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Talking to Strangers - Fiona Barton

‘A disturbing mystery that grips like a serpent.’ DAILY MAIL‘A chilling read.’ SUNDAY TIMES‘This novel hits home. And it hurts. Terrifyingly real and addictive.’ SHARON BOLTONThree women. One Killer.Talking to strangers has never been more dangerous...When the body of forty-four-year-old Karen Simmons is found abandoned in remote woodland, journalist Kiki Nunn is determined this will be the big break she so desperately needs.Because she has a head start on all the other reporters. Just a week before Karen was killed, Kiki interviewed her about the highs and lows of mid-life romance. Karen told her all about kissing strangers on the beach under the stars, expensive meals, roses. About the scammers and the creeps...While the police appear to be focusing on local suspects, Kiki sets out to write the definitive piece on one woman''s fatal search for love. But she will soon learn that the search for truth can be just as deadly...A phenomenal, unputdownable standalone thriller from the author of the record-breaking Sunday Times bestseller and Richard & Judy Book Club pick The Widow.Readers are gripped by Talking to Strangers! ''The story was well paced and intense and had some great twists and turns and shocking revelations. I read it over a couple of days and didn’t want to put it down!'' FIVE-STARS''The pacing of this book was relentless. Every chapter ended with a cliffhanger, leaving me desperate to know what happened next.'' FIVE-STARS''WOW. I did NOT see this twist coming. This is my favorite kind of book - a whodunnit that leaves you guessing...right up until the very last words.'' FIVE-STARS''Made me consider the kind of society we live in and left me wanting more with its thought-provoking issues and gripping story. It''s a must read.'' FIVE-STARS''Fiona Barton knocks it out of the park... this had so many twists and turns I nearly got whiplash!'' FIVE-STARS''Once I started, I couldn''t put it down! I absolutely loved it! Absolute must read.'' FIVE-STARS

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Talking to Strangers - Fiona Barton

Three women. One Killer.Talking to strangers has never been more dangerous...When the body of forty-four-year-old Karen Simmons is found abandoned in remote woodland, journalist Kiki Nunn is determined this will be the big break she so desperately needs.Because she has a head start on all the other reporters. Just a week before Karen was killed, Kiki interviewed her about the highs and lows of mid-life romance.Karen told her all about kissing strangers on the beach under the stars, expensive meals, roses. About the scammers and the creeps...While the police appear to be focusing on local suspects, Kiki sets out to write the definitive piece on one woman's fatal search for love. But she will soon learn that the search for truth can be just as deadly...

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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know (0316462918)

Kniha - autor Malcolm Gladwell, 400 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The routine traffic stop that ends in tragedy. The spy who spends years undetected at the highest levels of the Pentagon. The false conviction of Amanda Knox. Why do we so often get other people wrong? Why is it so hard to detect a lie, read a face or judge a stranger's motives? Through a series of encounters and misunderstandings - from history, psychology and infamous legal cases - Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual adventure into the darker side of human nature, where strangers are never simple and misreading them can have disastrous consequences. No one challenges our shared assumptions like Malcolm Gladwell. Here he uses stories of deceit and fatal errors to cast doubt on our strategies for dealing with the unknown, inviting us to rethink our thinking in these troubled times.

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Talking to Strangers - Malcolm Gladwell

The routine traffic stop that ends in tragedy. The spy who spends years undetected at the highest levels of the Pentagon. The false conviction of Amanda Knox. Why do we so often get other people wrong? Why is it so hard to detect a lie, read a face or judge a stranger's motives?Using stories of deceit and fatal errors to cast doubt on our strategies for dealing with the unknown, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual adventure into the darker side of human nature, where strangers are never simple and misreading them can have disastrous consequences.

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The Power of Strangers - Keohane Joe

When was the last time you spoke to a stranger? In our cities, we barely acknowledge one another on public transport, even as rates of loneliness skyrocket. Online, we carefully curate who we interact with. In our politics, we are increasingly consumed by a fear of people we've never met. But what if strangers, long believed to be the cause of many of our problems, were actually the solution? In The Power of Strangers, Joe Keohane discovers the surprising benefits that come from talking to strangers, examining how even passing interactions can enhance empathy, happiness and cognitive development, ease loneliness and isolation, and root us in the world, deepening our sense of belonging. Warm, witty, erudite and profound, this deeply researched book will make you reconsider how you perceive and approach strangers, showing you how talking to strangers isn't just not a way to live, it's a way to survive.

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Build - Tony Fadell

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER (MAY 2022).An unorthodox guide to making things worth making, from ''the father of the iPod and iPhone'' and the creator of Nest.Everyone deserves a mentor. For every career crisis, every fork in the road, you need someone to talk to. Someone who''s been there before, who knows exactly how wobbly and conflicted you feel, who can give it to you straight:Here''s how to think about choosing a job.Here''s how to be a better manager.Here''s how to approach design.Here''s how to start a company.Here''s how to run it.Tony Fadell learned all these lessons the hard way. He spent the first 10 years of his career in Silicon Valley failing spectacularly, and the next 20 building some of the most impactful devices in history - the iPod, iPhone, and Nest Learning Thermostat. He has enough stories and advice about leadership, design, startups, mentorship, decision making, devastating screwups, and unbelievable success to fill an encyclopedia.So that''s what this book is. An advice encyclopedia. A mentor in a box.But Tony''s doesn''t follow the standard Silicon Valley credo that you have to radically reinvent everything you do. His advice is unorthodox because it''s old school. Because it''s based on human nature, not gimmicks.Tony keeps things simple: he just tells you what works. He gives you exactly what you need to make things worth making.PRAISE FOR BUILD''This is the most fun - and the most fascinating - memoir of curiosity and invention that I''ve ever read.''Malcolm Gladwell,Host of the Revisionist History podcast. Author of Outliers and Talking to Strangers.''Whether you''re looking to build a great product, a creative team, a strong culture, or a meaningful career, Tony''s guidance will get you thinking and rethinking.''Adam Grant,Author of Think Again & Host of the TED podcast WorkLife

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Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come - Jessica Pan

