A London mum & Iraqi teacher should have nothing in common. Yet now despite their differences they're the firmest of friends... Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad" by Bee Rowlatt & May Witwit is a touching & poignant portrait of an unlikely friendship. Would you brave gun-toting militias for a cut & blow dry? May's a tough-talking hard-smoking lecturer in English. She's also an Iraqi from a Sunni-Shi'ite background living in Baghdad dodging bullets before breakfast bargaining for high heels in bombed-out bazaars & battling through blockades to reach her class of Jane Austen-studying girls. Bee on the other hand is a London mum of three busy fighting off PTA meetings & chicken pox dealing with dead cats & generally juggling work & family while squabbling with her globe-trotting husband over the socks he leaves lying around the house. They should have nothing in common. But when a simple email brings them together they discover a friendship that overcomes all their differences of culture religion & age. " Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad" is the story of two women who share laughter & tears & swap their confidences dreams & fears. & between the grenades the gossip the jokes & the secrets they also hatch an ingenious plan to help May escape the bombings of Baghdad... Bee Rowlatt is a former show-girl turned BBC World Service journalist. A mother of three & would-be do-gooder she can find keeping her career going while caring for her three daughters (and husband) pretty tough even in leafy North London. May Witwit is an Iraqi expert in Chaucer & sender of emails depicting kittens in fancy dress. She is prepared to face every hazard imaginable to make that all-important hairdresser's appointment." ...

This book has been written to clarify the strategies that are available to practitioners to enable them to plan effective child centred experiences. The book explores how to use Talking & Thinking Floorbooks & the ways in which we can consult children in all areas of play. Introduction by Claire Warden: All of the documents that we use in early education across the UK talk about the issues that are going to be explored in this book. Areas covered include childe centred planning autonomy citizenship building on what they know greater involvement in planning & motivation. It would appear from the training across the United Kingdom that people are aware of what they want to do but lack a clear methodology to achieve it. The Talking & Thinking Floorbook A has been adopted by many centre to support child initiated planning. They are being used in Primary one & two classrooms to develop thinking skills. ...

Alan Bennett sealed his reputation as the master of observation with this series of 12 groundbreaking monologues originally filmed for BBC Television. At once darkly comic tragically poignant & wonderfully uplifting Talking Heads is widely regarded as a modern classic. This new edition which contains the complete collection of Talking Heads as well as his earlier monologue A Woman of No Importance is a celebration of Alan Bennetts finest work. ...

This title features stories like Playing Sandwiches with David Haig" " The Hand of God with Eileen Atkins" " Nights in the Gardens of Spain with Penelope Wilton" " Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet with Patricia Routledge" " Waiting for the Telegram with Thora Hird" & " The Outside Dog with Julie Walters". A second collection of astutely observed monologues tales of loneliness & eccentricity are handled with the light touch which has made Alan Bennett one of our best-loved writers as well as a national institution." ...

The complete Talking Heads" monologues twelve of Alan Bennett's most highly acclaimed & best-loved works. "A Chip in the Sugar" performed by Alan Bennett. "A Lady of Letters" performed by Patricia Routledge. " Bed Among the Lentils" performed by Anna Massey. " Soldiering On" performed by Stephanie Cole. " Her Big Chance" performed by Julie Walters. "A Cream Cracker Under the Settee" performed by Thora Hird. " Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet" performed by Patricia Routledge. " The Hand of God" performed by Eileen Atkins. " Playing Sandwiches" performed by David Haig. " The Outside Dog" performed by Julie Walters. " Nights in the Gardens of Spain" performed by Penelope Wilton. " Waiting for the Telegram" performed by Thora Hird. Performed by the author & eight of Britain's leading actors Alan Bennett's tales of loneliness & vulnerability are full of quirky insightful detail that bring these twelve memorable characters vividly to life." ...

James Van Praagh enjoys an extraordinary gift
- he can communicate with the spirits of men women children & animals who have died.
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Safe houses & secret message drops double crosses & defections
- it sounds like the stuff of sophisticated espionage but the agents
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Wanna be in our gang? We cause Peace Fighters fear us On de streets. This is the very first ground-breaking childrens poetry collection from street poet Benjamin Zephaniah. Playful clever & provocative this is performance poetry on the page at its very best. ...

It is often hard to know what to talk about with a bereaved person after you've offered your condolences & many avoid talking about the deceased for fear of upsetting the bereaved relative. With good active listening empathic exploration & a willingness to talk about the hard issues you can embark on sensitive communication with the bereaved. This user-friendly book offers a practical framework for conversing with bereaved people either with individuals or in a group setting. The author uses a table of six elements to give guidance to the listener about where they might be in the conversation & how to move forward with the bereaved person. For each element suggested techniques that include creative activities & possible open questions to help the bereaved person express & explore their grief are offered. The approach is underpinned throughout by theory with reflective exercises for the reader to do individually or in peer groups plus anecdotes & case vignettes. Talking with Bereaved People is an essential toolkit for anyone working with bereaved people outside of the formal counselling room such as social workers voluntary bereavement agencies church pastoral teams hospice & hospital visitors & staff. ...

Talking with Children & Young People about Death & Dying" is a popular resource designed to help adults talk to bereaved children & young people. Mary Turner explains the various aspects & stages of bereavement & offers useful insights into the concerns of children experiencing grief or facing an imminent bereavement. She addresses childrens common fears & worries dreams & nightmares & acknowledges the effect of trauma on the grief process. This second edition

Includes:: a new section for adults on understanding the distress of a bereaved child & also a list of useful contacts. It is a fully photocopiable workbook that enables adults to deal with these issues sensitively & explains for example how to choose appropriate words to support the child. It will empower & equip adults working with bereaved children to encourage them to communicate their pain & understand the often contradictory emotions aroused by the death of someone close to them."

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