It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it
- dead or alive. Bryn Davis knows working at Fairview Mortuary isn't the most glamorous
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In this unique book the reader will have his armchair converted to the laid-down cockpit of a Formula One car & be swept around the worlds classic motor racing circuits. He will experience the extraordinary sensations the adrenaline & the atmosphere as told by the sports best analyst. Together with F1s respected journalist Maurice Hamilton Brundle brings his infallible humour & insight his experiences & opinion to each of the circuits & its classic races. From the camber at Monaco which will leave your wheels hanging in the air to Melbourne & the dynamics behind the most dramatic crash of the decade. Encompassing such essential details as neck-snapping acceleration smashing cars worth a quarter of a million & the amount of sweat a driver will lose in a race this is a rare F1 book
- funny opinionated evocative & dramatic.
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The only whippet book to deal in any depth with training & working A practical training manual covering everything from puppy to fully trained dog The Working Whippet" is devoted to the breeding training & preparation of the whippet for work in the field. Beginning with an introduction to the breed its origins role & importance in the past & today the book then moves into practical tips on what to look for in a puppy caring for the puppy feeding & worming as well as early training teaching skills for the field working by day & night care of the working dog & selecting a stud dog whelping & rearing a litter. " The Working Whippet" contains valuable advice not only for owners of whippets but also all running dogs." ...

This book is essential reading for anyone studying & working in the new integrated childrens services. The Childrens Workforce Development Strategy sets out the basic skills & knowledge needed by people whose work brings them into regular contact with children young people & their families. Built around this Common Core of Skills & Knowledge & packed with case studies & reflective exercises this book helps students & practitioners understand the theory behind these issues & develop strategies for embedding them within their own practice. ...

How can professionals build constructive relationships with families where the parents dispute professional allegations of serious child abuse? How can meaningful safety for children be created in these families? How can professionals work together constructively in such cases? Situations where parents refute child abuse allegations made against them are often deemed to be impossible or untreatable by statutory & treatment professionals. These cases can consume enormous amounts of professional time & energy & frequently become bogged down by ongoing professional-family mistrust & dispute. Often the decision to close such cases comes about not because the children are safe but rather because the professionals run out of ideas time & energy. Working with Denied Child Abuse" presents an innovative safety-focused partnership-based model called Resolutions which provides an alternative approach for responding rigorously & creatively to such cases. It describes each stage of this practical model & demonstrates the approach through many case examples from therapists statutory social workers & other professionals working in Europe North America & Australasia. The book is key reading for legal health & social care professionals working in the area of child protection." ...

Working with Spoken Discourse provides a comprehensive account of the expanding multidisciplinary field of discourse analysis. Combining theory & practice it covers a wide range of material in a lively & accessible style. It discusses current approaches concepts & debates in the field of spoken discourse & provides a grounding in the practical techniques of discourse analysis & how to apply them to real data. Working with Spoken Discourse is divided into three sections. The first section covers general issues
- the definition of discourse & uses of discourse analysis the second section covers a series of approaches to discourse analysis & the final section focuses on the applications of discourse analysis in social research & designing & writing up projects.
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In Working with the Curlew Trevor Robinson shares his enthusiasm & joy for his work as a shepherd on the moor at Great Whernside in Yorkshire & later as a farmhand near Leominster in Hereford: A lovely environment very busy & hard work with no lorries no electric motors no tractors just natures own sounds." He celebrates the intricate details of traditional farm life: selling rabbits at tuppence each the village hop sheep shearing lambing shire horses haymaking the warm welcome taste of tea on a snow-bound moor muck spreading cheese & bread making trout-tickling & killing the pig a quiet job well done. During one severe Yorkshire winter six hundred sheep were lost & he had to leave the job he loved the call of the curlew was still over two months away when it came I was not there to hear it. His new job in Herefordshire brought different skills: hedge laying ploughing matches haymaking chain harrowing & crop rotation & inevitably the arrival of tractor & combine harvester." ...

Every one of us is watched over by a guardian angel a divine coach & mentor whose purpose is to help us realise our full potential. In this unique book angel expert Theolyn Cortens leads you through her 12-week programme teaching you how to harness the help of your guardian angel. You will discover how to: Meet & work with your guardian angel; Get in touch with your creative self; Uncover your hearts desire & lifes purpose; Identify the things that stop you from achieving your desires; Nurture your ideas & plans to help manifest your dreams. ...

The Works" is 10 years old & this special anniversary edition features br&-new lesson plans from poets including John Foster Brian Moses Valerie Bloom & Pie Corbett. " The Works" contains every kind of poem you will ever need for the Literacy Hour but it is also a book packed with brilliant poems that will delight any reader. It's got chants action verses riddles tongue twisters shape poems puns acrostics haikus cinquains kennings couplets thin poems lists conversations monologues epitaphs songs limericks tankas nonsense poems raps narrative verse & performance poetry that's just for starters. It features poems from the very best classic & modern poets for example: William Blake Michael Rosen Robert Louis Stevenson Allan Ahlberg W.H. Auden Brian Patten Roger Mc Gough Roald Dahl Charles Causley Eleanor Farjeon Benjamin Zephaniah Ted Hughes T.S. Eliot & William Shakespeare to name but a few. A book packed with gems for dipping in to time & time again." ...

Although Tennyson (1809-1892) has often been characterised as an austere bearded patriarch & laureate of the Victorian age his poems speak clearly to the imagination of the late 20th century. His mastery of rhyme metre imagery & mood communicate their dark sensuous & sometimes morbid messages. Much given to melancholy & feelings of aching desolation Tennysons verse also carries clear messages of hope: Ring out the old ring in the new & Tis better to have loved & lost/ Than never to have loved at all. ...