Nick Murphy gothic horror feature-debut The Awakening is set in the post-World War I England of 1921
- not long after the devastating
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Labyrinth The Awakening 2010
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Gaelle de Barbet is sixteen years old in 1940 when the German army occupies France In a matter of months her father & brother are killed her mother descends into madness & her closest friend Rebekah Feldmann is sent to a detention camp Taking terrifying risks Gaelle becomes a member of the Resistance fearlessly delivering Jewish children to safety underneath the eyes of the Gestapo & their French collaborators Conducted in secret her missions for the Resistance will mark her for years In the final days of the war she executes a plan to help save France's art treasures But when the war draws to a close she is falsely accused of collaboration & flees to Paris in disgrace There she begins a new life that eventually takes her to New York from a career as a Dior model to marriage & motherhood unbearable loss & mature lasting love when she returns to France The ghosts of the past are always near No matter where she goes her label as a collaborator remains until her granddaughter a respected political journalist embarks on a journey to see her grandmother recognized as the war hero she was Danielle Steel is famous for her inspirational stories about family love & life Her novels will be enjoyed by readers of Penny Vincenzi Jodi Picoult & Diane Chamberlain ...

The Award in Education & Training is the threshold qualification for anyone wanting to teach in a wide range of contexts including the further education & skills sector workplace learning offender learning & adult & community settings This user-friendly text is your guide to all the units of the Award & is a key text for the course Structured around the teaching learning & assessment cycle it

Includes:: full coverage of all units as well as information relevant to the Learning & Development units Examples activities & checklists help link theory to practice The text is written for all learners & all awarding organisations This revised edition is updated for the new qualification requirements & the Professional Standards for Teachers & Trainers A key text for the new Award in Education & Training Contents specifically follow the teaching learning & assessment cycle & match the qualification requirements Readable relevant & easy to understand Provides valuable support for prospective teachers & trainers with little or no previous experience An excellent foundation for those considering or progressing to further teaching qualifications

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How long are your intestines? How many mites live in your eyelashes? Do all adults wear clean underwear? & much more! Find out disgusting hilarious weird & wacky facts about your body with this awesome book! Are you ready for another EPIC book from the winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2016 (Best Book with Facts)? ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Love is a comic battlefield especially when presided over by two superbly-matched sparring partners Cary Grant & Irene Dunne A classic screwball Hollywood romp! ...

Selected as a 2017 Book of the Year in the Financial Times 'A very smart soulful compelling elegantly written domestic novel' Nick Hornby In a Victorian terraced house in north-west London two families unite in imperfect harmony After five years of widowhood Julia is deeply unexpectedly in love If only her beloved daughter Gwen didn't hate James so much At the very least she could be civil to his son Nathan Bringing together two households was never going to be easy but Gwen's struggle for independence & the teenagers' unexpected actions will threaten Julia's new happiness The Awkward Age is about the blended family; about starting over & the attempt to build something beautiful amid the mess & complexity of what came before It is a story about standing by the ones we love even while they hurt us We would do anything to make our children happy wouldn't we? ...

Telling people you hear voices doesn't win you many friends Especially when you're starting high school Especially when everyone thinks you're just like your troublemaking big sister Lily's hoping to put all the madness of the previous summer behind her but with serious friend dramas nasty rumours & a big sister who might end up in jail the last thing Lily wants is to start up that weird psychic stuff again But it might be her only hope Spend the autumn with Lily in this beautifully written laugh-out-loud sequel to Waterstones Children's Book Prize longlister The Mixed-Up Summer of Lily Mc Lean by Kelpies Prize winner Lindsay Littleson ...

Winner of the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger for Best Debut Crime Novel of the Year Shortlisted for the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year Award As recommended on the Radio 2 Arts Show with Claudia Winkleman Inspired by a true story set against the heady backdrop of jazz-filled mob-ruled New Orleans The Axeman's Jazz by Ray Celestin is a gripping thriller announcing a major talent in historical crime fiction New Orleans 1919 As a dark serial killer
- the Axeman
- stalks the city three individuals set out to unmask him Detective Lieutenant Michael Talbot
- heading up the official investigation but struggling to find leads & harbouring a grave secret of his own Former detective Luca d' Andrea
- now working for the mafia; his need to solve the mystery of the Axeman is every bit as urgent as that of the authorities And Ida
- a secretary at the Pinkerton Detective Agency Obsessed with Sherlock Holmes & dreaming of a better life she stumbles across a clue which lures her & her musician friend Louis Armstrong to the case -and into terrible danger As Michael Luca & Ida each draw closer to discovering the killer's identity the Axeman himself will issue a challenge to the people of New Orleans play jazz or risk becoming the next victim




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This Very Short Introduction employs the disciplines of history religious studies & anthropology as it illuminates the complexities of Aztec life Readers meet a people highly skilled in sculpture astronomy city planning poetry & philosophy who were also profoundly committed to cosmic regeneration through the thrust of the ceremonial knife & through warfare David Carrasco looks beyond Spanish accounts that have colored much of the Western narrative to let Aztec voices speak about their origin stories the cosmic significance of their capital city their methods of child rearing & the contributions women made to daily life & the empire Carrasco discusses the arrival of the Spaniards contrasts Aztec mythical traditions about the origins of their city with actual urban life in Mesoamerica & outlines the rise of the Aztec empire He also explores Aztec religion which provided both justification for & alternatives to warfare sacrifice & imperialism & he sheds ligh ...