Award-winning picture book star Oliver Jeffers explores themes of love & loss in this life-affirming & uplifting tale Once there was a girl who was full of wonderment at how the world worked She shared all her dreams & excitement with her father who always had the answer to every question That is until one day when his chair was empty not to be filled again
- how would she find the meaning of life now?
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Award-winning picture book star Oliver Jeffers explores themes of love & loss in this life-affirming & uplifting tale Once there was a girl whose life was filled with wonder at the world around her Then one day something happened that made the girl take her heart & put it in a safe place However after that it seemed that the world was emptier than before But would she know how to get her heart back? In this deeply moving story Oliver Jeffers deals with the weighty themes of love & loss with an extraordinary lightness of touch & shows us ultimately that there is always hope ...

Coronary heart disease the commonest cause of heart attacks remains the leading cause of death in the UK despite rates falling in the last few decades despite numerous therapeutic advances & despite increased awareness Rates are especially high in economically deprived communities some ethnic groups & at certain ages; but everyone's at risk This book aims to help people at high risk prevent their first or subsequent heart attack as well as helping those who experience a heart attack get back to a normal life as soon as possible As this book shows combining drugs & lifestyle changes can help you survive
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- heart attacks

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By the author of The Handmaid's Tale & Alias Grace Stan & Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of economic & social collapse Living in their car surviving on tips from Charmaine's job at a dive bar they're increasingly vulnerable to roving gangs & in a rather desperate state So when they see an advertisement for the Positron Project in the town of Consilience
- a 'social experiment' offering stable jobs & a home of their own
- they sign up immediately All they have to do in return for this suburban paradise is give up their freedom every second month swapping their home for a prison cell At first all is well But slowly unknown to the other Stan & Charmaine develop a passionate obsession with their counterparts the couple that occupy their home when they are in prison Soon the pressures of conformity mistrust guilt & sexual desire take over & Positron looks less like a prayer answered & more like a chilling prophecy fulfilled

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' The way I need you is a loneliness I cannot bear' Making its twenty-three-year-old author an overnight literary sensation this story of isolated lost lives intersecting in a small town in the American South is a masterpiece of humane sensitivity Ten new titles in the colourful small-format portable new Pocket Penguins series ...

This book of interconnected stories depicts the chaotic life of a young boy on the run with his teenage mother When Sarah reclaims Jeremiah from his foster parents he finds himself catapulted into her world of motels & truck stops exposed to the abusive exploitative men she encounters As he learns to survive in this harrowing environment Jeremiah also learns to love his mother even as she descends into drug-fueled madness Told in spare lyrical prose rich with imagination & dark humor The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things transforms the savagery of Jeremiah&s world into an indelible experience of compassion This special edition

Includes:: an additional seven stories previously uncollected by JT Le Roy the literary persona of Laura Albert

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WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY ANDREY KURKOVA rich successful Moscow professor befriends a stray dog & attempts a scientific first by transplanting into it the testicles & pituitary gland of a recently deceased man A distinctly worryingly human animal is now on the loose & the professor's hitherto respectable life becomes a nightmare beyond endurance An absurd & superbly comic story this classic novel can also be read as a fierce parable of the Russian Revolution ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Frankie Martin (Frankie Vaughan) is an out-of-work sailor who encounters Bud a tramp who gives him a shilling & promises that if he can make &163;100 honestly he will be given &163;1000 Frankie's quest for Bud's money leads him to a job with shady riverboat casino operator Tony Carlisle (Tony Britton) Here he meets the beautiful Julie (Anne Heywood) but Frankie's enthusiasm for his work leads to the sack from Tony's dodgy establishment Frankie goes from job to job but his singing career & romance with Julie are blossoming With the encouragement of Julie & the help of amusing impresario Johnnie (Tony Newley) will Frankie make a success of his singing career & take Bud's wager? Actors Frankie Vaughan Anne Heywood Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

Moving beyond the process of change Why is change so hard? Because in order to make any transformation successful you must change more than just the structure & operations of an organization--you need to change people's behavior & that is never easy The Heart of Change is your guide to helping people think & feel differently in order to meet your shared goals According to bestselling author & renowned leadership expert John Kotter & coauthor Dan Cohen this focus on connecting with people's emotions is what will spark the behavior change & actions that lead to success Now freshly designed The Heart of Change is the engaging & essential complement to Kotter's worldwide bestseller Leading Change Building off of Kotter's revolutionary eight-step process this book vividly illustrates how large-scale change can work With real-life stories of people in organizations the authors show how teams & individuals get motivated & activated to overcome obstacles to change--and produce spectacular results Kotter & Cohen argue that change initiatives often fail because leaders rely too exclusively on data & analysis to get buy-in from their teams instead of creatively showing or doing something that appeals to their emotions & inspires them to spring into action They call this the see-feel-change dynamic & it is crucial for the success of any true organizational transformation Refreshingly clear & eminently practical The Heart of Change is required reading for anyone facing the challenges inherent in leading change ...

Expansion pack for Mice & Mystics fantasy fighting game Beautiful glow-worm shimmer shimmer! Shine your light brightly through pain so glum Follow love&s arrow along the thum Ne&er mind life&s sorrows lest you succumb For dear friend would you become? Oh glow-worm getting dimmer dimmer Prince Collin & his friends defeated Vanestra & thought evil had been banished from the castle forever But deep within those scorched & shadow-haunted halls something is moving that should not be A malicious presence has taken root & it has hatched a scheme that will ensnare the Prince & his friends & will forever change the course of history for the mouse-town of Barksburg The storybook in Mice & Mystics Heart of Glorm picks up right after the events of Sorrow & Remembrance letting you & your friends continue the story of Prince Collin Maginos Tilda Nez Filch & Lily Included in this expansion are new plastic figures cards & counters as well as a new series of chapters sure to test your mettle! & joining the heroes is Nere a wild mystic who brings her powerful magic & knowledge of alchemy to the battle Expansion set for the base game Mice & Mystics Sorrow & Remembrance Continue the story of Prince Collin Maginos Tilda Nez Filch & Lily Adventure expansion game 1-4 players Ages 7 ...