What are the key debates in Religious Education teaching today? Debates in Religious Education explores the major issues all RE teachers encounter in their daily professional lives. It encourages critical reflection & aims to stimulate both novice & experienced teachers to think more deeply about their practice & link research & evidence to what they have observed in schools. This accessible book tackles established & contemporary issues enabling you to reach informed judgements & argue your point of view with deeper theoretical knowledge & understanding. Taking account of recent controversy & challenging assumptions about the place of religion in education expert contributors cover key topics such as: Effective pedagogy in RE teaching Exploring thinking skills & truth claims The relationship of science & religion in the classroom The place of school worship in contemporary society The role of RE in spiritual & moral development Diversity in the RE classroom. With its combination of expert opinion & fresh insight Debates in Religious Education is the ideal companion for any student or practising teacher engaged in initial training continuing professional development & Masters level study. ...

In this new addition to the Debating Law series Emily Jackson & John Keown re-examine the legal & ethical aspects of the euthanasia debate. Emily Jackson argues that we owe it to everyone in society to do all that we can to ensure that they experience a 'good death'. For a small minority of patients who experience intolerable & unrelievable suffering this may mean helping them to have an assisted death. In a liberal society where people's moral views differ we should not force individuals to experience deaths they find intolerable. This is not an argument in favour of dying. On the contrary Jackson argues that legalisation could extend & enhance the lives of people whose present fear of the dying process causes them overwhelming distress. John Keown argues that voluntary euthanasia & physician-assisted suicide are gravely unethical & he defends their continued prohibition by law. He analyses the main arguments for relaxation of the law
- including those which invoke the experience of jurisdictions which permit these practices
- & finds them wanting. Relaxing the law would he concludes be both wrong in principle & dangerous in practice not least for the dying the disabled & the disadvantaged.

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Knitting is experiencing an enormous boom as more & more people appreciate the opportunity it affords to create something truly special & individual. Many of these new knitters however have not learnt the skills from their mothers like previous generations & need help with their techniques. There can be no better guide than Debbie Bliss highly successful knitwear designer & author of numerous bestselling books. In Knitting Workbook Debbie provides a guide not only to basic techniques
- casting on key knitting stitches sewing up garments successfully etc
- but also pinpoints the key features of her successful designs & takes knitters through them step-by-step. A basic guide to how to knit accompanied by step-by-step illustrations & photographs kicks off the book. Debbie then concentrates on the techniques she feels are essential to creating successful knitwear from using simple shapes to colour work such as fair isle & intarsia & adding finishing touches with embroidery & beading. Colour illustrations are used to demonstrate each technique then a range of projects featuring step-by-step photographs pinpointing key stages allow the knitter to practise & perfect their skill. As a guide to how to knit & an insight into the secrets of this highly successful designer this book will be invaluable.

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Encouraged by an unruly twin brother tomboyish Lady Deborah Western seems set on dressing & behaving in a most unladylike manner much to the dismay of her handsome neighbour the Earl of Ashton. Fortunately for the Earl Miss Pym is on hand to make sure the gorgeous girl is introduced to some more feminine pursuits... ...

o Debretts first book defining all aspects of life for the modern man o Humorous & refreshing
- an unexpected miscellany of advice
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This is the ultimate girl's guide to getting it right. Etiquette is a revisionist business. New rules are constantly appearing & old ones evolving. A modern survival manual is called for to lay out the new rules to point out the pitfalls & to ensure damage limitation. Debrett's the trusted authority on all matters etiquette have created the essential guide to life for every girl about town. Etiquette for Girls" reassuringly explains how to behave with ease & style in every social situation covering man management (from flirting to one-night stands & breaking up) what to wear dining out socialising & entertaining at home getting ahead at work etiquette for social occasions (including festivals polo & private jets) conversational no-nos & avoiding dreaded social sins. Etiquette has re-entered the zeitgeist. Social success lies in forethought & understanding so switch on & prepare to prosper." ...

Drawing on Debrett's extensive expertise in manners & etiquette this practical guide will help to ensure that hosts & hostesses are able to cope with an array of dilemmas & challenges from catering for vegans & people with food allergies to dealing with drunken visitors ensuring that guests mingle & laying on special entertainments for small children & elderly relatives. Structured around the four seasons the book explores British rituals customs & traditions throughout the year
- from Christmas Valentine's Day Shrove Tuesday & Easter to Halloween & Bonfire Night. It is also a helpful guide to the social events & occasions that punctuate the British calendar from country house operas & days at the races to summer barbecues & village cricket matches.
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Pre-war debutantes were members of the most protected not to say isolated stratum of 20th-century society: the young (17-20) unmarried daughters of the British upper classes. For most of them the war changed all that for ever. It meant independence & the shock of the new & daily exposure to customs & attitudes that must have seemed completely alien to them. For many the almost military regime of an upper class childhood meant they were well suited for the no-nonsense approach needed in wartime. This book records the extraordinary diversity of challenges shocks & responsibilities they faced
- as chauffeurs couriers ambulance-drivers nurses pilots spies decoders factory workers farmers land girls as well as in the Women's Services. How much did class barriers really come down? Did they stick with their own sort? & what about fun & love in wartime
- did love cross the class barriers?

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After eighteen years inside Johnny Frank is coming out of jail with just one thing on his mind to kill the man who put him there. But his plans soon go dramatically awry. As his past returns to haunt him a vicious murder & kidnap force him back on the streets of London. He could choose simply to disappear
- if it weren't for Simone. Through her marriage to Reggie Kray the author has a unique insight into the inner conflicts of a long-term prisoner & just as Roberta's life was irrevocably changed by meeting Reg so Simone's will never be the same again after she enters Johnny's dangerous & unpredictable universe. Praise for Roberta Kray: ' Well into Martina Cole territory Roberta Kray's first novel gets under the skin of the London underworld with no problem'
- Independent". ' Action intrigue & a character-driven plot are delivered in well-written style sure to please any crime fiction fans'
- " Woman". ' You might expect a crime novel written by the widow of Reg Kray would be tough
- & it is. Recommend this to fans of Ian Rankin'
- " Booklist". '" The Debt" convinces on every page
- not only about the gangster world but also as a portrait of a woman whose life has been changed by forces beyond her control'
- " Chicago Tribune"."






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A short novel of immense scope that shows Terry Goodkind's story telling powers at their very best. In the days of the war against Panis Rahl a young woman presents the first wizard with an intractable choice & forces him into an encounter that could unleash a maelstrom of magic. Terry Goodkind's skill at showing characters struggling with free will & facing nightmarish dilemmas as their spirits are tested is shown to its best effect in DEBT OF BONES as is his consummate world building. ...