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 HARD COVER - COLOUR PLATES - 667 PAGES - PUBLISHED ORION PUBLISHEING 1996.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days So begins this controversial and enlightened book by Roger Schank, Ph.D., a world-renowned expert on teaming, who believes that every day of the school year our children are being failed by an academic system that does nothing to stir a lifelong passion for learning. In this lively, sometimes alarming book, Schank shatters the myths about how children learn and offers candid advice for parents who want to raise kids with gumption, ambition, creativity, inquisitiveness, and analytic and verbal proficiency. Features Summary Presents ways parents can foster six traits of practical intelligence--gumption, ambition, creativity, inquisitiveness, and analytic and verbal proficiency--to nurture their children's lifelong learning and success. Author Roger Schank Publisher HarperCollinsPublishers Release date 20010821 Pages 244 ISBN 0-06-093077-2 ISBN 13 978-0-06-093077-6

  THE YEAR IS 1803, AND DARCY AND ELIZABETH HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR SIX YEARS.  THERE ARE NOW TWO HANDSOME  AND HEALTHY SONS IN THE PEMBERLEY NURSERY, ELIZABETH'S  BELOVED SISTER JANE AND HER HUSBAND, BINGLEY, LIVE  WITHIN SEVENTEEN MILES, THE ORDERED AND SECURE LIFE OF  PEMBERLEY SEEMS UNASSAILABLE, AND ELIZABETH'S   HAPPINESS IN HER MARRIAGE IS COMPLETE.  BUT THEIR PEACE IS  THREATENED AND OLD SINS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS ARE  REKINDLED ON THE EVE OF THE ANNUAL AUTUMN BALL.  THE  DARCYS AND THEIR GUESTS ARE PREPARING TO RETIRE FOR THE  NIGHT WHEN A CHAISE APPEARS, ROCKING DOWN THE PATH FROM  PEMBERLEY'S WILD WOODLAND, AND AS IT PULLS UP, LYDIA  WICKHAM, AN UNINVITED GUEST, TUMBLES OUT, SCREAMING THAT HER HUSBAND HAS BEEN MURDERED. IN A PITCH-PERFECT RECREATION OF THE WORLD OF PRIDE AND  PREJUDICE, P.D. JAMES ELEGANTLY FUSES HER LIFELONG PASSION  FOR THE WORK OF JANE AUSTEN WITH HER TALENT FOR  WRITING DETECTIVE FICTION.  SHE WEAVES A COMPELLING  STORY, COMBINING A SENSITIVE INSIGHT INTO THE HAPPY  BUT THREATENED MARRIAGE OF THE DARCYS AND THE   EXCITEMENT AND SUSPENSE OF A BRILLIANTLY CRAFTED  DETECTIVE STORY.  DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY ENSHRINES   THE QUALITIES HER READERS HAVE COME TO EXPECT:  PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL RICHNESS OF   CHARACTERIZATION, VIVID EVOCATION OF PLACE, AND A CREDIBLE AND SUPERBLY STRUCTURED PLOT, IN A POWERFUL  AND DISTINGUISHED WORK OF FICTION.   PUBLISHER: FABER AND FABER PUBLISHED: 2011 PAGES: 310 ISBN: 978-0-571-28358-3 PAPERBACK GENRE: HISTORICAL FICTION   SECOND HAND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days A prelude to fame, Just Kids recounts the friendship of two young artists--Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe - whose passion fueled their lifelong pursuit of art. In 1967, a chance meeting between two young people led to a romance and a lifelong friendship that would carry each to international success never dreamed of. The backdrop is Brooklyn, Chelsea Hotel, Max's Kansas City, Scribner's Bookstore, Coney Island, Warhol's Factory and the whole city resplendent. Among their friends, literary lights, musicians and artists such as Harry Smith, Bobby Neuwirth, Allen Ginsberg, Sandy Daley, Sam Shepherd, William Burroughs, etc. It was a heightened time politically and culturally; the art and music worlds exploding and colliding. In the midst of all this two kids made a pact to always care for one another. Scrappy, romantic, committed to making art, they prodded and provided each other with faith and confidence during the hungry years--the days of cous-cous and lettuce soup. Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. Beautifully written, this is a profound portrait of two young artists, often hungry, sated only by art and experience. And an unforgettable portrait of New York, her rich and poor, hustlers and hellions, those who made it and those whose memory lingers near. Features Summary Winner of the 2010 Non-Fiction National Book Award Patti Smith's evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe Author Patti Smith Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Release date 20101215 Pages 288 ISBN 0-7475-6876-6 ISBN 13 978-0-7475-6876-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days THE BRITISH BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 Whether you're a seasoned woodcutter, or your passion is yet to be kindled, NORWEGIAN WOOD is the perfect fireside read, and an ideal seasonal gift. Chopping and stacking wood is a pastime where the world makes sense once more. Because our relationship to fire is so ancient, so universal, it seems that in learning about wood, you can also learn about life. And who better to impart this wisdom than an expert from Scandinavia, where the extreme climate has obliged generations to hone and share their skills with tools, wood and heat production. Lars Mytting has distilled the wisdom of enthusiasts, from experienced lifelong growers, stackers and burners to researchers and professionals of combustion and tree culture. Part guide to the best practice in every aspect of working with this renewable energy source, part meditation on the human instinct for survival, this definitive handbook on the art of chopping, stacking and drying wood in the Scandinavian way has resonated across the world, with more than half a million copies sold worldwide. NORWEGIAN WOOD and THE NORWEGIAN WOOD ACTIVITY BOOK make the ultimate companion set. Features Summary The phenomenal bestseller - 100,000+ copies - Everything you wanted to know about chopping, stacking and drying wood. Author Lars Mytting (Author), Robert Ferguson (Translator) Publisher MacLehose Press Release date 20151001 Pages 191 ISBN 0-85705-255-1 ISBN 13 978-0-85705-255-1

Author: Albie Sachs Publisher: Oxford University Press (2009) ISBN-10: 0199571791 ISBN-13: 9780199571796 Condition: Very Good. Light wear to edges of the dust jacket.  Else a very good copy. Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket Pages: 306 Dimensions: 22.1 x 14.4 x 2 cm +++ by Albie Sachs (With Author's Inscription) +++ From a young age Albie Sachs played a prominent part in the struggle for justice in South Africa. As a result he was detained in solitary confinement, tortured by sleep deprivation and eventually blown up by a car bomb which cost him his right arm and the sight of an eye. His experiences provoked an outpouring of creative thought on the role of law as a protector of human dignity in the modern world, and a lifelong commitment to seeing a new era of justice established in South Africa. After playing an important part in drafting South Africa's post-apartheid Constitution, he was appointed by Nelson Mandela to be a member of the country's first Constitutional Court. Over the course of his fifteen year term on the Court he has grappled with the major issues confronting modern South Africa, and the challenges posed to the fledgling democracy as it sought to overcome the injustices of the apartheid regime. The book provides unique access to an insider's perspective on modern South Africa, and a rare glimpse into the working of a judicial mind. By juxtaposing life experiences and extracts from judgments, Sachs enables the reader to see the complex and surprising ways in which legal culture transforms subjective experience into objectively reasoned decisions. With rare candour he tells of the difficulties he has when preparing a judgment, of how every judgment is a lie. Rejecting purely formal notions of the judicial role he shows how both reason and passion (concern for protecting human dignity) are required for law to work in the service of justice.