Not for everyone the title of Prime Minister Foreign Secretary or other such hallowed callings; the vast majority of the House of Commons is made up of backbenchers
- the power behind the constitutionally elected throne. Here is a guide for anyone & everyone fascinated by the quirks & foibles of Westminster Palace covering all species of backbencher & providing every hardworking MP & political enthusiast with the know-how to survive life in Parliament. From how to address the crowd weather marital troubles & socialise at party conference to the all-important Backbenchers' Commandments How to be an MP is indispensable reading for anyone wishing to make a mark from the back bench & influence proceedings in the House. & in the process it provides the outsider with a riveting insight into life as a Member.
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This is a clear & concise guide to becoming an outstanding primary teacher in the true Ofsted meaning of the word. All of the time. Every lesson. This book contains lots of easy-to-introduce activities & techniques that will propel satisfactory & good lessons into the outstanding category
- not just when being observed but all the time. & the best news? This book tells you how to do it without spending lots more time planning researching & preparing 'out of this world' lessons. All of the activities have been tried-&-tested in the classroom & are divided into three areas: ideas for embedding or preparing 'by this time tomorrow' 'by this time next month' & 'by this time next term' so you can choose the activity you have time for. Each chapter focuses on a perennial issue in teaching & in inspection such as differentiation working with your Teaching Assistant & Assessment for Learning. There are dozens of starters & plenaries & useful websites & the author's own website offers resources to save you even more time. It is a must for all primary school teachers who want to become outstanding not just for the inspectors but for every child they teach. Books in the Outstanding Teaching" series contain lots of easy-to-introduce ideas & techniques to propel satisfactory & good teaching professionals into the outstanding category
- not just when being observed but all the time. & the best news? These books explain how to do it without spending lots more time planning researching & preparing. Edited by the Deputy Head of an Ofsted-rated Outstanding school all the activities have been tried-&-tested in schools. Each chapter focuses on a different perennial issue in teaching & in inspection such as differentiation Assessment for Learning & self-evaluation & are divided into ideas that are quick & easy to set up a bit more time needed & more preparation required so the reader can choose the activity they have time for. As well as starters & plenaries there are templates & other resources online to save practitioners even more time. It is a must for all teachers & leaders who want to become outstanding not just for the inspectors but for every child they teach."

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A thoroughly entertaining & informative guide to modern shooting etiquette. The author is the daughter of shooting legend Sir Joseph Nickerson & contributor to The Field. Inspired by beaters keepers pickers-up & shoot organisers the book encapsulates the art of being the perfect guest at a shoot from the moment an invitation arrives to tipping at the end of the day ...

Be confident self-assured & stand up for your right to be yourself. The ability to make clear decisions to approach your life with complete confidence & self-assurance & to believe in yourself are all crucial to success. & in both work & life assertiveness holds the key to your self-respect & self-esteem. This remarkable guide is packed with real-life examples motivating scenarios quick wins & loads of friendly advice that will show you how to make your voice heard take control of your destiny feel empowered & motivated & begin to live the life you want without apology. Learn powerful life-changing techniques to make sure your opinions are always respected; deal confidently & effectively with other people their assumptions & their demands. Learn to be decisive confident & self assured. Understand that whilst you have rights so do those around you. Learn to say what you mean mean what you say & know that you really do have the right to say no. How To Be Assertive is a fun read & a great friend to have around. Its written by two experienced down-to-earth & real-world experts & with just one read it really could change your life forever. ...

Sometimes being just good just isnt good enough. Sometimes we all need to be brilliant. In just 90 days How To Be Brilliant will show you how to change the way you think & behave so that you can embrace every day every experience & every opportunity with positivity energy enthusiasm & inspiration. Michael Heppell author of the bestselling book Flip It will introduce you to over 50 amazing tricks tips & tools that when properly applied will move you & your life on to a whole new exciting level. This is the level where you really shine. Its the level where you believe anything is possible. & its the level where you start living your dreams & becoming the person you always wished you could be. So dont just be good; learn to be brilliant & discover a better way of being. ...

