedented level. Peter Clarke explores the crucial ways in which war can be seen as a prime mover of history in the twentieth century through the eyes of five major figures. In Britain two wartime prime ministers – first David Lloyd George, later Winston Churchill – found their careers made and unmade by the unprecedented challenges they faced. In the United States, two presidents elected in peacetime – Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt – likewise found that war drastically changed their agenda. And it was through the experience of war that the economic ideas of John Maynard Keynes were shaped and came to exert wide influence. When the United States entered the First World War in 1917, President Wilson famously declared: 'The world must be made safe for democracy.' This liberal prospectus was to be tested in the subsequent peace treaty, one that was to be bitterly remembered by Germans for its 'war guilt clause'. But both in the making of the war and the making of the peace the issue of guilt did not suddenly materialise out of thin air. As Clarke's narrative shows, it was an integral component of the Anglo-American liberal tradition. The Locomotive of War is a forensic and punctilious examination of both the interplay between key figures in the context of the unprecedented all-out wars of 1914–18 and 1939–45 and the broader dynamics of history in this extraordinary period. Deeply revealing and insightful, it is history of the highest calibre.

Challenge and stretch Year 2 pupils with this resource designed to broaden and deepen children's mathematical understanding. This book supports the classroom teacher in delivering structured guidance and support for gifted children who are exceeding age-related expectations in mathematics. - contains 36 photocopiable newspaper-style issues packed with investigations, problem-solving activities and maths challenges- specific teacher guidance (and answers) in the accompanying teachers notes for all 36 issues- all content is within the years programme of study- evaluate children's learning and identify the next steps for progression with detailed assessment guidance- encourage children to apply their mathematical knowledge and skills across the curriculum with cross-curricular activities

Challenge and stretch Year 1 pupils with this resource designed to broaden and deepen children's mathematical understanding. This book supports the classroom teacher in delivering structured guidance and support for gifted children who are exceeding age-related expectations in mathematics. - contains 36 photocopiable newspaper-style issues packed with investigations, problem-solving activities and maths challenges- specific teacher guidance (and answers) in the accompanying teachers notes for all 36 issues- all content is within the years programme of study- evaluate children's learning and identify the next steps for progression with detailed assessment guidance- encourage children to apply their mathematical knowledge and skills across the curriculum with cross-curricular activities

Much progress has been made to understand the intricacies of the brain's workings. Some have claimed, and many assumed, that these findings have challenged faith in God to the point of destruction. Are we not mere neural machines? Are religious experiences not just 'in the mind', the products of abnormal 'brain events'? Is faith not just a side effect of evolution? Not so, according to neuroscientist Peter Clarke, after a lifetime's study of the brain. In this comprehensive book, the current state of neuroscientific evidence is weighed up alongside ideas of what it means to be human, the idea of the soul, near-death experiences, and questions of free will and responsibility. He engages with the leading thinkers in these areas, including Francis Crick, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, and Daniel Wegner.

How to Run a Profitable (Hospitality) Hotel, Resort, Restaurant, Food, and Beverage Business is a management guide focusing on improving product and service offerings, while setting desired monetary goals. The intent is to corner your market by providing a superior, consistent level of performance to exceed guest expectations. Through your commitment to profit, you will recognize that guest satisfaction is the critical ingredient. In order to create a quality product and provide excellent service, a concerted focus on attention to detail is required. Assimilate these valued objectives; they will enable you to recognize a clear pathway to positive operational and financial results. “You deserve to make a profit!”

Learning how to use and apply maths to solve problems is a critical aspect of children's mathematical development during their time at primary school. Our We Can Do It! series offers stimulating problem-solving challenges that inspire genuine mathematical thinking.

The Busy Ant Maths programme has assessment at the heart and from the start, embedding best practice across the school. Using the assessment tool on Collins Connect together with this guide offers you a simple and robust way of assessing and capturing progress and communicating it effectively to pupils, other teachers and parents. The Busy Ant Maths programme has assessment at the heart and from the start, embedding best practice across the school. Using the assessment tool on Collins Connect together with this guide offers you a simple and robust way of assessing and capturing progress and communicating it effectively to pupils, other teachers and parents. Written by an expert author team with over 50 years' combined classroom experience, Busy Ant Maths is a flexible, whole-school mathematics programme that ensures conceptual understanding and mathematical fluency from the start.

Fluency in Number Facts - Facts and Games Book Year 3 and Year 4 for lower Key Stage 2 contain two sections: Maths facts and Paired games. Maths facts provide comprehensive lists of all the maths facts children need to know at each key stage and Paired games provide a fun way for children to practise and consolidate maths facts. Pupil Fluency Book for Y3/Y4 contains: * games and activities arranged according to the three Key Aspects: Number, place value and rounding, Addition and subtraction and Multiplication and division * objectives at the top of each page so the child is in control of their own learning * clear and accessible lists of the key addition, subtraction, multiplication and division number facts that children need to be able to recall instantly * a bank of paired games to help children become fluent in each of the three Key Aspects * engaging and colourful artwork.