‘Funny, emotional and deeply inspiring, this is perfect for anyone wanting to break out of their comfort zone’ HeatWhat would happen if a shy introvert lived as an out-and-out extrovert for one year? Jessica Pan is about to find out… *When she found herself jobless and friendless, sitting in the familiar Jess-shaped crease on her sofa, she couldn''t help but wonder what life might have looked like if she had been a little more open to new experiences and new people, a little less attached to going home instead of going to the pub.So, she made a vow: to push herself to live the life of an extrovert for a year. She wrote a list: improv, a solo holiday and... talking to strangers on the tube. She regretted it instantly. Sorry I''m Late, I Didn''t Want to Come follows Jess''s hilarious and painful year of misadventures in extroverting, reporting back from the frontlines for all the introverts out there. But is life actually better or easier for the extroverts? Or is it the nightmare Jess always thought it would be?*‘In a world of self-care and nights in, this book will inspire and remind you to do some things that scare you every so often.’ Emma Gannon ‘Tender, courageous and extremely funny, this book will make us all braver.’ Daisy Buchanan‘A chronicle of Pan’s hilarious and painful year of being an extrovert.’ Stylist

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Build - Tony Fadell

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER (MAY 2022).An unorthodox guide to making things worth making, from ''the father of the iPod and iPhone'' and the creator of Nest.Everyone deserves a mentor. For every career crisis, every fork in the road, you need someone to talk to. Someone who''s been there before, who knows exactly how wobbly and conflicted you feel, who can give it to you straight:Here''s how to think about choosing a job.Here''s how to be a better manager.Here''s how to approach design.Here''s how to start a company.Here''s how to run it.Tony Fadell learned all these lessons the hard way. He spent the first 10 years of his career in Silicon Valley failing spectacularly, and the next 20 building some of the most impactful devices in history - the iPod, iPhone, and Nest Learning Thermostat. He has enough stories and advice about leadership, design, startups, mentorship, decision making, devastating screwups, and unbelievable success to fill an encyclopedia.So that''s what this book is. An advice encyclopedia. A mentor in a box.But Tony''s doesn''t follow the standard Silicon Valley credo that you have to radically reinvent everything you do. His advice is unorthodox because it''s old school. Because it''s based on human nature, not gimmicks.Tony keeps things simple: he just tells you what works. He gives you exactly what you need to make things worth making.PRAISE FOR BUILD''This is the most fun - and the most fascinating - memoir of curiosity and invention that I''ve ever read.''Malcolm Gladwell,Host of the Revisionist History podcast. Author of Outliers and Talking to Strangers.''Whether you''re looking to build a great product, a creative team, a strong culture, or a meaningful career, Tony''s guidance will get you thinking and rethinking.''Adam Grant,Author of Think Again & Host of the TED podcast WorkLife

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The Widow - Fiona Barton

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, AND RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK''If you liked GONE GIRL and THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, you might want to pick up THE WIDOW by Fiona Barton. Engrossing. Suspenseful'' Stephen KingWe''ve all seen him: the man - the monster - staring from the front page of every newspaper, accused of a terrible crime.But what about her: the woman who grips his arm on the courtroom stairs - the wife who stands by him?Jean Taylor''s life was blissfully ordinary. Nice house, nice husband. Glen was all she''d ever wanted: her Prince Charming.Until he became that man accused, that monster on the front page. Jean was married to a man everyone thought capable of unimaginable evil.But now Glen is dead and she''s alone for the first time, free to tell her story on her own terms.Jean Taylor is going to tell us what she knows.***** ''The book really got under my skin and had me turning pages at a rate of knots, unable to tear myself away.''***** ''An utterly addictive read that I couldn''t put down.''***** ''Clever twists and turns . . . kept me on my toes until the end.''Read Fiona Barton''s other tantalising thrillers: THE CHILD, THE SUSPECT and LOCAL GONE MISSING - out now.

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The Suspect - Fiona Barton

WHAT IF IT WAS SOMEONE YOU KNEW?''Utterly engrossing . . . I lived inside this book for two days - and I''m still thinking about it. Superb!'' Shari Lapena, bestselling author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR''Intelligent, insightful and compelling. A clever, twisting whodunnit that delivers an emotional punch. I loved it.'' C L Taylor____________________''The police belonged to another world - the world they saw on the television or in the papers. Not theirs.''When two eighteen-year-old girls go missing on their gap year in Thailand, their families are thrust into the international spotlight: desperate, bereft and frantic with worry. Journalist Kate Waters always does everything she can to be first to the story, first with the exclusive, first to discover the truth - and this time is no exception. But she can''t help but think of her own son, who she hasn''t seen in two years, since he left home to go travelling. This time it''s personal.And as the case of the missing girls unfolds, they will all find that even this far away, danger can lie closer to home than you might think . . .____________________WHAT AUTHORS ARE SAYING: ''Perfectly pitched . . . will have you racing to the denouement.'' Cara Hunter, bestselling author of CLOSE TO HOME and IN THE DARK''A fast-paced whodunnit with heart, characters I feel I know and a deliciously dark twist. Superb writing, often blackly funny, and a scene that made me cry into my pillow.'' Gillian McAllister, Sunday Times bestselling author of EVERYTHING BUT THE TRUTH''Fiona Barton is perceptive, empathetic and a talented writer'' Daily Express____________________WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:''Really is unputdownable'' *****''I was gripped from the first page'' *****''Drew me in right from the start'' *****''The Suspect blew me away'' *****''I will be recommending this book to all my friends'' *****''The best book I have read in ages'' *****''Enthralling and full of suspense and twists'' *****____________________Read Fiona Barton''s other tantalising thrillers: THE WIDOW and THE CHILD - out now. New for 2022: tense, compelling standout thriller LOCAL GONE MISSING ***Available to pre-order***

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The Child - Fiona Barton

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, AND RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK''Clever and compelling. You''ll love THE CHILD'' Clare Mackintosh, author of LET ME LIE********When a paragraph in an evening newspaper reveals a decades-old tragedy, most readers barely give it a glance. But for three strangers it''s impossible to ignore.For one woman, it''s a reminder of the worst thing that ever happened to her.For another, it reveals the dangerous possibility that her darkest secret is about to be discovered.And for the third, a journalist, it''s the first clue in a hunt to uncover the truth.The Child''s story will be told.********''An engrossing, irresistible story about the coming to light of a long-buried secret. An absolutely fabulous read - I loved it!'' Shari Lapena, author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR''Tense, tantalising and ultimately very satisfying . . . definitely one of the year''s must-reads'' Lee ChildRead Fiona Barton''s other tantalising thrillers: THE WIDOW, THE SUSPECT and LOCAL GONE MISSING. COMING SOON: the brand new compelling standout thriller TALKING TO STRANGERS is available to pre-order now.

