John visits his ageing mother Mary in her nursing home by the sea & mourns the slow fading of her mind. Hoping to shore up her memory he prompts her with songs photographs & questions about the 1940s when she was a young woman & he a child in a small Cumbrian town. But he finds that most of all it is her own mother she longs for
- Grace the mother she barely knew. John sets out to recreate their buried family history delving into the secrets & silences of Mary's fractured childhood as he imagines the life of her spirited mother. Reaching from the late 19th century to the present this becomes a deeply moving reflective elegy on three generations linked by a chain of love loss & courage.
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Like many young women Grace Barnum's life is a precarious mix of sensible choices & uncomfortable compromise. She dutifully edits children's textbooks that she fears may be more harmful than helpful. She is engaged to a patent attorney with whom she has a reliable relationship. She's wary of her fascinating father a renowned New York painter & she prefers her mother slightly drunk. Always organised always a planner Grace carries her life around in a handbag
- that is until the responsibility-challenged Tyler Wilkie shows up with his warm eyes & a smile that makes Grace drop things. Worst of all he writes tender loving devastating songs
- about her. Tyler reaches something in Grace something she needs but can't admit to. Something she wants but won't succumb to. Falling in love with him would ruin everything. & yet...

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A Hollywood biopic about the life of computer pioneer Grace Murray Hopper (1906--1992) would go like this: a young professor abandons the ivy-covered walls of academia to serve her country in the Navy after Pearl Harbor & finds herself on the front lines of the computer revolution. She works hard to succeed in the all-male computer industry is almost brought down by personal problems but survives them & ends her career as a celebrated elder stateswoman of computing a heroine to thousands hailed as the inventor of computer programming. Throughout Hoppers later years the popular media told this simplified version of her life story. In Grace Hopper & the Invention of the Information Age Kurt Beyer reveals a more authentic Hopper a vibrant & complex woman whose career paralleled the meteoric trajectory of the postwar computer industry. Both rebellious & collaborative Hopper was influential in male-dominated military & business organizations at a time when women were encouraged to devote themselves to housework & childbearing. Hoppers greatest technical achievement was to create the tools that would allow humans to communicate with computers in terms other than ones & zeroes. This advance influenced all future programming & software design & laid the foundation for the development of user-friendly personal computers. ...

An illustrated celebration of Grace Kelly one of Hollywoods brightest stars is already long overdue. This book will also coincide with two significant anniversaries: 2006 sees 50 years since she married Prince Rainier & 2007 is the 25th anniversary of her death. The book will include a detailed biography & over 160 pictures & contact sheets many of which are reproduced for the first time. H&-written documents & famous"es on & from Grace Kelly complement impressive iconographic research (family pictures national archives private collections press agencies newspapers). Also included are images & contact sheets from prestigious photographers all of which give us a highly individual portrait of a cinematic legend. ...

Synonymous with cool elegance & impeccable good taste Grace Kelly remains a style icon of the twentieth century. This book is the first to explore exclusively Grace Kelly's personal style & how she carefully cultivated her public image through dress. The three sections looking at Grace Kelly as an actress bride & princess introduce her unrivalled wardrobe from spectacular film costumes meticulously tailored suits & American casual wear to glamorous ballgowns designed by couturiers such as Givenchy Balenciaga & Dior. A fascinating range of illustrations including film stills dress details & formal portraits accompany H. Kristina Haugland's engaging text as it charts Grace Kelly's unique influence on twentieth century fashion. ...

When Sophie Walkers daughter Grace was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome her world unravelled. Her high-powered job was in disarray she couldnt sleep often woke in tears & felt hopeless & useless in her role as a mother. One day she realised she hadnt done any exercise for months
- neglecting her physical health as well as her mental wellbeing. Previously a keen runner she set herself the challenge of running the London Marathon to raise awareness of Asperger Syndrome & make herself physically strong enough to support her daughter. Invigorated by the physical challenge she had set herself Sophie began a blog
- Grace Under Pressure
- writing about both day-to-day life raising Grace alongside training for the marathon. The combination caught the imagination of readers & the blog took off garnering praise from a wide range of sources. Now transformed into a book Grace Under Pressure is a moving story that charts the highs & lows of raising a child with Asperger Syndrome & the physical challenge of training for a long-distance running event.


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In a world where people born with an exceptional skill known as a Grace are feared & exploited Katsa carries the burden of a skill even she despises: the Grace of killing. She lives under the command of her Uncle Randa King of the Middluns & is expected to carry out his dirty work punnishing & torturing anyone who displeases him. Breaking arms & cutting off fingers are her stock-in-trade. Finding life under his rule increasingly unbearable Katsa forms an underground Council whose purpose is to combat the destructive behaviour of the seven kings
- after all the Middluns is only one of the Seven Kingdoms each of them ruled by their own king & his personal agenda for power. When the Council hears that the King of Liend's father has been kidnapped Katsa investigates.. .and stumbles across a mystery. Who would want to kidnap him & why? & who was the extraordinary Graced fighter who challenged her fighting skills for the first time as she & the Council rushed the old man to saftey? Something dark & deadly is rising in the north & creeping across the continent & behind it all lurks the shadowy figure of a one-eyed king.. .
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In a world where people born with an exceptional skill known as a Grace are feared & exploited Katsa carries the burden of a skill even she despises: the Grace of killing. She lives under the command of her Uncle Randa King of the Middluns & is expected to carry out his dirty work punnishing & torturing anyone who displeases him. Breaking arms & cutting off fingers are her stock-in-trade. Finding life under his rule increasingly unbearable Katsa forms an underground Council whose purpose is to combat the destructive behaviour of the seven kings
- after all the Middluns is only one of the Seven Kingdoms each of them ruled by their own king & his personal agenda for power. When the Council hears that the King of Liend's father has been kidnapped Katsa investigates.. .and stumbles across a mystery. Who would want to kidnap him & why? & who was the extraordinary Graced fighter who challenged her fighting skills for the first time as she & the Council rushed the old man to saftey? Something dark & deadly is rising in the north & creeping across the continent & behind it all lurks the shadowy figure of a one-eyed king.. .
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Collins New GCSE Maths Edexcel Linear Grade C Booster Workbook provides extra support for students to achieve a Grade C in mathematics. The write-in format with answers in a tear-out section makes it easy to use & revise. * Written by a trusted maths teacher & author Collins New GCSE Maths Edexcel Linear Grade C Booster Workbook is perfect for students on the D / C borderline who want to make sure they get their Grade C. * Lots of questions at Grade C (with some Grade D & some Grade B) help students focus on the key topics required to get their grade. * Assess how well students are doing with Grade progression maps that clearly show how to move from a Grade D toC. * More in-depth questions assess students understanding & test problem-solving & functional maths skills * Perfect for revision booster classes retakes intervention groups. ...

Warm-ups technical exercises & studies are an essential part of all brass players training
- building stamina as well as establishing
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