A group of friends a few bottles of wine & a good book. What could be better? The women who form the Reading Group are as varied as the books they choose to read: Designer-clad Nicole has the perfect domestic set-up
- apart from a serially unfaithful husb&. Her best friend Harriets husband is perfect; but Harriet just doesnt love him any more. Clare is desperate for a baby
- & is wrecking her marriage in the process while Cressida is terrified shes pregnant. Susan is watching her mothers sad slow decline comforted by her family; Polly wants to marry again but will Jack cope with hers? Can they find the answers in the pages of a good book?

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This second edition of the landmark textbook Reading Images builds on its reputation as the first systematic & comprehensive account of the grammar of visual design. Drawing on an enormous range of examples from childrens drawings to textbook illustrations photo-journalism to fine art as well as three-dimensional forms such as sculpture & toys the authors examine the ways in which images communicate meaning. Features of this fully updated second edition include: new material on moving images & on colour a discussion of how images & their uses have changed through time websites & web-based images ideas on the future of visual communication. Reading Images focuses on the structures or grammar of visual design
- colour perspective framing & composition
- provides the reader with an invaluable tool-kit for reading images & makes it a must for anyone interested in communication the media & the arts.

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Opening at the Hay Festival & ending with the prospect of a spring wedding Sue Gees novel is a lively story of tangled relationships & the sustaining powers of good books loyal friends & conversation. Friends since university with busy working lives behind them Dido & Georgia have long been looking forward to carefree days of books & conversation when each finds herself caught up in unexpected domestic drama. Dido for the first time has cause to question her marriage; widowed Georgia feels certain her husband will return to her. Meanwhile an eccentric country cousin goes wildly off the rails children are unhappy in love & perfect health is all at once in question. ...

This compact handbook enables users to quickly & accurately read Latin epitaphs in churches no matter what their knowledge of the language is. John Parker has reproduced the text of 52 church memorials in Latin & this edition is illustrated with photographs of eight of the epitaphs providing explanatory captions that help contextualize each inscription. With an introduction that discusses the conventions of lettering abbreviations Latinized personal names & stock phrases found on these memorial stones Reading Latin Epitaphs "is not only a volume for ecclesiastical scholars or historians but an excellent tool for travelers & architecture enthusiasts as well. Giving readers all the tools they need to decipher these texts Parker has included a very brief Latin grammar that lays out the basics of the language in a clear & concise fashion & notes on Roman numerals & dates. A glossary of all the words found in the included epitaphs as well as additional words often found in inscriptions rounds out this indispensible guide." ...

Even the best software can not teach your child to read. You need books & the most important tool of all
- the kitchen table
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Ricky Tomlinson master storyteller was right there in Liverpool at the start of the Mersey Beat music revolution led by The Beatles. In SEARCHING FOR THE ROCK ISLAND LINE Ricky captures one of the most exciting eras in the history of rock n roll when it was being challenged in the popularity stakes by the washboard beat of skiffle. It is the compelling story of how the lyrics of a song lead a young Scouse musician on an adventure that takes him across the United States & through a series of life-changing experiences. This is a thrilling tale that is certain to strike a chord with anybody interested in the formative times of The Beatles. Those were the days my friends.. . ...

This is a step by step workbook which teaches the Phono-Graphix reading method. The book is comprehensive
- giving teaching materials
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Leanne Chalmers has made a career for herself presenting her own style of home decorating & design on the nations screens. That was her past life at least. For now Leanne has been forced to start again as Lily leaving her name job & marriage behind. No-one in the Lancashire village of Eagleton has a clue about Lily save that shes come up from the South West with her best friend & a small child. But its hard to lead a solitary existence in a small place & Lily & Babs are swiftly embraced by some of the local characters: Mike the Catholic priest who the girls cant help noticing is easy on the eye; Eve a Liverpudlian who has a big mouth but a heart of gold; the hairdressers Paul & Maurice; & Dave & his love Philly both shy yet determined not to be cowed by Daves mother the domineering matriarch of the village. Soon Lilys new life is full of promise & as she joins Daves reading room a shop come cafe & library she begins to relax. But then Eve is wounded in a burglary & suddenly Lily is afraid that her secret is out: her husband Clive may have discovered where she is & having left her for dead before is now out to kill her... Full of Ruth Hamiltons unique warmth & humour THE READING ROOM is a rich compelling novel of love life & courage. ...

Shakespeares Sonnets" are as important & vital today as they were when first published four hundred years ago. Perhaps no collection of verse before or since has so captured the imagination of readers & lovers; certainly no poem has come under such intense critical scrutiny & presented the reader with such a bewildering number of alternative interpretations. In this illuminating & often irreverent guide Don Paterson offers a fresh & direct approach to the Sonnets asking what they can still mean to the twenty-first century reader. In a series of fascinating & highly entertaining commentaries placed alongside the poems themselves Don Paterson discusses the meaning technique hidden structure & feverish narrative of the Sonnets as well as the difficulties they present for the modern reader. Most importantly however he looks at what they tell us about William Shakespeare the lover
- & what they might still tell us about ourselves."
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Ben is at his happiest playing for United & is getting top marks from the coach. But every day at school is a trial for Ben as he struggles to hide a huge secret from his teachers & classmates. Ben's secret is starting to affect his game
- can he swallow his pride & ask for help before he sidelines himself
- for good?

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