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| "The Houses of History : A Critical Reader in History and Theory," |
| "The houses of history is a clear jargon-free introduction to the major theoretical approaches employed by historians This innovative critical reader provides accessible introductions to fourteen schools of thought from the empiricist to the postcolonial including chapters on Marxist history Freud and psychohistory the Annales historical sociology narrative gender public history and the history of the emotions Each chapter begins with a succinct description of the ideas integral to a particular theory The authors then explore the insights and controversies arising from the application of this model drawing upon debates and examples from around the world Each chapter concludes with a representative example from a historian writing within this conceptual framework This newly revised edition of the highly successful textbook is the ideal basis for an introductory course in history and theory for students of history at all levels --"
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| "A Million Little Pieces" |
| "James Frey wakes up on a plane with no memory of the preceding two weeks His face is cut and his body is covered with bruises He has no wallet and no idea of his destination He has abused alcohol and every drug he can lay his hands on for a decade - and he is aged only twenty-threeWhat happens next is one of the most powerful and extreme stories ever told His family takes him to a rehabilitation centre And James Frey starts his perilous journey back to the world of the drug and alcohol-free living His lack of self-pity is unflinching and searingA Million Little Pieces is a dazzling account of a life destroyed and a life reconstructed It is also the introduction of a bold and talented literary voice"
Price: 8.49 |
| "My Friend Leonard" |
| "While in rehab James Frey finds a father figure in a shady mafia boss called Leonard When Leonard returns to his dubious prosperous life in the criminal underworld of Las Vegas he promises James his support on the outside Tragedy strikes the day James is released and his world seems set to implode Unsure where to turn he calls Leonard Paradoxically it is in Leonard's lawless underworld that James discovers the courage and humanity needed to rebuild his life"
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| "The Great Game" |
| "For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia fought a secret war in the lonely passes and deserts of Central Asia Those engaged in this shadowy struggle called it 'The Great Game' a phrase immortalized by Kipling When play first began the two rival empires lay nearly 2000 miles apart By the end some Russian outposts were within 20 miles of India This classic book tells the story of the Great Game through the exploits of the young officers both British and Russian who risked their lives playing it Disguised as holy men or native horse-traders they mapped secret passes gathered intelligence and sought the allegiance of powerful khans Some never returned The violent repercussions of the Great Game are still convulsing Central Asia today"
Price: 9.99 |
| "Eight Feet in the Andes : Travels with a Mule in Unknown Peru" |
| "The eight feet belong to Dervla Murphy her nine-year-old daughter Rachel and Juana an elegant mule who together clambered the length of Peru from Cajamarca near the border with Ecuador to Cuzco the ancient Inca capital over 1300 miles to the southWith only the most basic necessities to sustain them and spending most of their time above 10000 feet their journey was marked by extreme discomfort occasional danger and even the temporary loss of Juana over a precipice Yet mother and daughter a formidable duo were unflagging in their sympathetic response to the perilous beauty and impoverished people of the AndesIn this extraordinary adventure Dervla Murphy is at her intrepid best facing up to the terrors horrors and joys of her journey along the mountain paths"
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| "Alfred the Great" |
| "Alfred is the only English king ever to be called 'Great' It was not a title given by political supporters not the sycophantic gift of an official biographer nor a self-styled title It was the gift of history Justin Pollard's enthralling authoritative account befits Alfred - a soldier a scholar and statesman like no other in English history His rule spanned troubled times His shores were under constant threat from Viking marauders and he faced turmoil at home Soon after he began his rule a conspiracy erupted and he was hounded out of his kingdom into solitary exile in forests and fens But his ambition was not felled by adversity Alone in this damp dangerous half-world of bogs and quicksand Alfred looked within and found the motivation to create a new type of nation Drawing on the latest historical textual and archaeological research Justin Pollard radically reassesses the key moments in Alfred's life He offers a new interpretation of what caused this most remarkable king to begin the formation of England and how it coloured the subsequent history of the Western World down to the present day"
Price: 10.49 |
| Mani |
