It is Christmas 1808 & Britains army faces destruction in the second in the series begun by True Soldier Gentlemen" Faced with appalling weather & pursued by an overwhelming French army led by Napoleon himself the very survival of Britains army is at stake. But while the 106th Foot fights a desperate rearguard action for the newly promoted Hamish Williams the retreat turns into an unexpectedly personal drama. Separated from the rest of the army in the initial chaos he chances upon another fugitive Jane Mac Andrews the daughter of his commanding officer & the woman he is desperately in love with. As the pair battle the elements & the pursuing French picking up a rag-tag band of fellow stragglers along the way as well as an abandoned newborn the strict boundaries of their social relationship are tested to the limit with surprising results. But Williams soon finds he must do more than simply evade capture & deliver Jane safe & sound to her father. A specially tasked unit of French cavalry is threatening to turn the retreat into a massacre & Williams & his little band are the only thing standing between them & their goal." ...

We all feel angry at times. It can be an uncomfortable emotion yet it is almost a taboo subject. We get very little guidance in our culture on how to deal with it & the guilt or violence that may accompany it. Here is the perfect book to help anyone from 16-75 years old to beat their anger
- or help anyone else to do the same. Aimed at parents families young adults & teachers social & youth workers health care professionals managers customer service departments psychotherapists & counsellors
- there cannot be many men or women who have not felt uncomfortable when they are angry & wondered what to do about it. The British Association of Anger Management (BAAM) is considered the leading specialist organization in the field. Founded by Mike Fisher in 2001 its mailing list reaches Approx. 10 000 people a month & it receives enquiries from all over the world & from all walks of life. Beating Anger is endorsed by BAAM & used on all its anger management courses. It explains what anger is what triggers it the various different types of anger
- & its substitutes
- how to heal emotional aggression & the 8 Golden Rules of Anger Management.



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Are you overwhelmed by the amount of paperwork that SEN generates in your school? Would you like to spend more time actually improving the quality of teaching & learning for pupils with SEN or disabilities? If so this is an essential book for you. Government are asking schools to identify fewer children with SEN & place less reliance on Individual Education Plans
- but at the same time ensure that children get the help they need. This & the new Ofsted framework challenge schools to find new ways of enabling all children to make progress
- those with true SEN & those who may just be lower-achieving or needing help with behaviour problems. Fully revised & updated the new edition of this best-selling practical text contains helpful & achievable strategies to meet these policy challenges. It will provide support for school leaders SENCOs & anyone undertaking the national SENCO award. Through school case studies Beating Bureaucracy in Special Educational Needs shows how to increase pupil progress by using existing systems for class & subject teacher target-setting tracking & planning. It lists the intervention programmes that really work & describes successful partnership with parents. A toolkit of ready-to-use pro-formas also available online
Includes:: a model policy to give to Ofsted curriculum planning formats & provision maps strategy sheets for all the main types of SEN proformas to help you plan monitor & evaluate your provision. The book shows how to put responsibility for supporting children with most types of additional need firmly back where it belongs
- with class & subject teachers. It will help you
- in the words of one SENCO
- get your life back.





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Mild depressions are so insidious that sufferers often dont seek help. However persistent mild depression which afflict up to 35 million Americans can be readily & permanently cured. This book shows how chronic mild depression can be relieved by learning strategies that help us to recognize negative & distorted thinking patterns that lead to a downward spiral of pessimism. It reveals that a combination of medication & therapy has been shown to be the most effective treatment for mild depression with an impressive 85 per cent of patients experiencing full relief. It discusses when you should seek help from a therapist & what kinds of therapy work best. It outlines the antidepressants that are helpful for both mild & severe depressions detailing each drugs strength & weakness & examines alternative therapies including stress management (meditation relaxation massage biofeedback) physical exercise acupuncture supplements & other mind/body therapies. Finally the book provides in-depth discussions of mild depression in children adolescents college students & elderly parents as well as those with chronic stress. Throughout the authors use boxed text & charts to make the key ideas immediately accessible & easy to use. Beating the Blues" is an inspiring & empowering book filled with the information & encouragement you need to turn your life around & begin to feel renewed pleasure & joy." ...

