Whether you've been planning your escape for years or are suddenly forced into retirement this highly readable & informative book will help you to make the most of it. With modern culture geared to time filled with work retiring often initiates a seismic change in lifestyle. The mental impact can be huge affecting your identity relationships & well being. Carol Hagland explains why we don't need to fear the slow down & how we can prepare for & thrive in our years away from work. ...

The action takes place at a succession of social gatherings dinner parties teas sherry hours & a dance in the local pub reminiscent of the one in Austens Emma. The retreat of the gentry continues now however buoyed up by the return of Mr Churchill & Us to the government. Despite this it gradually dawns that hard times do not disappear & an uneasy feeling that the past cannot be recaptured lurks in the background. We have our usual complement of requited & unrequited love. The marriage of Charles Belton & Clarissa Graham is finally brought about by the efforts of friends & relatives to the vast relief of the whole county. Grace Grantly (of Trollopes Grantlys) brings a much appreciated dowry to Lord Ludovic Lufton leaving Eric Swan mildly heartbroken. Minor characters of the whole downstairs portion of society continue to reappear -- take note of Edna & Doris Thatcher & their children of shame a delightfully un-PC characterisation. ...

Stitch Up a Smile! You cant help but feel happy while whipping up these charming felt & fabric projects! With a few simple stitches & some basic materials youll be crafting in no time at all. From plush animals to electronics cozies to curtains & pillows youll love filling your home with bright & colorful crafty creations! Inside youll find: Step-by-step instructions & photography that make stitching a breeze! 30 different projects perfect for gift-giving home decoration & creative crafting. An embroidery stitch library that puts all the basic stitches for embellishing your handmade treasures at your fingertips So gather your felt fabric & floss & stitch up a little happiness! ...

If the burlesque stripper with her bawdy spirit & unruly insubordination has emerged for many as a new empowering model for the sexually aware woman then she also strikes horror in the heart of second wave feminism. Embodied by high profile artistes such as Dita von Teese & Catherine DLish the explosive revival of striptease burlesque & overt female sexual performance has proved no less alluring to a new generation of women artists familiar with the provocative work of 70s performance artists such as Hannah Wilke & Carolee Schneeman. Eloquent on prettiness & power desire & knowingness money sex & class & with an extensive knowledge of burlesques rich tradition Willson raises long overdue questions about womens erotic expression within a postfeminist condition. The new burlesque demands above all a response
- this fresh brazen provocative book at last provides it.
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Meet Nick Sax a corrupt intoxicated ex-cop turned hit-man adrift in a stinking twilight world of casual murder soulless sex eczema & betrayal. With a hit gone wrong a bullet in his side the cops & the mob on his tail & a monstrous child killer in a Santa suit on the loose Nick & his world will be changed forever this Christmas
- by a tiny blue horse called Happy! It collects issues numbered 1-4 of the mini-series.
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When we speak of an individual's state we are actually referring to something that transcends the duality of the body & soul something that reflects the entirety of a person's being. Because each of us is a unity of body & soul there is no psychic structure or inner tension that is not reflected outwardly in the form & order of the body. When we find the physical centre of the body we also find the psychological centre of the soul. According to Zen masters by correcting posture & breathing to balance this centre one can cultivate inner tranquillity & balance: the state called Hara. In Hara Karlfried Graf Durckheim shows the Western world how to overcome the physical & spiritual decay of modern life by adopting the age-old techniques of Japanese Zen masters. By leaving behind the chest out
- belly in" posture & attitude of the west & adopting the belly-centred posture & attitude of Hara individuals can live a calm grounded & more balanced life. Included in this classic text are vital life force practices & translations of the wisdom teachings of three Japanese Zen masters. This book also explores how the practice of Hara emphasises empirical learning & the cultivation of self-knowledge through the perfection of arts such as painting & archery."
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Scarborough 1880. Jeannie spends her days watching the harbour girls
- mending nets gutting herring
- & waiting for Ethan Wharton

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Home heart & family. Sherryl Woods knows what truly matters Shanna Carlyle loves working in her little bookshop on Main Street; it's a new start & for a jaded city girl it's nice to be at the heart of such a welcoming community. When Kevin O' Brien walks into her shop Shanna immediately recognises him as a wounded soul. She's had far too much experience with the type. Although her head tells her she should leave him to his own problems her heart reaches out as she sees him struggle with his role as a newly single father. Everyone knows the O' Brien family can't help but meddle & matchmake at every turn! Then just as the barriers are falling someone from Shanna's past appears. Confronted with a threat to their hard-won serenity Kevin & Shanna face their toughest challenge yet
- learning to trust again. Healing families healing hearts. In Chesapeake second chances happen in the most unexpected ways.
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You'll start this diet to lose weight. You'll stay on it because you'll feel healthier than you can ever remember
- & you'll lose
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Tab nabs were the biscuits dished out in the mess rooms of ships in the merchant navy. If a helmsman was asked if the ships helm was hard a-starboard or hard a-port he often would reply Hard a tab nab sir." Master Mariner J. R. de L. Inniss has spent a lifetime sailing the worlds oceans first as a boy seaman on the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious in the mid 1950s & then working his way up through the ranks of the merchant navy. He saw the great days of British shipping & was able to adapt to the great changes that transformed the merchant marine during his long career. There were long hours of very hard work hardly any sleep & at times atrocious feeding; but the seafaring life also lived up to its reputation for excitement & adventure with a good deal of fun & laughter along the way." ...