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Attracting Garden Pollinators is a friendly, accessible, information packed guide to gardening for and with pollinators. Pollinators are in trouble, but our gardens can help. Gardens represent a vast, varied nature reserve' packed with plants rich in nectar and pollen to sustain these delicate creatures. This book explores the role that pollinators play and how gardeners and people with gardens can do something to help attract and support them. From butterflies (and their caterpillars - with host plant information) to surprising pollinators (moths, wasps, beetles flies and hornets) and of course including honeybees, hoverflies and bumblebees, this book will offer an insight into their fragile existence, lifecycles and their vital role in the food chain and the natural cycle. Jean Vernon is the Best-Selling author of The Secret Lives of Garden Bees.

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Topsy and Tim find fun and adventure in the real world. Their engaging stories are reassuring for young children having first experiences of their own. In Topsy and Tim: Safety First, the children learn about all kinds of things about safety, including crossing the road, playing safely in the garden and using their special booster seats in the car!A trusted and well-loved pair who can help guide parents and children through 'first experiences', Topsy and Tim books have been beautifully updated with contemporary artwork. Topsy & Tim remain instantly recognisable to parents while in a fresh style that will appeal to a new generation of fans. These wonderful books deserve a place on every child's bookshelves.

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A STUNNINGLY ORIGINAL AND FAST-PACED CRIME THRILLER SET IN THE CARIBBEAN. BETWEEN THE PAGES LURK MURDER, VOODOO AND PEOPLE-SMUGGLING Jess Turner, is on temporary assignment in the Governor's Office of the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean. The coral sands and turquoise seas are stunning, but things are not what they seem. The locals are upset about boatloads of illegal migrants arriving from nearby Haiti on their shores, and fearful of the voodoo they bring. Tensions are running high. When the Governor is critically injured in a car crash, and a brutal murder occurs, Jess is left reeling. What she starts to uncover sends shockwaves through the corridors of power back in London. DI Tom Sangster is investigating criminal gangs smuggling migrants to Australia. While in Miami for talks for US officials on this global problem, he sees Jess passing through the airport. He visits her in the TCI to find out how the British Government deals with the migrant problem in their Overseas Territory. Soon, they are working together to uncover the TCI's darks and disturbing secrets.But a hurricane is approaching and, as with each revelation they get closer to the truth, they end up fighting for their own lives. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT DEADLY DECEIT "A thought-provoking and gripping tale set in the Caribbean...Harrod writes with an authoritative hand. In the first few pages I was transported into the midst of a chokingly powerful scene. Deadly Deceit is a very readable and fascinating work of fiction and can be easily read in one tension-filled sitting." (Lovereading) "This is possibly my favourite and best written novel of the year so far...Packed with intrigue and drama, there are few books that so comprehensively grip the reader. I can't wait for the next one." (Pockeful of Rye) "Brilliant book! Loved it...The islands are vividly depicted...I wanted to go there!" (bookworm4878) "Brilliant new diplomatic thriller...the sense of underlying menace and foreboding comes across very well and the clever twist at the end left me reeling with shock. I certainly didn't expect that." (LucyM) "This was great. A real page-turner. Haven't read the first book but it didn't matter.Not very often I find a book like this with a bit of everything and really interesting characters. A must read." (Anita and Paul) A page-turning thriller packed with suspense which will enthral fans of James Patterson, Karin Slaughter, Robert Bryndza and Mark Dawson.

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After the recent success of Princess, More Tears to Cry the Princess Al-Saud and Jean Sasson are collaborating on this new book to bring readers up to date not only with the Princess and her family but the stories and experiences of characters who formed the focus of the last book: Dr Meena - the woman who helps abused women to heal and fight for their rights, and Fatima, the mother of twin daughters who, once abused and abandoned by her family, now works for the Princess in one of the royal palaces. Here too, are the stories of other Muslim women - women who are struggling with human rights abuses from across the region - from Pakistan, Syria and Northern Lebanon - and the many innocent victims who suffer the consequences of ISIS's march across the Middle East.This new book will attract both Jean Sasson's many loyal readers and new audiences eager to learn more about not only how the Saudi Royal family live, but how with courage and determination the Princess continues the fight for equal rights for women in the Middle East.

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Well-known twins Topsy and Tim find fun and adventure in the real world. Their engaging stories are reassuring for young children having first experiences of their own. In Topsy and Tim: First Sleepover the twins are spending the night at their friend Tony's house. It's a lot of fun but it can be tricky being away from Mummy and Dad as well. How will they get on staying away from home for the first time?A trusted and well-loved pair who can help guide parents and children through 'first experiences', Topsy and Tim books have been beautifully updated with contemporary artwork. Topsy and Tim remain instantly recognisable to parents while in a fresh style that will appeal to a new generation of fans.Topsy and Tim is now also a popular live-action TV series on CBeebies!

