Europe beckoned more brilliantly now that they were fairly embarked on their journey The sun shone the lake was a beautiful dazzling blue & Katy said to herself " After all a year is not very long & how happy I am going to be!"& When Mrs Ashe discovers that her visiting nephew has scarlet fever she sends her young daughter Amy to stay with the Carr family There Amy develops a strong attachment to Katy who treats her like a little sister Mrs Ashe grateful for the kindness Katy has shown invites her to join them on a year-long trip around Europe Katy is at first reluctant
- a year is a long time to be away from her family
- but soon she gets swept up in the adventure which takes her from the historic (but rainy) London streets to the beautiful cities of Nice Paris & Naples & perhaps Katy now a young woman will discover love A collection that will be coveted by children & adults alike this list is the best in children&s literature curated by Virago These are timeless tales with beautiful covers that will be treasured & shared across the generations Some titles you will already know; some will be new to you but there are stories for everyone to love whatever your age Our list

Includes:: Nina Bawden (Carrie&s War The Peppermint Pig) Rumer Godden (The Dark Horse An Episode of Sparrows) Joan Aiken (The Serial Garden The Gift Giving) E Nesbit (The Psammead Trilogy The Bastable Trilogy The Railway Children) L M Montgomery (The Anne of Green Gables series) & Susan Coolidge (The What Katy Did Trilogy) Discover Virago Children&s Classics



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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Based on a contemporary interpretation of the classic Henry James novel & set in present day New York City the story centres on Maisie an unwitting six-year-old girl enmeshed in the bitter divorce of her mother a rock & roll icon & her father a charming but distracted art dealer Darkly comic & emotionally compelling What Maisie Knew is an evocative portrayal of the chaos & complexity of a modern marriage Actors Julianne Moore Steve Coogan Onata Aprile Alexander Skarsgard & Joanna Vanderham Director Scott Mc Ghee & David Siegel Certificate 15 years & over Year 2012 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 38 minutes (approx) ...

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Who am I?I ask myself What makes me a ME?I think hard with all my might And look around to see What makes you a you? Are you like a sports car
- lightning fast? Or maybe you're like a tree Do your arms stick out like branches? No? Then perhaps you're like a snail
- very slow (especially when it's time for school!) A funny & thought-provoking look at what makes us us from Ben Faulks (known as Mr Bloom from CBeebies) & David Tazzyman (bestselling illustrator of You Can't Take an Elephant on the Bus) Guaranteed to feed the imagination this celebration of being who we are is perfect for inquisitive (and inventive!) little minds

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Whether you're new to the field or a seasoned executive this book will give you a firm grasp on what it takes to make an organization perform It presents the basic principles of management simply but not simplistically Why did an e Bay succeed where a Webvan did not? Why do you need both a business model & a strategy? Why is it impossible to manage without the right performance measures & do yours pass the test? What Management Is is both a beginner's guide & a bible for one of the greatest social innovations of modern times the discipline of management Joan Magretta a former top editor at the Harvard Business Review distills the wisdom of a bewildering sea of books & articles into one simple clear volume explaining both the logic of successful organizations & how that logic is embodied in practice Magretta makes rich use of examples -- contemporary & historical -- to bring to life management's High Concepts value creation business models competitive strategy & organizational design She devotes equal attention to the often unwritten rules of execution that characterize the best-performing organizations Throughout she shows how the principles of management that work in for-profit businesses can -- & must -- be applied to nonprofits as well Most management books preach a single formula or a single fad This one roams knowledgeably over the best that has been thought & written with a practical eye for what matters in real organizations Not since Peter Drucker's great work of the 1950s & 1960s has there been a comparable effort to present the work of management as a coherent whole to take stock of the current state of play & to write about it thoughtfully for readers of all backgrounds Newcomers will find the basics demystified More experienced readers will recognize a store of useful wisdom & a framework for improving their own performance This is the big-picture management book for our times It defines a common standard of managerial literacy that will help all of us lead more productive lives whether we aspire to be managers or not ...

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