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Thomas Dixon Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Trainee school teacher (mathematics and primary). Honorary professor of history. "Emotions guy". @emotionshistory @developingemo https://t.co/xWNMhcw05R

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Book Cover for: The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature, William James

The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature

William James
Thomas DixonThomas Dixon

The room where I gave my first ever undergraduate lecture, about William James and The Varieties of Religious Experience. About 25 years ago. All Saints Passage, Cambridge. (Behind that window - not in the branches of a cherry tree) https://t.co/ik7PCFcN89

Paperback, 2012

$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Wellbeing in the Primary Classroom: A Practical Guide to Teaching Happiness, Adrian Bethune

Wellbeing in the Primary Classroom: A Practical Guide to Teaching Happiness

Adrian Bethune
Thomas DixonThomas Dixon

Speakers: Dr Alexandra Turner of the Children's Society @DrAlexLTurner Professor Jennifer Lau of the @QMULResilience unit Adrian Bethune, author of Wellbeing in the Primary Classroom @AdrianBethune Ben Levinson OBE, award-winning headteacher @mrlev [2/3]

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Book Cover for: The Knife of Never Letting Go: With Bonus Short Story, Patrick Ness

The Knife of Never Letting Go: With Bonus Short Story

Patrick Ness
Thomas DixonThomas Dixon

@_Nicola_M_ I also have a (nearly) 13yo I can't keep up with. He's enjoyed "Chaos Walking" trilogy (Patrick Ness) and the "Eragon" series recently. Also the "Gone" series and Adam Silvera - "They Both Die at the End" etc.

Paperback, 2014

$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: A History of Solitude, David Vincent

A History of Solitude

David Vincent
Thomas DixonThomas Dixon

My review of David Vincent's excellent "A History of Solitude" - out now in the English Historical Review https://t.co/DksJvFM83r

Hardcover, 2020

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: They Both Die at the End, Adam Silvera

They Both Die at the End

Adam Silvera
Thomas DixonThomas Dixon

@_Nicola_M_ I also have a (nearly) 13yo I can't keep up with. He's enjoyed "Chaos Walking" trilogy (Patrick Ness) and the "Eragon" series recently. Also the "Gone" series and Adam Silvera - "They Both Die at the End" etc.

Paperback, 2018

$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Infant Education: Or, Practical Remarks On the Importance of Educating the Infant Poor, From the Age of Eighteen Months to Seven Years,, Samuel Wilderspin

Infant Education: Or, Practical Remarks On the Importance of Educating the Infant Poor, From the Age of Eighteen Months to Seven Years,

Samuel Wilderspin
Thomas DixonThomas Dixon

@Thinkingschool2 You might like this from a book published in 1825 on "Infant Education", by the pioneering English educationalist Samuel Wilderspin : https://t.co/Glw6WuzKuh

Hardcover, 2016

$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Weeping Britannia: Portrait of a Nation in Tears, Thomas Dixon

Weeping Britannia: Portrait of a Nation in Tears

Thomas Dixon
Thomas DixonThomas Dixon

Journalists! Need to write a piece about the "national outpouring of grief"? Want to compare it with Princess Diana? But not be too boring and obvious? Here's what you need! Weeping Britannia: Portrait of a Nation in Tears by Thomas Dixon https://t.co/fKujqpgOPX via @AmazonUK

Paperback, 2017

$18.98$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Varieties of Religious Experience, James William

The Varieties of Religious Experience

James William
Thomas DixonThomas Dixon

The room where I gave my first ever undergraduate lecture, about William James and The Varieties of Religious Experience. About 25 years ago. All Saints Passage, Cambridge. (Behind that window - not in the branches of a cherry tree) https://t.co/ik7PCFcN89

Paperback, 2014

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris, Colin Jones

The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris

Colin Jones
Thomas DixonThomas Dixon

This will be a brilliant read - pre-order now! New book by my @QMHistory colleague Colin Jones. Out from @OUPHistory next month. The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris by Colin Jones - review by John Adamson https://literaryreview.co.uk/night-of-the-guillotine via @Lit_Review

Hardcover, 2021

$39.99$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Natural Theology: Or Evidence of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of Nature, William Paley

Natural Theology: Or Evidence of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of Nature

William Paley
Thomas DixonThomas Dixon

I'm spending Boxing Day evening pondering William Paley's description of a bee in Natural Theology (1802), as evidence for his argument that "It is a happy world after all". 🐝😀 "Its life appears to be all enjoyment; so busy, and so pleased" https://t.co/WfXuo6rKPd

Paperback, 2008

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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