In 1953, Winston Churchill received the Nobel Prize for Literature. In fact, Churchill was a professional writer before he was a politician, and published a stream of books and articles over the course of two intertwined careers. Now historian Peter Clarke traces the writing of the magisterial work that occupied Churchill for a quarter century, his four-volume History of the English-Speaking Peoples.As an author, Churchill faced woes familiar to many others; chronically short of funds, late on deadlines, scrambling to sell new projects or cajoling his publishers for more advance money. He signed a contract for the English-Speaking project in 1932, a time when his political career seemed over. The magnum opus was to be delivered in 1939, but in that year, history overtook history-writing. When the Nazis swept across Europe, Churchill was summoned from political exile to become Prime Minister. The English-Speaking Peoples would have to wait.The book would indeed be written and become a bestseller, after Churchill left public life. But even before he took office, the massive project was shaping his worldview, his speeches and his leadership. In these pages, Peter Clarke follows Churchill's monumental quest to chronicle the English-Speaking Peoples - a quest that helped to define the enduring 'special relationship' between Britain and America. In the process, Clarke gives us not just an untold chapter in literary history, but a fresh perspective on this iconic figure: a life of Churchill the author.

Enriching Maths Resource Pack 1 provides a bank of activities for children working above age-related expectations, which can be slotted in alongside the maths programme for your class. The engaging activities enrich and extend the objectives you’re already teaching, offering breadth and depth for those children who need an extra challenge. Enriching Maths Resource Pack 1 features: • a bank of easy-to-use activities, saving you time in thinking up new enrichment ideas • support for practitioners in identifying and teaching gifted pupils, including those who are not subject specialists • fun activities in a newspaper-style format that will ensure children use and apply their mathematical knowledge, skills and understanding • links to the entire primary curriculum, via a range of cross-curricular contexts • puzzles that require children to read, consider, then choose the methods and equipment to solve the problem, fostering independent thinking and working • All materials are available as editable Word files on the accompanying CD-ROM, allowing you to tailor them to the needs of your pupils.

A sweeping, brilliantly vivid history of the sudden end of the British empire and the moment when America became a world superpower-published on the 60th anniversary of Britain's withdrawal from Palestine

Assisting Maths Teaching Guide 5 provides detailed lesson plans to save you time in your intervention planning. With its rigorous and practical approach, the Teaching Guide gives you everything you need to plan a personalised programme of work for those children who require additional maths support, leaving you free to focus on your teaching. Assisting Maths Teaching Guide 5 provides: * 12 units of work covering all strands of the renewed maths framework. Each unit is broken down into manageable objectives, with a detailed session plan for each objective * session plans consisting of a series of group, paired and individual activities aimed at teaching and consolidating understanding of the relevant objective * AfL questions, monitoring forms to assess pupil progress throughout intervention, plus strategies for children exiting intervention * a flexible ''dip-in'' resource that can be easily adapted to meet the needs of individual children, and different classroom and school organisational arrangements * a consistent approach to teaching, learning and assessment through the cycle of: review and assess, teach, practise, apply, review and assess * a practical, hands-on and highly visual approach to teaching and learning which uses a variety of models and images * a resource which highlights and models key vocabulary, and has at its core the discussion of mathematical ideas and methods * lesson plans and planning charts provided as editable Word files on the accompanying CD-ROM, allowing you to create a personalised programme of study for those children requiring extra support. individual children, and different classroom and school organisational arrangements * a consistent approach to teaching, learning and assessment through the cycle of: review and assess, teach, practise, apply, review and assess * a practical, hands-on and highly visual approach to teaching and learning which uses a variety of models and images * a resource which highlights and models key vocabulary, and has at its core the discussion of mathematical ideas and methods * lesson plans and planning charts provided as editable Word files on the accompanying CD-ROM, allowing you to create a personalised programme of study for those children requiring extra support. individual children, and different classroom and school organisational arrangements * a consistent approach to teaching, learning and assessment through the cycle of: review and assess, teach, practise, apply, review and assess * a practical, hands-on and highly visual approach to teaching and learning which uses a variety of models and images * a resource which highlights and models key vocabulary, and has at its core the discussion of mathematical ideas and methods * lesson plans and planning charts provided as editable Word files on the accompanying CD-ROM, allowing you to create a personalised programme of study for those children requiring extra support. individual children, and different classroom and school organisational arrangements * a consistent approach to teaching, learning and assessment through the cycle of: review and assess, teach, practise, apply, review and assess * a practical, hands-on and highly visual approach to teaching and learning which uses a variety of models and images * a resource which highlights and models key vocabulary, and has at its core the discussion of mathematical ideas and methods * lesson plans and planning charts provided as editable Word files on the accompanying CD-ROM, allowing you to create a personalised programme of study for those children requiring extra support. highly visual approach to teaching and learning which uses a variety of models and images * a resource which highlights and models key vocabulary, and has at its core the discussion of mathematical ideas and methods * lesson plans and planning charts provided as editable Word files on the accompanying CD-ROM, allowing you to create a personalised programme of study for those children requiring extra support.

A timely and concise accounting of John Maynard Keynes's life and work by a renowned historian and Keynes scholar.

Collins New Primary Maths: Investigations 5 encourages children to practise and consolidate the skills of using and applying mathematics. The investigations build problem-solving skills while developing other key mathematical skills and concepts, and enable children to apply their mathematical knowledge to other areas of the curriculum. * Contains approximately 60 investigations, each matched to an objective from the Renewed Framework * Can be easily integrated with the daily mathematics lesson * Guidance is given on how to assess pupil's progress * Comes with a CD of editable Word files, so you can tailor the investigations to the needs of your class.