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Quercus Publishing Doctor of the High Fells
From the bestselling author of Miss Appleby's Academy, comes a gritty saga perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Maggie Hope and Nadine Dorries.Prue's heart beat hard - she had heard of the low seams of the mines of northwest Durham and she had always had a fear of being enclosed. This was her job, she told herself, this was what she had wanted. She must do it. So she picked up her bag and followed them to the cage which carried the miners below ground, praying that the man did not die, that she need not produce some miracle . . . Determined to practise as a doctor, Prue escapes a loveless marriage to journey far from home and join a surgery in Tow Law. But she soon finds that long hours and limited resources are only the beginning - gaining the townspeople's trust will be her greatest challenge of all. From the bestselling author of Miss Appleby's Academy comes the story of Prue Stanhope, young woman doctor to the miners of Tow Law, County Durham.
£9.99
Yellow Pear Press I’m Not Yelling: A Black Woman’s Guide to Navigating the Workplace (Women in Business, Successful Business Woman, Image & Etiquette)
The Perfect Guide for Successful Business Women"What a gift to Black women in the workplace!…For those committed to challenging stereotypes and enhancing workplace inclusion, this book is a must-read." —Dana Brownlee, Forbes Careers senior contributor#1 New Release in Business Mentoring, Women in Business, and Coaching and Workplace CultureI’m Not Yelling provides a strategy for savvy black business women navigating a predominantly white corporate America. It empowers black women to find their voices in toxic work environments and succeed. Statistical and anecdotal evidence guide the way. Explore the data and hear the accounts of Black women in business who face, work through, and rise above workplace discrimination.Find your voice as a women entrepreneur. Successful business women use their voice to become strong Black leaders who instill positive change in the workplace culture. Inside I’m Not Yelling find: Evidence to support the experiences of racial inequity and discrimination at work for Black business women. A narrative study of possible pitfalls, such as microaggressions, lack of mentoring, and pay inequity (pitfall impacts are explored to provide context to the misogynoir Black female entrepreneurs experience). Strategies and recommendations to give successful business women a framework for racial trauma healing, emotional support, and business success. If you enjoyed business coaching books for successful business women like We Should All Be Millionaires, The Light We Carry, White Women, or Your Next Level Life, then you’ll love I'm Not Yelling: A Black Woman’s Guide to Navigating the Workplace.
£17.99
North Star Editions Haunted Jewels
Readers will encounter shining, sparkling, wearable treasures that have fascinated people for hundreds of years. The histories and mysteries of these pieces will give kids the little scare they were looking for. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
£10.99
North Star Editions Haunted Places
In old hospitals or along the ocean shore, this title will show readers that anywhere they walk could have a haunted story to tell. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
£10.99
North Star Editions Brazilian Americans
This book explores the story of Brazilian Americans. Readers will learn about what prompted Brazilians to move to the US. Entertaining text will illustrate what life is like for Brazilian Americans families and how they celebrate their culture. Features include a map, timeline, glossary, Making Connection questions and sidebars. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
£10.99
Waterhouse Press Trivial Pursuits
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Haymarket Books Red Sky in the Morning
£16.99
Martingale & Company Becoming a Confident Quilter
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Rowman & Littlefield Michelle Obama: First Lady Of Hope
Michelle Obama played a large and influential role in her husband's campaign, and is certain to do the same thing during his presidency. Michelle Obama: First Lady of Hope examines, for the first time, her astonishing career, from her undergraduate years at Princeton, where she majored in African Studies, to her continuing education at Harvard Law School, where she obtained a Juris Doctor degree. Michelle Obama:
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Island Press High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health
The Digital Age was expected to usher in an era of clean production, an alternative to smokestack industries and their pollutants. But as environmental journalist Elizabeth Grossman reveals in this penetrating analysis of high tech manufacture and disposal, digital may be sleek, but it's anything but clean. Deep within every electronic device lie toxic materials that make up the bits and bytes, a complex thicket of lead, mercury, cadmium, plastics, and a host of other often harmful ingredients. High Tech Trash is a wake-up call to the importance of the e-waste issue and the health hazards involved.
