On choreography Choreography is a negotiation with the patterns your body is thinking On rules Try breaking the rules on a need to break the rules basis A Choreographer's Handbook invites the reader to investigate how & why to make a dance performance In an inspiring & unusually empowering sequence of stories ideas & paradoxes internationally renowned dancer choreographer & teacher Jonathan Burrows explains how it's possible to navigate a course through this complex process It is a stunning reflection on a personal practice & professional journey & draws upon five years' of workshop discussions led by Burrows Burrows' open & honest prose gives the reader access to a range of exercises meditations principles & ideas on choreography that allow artists & dance-makers to find their own aesthetic process It is a book for anyone interested in making performance at whatever level & in whichever style ...

Richard Attenborough&s film version of the smash Broadway musical in which dancers audition for an important new show in front of hard-bitten director Zach (Michael Douglas) The number of hopefuls is reduced to just sixteen & Zach asks each one to step into the spotlight to reveal their hopes & fears Meanwhile he has to contend with his own past when his ex-girlfriend turns up looking for a part in the show Musical numbers include & Dance Ten Looks Three& & & What I Did for Love& Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play ...

The Bible is full of inspiring characters & astonishing events But although Mary has without question one of the most wonderful stories she can often be ignored
- to be remembered only once a year at Christmas This Pocket Guide title looks at the life & character of Mary
- & her unique significance in the gospel story 128 pages Chirico Leonardo

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No true Christian wants to keep on sinning Yet the battle seems unwinnable For every slain opponent two more emerge from the shadows & to make matters worse an endless stream of pundits are on hand with conflicting combat tactics ' Try harder Do more' ' It's a matter of mind over matter' ' Imitate Christ Ask What would Jesus Do?' ' Take a break Even if you yield to every known sin you're still a winner because Christ has forgiven everything' In the Bible we find a more coherent & realistic approach to growing in holiness Victory over sin does not come to the spiritual sluggard Effort is essential Even so self-transformation is not possible ' Sanctification is by faith alone in Christ alone' The gospel is not just for day one of the Christian life; it's for the whole journey How do we grow in holiness? We grow through the Word of God & prayer & sacraments This book will help us find the benefits of growing in Christ for which there is no substitute ...

Many of us know & love the stories & characters of the Old Testament such as Joseph Moses & Jonah But how do we view its importance in relation to New Testament teaching & our 21st century experiences? This accessible yet powerful addition to the Pocket Guide series draw together the threads of Scripture to help us understand the power of God's word when viewed in its completeness ...

Let's count down to Christmas! A beautiful first Christmas Advent book with 25 flaps
- one for every day of Advent Snow is falling
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Will she find love in her wartime home?1939 All over Britain children are being evacuated Eve Armstrong & her little brother are headed for Devon where the Armstrong parents will do their bit in nearby Plymouth Pulling out of London Eve takes a last look at the crowded platform the shabbily dressed evacuees & a rude little boy sticking his tongue out She’s looking forward to a change of scene & at first surrounded by countryside animals & new pals Eve is happier than ever at Drake’s Farm Not even her daily chores dampen her spirits It’s a different world that invites fresh starts & so when Eve runs into the boy from the station Johnny Durrell they call a truce & soon become firm friends At first the war seems a distant reality but when new evacuee Connie Hale arrives from Liverpool every day becomes a battle Connie is lazy stuck up & spiteful – & Johnny’s new best friend As the conflict grows & Eve with it will she fight for Johnny or concede defeat? ...

' Bah humbug! Fools wishing me a Merry Christmas should be forced to sit on cushions stuffed with holly leaves or boiled with their own Christmas puddings' 64 pages 30 Illustrations color Dickens Charles ...

Be transported to the streets of Victorian London on Christmas Eve where you’ll encounter the formidable Ebenezer Scrooge & a host of ghosts & ghouls Choose your favourite pens or pencils & add colour – & Christmas spirit – to the abundance of festive patterns traditional scenes & elaborate ink line designs within This unique literary colouring book is packed with handpicked"ations that perfectly capture the history & atmosphere of Charles Dickens& classic story A Christmas Carol Perfect for young readers discovering this festive story for the first time! ...

Ebenezer Scrooge is a lonely miserly old man who hates Christmas which he dismisses as "humbug" One Christmas Eve however he is visited by a series of ghosts who reveal to him the innocence he has lost the wretchedness of his future & the poverty of the present which he has so far ignored This experience teaches Scrooge the true meaning of the holiday & leaves him a transformed man With its memorable cast of characters such as Scrooge Bob Cratchit Tiny Tim & the Ghosts of Christmas Past Present & Yet to Come Charles Dickens&s A Christmas Carol is the most heart-warming of seasonal tales a timeless classic that continues to enchant readers around the world & a lesson in charity & hopefulness that is as powerful today as when it was first written in 1843 ...