Life Class is Pat Barker's powerful & unforgettable story of art & war. Spring 1914. The students at the Slade School of Art gather in Henry Tonks' studio for his life-drawing class. But for Paul Tarrant the class is troubling underscoring his own uncertainty about making a mark on the world. When war breaks out & the army won't take Paul he enlists in the Belgian Red Cross just as he & fellow student Elinor Brooke admit their feelings for one another. Amidst the devastation in Ypres Paul comes to see the world anew
- but have his experiences changed him completely? Triumphant shattering inspiring". (The Times). " Barker writes as brilliantly as ever.. .with great tenderness & insight she conveys a wartime world turned upside down". (Independent on Sunday). " Vigorous masterly gripping". (Penelope Lively Independent). " Extraordinarily powerful". (Sunday Telegraph). Pat Barker was born in 1943. Her books include the highly acclaimed Regeneration trilogy comprising Regeneration which has been filmed The Eye in the Door which won the Guardian Fiction Prize & The Ghost Road which won the Booker Prize. The trilogy featured the Observer's 2012 list of the ten best historical novels. She is also the author of the more recent novels Another World Border Crossing Double Vision Life Class & Toby's Room. She lives in Durham."
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Diana Athill born in 1917 made her reputation as a writer with the candour of her memoirs; through her commitment in her words to understand to be aware to touch the truth. In a celebration of her life & writing Life Class" brings together four of her best-loved memoirs in one volume spanning her very English childhood her life & loves during World War II her publishing career at Andre Deutsch & her reflections on old age. Introduced by Ian Jack Diana Athills selected memoirs are a remarkable testament to an unusual & fully lived life." ...

If you are considering life coaching as a career this book provides a guide to creating & sustaining your practice a resource for coaching yourself towards a more fulfilled life & a reference & companion designed to serve you through your professional life. It sets out to promote a thorough understanding of what life coaching entails & to lead you through a course of applied neuro-linguistic programming techiques & exercises aimed at improving your coaching abilities. These include state control rapport-building metaphor meta-programs & meta-linguages. The book also introduces the spiral coaching model a new coaching tool that identifies & utilises peoples thinking patterns. ...

For decades Erik H. Erikson's concept of the stages of human development has deeply influenced the field of contemporary psychology. Here with new material by Joan M. Erikson is an expanded edition of his final work. The Life Cycle Completed eloquently closes the circle of Erikson's theories outlining the unique rewards & challenges
- for both individuals & society
- of very old age.

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In this title life & death collide in the stunning sequel to the breathtaking Dead Beautiful". Renee Winters has changed. ...

In 1988 Rosemary Bailey & her husband were travelling in the French Pyrenees when they fell in love with & subsequently bought a ruined medieval monastery surrounded by peach orchards & snow-capped peaks. Traces of the monks were everywhere in the frescoed 13th century chapel the buried crypt & the stone arches of the cloister. For the next few years the couple visited Corbiac whenever they could until 1997 they took the plunge & moved from central London to rural France with their six-year-old son. Entirely reliant on their earnings as freelance writers they put their Apple Macs in the room with the fewest leaks & sent Theo to the village school. With vision & determination they have restored the monastery to its former glory testing their relationship & resolve to the limit & finding unexpected inspiration in the place. This book is not just Rosemary Baileys account of the challenges of life in a small mountain community but also a celebration of the rugged beauty of French Catalonia the pleasures of Catalan cooking & an exploration of an alternative often magical world. ...

Reptiles & amphibians ruled the world for nearly 200 million years & today there are still over 12 500 of them. Some are huge the deadliest creatures on earth. Some are tiny among the strangest to be found anywhere. Together they not only outnumber mammals or birds but in their colourful variety & extraordinary behaviour they far surpass them. So where did these ancient creatures come from? How have they transformed themselves into the bizarre & beautiful forms that are alive today? & whats the secret of their epic success? In Life in Cold Blood David traces the story of their evolution & overturns the myth that these creatures are just primitive killers to reveal them for what they truly are. ...

A stunning vibrant & energetic celebration of photography & colour from National Geographic. Edited by Annie Griffiths who ...

In todays caffeine-charged jet-fuelled celebrity-a-minute world who actually has the time to learn a thing or two? Cmon lets face it lifes too bloody short. What you need is instant knowledge. Told in ingenious pictograms that are witty provocative & to the point Life in Five Seconds takes over 200 important events inventions great lives wonders of the natural world & cultural icons that you really need to know about & then
- hey presto!
- cuts away all the useless details. The result is a hilarious visual snapshot that puts all of life into context. Youll laugh out loud as you identify everything from Satan to Santa Claus; Beethoven to Banksy; the Great Wall of China to the Berlin Wall; Elvis Ikea videogames & everything in-between. This is the perfect book for anyone with a sense of humour...and a short attention span.

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During World War Two the Special Operation Executives French Section sent more than 400 agents into Occupied France -- at least 100 never returned & were reported Missing Believed Dead after the war. Twelve of these were women who died in German concentration camps -- some were tortured some were shot & some died in the gas chambers. Vera Atkins had helped prepare these women for their missions & when the war was over she went out to Germany to find out what happened to them & the other agents lost behind enemy lines. But while the woman who carried out this extraordinary mission appeared quintessentially English she was nothing of the sort. Vera Atkins who never married covered her life in mystery so that even her closest family knew almost nothing of her past. In A LIFE IN SECRETS Sarah Helm has stripped away Veras many veils & -- with unprecedented access to official & private papers & the cooperation of Veras relatives -- vividly reconstructed an extraordinary life. ...