The words of a favourite hymn can be a lifeline in difficult times providing an outlet for feelings that may threaten to overwhelm us. Hymns also help us celebrate life
- to see joy in the ordinary stuff of the everyday as well as in those moments when we feel particularly touched by God's love. Pam Rhodes' reflections in this absorbing volume
- on subjects such as weariness & comfort faith & forgiveness prayer & guidance community & creation
- are given added resonance by the inclusion of background information on the writers of the 160 or so hymns featured. Containing original line drawings & decoration this is a beautifully packaged book that can be enjoyed for many years.


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This illustrated collection of amusing poems & songs celebrating primary school life won the Signal Poetry Award in 1990. Meet Billy Mc Bone & the Mad Professors Daughter be amazed by the Longest Kiss Contest shed a tear for the Boy Without a Name &
- if youre a stressed teacher
- sing the Mrs Butler Blues.

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Praise for this book: This book succeeds in its aim of providing a practically useful & theoretically sound comprehensive ook on hearing aids.. . It makes the most complicated concepts easy to understand with excellent cross referencing.. .I certainly wouldnt want to be without this book & I highly recommend it to everyone with an interest in hearing aids. -- Pauline Smith ENT & Audiology News Praise for the first edition: One of the best textbooks I have ever used...written by a researcher with a stellar reputation [who is also] an expert on the clinical aspects of the field...packed with information from both a theoretical & practical perspective...makes difficult concepts comprehensible...from an instructors point of view it is a sheer delight. --Adrienne Rubenstein Ph D Professor Department of Speech Communication Arts & Sciences Brooklyn College New York Key

Features: * Completely revised to reflect the research & technological advances of the last decade* New chapters on directional microphones & the latest digital signal processing strategies* Extensive coverage of all aspects of open-canal thin-tube hearing aids* Practical tips tables & procedures designed to be pinned on the walls of clinics* Each cross-referenced chapter builds on the previous chapters Hearing Aids Second Edition is a book within a book: * Each chapter has a one-page synopsis that captures the key concepts of each topic* The material that students most need is contained in marked paragraphs that flow after each other to form a coherent thin book inside the larger book* Intervening additional paragraphs add satisfying depth Written comprehensively referenced & extensively reviewed by leaders in the field this book is ideal as a core graduate text as well as a standard reference for clinicians.

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HEARING BIRDS FLY is Louisa Waughs passionately written account of her time in a remote Mongolian village. Frustrated by the increasingly bland character of the capital city of Ulan Bator she yearned for the real Mongolia & got the chance when she was summoned by the village head to go to Tsengel far away in the west near the Kazakh border. Her story completely transports the reader to feel the glacial cold & to see the wonders of the Seven Kings as they steadily emerge from the horizon. Through her we sense their trials as well as their joys rivalries & even hostilities many of which the author shared or knew about. Her time in the village was marked by coming to terms with the harshness of climate & also by how she faced up to new feelings towards the treatment of animals death solitude & real loneliness & the constant struggle to censor her reactions as an outsider. Above all Louisa Waugh involves us with the locals lives in such a way that we come to know them & care for their fates. ...

A classic of fantastic literature Leonora Carringtons The Hearing Trumpet" is the occult twin to " Alice in Wonderland" published with an introduction by Ali Smith in Penguin Modern Classics. One of the first things ninety-two-year-old Marian Leatherby overhears when she is given an ornate hearing trumpet is her family plotting to commit her to an institution. Soon she finds herself trapped in a sinister retirement home where the elderly must inhabit buildings shaped like igloos & birthday cakes endure twisted religious preaching & eat in a canteen overlooked by the mysterious portrait of a leering Abbess. But when another resident secretly hands Marian a book recounding the life of the Abbess a joyous & brilliantly surreal adventure begins to unfold. Written in the early 1960s " The Hearing Trumpet" remains one of the most original & inspirational of all fantastic novels. Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) was a British born Surrealist painter & writer described alongside people such as Pablo Picasso & Joan Miro as one of the leading lights of the Surrealist movement. Born in Lancashire to a strict Catholic family she first came into contact with surrealism through her lover Surrealist painter Max Ernst before moving to Mexico in 1942. " The Hearing Trumpet" her most famous piece of writing was first published in France in 1974. If you enjoyed " The Hearing Trumpet" you might like Fernando Pessoas " The Book of Disquiet" also available in Penguin Modern Classics. " Reading " The Hearing Trumpet" liberates us from the miserable reality of our days". (Luis Bunuel). " One of the most original joyful satisfying & quietly visionary novels of the twentieth century". (Ali Smith). " This book is so inspiring...I love its freedom its humour & how it invents its own laws. What specifically do I take from her? Her wig". (Bjork)." ...

