With her inimitable wit & outspoken views Clarissa Dickson Wright opens her diary & takes us on a journey around Britain with this unrivalled collection of stories & anecdotes from her ever-eventful life. As celebrated cook & champion of the countryside Clarissa's year

Includes:: being propositioned by a burly greyhound courser meeting the Chairman of the Sandringham branch of the WI a fishing terrier called Kipper & taking on the Health & Safety officials at a rain-drenched County Show. Criss-crossing the country she introduces us to long-forgotten traditions & colourful local festivals as she meets up with extraordinary characters & friends old & new. Entertaining poignant but never politically correct RIFLING THROUGH MY DRAWERS is a breath of fresh air & proves once again why Clarissa is one of the nation's true treasures.

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With her inimitable wit treasury of tales & outspoken views Clarissa Dickson Wright opens her diary & takes us on a journey around Britain & her life. As celebrated cook & champion of the countryside Clarissa recalls episodes from her life & describes her encounters with everyone from local farmers to Women's Institutes supermarket managers to greyhound coursers. A lover of local traditions she has attended events from the Whitstable Oyster Festival to the Hungerford Hochtide. In a world of political correctness Rifling Through My Drawers is a breath of fresh air & proves once again why Clarissa is one of the nation's true treasures. ...

This is where youre meant to be. I know it. Ember has always known her life was not her own. That she owed a debt to the mysterious order of knights who saved her as a baby. Despite their brutal training serving the knights is all she has ever wanted. That was before she found love. But finding it & keeping it are very different things. Little does she know what danger lies ahead. Neither Ember nor her heart will survive unscathed. ...

This is an edge-of-your-seat mystery-thriller. In a vast African landscape four teenagers & a journalist vanish without a trace from a camp below a steep rock ridge ' Chomlaya'. As Ella the sister of one of the missing girls helps Inspector Murothi piece together what happened she realises there are terrifying possibilities for her sister & the four others. There has been sinister behaviour & bullying in the camp where the missing were staying. Has there been foul play? Then one of the missing turns up
- but with no memory of what has happened... As the search helicopters continue their constant hum over the rock ridge Ella & the Inspector begin to wonder whether they are already too late...
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* The gripping conclusion to the popular genre-breaking epic trilogy of a war between vampires & humans Empress Adele has launched a grand crusade against the vampire clans of the north. Prince Gareth the vampire lord of Scotland serves the Equatorian cause fighting in the bloody trenches of France in his guise as the dashing Greyfriar. But the human armies are pinned down battered by harsh weather & merciless attacks from vampire packs. To even the odds Adele unleashes the power of her geomancy a fearsome weapon capable of slaughtering vampires in vast numbers. However the power she expends threatens her own life even as she questions the morality of such a weapon. As the war turns ever bloodier & Adele is threatened by betrayal Gareth faces a terrible choice. Their only hope is a desperate strike against the lord of the vampire clans
- Gareth's brother Cesare. It is a gamble that could win the war or signal the final days of the Greyfriar. The Vampire Empire" trilogy rushes to a heart-wrenching conclusion of honour & love hatred & vengeance sacrifice & loss."
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The key to contentment in the Scottish climate is the right attitude to rain
- just as in life the key to happiness lies in making
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The firstground-breaking account of the teaching of history in Englands state schools from the early 1900s to the present day this accessible study is a major contribution to the current debates about the place of history in the classroom & the national curriculum. Drawing on a wide variety of hitherto unpublished material including an especially created oral history archive & the recollections of many former pupils as to what it was like to be on the receiving end & how much they have remembered of what they were taught the authors of this powerfully-argued book present an original & comprehensive account of the political decisions & the pedagogic practices which determined the sort of history that was taught in the classroom. Concluding with some important recommendations about what needs to be done to safeguard the teaching of history in Englands schools in the future The Right Kind of History will be an invaluable resource for teachers scholars educationalists andpolicy-makers. ...

What is it I wondered that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormous Roman Candle such as a Redstone Atlas Titan or Saturn rocket & wait for someone to light the fuse? I decided on the simplest approach possible. I would ask a few of the astronauts & find out
- The men had it. Yeager. Conrad. Grissom. Glenn. Heroes. The first Americans in space
- battling the Russians for control of the heavens putting their lives on the line. The women had it. While Mr Wonderful was aloft it tore your heart out that the Hero's Wife down on the ground had to perform with the whole world watching. The Right Stuff". It's the quality beyond bravery beyond courage."

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There couldnt be a better time for motherhood than after youve explored some of your own dreams & ambitions. Studies show later mothers to be more secure emotionally & financially than younger mothers & nearly a quarter of all women in the UK are now having babies after 35. Packed full of useful tips from top medical experts scientists & world authorities including Dr Michel Odent & Dr Marilyn Glenville this book is a complete guide for the woman whos lived a life before giving birth. It covers: preparing for pregnancy & motherhood; how to improve egg quality & prolong fertility so you can get pregnant naturally; exercises relaxation techniques mind-body connection for conception; how to increase your chances of success at IVF; making the most of your pregnancy month by month; ways to avoid miscarriage; pregnancy yoga & natural remedies for common pregnancy ailments; how to have the best birth possible; from me to mum
- adjusting to lack of sleep relationship changes & that other job; parenting secrets & concepts from around the globe to inspire new mothers; & the latest research in neuroscience nutrition & psychology. Get ready to embrace the biggest most exciting transition of your life!
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The landscape of higher education has undergone change & transformation in recent years partly as a result of diversification & massification. However persistent patterns of under-representation continue to perplex policy-makers & practitioners raising questions about current strategies policies & approaches to widening participation. Presenting a comprehensive review & critique of contemporary widening participation policy & practice Penny Jane Burke interrogates the underpinning assumptions values & perspectives shaping current concepts & understandings of widening participation. She draws on a range of perspectives within the field of the sociology of education
- including feminist post-structuralism critical pedagogy & policy sociology
- to examine the ways in which wider societal inequalities & misrecognitions which are related to difference & diversity present particular challenges for the project to widen participation in higher education. In particular the book: focuses on the themes of difference & diversity to shed light on the operations of inequalities & the politics of access & participation both in terms of national & institutional policy & at the level of student & practitioner experience. draws on the insights of the sociology of education to consider not only the patterns of under-representation in higher education but also the politics of mis-representation critiquing key discourses of widening participation. interrogates assumptions behind WP policy & practice including assumptions about education being an unassailable good provides an analysis of the accounts & perspectives of students practitioners & policy-makers through in-depth interviews observations & reflective journal entries. offers insights for future developments in the policy practice & strategies for widening participation The book will be of great use to all those working in & researching Higher Education.

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