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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 ...

Join Thomas the Tank Engine on a royal adventure as he attends the Queen's birthday celebrations The Fat Controller has been invited to the Queen's birthday party far from the Island of Sodor in the biggest city in the land London & what better engine to take him there than Thomas the Tank Engine A delighted Thomas makes the long journey to London where he is put on a barge & taken down the Thames seeing Tower Bridge St Paul's The Shard Parliament & many other landmarks along the way Toddlers will delight in discovering the delights of London with their favourite engine It's a very proud day for the little blue engine in the big city & a perfect accompaniment to the Queens's 90th birthday celebrations Great for toddlers aged 2 & up Thomas has been teaching children lessons about life & friendship for over 70 years He ranks alongside other beloved character such as Paddington Bear Winnie-the-Pooh & Peter Rabbit as an essential part of our literary heritage ...

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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A Volcano in My Tummy Helping Children to Handle Anger presents a clear & effective approach to helping children & adults alike understand & deal constructively with children's anger Using easy to understand yet rarely taught skills for anger management including how to teach communication of emotions A Volcano in My Tummy offers engaging well-organized activities which help to overcome the fear of children's anger which many adult care-givers experience By carefully distinguishing between anger the feeling & violence the behavior this accessible little book primarily created for ages 6 to thirteen helps to create an awareness of anger enabling children to relate creatively & harmoniously at critical stages in their development Through activities stories articles & games designed to allow a multi-subject developmental approach to the topic at home & in school A Volcano in My Tummy gives us the tools we need to put aside our problems with this all-too-often destructive emotion & to have fun while we're at it Elaine Whitehouse is a teacher family court & private psychotherapist mother of two & leader of parenting skills workshops for eight years Warwick Pudney is a teacher & counsellor with ten years experience facilitating anger management abuser therapy & men's change groups as well as being a father of three Both regularly conduct workshops ...