Böcker av Peter Hartley

Using examples of real students' successful group projects, this succinct and supportive guide will help students tackle group assignments with confidence. Bite-sized chapters take students from forming a group and establishing roles through to dealing with conflict and delivering a group assessment. The book contains practical advice on making decisions and active listening, alongside opportunities to reflect on progress and identify opportunities for improvement. This is an essential resource for all students who are expected to produce a group project as part of their course, regardless of their level or discipline.

Why is the little red squirrel so grumpy? Everything had been carefully planned, or so he thought. Much of the autumn had been spent burying his nuts around his beautiful garden ready to be collected once winter arrived. But now winter was here and large 'things' had appeared in the garden, a pirate ship, a teepee, a fairy village, a tree house and a huge swing that were now hiding where his precious nuts had been buried. What's more, whenever he ventured out to search for his collection of nuts, other animals were there to scare him away. He couldn't understand where they had come from, a fox, a dog, a cat and a very scary owl all tried to catch him. How can he find his buried treasure trove of nuts without becoming supper for one of these wild animals?

The title of this book is intended to reflect its nature, for much of the poetry is permeated with the darkness of suffering humanity, of physical pain and mental anguish, bereavement, the infinite pathos in the death of innocent and helpless animals, the blackness of hell, Gallipoli and the apocalypse. But there is light in the darkness of these pages too. Here you will find the irrepressible bonhomie of the Labrador retriever, the bustling self-importance of the penguin, the proud self-serving intractability of the cat, the joke that is so much modern art and music. There is much to sadden us in the world today but so much to laugh at too.The poetry of Peter Hartley sings of life and death, love and grief, art and music, dogs and penguins, crosswords & puns, of Alpine peaks and Scottish islands, of bishops and delinquents. There is wit, there is pathos, and, if the reader is bold enough to search for it, there is truth and beauty to be found on every page.Peter Hartley's poetry reflects his career as a restorer of 16th to 20th century art, and a world traveller who has visited all seven continents at least twice. He has trekked and climbed on six of them, making ascents of more than twenty peaks in the European Alps. He is the survivor of a three-thousand foot freak fall in a descent from Mount Fuji in winter conditions. He is a cryptic crossword enthusiast, a man as familiar with grief as he is with love. He was born in Liverpool, England, and lives in Manchester.

"Group Communication" introduces applications of small group dynamics. Peter Hartley shows how an understanding of how groups work and interact can improve the chances of successful team communication and cooperation.

This book explores the key features of the skills we use in communicating and provides a framework for understanding how we use language and body language to communicate with others in every day situations.