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Community and Growth is a series of starting points for reflection on the nature and meaning of community.

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Jean Vanier examines the roots of brokenness withing the Jewish and Christian traditions and the meaning of the Good News of Jesus for our twentieth-century world.

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Jean Rhys's Good Morning Midnight is an unforgettable portrait of a woman bravely confronting loneliness and despair in her quest for self-determinationIn 1930s Paris, where one cheap hotel room is very like another, a young woman is teaching herself indifference. She has escaped personal tragedy and has come to France to find courage and seek independence. She tells herself to expect nothing, especially not kindness, least of all from men. Tomorrow, she resolves, she will dye her hair blonde. Jean Rhys was a talent before her time with an impressive ability to express the anguish of young women. In Good Morning, Midnight Rhys created the powerfully modern portrait of Sophia Jansen, whose emancipation is far more painful and complicated than she could expect, but whose confession is flecked with triumph and elation. With an introduction by A.L. Kennedy 'Her eloquence in the language of human sexual transactions is chilling, cynical, and surprisingly moving'A.L. Kennedy

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'An enthralling page-turner' DILLY COURT'A heart-warming WW2 love story' ROSIE GOODWIN'The queen of East End sagas' ELAINE EVEREST Jean Fullerton, the RNA-shortlisted queen of the East End, returns with the final nostalgic and heart-warming story of the Brogan family. _____In the final days of war, only love will pull her through . . . Queenie Brogan wasn't always an East End matriarch. Many years ago, before she married Fergus, she was Philomena Dooley, a daughter of Irish Travellers, planning to wed her childhood sweetheart, Patrick Mahone. But when tragedy struck and Patrick's narrow-minded sister, Nora, intervened, the lovers were torn apart.Fate can be cruel, and when Queenie arrives in London she finds that Patrick Mahone is her parish priest, and that the love she had tried to suppress flares again in her heart.But now in the final months of WW2, Queenie discovers Father Mahone is dying and must face losing him forever. Can she finally tell him the secret she has kept for over fifty years or will Nora once again come between them?And if Queenie does decide to finally tell Patrick, could the truth destroy the Brogan family?___Praise for Jean Fullerton: 'Charming and full of detail... You will ride emotional highs and lows... Beautifully written' The Lady on A Ration Book Daughter'A delightful, well researched story' bestselling author Lesley Pearse*What are readers saying about Jean Fullerton?'I loved it. Easy to read and loveable characters. If you love novels set during WW2 then this is a must read.''A must-read story that I'd strongly recommend for readers who enjoy historical family stories.''This author never fails to keep you enthralled with each page. Hopefully this isn't the last we see of the Brogans.'THE RATION BOOK SERIESA Ration Book DreamA Ration Book Christmas A Ration Book Childhood A Ration Book WeddingA Ration Book DaughterA Ration Book Christmas KissA Ration Book Christmas Broadcast A Ration Book Victory

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This title provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of the mechanical behavior of concrete, including such features as its elastoplasticity, its compressive and tensile strength, its behavior over time (including creep and shrinkage, cracking and fatigue) as well as modeling techniques and its response to various stimuli. As such, it will be required reading for anyone wishing to increase their knowledge in this area.

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Cruzada la frontera de los cincuenta años, con la imagen de la muerte delante y con la guerra rozándole los talones, Jean Cocteau ha llegado a la conclusión de que la comedia está ya muy avanzada. La dificultad de ser es el ajuste de cuentas que Cocteau hace consigo mismo, con el yo que fue en la época del esplendor social y con el yo que es en las angustias del presente. El autor de La sangre de un poeta escribe La dificultad de ser mientras rueda La bella y la bestia. Al ensalmo de esa joya del cine, el pasado emerge de un mar de sombras para acabar dando a luz un singular libro de memorias, donde las reflexiones morales se combinan con las literarias, y las unas y las otras con la evocación de personajes ?Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Jean Genet y tantos otros? del mundo del arte y la literatura. En ocasiones ?es el caso de Marcel Proust y de Nijinsky?, se diría que Cocteau nos los hace ver a través del ojo de la cerradura, sin que por ello se amortigüe el clima de ensimismado dramatismo

