Vintage Feminism classic feminist texts in short form WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZOE WILLIAMS The term feminism did not yet exist when Mary Wollstonecraft wrote this book but it was the first great piece of feminist writing In these pages you will find the essence of her argument
- for the education of women & for an increased female contribution to society Her work made the first ripples of what would later become the tidal wave of the women's rights movement Rationalist but revolutionary Wollstonecraft changed the world for women
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Throughout history some books have changed the world They have transformed the way we see ourselves
- & each other They have inspired
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A Vintage Christmas captures the very essence of what Christmas means to us & what real magic can be found written by some of the world's finest authors including Charles Dickens Arthur Conan Doyle Anthony Trollope Laurie Lee E 272 pages Various ...

A vintage wedding romance & a happy-ever-after ending
- what more could you want from the 'modern-day Jane Austen' In a small Cotswold
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Jennifer Egan's spellbinding novel circles the lives of Bennie Salazar an ageing former punk rocker & record executive & Sasha the passionate troubled young woman he employs Although Bennie & Sasha never discover each other's pasts the reader does in intimate detail along with the secret lives of a host of other characters whose paths intersect with theirs over many years in locales as varied as New York San Francisco Naples & Africa We first meet Sasha in her mid-thirties on her therapist's couch in New York City confronting her long-standing compulsion to steal Later we learn the genesis of her turmoil when we see her as the child of a violent marriage then a runaway living in Naples then as a college student trying to avert the suicidal impulses of her best friend We meet Bennie Salazar at the melancholy nadir of his adult life-divorced struggling to connect with his nine-year-old son listening to a washed up band in the basement of a suburban house-and then revisit him in 1979 at the height of his youth shy & tender revelling in San Francisco's punk scene as he discovers his ardour for rock & roll & his gift for spotting talent We learn what became of his high school gang-who thrived & who faltered-and we encounter Lou Kline Bennie's catastrophically careless mentor along with the lovers & children left behind in the wake of Lou's far flung sexual conquests & meteoric rise & fall A Visit from the Goon Squad is a book about the interplay of time & music about survival about the stirrings & transformations set inexorably in motion by even the most passing conjunction of our fates In a breathtaking array of styles & tones ranging from tragedy to satire to Powerpoint Egan captures the undertow of self-destruction that we all must either master or succumb to; the basic human hunger for redemption; & the universal tendency to reach for both-and escape the merciless progress of time-in the transporting realms of art & music Sly startling exhilarating work from one of our boldest writers ...

The renowned children's writer Michael Morpurgo has written this vivid account of a child's stay at a farm told in the form of letters home & illustrated with photographs of animals & children on location at the farm Humorous & engaging it conveys the fun & excitement of working closely with animals Turquoise Band 7 books offer literay language & extended descriptions with longer sentences & a wide range of unfamiliar terms Text type
- A recount of a visit There is a timetable of the week's events on page 22 & an index on page 23 to help children recount the story Curriculum links -Geography Plants & animals in the local environment; Citizenship Animals & us This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery
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Whether you are new to Stata graphics or a seasoned veteran A Visual Guide to Stata Graphics Third Edition will reach you how to use Stata to make publication-quality graphics that will stand out & enhance your statistical results With over 900 illustrated examples & quick-reference tabs this book quickly guides you to the information you need for creating & customizing high-quality graphs for any type of statistical data Each graph is displayed in full color with simple & clear instructions that illustrate how to create & customize graphs using either Stata commands or the Stata Graph Editor Stata's powerful graphics system gives you complete control over how the elements of your graph look from marker symbols to lines from legends to captions & titles from axis labels to grid lines & more Whether you use this book as a learning tool or a quick reference you will have the power of Stata graphics at your fingertips The third edition has been updated & expanded to reflect new Stat graphics features &

Includes:: many additional examples This updated edition illustrates new features to specify fonts & symbols New sections have been added that illustrate the use of the marginsplot command as well as the use of contour plots

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A Voice in the Night is the twentieth compelling crime novel in the phenomenally successful Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri It occurred to him that he might not have had anything to do with Strangio's death It was a voice in the night an anonymous voice that had told him this A voice in the night that could easily have been the voice of his conscience Feeling his age as his birthday rolls round once again Inspector Montalbano decides to cheer himself up by dealing with a young driver's road rage in his own unique way But his joy is short-lived as at police headquarters he receives an angry phone call from a supermarket boss; there's been a robbery at his store & Montalbano's colleague is treating him as a suspect On arrival at the scene Montalbano quickly agrees with Inspector Augello that this was no ordinary break-in but with the supermarket's infamous links to the Mafia creating problems at every turn this isn't going to be an easy case for the inspector to solve And to add to the inspector's burden the young driver he made an enemy of earlier on has returned to police headquarters to report a shocking crime ...

Anton Vowl is missing Ransacking his Paris flat a group of his faithful companions trawl through his diary for any hint as to his location & insidiously a ghost from Vowl's past starts to cast its malignant shadow This virtuoso story chock-full of plots & subplots shows the skill of both author & translator who impart all the action without a crucial grammatical prop the letter 'e' ...

!A Volar!' is a new 5-level primary Spanish course from Collins offering a fun & engaging approach to language learning Developed to meet the requirements of primary school curriculums!A Volar!' introduces the Spanish language to children in a highly accessible format for beginners & young learners with careful progression through the levels Lively colourful illustrations fact boxes games & toe-tapping songs all help to communicate the learning objectives in a fun & active way Level 2 builds on the core areas of previous levels while also introducing new topics & vocabulary as the units progress With many & varied opportunities for the teachers to engage the students in active learning it also

Includes:: some basic reading writing & speaking activities All pupil books include an audio CD featuring specially-commissioned songs & audio for listening & speaking exercises & pronunciation of vocabulary The audio elements will expose students to new material helping them learn actively & absorb Spanish naturally As well as covering the key vocabulary outlined in the syllabuses the addition of cultural spreads at key points throughout the course give ample opportunity for the teacher to explore cultural connections & differences between their own culture & their neighbouring countries ranging from cultural traditions to the more specific comparisons of music food dance festivals & environments

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