An intriguing new mystery for Edinburgh-based philosopher Isabel Dalhousie Isabel Dalhousie is a new mother and a connoisseur of philosophy; she`d rather not be a sleuth. But when a chance conversation at a dinner party draws Isabel into the case of a doctor whose career has been ruined, she cannot ignore what may be a miscarriage of justice. Because for Isabel ethics are not theoretical at all, but an everyday matter of life and death. As she attempts to unravel the truth behind Dr Thompson`s disgrace, Isabel`s patient intelligence is also required to deal with challenges in her own life. There is her baby son Charlie; Cat`s deli to look after, not to mention her vulnerable assistant Eddie; and a mysterious and unlikeable composer who...
ISBN: 978-0-349-12055-3
Издательство:
Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: июль 2012
The ingredients: Why can`t Gus find time to organise her own birthday party? Because shes too busy sorting out the problems of her friends and family; it seems everyone is facing a career challenge or a romantic dilemma. The recipe: A series of Sunday suppers (televised, of course) that show real people making real food. And over delicious dishes, relaxed chat and a few bottles of wine, her guests find they have nourished their souls as well as tempting their tastebuds. Comfort food. A celebration of life itself.
ISBN: 978-0-340-92220-0
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In Comic Art Now, many of the mediums finest exponents from around the world are gathered together for the first time in a volume that reveals the sheer diversity and rich talent that abounds in this thrilling artform. This book showcases the creme de la creme of contemporary comic book creators, whether they`re established professionals or hot new bucks making waves in the industry. From superlative superheroes to heart-stopping horror, the artwork is divided into today`s most popular comic-book genres. This book takes a rare holistic approach, incorporating small, self-published projects, through independent artists work, right up to big established names working for Marvel, DC and Dark Horse. What qualifies them for inclusion is the...
Times Tables teaches essential skills in multiplication through play and active learning for children at Key stage 1. Sets of two, even numbers, odd numbers and doubling up numbers are illustrated with fun animal characters, and progress is encouraged with rewards of stickers and gold stars.
Letting go, stepping up and coming out…in the ways that matter most. Olympia`s life is hectic and fulfilling - her legal career, her second marriage to a judge, her twin daughters just finishing high school, her son at college and her younger son, still at kindergarten, are all managed with energy and grace. Then one sunny day in May, she opens an invitation for her daughters to attend the most exclusive coming out ball in New York - and chaos erupts all around her. One twin`s excitement is balanced by the other`s outrage, her previous husband`s profound snobbism is in sharp contrast to her current husband Harry`s flat refusal to attend. As one twin is busy shopping for the perfect dress and the other siding with Harry`s hostility at...
ISBN: 978-0-552-15184-9
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This title presents a phonic-based approach to reading - using letter sounds and blends. It introduces letter formation and letter-sound recognition to help pre-school children get a head-start on classroom skills. It includes: over 35 lively and interactive activities to help develop important skills needed for reading; 60 gold stars to reward and encourage; and, 30 fantastic coloured stickers and badges. It is written by former teacher and current children`s non-fiction author Louisa Somerville, with expert teacher and consultant, David Smith. Teachers may photocopy pages free of charge for classroom use. These Phonics books have been specially devised to give children preparing for their first years at school a real head start....
With twin daughters finishing high school, a son at Dartmouth, and a kindergartner from her second marriage, there seems to be nothing Olympia can`t handle…until one sunny day in May when she opens an invitation for her daughters to attend the most exclusive coming-out ball in New York.
ISBN: 978-0-440-24207-9
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: август 2011
Years in insurance and marriage to the joyless Hilda have been no more than death in life to George Bowling. This and fear of another war take his mind back to the peace of his childhood in a small country town. But his return journey to Lower Binfield brings complete disillusionment.