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Encuadernación: RústicaEsta primera novela de Jean Cocteau de 1919, todavía inédita en español, es un verdadero experimento trasgresor y significó su nacimiento como escritor. Cocteau nos ofrece un montaje de textos, acompañados por un centenar de dibujos de trazos sorprendentes y de inspiración cubista.En esta particular novela gráfica Cocteau nos presenta una obra poblada de seres fabulosos, enigmáticos e irreales, algunos de los cuales de una crueldad aterradora: los sanguinarios y voraces Eugènes que devoran a una ingenua y aburguesada pareja de recién casados, los Mortimer; el cocodrilo que "se come a mordiscos a Odilia", en un poema declamado por la Faringe, otra criatura extraña; el Minotauro que invita a Teseo a visitarle y a hacerle compañía; y, por supuesto, El Potomak, ese enigmático monstruo que vive en un acuario situado en los sótanos de la iglesia de La Madeleine.

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E sta documentadísima obra analiza la historia de Rusia de los últimos ciento diez años, los que van desde los años finales del zarismo hasta la actual y difícil consolidación de la democracia bajo el mandato de Vladímir Putin. Sus páginas ponen de manifiesto las contradicciones de un país que, a caballo entre Europa y Asia, ha padecido el despotismo en todas sus manifestaciones, pero que también fue capaz de elaborar una elevadísima espiritualidad y en el que las formas de opresión despiadadas han convivido con la cultura más refinada.El historiador Jean Meyer, un gran conocedor del mundo eslavo, narra los avatares de la nación rusa a lo largo de las dos guerras mundiales, la Revolución de Octubre, la tragedia del Gulag, la guerra fría, la caída del comunismo, la desmembración de la URSS o los retos de los últimos años, como la irrupción del capitalismo salvaje y de los nacionalismos más agresivos. Junto al perfil de personajes clave del siglo xx , como Lenin, Stalin o Gorbachov, e

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Hasta la asunción de la filosofía griega por los padres apologistas, la primera teología cristiana adoptó una estructura semítica, cuyos restos perduraron incluso tras su extinción. Se trató de una teología visionaria, dominada por la apocalíptica. Tal es la tesis mantenida por Daniélou en este libro y, fiel a la misma, elabora en él una investigación de interés histórico pero, además, de resonancias teológicas. La traducción ha sido hecha a partir de la versión francesa de 1974, corregida por el autor.

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"Qué hacemos aquí? Por qué y para qué, o para quién, estamos aquí-? Qué debemos y qué podemos hacer? Qué no es permitido esperar? No hace falta invocar el testimonio de ilustres filósofos, estas son las preguntas fundamentales de la filosofía, las únicas que importan. (...) Toda filosofía, toda vida, se funde en la espera (esperanza). La espera (esperanza) de este libro es la de articular esta filosofía."Jean Grondin es profesor de filosofí-a en la universidad de Montreal y reputado estudioso de la obra filosóficade Martin Heidegger y de Hans-Georg Gadamer. Desde 1982, ha publicado una docena de libros en francés, inglés y alemán; también ha traducido al francés los libros más importantes de Gadamer.

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Culpabilidad? ¿VergÜenza? ¿Temor? No permitas que ninguna de esas cosas se interponga en el camino del grandioso plan de Dios para ti. PasiÓn por la moda revelarÁ que somos mÁs que la ropa que vestimos o los accesorios que aÑadimos a un conjunto; todo ello para lucir bien por fuera. Somos algo mÁs que un buen aspecto y ropa de moda. Aprende que nuestro exterior brilla sobre la base de lo que tenemos en el interior. Dios te creÓ para vivir con significado, propÓsito y gozo, y para ser una persona asombrosa. TÚ puedes ser esa persona. Recorre con seguridad la pasarela de la vida. Y puedes comenzar desde hoy. What keeps you Guilt? Shame? Self-doubt? Fear? Don’t let any of those stand in the way of God’s grand plan for you. Passion for Fashion will reveal that we are more than the clothes we wear or the accessories we add to an out?t—all for the sake of looking good on the outside. We are more than good looks and fancy clothes. Learn how our outside shines based on what we have on the inside. God created you to live with signi?cance, purpose and joy, and be an astounding person. You can be that person. Con?dentially walk the runway of life. And you can start today!