£26.60
Free Spirit Publishing Inc.,U.S. Bedtime
Ease little ones into the get-ready-for-bed routine with this warm and cosy bedtime book. Aided by Mum and Dad, a sister and brother enjoy a little snack, relaxing baths, time for brushing teeth, stories, lullabies, back rubs, and hugs. Cheerful, soft illustrations and reassuring text set a tone that helps toddlers feel good about settling down to sleep. (As the narrator explains, 'I do my best growing when I'm sleeping.') In the morning, the children will yawn, stretch, and be a little bit bigger, a little bit stronger, and a little bit smarter - all because of a good night's sleep. It features a dynamic, award-winning author/illustrator team of the best-selling "Best Behavior[trademark]" series. An unique and fresh series look and design complements gentle and reassuring text. Books engage toddlers in facing daily routines and transitions with confidence. Tips for parents and caregivers are included at the end of each book. It is ideal for both home and childcare settings.
£9.99
Milkweed Editions Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore
FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE IN GENERAL NONFICTIONWINNER OF THE NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARDA CHICAGO TRIBUNE TOP TEN BOOK OF 2018A GUARDIAN, NPR’s SCIENCE FRIDAY, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, AND LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2018Hailed as “deeply felt” (New York Times), “a revelation” (Pacific Standard), and “the book on climate change and sea levels that was missing” (Chicago Tribune), Rising is both a highly original work of lyric reportage and a haunting meditation on how to let go of the places we love.With every passing day, and every record-breaking hurricane, it grows clearer that climate change is neither imagined nor distant—and that rising seas are transforming the coastline of the United States in irrevocable ways. In Rising, Elizabeth Rush guides readers through some of the places where this change has been most dramatic, from the Gulf Coast to Miami, and from New York City to the Bay Area. For many of the plants, animals, and humans in these places, the options are stark: retreat or perish in place.Weaving firsthand testimonials from those facing this choice—a Staten Islander who lost her father during Sandy, the remaining holdouts of a Native American community on a drowning Isle de Jean Charles, a neighborhood in Pensacola settled by escaped slaves hundreds of years ago—with profiles of wildlife biologists, activists, and other members of these vulnerable communities, Rising privileges the voices of those too often kept at the margins.In a new afterword for the paperback edition, Rush highlights questions of storytelling, adaptability, and how to powerfully shift conversation around ongoing climate change—including the storms of 2017 and 2018: Hurricanes Harvey, Maria, Irma, Florence, and Michael.
£11.99
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Locating Law (Second Edition): Race / Class / Gender / Sexuality Connections
One primary concern within the study of law has been to understand the law/society relation. Underlying this concern is the belief that law has a distinctly social basis; it both shapes and is shaped by the society in which it operates. This book explores the law/society relation by locating law within the nexus of race/class/gender/sexuality relations in society. Recognizing that inequalities along these lines exist in society raises important questions: What role has law historically played in generating today's inequalities? Is law part of the problem or part of the solution? Can we use law as a strategy to achieve meaningful change? The essays in this new edition of Locating Law demonstrate law's role in a variety of specific contexts, including perpetuating colonialism in Canada, protecting corporations and holding women responsible for sexual violence against them. These analyses are sure to generate discussion and debate and, in the process, enhance our understanding of this important relation between law and society.
£24.00
Quercus Publishing The Lost Girl from Far Away
The heartbreaking new novel from the author of An Orphan''s Wish.Having recently arrived in England, abandoned by her father and brother, Isabella is left to look after her dying mother in an abandoned house. When the worst happens, she suddenly finds herself alone in a strange country, forced to seek out help from strangers in the nearby town.Sarah doesn''t know what to do with the poor little girl she''s found, orphaned and afraid, except bring her back to Hilda House where they can stay together. But when she discovers the girl''s connection to Wolsingham, Sarah knows she''ll do whatever it takes to keep Isabella safe from the tragedy of her family''s past.As the lives of the townspeople become increasingly entwined, will they find a way to come together? Or will they fall apart under the past that haunts them all?
