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The Celestial Travellers Bathroom Companion : Thoughts on an Awakening by an Expanding Mind (9781541232082)

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This book is a collection of ideas and topics related to the subject of personal enlightenment. The content is partly based on vernacular found in "The Course in Miracles". The idea for this book is that it resides in the bathroom of your house, and is used for momentary inspiration and stimulation. Open and read anywhere, as the thoughts and topics are not in sequence. Product details Format Paperback | 112 pages Dimensions 152 x 229 x 6mm | 159g ...

The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (9781534427884)

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Mary Jekyll and the Athena Club foil a plot to unseat the Queen and race to save one of their own in this electrifying conclusion to the Locus Award winning trilogy that began with The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter. Life's always an adventure for the Athena Club...especially when one of their own has been kidnapped! After their thrilling European escapades rescuing Lucina van Helsing, Mary Jekyll, and her friends return home to discover that their friend and kitchen maid Alice has vanished-and so has their friend and employer Sherlock Holmes! As they race to find Alice and bring her home safely, they discover that Alice and Sherlock's kidnapping are only one small part of a plot that threatens Queen Victoria, and the very future of the British Empire. Can Mary, Diana, Beatrice, Catherine, and Justine save their friends-and the Empire? In the final volume of the trilogy that Publishers Weekly called "a tour de force of reclaiming the narrative, executed wit...

Understanding Family Diversity and Home - School Relations : A guide for students and practitioners in early years and primary settings (9780415694049)

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How can adults in Early Years settings and primary schools fully embrace the diverse nature of family life of the children they are working with? This essential text will help students and those already working with children to understand both theoretically and practically, what may constitute a 'family'. It explores how to build relationships with a child's family to ensure early years settings and schools are working in partnership with children's home environments, thereby supporting the best possible learning outcomes for children. It will help the reader to develop their skills, knowledge and understanding of their professional practice in education, and chapter by chapter explores the challenges that may be experienced in working with the diverse nature of family life in the UK, including: mixed race families immigrant, refugee and asylum seeker families step-families and step-parenting gay and lesbian families families and adoption fostering and children ...

The Everything Parent's Guide to Raising Girls : All You Need to Help Your Daughter Develop Confidence, Achieve Self-Esteem, and Improve Communication (9781440510984)

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Raising a girl in today's world is more complicated than ever. How do you help your daughter navigate through her world of school cliques, confusing media messages, and pressures to be a "good girl"? Newly revised and updated, this guide gives you smart and comprehensive advice on the trials and triumphs of raising a daughter. Parenting expert Dr. Erika Shearin Karres prepares you for every stage, including: * Handling tantrums, bad moods, and potty training* Dealing with cliques, bullies, and peer pressure* Coping with puberty and menstruation* Keeping up with texting, social media, and online relationships* Addressing the issues of drinking, smoking, drugs, and sex* Enforcing rules and discipline Dr. Karres shows you how to raise your girl with ease, skill, and confidence even in today's challenging world! Product details Format ...

Coward Plays: 1 : Hay Fever; The Vortex; Fallen Angels; Easy Virtue (9780413460608)

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This first volume in the Coward Collection contains four plays written within a two year period when Coward and the century were still in their 20s. The volume is introduced by Sheridan Morley, Coward's first biographer. Hay Fever, a comedy of bad manners, concerns a weekend with friends of the Bliss family, who have all been invited independently for a weekend at their country house near Maidenhead. The Vortex was a controversial drama in its time, introducing drug-addiction onto the stage at a time when alcoholism was barely mentioned. Fallen Angels, which is written for two star actresses was described as 'degenerate', 'vile', 'obscene', 'shocking' - the second half of the play is entirely taken up with an alcoholic duologue between the two women. Easy Virtue is an elegant, laconic tribute to a lost world of drawing-room dramas, no other writer went more directly to the jugular of that moralistic, tight-lipped but fundamentally hypocritica...