| "This is Patrick Leigh Fermor's spellbinding part-travelogue part inspired evocation of a part of Greece's past Joining him in the Mani one of Europe's wildest and most isolated regions cut off from the rest of Greece by the towering Taygettus mountain range and hemmed in by the Aegean and Ionian seas we discover a rocky central prong of the Peleponnese at the southernmost point in EuropeBad communications only heightening the remoteness this Greece - south of ancient Sparta - is one that maintains perhaps a stronger relationship with the ancient past than with the present Myth becomes history and vice versa Leigh Fermor's hallmark descriptive writing and capture of unexpected detail have made this book first published in 1958 a classic - together with its Northern Greece counterpart Roumeli"
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| "The Collected Poems of George Mackay Brown" |
| "George Mackay Brown is recognised as one of Scotland's greatest twentieth-century lyric poets His work is integral to the flowering of Scottish literature over the last fifty years Admired by many fellow poets including Seamus Heaney and Douglas Dunn his poems are deeply individual and unmistakable in their setting 'the small green world' of the Orkney Islands where he lived for most of his life with its elemental forces of sea and sky and Norse and Icelandic ancestry is brought vividly and memorably to life Here his rich resonant poetry is collected in one volume making available again many poems that are otherwise out of print"
Price: 14.49 |
| "Sea of Poppies : Ibis Trilogy Book 1" |
| "At the heart of this epic saga set just before the Opium Wars is an old slaving-ship the Ibis Its destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean its crew a motley array of sailors and stowaways coolies and convicts In a time of colonial upheaval fate has thrown together a truly diverse cast of Indians and Westerners from a bankrupt Raja to a widowed villager from an evangelical English opium trader to a mulatto American freedman As their old family ties are washed away they like their historical counterparts come to view themselves as jahaj-bhais or ship-brothers An unlikely dynasty is born which will span continents races and generations The vast sweep of this historical adventure spans the lush poppy fields of the Ganges the rolling high seas and the exotic backstreets of China But it is the panorama of characters whose diaspora encapsulates the vexed colonial history of the East itself which makes Sea of Poppies so breathtakingly alive - a masterpiece from one of the world's finest novelists"
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| "Along the Enchanted Way : A Story of Love and Life in Romania" |
| "When William Blacker first crossed the snow-bound passes of northern Romania he stumbled upon an almost medieval worldThere for many years he lived side by side with the country people a life ruled by the slow cycle of the seasons far away from the frantic rush of the modern world In spring as the pear trees blossomed he ploughed with horses in summer he scythed the hay meadows and in the freezing winters gathered wood by sleigh from the forest From sheepfolds harried by wolves to courting expeditions in the snow he experienced the traditional way of life to the full and became accepted into a community who treated him as one of their own But Blacker was also intrigued by the Gypsies those dark foot-loose strangers of spell-binding allure who he saw passing through the village Locals warned him to stay clear but he fell in love and there followed a bitter struggleChange is now coming to rural Romania and William Blacker's adventures will soon be part of its history From his early carefree days tramping the hills of Transylvania to the book's poignant ending Along the Enchanted Way transports us back to a magical country world most of us thought had vanished long ago"
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| Gemmology |
| "Since Gemmology was published readers have used it to gain an in-depth appreciation of the science of gemmology its history and practiceThis third edition has been completely revised to cover the latest methods of gem enhancement and identification as well as the latest test instruments and laboratory techniquesGemmology serves as an invaluable reference guide for gemmologists professionals and students and is an invaluable text for anyone in the gemmological profession Also included are details of the Gemmological Association's Foundation Course together with advice on examination techniques"
Price: 19.49 |
| "Pity the Lonely Dreamers" |
| "Valentina's mother had always made it clear to her that her brother Michael was the favourite child So when the opportunity comes for Valentina to leave South Wales behind and head to London she grasps it with both hands Living in the midst of the music scene changes her attitude and growing in confidence and experience Valentina attempts to move out from the shadow of her friend Phil and his dream of being a star But 70s London is still thoroughly a man's world and with her new-found success it is Phil who becomes resentful and dangerously so With new friends and big ambitions Valentina learns to stand on her own and make for herself the life of which she dreams"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Run Masked" |