Clara Casey senior cardiologist & mother of two already has a new job to cope with
- & now her ex-husband wants something from
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Award-winning picture book star Oliver Jeffers explores themes of love & loss in this life-affirming & uplifting tale. Once there was a girl whose life was filled with wonder at the world around her... Then one day something happened that made the girl take her heart & put it in a safe place. However after that it seemed that the world was emptier than before. But would she know how to get her heart back? In this deeply moving story Oliver Jeffers deals with the weighty themes of love & loss with an extraordinary lightness of touch & shows us ultimately that there is always hope. ...

Award-winning picture book star Oliver Jeffers explores themes of love & loss in this life-affirming & uplifting tale. Once there was a girl who was full of wonderment at how the world worked. She shared all her dreams & excitement with her father who always had the answer to every question. That is until one day when his chair was empty not to be filled again
- how would she find the meaning of life now?
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Ellies thrilled to be doing work experience at teen magazine Heart even though life isnt all celebrity chat & fashion makeovers for the aspiring young journalist. Shes trying to track down a famous author for an exclusive interview. But the authors playing hard to get & Ellie can find no way of contacting him. Shes frustrated by the everyday tasks that get in the way of her sleuthing. One of these is walking the Editors pampered pooch Ferdinand morning & afternoon. But her trips to the park with the little dog offer her a vital clue that could reveal the authors true identity & when Ferdinand runs away he inadvertently leads her to the elusive star. Check out this stylish new series from the best-selling author of Fame School. ...

A haunting & hugely influential Modernist masterpiece the Penguin Classics" edition of Joseph Conrads " Heart of Darkness" is edited with an introduction by Owen Knowles. Conrads narrator Marlow a seaman & wanderer recounts his physical & psychological journey in search of the infamous ivory trader Kurtz: dying insane & guilty of unspeakable atrocities. Travelling upriver to the heart of the African continent he gradually becomes obsessed by this enigmatic wraith-like figure. Marlows discovery of how Kurtz has gained his position of power over the local people involves him in a radical questioning not only of his own nature & values but also those of western civilisation. The inspiration for Francis Ford Coppolas Oscar-winning film " Apocalypse Now" " Heart of Darkness" is a quintessentially modernist work exploring the limits of human experience & the nightmarish realities of imperialism. Part of a major series of new editions of Conrads most famous works in " Penguin Classics" this volume contains Conrads " Congo Diary" a chronology further reading notes a map of the Congo a glossary & an introduction discussing the authors experiences in Africa the narrative & symbolic complexities of " Heart of Darkness" & critical responses to the novel. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was born in the Ukraine & grew up under Tsarist autocracy. After spending years in the French & later the British Merchant Navy Conrad left the sea to devote himself to writing. In 1896 he settled in Kent where he produced within fifteen years such modern classics as " Youth" " Heart of Darkness" " Lord Jim" " Typhoon" " Nostromo" " The Secret Agent" & " Under Western Eyes". If you enjoyed " Heart of Darkness" you might like E.M. Forsters "A Passage to India" also available in " Penguin Classics". " Seems to reach into the heart of Conrad himself". (Peter Ackroyd)." ...