It is July 1962 Edward & Florence young innocents married that morning arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their private fears of the wedding night to come ...

A seasonal anthology of Christmas-themed writings to savour during the highs & lows of Christmas Day This delightful book offers a diverse array of classic & contemporary writers who have expressed their thoughts about Christmas over the centuries
- with joy nostalgia & dazzling wit 192 pages
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A must-have homeware accessory for anyone who loves wine & unicorns! This blush coloured stemless wine glass features the words ' On Cloud Wine' in metallic gold Exclusive to Something Different Wholesale Not suitable for microwave or dishwasher use This product is part of our Unicorn Blush collection ...

The difference between success & failure often hangs on a fascinatingly small & elusive concept that our standard education system never touches confidence This is a guidebook to what confidence consists of why we lack it
- & how we can acquire more of it in our lives On Confidence walks us gently & wryly around the key issues that stop us from making more of our potential We hear about the impostor syndrome the wisdom of imagining the great in their bathrooms & what Nietzsche & Montaigne (among others) have to tell us about resilience & courage We often stay stuck with the level of confidence we have because we implicitly regard being confident as a matter of slightly freakish & unrepeatable good luck In fact as this essay charmingly shows the opposite is true Confidence is a skill based on a set of ideas about our place in the world
- & its secrets can quietly & deftly be learnt

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The inspirational stories of the diverse & courageous acts of men & women awarded the Victoria Cross & George Cross 400 pages 2x 8pp plate section The Sebastopol Project ...

Designed by award winning artist & sculptor Jim Shore White Woodland from Heartwood Creek celebrates the peaceful beauty of nature in a subtle palette of muted tones & gentle hues with hand crafted detail & Jim's unmistakable folk art style Leaping through the woodland Santa steers his steed with precision The regal reindeer prances with elegance; riding with a mission Santa & his trusty transport will certainly deliver this Christmas On Course For Christmas figurine is supplied in branded gift packaging with a photo on the front Unique variations should be expected as product is beautifully h&-painted & crafted from high quality cast stone with intricate styling & attention to detail including glistening sugary finishes A beautiful addition to any home at Christmastime perfect as a table centrepiece Not a toy or children's product Intended for adults only ...

ON COURSE STRATEGIES FOR CREATING SUCCESS IN COLLEGE & IN LIFE STUDY SKILLS PLUS 3rd Edition empowers you with the tools you need to take charge of your academic & lifelong success A self-assessment at the beginning of the text helps you identify behaviors & beliefs you may wish to change in order to achieve more of your potential in college & in life Through short articles & distinctive guided journal entries the author encourages you to explore & develop eight keys to your success personal responsibility self-motivation self-management interdependence self-awareness lifelong learning emotional intelligence & self-esteem As you develop these skills you'll find yourself making more effective choices & achieving greater success The Toolbox for Active Learners provides numerous study skills that will help you excel in all of your college courses As you learn these new strategies you'll have the opportunity to practice applying them to solve academic challenges With enhanced critical & creative problem-solving you'll be able to achieve greater success in all parts of your life Another self-assessment before & after the Toolbox for Active Learners will show you how much you've learned about being an effective learner ...

& Craftsmanship has again become fashionable in high places just as it did in the last few recessions& The concept of craftsmanship has never been as relevant & timely as it is today Assailed on all sides by
- among many other tendencies
- flexible working short-termism portfolio careers quick-fix training & the cult of celebrity it has recently re-entered public debate with a new sense of urgency Why? This series of linked essays by the man who ran the Royal College of Art for many years explores the crafts in education in history & literature in the contemporary arts landscape in the language in the digital age & takes an unsentimental hard-headed look at craftsmanship today Only when the romantic cobwebs have been blown away it argues can the key importance of the crafts be fully understood

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Insightful & humorous On Cricket is an intelligent exposition of the game's idiosyncratic culture & its enduring appeal by Mike Brearley one of England's finest cricket captains 432 pages Brearley Mike ...

This is a sweeping survey of the current state of Critical Pedagogy offering inspiration to everybody invested in the future of radical educational change For thirty years Henry Giroux has been theorizing pedagogy as a political moral & cultural practice drawing upon critical discourses that extend from John Dewey & Zygmunt Bauman to Paulo Freire This impassioned book starts with the crucial role of pedagogy in schools before extending the notion to the educational force of the wider culture Giroux focuses on five crucial elements associated with critical pedagogy First he presents an overview of the term as it applies to schooling & to larger cultural spheres Second he analyzes the increasingly empirical orientation of teaching focusing on the culture of positivism Section Three examines some of the major economic social & political forces undermining the promise of democratic schooling in both public & higher education Giroux then outlines increasing attempts by both right wing & liberal interests to reduce schooling to training & students merely to customers Finally the book focuses on the legacy of Paulo Freire & issues a fundamental challenge to educators public intellectuals & others who believe in the promise of a radical democracy Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Pedagogy of the Oppressed the new series Critical Pedagogy Today provides a range of incisive overviews & applications of Critical Pedagogy across fields & disciplines Building on the work of Paulo Freire the series reinvigorates his legacy & provides educators with an array of tools for questioning contemporary practices & forging new pedagogical methods ...