By the end of the 1920s domestic service remained the largest female occupation in Britain. We view it today as an undesirable job owing to the class divide it has come to represent & this is reflected in the portrayals of mistresses & servants in books & on the screen in such dramas as Upstairs Downstairs & Downton Abbey. But what do we really know about how girls felt when taking up these positions in other peoples houses or how they were treated? Pamela Horn uses first-hand accounts & reminiscences as well as official records & newspaper reports to extract the truth about the lives & status of men & women in domestic service from 1900 to 1939. ...

John Izbicki has an exciting story to tell. Berlin-born he lived through the horrors of Nazi persecution & on the day after his eighth birthday he witnessed the Kristallnacht & the smashing of his parents shop windows. On the day Germany invaded Poland & Berlin experienced its first wartime blackout the Izbickis escaped to Holland & from there on to Engl&. The author describes what it feels like to have been a refugee unable to speak or understand a single word of English & how he was persuaded by a kind policeman to change his name from Horst to John. He also leads the reader along the remarkable journey he travelled from school to university the first of his family to enter higher education & through his adventurous time as a commissioned army officer during two years of national service spent in Egypt & Libya. But the best part of his life was yet to come when this young refugee decided to make journalism his profession. The boy who not that many years earlier could speak not a word of English became the distinguished education correspondent of the countrys leading quality newspaper the Daily Telegraph. After eighteen years in that responsible position he was sent to Paris to head the Telegraphs office there. When he left the newspaper to join the Committee of Directors of Polytechnics he played a leading part in transforming the countrys polytechnics into its new universities. ...

Many people know they have something wrong with their lives but most struggle to pinpoint exactly what is wrong let alone know what they need to do about it. Many of these people will visit the Personal Development section of their bookstore & be totally overwhelmed by the sheer number of books on offer & often leave with nothing. So where do you start when you dont know whats really right for you & theres just so much choice? The Life Book is the answer. Its the only self-help book you will ever need to buy. No matter where you are in life theres something in here for you. Whether you need help with managing your time improving your relationships or boosting your confidence youll find great ideas & inspiring words to help you be the very best you can be. Its your chance to explore your potential discover how good things can really be & have fun along the way. The Life Book introduces readers to a different aspect of personal development & helps them assess where they are now & discover what they should focus on to make effective changes. Its packed full of interactive quizzes action points & questionnaires & great tips & tricks from renowned experts. ...

The messages that Gordon has conveyed to people from friends & relatives in the Spirit world have had a profound impact on their lives. Learning that death is not the ultimate & final end that we fear is a powerful catalyst to changing the way that we view our lives. This gripping book is full of extraordinary personal accounts from a wide range of people including many high-profile celebrities. They describe the profound & life-changing messages that have reassured challenged & inspired them. Gordon himself is often profoundly affected by the messages he shares with people & in this moving & engaging book he describes the messages that he has received that have altered his view of the world. ...

Life Class is Pat Barker's powerful & unforgettable story of art & war. Spring 1914. The students at the Slade School of Art gather in Henry Tonks' studio for his life-drawing class. But for Paul Tarrant the class is troubling underscoring his own uncertainty about making a mark on the world. When war breaks out & the army won't take Paul he enlists in the Belgian Red Cross just as he & fellow student Elinor Brooke admit their feelings for one another. Amidst the devastation in Ypres Paul comes to see the world anew
- but have his experiences changed him completely? Triumphant shattering inspiring". (The Times). " Barker writes as brilliantly as ever.. .with great tenderness & insight she conveys a wartime world turned upside down". (Independent on Sunday). " Vigorous masterly gripping". (Penelope Lively Independent). " Extraordinarily powerful". (Sunday Telegraph). Pat Barker was born in 1943. Her books include the highly acclaimed Regeneration trilogy comprising Regeneration which has been filmed The Eye in the Door which won the Guardian Fiction Prize & The Ghost Road which won the Booker Prize. The trilogy featured the Observer's 2012 list of the ten best historical novels. She is also the author of the more recent novels Another World Border Crossing Double Vision Life Class & Toby's Room. She lives in Durham."
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If you are considering life coaching as a career this book provides a guide to creating & sustaining your practice a resource for coaching yourself towards a more fulfilled life & a reference & companion designed to serve you through your professional life. It sets out to promote a thorough understanding of what life coaching entails & to lead you through a course of applied neuro-linguistic programming techiques & exercises aimed at improving your coaching abilities. These include state control rapport-building metaphor meta-programs & meta-linguages. The book also introduces the spiral coaching model a new coaching tool that identifies & utilises peoples thinking patterns. ...

For decades Erik H. Erikson's concept of the stages of human development has deeply influenced the field of contemporary psychology. Here with new material by Joan M. Erikson is an expanded edition of his final work. The Life Cycle Completed eloquently closes the circle of Erikson's theories outlining the unique rewards & challenges
- for both individuals & society
- of very old age.

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In this title life & death collide in the stunning sequel to the breathtaking Dead Beautiful". Renee Winters has changed. ...

In this wonderful gardening journal which accompanies the BBC2 series of the same name Carol Klein with characteristic warmth & eloquence tells us the story of a year in her beautiful garden at Glebe Cottage. With superb photography throughout she takes us on a procession through the seasons as she plans & plants sows seeds & nurtures cuttings tends the borders & harvests her crops. Her energy knowledge & enthusiasm are an inspiration in every month of the year. ...

In 1988 Rosemary Bailey & her husband were travelling in the French Pyrenees when they fell in love with & subsequently bought a ruined medieval monastery surrounded by peach orchards & snow-capped peaks. Traces of the monks were everywhere in the frescoed 13th century chapel the buried crypt & the stone arches of the cloister. For the next few years the couple visited Corbiac whenever they could until 1997 they took the plunge & moved from central London to rural France with their six-year-old son. Entirely reliant on their earnings as freelance writers they put their Apple Macs in the room with the fewest leaks & sent Theo to the village school. With vision & determination they have restored the monastery to its former glory testing their relationship & resolve to the limit & finding unexpected inspiration in the place. This book is not just Rosemary Baileys account of the challenges of life in a small mountain community but also a celebration of the rugged beauty of French Catalonia the pleasures of Catalan cooking & an exploration of an alternative often magical world. ...