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Effective time management is an issue which affects our working routines, as well as our lives outside of work. An effective regime will help alleviate stress, free up time for more personal interests, as well as help put some order and direction into your life. Kickstart Your Time Management is full of useful hints, tips and techniques to keep the thieves of time at bay.

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New home. New friendships. New rules. Thirteen-year-old Misty's life is about to be turned upside down. When her dad loses his job, they both have to move to Redbridge - far away from her home and her friends. This new town brings plenty of surprises - Misty wasn't expecting to live on an estate where ponies run free, and she certainly wasn't expecting to meet Dylan, a mysterious local boy who loves horses... Misty is determined to keep up appearances and hide her new life from her friends at all costs. But when the horses she has grown to love come under threat, will she have the courage to help save the place she now calls home?

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The warmth of him, the glorious warmth, was fading by the minute.In a huge old school house by the sea, full of precious paintings, Thomas Porteous is dying. His much younger wife Di holds him and mourns. She knows that soon, despite her being his sole inheritor, Thomas's relatives will descend on the collection that was the passion of both of their lives.And descend they do. The two needy daughters, who were poisoned against their father by their defecting mother, are now poison themselves. With the help of an unlikely collection of loners and eccentrics, Di sets a trap to hoist the family members on their own greed. And on the night they are lured to the house, Di will be ready.Or will she?

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The benefits of networking are many - improving the chances of keeping a job, getting a new one, career progression, learning how to get along with others and improving personal effectiveness and company performance. Successful Networking is designed to remove the fear factor and encourage people to make the effort to 'network for success'. It gives you advice and guidance on handling any social or workplace situation that could be awkward. People are complex, and a lack of awareness of 'soft skills' can cause endless workplace challenges. Knowing that you have the ability to deal with all those you'll encounter will increase your self-confidence. With detailed information on the role of networking in the virtual community, which is essential knowledge for everyone today, this book is vital reading for anyone who wishes to stay ahead of the pack.

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Provide an introduction to reading with exciting stories, poems and activities. - Develop visual and cognitive skills with stimulating activities in the Pre-Reader.- Provide suggestions for exercises, ranging from phonics and numbering, to comprehension and language practice with extensive teacher''s notes in Readers 1, 2, 3A and 3B. - Offer training in phonics, comprehension and other important reading skills with Workbooks linked to the Readers.

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Provide an introduction to reading with exciting stories, poems and activities. - Develop visual and cognitive skills with stimulating activities in the Pre-Reader.- Provide suggestions for exercises, ranging from phonics and numbering, to comprehension and language practice with extensive teacher''s notes in Readers 1, 2, 3A and 3B. - Offer training in phonics, comprehension and other important reading skills with Workbooks linked to the Readers.

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Provide an introduction to reading with exciting stories, poems and activities.

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New Caribbean Junior English has been fully revised and updated to provide an integrated approach to language arts. The new edition of this popular and well established course retains well-loved material from the previous edition and ·    has clearly laid out pages to make the books more accessible and easy to use, ·    is colourful, lively and attractive to appeal to children of all abilities, ·    includes new material reflecting life in the  Caribbean to stimulate and engage children, ·    features vibrant and appealing illustrations by Caribbean artists, ·    contains cross-curricular content to provide a truly integrated course that reinforces learning in other curriculum areas, such as social studies and science, ·    offers a wide range of activities to help children develop their reading and writing skills. Further support for teache

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The latest edition of New Caribbean Junior Readers offers: highly attractive full-colour pages which are clear and easy to follow a variety of extracts from the Caribbean and beyond including fiction, poetry and non-fiction to broaden students' understanding extracts on environmental, technological and historial topics supporting an integrated approach to learning extracts to develop comprehension and critical thinking skills for students.  

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What if your guide to the cosmos starts to lose his way?Fascinated by her grandad, a famous astronomer, a little girl could listen to his star stories for hours. But one day he starts to forget the constellations and eventually he can't even remember her name. Discover how love can reach across galaxies whether stars shine brightly or grow dim.

