Short-listed for the Orange Award for New Writers & long-listed for the Orange Prize It is 1917 in the South Dakota Badlands & summer has been hard. Fourteen years have passed since Rachel & Isaac Du Pree left Chicago to stake a claim in this unforgiving l&. Isaac a former Buffalo Soldier is fiercely proud: black families are rare in the West & black ranchers even rarer. But it hasnt rained in months the cattle bellow with thirst & supplies are dwindling. Pregnant & struggling to feed her family Rachel is isolated by more than just geography. She is determined to give her surviving children the life they deserve but she knows that her husband will never leave his ranch. Moving & majestic The Personal History of Rachel Du Pree is an unforgettable novel about love & loyalty homeland & belonging. Above all it is the story of one womans courage in the face of the most punishing adversity. ...

This new edition of Personal Injury Litigation deals with the new rules governing road traffic claims & contains useful guidance & checklists for both claimants & defendants dealing with these claims. This fourth edition not only brings this much used book up-to-date but enhances the original text by introducing chapters on limitation & fatal accident claims. A section on the common pitfalls & how to avoid them will help practitioners ensure that their cases run smoothly. Personal Injury Litigation provides a wide ranging introduction to the major elements of personal injury litigation. It deals with liability damages & procedure. It gives practical guidance on dealing with the new procedure for low value claims in road traffic cases & provides summaries & checklists for both claimants & defendants. The more difficult areas such as costs limitation & fatal accidents are also covered with guidance on important issues like serving proceedings & drafting witness statements. Personal Injury Litigation is an invaluable asset to trainees newly qualified solicitors & paralegals & assumes no prior knowledge of the subject. It will also act as a practical guide for the busy practitioner. ...

This revised & expanded edition of the bestselling book The Personal MBA" by Josh Kaufman gives you everything you need to transform your business your career or your working life forever. An MBA at a top school is an enormous investment in time effort & cold hard cash. & if you don't want to work for a consulting firm or an investment bank the chances are it simply isn't worth it. Josh Kaufman is the rogue professor of modern business education. Feted by everyone from the business media to Seth Godin & David Allen he's torn up the rulebook & given thousands of people worldwide the tools to teach themselves everything they need to know. " The Personal MBA" teaches simple mental models for every subject that's key to commercial success. From the basics of products sales & marketing & finance to the nuances of human psychology teamwork & creating systems this book distils everything you need to know to take on the MBA graduates & win. " File this book under: No Excuses". (Seth Godin author of "violet Cow" & " Linchpin"). " Finally here's a GBP10.99 MBA. Well on its way to becoming a business classic. You're pretty much guaranteed to get your money's worth
- if not much much more". (Jason Hesse " Real Business"). " Josh Kaufman has synthesized the most important topics in business into a book that truly lives up to its title. It's rare to find complicated concepts explained with such clarity. Highly recommended". (Ben Casnocha author of " My Start-Up Life"). Josh Kaufman is an acclaimed blogger & consultant who helps people improve their business skills. He previously worked at Proctor & Gamble. Since 2005 Josh has been helping people learn about business without remortgaging their lives through his website."
...

An essential text for the AAT Level 4 Diploma in Accounting (Personal Taxation). This clear easy-to-read text is written closely to the syllabus & covers the 2012/13 tax year (Finance Act 2012). We understand that the AAT plan to assess this legislation from January 2013 to March 2014. Tutors & students are advised to check this with the AAT. ...

An essential text for the AAT Level 4 Diploma in Accounting (Personal Taxation). This clear easy-to-read text is written closely to the syllabus & covers the 2012/13 tax year (Finance Act 2012). We understand that the AAT plan to assess this legislation from January 2013 to March 2014. Tutors & students are advised to check this with the AAT. ...

Personality Individual Differences & Intelligence 2nd Edition offers accessible & in-depth coverage of classic & contemporary issues & actively encourages students to develop skills in critical analysis. All chapters have been extensively revised to include the latest research. This new edition

Includes:: four new chapters covering Health Psychology Well being & Personality Disorders Contemporary Ideas & Debates in Personality & Psychometric Testing. The book

Includes:: a range of pedagogical features to engage students stimulate interest & support learning at different levels. In addition the book is supported by a fantastic companion website which

Includes:: a range of exam & essay questions to allow students to consolidate their understanding weblinks & commentary on online journals to help students better understand the research process in the field & three chapters are available exclusively online: Academic Argument & Thinking Statistical Terms & Research Ethics.





...

Personality Development is a comprehensive overview of infant observation & personality development. It starts at inter-utero life & goes through to adulthood focusing on the emotional tasks involved at each stage of development & the interplay of internal processes & external circumstances. Contents include: * intra-uterine life & the experience of birth * babyhood: becoming a person in the family * the toddler & the wider world * the latency period. Using clinical & observational material it will be of interest to those teaching personality development courses as well as mental health & child care professionals. ...

Each of the following statements relates to one of the four basic personality types: Melancholy Phlegmatic Sanguine & Choleric. Which do you relate to most? * I am well organised & keep everything in its proper place. * I find it hard to express excitement even about something that's really important to me. * Sometimes I forget where I parked the car. * I get annoyed when my employees don't follow my instructions to the letter. In this revised & expanded edition Florence Littauer provides valuable insight into your God-given personality & reveals how your unique blend of traits affects your emotions work performance & relationships. She also provides keys to understanding those around you. You will discover how to accept
- & even enjoy
- the traits that make each of us so different. Personality Plus is the tool you need to change your life for the better.

...

The fairytale ending was just the beginning... Jessie Woods absolutely believes in fairytale endings. So would you if you had a recession-proof career as a daredevil TV host a palatial pink mansion & the dream boyfriend. But quicker than you can say Cinderella her life falls to pieces & suddenly her prince isnt quite so charming her party-loving friends disappear & even her faithful friend Visa no longer loves her... Utterly heartbroken & jobless Jessie is forced back home to live with her stepmum & two evil stepsisters. Is it time for her to give up on the dream
- or will Jessie learn that happy endings can come in the strangest of places? Avons hot new acquisition presents a tale of princes who turn out to be frogs Manolo Blahnik glass slippers & not-so-happily-ever-afters...
...

From sketches through to final paintings Geoff Kersey shows how to incorporate linear & arial perspective how to create depth & distance with light & shade & how to breath a sense of realism into a picture. Flat dull landscapes can be changed into vibrant scenes full of life with sunlight & shadows; distance can be enhanced by placing warm colours in the foreground & cool colours in the background; foreground detail & soft background images can lead your eye into a picture. There are many more tricks which can be used to create an illusion of a three dimensional scene. Fields trees roads rivers bridges buildings harbours--whatever the subject you will need to learn about perspective depth & distance. ...