When Charles Wallace Murry goes searching through a wrinkle in time for his lost father he finds himself on an evil planet where all life is enslaved by a huge pulsating brain known as It. How Charles his sister Meg & friend Calvin find & free his father makes this a very special & exciting mixture of fantasy & science fiction which all the way through is dominated by the funny & mysterious trio of guardian angels known as Mrs Whatsit Mrs Who & Mrs Which. ...

Wrinklies Armchair Companion" contains even more stuff that a wrinkly needs to know about the world & quite a lot that they dont but will find quite interesting anyway! This book has been specially designed to live beside your armchair & provide light relief during advertising breaks or when some awful celebrity talent-show-reality-tv-thing is on & be a source of interesting"es & facts for the restless wrinkly. The contents take the form of a series of short jokey pieces looking at various aspects of life from the Wrinklies point of view. These pieces are quirky satirical imaginative & above all very funny. They are of course specially designed to appeal to the older reader by tapping into their interests attitudes opinions experience health problems & the like." ...

Stuck for ideas about what to buy for your parents or the older person in your life? This book is just the trick. Do you think that the sense of humour fades after fifty? Youll think again once you read a few pages of this great little gift book. Oldies of any age will be thrilled to have a book filled with jokes stories & sayings all about them their generation & their experiences! ...

The Wrinklies Guide to Keeping Supple" does just what it says on the tin with a host of stretches yoga postures swim strokes & tailor-made routines to keep every health-conscious wrinklys old bones in the finest of fettles. Set down your crossword & teacup & take up walking cycling exercises for core stability & so much more. If you are bored with the confines of your armchair & feel the need to get on the move again this is the book for you. With chapters on diet for suppleness & joint care & general health you can forget about arthritis & think about athletics
- wrinkly-style. As if all this wasnt enough to thrill your wrinkly old heart there is a series of wrinkly daily suppleness challenges at the end of the book that will gently push your limits but still ensure that you can get up again in the morning. With this book you can keep supple & stay strong."
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This fifteenth edition of the watch industry mainstay features over 1 400 of the worlds most luxurious wristwatches & provides ...

Write dance' is a unique programme with links across the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum. Not only does it help to develop the prerequisite physical skills & co-ordination for writing it also encourages creativity self expression & confidence'
- Chris Dukes Early Years Area Senco. ' Write Dance' is an exciting & innovative programme which uses music & movement to introduce handwriting to children. ' Write Dance' movements are designed to help children feel happy & comfortable with their bodies improving their motor skills & providing a strong foundation for writing. Ranghild A. Oussoren developed the approach in Holland ten years ago & it has gone on to capture the imagination of children & teachers across Europe. In this new edition of " Write Dance in the Early Years" practitioners are provided with a package of songs stories & illustrations as well as guidance on implementing Write Dance in their early years setting. This book audio CD & DVD introduces the nine themes of the Write Dance approach at the appropriate developmental level for the early years. The programme supports the Be Healthy Enjoy & Achieve outcome of the Every Child Matters agenda. It also links to the following aspects within the six areas of learning in the Early Years Foundation stage: Creative Development through imaginative play music & dance; Physical Development through movement using equipment & materials; Communication Language & Literacy through handwriting; & Personal Social & Emotional Development through increasing self-confidence & self-esteem. This programme benefits all children but has also been found very helpful for children with special education needs from learning difficulties to dyspraxia."
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The ability to produce fluent legible handwriting with ease is something that affects attainment in most areas of the curriculum yet many children continue to struggle with this vital skill. Based on holistic principles this programme offers a different approach developing the muscles of the hand
- so that children gain the necessary control to produce letter forms
- alongside the perceptual skills required to orientate & organize letter & words. The programme is effective for mainstream children aged 4-6 years children with developmental co-ordination disorders & older children with mild to moderate learning difficulties. Over 400 carefuly graded exercises & activities develop h&-eye co-ordination form constancy spatial organization figure-ground discrimination orientation & laterality. The package consists of two pupil workbooks & a teacher's handbook.

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A winning business plan is the first step towards creating outstanding performance in a business. As a business owner and/or manager you need an effective business plan to secure finance if required & to improve your business. This practical accessible book will take you step by step through the simple process of creating a plan that really works for you. Your plan will:
- Give funders the confidence to support your business.
- Sharpen your management of any business & its competitive edge.
- Provide a blueprint that can be used on a day-to-day basis to ensure that your business performs to its potential. As important as writing the plan is implementing it. This book also shows how you can actually do this. It will help you to decide where you want to go how you are going to get there & how to actually make it happen.


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This is a handy & colourful illustrated guide to reading writing & understanding ancient Egyptian names epithets titles & phrases. The Egyptians believed that the creator god Ptah brought the world into being by naming everything in it. Names had great power & kings often over-wrote their own names on the monuments of earlier rulers. A persons name was a vitally important part of them & the Egyptians were very concerned that their names should be recorded remembered & spoken. Criminals & those who had fallen out of favour could be punished
- wiped out of history
- by having their names destroyed or defaced. The hieroglyphic script provided a beautiful flexible & expressive means to write the names of humans gods & animals. Angela Mc Donald explains the meanings of Egyptian personal names & how they were made up (Rameses = Ra has given birth to him) & demonstrates how they were written in different ways to convey various shades of meaning. Royal & divine names are always given special treatment. The Egyptians were not always formal & nicknames were common. Even the names of pet animals are recorded in tomb paintings.

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