£9.04
National Geographic Kids National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of the World
£29.94
Kensington Publishing Summer Days
That summer feeling: sun-filled days, warm nights, and the sweet expectation that comes with finding--or rediscovering--love…His Bride To Be Lisa JacksonThe job perks: a two-week luxury cruise in the company of one of the most eligible bachelors on the West Coast. But posing as Hale Donovan''s fiancée to finesse a takeover deal will challenge all of Valerie Pryce''s resolve to keep business and pleasure separate…You Again Elizabeth BassA group yoga tour to Peru is the last place Meredith expects to see her workaholic ex-boyfriend, Sam. Seven years have changed everything--except Meredith''s regret at abruptly running away. Yet amid the magnificent views and ancient ruins, a new chance may be waiting…Return To Hampton Beach Mary CarterJacob was the shy, kind twin. Chris was wild and dangerous. As a teenager, Celia Jensen was a little in love with them both. Now Celia is coming back
£8.42
Cengage Learning, Inc Empowerment Series An Introduction to the Profession of Social Work
Segal, Gerdes, and Steiner''s AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PROFESSION OF SOCIAL WORK introduces readers to the social work profession and describes the role of social worker in the social welfare system. Through case studies, personal stories, and exercises, this social work text helps readers apply the concepts and truly understand what it means to be a social worker. Part of the Brooks/Cole Empowerment Series, the fourth edition is completely up to date and thoroughly integrates the core competencies and recommended practice behaviors outlined in the most recent Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) set by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
£62.99
Pearson Education Limited Bug Club Phonics - Phase 4 Unit 12: Maps and Us
In this non-fiction phonics book, readers explore some of the different times and places we consult maps. Tricky words like, little, when, there, out, one, some, what, do, have This book aligns with Letters and Sounds Phase 4 and Bug Club Phonics Unit 12.
£8.46
St Martin's Press Persist
£16.07
Pan Macmillan Song of the Dolphin Boy
Elizabeth Laird is the multi-award-winning author of many much-loved children's books, including The Garbage King, The Prince Who Walked with Lions, The Fastest Boy in the World and Song of the Dolphin Boy. She has been shortlisted for the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal six times. She lives in Britain now, but still likes to travel as much as she can.Shonagh Rae was born in Dundee. She studied at St Martins School of Art and The Royal College of Art. Her work combines her interest in photography, drawing and printmaking. Shonagh has created illustrations for a wide range of clients including Levis, The New York Times and The Guardian. She lives and works in London.Peter Bailey was born in India and grew up in London. Since graduating from the Brighton School of Art, his extraordinary career has seen him illustrate books by some of Britain's best-known authors and poets, including Allan Ahlberg and Alexa
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Monkfish Book Publishing Company Red-Robed Priestess: A Novel
£17.99
Hebrew Union College Press,U.S. Let Me Continue to Speak the Truth: Bertha Pappenheim as Author and Activist
In 1953, Freud biographer Ernest Jones revealed that the famous hysteric Anna O. was really Bertha Pappenheim (1859-1936), the prolific author, German-Jewish feminist, pioneering social worker, and activist. Elizabeth Loentz directs attention away from the young woman who arguably invented the talking cure and back to Pappenheim and her post-Anna O. achievements. Her writings, especially, reveal her to be one of the most versatile, productive, influential, and controversial Jewish thinkers and leaders of her time. Pappenheim's oeuvre includes stories, plays, poems, prayers, travel literature, letters, essays, speeches, and aphorisms. She translated Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women as well as the Memoirs of Gluckel of Hamelnand other Old Yiddish texts into German. She was discussed as both writer and newsmaker in German-Jewish newspapers of every religious and political affiliation and in German feminist publications. As founder and leader of the League of Jewish Women in Germany and the international League of Jewish Women, she was at the forefront of the campaign to combat human trafficking and forced prostitution. A pioneer of modern Jewish social work, she founded a home for at-risk girls and unwed mothers and advocated on behalf of Jewish women, children, refugees, and immigrants. Her accomplishments are all the more remarkable because she attained them after struggling to recover from the debilitating mental illness chronicled in Freud and Breuer's Studies on Hysteria(1895). Loentz examines how Pappenheim engaged, in words and deeds, with the key political, social, and cultural issues concerning German Jewry in the early decades of the twentieth century: the status of the Yiddish language, Zionism, the conversion epidemic, responses to the plight of Eastern European Jews, and Jewish spirituality. Pappenheim's unique approach to each of these issues balanced allegiances to feminism, the Jewish religion, and German culture. Loentz also explores how biographers and artists have rediscovered Pappenheim, rewritten her life story, and renegotiated her identity.