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Civil To Strangers - Barbara Pym

INTRODUCED BY HAZEL HOLT''I''m a huge fan of Barbara Pym'' Richard Osman''I''d sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen'' Philip LarkinWhen Barbara Pym died in 1980, she left a considerable amount of unpublished material. This volume contains an early novel, Civil to Strangers, three novellas and an autobiographical essay, ''Finding a Voice'', Pym''s only written comment on her writing career.In Civil to Strangers, the lives of a young couple, Cassandra Marsh-Gibbon and her self-absorbed writer husband Adam, are thrown into upheaval when a mysterious Hungarian arrives in their village.''A sublime social comedy . . . It exists inside the Pym Eden of safety, silliness and a kind of subdued hilarity. Look out for one of her best curates - the starchy, spinster-dodging Mr Paladin - and a typically deliciously insensitive vicar'' KATE SAUNDERS, THE TIMES''Brilliant, hilarious, poignant and so very, very English'' TIME

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Talking to Terrorists - Jonathan Powell

Across the world governments proclaim that they will never ‘negotiate with evil’. And yet they always have and always will. From jungle clearings to stately homes and anonymous airport hotels, Talking to Terrorists puts us in the room with the terrorists, secret agents and go-betweens who seek to change the course of history. Jonathan Powell has spent nearly two decades mediating between governments and terrorist organisations. Drawing on conflicts from Colombia and Sri Lanka to Palestine and South Africa, this optimistic, wide-ranging, authoritative book is about how and why we should talk to terrorists.‘Essential reading’ Independent‘Fascinating’ Sunday TimesNow includes a new Afterword - Talking to ISIL*Perfect for fans of The Looming Tower*

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Talking to a Pie About Walking the Dog - Katy Fraser

Talking to a Pie about Walking the Dog is psychotherapist and ADHD advocate Katy Fraser’s memoir-come-toolkit offering a deeply relatable perspective from a neurodivergent woman. Drawn from her experience living and now thriving with the diagnosis. Katy’s childhood provides a foundation for her shared knowledge. Structured in three parts, each section of Talking to a Pie about Walking the Dog offers a new way of thinking built upon her person-centred therapy work. Discover a unique blend of ADHD healing practices and advice to support embracing self-love and authenticity. 10% of book sales will directly support ADHD Aware, a Brighton-based national charity hosting confidential, resourceful peer support drop-in sessions in person and online for those impacted by ADHD and their families.

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Savoretti Jack: Singing To Strangers (Special Edition) - LP (4050538849905)

LP vinyl - Šesté album, které osahuje i duet „Music's Too Sad Without You” s Kylie Minogue, vychází nyní v rozšířené verzi s řadou bonusů. Giovanni Jack Savoretti je anglický zpěvák s italskými, německými a polskými kořeny. Šesté album, které osahuje i duet „Music's Too Sad Without You” s Kylie Minogue, vychází nyní v rozšířené verzi s řadou bonusů. Giovanni Jack Savoretti je anglický zpěvák s italskými, německými a polskými kořeny. V mládí hodně cestoval, zajímal se o poezii, od šestnácti let hraje na kytaru. Umí také na harmoniku či klávesy. Debutoval v roce 2007 deskou Between The Minds, s níž se dostal do britské Top 100. Hudebně se pohybuje mezi folkem a akustickým popem. Seznam stop 2LP LP1 A1 Jack Savoretti - Candlelight / A2 Jack Savoretti - Love Is on the Line / A3 Jack Savoretti - Dying for Your Love / A4 Jack Savoretti - Better Off Without Me / A5 Jack Savoretti - What More Can I Do? / A6 Jack Savoretti - Singing to Strangers (Interlude) / B1 Jack...

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Talking to My Daughter - Yanis Varoufakis

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**Yanis Varoufakis, world renowned economist, writes to his daughter to teach her the hazards of capitalism.''Why is there so much inequality?'' asked Xenia to her father. Answering her questions in a series of accessible and tender letters, Varoufakis educates her to what economics and capitalism is and why it is so dangerous.Taking from memories of her childhood and a variety of well-known tales - from Oedipus and Faust to Frankenstein and The Matrix - Varoufakis turns Talking To My Daughter into an enjoyable and engaging read, without ever shying from the harder truths. Greece''s former finance minister explains everything you need to know to understand why economics is the most important drama of our times.In answering his daughter''s deceptively simple questions, Varoufakis disentangles our troubling world with remarkable clarity and child-like honesty, as well as inspiring us to make it a better one.''Utterly accessible, deeply humane and startlingly original - a potent democratic tool at the perfect time'' Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine

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Sheep to Jumper - Fiona MacDonald

Discover how woolly clothes are made, from the shearing of the sheep on the farm to the making of the yarn in the factory, to the creation of fabric for clothes and other products. This informative non-fiction text is decodable and has been written by Fiona Macdonald.Yellow/Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language.Text type: A non-fiction report.Pages 14–15 provide an opportunity for children to recap the story.Curriculum links: Science.This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

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Talking to the Dead - Harry Bingham

