Alan Bennett sealed his reputation as the master of observation with this series of 12 groundbreaking monologues originally filmed for BBC Television. At once darkly comic tragically poignant & wonderfully uplifting Talking Heads is widely regarded as a modern classic. This new edition which contains the complete collection of Talking Heads as well as his earlier monologue A Woman of No Importance is a celebration of Alan Bennetts finest work. ...

This title features stories like Playing Sandwiches with David Haig" " The Hand of God with Eileen Atkins" " Nights in the Gardens of Spain with Penelope Wilton" " Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet with Patricia Routledge" " Waiting for the Telegram with Thora Hird" & " The Outside Dog with Julie Walters". A second collection of astutely observed monologues tales of loneliness & eccentricity are handled with the light touch which has made Alan Bennett one of our best-loved writers as well as a national institution." ...

The complete Talking Heads" monologues twelve of Alan Bennett's most highly acclaimed & best-loved works. "A Chip in the Sugar" performed by Alan Bennett. "A Lady of Letters" performed by Patricia Routledge. " Bed Among the Lentils" performed by Anna Massey. " Soldiering On" performed by Stephanie Cole. " Her Big Chance" performed by Julie Walters. "A Cream Cracker Under the Settee" performed by Thora Hird. " Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet" performed by Patricia Routledge. " The Hand of God" performed by Eileen Atkins. " Playing Sandwiches" performed by David Haig. " The Outside Dog" performed by Julie Walters. " Nights in the Gardens of Spain" performed by Penelope Wilton. " Waiting for the Telegram" performed by Thora Hird. Performed by the author & eight of Britain's leading actors Alan Bennett's tales of loneliness & vulnerability are full of quirky insightful detail that bring these twelve memorable characters vividly to life." ...

Fear of Music the third album by Talking Heads was recorded & released in 1979. It is like each of their first four albums a masterpiece. Edgy paranoid funky addictive rhythmic repetitive spooky & fun
- with Brian Enos production its a record that bursts out of the downtown scene that birthed the band & hints at the directions (positive & negative) theyd take in the near future. Here Jonathan Lethem takes us back to the late 1970s in New York City & situates Talking Heads as one of the most remarkable & enigmatic American bands. Incorporating theory fiction & memoir & placing Fear of Music alongside Fritz Lang Edgar Allen Poe Patti Smith & David Foster Wallace. Lethems book is a virtuoso performance by a writer at the peak of his powers tackling one of his great obsessions.
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James Van Praagh enjoys an extraordinary gift
- he can communicate with the spirits of men women children & animals who have died.
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Wanna be in our gang? We cause Peace Fighters fear us On de streets. This is the very first ground-breaking childrens poetry collection from street poet Benjamin Zephaniah. Playful clever & provocative this is performance poetry on the page at its very best. ...

It is often hard to know what to talk about with a bereaved person after you've offered your condolences & many avoid talking about the deceased for fear of upsetting the bereaved relative. With good active listening empathic exploration & a willingness to talk about the hard issues you can embark on sensitive communication with the bereaved. This user-friendly book offers a practical framework for conversing with bereaved people either with individuals or in a group setting. The author uses a table of six elements to give guidance to the listener about where they might be in the conversation & how to move forward with the bereaved person. For each element suggested techniques that include creative activities & possible open questions to help the bereaved person express & explore their grief are offered. The approach is underpinned throughout by theory with reflective exercises for the reader to do individually or in peer groups plus anecdotes & case vignettes. Talking with Bereaved People is an essential toolkit for anyone working with bereaved people outside of the formal counselling room such as social workers voluntary bereavement agencies church pastoral teams hospice & hospital visitors & staff. ...

Talking with Children & Young People about Death & Dying" is a popular resource designed to help adults talk to bereaved children & young people. Mary Turner explains the various aspects & stages of bereavement & offers useful insights into the concerns of children experiencing grief or facing an imminent bereavement. She addresses childrens common fears & worries dreams & nightmares & acknowledges the effect of trauma on the grief process. This second edition

Includes:: a new section for adults on understanding the distress of a bereaved child & also a list of useful contacts. It is a fully photocopiable workbook that enables adults to deal with these issues sensitively & explains for example how to choose appropriate words to support the child. It will empower & equip adults working with bereaved children to encourage them to communicate their pain & understand the often contradictory emotions aroused by the death of someone close to them."

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An investigative criminologist Christopher Berry-Dee is a man who talks to serial killers. Their pursuit of horror & violence is described in their own words transcribed from audio & videotape interviews conducted deep inside some of the toughest prisons in the world. Berry-Dee describes the circumstances of his meetings with some of the world's most evil men & reproduces verbatim their very words as they describe their crimes & discuss their remorse
- or lack of it. This work offers a penetrating insight into the workings of the criminal mind.
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In this wonderful celebration of all that is best about the worlds greatest football league talk SPORT has taken on the challenge of listing the 100 greatest Premiership legends. Featuring contributions from many of talk SPORTs presenters including Alan Brazil Stan Collymore & Andy Gray the talk SPORT team has drawn up its definitive listing of Premiership stars. Of course being talk SPORT nothing is straightforward & the opinions are hotly debated. Some surprising names make into the list while others are relegated to the bottom or even fail to appear at all. Who comes out on top: Gianfranco Zola or Alan Shearer? How do you decide whos in & whos out from 20 years of footballing genius? Each of the stars is fully profiled with surprising & fascinating information revealed about all of them & their individual ranking in the list is fully justified. In short this book will not only provide great football memories of moments that won leagues spared clubs from relegation & drew stunned silence from watching crowds but cause much controversy
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