This book is a compilation of prayers poems & reflections on grief & grieving to help the grieving person to put his or her feelings into words. With classic texts from the Bible & other prayers & poems from around the world this book makes the perfect gift for a bereaved person & will be an indispensable resource for those working with the bereaved (e.g. pastors funeral directors chaplains etc.). The content is organised thematically with chapters on for example:
- Give Sorrow Words
- Love Immortal
- Do Not Stand at My Grave & Weep
- Comfort & Consolation



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The fun & easy way to learn pre-calculus Getting ready for calculus but still feel a bit confused? Have no fear. Pre-Calculus For Dummies is an un-intimidating hands-on guide that walks you through all the essential topics from absolute value & quadratic equations to logarithms & exponential functions to trig identities & matrix operations. With this guide's help you'll quickly & painlessly get a handle on all of the concepts
- not just the number crunching
- & understand how to perform all pre-calc tasks from graphing to tackling proofs. You'll also get a new appreciation for how these concepts are used in the real world & find out that getting a decent grade in pre-calc isn't as impossible as you thought. * Updated with fresh example equations & detailed explanations* Tracks to a typical pre-calculus class* Serves as an excellent supplement to classroom learning If the fun & easy way to learn pre-calc" seems like a contradiction get ready for a wealth of surprises in Pre-Calculus For Dummies!"

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Pre-Code Hollywood explores the fascinating period in American motion picture history from 1930 to 1934 when the commandments of the Production Code Administration were violated with impunity in a series of wildly unconventional films -- a time when censorship was lax & Hollywood made the most of it. Though more unbridled salacious subversive & just plain bizarre than what came afterwards the films of the period do indeed have the look of Hollywood cinema -- but the moral terrain is so off-kilter that they seem imported from a parallel universe. In a sense Doherty avers the films of pre-Code Hollywood are from another universe. They lay bare what Hollywood under the Production Code attempted to cover up & push offscreen: sexual liaisons unsanctified by the laws of God or man marriage ridiculed & redefined ethnic lines crossed & racial barriers ignored economic injustice exposed & political corruption assumed vice unpunished & virtue unrewarded -- in sum pretty much the raw stuff of American culture unvarnished & unveiled. No other book has yet sought to interpret the films & film-related meanings of the pre-Code era -- what defined the period why it ended & what its relationship was to the country as a whole during the darkest years of the Great Depression...and afterward. ...

The paintings of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood are widely known & loved but this book newly available in paperback presents a comprehensive survey of the intimate world of the Pre-Raphaelites drawings. Works by Dante Gabriel Rossetti William Holman Hunt & John Everett Millais are set beside those of their followers Edward Burne-Jones William Morris & Ford Madox Brown as well as lesser-known figures such as James Collinson & Frederick Sandys. Copiously illustrated with Pre-Raphaelite drawings from public & private collections around the UK the book features an illuminating text by the renowned art historian Colin Cruise offering a fresh & intimate perspective on this much-loved group of artists. Highly readable a fresh & intimate look at a compelling subject". (" Good Book Guide"). "A lasting contribution to the study of Pre-Raphaelite drawings". (" The Burlington Magazine"). " Packed with illustrations & an illuminating text". ("RA Magazine"). "A totally rewarding book in every way: it is a joy to look at & a delight to read". (" Artist")." ...

Few artistic movements capture classic notions of beauty as romantically as the Pre-Raphaelites
- a group of nineteenth-century
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This is an illustrated exploration of the artists their lives & contexts with a gallery of 290 of their greatest paintings. It offers a vivid account of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood who sought to defy the modern aesthetic & to return to classical artistic ideals. It

Includes:: fascinating biographies of key members of the brotherhood including John Everett Millais Dante Gabriel Rossetti William Holman Hunt & Ford Madox Brown among others. It features a beautiful gallery of all of the Pre-Raphaelites most significant works accompanied by an in-depth analysis of their style & technique. It explores the ethos of the Pre-Raphaelite movement how it was represented through art & how it was received by contemporary critics. It is lavishly illustrated with 500 stunning images. This impressive new book opens by looking at key Pre-Raphaelite artists in turn documenting the artists lives & the development of their talents. The stories behind some of the groups most iconic paintings such as Millais Ophelia are also detailed. There follows a stunning gallery of more than 290 Pre-Raphaelite works. Each painting is accompanied by an insightful analysis that explains the significance of the work. This is an essential volume for anyone wanting to learn more about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood & their ethos & offers the opportunity to study their greatest works in one beautiful collection.

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Pre-reading Skills is a series of graded activity books in which Scamp the dog helps young children to make sense of print by looking at picture cues & sequencing stories. Book 1
Includes:: reading direction (left-to-right & top-to-bottom) handwriting patterns one-to-one matching using pictures to tell a story.
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Pre-reading Skills is a series of graded activity books in which Scamp the dog helps young children to make sense of print by looking at picture cues & sequencing stories. Book 2
Includes:: reading direction (left-to-right & top-to-bottom) handwriting patterns one-to-one matching & tracking shapes across the page using pictures to tell a story.
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Pre-reading Skills is a series of graded activity books in which Scamp the dog helps young children to make sense of print by looking at picture cues & sequencing stories. Book 3
Includes:: finger tracking (pointing) across the page matching letters using pictures to tell a story alliteration (words beginning with the same letter sound).
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Pre-reading Skills is a series of graded activity books in which Scamp the dog helps young children to make sense of print by looking at picture cues & sequencing stories. Book 4
Includes:: finger tracking (pointing) across the page using pictures to tell a story rhyming words alliteration (words beginning with the same letter sound) matching two-letter words.
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