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Footsteps in an abandoned holiday resort as the cold weather settles in; a knock on the door of a hut in the middle of an isolated bog; a lane in Rotterdam perceptible to only one inhabitant in the city. In Cruise of Shadows, Jean Ray began to fully explore the trappings of the ghost story to produce a new brand of horror tale: one that described the lineaments of a universe adjacent to this one, in which objects sweat hatred and fear, and where the individual must face the unknown in utter isolation. First published in 1931, two years after he served his prison sentence for embezzling funds for his literary magazine, Ray's second story collection failed to find the success of his first one, Whiskey Tales, but has emerged over the years as a key publication in the Belgian School of the Strange. It has remained unavailable in its integral form even in French until recently, however, though it contains some of Ray's most anthologized and celebrated stories, including two of his best known, The Mainz Psalter and The Shadowy Alley. This is the book's first English translation, and the second of the volumes of Ray's books to be published by Wakefield Press.Alternately referred to as the Belgian Poe and the Flemish Jack London, Jean Ray (1887 1964) delivered tales of horror under the stylistic influence of his most cherished authors, Charles Dickens and Gregory Chaucer. A pivotal figure in what has come to be known as the Belgian School of the Strange, Ray authored some 6,500 texts in his lifetime.

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Lucy / your secret book / that you leaned over and wrote just in the dirt— / Not having to have an ending / Not having to last. . . . And so begins Jean Valentine’s provocative new work, Lucy, a poem that pays homage to the three million-year-old skeleton of the earliest known hominid. With a deep sense of gratitude and profound longing, this poem celebrates the creative power of the female by introducing us to one of our oldest human ancestors. In a dreamlike and often fractured syntax that is vintage Valentine, Lucy, the “wildgood mother” of our species, can once again be heard.

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Since the middle of the 20th Century yield design approaches have been identified with the lower and upper bound theorem of limit analysis theory – a theory associated with perfect plasticity. This theory is very restrictive regarding the applicability of yield design approaches, which have been used for centuries for the stability of civil engineering structures. This book presents a theory of yield design within the original “equilibrium/resistance” framework rather than referring to the theories of plasticity or limit analysis; expressing the compatibility between the equilibrium of the considered structure and the resistance of its constituent material through simple mathematical arguments of duality and convex analysis results in a general formulation, which encompasses the many aspects of its implementation to various stability analysis problems. After a historic outline and an introductory example, the general theory is developed for the three-dimensional continuum model in a versatile form based upon simple arguments from the mathematical theory of convexity. It is then straightforwardly transposed to the one-dimensional curvilinear continuum, for the yield design analysis of beams, and the two-dimensional continuum model of plates and thin slabs subjected to bending. Field and laboratory observations of the collapse of mechanical systems are presented along with the defining concept of the multi-parameter loading mode. The compatibility of equilibrium and resistance is first expressed in its primal form, on the basis of the equilibrium equations and the strength domain of the material defined by a convex strength criterion along with the dual approach in the field of potentially safe loads, as is the highlighting of the role implicitly played by the theory of yield design as the fundamental basis of the implementation of the ultimate limit state design (ULSD) philosophy with the explicit introduction of resistance parameters. Contents 1. Origins and Topicality of a Concept. 2. An Introductory Example of the Yield Design Approach. 3. The Continuum Mechanics Framework. 4. Primal Approach of the Theory of Yield Design. 5. Dual Approach of the Theory of Yield Design. 6. Kinematic Exterior Approach. 7. Ultimate Limit State Design from the Theory of Yield Design. 8. Optimality and Probability Approaches of Yield Design. 9. Yield Design of Structures. 10. Yield Design of Plates: the Model. 11. Yield Design of Plates Subjected to Pure Bending. About the Authors Jean Salençon is Emeritus Professor at École polytechnique and École des ponts et chaussées, ParisTech, France. Since 2009 he has been a member of the Administrative Board of CNRS (Paris, France). He has received many awards including the Légion d’Honneur (Commander), Ordre National du Mérite (Officer) and Palmes Académiques (Commander). His research interests include structure analysis, soil mechanics and continuum mechanics.

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Hailed as a masterpiece, Jean Rouaud's first novel, Fields of Glory, was awarded France's most prestigious literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, and sold over a million copies worldwide. Of Illustrious Men establishes as fact what the first novel promised--that Rouaud is a writer of remarkable power, subtlety, and originality. Lovingly set in the same region as Fields of Glory, the novel is about the author's father, Joseph, and a traveling salesman who died at forty-one and left a family in shock behind him. In the mind of the grieving eleven-year-old son--too young to have really known him--his father was a hero, a warrior, a legend of the Resistance during World War II. But the narrator is no longer that eleven-year-old boy; he is a mature and gifted writer. And though he may still ache for the loss of his father, he also knows that Joseph's illustriousness can be found not only in the heady days of wartime glory but in moments of domestic tranquility. Of Illustrious Men evokes scenes of both war and peace with exquisite beauty and understated and poignant tenderness.

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