For nearly half of the eighteenth century the exiled Stuart Court provided an important British presence in Rome. It acted as a surrogate embassy for the many Grand Tourists passing through the city
- Hanoverian Whigs as well as Tories & Jacobites
- & as a significant social & cultural centre. This book presents the first complete study of the Court of the exiled Stuart King James III offering a significant reassessment of its importance & of the lives of the Stuarts & their courtiers & their relations with the Popes cardinals & princely families of Rome. Edward Corps interdisciplinary approach also reveals the Stuarts patronage of leading portrait painters their influence on the development of Italian opera & the impact of their Court buildings on relations with their supporters. This book will be essential reading for everyone with an interest in Jacobitism Italian culture & the eighteenth-century Grand Tour.

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Delightful chaos ensues when a young boy gets his kite stuck in a tree in this laugh-out-loud new picture book from award-winning internationally best-selling author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers! Floyd gets his kite stuck up a tree. He throws up his shoe to shift it but that gets stuck too. So he throws up his other shoe & that gets stuck along with...a ladder a pot of paint the kitchen sink an orang-utan & a whale amongst other things! Will Floyd ever get his kite back? A hilarious book with a wonderful surprise ending. ...

It was a million-to-one-shot Doc". " My hands were full". "I fell". These & many other ludicrous excuses are what emergency room doctors hear every day from patients who check in with various objects inserted where the sun don't shine stuck in various orifices or ingested in other ways. How exactly did that cell phone end up there? Was it on vibrate? & is the rectum truly the best place to store your fake grenade? It is at least somewhat understandable to find a rectal thermometer in its intended place but how about a crack pipe? & what does your 6-year-old-daughter have to say about her missing Barbie doll? People's imagination knows no bounds & we of course love to point & laugh. " Stuck Up!" features hilarious Xray images of the most outrageous kind accompanied by short texts about the patient's excuse the potential reasoning behind the insertion & the method of removal. Warning: Grossness factor & hilarity are high! Sample objects include: stapler toothbrush banana dentures eyeglasses Buzz Lightyear USB (Universal Serial Bus) drive coathanger iPod & engagement ring." ...

London 1969. The hottest hippest wildest domain of hedonists & pleasure-seekers where swingers swarm the clubs & discos in a high-stakes quest to live for the moment. At the centre of this decadent scene one man plays all the angles never missing a chance to score with the beautiful women who desire him
- & walks the line between ecstasy & overload. Now the woman he wants the most knows his number
- & may just call his bluff.

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This stimulating textbook provides an excellent understanding of Sociology & equips students with the skills they need to succeed in the AQA GCSE exam. Packed with full-colour illustrations & up-to-date figures offering excellent coverage of the new Sociology

Specification for AQA the second edition of this very successful Sociology textbook is: * extremely thorough
- provides in depth coverage of the spec with a wide range of activities * fully up-to-date & fully re-researched * user-friendly
- & full of activities that teachers can use immediately to engage students * accessible
- the language is appropriate for 14-16-year olds so that they can grasp the academic concepts * assessment focussed
- with sample exam questions at the end of each chapter & frequent 'check your understanding' features * clearly differentiated throughout





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Collins New GCSE Maths Student Books are the perfect way to help students working at Grades G toC tackle the 2010 AQA GCSE Maths



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Collins New GCSE Maths Student Books are the perfect way to help students working at Grades G toC tackle the 2010 EDEXCEL GCSE Maths

Specification. Packed with functional skills problem solving & graded maths practice it will give your students the confidence to take on all aspects of the new curriculum in their exams & own lives. Collins New GCSE Maths EDEXCEL Linear Student Book Foundation 1 written by experienced teachers & examiners is organised exactly according to the 2010 EDEXCEL GCSE Maths

