'Expeditions in Persia: Exploring Qajar Persia in two 19th-Century Diaries' unveils the intricacies of 19th-century Persian expeditions through two complementary travelogues. The first account, with an anonymous author (attributed to Sir John Malcolm), offers a detailed diplomatic and historical perspective on the journey through Persia during an East India Company mission led by Sir John Malcolm. The second travelogue, written by Mirza Saleh, an Iranian intellectual and later diplomat, chron...

An adventurous Guide for Regenerative Educators invites readers into a shared exploration on what it means to become regenerative educators in todays and tomorrow’s world. Through biographical letter writing, a deep dive into the multidisciplinary theoretical foundations of these journeys, and the development of a cutting edge innovative methodological approach of co-constructed auto-ethnography, the book sheds light on the interwoven inner-transformations and outer systemic transitions inv...

A practical guide on your PhD journey

How to get the PhD position of your dreams? How do you handle feedback, and what can you learn from it? And how do you successfully defend your dissertation? This book navigates the challenges and opportunities of pursuing a PhD through practical advice, anecdotes, and Dutch PhD regulations. Offering both personal support and academic insights, it serves as a useful companion throughout your PhD journey.

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Skate/worlds brings together writers, educators, researchers and social workers who use skateboarding as a learning tool. Can skateboarding be a school subject? Is it therapeutic? Why do skaters learn to move sideways? What do you learn from falling and failing? And how can skateboarding help parents with raising newborns?

This volume chronicles how we can learn to skate and learn from skateboarding – zooming in on topics including gestalt therapy, high school education, opensource learning...

The Global Financial Crisis (2008-2013) was a paradigm shift for mortgage enforcement proceedings. Not only did it lead to significant changes in legislation to improve enforcement procedures in many jurisdictions, the crisis also revealed the importance of forbearance measures. Combined with growing attention at an international and EU level to the position of the homeowner-consumer, the topic of forbearance and mortgage enforcement proceedings offers an interesting study. This book contains...