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That Uncertain Feeling - Amis Kingsley

In That Uncertain Feeling by Kingsley Amis, competition is stiff for the position of sub-librarian in Aberdarcy Library. For John Lewis, the situation is complicated by the attentions of daunting and desirable village socialite, Elizabeth Gruffyd-Williams, who is married to a member of the local Council. Pursuing an affair with her whilst keeping his job prospects alive is John''s predicament, as he finds himself running down Welsh country lanes at midnight in a wig and dress, resisting the advances of local drunks and suffering the long speeches of a ''nut-faced'' clergyman.At times tenderly satirical and at times riotously slap-stick, Amis sends up an array of rural stereotypes in this story about a man who doesn''t know what he wants.Kingsley Amis''s (1922-95) works take a humorous yet highly critical look at British society, especially in the period following the end of World War II. Born in London, Amis explored his disillusionment in novels such as That Uncertain Feeling (1955). His other works include The Green Man (1970), Stanley and the Women (1984), and The Old Devils (1986), which won the Booker Prize. Amis also wrote poetry, criticism, and short stories.

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The King's English - Amis Kingsley

An indispensable companion for readers, writers, and even casual users of the language, the Penguin Modern Classics edition of Kingsley Amis''s The King''s English features a new introduction by Martin Amis.The King''s English is Kingsley Amis''s authoritative and witty guide to the use and abuse of the English language. A scourge of illiteracy and a thorn in the side of pretension, Amis provides indispensable advice about the linguistic blunders that lie in wait for us, from danglers and four-letter words to jargon and even Welsh rarebit. If you have ever wondered whether it''s acceptable to start a sentence with ''and'', to boldly split an infinitive, or to cross your sevens in the French style, Amis has the answer - or a trenchant opinion. By turns reflective, acerbic and provocative, The King''s English is for anyone who cares about how the English language is used.Kingsley Amis (1922-1995), born in London, wrote poetry, criticism, and short stories, but is best remembered as the novelist whose works offered a comic deconstruction of post-war Britain. Amis explored his disillusionment with British society in novels such as Lucky Jim (1954) and That Uncertain Feeling (1955); his other works include The Green Man (1970) Stanley and ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Complete Stories - Amis Kingsley

The short stories of Kingsley Amis - the great master of post-war comic prose - are dark, playful, moving, surprising and extremely funny. This definitive collection gathers all Amis''s short fiction in a single volume for the first time and encompasses five decades of storytelling. In ''The 2003 Claret'', written in 1958, a time machine is invented for the weighty task of sending a man to 2010 to discover what the booze will taste like. In ''Boris and the Colonel'' a Cambridge spy is unearthed in the sleepy English countryside with the help of a plucky horse, while In ''Mason''s Life'' two men meet inside their respective dreams. The collection spans many genres, offering ingenious alternative histories, mystery and horror, satirical reflections and a devilishly funny attacks. Amis''s stories reveal the scope of his imagination and the warmth beneath his acerbic humour, and they all share the unmistakable style and wit of one of Britain''s best loved writers.Kingsley Amis'' (1922-1995) works take a humorous yet highly critical look at British society, especially of the period following the end of World War II. Born in London, Amis explored his disillusionment with British society in novels such as THAT UNCERTAIN FEELING (1955). ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Difficulties With Girls - Amis Kingsley

In Kingsley Amis''s Difficulties With Girls, Jenny Bunn and Patrick Standish have settled into London life with their troubled courtship long behind them. Patrick works in publishing and Jenny teaches sick children in a hospital. They have reached a certain level of maturity, or so they think. It is not long before they realize their respectability will be severely tested by seductive neighbours with a taste for whisky, the sexually confused Ted Valentine, and the literary set of Hampstead.In this funny and provocative study of a young couple growing up, Amis shows us that the difficulty with marriage is that it''s so hard to preserve, especially when Patrick and Jenny harbour deep yearnings for a different kind of life.Kingsley Amis''s (1922-95) works take a humorous yet highly critical look at British society, especially in the period following the end of World War II. Born in London, Amis explored his disillusionment in novels such as That Uncertain Feeling (1955). His other works include The Green Man (1970), Stanley and the Women (1984), and The Old Devils (1986), which won the Booker Prize. Amis also wrote poetry, criticism, and short stories.

