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The Choir Press Marius
When a car-bomb explodes in the centre of London the bomb-maker is soon identified. But there's one big problem with the chief suspect; he died fifteen years ago. DS Robert McGraw soon discovers that looking for the dead among the living is a risky business when terrorism and organised crime work together. Old friends and acquaintances aren't what they seem.
£13.18
The Choir Press Just a little from the top...: Reflections from the keyboard and beyond
Just a Little From the Top is an autobiography of a lifetime in music. Roderick Elms' love of music throughout his childhood and secondary school at The City of London School led to the Royal Academy of Music, and a full time career at the highest level of music-making in London. It includes a multitude of anecdotes, many humorous, and reveals some of the workings of the music profession, including occasions when things have gone wrong, as a result of practical or mechanical failures, or due simply to incompetent leadership. In addition to his freelance performances for the BBC from the late seventies until the present, Roderick Elms describes the periods he spent with the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. There is a chapter about his work and travels as pianist with the eminent cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. He has made numerous solo recordings with the London orchestras and these are detailed together with the many film soundtracks to which he has contributed, notably the complete The Lord of the Rings, trilogy. Composing and arranging has also been a big part of his life and there is a chapter about this and the CD recordings made of his music (including 'A Little Fall-ish!'; 'Festive Frolic'; 'Moody Moves'; 'A Windy Christmas'). A little early biographical information takes the reader through the wonderful experiences gained by many from musical opportunities provided by the Redbridge Music Service and its music advisor, Malcolm Bidgood OBE. It also takes a trip through some of the Redbridge-based musical groups which played such a big part in the lives of young musicians living in that area in the late-sixties, seventies and eighties. Not least, the internationally unknown Gnaff Ensemble.
£17.99
The Choir Press The Power to Run
An explanation of the use and benefits of running power meters for athletes.
£21.19
The Choir Press Level 3: Customer Service Specialist
Level 3: Customer Service Specialist has been designed and written to support those studying for the Level 3 Customer Service Specialist Apprenticeship and also the Level 2 Customer Service Practitioner Apprenticeship and other, similar, Level 2/3 Diplomas and Certificates in Customer Service. The book covers the theories and hypotheses covered in the syllabus of the qualifications and explains them in a plain and straightforward manner. The book is designed to match the modules of study in the apprenticeship standard and therefore make selective study very straightforward. It is also intended that this book will become a valuable point of reference not only whilst studying for an apprenticeship, but also afterwards, with many areas of support and guidance appropriate and relevant to a career in Customer Service after the qualification has been achieved.
£23.50
The Choir Press Black Pupils Matter: Our Experience Of The English Education System 1950 - 2000
Black Pupils Matter: Our Experiences of the English Education System is a study of the effect of the English education system on children from diverse backgrounds and will be of interest to all those with an interest in education including educators and academics as well as parents, non-teaching staff and administrators. The book starts by looking at the history of education from the 15th century to the development of the national curriculum and pedagogy. Applying a social constructivism paradigm, stories from a narrative perspective were collected and analysed from participants who self-identified as Black and a pupil in England between the years 1950 and 2000. The participants' lived experiences are shared to formulate an understanding surrounding their lives and the key findings and implications are discussed. The book concludes with suggestions for a new framework to promote success for Black pupils in education.
£21.25
The Choir Press A Life's Canvas: On changes, chances and choices
Every person has a story. Each has their own impressions of life and expressions of how they tell their story - mine is through poetry. In every experience may it be about the weather, a lesson learnt, a prayer or just a thought - I jot it down. I then put the words together - somehow they connect until it becomes a full story to tell. I usually write at night or at dawn - which explains the moon, the stars and wishing wells and the love of art of any form. Poetry is a hobby and I'm still learning the ropes of writing - learning to put words together like a proper writer should. The aspirations, inspirations and moments of each day - I learn. I discover more of ME and who I am as the journey continues. I discover who I have become. While my hobby keeps me on my toes, let me share this hobby (and this journey) with you. As you go along, please let me say "Thank You" for stepping into this journey with me ... the glimpse of who I am.
