Murder is rampant in Early Victorian London. Detective Inspector Newsome of the new Detective Force decides to recruit a recently-apprehended master criminal to help bring the culprits to justice. A polymath with a mysterious past the man is no eager volunteer. & when the ghastly murder of conjoined twins galvanizes the city Newsome blackmails his prisoner -- Noah Dyson as he calls himself -- into working with the Forces finest: Sergeant George Williamson. Unknown to the policemen the criminal genius behind the murder shares a dark past with their new associate. It is not justice that is on Dysons mind but retribution. As Williamson & Dyson together close the net the murder-rate soars & the streets of London begin to burn. Ingeniously plotted & seething with grotesque characters James Mc Creets striking debut will grip readers from its first dark pages. ...

Children are able to communicate by signing before they develop the skills necessary for speech. By teaching simple sign language to children from as young as eight months we can help them to convey their emotions & their needs. When children begin to talk having sign language to fall back on provides a comforting safety net. Add to the fun of signing by singing well-known nursery rhymes & songs. Even proficient speakers will long enjoy signing to a favourite song or rhyme. Simple & clear signing instructions allow anyone to join in. ...

A haunting evocative recounting of her life as a slave in North Carolina & her final escape & emancipation Jacobs narrative written between 1853 & 1858 & published in 1861 is one of the most important books ever written documenting the traumas & horrors of slavery in the antebellum South. ...

In a pamphlet published in 2005 Mary Warnock expressed concerns about some of the concepts that she had helped to introduce in the field of special education almost three decades earlier. She argued that the role of special schools was unclear & the pursuit of inclusion had become too ideological. This highly topical book suggests that distinctions should be made between kinds of special need & the possibility addressed that some SEN children might be happier & more effective as learners within non-mainstream settings. Her call for a government review to investigate these problems raised its media profile fuelling the debate. This book pulls together contributions from all sides of the argument. An essential read for anyone involved in special education as well as the philosophy & ethics of education this book will truly break new ground. ...

This book provides an integrated answer to addressing inclusion equality & diversity in todays childcare settings. It explains in a sensitive & easy-to-follow way how to turn good intentions into effective anti-discriminatory practice when working with children of all ages. Practical examples from a wide selection of childcare settings show how to put the principles into practice. It is written by Sue Griffin a respected figure with many years of experience in the childrens workforce. It

Includes:: a forward by Sue Owen Director Early Childhood unit National Childrens Bureau.

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* Why does your foot hit the brake pedal before you are conscious of danger ahead? * Why do you hear your name is mentioned in a conversation that you didnt think you were listening to? * Why is a person whose name begins with J more likely to marry another person whose name begins with J? * Why is it so difficult to keep a secret? * And how is it possible to get angry at yourself: who exactly is mad at whom? A thrilling subsurface exploration of the mind & all its contradictions. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ...

1931. Maisie Dobbs new case takes her investigation into the pastoral beauty of the Kent Weald where acts of arson theft & vandelism around the village of Heronsdene have gone suspiciously unreported for more than a decade. With the country in the grip of economic malaise Maisie is relieved to accept an assignment from an old friend who wants her to uncover the truth behind these crimes before he can buy part of the magnificent Sandermere estate at the heart of the village. Its hop-picking time & Londoners including Maisies assistant Billy Beale wanting to escape the Smoke for the summer set up camp in nearby fields. Gypsies too have arrived to work the l&. Maisie discovers the villagers are bitterly prejudiced against outsiders & even more troubling seem possessed by the legacy of a war-time Zepplin raid. She has less than a month to find out why no one has been brought to justice & why secrecy shrouds the village. She must draw on all of her finely honed skills of detection to solve one of her most intriguing cases. ...

This is Keys most comprehensive collection of poeticals put together to date. The sheer weight of the book is testament to this comprehensivality. Of course it is lighter than something like a Braun fridge or a fat guy. But as a book you will note its of a nice weight. Its full of poems by Key (award-winning) primarily about love sex dreams death & fruit (strawberries beans etc). The publishing of the book in no way ties in with things like demand or clamour but is more a result of Key having a full English breakfast with the right person at the right time. Key is not the sort of person to take offence if you dont buy his book but instead replace it on its shelf or lazily slot it between a couple of DBC Pierres or dump it by a pot plant next to the till. Keys just happy that someone has bothered to touch it. That is enough for Key (Newswipe). ...

Sam & Lucy seem like the perfect couple. Successful happy & in love. But life isn't that simple. Lucy thinks thinks Sam is a sad cold sensitivity-exclusion zone who would rather read a newspaper than have an emotion. Sam thinks Lucy is blaming him because she can't walk past Mothercare without getting all teary. The problem is that they might be infertile. & in more ways than one. Lucy wants a baby. Sam wants to write a hit movie. & given that the average IVF cycle has about a one in five chance of going into full production Lucy's chances of getting what she wants are considerably better than Sam's. What Sam & Lucy are about to go through is absolutely inconceivable. The question is can their love survive? Or are the odds stacked against them once again? ...

Gaslight tales of rooftop escapes men & women snatched in broad daylight patients shut in coffins a fanatical cult known as the Abode of Love. The nineteenth century saw repeated panics about sane individuals being locked away in lunatic asylums. With the rise of the 'mad-doctor' profession English liberty seemed to be threatened by a new generation of medical men willing to incarcerate difficult family members in return for the high fees paid by an unscrupulous spouse or friend. & contrary to popular modern belief the madwoman in the attic was at least as likely to have been a madman. Among the victims were the beautiful & charismatic Rosina wife of the novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton; Edward Davies victim of a mother's greed; Louisa Lowe who paid for her religious fervour; & John Perceval who despite the best efforts of the abusive asylum attendants cured himself. Sarah Wise uncovers twelve shocking stories untold for over a century which reveal the darker side of the Victorian upper & middle classes
- their sexuality fears of inherited madness financial greed & fraudulence
- & chillingly evoke the black motives at the heart of the phenomenon of the 'inconvenient person'.

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