Beautifully packaged reissue of one of Muriel Spark's best loved novels The Girls of Slender Means' Long ago in 1945 all the nice people in England were poor allowing for exceptions' In the May of Teck Club
- a London hostel 'three times window shattered since 1940 but never directly hit'
- the young lady residents do their best to act as if the war never happened They practice elocution & jostle one another over suitors & a single Schiaparelli gown But behind the girls' giddy literary & amorous peregrinations they hide some tragically painful secrets & wounds' You girls are my vocation I am dedicated to you in my prime'' Reading the novel as a young woman was a random gift; rereading it today is to encounter the rarest of fiction & to appreciate the early & enduring genius of Muriel Spark' Carol Shields Guardian' One of Spark's most evocative novels' Anne Taylor Muriel Spark was born & educated in Edinburgh She was active in the field of creative writing since 1950 when she won a short-story writing competition in the Observer & her many subsequent novels include Memento Mori (1959) The Ballad of Peckham Rye (1960) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961) The Girls of Slender Means (1963) & Aiding & Abetting (2000) She also wrote plays poems children's books & biographies She became Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1993 & died in 2006

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July 2016 Margot Goodwin arrives as the new curate at St Mark's Highbury She's one part exhilarated ten parts terrified This is the most important twelve months of her life Can she convince everyone
- herself included
- that she's more than a five foot eight redhead with a Ph D & a penchant for Max Factor's Mulberry Lipfinity? 328 pages Rowland Louise

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A friendly reassuring & positive guide for girls as they approach puberty explaining the changes that will happen to their bodies as they grow up & how these changes might make them feel Covering everything from periods & breast development to body hair & personal hygiene puberty & parenting expert Anita Naik addresses any worries that girls may have relating to what is 'normal' She reassures readers & boosts their confidence encouraging them to feel positive about the changes they will experience as they go through puberty The book also

Includes:: lifestyle advice on topics like healthy eating & exercise & information on how puberty affects boys Topics covered What is puberty? Your puberty timeline Breasts & bras Same age different stage Skin changes Sweat smells & personal hygiene Hair in new places Down there What are periods? The practical side of periods Coping with periods Sex explained Making babies New feelings Managing your moods Healthy eating The power of exercise Self-esteem & body image Privacy & your body Puberty for boys Boys have worries too

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Tracklist Yanks Stones & Sunlight 2 Being True (band version) This Is Love Greener Grass Public Girls (demo) How To Be The Landmark C Me Working It Out You Were The One Unsettled Hash Here Comes Love 2 Piano Piece Stones & Sunlight 3 Mistakes In Love ...

A profound essay collection from the beloved author of Gilead Houskeeping & Lila now including Marilynne Robinson's conversation with President Barack Obama Robinson has plumbed the depths of the human spirit in her trilogy of novels
- Pulitzer Prize-winning Gilead Orange-Prize winning Home & National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Lila
- & in her moving essay collection When I Was a Child I Read Books Now in The Givenness of Things she brings a profound sense of awe & an incisive mind to the essential questions of contemporary life & faith Through fourteen essays of remarkable depth & insight Robinson explores the dilemmas of our modern predicament How has our so-called Christian nation strayed from so many of the teachings of Christ? How could the great minds of the past Calvin & Locke-and Shakespeare-guide our lives? & what might the world look like if we could see the sacredness in each other? Exquisite & bold these essays are a necessary call for us to find wisdom & guidance in our cultural treasures to seek humanity & compassion in each other The Givenness of Things is a reminder of what a marvel our existence is in its grandeur
- & its humility


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In a perfect world Jonas begins to see the flaws THE GIVER is the classic award-winning novel that inspired the dystopian genre & a major motion picture adaptation for 2014 starring Jeff Bridges Meryl Streep Katie Holmes & Taylor Swift It is the future There is no war no hunger no pain No one in the community wants for anything Everything needed is provided & at twelve years old each member of the community has their profession carefully chosen for them by the Committee of Elders Twelve-year old Jonas has never thought there was anything wrong with his world But from the moment he is selected as the Receiver of Memory Jonas discovers that their community is not as perfect as it seems It is only with the help of the Giver that Jonas can find what has been lost & it is only through his personal courage that Jonas finds the strength to do what is right The Giver is the award-winning classic of bravery & adventure that has inspired countless dystopian writers as the forerunner of this genre ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Sci-fi drama directed by Phillip Noyce & starring Jeff Bridges Meryl Streep & Brenton Thwaites Set in a seemingly utopian future where all war emotion & personal freedom have been eradicated the film follows Jonas (Thwaites) a young man who is chosen to be the recipient of the community&s collective memories As he learns the details of the community&s history from The Giver (Bridges) he grows frustrated with the power those in charge hold over his fellow citizens & the terrible price they have been forced to pay in exchange for conformity & peace Actors Jeff Bridges Brenton Thwaites Meryl Streep Alexander Skarsgård Katie Holmes Directors Philip Noyce Writers Michael Mitnick Robert B Weide Producers Jeff Bridges Genevieve Hofmeyr Neil Koenigsberg Nikki Silver Language English Subtitles English Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Sci-fi drama directed by Phillip Noyce & starring Jeff Bridges Meryl Streep & Brenton Thwaites Set in a seemingly utopian future where all war emotion & personal freedom have been eradicated the film follows Jonas (Thwaites) a young man who is chosen to be the recipient of the community&s collective memories As he learns the details of the community&s history from The Giver (Bridges) he grows frustrated with the power those in charge hold over his fellow citizens & the terrible price they have been forced to pay in exchange for conformity & peace ...

The Giving Tree is a classic & moving story by Shel Silverstein Once there was a little tree & she loved a little boy So begins a story of unforgettable perception beautifully written & illustrated by the gifted & versatile Shel Silverstein Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples swing from her branches or slide down her trunk & the tree was happy But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree & the tree gave & gave & gave This is a tender story touched with sadness aglow with consolation Shel Silverstein has created a moving parable for readers of all ages that offers an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving & a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return Shel Silverstein's very first children's book Lafcadio the Lion Who Shot Back was published in 1963 & followed the next year by two other books The first of those The Giving Tree is a moving story about the love of a tree for a boy; it took four years before Harper Children's books decided to publish it Shel returned to humour that same year with A Giraffe & a Half His first collection of poems & drawings Where the Sidewalk Ends appeared in 1974 & his second A Light in the Attic in 1981 When he was a GI in Japan & Korea in the 1950 he learned to play the guitar & to write songs including 'A Boy Named Sue' for Johnny Cash In 1984 Silverstein won a Grammy Award for Best Children's Album for Where the Sidewalk Ends
- 'recited sung & shouted' by the author He was also an accomplished playwright including the 1981 hit ' The Lady or the Tiger Show' The last book to be published before he died in 1999 was Falling Up (1996)
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Three forms of development finance
- aid remittances & philanthropy
- have the potential to transform the developing world Individually

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