Young children will love playing this ever-popular family card game with these large delightfully illustrated Easter-themed cards The simple rules colourful pictures & the robustness of the cards to endure enthusiastic players make this an ideal first card game for young children Snap is a great way for young children to develop important sorting matching & reading skills ...

A colourful sticker book with Easter-themed scenes to decorate with over 400 stickers Scenes include Easter bunnies hiding their eggs an Easter parade & Easter eggs to decorate ...

Fitztroy Maclean was one of the real-life inspirations for super-spy James Bond After adventures in Soviet Russia before the war Maclean fought with the SAS in North Africa in 1942 There he specialised in hair-raising commando raids behind enemy lines including the daring & outrageous kidnapping of the German Consul in Axis-controlled Iraq Maclean&s extraordinary adventures in the Western Desert & later fighting alongside Tito&s partisans in Yugoslavia are blistering reading & show what it took to be a British hero who broke the mould ...

BY THE AUTHOR OF WALKING THE HIMALAYAS WINNER OF THE 2016 EDWARD STANFORD ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDLevison Wood was only 22 when he decided to hitch-hike from England to India through Russia Iran Afghanistan & Pakistan but he wasn't the conventional follower of the hippy trail A fascination with the deeds of the early explorers a history degree in the bag an army career already planned & a shoestring budget of GBP750
- including for the flight home
- he was determined to find out more about the countries of the Caucasus & beyond
- & meet the people who lived & worked there EASTERN HORIZONS is a true traveller's tale in the tradition of the best of the genre populated by a cast of eccentric characters; from mujahideen fighters to the Russian mafia Along the way he meets some people who showed great hospitality while others would rather have murdered him This book confirms that Levison Wood Winner of the 2016 Edward Stanford Adventure Travel Book Of The Year Award has indeed 'breathed new life into adventure travel ' (Michael Palin)


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Award-winning TV adventurer & travel writer's enthralling account of his youthful expedition to Central Asia 384 pages Wood Levison ...

'A masterly accountthe best survey of global affairs I have read for some time' Sunday Times WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHORThe West's domination of world politics is coming to a close The flow of wealth & power is turning from West to East & a new era of global instability has begun Easternisation is the defining trend of our age
- the growing wealth of Asian nations is transforming the international balance of power This shift to the East is shaping the lives of people all over the world the fate of nations & the great questions of war & peace A troubled but rising China is now challenging America's supremacy & the ambitions of other Asian powers
- including Japan North Korea India & Pakistan
- have the potential to shake the whole world Meanwhile the West is struggling with economic malaise & political populism the Arab world is in turmoil & Russia longs to reclaim its status as a great power We are at a turning point in history but Easternisation has many decades to run Gideon Rachman offers a road map to the turbulent process that will define the international politics of the twenty-first century


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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play In this charming critically acclaimed tale of rumors & reputation Olive (Emma Stone) an average high school student sees her below-the-radar existence turn around overnight once she decides to use the school&s gossip grapevine to advance her social standing Now her classmates (Amanda Bynes Aly Michalka) are turning against her & the school board is becoming concerned including her favorite teacher (Thomas Haden Church) & the distracted guidance counselor (Lisa Kudrow) With the support of her hilariously idiosyncratic parents (Stanley Tucci Patricia Clarkson) & a little help from a long-time crush (Penn Badgley) Olive attempts to take on her notorious new identity & crush the rumor mill once & for all ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A clean-cut high school student relies on the school&s rumor mill to advance her social & financial standing ...

Nathaniel Hawthorne&s The Scarlet Letter is re-imagined as a contemporary high school comedy in this tale of a scheming student who plots to give her popularity a boost by painting herself the easiest lay in school Like most high school kids Olive Penderghast played by Emma Stone just wants to be popular So much so than when her best friend Rhiannon played by Aly Michalka asks Olive how her weekend went the bored teen decides to whip up a spicy white lie just to make things interesting But that minor exaggeration begins to take on a life of its own when it reaches the ears of motor-mouth gossip Jesus freak Marianne & in no time the entire student body is abuzz over unassuming Olive&s unrepentant weekend of debauchery Of course not a word of it is true but that doesn&t stop everyone in school from talking & an amused Olive from deciding to go with the flow Playing the role of the hussy to the hilt the girl who used to be invisible begins dressing provocatively & turning heads in the hallways The students aren&t the only ones taking notice either; Olive&s English teacher Mr Griffith is concerned that the kind of attention she&s receiving isn&t healthy for a developing girl & his wife played by Lisa Kudrow the school guidance counsellor is in full agreement The only people who seem remotely interested in the truth are Olive&s trusting & open-minded parents As Olive takes note of the parallels between her own situation & the plight of the Scarlet Letter heroine Hester Prynne she realizes that she may be able to manipulate her newfound notoriety to give fellow classmate Brandon&s popularity a much-needed shot in the arm Olive never thought her little game could possibly have any negative effect on anyone but herself but when loose lips start sinking ships all around her she realises that it&s high time for the truth to come out ...

Given the current economic climate & budget constraints facing schools funding for professional development is continually reduced & yet administrators still need to find methods to implement new instructional initiatives such as the Common Core State Standards This important book provides leaders with a high quality professional development approach at a low cost-the Peer Observation Process Outlined in manageable steps this strategy will help leaders implement any new school initiative or instructional method no matter the context This book will help you -Support staff with job-embedded learning that

Includes:: reflection & feedback -Get your staff excited & engage them in ongoing collaboration -Create teams & organize schedules -Initiate & deliver tough conversations -Address accountability & measure success Based on an established & successful program this book outlines an effective approach that is easy to implement & will help schools increase student achievement strengthen school culture & improve job satisfaction

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