Pinchton meets the newest member of the Weird family
- the house plant. When they enter it into a local flower show chaos & comedy
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When her baby brother is kidnapped by crows Prue Mc Keel begins an adventure that will take her & her friend Curtis way beyond her hometown & deep into the Impassable Wilderness. There they uncover a secret world in the midst of violent upheaval a world full of warring creatures peace-loving mystics & powerful figures with the darkest intentions. What begins as a rescue mission becomes something much bigger as the two friends find themselves entwined in a struggle for the very freedom of this wilderness. A wilderness the locals call Wildwood. Wildwood is a spellbinding tale full of wonder danger & magic. It combines the thrill of a secret world & the buzz of modern city life. Original & fresh yet steeped in classic fantasy this is a novel that could have only come from the imagination of Colin Meloy celebrated for his inventive & fantastic storytelling as the lead singer & songwriter of The Decemberists. With dozens of intricate & beautiful illustrations by award-winning artist Carson Ellis Wildwood is truly a new classic for the twenty-first century. ...

Roger Deakins Wildwood" is a much loved classic of nature writing. " Wildwood" is about the element wood as it exists in nature in our souls in our culture & our lives. From the walnut tree at his Suffolk home Roger Deakin embarks upon a quest that takes him through Britain across Europe to Central Asia & Australia in search of what lies behind mans profound & enduring connection with wood & with trees. Meeting woodlanders of all kinds he lives in shacks & cabins travels in search of the wild apple groves of Kazakhstan goes coppicing in Suffolk swims beneath the walnut trees of the Haut-Languedoc & hunts bush plums with Aboriginal women in the outback. Perfect for fans of Robert Macfarlane & Colin Tudge Roger Deakins unmatched exploration of our relationship with trees is autobiography history travellers tale & incisive work in natural history. It will take you into the heart of the woods where we go to grow learn & change. " Enthralling". (Will Self " New Statesman"). " Extraordinary.. .some of the finest naturalist writing for many years". (" Independent"). " Masterful fascinating excellent". (" Guardian"). " An excellent read
- lyrical & literate & full of social & historical insights of all kinds". (Colin Tudge " Financial Times"). " Enchanting very funny every page carries a fascinating nugget. Should serve to make us appreciate more keenly all that we have here on earth.. .one of the greatest of all nature writers". (Craig Brown " Mail on Sunday"). " Breathtaking vividly written.. .reading " Wildwood" is an elegiac experience". (" Sunday Times"). Roger Deakin who died in August 2006 shortly after completing the manuscript for Wildwood was a writer broadcaster & film-maker with a particular interest in nature & the environment. He lived for many years in Suffolk where he swam regularly in his moat in the river Waveney & in the sea in between travelling widely through the landscapes he writes about in " Wildwood". He is the author of " Waterlog" " Wildwood" & " Notes from Walnut Tree Farm"."
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The Wiley CIA Exam Review is the best source to help you prepare for the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) exam covering the Sarbanes-Oxley Act & more. Wiley CIA Exam Review Volume 3: Business Analysis & Information Technology covers business processes financial accounting & finance managerial accounting information technology & regulatory legal & economics. Every volume in the Wiley CIA Exam Review series offers a successful learning system of visual aids & memorization techniques. Each volume is a comprehensive single-source preparation tool that features theories & concepts indicators that help candidates allot study time full coverage of the IIAs Attribute & Performance Standards & in-depth of theory & practice. ...

Wilfred Thesiger the last of the great gentlemen explorer-adventurers became a legend in his own lifetime. This authorised biography by a longstanding friend & associate delves into his little-known character & motivations as well as recounting the details of his extraordinary life. Wilfred Thesiger the great explorer-adventurer & author of ' Arabian Sands' & ' The Marsh Arabs' & one work of autobiography ' The Life of my Choice' became a legend in his own lifetime but his character & motivations have remained an intriguing enigma. In this authorised biography
- written with Thesiger's support before he died in 2003 & with unique access to the rich Thesiger archive
- Alexander Maitland investigates this fascinating figure's family influences his wartime experiences his philosophy as a hunter & conservationist his writing & photography his friendships with Arabs & Africans amongst whom he lived & his now-acknowledged homosexuality.

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When Commissario Brunetti receives a visit from one of his wife's students with a strange & vague interest in investigating the possibility of a pardon for a crime committed by her grandfather many years ago he thinks little of it despite being intrigued by the girl's intelligence & moral conscience. But when the girl is found stabbed to death Claudia Leonardo is no longer Paola's student but instead becomes Brunetti's case. Claudia seemed to have no discernible living family but lived with an elderly Austrian woman. Brunetti is stunned by the extraordinary art collection the old woman keeps & when she in turn is found dead the case begins to unlock long buried secrets of collaboration during the war secrets few in Italy are happy to explore... ...