ISBN: 978-0-14-118569-9
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
Against the backdrop of an elegant Cornwall mansion before World War II and a vast continent-spanning canvas during the turbulent war years, this involving story tells of an extraordinary young woman`s coming of age, coming to grips with love and sadness, and in every sense of the term, coming In 1935, Judith Dunbar is left behind at a British boarding school when her mother and baby sister go off to join her father in Singapore. At Saint Ursula`s, her friendship with Loveday Carey-Lewis sweeps her into the privileged, madcap world of the British aristocracy, teaching her about values, friendship, and wealth. But it will be the drama of war, as it wrenches Judith from those she cares about most, that will teach her about about love.
Times Tables teaches essential skills in multiplication through play and active learning for children at Key stage 1. All the Times Tables, from one to ten, are illustrated with fun animal characters, and progress is encouraged with rewards of stickers and gold stars.
Preparing for Times Tables develops number skills through play and active learning for children at the Foundation stage. Counting games illustrated with fun animal characters gradually build up from number one to ten, and progress is encouraged with rewards of stickers and gold stars.
This title presents a phonic-based approach to reading - using letter sounds and blends. It introduces letter formation and letter-sound recognition to help pre-school children get a head-start on classroom skills. It includes: over 35 lively and interactive activities to help develop important skills needed for reading; 60 gold stars to reward and encourage; and, 30 fantastic coloured stickers and badges. It is written by former teacher and current children`s non-fiction author Louisa Somerville, with expert teacher and consultant, David Smith. Teachers may photocopy pages free of charge for classroom use. These Phonics books have been specially devised to give children preparing for their first years at school a real head start....
Richard Evans` brilliant book unfolds perhaps the single most important story of the 20th century: how a stable and modern country in less than a single lifetime led Europe into moral, physical and cultural ruin and despair. A terrible story not least because there were so many other ways in which Germany`s history could have been played out. With authority, skill and compassion, Evans recreates a country torn apart by overwhelming economic, political and social blows: the First World War, Versailles, hyperinflation and the Great Depression. One by one these blows ruined or pushed aside almost everything admirable about Germany, leaving the way clear for a truly horrifying ideology to take command.
ISBN: 978-0-14-100975-9
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
Born in Colombo, Judith Dunbar spends her teenage years at boarding school, while her beloved mother and younger sister live abroad with her father. When her new friend Loveday Carey-Lewis invites Judith home for the weekend to Nancherrow, the Carey-Lewises` beautiful estate on the Cornish coast, it is love at first sight. She falls in love too with the generous Carey-Lewises themselves. With their generosity and kindness, Judith grows from naive girl to confident young woman, basking in the warm affection of a surrogate family whose flame burns brightly. But it is a flame soon to be extinguished in the gathering storm of war. And Judith herself has far to travel before at coming home.
Preparing for Times Tables develops number skills through play and active learning for children at the Foundation stage. Counting games illustrated with fun animal characters gradually build from number one to ten and progress is encouraged with rewards of stickers and gold stars.
Sefton Goldberg: mid-thirties, English teacher at Wrottesley Poly in the West Midlands; small, sweaty, lustful, definatly unappreciative of beer, nature and organised games; gnawingly aware of being an urban Jew islanded in a sea of country-loving Anglo-Saxons. Obsessed by failure - morbidly, in his own case, gloatingly, in that of his contemporaries - so much so that he plans to write a bestseller on the subject. In the meantime he is uncomfortably aware of advancing years and atrophying achievement, and no amount of lofty rationalisation can disguise the triumph of friends and colleagues, not only from Cambridge days but even within the despised walls of the Poly itself, or sweeten the bitter pill of another`s
ISBN: 978-0-09-945203-4
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This title presents a phonic-based approach to reading - using letter sounds and blends. It introduces letter formation and letter-sound recognition to help pre-school children get a head-start on classroom skills. It includes: over 35 lively and interactive activities to help develop important skills needed for reading; 60 gold stars to reward and encourage; and, 30 fantastic coloured stickers and badges. It is written by former teacher and current children`s non-fiction author Louisa Somerville, with expert teacher and consultant, David Smith. Teachers may photocopy pages free of charge for classroom use. These Phonics books have been specially devised to give children preparing for their first years at school a real head start....