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Everyday Drinking - Amis Kingsley

"Kingsley Amis''s drink writing is better than anybody else''s, ever..." EsquireKingsley Amis was one of the great masters of comic prose, and no subject was dearer to him than the art and practice of imbibing.Everyday Drinking brings together the best of his writing on the subject: Kingsley Amis in Drink, Everyday Drinking and How''s Your Glass? In one handsome package, the book covers a full shelf of the master''s riotous and erudite thoughts on the drinking arts; along with a series of well-tested recipes (including a cocktail called the Lucky Jim) are Amis''s musings on The Hangover, The Boozing Man''s Diet, The Mean Sod''s Guide, and (presumably as a matter of speculation) How Not to Get Drunk – all leavened with fun quizzes on the making and drinking of alcohol all over the world.Mixing practical know-how and hilarious opinionation, this is a delightful cocktail of wry humour and distilled knowledge, served by one of our great gimlet wits.With an introduction by Christopher Hitchens.

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New Maps of Hell - Amis Kingsley

In this hilarious, inspiring and provocative series of essays, Kingsley Amis introduces every reader to the wonders and value of science fiction writing. From the extraordinary ideas but sexless science of Jules Verne to the power of H. G. Wells''s terrifying storytelling; from the brilliance of bad science fiction writing to the potency of their important ideas; from a portrait of the average SF reader to Amis''s sad prediction that this genre will never make it in film or television, New Maps of Hell is a warm and witty exploration of a world many readers may be yet to discover.

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I Want It Now - Amis Kingsley

The quickest way to get rich is to marry someone rich, but how do you do this if you aren''t yet rich? TV chat-show host Ronnie Appleyard is preoccupied with this question as he pursues wealthy heiress Simona Quick over two continents in the company of braying aristocrats, Greek shipping magnates, American dandies and the dreaded mother-in-law to be. But as he comes closer to his prize other questions present themselves. Is the androgenous Simona really worth it? Why doesn''t she like sex? Is it possible to drink all day? With his unerring eye for absurdity and class satire Kingsley Amis shows us what happens when money meets naked ambition.

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Colonel Sun - Amis Kingsley

Colonel Sun was the first James Bond novel published after the death of Ian Fleming. Penned by one of Britain''s finest writers, Kingsley Amis, this new edition celebrates the novel''s 55th anniversary. Released on October 5th, James Bond Day, this edition features a new foreword by Anthony Horowitz. Lunch at Scott''s, a quiet game of golf, a routine social call on his chief M - James Bond''s life has begun to fall into a pattern that threatens complacency, until the sunny afternoon when M is kidnapped and all of his house staff savagely murdered. The action ricochets across the globe to a volcanic Greek island, where the malign Colonel Sun Liang-tan of the People''s Liberation Army of China is collaborating with the ex-Nazi commander, Von Richter, in planning a world-dominating conspiracy. Bond''s allies - the beautiful, brown-haired Greek agent, Ariadne Alexandrou; along with a tough-as-nails former World War II resistance fighter - are quickly neutralised by the venomous Colonel Sun. Alone and unarmed, faces off against these two nefarious villains. Stripped of all professional aids, James Bond faces the deadly devices of Colonel Sun and his Nazi cohort in a test that brings him to the verge of his physical ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Šťastný Jim - Amis Kingsley - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Aby byl Jim šťastný, musí o své místo na slunci zabojovat… Legendární román zesměšňující snobismus a anglické vysoké školství v polovině padesátých let na postavě Jima Dixtona, lektora historie na univerzitě. Prvotina slavného britského prozaika Kingsleyho Amise se okamžitě po svém uveřejnění v roce 1954 zařadila mezi nejoblíbenější a nejčtenější romány. Jen během prvních čtyř let se dočkala dvaceti vydání. Čtenáře od počátku až do dnešní doby baví neodolatelným vtipem a sžíravou ironií, s nimiž Amis zaznamenal, jak mladý James Dixon přišel o iluze ve zkostnatělém prostředí malé anglické univerzity v provinčním městě. Autor v knize vtipně a ironicky charakterizuje omezený tradicionalismus, pokrytectví a kariérismus, přežívající v určitých vrstvách anglické společnosti počátku padesátých let 20. století na příkladu Jamese (Jima) Dixtona, učitele dějin středověku. Jim se bouří proti konvencím a vysoce postavenými lidmi opovrhuje, ale zároveň s nimi musí vycházet, aby nepřišel o místo, protože nemá smlouvu na neurčito. Nešťastně se zamiluje do přítelkyně syna svého nadřízeného, která jeho city – pro našeho hrdinu nečekaně – částečně opětuje. Jim si plnou vahou odpovědnosti uvědomuje, že aby dosáhl vítězství nejen v pracovní sféře, ale především v osobní, musí vystoupit ze své komfortní zóny a riskovat vše. Odváží se však k ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Lucky Jim - Amis Kingsley

