Perfect Written English is an indispensable guide to mastering grammar & improving your writing style. Written by Chris West a professional author & writing consultant it tells you everything you need to know about writing fluently & convincingly from the correct way to use commas to the most persuasive structure for an argument. With helpful tips on avoiding common mistakes & practical sections on writing everything from personal webpages to corporate sales reports Perfect Written English has all you need to make sure you get your message across elegantly & effectively. The Perfect series is a range of practical guides that give clear & straightforward advice on everything from getting your first job to choosing your baby's name. Written by experienced authors offering tried-&-tested tips each book contains all you need to get it right first time. ...

The new novel from Patrick Gale author of Richard & Judy-bestseller ' Notes from an Exhibition returning readers to his beloved Cornish coastline. ' Do you need me to pray for you now for a specific reason? 'I m going to die. ' We re all going to die. Does dying frighten you? 'I mean I m going to kill myself. When 20-year-old Lenny Barnes paralysed in a rugby accident commits suicide in the presence of Barnaby Johnson the much-loved priest of a West Cornwall parish the tragedy's reverberations open up the fault-lines between Barnaby & his nearest & dearest
- the gulfs of unspoken sadness that separate them all. Across this web of relations scuttles Barnaby's repellent nemesis
- a man as wicked as his prey is virtuous. Returning us to the rugged Cornish landscape of ' Notes from an Exhibition Patrick Gale lays bare the lives & the thoughts of a whole community & asks us: what does it mean to be good?

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The Perfectly Imperfect Home is a must-have guide to choosing the 80 essential items you need for furnishing & decorating your home expertly written by Deborah Needham founder of Domino magazine. Featuring original watercolour illustrations of decorators own homes the book sets out how to select everything from the big stuff (a doted-on bed a couch that will last generations) to quirky accents (an interesting-looking chair a mix of textiles on a table). It is often the individual pieces from chairs to china mirrors to vases that help you to express your personality add style & beauty to a home & make everyone in it feel comfortable glamorous & well-cared for. The inspiring design & approachable tone of The Perfectly Imperfect Home puts it a cut above the competition. Witty & wonderful essays & quick-reference sidebars highlight each of the 80 essentials offering histories offbeat uses & really useful styling tips. Decorating a home can be intimidating but here are 80 essentials that make it manageable & fun. ...

A Perfectly Imperfect Match Jared Winterset is not in the market for a wife...until he's thrown together with beautiful violinist Elizabeth. Soon they are enjoying themselves way too much but Elizabeth isn't sure it will last & Jared thinks their relationship is just fun. But they're about to learn that in a real love match both players can win... To Have the Doctor's Baby Nick Damian paediatric surgeon extraordinaire was stunned to see his beloved exwife Ryleigh Evans in his office. She thought he'd be the perfect person to father the baby she longed to have & it was the deal of a lifetime for Nick. He'd let Ryleigh slip out of his arms once before. It wasn't a mistake he would make a second time! ...

This is the second book in the Small Blue thing trilogy. Still recovering from her earlier brush with death Alexs source of strength & comfort is Callum still locked in a sad half-life after drowing in the river Fleet that flows into the Thames. & she needs all the strength & comfort she can get: someone is out to make her life a misery & someone is out to get hold of the extraordinary bracelet that enables her to communicate with Callum. ...

Performance" sizzles with the electric charge that passes between a great photographer & an incandescent artist when they share a purpose & a passion. The photographer Richard Avedon had in his own words a passion for high-definition performance & a faith in the religion of perpetual acceleration. Or as critic John Lahr says of Avedon He was ravished by the articulate energy of great performers. The preeminent stars & artists of the performing arts from the second half of the twentieth century offered Avedon their greatest gifts
- & sometimes their inner lives. More than two hundred of them are portrayed in " Performance" many in photographs that have rarely or never been seen before. Of course the great stars light the way: Hepburn & Chaplin Monroe & Garland Brando & Sinatra. But here too are the actors & comedians pop stars & divas musicians & dancers artists in all mediums with public lives that were & are essentially performances. The celebrated author & critic John Lahr offers an elegant assessment of Avedons achievement. Four supremely talented artists from the performing arts
- Mike Nichols Andre Gregory Mitsuko Uchida & Twyla Tharp
- contribute lively & moving memoirs about their collaborations with Avedon. Finally " Performance" is a remarkable achievement in book-making from its innovative portfolio binding to the superb quality of its printing."


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Released in 1970 Performance starred James Fox Mick Jagger & Anita Pallenberg. Chas a violent & psychotic East London gangster needs a place to lie low after a hit that should never have been carried out. He finds the perfect cover in the form of guest house run by the mysterious Mr Turner a one-time rock superstar who is looking for the right spark to rekindle his faded talent. A thorough analysis of the making of the film featuring original interviews with those involved. How Performance came about & the involvement of key players such as James Fox who journeyed into the criminal underworld & how real gangsters were involved in the research for the film. Reveals how Marlon Brando was originally considered for the role of Chas. The various conflicts & intrigues that arose during filming how the film was edited the censorship pressures the unseen footage & how it eventually made its way to the big screen. Critical reaction to the film & how it turned into a cult classic. An overview of the careers to date of directors Donald Cammell & Nicolas Roag. ...

This revolutionary introductory performance studies coursebook brings together classic texts in critical theory & shows how these texts can be used in the analysis of performance. The editors put their texts to work in examining such key topics as: * decoding the sign * the politics of performance * the politics of gender & sexual identity * performing ethnicity * the performing body * the space of performance * audience & spectatorship * the borders of performance. Each reading is clearly introduced making often complex critical texts accessible at an introductory level & immediately applicavble to the field of performance. The ideas explored within these readings are further clarified through innovative carefully tested exercises & activities. ...

The performance stability control & response of aircraft are key areas of aeronautical engineering. This book provides a comprehensive overview to the underlying theory & application of what are often perceived to be difficult topics. Initially it introduces the reader to the fundamental concepts underlying performance & stability including lift characteristics & estimation of drag before moving on to a more detailed analysis of performance in both level & climbing flight. Pitching motion is then described followed by a detailed discussion of all aspects of both lateral & longitudinal stability & response. It finishes with an examination of inertial cross-coupling & automatic control & stabilization. The student is helped to think in three

Dimensions throughout the book by the use of illustrative examples. The progression from one degree of freedom to six degrees of freedom is gradually introduced. The result is an approach dealing specifically with all aspects of performance stability & control that fills a gap in the current literature. It will be essential reading for all those embarking on degree level courses in aeronautical engineering & will be of interest to all with an interest in stability & dynamics including those in commercial flying schools who require an insight into the performance of their aircraft. It is ideal for undergraduate aeronautical engineers. Three-dimensional thinking is introduced through worked examples & simple situations.

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Can you imagine your organisation as a Ferrari or a McLaren a Toyota or a Force India? Your management team as a pit crew? Your sales force as the race team & your marketing & research department as the design studio creating a Formula 1 car? Formula 1 has an estimated turnover of $4bn employs 50 000 people in more than 30 countries & has a foothold in every major & developing economy. With performance as the central focus of every organization Performance at the Limit uses the case of Formula 1 motorsport as an example of how business can achieve optimal performance in highly competitive environments where dealing with change effectively is paramount. This second edition builds on the success of the first & contains a wealth of new material including many more interviews with Formula 1 drivers & other key executives active in the sport. ...