Put a cup of tea in your hand & what else can you do but sit down? This wonderful new book is a celebration of that most British of lifes cornerstones: taking a break putting your feet up & having a breather. There is however a third element that any perfect sit down requires & it is this: biscuits. As Nicey so rightly points out a cup of tea without a biscuit is a missed opportunity. Finding the right biscuit for the right occasion is as much an art as it is a science & it is a task that Nicey has selflessly worked on for most of his tea drinking life. From dunking to the Digestive the Iced Gem to the Garibaldi everything youll ever need to know about biscuits is in this book & quite a lot more besides. Is the Jaffa Cake a cake or a biscuit? & have Wagon Wheels really got smaller since your childhood or have you just got bigger? Unstintingly researched Nicey & Wifeys Nice Cup of Tea & a Sit Down does exactly what it says on the biscuit tin. So go on. Take a weight off put the kettle on & enjoy. ...

How women can overcome the pressure to please others & feel free to be their true selves Are you too nice for your own good? Do family members manipulate you? Do coworkers take advantage of you? If this sounds familiar read The Nice Girl Syndrome. In this breakthrough guide renowned author & therapist Beverly Engel who has helped thousands of women recognize & leave emotionally abusive relationships can show you how to take control of your life & take care of yourself. Engel explains that women today simply cannot afford to be Nice Girls because women who are too nice send the message that they are easy targets & are much more likely to be victimized emotionally physically & sexually. She identifies the seven different types of Nice Girls & helps you understand which type or types might apply to you. Engel helps you determine whether the Nice Girl Syndrome is keeping you in an abusive relationship or in manipulative situations & helps you change Nice Girl beliefs & behaviors that are holding you back.* Shows you how to confront the beliefs & behaviors that keep you stuck in a Nice Girl act as you replace them with healthier more empowering ones*

Includes:: inspiring stories of women Engel has worked with who have found the courage & strength to stop taking abuse & start standing up for themselves* This book will challenge entertain & empower its readers."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)* Written by renowned author & therapist Beverly Engel who has helped thousands of women recognize & leave emotionally abusive relationships Filled with wise advice powerful exercises & practical prescriptions The Nice Girl Syndrome shows you step by step how to take control of your life & be your own strong woman."

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Talking dirty doesnt need to be dirty. This fun & sexy guide for the shy or experienced offers a step-by-step approach that teaches couples to increase intimacy so they can maintain their comfort level even as they up the verbal stimulation during sex to super erotic. Give your love making an erotic boost by learning to express your passion during sex. Talking dirty doesnt need to make you feel dirty. This sexy & fun guide shows how to increase intimacy so you can verbalize your way to a wildly enhanced sexual experience without making you or your lover feel uncomfortable. Having taught hundreds of women in her popular workshops author Dr. Ruth Neustifter has firsthand experience showing women like you how to overcome natural shyness & balance the contradictory cultural expectations that require you to be both nice & naughty. Featuring sample scripts that range from innocent to extreme The Nice Girls Guide to Talking Dirty" provides everything you need to bring more passion into your sex life by incorporating seductive & titillating phrases that send your lovers passion soaring." ...

One of the most inspiring talents to emerge from British pop culture Jessie Js message is loud & clear: be strong be determined & never shy away from Who You Are. An international sensation & a multi-award-winning superstar she took the music industry by storm selling 11 million singles & 2.5 million albums worldwide. In this fully illustrated & highly personal book Jessie J tells her own story in her own words with all the strength honesty & passion you would expect. This is Jessie Js real story opening the doors on the individuality & unique voice that have made her an inspiration to young women around the world. She talks openly about her health issues & a heart condition her thoughts on body images & how she discovered her own identity whilst breaking into one of the worlds most competitive industries. The bold & intimate tale of this young woman will shock & enthral as she delivers her personal message with an unshakable confidence & modesty that will her place in pop culture as a much-loved star. ...

One of the most inspiring talents to emerge from British pop culture Jessie J's message is loud & clear: be strong be determined & never shy away from Who You Are. An international sensation & a multi-award-winning superstar she took the music industry by storm selling 11 million singles & 2.5 million albums worldwide. In this fully illustrated & highly personal book Jessie J tells her own story in her own words with all the strength honesty & passion you would expect. This is Jessie J's real story opening the doors on the individuality & unique voice that have made her an inspiration to young women around the world. She talks openly about her health issues & a heart condition her thoughts on body images & how she discovered her own identity whilst breaking into one of the world's most competitive industries. The bold & intimate tale of this young woman will shock & enthral as she delivers her personal message with an unshakable confidence & modesty that will cement her place in pop culture as a much-loved star. ...

