Andy Seed is beginning his fifth year teaching at Cragthwaite Primary in the Yorkshire Dales & as always a new term is full of surprises. These take the form of a beautiful but not terribly bright student on placement from the local teacher training college & a particularly pushy & problematic parent with a fine line in complaining. It looks like Andy's pupils are the least of his problems... At home in Applesett things aren't all rosy either. Barbara is forced to take a job as a postie to help pay the mortgage which means finding someone to look after Tom & Reuben. When two old friends move into the village it looks like the problem has been solved but it soon transpires that rural life is not for everyone. As always the book is peppered with the hilarious & heartwarming incidents that a life living & working with children inevitably contains. ...

Dear Mr Seed I am sorry that are Jack was not at school yesterday. He put on such a groth spurt in the night that nun of his clowthes fitted im next morning so I had to take him to the shops. Mrs R. Twenty-five years ago newly qualified teacher Andy Seed moved to a remote village in the Yorkshire Dales with his wife Barbara anticipating breathtaking views & the gentle simplicity of the countryside. The picturesque scenery did not disappoint. But life as a primary school teacher was anything but simple. With a classroom full of colourful characters whose capacity for misunderstanding was exceeded only by their enthusiasm & their ability to leave him incredulous Andy fell in love with teaching & with village life. ALL TEACHERS GREAT & SMALL tells the true story of Andys first year at Cragthwaite Primary School
- how he bravely negotiated the vagaries of the local dialect made disastrous bids to provide a family home naively & hilariously tried out new-fangled ideas in a school stuck in a 1950s time warp & ultimately discovered a little part of England he was proud to call home. Warm touching & very funny All Teachers Great & Small transports you to a time that may be gone but has never been forgotten.
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Twenty-five years ago newly qualified primary school teacher Andy Seed moved to a remote village in the Yorkshire Dales with his wife Barbara anticipating breathtaking views & the simplicity of the countryside. The scenery did not disappoint but Andy soon discovered that life as a primary school teacher was anything but simple. It was a year in which he made disastrous bids to provide a family home naively & hilariously tried out new-fangled ideas in a school stuck in a 1950s time warp & ultimately discovered a little part of England he was proud to call home. ALL TEACHERS GREAT & SMALL tells how Andy fell in love with teaching & with village life. Warmly nostalgic touching & very funny ALL TEACHERS GREAT & SMALL transports you to a time that may be gone but has never been forgotten. ...

A year on from the end of ALL TEACHERS GREAT & SMALL Barbara & Andy Seed are settled into their Yorkshire Dales village but at school trouble arrives for Andy in the form of nine-year-old Sheena. After two years in the job Andy Seed returns to Cragthwaite brimming with complete confidence & looking forward to a year that is bound to bring its own rewards as well as its share of mishaps & misadventures. But even he didnt anticipate exploding piggy banks bottle-rocket missiles & actually deafening Dracula. At home Andy & Barbara are enjoying life with little Tom & are expecting again. Meanwhile a new friendship is formed with hill farmer Adam. Adam proves both an inspiration & a confidante for Andy & through him he begins to see the light with troubled Sheena. The second in Andys trilogy about life as a Yorkshire Dales teacher this is as warm witty & refreshing as the first full of colourful anecdotes from village & school life. ...

A year?on from?the end of ALL TEACHERS GREAT & SMALL Barbara & Andy Seed are settled into their Yorkshire Dales village but at school trouble arrives for Andy in the form of nine-year-old Sheena. After two years in the job Andy Seed returns to Cragthwaite brimming with complete confidence & looking forward to a year that is bound to bring?its own rewards as well as?its share of mishaps & misadventures. But even he didn't anticipate exploding piggy banks bottle-rocket missiles & actually deafening Dracula. At home Andy & Barbara are enjoying life with little Tom and?are expecting again. Meanwhile a new friendship is formed with hill farmer Adam. Adam proves both an inspiration & a confidante for Andy & through him he begins to see the light with troubled Sheena. The second in Andy's trilogy about life as a Yorkshire Dales teacher this is as warm witty & refreshing as the first full of colourful anecdotes from village & school life. ...

While the primary focus of All That Glitters" is Goldwork the authors passion for both Goldwork & Stumpwork is evident through the diverse range of projects featured." All That Glitters" features sections on: Basic Supplies & Requirements; Stitches & Techniques; & Projects ranging from dimensional framed pieces to functional items all with clear easy to read instructions illustrations & colour photographs." ...

Anna Funder winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize & author of Stasiland" offers a thrilling tale & powerful love story that tells the heroic & tragic true story of the German resistance in World War II in " All That I Am". When Hitler comes to power in 1933 a tight-knit group of friends & lovers become hunted outlaws overnight. United in their resistance to the madness & tyranny of Nazism they must flee the country. Dora passionate & fearless her lover the great playwright Ernst Toller her younger cousin Ruth & Ruths husband Hans find refuge in London. Here they take breath-taking risks in order to continue their work in secret. But England is not the safe-haven they think it to be & a single chilling act of betrayal will tear them apart..." The strengths of Funders writing are emotional & imaginative. In what she has to say about love loss & betrayal there is profound truth". (" The Times"). " An often pacy & exciting read... Funder captures perfectly the sense of her characters deprived & dangerous lives". (" Daily Mail"). "A superb novel that transcends its setting. This book is a wonder. Do please read it". (" Spectator"). Anna Funder is the author of the international bestseller " Stasiland" which won the 2004 Samuel Johnson Prize & was published in 20 countries & translated into 16 languages. She is the recipient of numerous awards & a former DAAD & Rockefeller Foundation Fellow. Anna Funder grew up in Melbourne & Paris & lives in Sydney with her husband & family." ...

A major new novel his first work of fiction in seven years from the universally acclaimed master & PEN/ Faulkner winner: a sweeping seductive love story set in the years after World War II. From his experiences as a young naval officer in battles off Okinawa Philip Bowman returns to America & finds a position as a book editor. In a world of dinners deals & literary careers Bowman finds that he fits in perfectly. But despite his success what eludes him is love. His first marriage goes bad another fails to happen & finally he meets a woman who enthrals him before setting him on a course he could never imagine for himself. Romantic & haunting All That Is explores a life unfolding in an unforgettable world on the brink of change -- a dazzling sometimes devastating labyrinth of love & ambition a fiercely intimate account of the great shocks & grand pleasures of being alive. ...

Marshall Bermans All That Is Solid Melts Into Air" is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest books on modernity. A kaleidoscopic journey into the experiences of modernization the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world it dexterously interweaves an exploration of modernism in art literature & architecture." ...

A killer is stalking young lovers. Taking their lives.. .and leaving just one tantalising clue.. . When the bodies of young courting couples start turning up in remote woodlands areas Dr Kay Scarpetta's task as Chief Medical Examiner is made more difficult by the effects of the elements. Eight times she must write that the cause of death is undetermined. But when the latest girl goes missing turns out to be the daughter of one of the most powerful women in America Kay finds herself prey to political pressure & press harassment. As she starts to investigate she finds that vital evidence is being withheld from her
- or even faked. & all the time a cunning sadistic killer is still at large.. . For more about Patricia Cornwell & her books visit her website at www.patricia-cornwell.com
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