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Text in Arabic. The Qatar Nature Explorer series offers a unique insight into Qatars natural history and wildlife, and is an essential resource for schools and parents. This latest edition includes six books in one: Sea and Shore Life of Qatar, Insects and Arachnids of Qatar, Plants of Qatar, Mammals of Qatar, Reptiles and Amphibians of Qatar, and Birds of Qatar.

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“It is truly extraordinary to me that so much beauty has sprung from such dark times in Romania, and that is what this book wishes to capture. Art speaks its own language.”—From the Preface Despite Ceaușescu focuses on 91 works, by 13 artists—Horia Bernea, Ştefan Câlţia, Marin Gherasim, Vasile Gorduz, Marcel Guguianu, Sorin Ilfoveanu, Georgeta Năpăruş, Florin Niculiu, Ion Pacea, Corneliu Petrescu, Silvia Radu, Gheorghe Şaru and Icon workshop—drawn from the 900-work Tyler Collection of Romanian Art at the University of Tasmania. The paintings, sculpture, and ceramics were created by artists during the 1970s and 1980s. Fully illustrated throughout in color—with catalogue plates and a checklist—each work of art features an entry with specifications, artist biographical information, stylistic influences, significance and social context, as well as notes. The photographs are by Lee Ewing, sculpture photographer at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

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The fascination with aluminum giftware is that there is so much to choose from. You can collect it by the piece or by the pattern. It never grows old and the items are just as useful today as when they were first made. Here are serving dishes, children's playthings, napkin rings, pitchers, smoking accessories, salt and pepper shakers, vases, trays and more in popular as well as unusual patterns, all presented in clear color photographs and with today's market values. Aluminum giftware is twentieth century design of enduring usefulness and beauty.

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The first in-depth assessment of ‘re-vision’ as a phenomenon in women’s drama, examining the diverse ways in which classical myth narratives have been reworked by women playwrights for the European stage. This study explores the ideological and aesthetic potential of such practice and silmultaneously exposes the tensions inherent in attempts to challenge narratives that have fundamentally shaped western thought.From tracing the persistence of classical myths in contemporary culture and the significance of this in shaping gendered identities and opportunities, through to analysis of individual plays and productions, Babbage reveals how myths have served in the theatre as ‘pretexts’ for ideological debate; enabling exploration of the fragile borders between mythic and the everyday and how revision has been regarded, not unproblematically, as a route towards restructuring the self.This makes compelling reading for anyone interested in women’s writing for the theatre or wider practices of adaptation in literature and performance.

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This user friendly guide introduces, explains, and demystifies the NEC4 contract on a practical, work-based level. Made for architects by an architect, it explores the best approach to collaborative and contractual partnering work practices. Alongside explanations of the contracts and clauses, it presents the key areas of distinction from alternative standard form contracts and examines the integrated project management principles that bring the NEC4 contracts together as a whole. It's the perfect companion book for professionals who are new to the NEC contract family and former users trying to understand the latest updates.

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Do you want to develop a solid understanding of Arabic and communicate confidently with others?Through authentic conversations, vocabulary building, grammar explanations and extensive practice and review, Complete Arabic will equip you with the skills you need to use Arabic in a variety of settings and situations, developing your cultural awareness along the way.What will I achieve by the end of the course?By the end of Complete Arabic you will have a solid intermediate-level grounding in the four key skills - reading, writing, speaking and listening - and be able to communicate with confidence and accuracy. Is this course for me?If you want to move confidently from beginner to intermediate level, this is the course for you. It''s perfect for the self-study learner, with a one-to-one tutor, or for the beginner classroom. It can also be used as a refresher course. What do I get?-17 learning units pl

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Build key fluency, reasoning and problem-solving skills with extra practice. This book is packed with questions that take small steps to enable sustained progress and is perfect for intervention.- Develop knowledge and understanding with practice questions that get progressively more difficult following a Mastery approach to learning- Support pupils with helpful reminders and explanations alongside hints for trickier questions- Help to engage pupils with questions that relate maths to outside of the classroom and plenty of colourful images- Enable home learning with answers available online