A crime you''ll always remember. A detective you''ll never forget.A young girl is found dead. A prostitute is murdered. And the strangest, youngest detective in the South Wales Major Crimes Unit is about to face the fiercest test of her short career.A woman and her six-year-old daughter are killed with chilling brutality in a dingy flat. The only clue: the platinum bank card of a long-dead tycoon, found amidst the squalor.DC Griffiths has already proved herself dedicated to the job, but there''s another side to her she is less keen to reveal. Something to do with a mysterious two-year gap in her CV, her strange inability to cry - and a disconcerting familiarity with corpses.Fiona is desperate to put the past behind her but as more gruesome killings follow, the case leads her back into those dark places in her own mind where another dead girl is waiting to be found...Praise for the Fiona Griffiths mystery series:''I have to say that in a lifetime of reading crime fiction I have never come across anyone quite like Fiona Griffiths . . . Read this book. Enjoy every syllable. Hold your breath, and tick off the weeks until the next one'' Crime Fiction Lover''Compelling...a new crime talent to treasure'' Daily Mail ''Gritty, compelling...a procedural unlike any other you are likely to read this year'' USA Today ''With Detective Constable Fiona ''Fi'' Griffiths, Harry Bingham...finds a sweet spot in crime fiction...think Stieg Larsson''s Lisbeth Salander...[or] Lee Child''s Jack Reacher... The writing is terrific'' The Boston Globe ''This cleverly plotted police procedural introduces a likeable, maverick detective destined for a bestseller following'' ChoiceFans of Angela Marsons, Peter James and Ann Cleeves will be gripped by the other titles in the Fiona Griffiths mystery series: 1. Talking to the Dead2. Love Story, With Murders3. The Strange Death of Fiona Griffiths4. This Thing of Darkness5. The Dead House 6. The Deepest Grave (coming soon!)If you''re looking for a crime thriller series to keep you hooked, then go no further: you''ve just found it.** Each Fiona Griffiths thriller can be read as a standalone or in series order **

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About Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race - Reni Eddo-Lodge, Alake Olarewaju Ltd

THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION NARRATIVE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018FOYLES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARBLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARWINNER OF THE JHALAK PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONLONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR A BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARDThe book that sparked a national conversation. Exploring everything from eradicated black history to the inextricable link between class and race, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race is the essential handbook for anyone who wants to understand race relations in Britain today.

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Talking to Teenagers: A guide to skilful classroom communication - Jamie Thom

The success or failure of a teacher rests on one thing: the quality of their communication. Under the microscope of the modern secondary classroom, everything we say and everything we do is analysed by our teenage audience. Talking to Teenagers is a practical handbook that explores five essential communication strategies. It provides busy teachers with the scripts they need to improve learning and form effective relationships with teenagers.This book looks at understanding teenagers and their brain development, mastering the art of non-verbal communication, teaching positive behaviour and scripting your responses, using the LEAP acronym in the classroom, and how to drive motivation and build habits in your students. If you feel your communication in the classroom is often on autopilot, this book will fuel you with the strategies, phrases and understanding that will help you to be the best version of yourself in the classroom.

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Talking to a Loved One with Borderline Personality Disorder - Jerold J. Kreisman, Randi Kreger

In this compassionate guide, Jerold Kriesman-author of I Hate You, Don''t Leave Me-offers a powerful set of tools to help you express yourself, set boundaries, and cultivate healthy communication with a loved one who is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD).If you have a loved one with BPD, you need real, proven-effective strategies to help you navigate the intense emotions and conflict that can arise in daily interactions and conversations. People with BPD often feel anger, pain, and hurt from a history of invalidation and disappointment, and their difficulty in regulating emotions can lead to moments of lashing out that can confuse and upset those around them.Written by a psychiatrist with more than 40 years of experience in treating BPD, I Hate You, Tell Me You Love Me offers a breakthrough, compassionate approach to communicating with a loved one who has BPD. The SET (support, empathy, truth) method outlined in this book is a powerful and simple tool that will allow you to honestly address your loved one''s demands, assertions, and feelings while still maintaining appropriate boundaries. Each step builds on the last, helping you build up a consistent and reliable communication process.In this book, you''ll find a review of BPD and the common communication problems inherent in the disorder. You''ll learn how SET can address these issues. And finally, you''ll find detailed examples of specific scenarios that can arise when talking to a loved one with BPD.Remember-validation isn''t the same as agreement. You can help your loved one feel validated while still maintaining your own boundaries. This essential guide will show you how.

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Talking to Stanley on the Telephone - Michael Schmidt

Talking to Stanley on the Telephone rummages through the desires, frustrations and waning faculties of old age. The stories it tells add up to a vivacious celebration of life-spans and the darkening comedy of growing old.

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Grammar to 14 - Geoff Barton, Don Shiach

Trusted in classrooms for over fifteen years, this series of much-loved books has been completely updated to support the latest Key Stage 3 requirements and focus on grammar skills. This new edition of Don Schiach's bestselling grammar guide has been updated with fresh examples and a modern look.

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From EdTech to PedTech - Fiona Aubrey-Smith, Peter Twining

Aimed at teachers and leaders looking to create greater impact on teaching and learning through the use of digital technology in schools, From EdTech to PedTech translates research on the effective integration of digital technology in education into relevant, accessible, and practical guidance for teachers and school leaders. This much-needed handbook bridges the gap between knowing ‘what works’ and knowing how to make it work for you and your learners.Bringing much-needed precision, fresh insights and clarity to the thinking, planning, and integration of digital technology in teaching and learning, this practical handbook:guides practitioners through ‘must know’ research findings and what they mean for everyday practiceunpacks different ideas about pedagogy and how these inform digital technology useintroduces the Funnels of Influence model to help you understand why you think and do the things that you doprovides practical self-audit tools that can be used individually and across teams to clearly identify pedagogical prioritiesprovides structured audit and review tools to ensure that strategies are based on sound research and result in practical, impactful, actionsprovides teachers with practical guidance to ensure that precision planning and a clear focus on impact lead to lasting and meaningful teaching and learning experiences for all learnersThis engaging research-informed guide is an essential resource for any school leader or classroom teacher looking to maximise the value and the learning impact of digital technology in their school.

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Sticker Dolly Dressing Back to School - Fiona Watt

Discover the magical world of Sticker Dolly Dressing!Help the sticker dollies get ready for school by finding their clothes and equipment and sticking them in place. Hours of fun to help you get your head together for your own return to school. - The number 1 bestselling sticker series with characters to dress and colourful scenes to decorate- Over 200 stickers in every book! - With 12 scenes to complete- Easy to remove perforated sticker pages for decorating each scene - Hours of enjoyment to stimulate any child's imagination - Develop children's concentration and fine motor skills- Ideal for ages 5+- 44 pages of screen-free fun!