Niche Tourism" examines one of the fastest growing areas within the tourism sector. This book provides an integrated picture of speciality/niche tourism as a whole looking at both the 'macro' & 'micro' niche area. It has a comprehensive theoretical framework & discusses initiatives policies & strategies adopted internationally. With an emphasis on linking theory to practice it is underpinned by up-to-date international case studies from around the world. Divided into 3 parts it covers a variety of aspects under the headings of special interest tourism tradition & culture base tourism & activity-based tourism. This is the only book to provide an integrated picture of speciality/niche tourism as a whole. It examines one of the fastest growing areas of the tourism sector. It looks at a vast array of aspects of tourism from dark tourism looking at 'ground zero' in the US gastronomic tourism in the Yarra Valley Australia to tribal tourism in Africa." ...

In this commanding book Robert K Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of imperial Russia to tell the story of the Romanovs. Nicholass political naivete Alexandras obsession with the corrupt mystic Rasputin & little Alexiss brave struggle with haemophilia. Against a lavish backdrop of luxury & intrigue Massie unfolds a powerful drama of passion & history
- the story of a doomed empire & the death-marked royals who watched it crumble.
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Glasgow 1492. Gil Cunningham remarked later that if he had known he would find a corpse in the university coalhouse he would never have gone to the Arts Faculty feast. In this mysterious adventure Gil Cunningham returns to his old university for the Nicholas Feast where he & his colleagues are entertained by a play presented by some of the students. One of the actors William Irvine is later found murdered & Gil assisted by Alys begins to disentangle a complex web of espionage & blackmail involving Williams tutors & fellow students. Matters are further complicated by the arrival of Gils formidable mother who is determined to inspect his betrothed. Little do Alys & Gil realise that it will be she who provides the final vital key to unmask the murderer & lay his motives clear. ...

Following the success of Pickwick Papers & Oliver Twist Nicholas Nickleby was hailed as a comic triumph & firmly established Dickens as a literary gentleman. It has a full supporting cast of delectable characters that range from the iniquitous Wackford Squeers & his family to the delightful Mrs Nickleby taking in the eccentric Crummles & his travelling players the Mantalinis the Kenwigs & many more. Combining these with typically Dickensian elements of burlesque & farce the novel is eminently suited to dramatic adaptation. So great was the impact as it left Dickens pen that many pirated versions appeared in print before the original was even finished. Often neglected by critics Nicholas Nickleby has never ceased to delight readers & is widely regarded as one of the greatest comic masterpieces of nineteenth-centure literature. ...

One of the touchstones of the English comic novel the Penguin Classics" edition of Charles Dickens " Nicholas Nickleby" is edited with an introduction by Mark Ford. When Nicholas Nickleby is left penniless after his fathers death he appeals to his wealthy uncle to help him find work & to protect his mother & sister. But Ralph Nickleby proves both hard-hearted & unscrupulous & Nicholas finds himself forced to make his own way in the world. His adventures gave Dickens the opportunity to portray an extraordinary gallery of rogues & eccentrics: Wackford Squeers the tyrannical headmaster of Dotheboys Hall a school for unwanted boys the slow-witted orphan Smike rescued by Nicholas the pretentious Mantalinis & the gloriously theatrical Mr & Mrs Crummels & their daughter the infant phenomenon. Like many of Dickens novels " Nicholas Nickleby" is characterised by his outrage at cruelty & social injustice but it is also a flamboyantly exuberant work whose loose haphazard progress harks back to the picaresque novels of Tobias Smollett & Henry Fielding. In his introduction Mark Ford compares " Nicholas Nickleby" to eighteenth-century picaresque novels & examines Dickens criticism of the Yorkshire schools his social satire & use of language. This edition

Includes:: the original illustrations by Phiz Dickens original preface to the work a chronology & a list of further reading. Charles Dickens is one of the best-loved novelists in the English language whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2012. His most famous books including " Oliver Twist" " Great Expectations" "A Tale of Two Cities" " David Copperfield" & " The Pickwick Papers" have been adapted for stage & screen & read by millions. If you enjoyed " Nicholas Nickleby" you might like Dickens " David Copperfield" also available in " Penguin Classics". " The novel has everything: an absorbing melodrama with a supporting cast of heroes villains & eccentrics set in a London where vast wealth & desperate poverty live cheek-by-jowl." (Jasper Rees " The Times")."

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