''A brilliantly and preposterously funny book'' Guardian''A flawless comic novel ... I loved it then, as I do now. It has always made me laugh out loud'' Helen Dunmore, The TimesJim Dixon has accidentally fallen into a job at one of Britain''s new red brick universities. A moderately successful future in the History Department beckons - as long as Jim can stave off the unwelcome advances of fellow lecturer Margaret, survive a madrigal-singing weekend at Professor Welch''s, deliver a lecture on ''Merrie England'' and resist Christine, the hopelessly desirable girlfriend of Welch''s awful son Bertrand. Inspired by Amis''s friend, the poet Philip Larkin, Jim Dixon is a timeless comic character, adrift in a hopelessly gauche and pretentious world, in a witty campus novel that skewers the hypocrisies and vanities of 1950s academic life.With an introduction by David Lodge

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The Riverside Villas Murder - Amis Kingsley

A mummy is stolen from a small town museum along with some Roman coins and a soaking wet man collapses in fourteen year old Peter Furneaux''s living room bleeding from the head. What was a suspected student prank is followed by murder. At first it is impossible to see the connection, but the eccentric Colonel Manton does. With Peter''s help the Colonel unravels a mystery that strikes fear into the heart of a genteel suburban neighbourhood and gives Peter rather more excitement than he bargained for at the tennis club social. This meticulously paced thriller shows Amis at his most subtle and daring.

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The Alteration - Amis Kingsley

Hubert Anvil is a 10 year old boy blessed with the voice of an angel. The Church hierarchy decrees that Hubert should be turned into a castrato - an alteration that could bring Hubert fame and fortune, but would also cut him off from an adult world he is curious to discover. In a dystopian world where Martin Luther never reformed and where the Holy Office''s power is absolute, where will Hubert turn if he decides to defy their wishes?

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One Fat Englishman - Amis Kingsley

Brimming with gluttony, booze and lust, Roger Micheldene is loose in America. Supposedly visiting Budweiser University to make deals for his publishing firm in England, Roger instead sets out to offend all he meets and to seduce every woman he encounters. But his American hosts seem made of sterner stuff. Who will be Roger''s undoing? Irving Macher, the young author of an annoyingly brilliant first novel? Father Colgate, the priest who suggests that Roger''s soul is in torment? Or will it be his married ex-lover Helene? One thing is certain - Roger is heading for a terrible fall.Outrageously funny and irreverent, One Fat Englishman (1963) is a devastating satire on Anglo-American relations.

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That Loving Feeling - Carole Matthewsová

How far would you go to keep the spark alight? The perfect feel-good rom-com from the Sunday Times bestsellerJuliet Joyce has been happily married to Rick for twenty-five years. But with two children who treat the house like a hotel, a mother who''s moved in with them and a father who''s announced a radical life change, Juliet and Rick have little time for themselves, let alone romance.And then Steven Aubrey returns. The same Steven who jilted Juliet on their wedding day twenty-six years ago. He ignites a passion in Juliet that she thought was long gone. Will Steven sweep Juliet off her feet or can Rick revive their marriage before it''s too late?If you loved That Loving Feeling, don''t miss the return of Juliet Joyce in With Love at Christmas.Your favourite authors love Carole Matthews:''A gorgeous novel that will delight''KATIE FFORDE''Fun, fantastic and brimming with Matthews magic''MILLY JOHNSON''A life-affirming story full of joy and hope''CATHY BRAMLEY''An irresistibly warm-hearted story''TRISHA ASHLEY''Warm, witty and hopeful - I was charmed''SARAH MORGAN''The queen of funny, feel good fiction''MIKE GAYLE

