Search results for ""Author Christine Lee""
Workman Publishing Teaching Is a Work of Heart Wall Calendar 2025
New! A year-long education celebration for teachers of any grade and subject. MOTIVATION AND INSPIRATION: Each month features a phrase, quote, or reminder to keep educators inspired throughout the month: Strive for progress, not for perfection. You are making a difference every day. FUN AND FUNCTIONAL: Illustrated with charming hand-lettering by elementary school teacher and designer Christine Lee. Plus colorful stickers for tracking days off, class trips, conferences, and more! PERFECT TEACHER GIFT: Let the teacher in your life know that they’re appreciated and their work matters – a perfect gift from a student or a friend. NOW PLASTIC-FREE!: For 2025, Workman Calendars are completely plastic-free. All wall calendars are now printed with an extended paper flap closed with a fully recyclable seal – no more shrink wrap!
£13.99
Workman Publishing Teaching Is a Work of Heart: A Sticker Appreciation Book for Teachers Who Make the World a Better Place
Featuring 650+ full-colour glossy stickers designed by a teacher, Teaching Is a Work of Heart is a heart-warming, joyful sticker book dedicated to the all teachers we know and love. Celebrate teachers and all they do with this uplifting collection of original stickers in all shapes and sizes and filled with words that speak to the life. There are stickers of appreciation (Teachers change the world) and stickers that energize, especially on a day with challenges (You got this!). Stickers with humour (Three reasons to become a teacher: June, July, August) and stickers that just get it (Tired as a teacher). Inspiring quotes are on the back of each sheet, such as "One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world"-Malala Yousafzai. And yes, there are many, many stars!
£10.99
Pan Macmillan The Midwife's Sister: The Story of Call The Midwife's Jennifer Worth by her sister Christine
‘Our childhood came to an end when our parents parted and from then on Jennifer was placed in the impossible position of having to be a parent to me, her sister. I shall always be grateful for her protection . . .’Millions have fallen in love with Jennifer Worth and her experiences in the East End as chronicled in Call the Midwife, but little is known about her life outside this period. Now, in this moving and evocative memoir, Jennifer’s sister Christine takes us from their early idyllic years to the cruelty and neglect they suffered after their parents divorced, from Jennifer being forced to leave home at fourteen to their training as nurses.After leaving nursing Jennifer took up a career in music, her first love, and Christine became a sculptor, but through marriages and children, joy and heartbreak, their lives remained intertwined. Absorbing and emotional, The Midwife’s Sister by Christine Lee is testimony to an enduring bond between two extraordinary women.
£10.99
Manchester University Press This Man and Music: By Anthony Burgess
This man and music asks two central questions: what can literature contribute to the art of composition, and how can music influence the writer? Anthony Burgess, famed novelist, journalist, and composer, answers these questions and many more. As a person uniquely qualified to look at the interconnectivity of music and literature from both sides, Burgess provides fascinating insights, drawing on his deep knowledge of both disciplines. The book contains eleven interconnected essays that touch on philosophical conundrums of art and adaptation, questions of meaning, and the author’s own personal experience. It is a must-read for fans of Burgess who want to understand how music influenced the author’s craft of writing. Part autobiography and part literary and musical analysis, This man and music is a unique artefact in the stunning output of a prolific artist.
£85.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Handbook to the Reception of Thucydides
A Handbook to the Reception of Thucydides offers an invaluable guide to the reception of Thucydides, with a strong emphasis on comparing and contrasting different traditions of reading and interpretation. • Presents an in-depth, comprehensive overview of the reception of the Greek historian Thucydides • Features personal reflections by eminent scholars on the significance and perennial importance of Thucydides’ work • Features an internationally renowned cast of contributors, including established academics as well as new voices in the field
£143.95