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Bug Club Phonics - Phase 1 Unit 0: From Seed to Sandwich - Fiona Kent

Ages: 3-5 Levels: EYFS and KS1 Subject: phonics In this phonics non-fiction wordless book – designed to get your child talking – children explore how a lettuce plant grows. As you look through the book together, use the photographs to get your child describing what they see. Use the book to get your child talking as much as possible and using new vocabulary. Designed for Nursery and Reception children Ages 3-5 Part of the DfE approved phonics programme Bug Club Phonics Wordless book Ideal for Blended Learning Ideal for Learning at Home Vocabulary booster Tricky words: N/A This book aligns with Letters and Sounds Phase 1 and is wordless. This book is part of the Bug Club Phonics series. The Bug Club Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme is the first one to bring together research-based teaching methods with 100% decodable books, CBeebies videos, and an online reading world to give today''s children a firm, fun foundation in Phonics. For more Bug Club Phonics books and learn at home resources, search for Bug Club Phonics.

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How To Be Utterly Brilliant at Public Speaking, Presenting and Talking to the Media - Benjamin Thiele-Long

This is the essential guide for anyone looking to master the art of communication. Based on two decades of experience as a barrister and C-suite advisor, the author provides easily digestible, immediately applicable guidance. It's not about theoretical jargon; it's about real-world techniques, exercises and examples that empower you to craft compelling content, deliver impactful presentations, navigate pitches and panels, and even confidently engage with the media. What sets this book apart is its unique blend of legal expertise, communications savvy, and a healthy dose of humour. Drawing from years of courtroom experience and advising top executives, the author offers a fresh perspective on public speaking, presenting, and media engagement. The book's concise, snappy sections make it easy to quickly find the advice you need, while real-world examples and exercises bring the principles to life. Whether you're a seasoned speaker or just starting out, this book will equip you with the fundamental building blocks and practical tools to become an utterly brilliant communicator.

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Talking to My Daughter About the Economy (1784705756)

Kniha - autor Yanis Varoufakis, 288 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Drawing on memories of her childhood and a variety of well-known tales – from Oedipus and Faust to Frankenstein and The Matrix – Varoufakis explains everything you need to know in order to understand why economics is the most important drama of our times. In answering his daughter’s deceptively simple questions, Varoufakis disentangles our troubling world with remarkable clarity, while inspiring us to make it a better one.

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Talking to China - Prof. Kerry Brown

Kerry Brown re-examines the UK–China relationship and considers how the recent seismic geopolitical events may have reframed and recast the UK’s future engagement with China and how the UK needs to actively engage with China and understand its ambitions and values.

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Women on Porn - Fiona Vera-Gray

At a time when women are more vocal than ever about our lives, there''s one last taboo.We need to talk about porn.‘Briskly confronting...porn is an inescapable part of the environment we all share and should be talked about honestly… this book is an important start.’THE SUNDAY TIMES''Celebrates women''s sexuality but also unflinchingly reveals the truth of how women are perceived - and used - in society by men.''A STYLIST best non-fiction pick for 2024When we think about porn today, we still mostly think about men. Men as the producers and the consumers. Women as the product. Most women aren''t talking to each other about what they do and don''t do with porn - not really. And when we do talk about it, we are divided into unhelpful binaries: for or against? Liberation or coercion? Too sexual or not sexual enough? But in a world where porn sites get more traffic than Netflix, Amazon plus Twitter combined, and one of the leading sites claims a third of its users are women, isn''t it time to change that?In this book, interviews with 100 women result in an extraordinary and powerful conversation on pornography. How they first encountered it. How they consume it. How it has affected their sex lives. What they like and what they don''t. And what it means for their relationships.Eye-opening, provocative and deeply moving, this book navigates the polarised public debates, to open an intimate window into porn and the sexual lives of women today.

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Women on Porn - Fiona Vera-Gray

At a time when women are more vocal than ever about our lives, there''s one last taboo.We need to talk about porn.‘Briskly confronting...porn is an inescapable part of the environment we all share and should be talked about honestly… this book is an important start.’THE SUNDAY TIMES''Celebrates women''s sexuality but also unflinchingly reveals the truth of how women are perceived - and used - in society by men.''A STYLIST best non-fiction pick for 2024When we think about porn today, we still mostly think about men. Men as the producers and the consumers. Women as the product. Most women aren''t talking to each other about what they do and don''t do with porn - not really. And when we do talk about it, we are divided into unhelpful binaries: for or against? Liberation or coercion? Too sexual or not sexual enough? But in a world where porn sites get more traffic than Netflix, Amazon plus Twitter combined, and one of the leading sites claims a third of its users are women, isn''t it time to change that?In this book, interviews with 100 women result in an extraordinary and powerful conversation on pornography. How they first encountered it. How they consume it. How it has affected their sex lives. What they like and what they don''t. And what it means for their relationships.Eye-opening, provocative and deeply moving, this book navigates the polarised public debates, to open an intimate window into porn and the sexual lives of women today.

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To The City - Alexander Christie-Miller

‘An enthralling guide to one of the world’s great cities – that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the politics of Istanbul'' PETER FRANKOPAN''A love letter to this ancient capital'' THE TIMESWalking along the crumbling defensive walls of Istanbul and talking to those he passes, Alexander Christie-Miller finds a distillation of the country’s history, a mirror of its present, and a shadow of its future.Caught between two seas and two continents, Istanbul lies at the centre of the most pressing challenges of our time. With environmental decay, rapacious development and tightening authoritarianism straining its social fabric to breaking point, it represents the precipitous moment civilizations around the world are currently facing.In and around its crumbling Byzantine-era fortifications, Alexander Christie-Miller meets people who are experiencing the looming crisis and fighting back, sometimes triumphing despite the odds.To the City seamlessly blends two narratives: the story of Turkey’s tumultuous recent past told through the lives of those who live around the walls, and the story of Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II’s siege and capture of the city in 1453. That event still looms large in Turkey, as Recep Tayyip Erdoğan like a latter-day sultan invokes its memory as part of his effort to transform the country in an echo of its imperial past.This is a meditation on the soul of Istanbul, a paean to its resilience and fortitude. Walk with Christie-Miller and see the danger, beauty and hope.