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That Festive Feeling - Heidi Swain

Holly has the place to herself this Christmas. It’s not her place, though – she is house-sitting for friends who live on Nightingale Square – just there to keep the place warm and cosy and only for long enough for her to sort her life out. Newly single and finding herself unsure about next steps for her career, she plans to hunker down and make some life decisions. To clear her mind, she sets off on early morning walks around a nearby lake and bumps into May, an older lady who is also new to the area, and her dapper dachshund Monty. Quickly, a firm friendship blossoms. Then when Holly meets Bear, a rather large and rather attractive man, at the local pub, and his rescue dog Queenie, her stay at Nightingale Square suddenly feels even more appealing. As the community comes together for the season’s festivities, Holly must start thinking about where her life will take her next. Some big decisions need to be made, but distractions close to home make thinking about the future more tricky than ever… Will she get that festive feeling this Christmas…?Your favourite authors love Heidi too! 'Grab a hot chocolate and lose yourself ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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That Summer Feeling - Bridget Morrissey

Fall in love with this perfect summer read that will sweep you away . . .''Shimmering with sun-soaked magic'' Ashley Herring Blake, author of DELILAH GREEN DOESN''T CARE__________When Garland Moore''s husband gifts her divorce papers on Valentine''s Day, it feels like she''ll never find love again. So when some friends invite her to their camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains for the summer, she jumps at the chance to escape.Garland can''t believe it when, at Camp, she runs into Mason - a gorgeous man she met briefly years ago. But when she''s given a bedroom with his sister Stevie, it''s the beautiful outdoorswoman - not her brother - who unexpectedly makes her swoon.The more time she spends with Stevie, the more it seems that love might be coming back into Garland''s life in ways she''d never have predicted.Summer camp doesn''t last forever. But Garland''s second chance just might . . .

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Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis - Cope Wendy

When Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis was first published, it catapulted its author into the bestseller lists and established her as one of our funniest and most eloquent of poets.‘Cope has an extraordinary canny sense – quite rare among poets – of what will engage a reader’s attention.’ Poetry Review‘A jet-age Tennyson.’ London Review of Books‘Like Larkin and Harrison, Cope has proven that a popular poetry is possible without compromising quality.’ Acumen Series

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Travels in West Africa - Mary Kingsley

A remarkable account by a pioneering woman explorer who was described by Rudyard Kipling as ''the bravest woman of all my knowledge''.Until 1893, Mary Kingsley lived the typical life of a single Victorian woman, tending to sick relatives and keeping house for her brother. However, on the death of her parents, she undertook an extraordinary decision: with no prior knowledge of the region, she set out alone to West Africa to pursue her anthropological interests and collect botanical specimens. Her subsequent book, published in 1897, is a testament to understatement and humour - few explorers made less of the hardships and dangers experienced while travelling (including unaccompanied treks through dangerous jungles and encounters with deadly animals). Travels in West Africa would challenge (as well as reinforce) contemporary Victorian prejudices about Africa, and also made invaluable contributions to the fields of botany and anthropology. Above all, however, it has stood the test of time as a gripping, classic travel narrative by a woman whose sense of adventure and fascination with Africa transformed her whole life. This Penguin edition includes a fascinating introduction by Dr Toby Green examining Victorian attitudes to Africa, along with explanatory notes by Lynnette Turner.Mary Kingsley was born ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Amis et compagnie 2: Livre de l´éleve - Colette Samson

Livre de l'éleve dans la collection Amis et compagnie, méthode de français langue étrangere (FLE), pour adolescents, niveau 2 (A1/A2).Amis et compagnie 2 introduit l’ouvre d’un grand écrivain de langue française (Les Misérables de Victor Hugo) mise en scene en mangas et correspond au niveau A1/A2 du Cadre européen commun de référence pour les langues.Amis et compagnie 2 s'appuie sur une pédagogie développée en 12 unités de 4 leçons chacune ainsi que d'une section On récapitule qui permet une véritable consolidation des acquis langagiers et communicatifs.Dans le livre de l’éleve, l'entraînement oral est mis en avant. Les activités sont détaillées pas a pas et aucune d’elles ne nécessite de préparation ou de recherches en amont. Des entraînements au DELF sont régulierement proposés et l'évaluation est omniprésente dans la méthode.Amis et compagnie 2 est également composée d’un cahier d’activités (entraînement écrit), ainsi que d’un guide pédagogique et de CD audio (individuel et collectif).

