For two years, Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández shared the life of what he calls the "Weston School," an elite New England boarding school. Vividly describing the pastoral landscape and graceful buildings, the rich variety of classes and activities, and the official and unofficial rules that define the school, The Best of the Best reveals a small world of deeply ambitious, intensely pressured students. For Gaztambide-Fernández, Weston is daunting yet strikingly bucolic, inspiring but frustratingly incurious, and sometimes - especially for young women - a gilded cage for a gilded age.

The first book to tell the full story of the association that Weston-super-Mare had with the aeroplane.

The gaze of educational researchers has traditionally been turned 'down' toward the experiences of communities deemed at-risk, presumably with the purpose of improving their plight. Indeed, theorizing about the relationship between education, culture, and society has typically emerged from the study of poor and marginalized groups in public schools. Seldom have educational researchers considered class privilege and educational advantage in their attempts at understanding inequality and fomenting social justice. This collection of groundbreaking studies breaks with this tradition by shifting the gaze of inquiry 'up, ' toward the experiences of privilege in educational environments characterized by wealth and the abundance of material resources. This edited volume brings together established and emerging scholars in education and the social sciences working critically to interrogate a diversity of educational environments serving the interests of influential groups both within and beyond schools. The authors investigate the power relations that underlie various contexts of class privilege. They shed light into the ways in which the success of a few relates to the failure of many --

Three intrepid English teenagers have always shared a love of exploration and adventure.. So when they realize that one of their fathers has finally completed his dream inducing machine, and they will get to trial it first, they can't believe their good luck. After they're lulled to sleep, things go a wry... They awaken, bewildered, to find themselves trapped in Samaria, a magical land where dragons are revered and demons stalk the night. The mystical realm faces enormous peril as an evil menace is reborn and they align themselves with the King and his warriors to defend the kingdom in a battle of light vs dark, dream vs nightmare, and, love vs hate. Packed with humour, love, romance, and epic battle scenes, Samaria is a roller coaster ride of thrills, spills, and suspense, keeping you riveted in your seat until the final, unexpected, climax. Earmarked for the Big Screen, it's not one to mis