NEW STATESMAN & EVENING STANDARD BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017' Brilliant a staggering story' Robert Fox Evening Standard Books of the Year' Fascinating vast & rich a dramatic family memoir' Guardian Uncovering his family's remarkable & moving stories Mark Mazower recounts the sacrifices & silences that marked a generation & their descendants It was a family that fate drove into the siege of Stalingrad the Vilna ghetto occupied Paris & even into the ranks of the Wehrmacht His British father was the lucky one the son of Russian Jewish emigrants who settled in London after escaping the civil war & revolution Max the grandfather had started out as a socialist & manned the barricades against tsarist troops but never spoke of it His wife Frouma came from a family ravaged by the Great Terror yet somehow making their way in Soviet society In the centenary of the Russian Revolution What You Did Not Tell recounts a brand of socialism erased from memory
- humanistic impassioned & broad-ranging in its sympathies But it also explores the unexpected happiness that may await history's losers the power of friendship & the love of place that allowed Max & Frouma's son to call England home
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Catching the killer is just the beginning in the outstandingly dark debut What You Don't Know from rising grip-lit star Jo Ann Chaney Do you really know your neighbours? Jacky Seever was a beloved local businessman & pillar of the Denver community Until thirty-one bodies were discovered in the crawlspace of his house Detective Paul Hoskins was lauded for bringing down one of the most ruthless serial-killers of the decade Sammie Peterson the lead reporter on the case finally obtained the success she craved And Seever's wife Gloria? Well she claimed to be as surprised as everyone else But when you get that close to a killer can you really just move on? ...

Are you constantly exhausted? Does sleep not refresh you? Is your balance not what it was? Do you have tingling or even burning in your fingers & toes? Then your problem may be vitamin B12 deficiency Your doctor may test you for this but your blood levels look OK so what should you do then? Or you may receive treatment but not feel any better? This book is a guide to the complexities of this deceptively simple problem
- how it can be diagnosed how it can be treated & how those who have it can cope with the lifelong repercussions Incorporating the latest research & the input of the thousands of members of the Pernicious Anaemia Society this book is both practical & engaging illustrated with many personal stories that will resonate with sufferers & their friends & families
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Early childhood directors manage through relationships This important book guides a director through the steps to build respectful dynamic & welcoming relationships with families & staff It covers all traditional early childhood administration topics from financial management to marketing & development while also recognizing & exploring the human side of management 320 pages 18 illustrations Bruno Holly Elissa ...

Shot as a fly-on-the-wall documentary this tragi-comedy drama featuring interviews from Dominic West & Romola Garai is co-produced with the Royal Shakespeare Company Follow the cast behind-the-scenes of the stage performance as their off stage antics reflect their onstage characters ...

Designed for use by parents teachers & home educators this second volume in the Core Knowledge UK series provides Year 2 children with the fundamentals they need to prepare them for a lifetime of learning It sets out the elements a parent or educator should look for in a good Year 2 curriculum & introduces activities that can help a child to take the next steps in learning to read & write Filled with age-appropriate questions that stimulate thinking What Your Year 2 Child Needs to Know also

Includes:: Familiar & favourite poems
- read & recite together from Spike Milligan Eloise Greenfield Jack Prelutsky Robert Louis Stevenson Edward Lear & more all beautifully illustrated Fairy tales fables & other beloved stories
- read aloud from Aesop's Fables The House at Pooh Corner The Saga of Noggin the Nog & many more including multicultural folktales from African American Dutch German Japanese & Jewish traditions Familiar sayings
- talk about traditional phrases that impart wisdom such as ' You can't judge a book by its cover' & ' Many hands make light work' History & geography
- an introduction to our world including ancient Egypt British history from the Romans in Britain to 1066 & the geography of the British Isles & northern Europe complete with original maps & beautiful photos Visual arts
- engaging activities go h&-in-hand with learning about colour shape texture portraiture & murals from old masters & modern artists such as Hogarth Rembrandt Picasso & Hockney Music
- many musical experiences for parents & children to participate in along with songs to sing & dance to Mathematics
- interactive & engaging exposure to mathematical concepts & calculations that provide a springboard to later mastery Science
- activities that let children observe experience & get their hands dirty while exploring the wonders of nature & learning about the work of important scientists









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Designed for parents teachers & home educators to use with children this fifth volume in the Core Knowledge UK series presents the specific & shared knowledge that should be at the core of a challenging Year 5 education including Familiar & favourite poems
- old & new
- from Tennyson's ' The Lady of Shalott' to Roger Mc Gough's ' Sky in the Pie' Literature from around the world
- folk tales from Ethiopia & China Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince Sir Gawain & the Green Knight as well as extracts from great classics of literature Robinson Crusoe Gulliver's Travels & Treasure Island Learning about language
- learn the basic building blocks of written English such as sentence structure parts of speech & punctuation as well as writing & research all explained with a touch of humour Geography
- learn to read maps explore the geography of several regions of the UK & sail to the South Seas with Captain Cook British history
- explore British history from the Act of Union to the abolition of slavery through the Georgian era that included the American War of Independence the French Revolution & the battles of Trafalgar & Waterloo Visual arts
- see how artists have expressed themselves through styles as different as rococo & modernism whilst learning what the choice of different styles implies in terms of painting architecture & furniture Music
- become familiar with elements of basic music theory great composers instruments & fun songs to sing including ' The Skye Boat Song' ' Heart of Oak' & ' The British Grenadier' as well as modern songs like ' With a Little Help From My Friends' Mathematics
- develop a knack for solving challenging problems including counting with negative numbers addition & subtraction of fractions & decimals multiplication & division with decimals geometry & measurement problems Science
- learn about the workings of the human body atoms & molecules electricity geology & meteorology including hands-on activities & stories about famous scientists









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Designed for parents teachers & home educators to use with children this sixth volume in the Core Knowledge UK series presents the specific & shared knowledge that should be at the core of a challenging Year 6 education preparing the student for the transition to secondary school & for a lifetime of learning to come Familiar & favourite poems
- old & new from William Blake & Rudyard Kipling to T S Eliot & Roald Dahl Literature from around the world
- Don Quixote from Spain & The Samurai's Daughter from Japan as well as extracts from great classics of literature like Oliver Twist The Secret Garden & Le Morte d' Arthur Learning about language
- learn the basic building blocks of language & literature including figurative language imagery & metaphor; parts of speech punctuation & grammar; together with the ever-popular explanations of proverbial phrases & sayings Geography
- learn about map projections & time zones explore the geography of several regions of the UK & travel through the American continent from Canada to the Amazonian rainforest History
- learn about British history from the Industrial Revolution to the death of Queen Victoria & about the American Civil War that abolished slavery in the USA Visual arts
- become familiar with some of the greatest art ever created by Renaissance masters Raphael Leonardo da Vinci & Michelangelo Music
- understand the basics of reading & appreciating music as well as the lives of great composers together with an introduction to spirituals & a collection of songs for Year 6 children to sing Mathematics
- improve your mastery of arithmetic with long division negative numbers & decimal multiplication ratios scales & lowest common denominators before diving further into geometry functions & transformations Science
- learn about the elements organisms species cells & reproduction as well as the lives of great scientists








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Presents an update that has to be used in conjunction with the original book What Zoos Can Do published in May 2011 ...

This volume is a detailed & sensitive guide to male puberty It tackles key subjects from the physical changes that occur at this time to the emotional upheaval this can cause ...