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Amis et compagnie 4: Cahier d´activités - Colette Samson

Cahier d'activités dans la collection Amis et compagnie, méthode de français langue étrangere (FLE) pour adolescents, niveau 4 (B1).Amis etcompagnie met en scene 4 adolescents qui fabriquent la méthode que les éleves vont utiliser en classe !Facile a utiliser, motivante, dotée d'un matériel riche sur 4 niveaux, Amis et compagnie est une méthode prete a l'emploi qui repose sur une pédagogie visant un véritable entraînement a l'oral et a l'écrit comme outil de communication.Une oeuvre littéraire sous forme de BD manga sert defil rouge a chaque niveau. Elle permet une familiarisation des éleves a la littérature.Ainsi, apres Les Trois Mousquetaires d'Alexandre Dumas au niveau 1 et Les Misérables de Victor Hugo au niveau 2, les Contes et nouvelles de Guy de Maupassant au niveau 3, le quatrieme niveau introduit cette fois des textes de la littérature francophone.Correspondant au niveau B1 du Cadre européen commun de référence pour les langues, chaque unité se termine par une double page de récapitulation des acquis en grammaire,vocabulaire, phonétique, actes de paroles et stratégies d'apprentissage.La présentation des contenus culturels propose une pédagogie actionnelle a partir de tâches qui invitent les éleves a comparer ces contenus avec leur propre culture.Le cahier d'activités d'Amis et compagnie 4 ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Experience - Martin Amis

The prize-winning autobiography of the late, great Martin Amis. Now with an introduction from Zadie Smith. 'Part memoir, part confessional, Experience is a gentle coming to terms about the stuff of life' GuardianINTRODUCED BY ZADIE SMITHIn this masterwork of literary memoir, Martin Amis tells the stories of his life, both the ordinary and the outlandish - from his bohemian childhood, through fame, fatherhood and divorce, to the news of a cousin brutally murdered, the agonising removal of all his teeth, the discovery of a long-lost daughter and, most poignantly, the death of his father, and fellow novelist Kingsley Amis. **ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**'Martin Amis is a seriously good writer, and never on better form than now. Experience, the book of his life, may be the book of his life' Daily Telegraph

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Brands in the Age of AI - Mark Kingsley

Navigate the complexities of AI in branding, from maximizing benefits to addressing ethical considerations. Brands in the Age of AI by Mark Kingsley is a timely survey of how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing branding, consumer engagement, and loyalty. Through thought-provoking discussions, Kingsley reveals how AI-powered personalization, automation, and data analytics are reshaping the way brands connect with consumers. With AI, brands can now predict preferences, respond in real-time, and deliver highly tailored experiences, but Kingsley also raises crucial questions about the ethical use of AI and maintaining authentic consumer relationships in a technology-driven world. Whether you are a marketer, business leader, or branding professional, Kingsley’s expertise in digital transformation provides the roadmap you need for integrating AI into branding while keeping the consumer at the center of each decision. Inside, you will find:Wide-ranging analysis of AI’s role in branding: Understand how AI technology enables personalization, responsiveness, and predictive branding.Discussion on the effects of AI use: Consider possible results from the effect of AI on the interplay between brands, people, and digital agents.Real-world examples: Learn from brands located across the spectrum of AI-powered branding strategies.With Brands in the Age of AI, gain valuable insights into the future of branding to help ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Koba The Dread - Martin Amis

Koba the Dread is the successor to Amis''s celebrated memoir, Experience. It addresses itself to the central lacuna of twentieth-century thought: the indulgence of communism by Western intellectuals. In between the personal beginning and the personal ending, Amis gives us perhaps the best one hundred pages ever written about Stalin: Koba the Dread, Iosif the Terrible. The author''s father, Kingsley Amis, was ''a Comintern dogsbody'' (as he would come to put it) from 1941 to 1956. His second-closest, and later in life his closest friend, was Robert Conquest, whose book The Great Terror was second only to Solzhenitsyn''s The Gulag Archipelago in undermining the USSR. Amis''s remarkable memoir explores these connections. Stalin said that the death of one person was tragic, the death of a million a mere ''statistic''. Koba the Dread, during whose course the author absorbs a particular, a familial death, is a rebuttal of Stalin''s aphorism.