£7.99
The Choir Press My First Match
Goading the goalkeeper as he runs up for a goal kick. Your grandad telling you not to use the words from the songs in front of your grandma. Capturing the green of the pitch through the bodies. There's something magical about your first football match. Use this book to share your own nostalgic memories with your little one.
£7.20
The Choir Press Island Walks Book Two - Far East to Far West: Lowestoft To Land’s End
Island Walks, Book Two Far East to Far West, is the second in the Island Walks Series about the author’s walks across Great Britain. Generously illustrated, mainly with his own photographs, Paul Truswell takes the reader with him on the trail as he shares his recollections of each solo journey in words and images. Book Two starts on the English east coast at Lowestoft and ends 560 miles and 32 route days later at England’s only geographical cape, Cape Cornwall near Land’s End. Paul’s writing style is informal and relaxed with an occasional ‘rant’ about subjects close to his heart. The Island Walks Series of books are not prescriptive guides to particular routes, but give the reader a sense of what the long-distance walking experience is like, and at the same time, increase awareness of the sheer size of our planet in the context of the author’s modestly sized island home. The underlying theme of these books is ‘Sizing Up Great Britain’…without a measuring tape! Other books in the Island Walks Series are Lindisfarne to Iona (published in 2021) and to be published is Cape Wrath Calling.
£25.00
The Choir Press Old English Dictionary: The English language as spoken from circa 700 AD until 1100 AD
This dictionary is an invaluable reference for anyone with an interest in the earliest form of the English language (i.e. the form of English spoken from around 700 AD until 1100 AD). Includes listings from Old English to Modern English (over 5,500 entries) and from Modern English to Old English (over 3,900 entries), along with a grammar section, a list of place names in Old English, numbers and the calendar, and the likely pronunciation of Old English words.
£13.18
The Choir Press Now Then
An autobiographical anthology of poetry reflecting the poet's childhood and teenage years in the North West of England during the period of optimism that followed the end of The Second World war.
£12.10
The Choir Press Island Walks: Book One - Lindisfarne to Iona
Island Walks Book One - Lindisfarne to Iona is the first in a series of books that takes the reader on the trail as the author shares his recollections of each solo journey in words and images. Generously illustrated, with over 400 of the author's own photographs Book One starts on the English north-east coastal Holy Island of Lindisfarne with the author's boots tasting the sea as it laps onto the famous causeway and ends 300 miles and 20 days later on the Scottish Inner Hebridean island of Iona where his boots get 'salted' once again in the Atlantic Ocean. Paul's writing style is informal and relaxed with an occasional 'rant' about subject matter close to his heart. The 'Island Walks' series of books are not prescriptive guides to particular routes, but rather give the reader a sense of what long-distance walking with recurrent distant horizons is like and at the same time, increase the reader's awareness of the sheer size of our planet in the context of the author's modestly sized island home of Great Britain.
£15.64
The Choir Press Catullus: The poems of Gaius Valerius Catullus
The book is a translation into English verse of the poems of the Latin writer Catullus (first century BCE). Catullus's poems vary from two-line epigrams to much longer pieces, and they range in subjects from declarations of love (and celebrations of sex), to moving personal poems and also scurrilous attacks on others, including Julius Caesar himself. Although Catullus has often been translated very freely, this collection tries to balance formal poetic style with the sometimes very direct and deliberately startling vocabulary. An introductory essay, which acknowledges how often these poems have been put into English, concentrates not on Catullus himself (about whose life we know very little for sure), but on the general and specific problems of translating his work into poetic English. It also gives background details for some of the longer mythological poems.
£11.52
The Choir Press A Place Apart
The story Hebden Bridge, told through the experiences of three generations of the prosperous Spencer family who made clothes for working men in the nineteenth century.
£13.96
