Trudy Harris began her career with Hospice in 1981 eventually becoming the president of the Hospice Foundation for Caring. This collection of more than forty true stories of Harriss patients offers readers an incredible glimpse at what lies beyond & what the living can learn from the dying. Her patients have described to her visions of angels & loved ones who have gone on before the sounds of ethereal music colors that did not exist on earth. She has been with hundreds of patients as they took their last breaths & knows the kinds of questions that both the dying & the loved ones they are leaving behind ask. * What do you say to a loved one who is dying? * What happens when we die? * How can you make a dying friend feel safe? * Does a dying person really see angels hear music or see friends & family members who have already died? Tender heartbreaking & eye-opening Glimpses of Heaven offers a window into the world beyond & life after death. ...

A stunning new cover look for the second novel from Kate Maryon
- the sensational new voice of tween girl fiction. Liberty's
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Consuelo Vanderbilt was young beautiful & the heir to a vast family fortune. She was also deeply in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead for her to fulfil her social ambitions & marry an English Duke. Leaving her life in America she came to England as the Duchess of Marlborough in 1895 & took up residence in her new home
- Blenheim Palace. The 9th Duchess gives unique first-hand insight into life at the very pinnacle of English society in the Edwardian era. An unsnobbish but often amused observer of the intricate hierarchy both upstairs & downstairs at Blenheim Palace she is also a revealing witness to the glittering balls huge weekend parties & major state occasions she attended or hosted. Here are her encounters with every important figure of the day
- from Queen Victoria Edward V11 & Queen Alexandra to Tsar Nicholas Prince Metternich & the young Winston Churchill. This intimate richly enjoyable memoir is a wonderfully revealing portrait of a golden age.

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From the earliest days of her career supermodel Fleur Savagar has been nicknamed the Glitter Baby. The illegitimate daughter of a world-famous movie star she had been brought up by her mother & stepfather & deliberately starved of emotional love. So much so that she has spent most of her nineteen years looking for it in all the wrong places. Fleur is an ugly duckling who refuses to believe she's turned into a swan. Now an actress she finds herself falling for her co-star tough guy Jake Koranda. However all her illusions are shattered when she discovers that she has been betrayed by those closest to her. Disillusioned & destitute Fleur embarks on a voyage of self discovery determined to reinvent herself... ...

Enter a magical world of friendship & fun! In the sixth book of the first Secret Kingdom series every fairy in the kingdom is at Glitter Beach to watch the magic being renewed in the kingdom for another year. But Queen Malice is also nearby... Can Ellie Summer & Jasmine save the glitter dust & keep the magic alive? Secret Kingdom is a brand new series full of the things girls love most: special friendships secrets & magical adventures. Newly confident readers will be swept away by the magical stories of three children whose courage & resourcefulness save a fantastical land from disaster. Full of all the things little girls love best: special friendships secrets & magical adventures all set in an incredible kingdom! Eye-catching illustrations throughout. Become best friends with Ellie Summer & Jasmine
- plus Trixi the pixie! Help Ellie Summer & Jasmine save the Secret Kingdom from wicked Queen Malice & her naughty storm sprites. A new exciting adventure in each & every book.
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The strictly girls love getting dressed up. Use the stickers in the middle of the book to help you change Bella & her friends into their costumes. Stick in sequinned skirts twinkly tiaras & floaty feather boas then watch the girls foxtrot up the red carpet & rumba down the catwalk. Let's dance! With over 300 stickers! A must-have for anyone who has ever wished they could be a part of the glamorous world of Strictly Come Dancing. Strictly Come Dancing (or Dancing with the Stars as it is known in the US) is a key BBC one show & can be seen in over 75 countries with approximate worldwide viewing figures standing at 250 million. It was the UK's highest rating programme of 2012 excluding The Olympics Euro 2012 & The Diamond Jubilee Concert. ...

Why are some countries rich & others poor? In 1500 the income differences were small but they have grown dramatically since Columbus reached America. Since then the interplay between geography globalization technological change & economic policy has determined the wealth & poverty of nations. The industrial revolution was Britains path breaking response to the challenge of globalization. Western Europe & North America joined Britain to form a club of rich nations by pursuing four polices-creating a national market by abolishing internal tariffs & investing in transportation erecting an external tariff to protect their fledgling industries from British competition banks to stabilize the currency & mobilize domestic savings for investment & mass education to prepare people for industrial work. Together these countries pioneered new technologies that have made them ever richer. Before the Industrial Revolution most of the worlds manufacturing was done in Asia but industries from Casablanca to Canton were destroyed by western competition in the nineteenth century & Asia was transformed into underdeveloped countries specializing in agriculture. The spread of economic development has been slow since modern technology was invented to fit the needs of rich countries & is ill adapted to the economic & geographical conditions of poor countries. A few countries
- Japan Soviet Russia South Korea Taiwan & perhaps China
- have nonetheless caught up with the West through creative responses to the technological challenge & with Big Push industrialization that has achieved rapid growth through investment coordination. Whether other countries can emulate the success of East Asia is a challenge for the future.

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Updated with revised material & a new chapter assessing the future this is a comprehensive introduction to the process & politics of global environmental policy making. Although discussions about the global environment are now a daily occurrence it remains a topic plagued by misinformation & ideologically skewed arguments. For nearly twenty years Global Environmental Politics" has provided an up-to-date accurate & unbiased introduction to the worlds most pressing environmental issues & the fifth edition continues this tradition. Offering a comprehensive yet concise overview of the environment & international politics this updated edition

Includes:: new material on the latest international environmental regimes the increasing problems that water quality & water scarcity are creating in the political arena & the growing role of the environment in global security. It is vital reading for anyone wishing to understand the current state of the field & to make informed decisions about which policies might best safeguard our environment for the future."

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A world expert on how trees chemically affect our environment Diana Beresford-Kroeger has woven together ecology ancient myth horticulture spirituality science & alternative medicine in The Global Forest" to capture their enormous significance to us
- & our future. From enormous native Savannah trees that create their own sunscreen to hedgerows that contain & entire chain of life this book shows us the power of the global forest. Trees absorb pollutants from the ground comb particulates from the air & house beneficial insects. But what they do chemically in the environment is something were only beginning to underst&. Trees not only breathe & communicate; they also reproduce heal & even nurture & each of these forty interlocking essays picks out a different aspect of the life of the forest explains it & then shows why it is so vitally important. Combining the precision of a scientist with the lyricism of a poet Diana Beresford-Kroeger has written an unforgettable work of natural history that shows how we really can save the Earth one tree at a time."
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WINNER of the 2006 Junior Aventis Prize for Science Books! The sixth title in the stunningly successful sequence that began in l 996 with THE GREAT GRAMMAR BOOK. THE GLOBAL GARDEN inspired by the Eden Project in Cornwall describes with flaps pop-up wizardry & superb illustrations how your jeans grew where sugar comes from what a chocolate tree looks like as well as many more things youll be amazed to discover. If you want to know about the world around you READ THIS BOOK. ...