£35.12
Taylor & Francis Ltd Class Emotional Literacy Indicator
This class indicator is an excellent tool which assesses the levels of emotional literacy that operate either in a class or small group. It can be read out to younger children or used independently by older pupils. The indicator is unique in that it takes into account the fact that we all respond differently in different environments. Thus it is designed to be answered anonymously and to reflect the future of that specific group as a whole. Classes and groups who have used this have found it very empowering because it reflects so accurately where the emotional and social strengths of the group lie and where their barriers to success are. This makes it easier for classes to devise goals for themselves on aspects such as communication or conflict handling. Small amounts of focused work on these have made bid differences to the quality of the class experience for everyone.
£42.99
Monthly Review Press,U.S. Immigrant Women in the Land of Dollars: Life and Culture on the Lower East Side, 1890-1925
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Fordham University Press William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha: A King of Keystone in the Universe
"…Elizabeth M. Kerr has, with the publication of William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha: 'A Kind of Keystone in the Universe,' completed a comprehensive examination of Faulkner's mythical county…this latest work deals with the 'symbolic values related to the themes of the separate narratives and to the encompassing mythology.' In successive chapters, Kerr examines (1) recurrent symbols and archetypes in Faulkner's fiction; (2) mythology in the modern world, the South, and Yoknapatawpha; and (3) 'the basic Christian humanism which underlies Williams Faulkner's existential focus on the human condition' - most specifically as it relates to Time, Motion, and Change. The book is scholarly, well written, and carefully organized…Highly recommended."—Choice "Aiming for the universal in Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha fiction, this book reads somewhat like an annotated bibliography, or three bibliographies: one on symbols in Yoknapatawpha, citing (copiously) dissertations, articles, and books on symbolism in general and Faulkner's own symbols; one on various myths Kerr and other critics have noticed in Yoknapatawpha
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Fun Linens of the 20th Century
Whimsical household linens and handkerchiefs of the 20th century, most from the "fun linen" period after World War II and through the 1960s, fill this book. The authors' selection criteria was simple: the linens must be collectible, cheerful, and fun! Shown in outstanding color photographs are eye-catching tablecloths, napkins, placemats, runners, towels, doilies, potholders, bedspreads, pillowcases, curtains, laundry bags, and aprons. Organized by subject matter and accompanied by fascinating historical information, they reflect American society during a period of rapid change. Included are many examples of embroidered, crocheted, and hand-painted linens, as well as wonderful signed and unsigned printed pieces. The designs include those by early, pre-World War II proponents of the "fun linen" look, such as Tony Sarg and Tom Lamb. To aid collectors, the authors offer tips for finding and purchasing fun linens, newly discovered information about some of the textile designers featured, and current values. These popular and charming keepsakes are guaranteed to put a smile on your face!