A perennially popular collection of colour cartoon illustrations with accompanying texts on the endearing oddities of our British life & character. Drawing on their many years' experience of teaching English as a Foreign Language the authors also offer the wider world a tongue-in-cheek guide on how to get around in English & at the same time make sense of our 'funny ways'. It's a gentle brand of satire & although there's the occasional barbed arrow for bland food fashion disasters or dubious standards of hygiene the tone of The How To Be British Collection" is more nostalgic than scornful & the pet-loving royal-watching tea drinking characters that populate its pages are viewed with wry affection. Cartoons like " How to be Polite" & " How to Complain" have been reproduced in publications all over the world perhaps because they put a finger on that peculiar tentativeness that foreigners find so puzzling (and so funny) about us. In order to be British or at any rate to pass unnoticed in British society the visitor must learn not to 'make a fuss'. A fuss is something that the true Brit cannot st&. It is nearly as bad as a 'scene' & in the same category as 'drawing attention to yourself'. In the first frame of How To Be Polite a man -- presumably an uninitiated foreign visitor -- has fallen into a river. He's clearly in trouble & is shouting HELP! -- at the top of his voice judging by the speech bubble. An English gentleman is walking his dog along the river bank. There's a lifebelt prominently displayed beside them but the gent & his dog are walking away from the emergency with disapproving expressions. In the next frame the man in the river has changed his strategy & is calling out: " Excuse me Sir. I'm terribly sorry to bother you but I wonder if you would mind helping me a moment as long as it's no trouble of course...". & this time naturally the English gent is rushing to his aid throwing the lifebelt into the water. Even the dog is smiling. Much of the material in The " How to be British Collection" is about how cultural differences can prove a minefield for the unwary. To that extent its appeal
- in an age where so many of us travel & even set up home overseas
- is universal. Every visitor to Britain comes knowing that our favourite conversational gambit is the weather. But how many can successfully do it at 1) Elementary 2) Intermediate & 3) Advanced levels? The book's enduring popularity comes from the recognition factor -- how exposed we can be once we stray away from the comfort zone of our own native language. A hapless visitor phrase book in hand stops to ask an old lady in the street for directions. He looks pleased with himself for phrasing the question so nicely but then is utterly at a loss to understand her long rambling minutely detailed reply. We've all been there. To help the poor innocent abroad around these cultural & linguistic booby-traps the book

Includes:: on most pages collectible Expressions to learn & (of course) Expressions to avoid. Thus under the entry for Real English which negotiates the difficult area of colloquial speech including "idioms slang & even the occasional taboo word as used by flesh & blood native speakers" we find -- Expressions to learn:"'E nicked it off of a lorry & now the coppers 'ave done 'im for it." Expressions to avoid: " That's not correct English Mrs. Jones -- it says so here in my grammar book"."



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The Dalai Lamas message in this book is as renowned as he is himself: that compassion is essential for individuals & for the world. This is very much his subject for when we think of His Holiness we immediately think of the compassion he embodies & to which he has devoted his entire life. He suggests we pay close attention to the way we respond to everyone & to everything around us & explains how caring for others can be a profound source of happiness on an individual level which can then be extended outward in wider & wider circles. From here he goes on to describe basic mistakes (such as hatred towards others) that lead us into personal turmoil & interpersonal disruption. Then he asks us to examine the nature of consciousness so we understand how the transformation of our attitude is possible. Finally in typically practical fashion he suggests how we can implement compassion in our daily lives & go on to live with greater care & concern for all beings. ...

How can you be cool at work or in bed or in a bar or in a restaurant? What is cool when it comes to dating? Calling? Not calling? Standing in their garden with a placard & a megaphone? Coolness is a dark art & takes years of practice. But help is at h&. How To Be Cool is your trusty handbook for ineffable coolness in every eventuality. Award-winning comedian Will Smith is your guide through a world where a nifty quip a signature drink & an outright lie about how much you like Italian arthouse movies can make you feel like Johnny Depp rather than John Mc Cririck. Glaring social ineptitude will happily be a thing of the past. ...

Have you ever wondered why you bother to go to work? Why so much of consumer culture is crap? Whether there might be a better freer happier way to live our lives? If so this book is for you. Following up his cult bestseller How To Be Idle" Tom Hodgkinson takes us on an inspirational journey towards true freedom & happiness. Read " How To Be Free" & learn how to throw off the shackles of anxiety bureaucracy debt governments housework moaning pain poverty ugliness war & waste & much else besides." ...

How to be Good" is a dark & funny take on charity & what it means to live with someone good from bestselling author of " About a Boy" & " High Fidelity" Nick Hornby. "I am in a car park in Leeds when I tell my husband I dont want to be married to him any more..." (London GP). Katie Carr always thought she was a good person. With her husband David making a living as The Angriest Man in Holloway she figured she could put up with anything. Until that is David meets DJ Goodnews & becomes a good person too. A far-too-good person who starts committing crimes of charity like taking in the homeless & giving their kids toys away. Suddenly Katies feeling very bad about herself & thinking that if charity begins at home then maybe its time to move..." Pins you in your armchair ad wont let go..." How to be Good?" How to be bloody marvellous more like". (" Mail on Sunday"). " It does exactly what it says on the cover. Hornbys prose is artful & effortless his spiky wit as razored as a number-two cut". (" Independent"). " The writing is so funny & the set-pieces so brilliant... Hornbys best book since Fever Pitch". (Lynn Truss " The Times"). Nick Hornby has captivated readers & achieved widespread critical acclaim for his comic well-observed novels " About a Boy" "A Long Way Down" " Juliet Naked" " Slam" & " High Fidelity". His three works of non-fiction "31 Songs" (shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award) " Fever Pitch" (winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award) & " The Complete Polysyllabic Spree" are also available from Penguin." ...