As a new bishop Robert Atwell responded to a direct challenge from older church members who usually make up the biggest majority in any congregation. Why they asked was there always so much for the young; what was there for them? This book grew out of his response. A series of talks he gave on the spirituality of growing older & the gifts that wait to be discovered generated an unprecedented response not only throughout the diocese but on blogs & websites around the world. 60 really is the new 40 for increasing numbers of people. The retired are a huge consumer category increasingly recognised by marketing gurus. They may have disposable income time on their hands & the leisure of choice
- but wisdom humour & honesty are essential for these transitional decades too & this short book offers all three in plenty. The author's background in Benedictine life with its profound understanding of what makes for a balanced & rich life flavours a book of timeless value
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Weaning your baby on to solid foods is one of the most important milestones during the early months of parenthood & Gina's expert advice on weaning makes a baby's transition from milk to solid foods as straightforward as possible. Successful weaning establishes a pattern of healthy eating in babies avoiding the pitfalls of fussy eaters restricted to a narrow diet. In this revised edition of The Contented Little Baby Book of Weaning Gina

Includes:: the latest recommendations regarding breast-feeding & the introduction of solid food from the World Health Organisation & the UK Department of Health. She aims to take the worry out of weaning guiding parents step-by-step through the process & shares the insight & expertise gained from personally helping to care for over 300 babies & advising thousands more parents via her consultation service & website. Included in this revised edition:
- The best time of day to introduce the first solid food
- Which foods to introduce & at what age
- Getting the balance of milk feeds & solids right
- How to eliminate night feeds once solids are introduced
- The importance of introducing finger foods at the right age
- Extended parent-friendly feeding plans to take parents step-by-step through the different stages
- Newly developed rotating meal planners for older children up to the end of the first year
- Brand new questions & answers giving the most up-to-date advice to parents. The Contented Little Baby Book of Weaning is the definitive guide to ensuring babies eat well now & as they grow up & is as relevant & helpful to those parents who have not previously followed Gina's routines.









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As babies grow so their routines & patterns change. In The Contented Toddler Years Gina addresses the many changes in sleeping & feeding habits that arise during the second & third year. She offers invaluable advice & insight into these crucial stages of a child's development from walking & talking to teething & potty training & also shows you how to: -deal with tantrums food refusal & sibling jealousy -prepare for the arrival of a second baby including how to cope physically emotionally & financially & how to adapt her routines when caring for a baby & toddler -make teeth-cleaning fun & put an end to habits such as thumb-sucking nail-biting & eating dirt -decide what type of childcare is best for you & your toddler Gina's advice is derived from hands-on experience of dealing with children. Parents can be confident that her techniques which have been tried & tested many times & have proved successful with many different children can also work for them. She has listened to the concerns of thousands of parents via her consultations & website. Reassuring & down-to-earth parents will find Gina's advice can help make the passage from contented baby to confident child a happy & stress-free experience for the whole family. ...

The New York State Library looms as a silent sanctuary of knowledge: a hundred-year-old labyrinth of towering bookcases narrow aisles & spiral staircases. But for Dr Stephen Swain & his eight-year-old daughter Holly it is a place of nightmare. Because for just one night this historic building is to become the venue for a horrifying contest a contest in which Swain must compete whether he likes it or not. The rules of the challenge are simple: seven contestants will enter but only one will leave. With his daughter in his arms Stephen Swain is plunged into a terrifying fight for survival. The stakes are high the odds are brutal. He can choose to run to hide or to fight
- but if he wants to live he needs to win. For in this particular contest unless you leave as victor you do not leave at all.
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Photographys great success gives the impression that the major questions that have haunted the medium are now resolved. On the contrary
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In this book Rorty argues that thinkers such as Nietzsche Freud & Wittgenstein have enabled societies to see themselves as historical contingencies rather than as expressions of underlying ahistorical human nature or as realizations of suprahistorical goals. This ironic perspective on the human condition is valuable on a private level although it cannot advance the social or political goals of liberalism. In fact Rorty believes that it is literature not philosophy that can do this by promoting a genuine sense of human solidarity. A truly liberal culture acutely aware of its own historical contingency would fuse the private individual freedom of the ironic philosophical perspective with the public project of human solidarity as it is engendered through the insights & sensibilities of great writers. The book has a characteristically wide range of reference from philosophy through social theory to literary criticism. It confirms Rortys status as a uniquely subtle theorist whose writing will prove absorbing to academic & nonacademic readers alike. ...

Winner of the 2011 Jolt Excellence Award! Getting software released to users is often a painful risky & time-consuming process. This groundbreaking new book sets out the principles & technical practices that enable rapid incremental delivery of high quality valuable new functionality to users. Through automation of the build deployment & testing process & enhanced collaboration between developers testers & operations delivery teams can get changes released in a matter of hours- sometimes even minutes-no matter what the size of a project or the complexity of its code base. Jez Humble & David Farley begin by presenting the foundations of a rapid reliable low-risk delivery process. Next they introduce the deployment pipeline " an automated process for managing all changes from check-in to release. Finally they discuss the "ecosystem" needed to support continuous delivery from infrastructure data & configuration management to governance. The authors introduce state-of-the-art techniques including automated infrastructure management & data migration & the use of virtualization. For each they review key issues identify best practices & demonstrate how to mitigate risks. Coverage

Includes:: * Automating all facets of building integrating testing & deploying software * Implementing deployment pipelines at team & organizational levels * Improving collaboration between developers testers & operations * Developing features incrementally on large & distributed teams * Implementing an effective configuration management strategy * Automating acceptance testing from analysis to implementation * Testing capacity & other non-functional requirements * Implementing continuous deployment & zero-downtime releases * Managing infrastructure data components & dependencies * Navigating risk management compliance & auditing Whether you're a developer systems administrator tester or manager this book will help your organization move from idea to release faster than ever-so you can deliver value to your business rapidly & reliably."

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When Joanna Darrell agrees to take a break from an office job that has begun to bore her she takes her first step into a new continuum of strange experiences. She is introduced to people whose way of life revolves around the giving & receiving of enjoyable punishment & she becomes intrigued enough to experiment. Drawn in by a chain of coincidences like Alice in a decadent wonderland she enters a parallel world of perversity & unusual pleasure. ...

The Continuum Concept" introduces the idea that in order to achieve optimal physical mental & emotional development human beings
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This casebook comprises a wide selection of cases & materials to illustrate the law & place it within its legal & commercial context. The cases & relevant statutes are illuminated with insightful author commentary as the authors highlight difficulties & complexities in the law encouraging students to take their understanding to a deeper level. This fifth edition is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre featuring annual updates & web links. Online Resource Centre Student resources:
- Annual updates
- Web links

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