£25.19
New Shoe Press The Beginner's Guide to Candy Making: Simple and Sweet Recipes for Chocolates, Caramels, Lollypops, Gummies, and More
£12.69
Little, Brown Book Group The Running Vixen: Book 2 in the Wild Hunt series
The beloved second book in The Wild Hunt series: stunning historical detail, beguiling characters and superb storytelling. A forbidden love takes England to the brink of war...1126. Heulwen, daughter of Welsh Marcher baron Guyon FitzMiles, has grown up with her father's ward, Adam de Lacey. There has always been a spark between them, but when Heulwen marries elsewhere, a devastated Adam absents himself on a diplomatic mission for King Henry I.When her husband is killed in a skirmish, Heulwen's father considers a new marriage for her with his neighbour's son, Warrin de Mortimer. Adam, recently returned to England, is determined not to lose Heulwen a second time. But Heulwen is torn between her duty to her father and the pull of her heart. Adam is no longer the awkward boy she remembers, but a man who stirs every fibre of her being - which places them both in great danger, because Warrin de Mortimer is not a man to be crossed and the future of a country is at stake . . .*Praise for Elizabeth Chadwick'An author who makes history come gloriously alive'The Times 'Picking up an Elizabeth Chadwick novel you know you are in for a sumptuous ride'Daily Telegraph'Meticulous research and strong storytelling'Woman & Home
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Michael Walmer The Story of Stanley Brent
£16.71
Pearson Education Limited Bug Club Guided Non Fiction Year 2 Gold B Animals to the Rescue
This book explains how animals have been trained to rescue people who are in danger and, in some cases, how they have helped to save human lives. It focuses, in particular, on the bravery of a homing pigeon in World War 1. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 6-7 (Year 2) Book band: Gold B Phonics phase: 6
£9.65
Open University Press The Ethical Teacher
This book presents the concept of ethical knowledge as it is revealed, as it is challenged, and as it may be used in schools. The book combines empirical expressions of teachers' beliefs and practices with a discussion of the connections between the moral dimensions of schooling and applied professional ethics in teaching: Ethical knowledge relies on the teacher's awareness, understanding, and acceptance of the demands of moral agency. Ethical knowledge is compromised by moral dilemmas and complexities that routinely challenge teachers. Moral tensions may be eased by three avenues of renewal based on heightened attention to ethical knowledge: a renewed sense of teacher professionalism, renewed school cultures, and renewed teacher education and professional learning. The Ethical Teacher is for teachers and teacher educators and for those who conduct research about their worlds.
£31.99
Pearson Education (US) SQL Server 2022 Administration Inside Out
Conquer SQL Server 2022 and Azure SQL administration from the inside out! Dive into SQL Server 2022 administration and grow your Microsoft SQL Server data platform skillset. This well-organized reference packs in timesaving solutions, tips, and workarounds, all you need to plan, implement, deploy, provision, manage, and secure SQL Server 2022 in any environment: on-premises, cloud, or hybrid, including detailed, dedicated chapters on Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance. Nine experts thoroughly tour DBA capabilities available in the SQL Server 2022 Database Engine, SQL Server Data Tools, SQL Server Management Studio, PowerShell, and much more. You''ll find extensive new coverage of Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance, both as a cloud platform of SQL Server and in their new integrations with SQL Server 2022, information available in no other book. Discover how experts tackle today''s essential tasks and challenge yourself to new levels of mast
£40.49
Simon & Schuster Once Upon a Time
A NEW YORK TIMES, LOS ANGELES TIMES, USA TODAY BESTSELLER The life and legacy of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy Jr., are reexamined in this captivating and effervescent biography that is perfect for fans of My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy, What Remains, and Fairy Tale Interrupted.A quarter of a century after the plane crash that claimed the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and her sister Lauren, the magnitude of this tragedy remains fresh. Yet, Carolyn is still an enigmatic figure, a woman whose short life in the spotlight was besieged with misogyny and cruelty. Amidst today’s cultural reckoning about the way our media treats women, Elizabeth Beller explores the real person behind the tabloid headlines and media frenzy. When she began dating America’s prince, Carolyn was increasingly thrust into an overwhelming spotlight filled with relentless paparazzi who reacte
£18.00
Monkfish Book Publishing Company The Wild Mother: A Novel
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Waldorf Publications Creative Pathways: Activities That Strengthen The Child's Cognitive Forces
Integrating arts and practical handwork into academic learning can have a wealth of benefits for children and their development.An experienced Waldorf crafts and class teacher here shares her extensive experience of doing hands-on activities with children aged 6 to 14, in a school context.This is both an inspiring and a practical book for Steiner-Waldorf teachers.