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'Superbly written and fearlessly imagined fiction' Sarah HallTen women, all called Claire, are tangled up in complex power dynamics with their families, friends, and lovers. Though all are different ages, and leading different lives, each is haunted by the difficulty of living on her own terms. Claire is a teenaged babysitter left alone with a strange little girl and her imaginary friend. Claire is a woman trying to escape her elderly mother by employing an android carer. Claire is a young TV journalist wrecking her first big interview. Claire's boyfriend discovers more than he bargains for when he begins to read her diary.And whatever she does, Claire is always living in the shadow of a monstrous mother.'Leviston is a mistress of precision and emotional insight' Hilary Mantel, TLS

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ActiveTeach contains everything you need to help the course come alive in the classroom. It is the full digital Students’ Book and Workbook with class audio and video material including editable scripts. It includes integrated whiteboard software that allows you to add notes, embed files, save your work and reduce preparation time. • Answers to exercises are revealed at the touch of a button.• Audio and video content fully integrated with time-coded scripting.• Shortcuts to the relevant pages of the Language Bank and Photo Bank make navigation easy.• Extra resources section includes editable scripts, a range of grammar and vocabulary worksheets, BBC interviews for every unit with accompanying worksheets.• Grammar and vocabulary review games.• Test master containing all the course tests.• Useful tools include a regular keyboard, a phonetic keyboard, a stopwatch and score card."

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'Excellent' Literary Review'Kate Shackleton is a splendid heroine' Ann Granger The Woman Unknown: Deirdre Fitzpatrick is married to a man who wants to know where she really goes when supposedly taking care of her sick mother and calls on the expertise of Kate Shackleton, amateur sleuth extraordinaire to investigate.The Gentleman: Everett Runcie is a banker facing ruin and disgrace. His American heiress wife will no longer pay for his mistakes, or tolerate his infidelity, and is seeking a divorce.The Murder: When a chambermaid enters Runcie's hotel room, she is shocked to find that he is alone - and dead! Suddenly Kate is thrown into the depths of an altogether more sinister investigation. Can she uncover the truth of her most complex, and personal, case to date?

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La agenda de tu bebé es el lugar ideal para registrar todos los momentos especiales y los recuerdos desde que tu peque nace hasta su tercer cumpleaños. Además de los detalles de su nacimiento, de sus padres y sus hermanos, aquí hay un espacio para reflexionar, para tomar notas sobre sus primeras veces, los eventos especiales y las rutinas diarias, y además cuenta con espacios para pegar fotografías. El bolsillo en la parte posterior del libro permite guardar recuerdos, recortes o dibujos.

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Previous edtion: Chicago: H. Regnery, 1962.

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Bathsua Reginald Makin is an important figure in women's history. A child prodigy, she was thoroughly educated in classical and modern languages at a time when most women were illiterate. She was a middle-class Englishwoman who published her own poetry, established her own school, and wrote in defense of women's right to learning. Not only did she publish but she was also "a woman of great acquaintance" who sometimes acted on her own to earn a living. She enjoyed friendships with prominent Protestant families like those of Sir Simonds D'Ewes and the Raleghs; with the leaders the English Comenian movement, like John Milton's friend Samuel Hartlib or her own brother-in-law, John Pell; and with other learned women like Anna Maria Van Schurman and Lucy, Countess of Huntingdon. She lived in poverty, yet taught a countess and a princess. Historians of linguistics, education, and literature discuss her life and works. Unfortunately, the most basic facts of her life were not known until the 1960s: scholars thought she had grown up as an orphan, whereas she was the daughter of a loving schoolmaster; they thought she had written a pamphlet about debtor's prison that is, in fact, someone else's work; they did not realize that she had published her first book, an extraordinary collection of poetry in many languages, when she was sixteen years old. This biography gathers what is known about Makin, offers new materials from archival research, and interprets the events of Makin's life within the context of women's history in seventeenth-century England. The facts about Bathsua Makin offer a glimpse both into the life of one extraordinary woman and into the problems that learned women faced in this period. Knowing about her life also helps to explain both what the works that she published mean and how she managed to achieve her reputation as England's most learned woman.

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