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Amis et compagnie - Colette

La collection Amis et Compagnie est destinée ? des pré-adolescents et adolescents ? partir de 11 ans et comporte 4 niveaux. L'ensemble des 4 volumes prépare aux niveaux A1, A2 et B1 du CECR selon une démarche actionnelle basée sur les tâches.Écrite par Colette Samson, Amis et compagnie met en sc?ne4 adolescents qui fabriquent la méthode que les él?ves vont utiliser enclasse !Dotée d’un matériel riche, cette méthode repose sur unepédagogie visant un véritable entraînement ? l’oral et ? l’écrit commeoutil de communication.Une oeuvre littéraire sous forme de BD manga sert de fil rouge ?chaque niveau. Elle permet une familiarisation des él?ves ? lalittérature :- Les Trois Mousquetaires d'Alexandre Dumas au niveau 1,- Les Misérables de Victor Hugo au niveau 2,- et les Contes et nouvelles de Guy de Maupassant au niveau 3.Chaque unité se termine par une double page de récapitulation desacquis en grammaire, vocabulaire, phonétique, actes de paroles etstratégies d'apprentissage.La présentation des contenus culturels propose une pédagogieactionnelle ? partir de tâches qui invitent les él?ves ? comparer cescontenus avec leur propre culture.Amis et compagnie 3, qui correspond au niveau A1/A2 duCadre européen commun de référence pour les langues, introduit ainsil’?uvre d’un autre grand écrivain de langue française, Guy ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Water -Babies - Kingsley Charles

''this is all a fairy tale...and, therefore, you are not to believe a word of it, even if it is true''The Water-Babies (1863) is one of the strangest and most powerful children''s stories ever written.In describing the underwater adventures of Tom, a chimney-sweeper''s boy who is transformed into a water-baby after he drowns, Charles Kingsley combined comic fantasy and moral fable to extraordinary effect. Tom''s encounters with friendly fish, curious lobsters, and characters such as Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby are both an exciting fairy tale and a crash course in evolutionary theory. They also reflect the quirky imagination of one of the great Victorian eccentrics. Tom''s adventures are constantly interrupted by Kingsley''s sideswipes at contemporary issues such as child labour and the British education system, and they offer a rich satiric take on the great scientific debates of the day.This edition reprints the original complete version of the story, and includes a lively introduction, detailed explanatory notes, and an appendix that reprints Kingsley''s first attempt to describe the mysterious creatures that live under the sea.

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Amis et compagnie 1: Cahier d´activités - Colette Samson

Méthode de français Amis et compagnie est la nouvelle méthode de Colette Samson a destination des pré-adolescents et adolescents a partir de 11 ans. Elle repose sur une pédagogie visant un véritable entraînement a l'oral et a l'écrit comme outil de communication. Le triple CD audio pour la classe accompagne le niveau 4. Écrite par Colette Samson, Amis et compagnie met en scene 4 adolescents qui fabriquent la méthode que les éleves vont utiliser en classe.Dotée d'un matériel riche, cette méthode repose sur une pédagogie visant un véritable entraînement a l'oral et a l'écrit comme outil de communication. Une oeuvre littéraire sous forme de BD manga sert de fil rouge a chaque niveau. Elle permet une familiarisation des éleves a la littérature :Les Trois Mousquetaires d'Alexandre Dumas au niveau 1,Les Misérables de Victor Hugo au niveau 2,Les Contes et nouvelles de Guy de Maupassant au niveau 3.Des oeuvres classiques de la littérature francophone internationale au niveau 4.Chaque unité se termine par une double page de récapitulation desacquis en grammaire, vocabulaire, phonétique, actes de paroles et stratégies d'apprentissage.La présentation des contenus culturels propose une pédagogie actionnelle a partir de tâches qui invitent les éleves a comparer ces contenus avec leur propre ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Inside Story - Martin Amis