£14.99
iSeek Ltd Tiny Tots Tearproof
£12.99
Orion Publishing Co The World of the Tudors
1000-PIECE PUZZLE featuring the world of the Tudors in incredible detail. Finished puzzle measures 680 x 485mmSPOT FAMOUS FIGURES, castles and pastimes as you build the puzzle and travel through time from the Battle of Bosworth to Queen Elizabeth I''s funeral paradeINCLUDES A FOLD-OUT POSTER featuring fun facts about the Tudor periodSTURDY & ATTRACTIVE BOX perfect for gifting and storageFrom the Wars of the Roses through plagues, cunning plots, executions and more, the Tudor period is the most dramatic and turbulent in English history. Journey through time to find Henry VIII''s six wives, Shakespeare, Sir Francis Drake and other famous figures as you build this detailed 1000-piece puzzle.
£15.29
Text Publishing The Shadow Land (Export Edition)
£12.99
Persephone Books Ltd Hostages to Fortune
£16.00
Little, Brown Book Group Lion in the Valley
The 1985-96 season promises to be an exceptional one for Egyptologist Amelia Peabody, her dashing husband Emerson and their precocious eight-year-old son Rameses. The much-coveted burial chamber in Dahshoor is theirs for the digging. Yet there is a great evil in the wind that caresses the hot sands sweeping through the bustling streets and marketplaces of Cairo. An expedition cursed by misfortune and the daring moonlit abduction of Rameses alerts Amelia to the presence of her arch-enemy, the Master Criminal. And his is now a personal quest for the most valuable and elusive prize of all: vengeance on the meddling lady archaeologist with the parasol who has sworn to deliver him to justice...Amelia Peabody herself!
£9.99
Little, Brown Book Group Engaging The Enemy: Vatta's War: Book Three
Kylara Vatta has had to leave a glowing future as a military cadet far behind, and now carves out a living in the brutal cut-throat world of interplanetary trading. Her chosen way of life is tough but rewarding and she thinks she is more than capable of holding her own. That is, until a threat emerges that nobody could have forseen . . .'Continues to get better with every volume . . . roll on the next one' Guardian
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Little, Brown Book Group Trading In Danger: Vatta's War: Book One
Ky Vatta is a highly promising military cadet with a great future ahead of her, until an apparently insignificant act of kindness makes her the focus of the Academy's wrath. She is forced to resign, her dreams shattered.For the child of a rich trading family, this should mean disgrace on a grand scale. And yet, to her surprise, Ky is offered the captaincy of a ship headed for scrap with its final cargo.Her orders are absolutely clear, but Ky quickly sees potential profit in altering the parameters of the journey. Because, whatever the risks, it's in her blood to trade - even if the currency is extreme danger.'I thoroughly adored Trading in Danger and wholeheartedly recommend it' THE BOOK SMUGGLERS
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Atlantic Books Bonjour Sophie
''Vividly conjures the excitement of Paris'' RUTH HOGAN, bestselling author of THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS''Beguiling'' TimesCan she escape the darkness of her past in the City of Light?It''s 1959 and time for eighteen-year-old Sophie''s real life to start. Her existence in the village of Poynsdean, Sussex, with her austere foster-father, the Reverend Osbert Knox, and his frustrated wife Alice, is stultifying. She finds diversion and excitement in a love affair, but soon realizes that if she wants to live life on a bigger canvas she must take matters into her own hands. She dreams of escape to Paris, the wartime home her French mother fled before her birth. Getting there will take spirit and ingenuity, but it will be her chance to discover more about her family background, and, perhaps, to find a place where she can finally belong.When Sophie eventually arrives in the Paris arising from the ashes of the war, it
£14.99
Hay House UK Ltd Cosmic Messengers: The Universal Secrets to Unlocking Your Purpose and Becoming Your Own Life Guide
