Scarlet & Ivy return to creepy Rookwood School for a third mystery adventure! Perfect for fans of MURDER MOST UNLADYLIKE With their evil headmaster Mr Bartholomew safely out of the picture & kindly Mrs Knight in charge it looks like life at Rookwood School is looking up There's a ballet recital Scarlet is desperate to star in & more clues to uncover about the twins' mother But after their beloved ballet teacher Miss Finch suddenly disappears & strange Madame Zelda takes her place freakish things start happening Poison letters are circulating the school & 'accidents' are plaguing the students It seems that the girls are in danger once more Is someone out for the ultimate revenge? ...

A fresh new jacket design brings this classic self-help guide up to date for a contemporary readership One of the forerunners to today's pop psych market along with Women Who Love Too Much this multimillion bestseller shows us how anger affects women's relationships & explains how to turn this often destructive force into a constructive one For many women anger is a destructive force that perpetuates all the harmful dynamics of their most intimate relationships This classic inspirational book from internationally respected feminist psychologist Harriet Lerner explores the ways in which anger can lead into a destructive dance' within women's relationships- permanent fighting with your nearest & dearest distancing yourself through silence or blaming others for the failure of your relationships Practical & accessible this book also shows women how the destructive dance of anger' can be turned into a constructive force- women should neither suppress their anger nor vent it through aggression but learn focussed ways to deal with it to find the best solution for all concerned Focussing largely on family relationships the book shows women how to deal with many different relationship issues The book has meaning for all women regardless of age background or experience Harriet Lerner provides the reader with the insights & practical skills to stop behaving in the old predictable ways & to begin to use anger to establish a more positive approach to significant relationships ...

In The Dance of Intimacy the bestselling author of The Dance of Anger outlines the steps to take so that good relationships can be strengthened & difficult ones can be healed Taking a careful look at those relationships where intimacy is most challenged--by distance intensity or pain--she teaches us about the specific changes we can make to achieve a more solid sense of self & a more intimate connectedness with others Combining clear advice with vivid case examples Dr Lerner offers us the most solid helpful book on intimate relationships that both women & men may ever encounter ...

The Dance of the Seagull is the fifteenth darkly humorous adventure starring Inspector Montalbano from bestselling author Andrea Camilleri New edition cover with original Jeff Fisher illustration Inspector Montalbano is awake at dawn sitting on his porch when his attention is caught by a seagull which falls from the sky performing a strange dance before lying down to die Montalbano is perplexed by what he has witnessed & the scene hangs over him like an omen About to depart for a holiday with his girlfriend Livia Montalbano makes a quick trip to the police station to tie up loose ends But when his dear colleague Fazio is discovered missing
- & it transpires that the policeman has been involved in his own secret investigations
- Montalbano instead launches a desperate search for his lost friend as time begins to run out Navigating a shadowy maze of smuggling blackmail & the darkest murder & moving from the docks of Vigata to its deep dry wells where the mafia hide their terrible crimes Inspector Montalbano must have his wits about him to unravel this tangled mystery The Dance of the Seagull is followed by the sixteenth Inspector Montalbano novel The Treasure Hunt

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A gentle & deeply moving story of a young girl & her bear told with great charm by a master storyteller High in the mountains in a tiny village an abandoned bear cub is adopted by a lonely orphan child Soon they are inseparable beloved by the whole village
- safe until the arrival of a glamorous film crew who need a dancing bear
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Philip Mann chronicles the relationship of dandyism & the emerging cultural landscape of modernity via portraits of Regency England's Beau Brummel
- the first dandy
- & six twentieth-century figures Austrian architect Adolf Loos the Duke of Windsor neo-Edwardian courtier Bunny Roger writer & raconteur Quentin Crisp French film producer Jean-Pierre Melville & New German Cinema enfant terrible & inverted dandy Rainer Werner Fassbinder He blends memorable anecdotes with acute analysis to explore their style identity & influence & interweaves their stories with an entertaining history of tailoring & men's fashion The Dandy at Dusk contextualizes the relationship between dandyism decadence & modernism against the background of a century punctuated by global conflict & social upheaval

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If ever there were a book to make you switch off your television set The Dangerous Book for Boys is it How many other books will help you thrash someone at conkers race your own go-cart & identify the best"ations from Shakespeare? The Dangerous Book for Boys gives you facts & figures at your fingertips
- swot up on the solar system learn about famous battles & read inspiring stories of incredible courage & bravery Teach your old dog new tricks Make a pinhole camera Understand the laws of cricket There's a whole world out there with this book anyone can get out & explore it The Dangerous Book for Boys is written with the verve & passion that readers of Conn Iggulden's number one bestselling novels have come to expect This book his first non-fiction work has been written with his brother as a celebration of the long summers of their youth & as a compendium of information so vital to men of all ages Lavishly designed & fully illustrated in colour & black & white throughout it's set to be a perfect gift for Father's Day & beyond Chapters in The Dangerous Book for Boys include The Seven Ancient Wonders of the World Conkers Laws of Football Dinosaurs Fishing Juggling Timers & Tripwires Kings & Queens Famous Battles Spies Making Crystals Insects & Spiders Astronomy Girls The Golden Age of Piracy Secret Inks Patron Saints of Britain Skimming Stones Dog Tricks Making a Periscope Coin Tricks Marbles Artillery The Origin of Words & The Solar System
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Contains every ultraviolent & perverted sketch by The Dangerous Brothers played by Rik Mayall & Adrian Edmondson ...

A little girl is transported with the help of magic glasses from the tedium of a summer afternoon into an exciting world of mangrove swamps spluttering volcanoes & sea where birds fly upside down & wild things threaten to pounce But she is not alone Old friends from Moomin Valley
- Hemulen Sniff Snufkin Thingummy & Bob
- have joined her on the journey & Moomin too who rides to their rescue in a stripey balloon This brand new version of a 'lost classic' pairs Jansson's irresistible artwork with a playful rhyming text by one of Britain's star poets

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We have real hope we're called to share But how we share it makes a difference Christians today face a dilemma in a world that seems to reject everything we believe how do we walk closely with God without caving to pressure or alienating those we hope to reach? In this eye-opening new book Chris Hodges provides a solution by examining the life of the prophet Daniel who persevered in a corrupt culture that closely resembles our own-and emerged as an influential force in God's redemptive plan Full of scripture & seasoned with Hodges' candid personal insights The Daniel Dilemma shows us that we can hold firmly to biblical beliefs without becoming obnoxious insulting or mad We can stand strong while loving others well Because standing for truth isn't about winning the argument; it's about winning hearts & when we learn the secret of connecting before correcting we discover that we can respond to today's hard questions without compromising grace or truth With fresh insights & practical ideas Hodges encourages Christians struggling with our cultural reality to hold God's standards high & his grace deep-just as Jesus did & just as his followers today are called to do ...