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Unicornia: Learning to Fly - Punset Ana

THE FIRST IN THE GLOBALLY BESTSELLING CHAPTER-BOOK SERIES ABOUT THE UNICORNIA ACADEMY OF MAGIC – PERFECT FOR FANS OF ISADORA MOON!Welcome to the magical school where you’ll learn spells, potions and everything you need to know about Unicorns!Claudia is excited to start her first day at the Unicornia Academy of Magic, where she''ll even be able to fly on her very own unicorn!But first she has to pass a flying test. Claudia is super nervous, but luckily her new friends are here to help.With colour illustrations, this magical chapter-book series is great for building confidence in newly independent readers.There’s a whole world of Unicornia to read:Unicornia: Learning to Fly – perfect for talking to children who are worried about starting schoolUnicornia: A Magical Birthday – perfect for birthdays and celebrationsUnicornia: The Cupcake Contest – perfect for budding bakers and for talking to children about teamworkUnicornia: The Dance Show – perfect for talking to children about stage fright and nervesUnicornia: The Frozen Palace – THE BRAND-NEW BOOK COMING SOON! PRE-ORDER NOW FOR THE PERFECT STOCKING FILLER.

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How To Seal Your Own Fate - Kristen Perrin

The much-anticipated sequel to How To Solve Your Own Murder ''What a great read!'' J. M. Hall''Kept me guessing until the very end'' Joanna Wallace''Thrilling'' G. T. Karber''Original, atmospheric'' Ian MooreAnnie thought the murders were over. She was wrong.It is autumn in Castle Knoll and Annie Adams is busy settling into her new home. She doesn''t find Gravesdown Hall particularly cosy, especially since she found two dead bodies there over the summer. What''s more, ever since she arrived in the village, Annie has had the creeping sense she''s being watched.Lonely, and desperate for some company, Annie starts talking to a stranger she meets in the grounds of the estate. The striking old woman introduces herself as Peony Lane, the fortune-teller who predicted Great Aunt Frances'' murder all those years ago. And now she has a fortune to tell Annie. Desperate not to fall into the same trap as Frances, Annie flees Peony Lane, refusing to hear any of her grim predictions. But she can''t outrun Peony for long, as hours later she finds her, dead on the floor of Gravesdown Hall, a ruby-hilted dagger plunged into her back.But who killed the mysterious fortune teller and why? And can Frances'' library of evidence help Annie solve the case?

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You Have the Right to Remain Innocent - James Duane

An urgent, compact manifesto that will teach you how to protect your rights, your freedom, and your future when talking to police.Law professor James J. Duane became a viral sensation thanks to a 2008 lecture outlining the reasons why you should never agree to answer questions from the police—especially if you are innocent and wish to stay out of trouble with the law. In this timely, relevant, and pragmatic new book, he expands on that presentation, offering a vigorous defense of every citizen’s constitutionally protected right to avoid self-incrimination. Getting a lawyer is not only the best policy, Professor Duane argues, it’s also the advice law-enforcement professionals give their own kids.Using actual case histories of innocent men and women exonerated after decades in prison because of information they voluntarily gave to police, Professor Duane demonstrates the critical importance of a constitutional right not well or widely understood by the average American. Reflecting the most recent attitudes of the Supreme Court, Professor Duane argues that it is now even easier for police to use your own words against you. This lively and informative guide explains what everyone needs to know to protect themselves and those they love.

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How to Change the World - Jo Owen

''Take your dream, read this, and let it fly.'' JO YOULE OBE, CEO of Missing PeopleThe world can be a challenging place. It is often tempting to say ‘why doesn’t someone do something about it?’ But why shouldn’t that ‘someone’ be you?You don’t have to be rich, powerful or a genius to make a profound and lasting difference to our world. All you need is an idea and the determination to make it happen. How to Change the World is the springboard to help you impact the world in the way you’ve always wanted.From finding the money, to identifying the best people with whom to join forces, Jo Owen will help you launch, develop and scale an idea so that it has the most effective and meaningful social impact, and benefits as many people as possible.Your idea can come from anywhere: from reading an article, talking to colleagues, or stumbling across a good idea that can be developed. Jo Owen champions that anyone can turn an idea into something that can have a meaningful and lasting impact on people’s lives and can perform the miracle of creating something great out of nothing.

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Letters to Gwen John - Celia Paul

A unique combination of memoir and artistic biography, interspersed with original artworks, from the acclaimed artist and author of SELF-PORTRAIT.We are both painters. We can connect to each other through images, in our own unvoiced language. But I will try and reach you with words. Through talking to you I may come alive and begin to speak.Celia Paul has felt a lifelong connection to the artist Gwen John. There are extraordinary parallels in their lives and work. Both have always made art on their own terms. Both were involved with older male artists. Both worked hard to keep themselves and the sacred flame of their creativity from being extinguished by others.Letters to Gwen John is Paul’s imagined correspondence with this groundbreaking painter. These intimate, passionate, haunting letters offer a unique form of memoir and conversation, and an unforgettable insight into a life devoted to making art.''Beautiful, tender, and riveting. I have taken this book into my heart''CLAIRE-LOUISE BENNETT''A beguiling, singular work of art – a portrait of two lives, entwined through time and space''DAILY TELEGRAPH

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To The City - Alexander Christie-Miller

‘An enthralling guide to one of the world’s great cities – that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the politics of Istanbul'' PETER FRANKOPAN''A love letter to this ancient capital'' THE TIMESWalking along the crumbling defensive walls of Istanbul and talking to those he passes, Alexander Christie-Miller finds a distillation of the country’s history, a mirror of its present, and a shadow of its future.Caught between two seas and two continents, Istanbul lies at the centre of the most pressing challenges of our time. With environmental decay, rapacious development and tightening authoritarianism straining its social fabric to breaking point, it represents the precipitous moment civilizations around the world are currently facing.In and around its crumbling Byzantine-era fortifications, Alexander Christie-Miller meets people who are experiencing the looming crisis and fighting back, sometimes triumphing despite the odds.To the City seamlessly blends two narratives: the story of Turkey’s tumultuous recent past told through the lives of those who live around the walls, and the story of Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II’s siege and capture of the city in 1453. That event still looms large in Turkey, as Recep Tayyip Erdoğan like a latter-day sultan invokes its memory as part of his effort to transform the country in an echo of its imperial past.This is a meditation on the soul of Istanbul, a paean to its resilience and fortitude. Walk with Christie-Miller and see the danger, beauty and hope.''Deftly weaving together Istanbul’s past and present, Christie-Miller’s work is a beautifully written, nuanced examination of a city whose story is so often told in binaries''Louise Callaghan, Turkey and Middle East correspondent for the Sunday Times and author of Father of Lions Speak