Are you someone who longs to know more about your life path and your reason for being on Earth? What if you were to become aware of your soul's origins - where your home is, who you are and why you're here? Spiritual teacher and cosmic guide Elizabeth Peru has written this book for enquiring souls: those who hunger for answers about their true nature and their role in this world as cosmic citizens. You will discover: - thirteen universal secrets that will help you reconnect with your soul, understand your callings and manifest your desires - how planetary retrogrades and lunar and solar eclipses can affect your energy - cosmic reasons for physical, emotional, mental and spiritual issues - common physical symptoms of energy shifts and acceleration of your life purpose Cosmic Messengers is for those who feel their life has a bigger plan. It is a roadmap home that will help you understand your place in the universe and propel you to start living a life in alignment with your soul's deepest yearnings.
£13.49
The Crowood Press Ltd Making Working Women's Costume: Patterns for clothes from the mid-15th to mid-20th centuries
Making Working Women's Costume gives a unique account of the clothes of ordinary women from the mid-fifteenth century to the early twentieth century. As well as introducing the historical periods, it gives patterns for a range of typical garments that women of the poorer classes would have worn. Organized by century, it draws on historical sources and finds, paintings and photographs to recreate the clothes of these under-celebrated women.
£25.00
Search Press Ltd Stitch, Fabric & Thread: An Inspirational Guide for Creative Stitchers
Experiment with stitch, fabric and thread to create your own unique textiles. This inventive book is a treasure trove of over 40 inspiring practical exercises, a rich and creative exploration of fabric and stitch, and a fascinating all-round read. Elizabeth Healey's approach to sewing is that it should be fun, and not like a chore or an exam we need to excel in. Her aim is to simply encourage you to pick up a needle and thread and get sewing! The exercises draw inspiration from around the world: create corded works of art inspired by Milton Glaser's iconic Bob Dylan poster; create bold embroidered African masks; layer up and cut away to create Mola applique; use bleach and fabric paint to create Aboriginal dreamtime lizards; create knotted works of art inspired by ancient Mayan counting systems; embroider varsity cross-stitch letters or try out decorative Japanese book binding. Alternatively, try a host of other techniques such as quilting, printing, dyeing, couching tumbled crockery, creating pleats and puckers and needlelace. Packed with stitch galleries and bursting with slow sewing ideas, the book also contains 'behind the stitches' features: illuminating insights into sewing movements such as Boro textiles, Gee's Bend quilting and Dorset buttons.
£14.99
Allen & Unwin The Gift of Sleep: Teach Your Baby to Sleep in Three Nights
Getting a baby to sleep through the night is the dream of every parent, but unsettled, broken nights are more often the reality.Elizabeth Sloane has been giving babies aged six months and over the gift of sleep for over 20 years. With a three-night program designed to lovingly correct any unhealthy sleep habits your child may have developed, Elizabeth's methods have helped break the cycles of sleeplessness, emotional exhaustion and frustration for thousands of babies and their parents, giving them a truly life-changing experience - and proven to work in just three nights. Her program offers a calm, committed and consistent approach to sleep training for all families in need of the Gift of Sleep.This book contains a step-by-step guide to the Gift of Sleep program, plus modified programs tailored for different age groups, worksheets, meal guides, case studies and FAQs - in short, everything you need to get your baby to learn to self-settle and sleep all night, every night.
£14.99
Simon Spotlight The Golden Rainbow Day!
£9.99