Listed in the Sunday Times ' Books of the Year' & Daily Mail ' Biographies for Christmas 2011' Outsider is the life of a child boy adolescent student & young man in London between the Great Depression of the 30s & the sudden prosperity & social changes of the 60s affected by the moral attitudes of the day by the Blitz post-war austerity & the new freedoms of the later 50s that were resisted with such obstinacy by the old regime. It is about education in the almost forgotten sense of the pursuit of learning for its own sake. It is about the imposed experiences of school & National Service & the chosen experience of being a student at the Courtauld Institute under Johannes Wilde & Anthony Blunt. It is about sex pre-pubertal in adolescence & in early adulthood & the price to be paid for it. It is about art & the art market in the turbulent years of its change from the pursuit of well-connected gentleman to the professional occupation of experts. ...

Geordan Murphy does not come from the leafy suburbs of south Dublin or the rugby hotbeds of Limerick or Cork. As a teenager he played Gaelic football for Kildare minors. But his greatest love & his true genius was for rugby. Now nearing the end of a career that has seen him win over seventy Ireland caps
- a number that a great many supporters & pundits believe should be considerably higher
- & attain the captaincy of the top English club Leicester Geordan Murphy tells his own story for the first time. A delightful read...brilliant". (Rugby World). " Bright breezy entertaining & revealing". (Gerry Thornley " Irish Times"). " An open honest & entertaining book". ("RTE Guide")."

...

Jimmy Connors took the tennis world by storm like no player in the history of the game. A shaggy-haired working-class kid from the wrong side of the tracks he was prepared to battle for every point to shout & scream until he was heard & he didn't care whom he upset in doing so. He was brash he was a brat. He was a crowd-pleaser a revolutionary. & he won more tournaments
- an astonishing 109
- than any other man in history including eight Grand Slam singles titles. Only now is Connors ready to set the record straight on what really happened on & off the court. The rivalry with John Mc Enroe that frequently threatened to turn violent. His romance with Chris Evert which made them the sweethearts of the sport. The escapades with his partner in crime Ilie Nastase. The deep roots of the fierce determination that made him the best player on the planet. This is no genteel memoir of a pillar of the tennis establishment. Unflinching hard-hitting humorous & passionate this is the story of the one & only Jimmy Connors.

...

The Outsiders by S E Hinton is a ground-breaking timeless story by a brilliant writer. '...the hand at the back of my neck was strong. I'm drowning I thought.. .' The Socs' idea of having a good time is beating up Greasers like Ponyboy. Ponyboy knows what to expect & knows he can count on his brothers & friends
- until the night someone takes things too far. The original teenage rebel story. The 40th anniversary edition. S. E. Hinton was only seventeen when The Outsiders was first published in the USA. She grew up in Tulsa Oklahoma where the story takes place & lived in a borderline neighbourhood mixing with both greasers & socs. This experience helped her to understand the boys about whom she writes. The Outsiders was made into a major film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. S.E. Hinton went on to write several novels for teenagers including: Tex Rumble Fish & That Was Then This Is Now. Married with one son S.E. Hinton was the first recipient of the American Library Association's YASD/SLJ Award for her oustanding contribution to Young Adult Literature.
...

Winnie Monks has never forgotten
- or forgiven
- the death of a young agent on her team at the hands of a former Russian Army

...

Winnie Monks has never forgotten
- or forgiven
- the death of a young agent on her team at the hands of a former Russian Army

...

There are millions of idiots running around calling themselves Gurus. Evan is different. He goes in & simply gets it done the right way-legally quick & smart. Every company I start goes through Evan. I'd be crazy not to use him." -Peter Shankman Outsmarting Google Breakthrough Google site optimization techniques from one of the world's leading authorities on SEO! If you aren't at or near the top of Google searches you won't be found. Your companymight as well not exist. But many common Google "search optimization" techniques don't work-or even make things worse. In Outsmarting Google world-renowned search expert Evan Bailyn reveals real gritty up-to-the-minute tactics that helped him attract more than 50 000 000 visitors last year without spending a dime on advertising! You won't find any unethical "black hat" tricks here: only proven techniques that reflect comprehensive testing & extraordinary insight into Google's secret rules. Read this book: Discover the supercharged site optimization techniques Google doesn't want you to know! New high-profit SEO solutions for every marketer entrepreneur & site owner! * Uncover SEO myths & outdated techniques that no longer work * Leverage Google's deep knowledge of how & why people search * Integrate five core SEO ingredients: keywords links meta page title URL structure & time * Understand what's really involved in choosing the best keywords * Acquire links that help & avoid links from "bad neighborhoods" * " Age" your sites to build trust & escape the dreaded Google "sandbox" * Use Google Ad Words to cost-effectively complement SEO & cover your "long tail" * Convert SEO results into paying customers * Optimize for Facebook Twitter & You Tube * Improve performance on Bing & Yahoo! without compromising your Google ranking * Prepare for br&-new trends in personalized & real-time search" ...

The latest in the hugely popular series of think-out-of-the box brainteasers including Classic Lateral Thinking Challenges & Colorful Lateral Thinking Puzzles. Heres how you play the game & figure out these perplexing puzzles: take one of the scenarios & with the help of a friend who looks at the answer pose a series of yes & no questions until by a process of elimination & deduction you arrive at the solution. If you get stuck
- & everyone does from time to time
- there are additional clues to push you along. Keep trying & you will reach that glorious aha!" moment when everything becomes crystal clear. In no time at all youll have sharpened your wits...and become an accomplished lateral thinker."

...

Over the past decade the need for practical leadership skills has grown dramatically in both the private & public sectors. Outstanding leadership has become established as a key requirement for managers at all levels. Managers in organisations of all sizes are also expected to be effective leaders & performance-focused coaches. Outstanding leadership is a concise guide to leadership by business speaker Molly Harvey. It is the first title in the Seconds away from series a new collection of books that covers key management skills presenting the information in bite-sized nuggets that can be implemented straight away. Future titles in the series will cover skills such as partnering people management focus confidence & balance. ...

In England 'outstanding' is the term Ofsted uses to describe the very best lessons. Teaching outstanding lessons is an aspiration all teachers share not least because of the buzz they get from knowing that they have made a significant impact on their students. in highly successful lessons students are better motivated engaged & interested. They make excellent progress & their attainment levels improve. This cartoon-illustrated Pocketbook written in clear concise language for maximum impact is about how to teach 'stunning lessons that will make an impression on your pupils & knock the socks off your observers'. It begins by scotching some of the myths about what inspectors expect to see in a top-notch lesson focusing instead on the reality. Areas covered encompass: developing good relationships with pupils & seeking student feedback; planning great lessons including objectives starters activities & review; six steps to pupil independence; the use of praise & aspects of Af L to harness 'the X factor'; effective use of resources; expanding your repertoire of teaching techniques; communication skills; how to motivate students; using plenaries group work thinking skills & behaviour management techniques. The final chapter

Includes:: a helpful self-audit & offers advice on where to seek inspiration & on what reviewers are looking for in lesson observations. Author Caroline Bentley-Davies has been a middle leader in three schools a Local Authority Education Adviser & an educational consultant in the UK & overseas. She has run demonstration lessons in over 80 schools & conducts training sessions for teachers across a range of subject areas.

...