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How To Be Right - James O'Brien

The voice of reason in a world that won’t shut up.The Sunday Times BestsellerWinner of the Parliamentary Book AwardsEvery day, James O’Brien listens to people blaming hard-working immigrants for stealing their jobs while scrounging benefits, and pointing their fingers at the EU and feminists for destroying Britain. But what makes James’s daily LBC show such essential listening – and has made James a standout social media star – is the incisive way he punctures their assumptions and dismantles their arguments live on air, every single morning.In the bestselling How To Be Right, James provides a hilarious and invigorating guide to talking to people with unchallenged opinions. With chapters on every lightning-rod issue, James shows how people have been fooled into thinking the way they do, and in each case outlines the key questions to ask to reveal fallacies, inconsistencies and double standards.If you ever get cornered by ardent Brexiteers, Daily Mail disciples or corporate cronies, this book is your conversation survival guide.

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How To Love Teaching Again - Jamie Sears

Over time, teachers internalise myths about their success that cause them to fall out of love with teaching. ''I''ll never be one of the ''perfect'' teachers'' ''My self-worth is defined by my students'' test scores'' ''I should be working on weekends'' How to Love Teaching Again dispels them all and replaces them with practical antidotes to burnout and perfectionism so that you can reclaim your calling. As the CEO of Not So Wimpy Teacher, the most popular teaching resource brand on the internet, Jamie Sears has spent years designing tools and inventing strategies that restore the joys of teaching. This book distills Sears'' hard-won advice that has helped thousands of teachers around the country transform their relationship with work, including: Permission to stop policing bathroom breaks and classroom jobs so that you can focus on the lessons that matter Reinventing small groups and centers so that they''re easier to manage-and so you don''t feel like you''re spread thin A foolproof productivity system just for teachers, including a life-saving method for batching lesson plans Scripts for establishing boundaries that will drastically reduce the time you spend lesson planning, talking to parents, and planning extracurriculars Our education environment is often stacked against teachers-from virtual learning and mandatory meetings to red tape and standardized testing. Drawing on real-life struggles from the teachers who have used Sears'' strategies to overcome burnout and make the most of their time, How To Love Teaching Again will inspire you to stop drowning in to-dos and do the work that inspires you.

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The Girl Who Talked to Trees - Farrant Natasha

Magical interlinked stories about what one girl learns from talking to trees throughout Time and from around the world in a sumptuous gift book presentation. From the team who brought you Eight Princesses and a Magic Mirror, Costa Book Award winning Natasha Farrant and Lydia Corry. Olive''s best friend is a four-hundred-year-old oak tree, and it is in danger. As she tumbles into its magic world, she makes it a promise. From deep roots to high branches, a Persian garden to an underwater forest, from tulip trees to wild apple to vengeful box, she listens to the trees telling stories for all time. And she keeps her promise.With a conservation message and facts about tree science alongside the magic and wonder of seven beautifully imagined original stories, this full-colour gift book enchants and reminds us of the importance of trees in our lives.''Terrific and inspirational'' Irish Times

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How To Seal Your Own Fate - Kristen Perrin

The much-anticipated sequel to How To Solve Your Own Murder ''What a great read!'' J. M. Hall''Kept me guessing until the very end'' Joanna Wallace''Thrilling'' G. T. Karber''Original, atmospheric'' Ian MooreAnnie thought the murders were over. She was wrong.It is autumn in Castle Knoll and Annie Adams is busy settling into her new home. She doesn''t find Gravesdown Hall particularly cosy, especially since she found two dead bodies there over the summer. What''s more, ever since she arrived in the village, Annie has had the creeping sense she''s being watched.Lonely, and desperate for some company, Annie starts talking to a stranger she meets in the grounds of the estate. The striking old woman introduces herself as Peony Lane, the fortune-teller who predicted Great Aunt Frances'' murder all those years ago. And now she has a fortune to tell Annie. Desperate not to fall into the same trap as Frances, Annie flees Peony Lane, refusing to hear any of her grim predictions. But she can''t outrun Peony for long, as hours later she finds her, dead on the floor of Gravesdown Hall, a ruby-hilted dagger plunged into her back.But who killed the mysterious fortune teller and why? And can Frances'' library of evidence help Annie solve the case?

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How To Speak With Confidence in Public - Edie Lush

People buy people, which means that managing our presence and profile is critical. We are constantly meeting and speaking to people who are short of both time and attention. By exploring the concepts of energy (to increase presence) and story structure (to bring content alive and make it concise, accessible and memorable), Edie Lush and Charlotte McDougall offer a practical guide for beating nerves and building the foundation for real self-awareness and confidence.How To Speak With Confidence in Public will help you build your presence and profile and explore techniques to help you present yourself, your personality and your messages in a confident, personable and compelling way - wherever you are and whoever you are talking to. What you'll learn - A heightened awareness of what effective and engaging communication looks and sounds like.- Practical techniques to immediately help you come across with more confidence and authority.- A practical methodology to help you prepare and structure your content and bring it to life.- Nerves: how they can affect us, and what to do about it!

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Aristotles Guide to Self-Persuasion - Jay Heinrichs

Rhetoric once sat at the centre of elite education. Alexander the Great, Shakespeare and Martin Luther King, Jr. used it to build empires, write deathless literature and inspire democracies.Here, Heinrichs shows us how these persuasive tools, honed over more than three thousand years of use persuading others, can be turned on our most difficult audiences – ourselves. Using techniques invented by the likes of Aristotle and Cicero and deployed by some of history’s most persuasive characters, we see how rhetoric can convert the gloomiest of situations into positive ones. Illustrated with examples from history and pop culture – Winston Churchill, Iron Man, Dolly Parton, and the woman who serendipitously invented the chocolate chip cookie – Aristotle’s Guide to Self-Persuasion tests the tools of self-persuasion and asks: Can the same techniques that seduce lovers, sell diet books and overturn governments help us achieve our most desired goals?Filled with entertaining and scientific studies that showcase the life-changing power of language, Aristotle's Guide to Self-Persuasion will teach you how to be the most successful person you can be, just by talking to yourself.