Specification. It is the ideal resource to help students get the best results: * Enable students to monitor their own progress through the GCSE Maths course with Collins' colour-coded grades on every page & a grade booster at the end of every chapter * Be confident that students are practising the key elements of the new curriculum in every lesson with functional skills problem solving & new exam-style questions within every exercise * Use the colourful functional skills & problem-solving pages at the end of every chapter to engage students with rich tasks that will develop their process skills & allow them to apply maths in stimulating real-life contexts * Show students exactly why each chapter matters to them with new chapter openers that develop the cross-curricular nature of maths * Give students the opportunity for self-assessment & guidance for their exam technique by using the comprehensive exam practice & worked exam questions with examiner notes at the end of every chapter * Deliver the key facts to students with the comprehensive glossary & mathematics fact sheet designed to ensure that students understand crucial maths vocabulary & processes



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Collins New GCSE Maths EDEXCEL Student Books are the perfect way to help students working at Grades G toC tackle the 2010 EDEXCEL GCSE Maths

Specification. Packed with functional skills problem solving & graded maths practice it will give your students the confidence to take on all aspects of the new curriculum in their exams & own lives. Collins New GCSE Maths EDEXCEL Modular Student Book Foundation 1 written by experienced teachers & examiners is organised exactly according to the 2010 EDEXCEL GCSE Maths

Specification. It is the ideal resource to help students get the best results: * Enable students to monitor their own progress through the GCSE Maths course with Collins' colour-coded grades on every page & a grade booster at the end of every chapter * Be confident that students are practising the key elements of the new curriculum in every lesson with functional skills problem solving & new exam-style questions within every exercise * Use the colourful functional skills & problem-solving pages at the end of every chapter to engage students with rich tasks that will develop their process skills & allow them to apply maths in stimulating real-life contexts * Show students exactly why each chapter matters to them with new chapter openers that develop the cross-curricular nature of maths * Give students the opportunity for self-assessment & guidance for their exam technique by using the comprehensive exam practice & worked exam questions with examiner notes at the end of every chapter * Deliver the key facts to students with the comprehensive glossary & mathematics fact sheet designed to ensure that students understand crucial maths vocabulary & processes Content covered in this book: * Core (Content that needs to be covered for all 3 units) * Unit 1 For units 2 & 3 you will need Edexcel Modular Student Book Foundation 2 (9780007339907)



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Collins New GCSE Maths Student Books are the perfect way to help students working at Grades G toC tackle the 2010 EDEXCEL GCSE Maths

Specification. Packed with functional skills problem solving & graded maths practice it will give your students the confidence to take on all aspects of the new curriculum in their exams & own lives. Collins New GCSE Maths EDEXCEL Modular Student Book Foundation 2 written by experienced teachers & examiners is organised exactly according to the 2010 EDEXCEL GCSE Maths

Specification. It is the ideal resource to help students get the best results: / Enable students to monitor their own progress through the GCSE Maths course with Collins colour-coded grades on every page & a grade booster at the end of every chapter / Be confident that students are practising the key elements of the new curriculum in every lesson with functional skills problem solving & new exam-style questions within every exercise / Use the colourful functional skills & problem-solving pages at the end of every chapter to engage students with rich tasks that will develop their process skills & allow them to apply maths in stimulating real-life contexts / Show students exactly why each chapter matters to them with new chapter openers that develop the cross-curricular nature of maths / Give students the opportunity for self-assessment & guidance for their exam technique by using the comprehensive exam practice & worked exam questions with examiner notes at the end of every chapter / Deliver the key facts to students with the comprehensive glossary & mathematics fact sheet designed to ensure that students understand crucial maths vocabulary & processes Content covered in this book: / Core (Content that must be covered for both Units 2 & 3) / Unit 2 (For non-calculator assessment. Exercises in the book include both calculator & non-calculator practice questions) / Unit 3 For Unit 1 & Core content for all three units you will need Edexcel Modular Student Book Foundation 1 (9780007339860)



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Collins New GCSE Maths Student Books are the perfect way to help students working at Grades G toC tackle the 2010 AQA GCSE Maths



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