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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Graeme Swanns transformation from international outsider to Englands primary match-winner & undisputed best spin bowler in the world has been remarkably rapid. Within two years of his 2008 Test debut he had become his countrys most reliable bowler made the shortlist for the ICCs cricketer of the year award & claimed an Ashes-sealing wicket. Yet the script took many twists & turns along the way. Drafted into the squad for the full tour of South Africa in 1999-2000. Swanns meteoric received a jolt. While some liked the cut of his jib others did not & England coach Duncan Fletcher already had a foot in the latter camp when Swann missed the bus for the first of two times on that tour. Suddenly he was judged on temperament & not talent. Although Swann candidly concedes he was nowhere near good enough for the top level at that stage in his career his jettisoning back to county cricket for the next seven years following a solitary one-day international hinted at a career wasted. A clash with then Northamptonshire coach Kepler Wessels triggered his move to Nottinghamshire in 2005. A County Championship winner in his debut season he was back in the England fold at the end of his third. Forever a flamboyant showman he made up for lost time with two wickets in his first over against India
- his habit of striking in his opening over a spell has become a party piece. You cannot keep the spotlight off him for long. Since moving into the top 10 of the world rankings for bowlers on the back of eight wickets in the Ashes-defining Oval Test of 2009 he has not dropped outside it & has been widely tipped to be the decisive factor in the defence of the urn in Australia.
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Once viewed as merely a blemish on the urban landscape graffiti today has evolved into a legitimate art form in its own right influencing entertainment advertising fashion & other creative industries worldwide. In this unprecedented book master graffiti artist Scape Martinez shows how he does his thing offering streetwise advice to help other writers" create maximum-impact legally sanctioned work. Step by step he lays out the philosophies & realities of the genre. From picking a "tag" & developing letterforms to the logistics of prepping a wall & working a spray can in a painterly fashion Graff will help you find your style & leave your mark-large & loud. A breakdown of the fundamental elements of graffiti-style-letters character backgrounds-and how they work together & intermingle with arrows symbols "es & tags From paper to wall a start-to-finish approach for creating graffiti in various styles 5 on-site step-by-step demonstrations show the creation of various types of compositions from throw ups to full-blown pieces Complete with a glossary & a timeline tracing graffiti history Graff is the bible for street artists looking to elevate their work graphic designers wanting to expand their vocabulary & anyone interested in giving their work an edgy urban look." ...

Carry all of your stationery essentials around in style with this WHSmith Respect" pencil case. It features a graffiti design with multi coloured writing. The pencil case features three pockets with two zips one main & two external. It is large enough to store all of your pencils pens rulers & rubbers & has a plastic coating so easy to wipe clean." ...

Tectums illustrated Bible series gets another welcome addition with this new volume fully dedicated to street art. Graffiti exists in all shapes & sizes
- from stencil & sticker art to old-school spray painting. It appears on bridges walls & pavements & nowadays in art galleries! This book contains no text but more than 450 amazing colour photographs demonstrating the astonishing skills of the international graffiti artists. These images speak for themselves
- & that is exactly what they were meant to do.

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With over 120 clever & witty illustrations from Andrew Pinder this book will give the budding graffiti artist a wealth of ideas & provide hours of simple anarchic amusement. Doodlers are encouraged to deface & disfigure all manner of recognisable places people & products: add some more heads to Mount Rushmore; put a Zulu warrior in a sentry box at Buckingham Palace; give Michelangelos (naked) David a three-piece suit; give the Mona Lisa a full makeover. There are no restrictions to the havoc that can be created with this fun & rebellious book. ...