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Married (again) and divorced (again), Isadora Wing is a single parent with an adorable daughter, an irritating ex-husband, and a startling assortment of suitors: an unorthodox rabbi, a poetic disc jockey, the son of a famous sex therapist, and WASPily handsomest of all: Berkeley Sproul III. Isadora and Berkeley meet at a health club, and he's fourteen years her junior. Of course their affair is tortuous and sexy, but is it love? Or does the st...

This is a gripping book... A fascinating account of the way in which succeeding generations have seen Cleopatra, as virtuous suicide, inefficient housewife, exuberant lover, professional courtesan, scheming manipulator, femme fatale, incarnation of Isis and bimbo' - Economist

One woman's struggle against great odds, with a heart tragically divided. Soon into the dull routine comes Joel, handsome son of a wealthy entrepreneur, and for Lily, young and vulnerable, their meeting is a revelation.

Two Irish-American scholars from Harvard journey to Albania in the 1930s with a tape recorder (a 'new fangled' invention) in order to record the last genuinely oral epic singers.

In this book, Anna Del Conte has collected together the best of her delicious recipes along with tips, anecdotes and reminiscences about her life in Italy and London. Packed with inspiring information from the best way to make a tomato sauce and a tiramisu to more unusual dishes such as nettle risotto and chestnut mousse, each chapter is devoted to a different ingredient.

Gervase Phinn is the bestselling adult author of The Other Side of the Dale, Over Hill and Dale, Head Over Heels in the Dale and Up and Down in the Dale, all of which have been top ten bestsellers. He has sold over half a million copies in paperback in the UK to date. His children's titles have also sold well over 100 thousand copies. He is a real enthusiast, regularly promoting children's books. Gervase lives in Doncaster.

Debut fantasy trilogy, a page-turning adventure in the tradition of Terry Brooks and David Eddings. 'A book for lovers of traditional fantasy, a fast-paced tale of forbidden love and magic' Sara Douglass

Decades after his death, the figure of Erving Goffman (1922a "82) continues to fascinate. Perhaps the best-known sociologist of the second half of the twentieth century, Goffman was an unquestionably significant thinker whose reputation extended well beyond his parent discipline. A host of concepts irrevocably linked to Goffman's name a " such as 'presentation of self', 'total institutions', 'stigma', 'impression management' and 'passing' a "...

Offers guidance on keeping and using journals and gives advice on integrating journal writing on taught courses, in training and professional development, and in supporting personal development planning (PDP) activities. This work contains exercises and activities that enhance learning journal work in a structured manner.

Drawing on international case studies, this book explores the theory and practice of the everyday reality of change to promote learning and teaching in universities.

This book is about Civil-Military Relations in Peace Support Operations. The essential themes of this book are: - Neither military nor civilian agencies can act effectively alone in resolving modern conflicts, - Joint civil-military efforts are needed, and those efforts must be deliberately planned from the outset of an operation, - These efforts cannot be added on as afterthoughts when all else has failed. The record of our efforts over ...

Focusing on the field of disability history, this book explores changes in understandings of deformity and disability between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries, and reveals the ways in which different societies have conceptualised the normal and the pathological.

Getting Real details the business, design, programming, and marketing principles of 37signals. The book is packed with keep-it-simple insights, contrarian points of view, and unconventional approaches to software design. This is not a technical book or a design tutorial, it's a book of ideas. Anyone working on a web app - including entrepreneurs, designers, programmers, executives, or marketers - will find value and inspiration in this book. 3...

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Dr Sylvia Moody has a PhD in Psychology, a diploma in Clinical Psychology and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She runs the Dyslexia Assessment Service in London, is the author of Dyslexia: A Teenager's Guide and has also written children's books.

Following personal tragedy, Charlotte Hayes finds herself living in poverty and in charge of two motherless boys and a waif from the streets. She works in a nearby bookshop and just about manages to survive. When an autocratic doctor and her employer's engaging son arrive in Lincoln, she is drawn into two very different worlds and she struggles to retain her family and stability. But then she is accused of blackmail and murder and her dark sec...

The book was inspyered by my dauhter who at the time was 4 years old and having problems with bed time and monsters in her closet. So I decided to write a book about how silly it really was.That nothing could hurt you its just your things in the closet . Like shirts, pants, shoes and hats. I wanted to keep it short sweet and funny for childern. A colorful ryming book . Hopfully it will help parents with the dreaded bed time routine. Enjoy.

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When the repressed memories of a troubled young woman begin to surface, and she discovers she has another personality, a dangerous and unexpected chain of events is unleashed.

When the repressed memories of a troubled young woman begin to surface, and she discovers she has another personality, a dangerous and unexpected chain of events is unleashed.