| "They are neighbours and friends helping each other 'prove-up' their homesteads on time There are plenty of others like them in Cannon Valley except for the fact that the areas of land belonging to each of the men are coveted by someone who knows a secret that they don't And that's when the trouble begins framed for murder both men start running with a 'shoot on sight' order ringing in their ears It becomes a case of run run and run some more and hope to out-run the bounty hunters' bullets"
Price: 12.99 |
| "The Pride of the Morning" |
| "Emma has always accepted her grandfather's wish for a union between herself and her cousin Hamilton It will ensure a continuation of the saddle and harness making business on Saddler's Row satisfy her aunt and provide Emma with security for the future At Chester's Midsummer Fair a chance encounter with personable horse dealer Josh Brookfield sparks a whole different chain of events prompting hidden jealousy and deceit resulting in the severing a friendship Long-held secrets come to light - it is a time of shattered family bonds and heartache Emma is forced down an uncertain path far removed from the life she has always known Can she ever forget the man with the laughter in his eyes and the soul of a poet who looked upon a simple shower of rain as the pride of the morning? And will Josh ever find Emma again? It seems like an impossible dream - until Fate intervenes"
Price: 17.49 |
| "An Oxford Anomaly" |
| "Jeremy Oakshott Fellow of Jerusalem Hall and an authority on the Crusades is content with life until renowned archaeologist Mrs Lestrange urges him to join her expedition to Syria His wealthy uncle Ambrose Littlemore refuses to help him and is murdered soon afterwards Detective Inspector Antrobus has already investigated the savage murder of one of Oakeshott's old friends but the scholar's alibis are completely water-tight Assisted by his doctor friend Sophia Jex-Blake Antrobus looks further afield visiting two criminal lunatic asylums a remote nunnery and a quiet country village where at last they uncover the truth about five savage murders and the identity of their perpetrator"
Price: 17.49 |
| "Lonely is the Hunter" |
| "Outlaw Caleb Ollinger has no idea how much outrage he will stir after stopping off in the New Mexico town of Carrizozo A few drinks and a game of poker suddenly turn into a double killing - the gambler who has been caught cheating matters little - but an innocent boy plowed down by Ollinger was the son of New Mexico's territorial governor Bounty hunter Chance Newcombe is hired to bring the killer in but the loner has an ulterior motive Chance attempts to lure Caleb's brother Pake into the picture under the pretense that they will be rescuing the wayward kid Chance comes across an old comrade at a relay station is also after Caleb so as to secure an amnesty granted by the governor which wipes out his past crimes Bullets are bound to fly when the disparate protagonists finally meet up at the Hanging Tree"
Price: 12.99 |
| "The Wind from the Sea" |
| "After the First World war two final stragglers return to North East Scotland to pick up their old lives Mary Cowie once a 'gutter quine' or fish gutter who served with the Elsie Inglis Scottish Women Hospitals field units and Neil Findlay once the best fishing boat skipper in Buckie now a shell-shocked wreck They hope the old life will cure them but find they have changed too much to settle down again This is a story of a fishing community following the herring shoals around the coast in their steam drifters and is rich in local characters like Aggie the young war widow Jonathan the local doctor Eric the skipper who retired too soon to make way for his sons The shadow of the war refuses to go away for any of these but with change comes opportunity Mary and Neil find their tribal and personal loyalties tested to the full as the herring fishing industry struggles to recover"
Price: 17.49 |
| Subliminal |
| "Research scientist Emma Lilton believes she has found a way of making subliminal imprinting (SI) which seeks to unconsciously control decision-making and impede free thinking in subjects highly effective Ordinarily SI would be illegal but when she persuades Jonathan Woodbridge the frustrated head of an advertising agency to use her technique in a TV commercial the results are astonishing Though SI loses its champions when a car crash ends their lives Woodbridge's successor Elliot Mason retrieves the secret behind SI and intends to employ it to ensure the agency attains unprecedented success However an extreme right-wing political party subsequently bribes him to employ the same method in political party broadcasts; the result is a disaster for the nation and the world changes for the worse"
Price: 18.49 |
| "Sherlock Holmes : The Four-Handed Game" |
| "Holmes and Watson find themselves bombarded with an absolute avalanche of dramatic cases! Holmes enrols Inspectors Lestrade and Bradstreet to help him play a dangerous four handed game against an organisation whose power and influence seems to know no bounds As dissimilar as each case seems to be robbery assault and gruesome murder Holmes begins to suspect that each one has been meticulously designed to lure him towards a conclusion that even he could not have anticipated However when his brother Mycroft goes missing he realises that he might just be running out of time"
Price: 17.49 |
| "Death Silences Everyone" |
