Fading southern belle Blanche Dubois depends on the kindness of strangers & is adrift in the modern world. When she arrives to stay with her sister Stella in a crowded boisterous corner of New Orleans her delusions of grandeur bring her into conflict with Stella's crude brutish husband Stanley. Eventually their violent collision course causes Blanche's fragile sense of identity to crumble threatening to destroy her sanity & her one chance of happiness. ...

The Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama & classic plays in classroom editions. Many have large casts & an equal mix of boy & girl parts. This play depicts the conflict between a fading Southern belle & the brash lower-class society of her sister's family." ...

In 1882 David Wildeblood a 21-year-old from rural Norfolk arrives in London to start work at the offices of a famous man. As an inspector for Henry Marchmonts hugely successful weekly The Labouring Classes of London his job is to investigate the notorious slum of Somers Town near the new St Pancras Station recording house by house the number of inhabitants their occupations & standard of living. By mapping the streets in this way Marchmont intends to show the world the stark realities of poverty in its greatest city. Befriended by Jo a young coster & his sister Roma David comes to learn the slang of the hawkers & traders sharpers & scavengers magsmen & mobsmen who throng the teeming byways of Somers Town. It is the place of a Darwinian struggle for survival. & the deeper he penetrates the everyday squalor & destitution the more appalled he is by mounting evidence that someone is making a profit from peoples suffering. A dinner at the Kensington home of his godfather Sir Martin Elder introduces him to Kitty Elders only daughter & to a cabal of prominent citizens who have been plotting a radical solution to the problem of Londons poor. David belatedly realises that a conspiracy is afoot. Passionate but reckless in his urge to uncover it he finds his life in danger sustained only by the faithfulness of a friend & ultimately the love of a woman. In The Streets Anthony Quinn reconstructs an unforgettable picture of Victorian London encompassing the extremes of privilege & privation from the baronial mansions of the rich to the whited tombs of the slums. With shocking poignancy & pin-sharp detail he brings to life a world of terrible degradation yet one redeemed by dark comedy profound fellow-feeling & the enduring possibility of love. ...

Birminghams streets roads & lanes are an absorbing aspect of our history. They call out to us about long dead landowners notable figures from the history of England Brummies long forgotten farms that have been swept away by the outpouring of our city remarkable physical features distant battles intriguing foreign places & mysterious happenings. Questions as to their origins leap out from a multitude of Birminghams street names. Why was Fawdry Street first called Noahs Ark Passage? Was treasure to be found in Golden Hillock Road? How did Foulemoreslone become Formans Road? Did Gate Street have a gate? What has Franchise Street got to do with the battle for working-class rights? Where was The Froggery? What connection is there between creatures of mythology & Hob Moor Road? & why should the Holte Gooch & Gough families have so many streets & roads named after them? In this deeply researched book Carl Chinn looks at scores of street names bringing to life their meaning & those people who belonged to them. ...

This title offers all you need to know about exercising for strength & fitness in more than 300 expert photographs. Improve your body shape get stronger bones & muscles & increase your energy levels with targeted resistance training at home or in the gym. This title covers all the key types of resistance equipment including barbells dumbbells machines & weights. It describes how effective exercise is vital for weight loss & weight maintenance. Clear instructions guide you through the correct technique for each exercise with more than 300 step-by-step photographs. It offers expert & safe advice for everyone from beginner to practised weight trainer. Exercises are geared to decrease your chance of injury & reduce muscle & joint pains. Metabolic rate inevitably declines as you age but regular strength training can reverse this decline & result in a stronger musculoskeletal system. This practical guide to strength & fitness training will improve your overall physical fitness & metabolism as well as benefitting your balance co-ordination & posture. The book tells you all you need to know about the equipment you need & the techniques to use the correct footwear & warming up. Illustrated with more than 300 step-by-step photographs this guide will help you to make a positive impact on your physical fitness. ...

Over 1 million copies sold! Translated into over 20 languages. The original & best just got better! With new exercises additional stretches & more of Frederic Delavier's amazing illustrations you'll gain a whole new understanding of how muscles perform during exercise. This one-of-a-kind best-seller combines the visual detail of top anatomy texts with the best strength training advice. Many books explain what muscles are used during exercise but no other book brings the action to life like Strength Training Anatomy". Over 600 full-colour illustrations reveal the primary muscles along with all the relevant bones ligaments tendons & connective tissue. Like having an X-ray for each exercise new pages show common strength training injuries in a fascinating light & offer precautions to help you exercise safely." ...

This is the next step to a perfect physique from the million bestseller. Frederic Delavier's best-selling Strength Training Anatomy" has sold more than 1 million copies worldwide & now his follow-up book " The Strength Training Anatomy Workout Volume II" provides serious strength trainers & bodybuilders with the keys to creating lean muscle mass. Following on from the more basic " Volume I" Delavier & co-author Michael Gundill focus on the more elaborate techniques that experienced strength training enthusiasts can use to accelerate their progress. In addition to 60 exercises 19 stretches & 9 programmes it's packed with over 1 200 full-colour photographs & 160 of Delavier's trademark illustrations. The book describes in detail some of the advanced methods for jump-starting a workout programme featuring segmented workouts that target specific muscle groups like the chest biceps & forearms." ...

These are practical pocket guides for quick & easy reference any time anywhere. Strength-Training Skills" is a handy pocket-sized instruction manual covering the fundamentals of strength-training with step-by-step illustrations & clear bite-sized tips. Offering everything you need to know to get started along with a wealth of expert tricks & tips to improve skills & techniques bench presses & lunges to crunches & sit-ups it progresses from the very basics for beginners through all the elements essential to becoming adept at strength-training to advanced techniques. Ideal for anyone looking to take up strength-training
- this new series offers perfect at-a-glance reference to keep with you at all times."
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Sales experts Tony Rutigliano & Brian Brim deliver a compelling new perspective on building better sales forces by using the strengths of each sales person more effectively. It

Includes:: access to Gallup's Strengths Finder. Sales people are constantly told that the key to high performance for every salesperson is to be found in following a programme of specific steps & techniques. The truth is that sales people are most successful when they use an approach that fits them best. Of course specific selling techniques can help but only by those salespeople who are able to successfully apply those techniques. Some are some aren't
- & the difference is talent. Strengths Based Selling" explains talent & how to identify & maximise it & then covers the basic steps of the selling process including prospecting/cold calling assessing opportunity identifying solutions building advocacy negotiating closing & servicing/retaining/growing. Thus the reader can take the Clifton Strengths Finder Assessment discover his or her own unique strengths learn to apply them to sales & formulate strategies to triangulate individual talent & job role. The reader will see how leveraging strengths not only improves job performance but it also improves personal engagement at work. Building a successful sales career requires tapping into the best aspects of who you are & using those elements to your advantage."


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Strengths Finder 2.0 (Gallup Press; hardcover; February 2007) upgrades the assessment making it more valuable to readers. As with the original assessment the updated version is available online (http: strengths.gallup.com) & can be taken with a unique code that comes with each copy of the book. However this updated version offers a more in-depth & personal analysis of one's strengths. It also offers perspective on how talents can emerge in different ways for each unique individual. ...