A Tear in the Curtain is a historical novel. The story tells of three families British Hungarian & Russian whose lives are linked for fifty years during the Cold War & afterwards. Their experiences reflect the danger bravery heartbreak joy & sorrow of those days when Europe was divided by the Iron Curtain. Four eleven year-olds spend an idyllic seaside holiday in England in August 1956 just before the Suez crisis & the Hungarian Uprising intensify the Cold War. John Symons skilfully portrays how world events including the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 the Solidarity movement in Poland in the early 1980s the end of Communism in Eastern Europe in 1989 & in the Soviet Union in 1991 affected the lives of the four children & their families in their respective countries. The author draws on Russian documents not yet available in English to paint a picture of the Cold War in human terms & to show its origins in the rise of Lenin Hitler & Stalin & the Second World War. A Tear in the Curtain can be read with pleasure & interest by three generations. It is narrated in simple clear & fast-moving language that engages young people including those taking GCSE history. A fifteen year-old boy with dyslexia was absorbed by the story & read it twice in thirty six hours. He said how much it helped him to see the meaning of Hitler & the Second World War which he was studying for his exams. His mother loved the book's atmosphere & poetic sense of hope amid the fear & anxiety of the events described. & for an older generation A Tear in the Curtain expresses the meaning of all that shaped their lives after 1945. John Symons is a classical & modern historian with a passionate interest in Russia & the Soviet Union. He has travelled widely in Eastern Europe & Russia & has visited a former GULAG prison camp in Siberia. Described by a British Ambassador to Russia as 'an enthusiastic Russophile' his talks with people persecuted or imprisoned by the Gestapo or KGB give the book the ring of truth. He is the author of two biographies Stranger on the Shore & This Life of Grace. John Symons describes the tragedies that struck at the heart of a poor but devoted Cornish family. Humanity & the valour of the human spirit shine from every page.' This England reviewing Stranger on the Shore ' The writer is a consummate artist in style with a poet's eye for detail. The story is exceptionally vivid.. .expressing deep faith & perception of the meaning of life.. .' Professor C.F.D. Moule Cambridge on Stranger on the Shore. PROMOTION: This book will be reviewed in the local & national press. Ideal for giving GCSE & A level History students a taste of the human impact of the Cold War. ...

Each night in the hours between supper & bedtime the Tear Thief carries her waterproof silvery sack as she steals the tears of every child who cries. But what does she do with all those tears? This warm poignant & beautifully illustrated story offers a thought-provoking message & a starting point for sharing children's emotional responses. ...

Dean Williams was born into the tough Scartho area of Grimsby in 1972. His father was a violent hard-drinking trawlerman who spent most of the year at sea & his shore time drinking & fighting. Obsessed with making young Dean man up Bob beat him & locked him in a cupboard under the stairs for days on end. Deans mother Andrea did her best but was also terrorised by Bob Williams. From the age of seven Dean was known locally as the spike thrower for accidentally impaling the head of a young tormentor with part of a bicycle. The aftermath was a wayward teenage life expulsion from school & notoriety through football hooliganism. But there were also times when Deans childhood captured echoes of a simpler way of life playing out until dusk catching newts & nicking gobstoppers. This astonishing memoir although touched by darkness & violence is infused with the sharpest humour. It has the atmosphere of a David Peace novel colliding with a Shane Meadows film. Like a cutting-edge nouveau Dead Mans Shoes or a Somebody Up There Likes Me for the 21st Century it is an uncompromising account of a life lived on the margins & the power of the creative spirit. ...

THE NO.1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY introduced the world to the one & only Precious Ramotswe
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A talented songwriter Shawn Gallagher spends his days lost in reverie & wonder oblivious to the wiles of women & the ways of the world. He claims that hes content with his life but his music tells a different story
- one of loneliness & desperate longing. No one understands why Shawn doesnt put his musical gift to profitable use
- least of all Brenna OToole a fiercely independent tomboy who has been secretly in love with him for years. But it is only when Shawn gives into the mysteries of magic that he gets the chance to fulfill his destiny as a man & a musician.

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Technical drawings or flats are essential for anyone working in the fashion industry. Used to convey design ideas & garment details to pattern cutters & machinists it is essential that they are drawn accurately to avoid misunderstanding & costly mistakes in sampling & production. Technical Drawing for Fashion" explains how to create a technical fashion drawing using a simple & straightforward step-by-step method accompanied by some time-saving tips. This method is explained for those who wish to use Adobe Illustrator as well as for those who prefer to draw by h&. The second part of the book presents over 250 technical drawings of garment types styles & construction details the basic key shapes of which are shown alongside a specially created & photographed calico toile. Accompanying each illustration will be a list of all the terms by which that garment is known. This unique presentation illustrates the relationship between the three dimensional garment & the two-dimensional drawing allowing readers to really understand how to render technical drawings." ...

Technical Drawing is an essential skill in the fashion industry. Technical drawings contain information that is essential for designers buyers machinists pattern cutters & production teams. Volume 2 GARMENT SOURCE BOOK shows an extensive collection of high-quality finishes technical drawings & an extensive glossary. All of these drawings of womens garments
- ranging form underwear to trench coats
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Technical Drawing is an essential skill in the fashion industry. Technical drawings contain information that is essential for designers buyers machinists pattern cutters & production teams. TECHNICAL DRAWING Volume 1 BASIC COURSE BOOK explains the basics of making a technical drawing. First the standard format & tools are introduced. This is followed by step-to-step instructions on how to draw a number of different types of garments. Then techniques are shown for rendering textiles & adding individual style to the drawings. Design templates can be downloaded for free from The Pepin Press website. ...

Technical Drawing & Engineering Graphics Fourteenth Edition provides a clear comprehensive introduction & detailed easy-to-use reference to creating 2D documentation drawings & engineering graphics by hand or using CAD. It offers excellent technical detail up-to-date standards motivating real-world examples & clearly explained theory & technique in a colorful highly visual concisely written format. Designed as an efficient tool for busy visually oriented learners this edition expands on well-tested material bringing its content up-to-date with the latest standards materials industries & production processes. Colored models & animations bring the material to life for the student on the books companion website. Updated exercises that feature sheet metal & plastic parts are a part of the excellent Giesecke problem set. ...

Technique Skills in Chiropractic" covers many common diversified adjustive techniques for all regions of the spine & pelvis using a structured psychomotor skill-based methodology. The book develops logically from general concepts through to biomechanics posture & motor learning & then to the techniques using a regional approach that is fully referenced by up-to-date scientific research literature. The basic skills required in order to carry out manipulative procedures safely & effectively are clearly presented with photographs supporting descriptions of techniques & online video clips showing how to perform them in detail from the beginning to the end of the skill set. " Technique Skills in Chiropractic" now comes with Pageburst[registered] which gives readers access to the complete book content electronically. Pageburst[registered] (formerly Evolve e Books) allows readers to quickly search the entire book make notes add highlights & study more efficiently." ...