Like many young women Grace Barnum's life is a precarious mix of sensible choices & uncomfortable compromise. She dutifully edits children's textbooks that she fears may be more harmful than helpful. She is engaged to a patent attorney with whom she has a reliable relationship. She's wary of her fascinating father a renowned New York painter & she prefers her mother slightly drunk. Always organised always a planner Grace carries her life around in a handbag
- that is until the responsibility-challenged Tyler Wilkie shows up with his warm eyes & a smile that makes Grace drop things. Worst of all he writes tender loving devastating songs
- about her. Tyler reaches something in Grace something she needs but can't admit to. Something she wants but won't succumb to. Falling in love with him would ruin everything. & yet...

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A Hollywood biopic about the life of computer pioneer Grace Murray Hopper (1906--1992) would go like this: a young professor abandons the ivy-covered walls of academia to serve her country in the Navy after Pearl Harbor & finds herself on the front lines of the computer revolution. She works hard to succeed in the all-male computer industry is almost brought down by personal problems but survives them & ends her career as a celebrated elder stateswoman of computing a heroine to thousands hailed as the inventor of computer programming. Throughout Hoppers later years the popular media told this simplified version of her life story. In Grace Hopper & the Invention of the Information Age Kurt Beyer reveals a more authentic Hopper a vibrant & complex woman whose career paralleled the meteoric trajectory of the postwar computer industry. Both rebellious & collaborative Hopper was influential in male-dominated military & business organizations at a time when women were encouraged to devote themselves to housework & childbearing. Hoppers greatest technical achievement was to create the tools that would allow humans to communicate with computers in terms other than ones & zeroes. This advance influenced all future programming & software design & laid the foundation for the development of user-friendly personal computers. ...

An illustrated celebration of Grace Kelly one of Hollywoods brightest stars is already long overdue. This book will also coincide with two significant anniversaries: 2006 sees 50 years since she married Prince Rainier & 2007 is the 25th anniversary of her death. The book will include a detailed biography & over 160 pictures & contact sheets many of which are reproduced for the first time. H&-written documents & famous"es on & from Grace Kelly complement impressive iconographic research (family pictures national archives private collections press agencies newspapers). Also included are images & contact sheets from prestigious photographers all of which give us a highly individual portrait of a cinematic legend. ...

Synonymous with cool elegance & impeccable good taste Grace Kelly remains a style icon of the twentieth century. This book is the first to explore exclusively Grace Kelly's personal style & how she carefully cultivated her public image through dress. The three sections looking at Grace Kelly as an actress bride & princess introduce her unrivalled wardrobe from spectacular film costumes meticulously tailored suits & American casual wear to glamorous ballgowns designed by couturiers such as Givenchy Balenciaga & Dior. A fascinating range of illustrations including film stills dress details & formal portraits accompany H. Kristina Haugland's engaging text as it charts Grace Kelly's unique influence on twentieth century fashion. ...

It's Queen Titania's & King Oberon's 1000th jubilee & the seven Party Fairies are in charge of making the celebratory party extra-special! However naughty Jack Frost has decided to sabotage the celebrations by hosting his own party & in order to make his bigger & better than the kings & queen's he has sent his naughty goblins to steal each of the seven Party Fairies' magical party bags...if he succeeds the Fairyland celebrations will be ruined! Can Kirsty & Rachel help Grace the Glitter Fairy to rescue her party bag so that the king & queen's party can be full of magical sparkles & glitter? ...

In a world where people born with an exceptional skill known as a Grace are feared & exploited Katsa carries the burden of a skill even she despises: the Grace of killing. She lives under the command of her Uncle Randa King of the Middluns & is expected to carry out his dirty work punnishing & torturing anyone who displeases him. Breaking arms & cutting off fingers are her stock-in-trade. Finding life under his rule increasingly unbearable Katsa forms an underground Council whose purpose is to combat the destructive behaviour of the seven kings
- after all the Middluns is only one of the Seven Kingdoms each of them ruled by their own king & his personal agenda for power. When the Council hears that the King of Liend's father has been kidnapped Katsa investigates.. .and stumbles across a mystery. Who would want to kidnap him & why? & who was the extraordinary Graced fighter who challenged her fighting skills for the first time as she & the Council rushed the old man to saftey? Something dark & deadly is rising in the north & creeping across the continent & behind it all lurks the shadowy figure of a one-eyed king.. .
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In a world where people born with an exceptional skill known as a Grace are feared & exploited Katsa carries the burden of a skill even she despises: the Grace of killing. She lives under the command of her Uncle Randa King of the Middluns & is expected to carry out his dirty work punnishing & torturing anyone who displeases him. Breaking arms & cutting off fingers are her stock-in-trade. Finding life under his rule increasingly unbearable Katsa forms an underground Council whose purpose is to combat the destructive behaviour of the seven kings
- after all the Middluns is only one of the Seven Kingdoms each of them ruled by their own king & his personal agenda for power. When the Council hears that the King of Liend's father has been kidnapped Katsa investigates.. .and stumbles across a mystery. Who would want to kidnap him & why? & who was the extraordinary Graced fighter who challenged her fighting skills for the first time as she & the Council rushed the old man to saftey? Something dark & deadly is rising in the north & creeping across the continent & behind it all lurks the shadowy figure of a one-eyed king.. .
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Collins New GCSE Maths Edexcel Linear Grade C Booster Workbook provides extra support for students to achieve a Grade C in mathematics. The write-in format with answers in a tear-out section makes it easy to use & revise. * Written by a trusted maths teacher & author Collins New GCSE Maths Edexcel Linear Grade C Booster Workbook is perfect for students on the D / C borderline who want to make sure they get their Grade C. * Lots of questions at Grade C (with some Grade D & some Grade B) help students focus on the key topics required to get their grade. * Assess how well students are doing with Grade progression maps that clearly show how to move from a Grade D toC. * More in-depth questions assess students understanding & test problem-solving & functional maths skills * Perfect for revision booster classes retakes intervention groups. ...

Warm-ups technical exercises & studies are an essential part of all brass players training
- building stamina as well as establishing
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Employers want to fill their top management posts with candidates of the highest calibre. Any mistake in their recruitment process can mean wasteful costs in both time & money. Consequently recruitment to any management post is by rigorous selection often including a range of psychometric tests. The Graduate Psychometric Test Workbook" provides essential preparation for graduates or managers who face psychometric tests whether as part of selection or assessment procedures. With correct training & practice a candidate can improve on their expected score & this workbook provides that opportunity. A companion to the best-selling " How to Pass Graduate Psychometric Tests" it contains even more practice material & realistic timed mock tests relevant to the selection tests of many top organizations. The larger format allows space for writing answers & notes & there are detailed explanations of answers with interpretations of scores." ...