| "Brad Foley was once a deputy sheriff but that was taken away from him He lost his job his badge his home and his reason for living Now working his way out of his own personal hell he takes what work he can get such as finding out who the dead girl in the morgue really is To the police she's a 'Jane Doe' just another prostitute killing But she could be from one of the San Francisco pioneering families When the trail leads from an alley south of Market Street up to the California governor's mansion and then north to Mendocino County where he once wore a deputy sheriff's badge Foley doesn't hesitate Murder politics drugs and the big city escort business are all part of what Foley is facing A former cop with failure in his background he finds himself caught up in a situation almost beyond his abilities"
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| "No Place to Hide" |
| "Jake Ord and his enigmatic companion Magda are living in seclusion in a small inland town in the Algarve Portugal They each have something to hide and to fear but their life together is just how they want it tranquil safe and agreeably boring All that changes when Jake receives a phone call late at night from an old friend in the Northumbria Police Force He learns that crime boss Ed Fogarty has escaped from prison and is intent on exacting revenge from all those including Jake who helped put him there Fogarty is also intent on recovering the GBP20 million missing from his last heist money that he believes one of them still has And he knows where Jake is living! As Fogarty ticks off the names on his hit list Jake goes on the run across Europe taking Magda with him Along the way in Portugal Central Europe and England Jake discovers that Magda is a woman with hidden talents as well as a hidden past She is no stranger to the criminal underworld or to the violent men with whom he must do battle Her betrayal distances him from her for a time but in Crete they stand and fight together again as Fogarty and his men finally close in on them"
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| "Year of the Hare" |
| "Vatanen the journalist is feeling burned out and sick of the city One summer evening while on assignment his car hits a young hare on a country road Vatanen leaves the car to save the injured creature This small incident becomes a turning point in Vatanen's life as he decides to break free from the world's constraints He quits his job leaves his wife sells his possessions to travel the Finnish wilds with his new found friend Their adventures take in forest fires pagan sacrifices military war games killer bears and much more"
Price: 6.49 |
| "The Man Who Planted Trees" |
| "Jean Giono's beautiful allegorical tale is legendary Written in the 1950's its message was ahead of its time inspiring readers to rediscoverthe harmonies of the countryside and prevent its willful destruction The narrator journeying by foot across the barren plains of the lower Alps has his thirst assuaged by the well water drawn by the shepherd Elzeaerd Bouffier Here begins the subtle parable which Giono weaves of the life-giving shepherd who chooses to live alone and carry out the work of God Over forty years the desolate hills and lifeless villages which sooppressed the traveler are transformed by the dedication of one man All with the help of a few acorns Giono's hope was to set in motion a worldwide reforestation program that would rejuvenate the earth The Man Who Planted Trees is a hymn to creation and a purveyor of confidence in man's ability to change his-indeed the world's-lot Review Citations Ingram Advance 05012005 pg 77 (ISBN 1931498725 Hardcover)"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Word Puzzles by Celia Warren (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "The Schofield & Sims puzzle books have been specially written for Key Stage 2 children to work through independently Carefully graded and challenging the puzzles help children to develop the literacy skills that they need in school as well as the thinking skills that are valuable in every aspect of their lives Word Puzzles contains puzzles that are to do with words letters reading writing and logic Worked examples and useful hints are provided and children are encouraged to check their answers against the correct solutions given The puzzles in this book include word chains word squares hidden words link words riddles word searches crosswords Sudoku"
Price: 4.49 |
| "KS2 Comprehension Book 2" |
| "Key Stage 2 Comprehension provides a unique collection of stimulating texts that appeal strongly to both boys and girls together with questions that both build and stretch comprehension skills and widen vocabulary Comprising four one-per-child activity books and providing more than 72 texts in total the series encourages children to pay close attention to literal meaning make inferences and deductions observe how writing is structured and identify literary devices A separate Teacher's Guide is also available Book 2 is for children whose reading skills are fluent and accurate and includes excellent examples of broadsheet journalism (such as a description of the celebrations following England's victory in the 1966 World Cup) an instructional text 'How to make a wormery' that children will love enthralling extracts from classic fiction -'The Adventures of Robin Hood' 'Treasure Island' and 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' plus stories based on the 'Canterbury Tales' and Arthurian legend an intriguing playscript adapted from the Sherlock Holmes detective story and thought-provoking poetry from Charles Causley Walter de la Mare Valerie Bloom and Edward Thomas"