'Utterly compelling' Guardian Life...is shapeless, it does not point to and gather round anything, it does not cohere. Artistically, it's dead. Life's dead. So begins a love letter to life, a resuscitation of sorts, encountering vibrant characters from Saul Bellow, to Philip Larkin to Iris Murdoch and Elizabeth Jane Howard, and to the person who captivated Amis' twenties, the alluringly amoral Phoebe Phelps. Amis addresses our burning questions: how to live, how to grieve, and how to die?

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Other People - Martin Amis

''Other People had me purring with pleasure'' The TimesLike a ghost or a fugitive, Mary roams through London - pursuing and pursued by memory and forgetting, by the compelling Amy Hide and the charming Mr Wrong...Martin Amis sustains an unnervingly high degree of suspense as Mary and the reader yearn to grasp what has happened to Mary''s past and ponder what its loss has gained her. Unfolding is a metaphysical thriller where jealousy guarded secrets jostle with startling insights. Other People is ambitious and accomplished, heralding for Amis an unexpected new direction as a novelist and for the rest of us an experience not to be missed.

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The Pirate King - Kingsley Sean, Rex Cowan

The incredible story of the “Robin Hood of the Seas,” who absconded with millions during the Golden Age of Piracy and who harbored an even greater secret.Henry Avery of Devon pillaged a fortune from a Mughal ship off the coast of India and then vanished into thin air—and into legend. More ballads, plays, biographies and books were written about Avery’s adventures than any other pirate. His contemporaries crowned him "the pirate king" for pulling off the richest heist in pirate history and escaping with his head intact (unlike Blackbeard and his infamous Flying Gang). Avery was now the most wanted criminal on earth. To the authorities, Avery was the enemy of all mankind. To the people he was a hero. Rumors swirled about his disappearance. The only certainty is that Henry Avery became a ghost. What happened to the notorious Avery has been pirate history’s most baffling cold case for centuries. Now, in a remote archive, a coded letter written by "Avery the Pirate" himself, years after he disappeared, reveals a stunning truth. He was a pirate that came in from the cold . . . In The Pirate King, Sean Kingsley and Rex Cowan brilliantly tie Avery to the ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Mastering Project Uncertainty - Paul Cuypers

Uncertainty permeates every thinkable aspect of project work and mastering information awareness and availability is the key to controlling benefits, budgets, and timelines. This book offers a theoretical framework and practical guidelines to systematically minimize uncertainty, thereby increasing the chances of project success.To paraphrase Henry Ford, transitioning from traditional risk management to mastering project uncertainty implies abandoning the quest for faster horses in favor of driving cars toward your projectÂ’s destination. This book presents the road map to this transition, with Part I providing a theoretical foundation for uncertainty management using systems thinking. Part II introduces strategies supported by practical techniques to master uncertainty through:Raising information awarenessIncreasing information availabilityImproving the effective use of informationMaximizing information efficiencyThis bookÂ’s combined theoretical and highly practical approach, is essential reading for scholars, academics, business leaders, project managers, strategists, and policymakers to bring the organizationÂ’s vision for a sustainable future to life.

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That Blue Sky Feeling, Vol. 3 - Okura

A butterflies-in-your-stomach high school romance about two very different high school boys who find themselves unexpectedly falling for each other.Outgoing high school student Noshiro finds himself drawn to Sanada, the school outcast, who is rumored to be gay. Rather than deter Noshiro, the rumor makes him even more determined to get close to Sanada, setting in motion a bittersweet tale of first love.Self-discovery isn’t always fun, as Noshiro, Ayumi and Makoto are all finding out the hard way. Even the self-assured Sanada seems to be struggling. The final volume of this complicated love story proves that hanging on to that blue sky feeling of youthful love is an elusive and unpredictable task.