In the 2006 case of the US Government vs Enron the presiding judge instructed the jurors to take account of the concept of wilful blindness as they reached their verdict about whether the chief executives of the disgraced energy corporation were guilty. It was not enough for the defendants to say that they did not know what was going on; that they had not seen anything. If they failed to observe the corruption which was unfolding before their very eyes not knowing was no defence. The guilty verdict sent shivers down the spine of the corporate world. In this book distinguished business woman & writer Margaret Heffernan examines the phenomenon of wilful blindness. Drawing on a wide array of sources from psychological studies & social statistics to interviews with the relevant protagonists she examines what it is about human nature which makes us so prone to wilful blindness. Taught from infancy to obey authority & absorbing the importance of selective vision as a key social skill humans exacerbate their tendency to become institutionalised by joining organisations which are run by like-minded people. She looks at how hard work & the information overload of the modern workplace add to the problem. & she examines why whistleblowers & Cassandras are so very rare. Ranging freely through history & from business to science government to the family this engaging & anecdotal book will explain why wilful blindness is so dangerous in the globalised interconnected world in which we live before suggesting ways in which institutions & individuals can start to combat it. In the tradition of Malcolm Gladwell & Nassim Nicholas Taleb Margaret Heffernan's thought provoking book will force open our eyes. ...

Book & DVD. This is a unique eye-witness documentary record of life inside Auschwitz at its full operational peak as recalled with impressive lucidity & matter-of-factness by Wilhelm Brasse prisoner no. 3444 who due to his professional skills escaped extermination by becoming a photographer whom the ever-well-organised Nazis obliged to record photographically the running of the camp including such detail as Dr Mengeles infamous experiments. Wilhelm Brasse was born in 1917 in Zywiec of an Austrian father & a Polish mother. Before the war Brasse worked in a photographic studio in Katowice. For refusal to join the Wehrmacht he was sent to Auschwitz where from 1941 to 1945 he worked in the Identity Service as a photographer. He took tens of thousands of photographs of prisoners hundreds of portraits of SS-men & documented some so-called medical experiments. After the war ended he returned to Zywiec where he has been living ever since. In March 2010 Maria Anna Potocka conducted an interview with Wilhelm Brasse. The outcome is this book & its edited tales of the prisoner-cum-chief-photographer of Auschwitz together with a film with extracts from the interview. There is an introduction by the historian Teresa Wontor-Cichy the academic editor at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. The book is generously illustrated with photographs from Wilhelm Brasses own archives as well as the photographic archives of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum & Yad Vashem. The book is published in association with the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow Pol&. The publication has been supported by the following ministries & organizations: The Ministry of Culture & National Heritage of the Republic of Pol&. ...

Short & oddly built with a head too big for his body extremely short-sighted unable to stay still dressed in colourful clothes as if playing a certain part in the great general drama of life Wilkie Collins looked distinctly strange. But he was none the less a charmer befriended by the great loved by children irresistibly attractive to women -- & avidly read by generations of readers. Ackroyd follows his hero the sweetest-tempered of all the Victorian novelists from his childhood as the son of a well-known artist to his struggling beginnings as a writer his years of fame & his life-long friendship with the other great London chronicler Charles Dickens. A true Londoner Collins like Dickens was fascinated by the secrets & crimes -- the fraud blackmail & poisonings -- that lay hidden behind the citys respectable facade. He was a fighter never afraid to point out injustices & shams or to tackle the establishment head on. As well as his enduring masterpieces The Moonstone -- often called the first true detective novel -- & the sensational The Woman in White he produced an intriguing array of lesser known works. Collins had his own secrets: he never married but lived for thirty years with the widowed Caroline Graves & also had a second liaison as Mr & Mrs Dawson with a younger mistress Martha Rudd with whom he had three children. Both women remained devoted as illness & opium-taking took their toll: he died in 1889 in the middle of writing his last novel Blind Love. Told with Peter Ackroyds inimitable verve this is a ravishingly entertaining life of a great story-teller full of surprises rich in humour & sympathetic understanding. ...

Will & Kate: Fairy-Tale Romance is one of an exciting series of lush books celebrating some of the most popular & influential figures of the day
- who are constantly talked about & whose every life event fashion choice or opinion is awaited with baited breath by legions of fans. Prince William had many adoring fans already of course but when Will & Kate became William & Catherine the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge their allure & popularity went through the roof
- starting with that wedding & THAT dress. Will & Kate is the ultimate celebration of the world's favourite couple. Discover the fairy tale through the story of their courtship wedding & marriage told alongside inspirational & beautiful photography
- revel in the romance the outfits the fantasy.


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