Price: 3.99 |
| "KS2 Comprehension Book 3" |
| "Key Stage 2 Comprehension provides a unique collection of stimulating texts that appeal strongly to both boys and girls together with questions that both build and stretch comprehension skills and widen vocabulary Comprising four one-per-child activity books and providing more than 72 texts in total the series encourages children to pay close attention to literal meaning make inferences and deductions observe how writing is structured and identify literary devices A separate Teacher's Guide is also available Book 3 encourages children to move beyond simple understanding and recall to look for more complex meanings It includes adventure stories from Roald Dahl Mark Twain Anthony Buckeridge and Kenneth Grahame an inspiring biography of Falklands soldier Simon Weston further non-fiction from Jacqueline Wilson and Emmeline Pankhurst evocative poems from some of the best British poets (such as Lewis Carroll Robert Browning and RL Stevenson) an appealing letter written by Stevenson as a teenager and an introduction to the writing of JRR Tolkien and William Shakespeare"
Price: 4.99 |
| "KS2 Comprehension Teacher's Guide" |
| "Key Stage 2 Comprehension provides a unique collection of stimulating texts that appeal strongly to both boys and girls together with questions that both build and stretch comprehension skills and widen vocabulary Comprising four one-per-child activity books and providing more than 72 texts in total the series encourages children to pay close attention to literal meaning make inferences and deductions observe how writing is structured and identify literary devices Each text has been allocated a National Curriculum 'level' which appears in the Teaching notes and Cross-curricular content charts and allows you to model the comprehension process through guided reading This Teacher's Guide provides you with all you need to use Key Stage 2 Comprehension to its full potential including full teaching notes for every text including an introduction and answers further activities which may be adapted for individual or group work at least one speaking and listening activity for each text cross-curricular contents charts which also indicate the level of each text a photocopiable group record sheet for each activity book and a handy summary of the comprehension objectives listed in the Primary Framework"
Price: 7.49 |
| "First Mental Arithmetic Book 3" |
| "First Mental Arithmetic provides carefully graded questions that develop children's essential mathematics skills A downwards extension of the Schofield & Sims bestseller Mental Arithmetic the series comprises three workbooks for Year 1 (Books 1 to 3) and three for Year 2 (Books 4 to 6) The term 'mental arithmetic' is usually associated with spoken questions However children using all the Schofield and Sims Mental Arithmetic materials read the questions themselves and write down their answers A Language of Maths glossary helps to develop children's number vocabulary and three Check-ups assess children's understanding The separate First Mental Arithmetic Answers provides answers to all questions contained in this book plus additional resources for teachers Book 3 includes numerals to 20 symmetry halves and quarters telling the time"
Price: 3.99 |
| "Handwriting Practice Book 1: KS1, Ages 5-7" |
| "The Handwriting Practice books support literacy in schools by giving children practice in forming and joining letters helping them to develop handwriting that is neat fluent legible and fast Fully compatible with any school handwriting scheme Handwriting Practice works methodically through the different letters and joins and features workbook style exercises for children to complete The simple format of the books makes them easily accessible enabling all children to work independently - though support from an adult helper is always beneficial FOCUS points at the foot of each page highlight key points for helpers to look out for Handwriting Practice 1 focuses on letter formation with capital letters introduced in the middle section Children are supported by coloured dots dotted lines and arrows indicating where to begin each letter and how to form the shape guidelines indicating the height and length of letters and real-life copying tasks including writing notes message and an invitation"
Price: 3.99 |
| "Understanding Reasoning: Non-verbal Reasoning" |
| "The Understanding Reasoning series helps pupils to understand and answer correctly reasoning questions as found in the 11 12 13 and other school selection tests The books provide concise explanations and examples of all the question types occurring in the 11 together with practical workbook-style activities to consolidate learning The step-by-step explanations are clear and include 'how to' instructions Intensive practice enables pupils to gain confidence as they tackle each new question type Correct answers are provided at the back of each book for quick and easy marking Non-verbal reasoning activities may be used with all pupils including those whose literacy skills are poor and those for whom English is a second language Question types covered include the following identifying shapes and patterns missing shapes and patterns rotating shapespatterns codes logic and combined shapes"
Price: 5.99 |