The best-selling band in history with sales of over a billion The Beatles have had more number-one albums & sold more singles in the UK than any other act & achieved more sales in the USA than any other artist. They became one of the most critically acclaimed acts in popular music. Formed in Liverpool in 1960 The Beatles had their roots in skiffle & 1950s rock 'n' roll but as their career progressed they dabbled in many musical forms including pop ballads & psychedelic rock. This book takes a look at Britain's most famous pop group from their early days in the 1960s to the most recent activities of the surviving members with the aid of 350 photographs. ...

Herve Bourhis creator of The Little Book of Rock turns his unique graphic talents to the legend of The Beatles told from the very beginning. Bourhis visual imagination illuminates the individual lives of each band member from their pre-Beatles youth to what would become a rock band of phenomenal worldwide fame. All of the epic details of their story are vividly evoked: the triumphs the quarrels the supreme musical creativity & of course the inevitable break-up. The story then goes on to follow the personal destinies of John Paul George & Ringo four Liverpool lads who were by turns ambitious clever facetious arrogant down-to-earth & supremely talented. Theirs was the ultimate rock band story & Herve Bourhis has done it
- & them
- full justice in this superb & exuberant graphic biography.

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A companion title to The Beatles in Hamburg this is the first definitive fully illustrated account of the formative years of the world's most influential rock 'n' roll b&. Features exclusive interviews with Pete Best (Beatles drummer) Cynthia Lennon (John Lennon's first wife) Julian Lennon (John Lennon's son) as well as fellow musicians promoters club managers audience members fans friends & family.

Includes:: numerous anecdotes about the Beatles many of them told here for the first time as well as fresh stories about their time in the Cavern. Contains a map of the city centre & outlying areas.

Includes:: many photographs
- some from Spencer Leigh's own collection
- many previously unseen & specially commissioned photographs of items of memorabilia.





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We love them do! It was 50 years ago today that the Fab Four had their first chart-topping hit with Please Please Me." Beatlemania had begun--and this treasure-packed set celebrates the occasion with 30 fantastic pieces of memorabilia. In addition to five previously unseen photos & a half-hour DVD of thrilling archival footage the facsimiles include an extremely rare handbill for a show at the legendary Cavern; a sought-after poster of the bands appearance at the Tower Ballroom; a ticket to the world premiere of " Help!"; & a " Magical Mystery Tour" party invite. No true fan will want to be without this!" ...

The Sixties put an end to drab post-war austerity in a psychedelic explosion of colour fashion music new attitudes & revolution (sexual & otherwise). In this follow-up to his best-selling Soor Plooms & Sair Knees: Growing up in Scotland after the War Bob Dewar celebrates the grooviest decade ever in over a hundred pen & ink drawings which capture the spirit of the time when everyone (well almost everyone) turned on tuned in & dropped out
- or at least just hung loose. From Flower Power The Beatles Mary Quant & G Plan furniture to marijuana mini skirts flush panel doors Pans People & the hostess trolley this is a warm & humorous homage that will appeal to all those cats & chicks who lived through the era as well as all those who dig the style verve & panache of the Swinging Sixties.
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Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) was a man of dazzling charm & style & his talents were many. In his twenties he recorded London & New York society in needle-sharp words & drawings & then at Conde Nasts insistence in photographs. The resulting work earned him a place among the great chroniclers of fashion. In this classic book now in a sumptuous paperback edition after many years out of print Josephine Ross selects & introduces articles drawings & photographs by Beaton dating from the 1920s to the 1970s. It

Includes:: Beatons essays & vignettes on high society & its denizens as well as such stars of the arts as Greta Garbo Ralph Richardson Pablo Picasso & David Hockney. It also reproduces Beatons war photographs drawings & writings from bombed London to China & the North Africa Desert. Beaton loved Vogue" & his contributions testify to the wit imagination & professionalism that the man & the magazine always had in common."

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