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How To Seal Your Own Fate - Kristen Perrin

Annie thought the murders were over.She was wrong.It is autumn in Castle Knoll and Annie Adams is busy settling into her new home.She doesn't find Gravesdown Hall particularly cosy, especially since she found two dead bodies there over the summer. What's more, ever since she arrived in the village, Annie has had the creeping sense she's being watched.Lonely, and desperate for some company, Annie starts talking to a stranger she meets in the grounds of the estate. The striking old woman introduces herself as Peony Lane, the fortune-teller who predicted Great Aunt Frances' murder all those years ago.And now she has a fortune to tell Annie.Desperate not to fall into the same trap as Frances, Annie flees Peony Lane, refusing to hear any of her grim predictions. But she can't outrun Peony for long, as hours later she finds her, dead on the floor of Gravesdown Hall, a ruby-hilted dagger plunged into her back.But who killed the mysterious fortune teller and why? And can Frances' library of evidence help Annie solve the case?

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What Happened to Lucy Vale - Lauren Oliverová

''A sharp and harrowing mystery for the digital age . . . I inhaled this book like a gulp of fresh air after a long swim'' LAUREN THOMANFROM THE NYT BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BEFORE I FALL When true-crime writer Rachel Vale and her daughter, Lucy, move into the abandoned Faraday House at the end of Lily Lane, they already know its tragic history . . . That''s why they came. Rachel hopes that untangling the muddled case of the Faradays might help her solve another puzzle: her daughter.But the small Midwestern town of Granger remembers the Faradays, and the residents do not take well to strangers pulling apart their mysteries. They will do whatever it takes to protect their own.As Rachel ignores the threatening notes on the doorstep and her daughter''s increasingly erratic behaviour, she unwinds a case of old money, historic rivalries and online abuse. But soon it becomes clear that she might be investigating the wrong story after all . . .

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What Happened to Lucy Vale - Lauren Oliverová

FROM THE NYT BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BEFORE I FALL When true-crime writer Rachel Vale and her daughter, Lucy, move into the abandoned Faraday House at the end of Lily Lane, they already know its tragic history . . . That''s why they came. Rachel hopes that untangling the muddled case of the Faradays might help her solve another puzzle: her daughter.But the small Midwestern town of Granger remembers the Faradays, and the residents do not take well to strangers pulling apart their mysteries. They will do whatever it takes to protect their own.As Rachel ignores the threatening notes on the doorstep and her daughter''s increasingly erratic behaviour, she unwinds a case of old money, historic rivalries and online abuse. But soon it becomes clear that she might be investigating the wrong story after all . . .

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Barton Fink (BLU-RAY)

Blu-ray film Barton Fink HD [1991]. České titulky. Dolby Digital. Vtipný a neobvyklý komediální příběh. Film Joela a Ethana Coena. New York, 1941. Neurotický scénárista Barton Fink (John Turturro) právě prorazil na Broadwayi. Začínají se o něj zajímat producenti. Když se ozývá Hollywood, aby napsal scénář filmu o wrestlingu, Barton mění městský smog za filmovou slávu. L.A. vítá Bartona Finka s otevřenou náručí. Barton Fink se potýká se scénáristickým blokem. Na pomoc si najímá šikovnou asistentku Audrey (Judy Davis) a také díky přívětivému sousedovi Charlie Meadowsovi (John Goodman) Fink zjišťuje, že inspirace z opravdového života, kterou tolik hledá, pochází pouze z těch nejzlověstnějších zdrojů. Geniální filmaři bratři Coenové (Fargo, Tahle země není pro starý) uvádějí jednomyslně nadšeně přijatý film Barton Fink. Vtipný a neobvyklý komediální příběh o hollywoodském žalu, anonymních filmových magnátech a bezhlavých mrtvolách.

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A History of the Bible - Dr John Barton

WINNER OF THE 2019 DUFF COOPER PRIZEA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER''With emotional and psychological insight, Barton unlocks this sleeping giant of our culture. In the process, he has produced a masterpiece.'' Sunday TimesThe Bible is the central book of Western culture. For the two faiths which hold it sacred, it is the bedrock of their religion, a singular authority on what to believe and how to live. For non-believers too, it has a commanding status: it is one of the great works of world literature, woven to an unparalleled degree into our language and thought.This book tells the story of the Bible, explaining how it came to be constructed and how it has been understood, from its remote beginnings down to the present. John Barton describes how the narratives, laws, proverbs, prophecies, poems and letters which comprise the Bible were written and when, what we know - and what we cannot know - about their authors and what they might have meant, as well as how these extraordinarily disparate writings relate to each other. His incisive readings shed new light on even the most familiar passages, exposing not only the sources and traditions behind them, but also the busy hands of the scribes and editors who assembled and reshaped them. Untangling the process by which some texts which were regarded as holy, became canonical and were included, and others didn''t, Barton demonstrates that the Bible is not the fixed text it is often perceived to be, but the result of a long and intriguing evolution.Tracing its dissemination, translation and interpretation in Judaism and Christianity from Antiquity to the rise of modern biblical scholarship, Barton elucidates how meaning has both been drawn from the Bible and imposed upon it. Part of the book''s originality is to illuminate the gap between religion and scripture, the ways in which neither maps exactly onto the other, and how religious thinkers from Augustine to Luther and Spinoza have reckoned with this. Barton shows that if we are to regard the Bible as ''authoritative'', it cannot be as believers have so often done in the past.

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I'm Trying to Love Farts - Bethany Barton

Children''s Choice Award winner Bethany Barton tackles the digestive system and all the farts that come along with it!As long as there have been people, there have been farts. And as long as there have been farts, they''ve been hilarious! Join Bethany Barton, creator of the award-winning I''m trying to Love . . . series, as she explores the digestive system, how food becomes energy, and what our bodies do with what is left over.Equal parts funny and informative, I''m Trying to Love Farts will leave you with a whole new appreciation for our bodily gases.

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