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Amis et compagnie 3: Cahier d´activités - Colette

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Qualitative Research Methods for Business Students - Harrison Christian, Kingsley Obi Omeihe

Qualitative Research Methods for Business Students: A Global Approach provides a practical and accessible overview of qualitative research methods and their philosophical underpinnings. The textbook will empower you with the knowledge and skills needed to navigate the dynamic landscape of qualitative research.  Key features include: Case Studies which showcase how qualitative research has been instrumental in shaping business decisions and strategies. Exercises and Activities that give you the opportunity to apply your learning. Suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in using qualitative methods in their research project or dissertation. Dr Kingsley O. Omeihe is an Associate Professor for Marketing and Small Business at the University of the West of Scotland Prof Christian Harrison is a Professor of Leadership and Enterprise at the University of Bolton.

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How to be Danish - Dr Patrick Kingsley

''The best knitwear, the best furniture design, the best fairy tales, the best female prime ministers... a book that anyone with an ounce of style will need to read.''What links Sarah Lund and Lars von Trier? Or Carlsberg and Kierkegaard?Or even Shakespeare and Metallica?The answer lies in Denmark, the country that has gripped the British imagination more than any other in recent memory. But though we watch their TV series, wear their jumpers, and play with their toys, how much do we really know about the Danes themselves? From Lego to lava lamps - via Borgen, The Killing, and the Muhammed cartoons - Patrick Kingsley takes us on a journey into the mysterious heart of Denmark, the happiest country in the world.Part reportage, part travelogue, How to be Danish is a fascinating introduction to contemporary Danish culture that spans politics, television, food, architecture and design.

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Tour du Mont Blanc - Kingsley Jones

Tour du Mont Blanc by Kingsley Jones is the definitive guidebook for one of the most famous long-distance treks in the world. This trek circles the entire Mont Blanc massif, passing through France, Italy and Switzerland. It contains unique customised timings to enable accurate itinerary planning for walkers, trekkers, fastpackers and trail runners.

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My School & Multi Academy Trust Growth Guide - Al Kingsley

With nearly two decades of school governance experience across Infant, Primary, Secondary, All Through and Alternative Provision schools and academies, distilled into an easy-to-read format, Al Kingsley''s My School & Multi Academy Trust Growth Guide aims to support the discussions and key considerations for any Trust or school looking at their next steps for growth.This consolidated guide will take you step by step through the key considerations as part of your growth journey, the opportunities and pathways available, balancing risk vs. reward, capacity considerations, due diligence and more. It is aimed as a catalyst to support discussions with board members and senior leadership and provide key checklists to support your decision-making process. With an ever-changing educational landscape and a clear trajectory for growth and scale within our MATs, this guide is an ideal companion and "litmus test" for Leaders, Trustees and Governors involved in their school or Trusts strategic planning.

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My School Governance Handbook: Keeping it simple, a step by step guide and checklist for all school governors - Al Kingsley

With nearly two decades of school governance experience across Infant, Primary, Secondary, All Through and Alternative Provision schools and academies, distilled into an easy-to-read format, Al Kingsley''s My School Governance Handbook aims to make the complex world of school governance simple and accessible to all. This handbook will take you step by step through the basics of school governance, what the role entails and what you need to know. It explains how schools and multi academy trusts are structured, the key areas of school life you need to understand, relevant questions to ask and finally, includes a handy dictionary to help you navigate your way through all those pesky education acronyms.Including ideas and guidance from other experienced governors across the UK, ''My School Governance Handbook'' is the perfect companion for any school governor or trustee.

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House of Meetings - Martin Amis

‘The best thing Martin Amis has done in fiction for years’ Literary Review There were conjugal visits in the slave camps of the USSR. Valiant women would travel continental distances, over weeks and months, in the hope of spending a night, with their particular enemy of the people, in the House of Meetings. The consequences of these liaisons were almost invariably tragic. House of Meetings is about one such liaison. It is a triangular romance: two brothers fall in love with the same girl, a nineteen-year-old Jewess, in Moscow, which is poised for pogrom in the gap between the war and the death of Stalin. Both brothers are arrested, and their rivalry slowly complicates itself over a decade in the slave camp above the Arctic Circle. ‘It is difficult not to be impressed by this compact tour de force’ Observer

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The Rachel Papers - Martin Amis

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY CLAIRE LOWDONCharles Highway is every mother''s worst nightmare. Precociously intelligent, mercilessly manipulative and highly sexed, Charles devotes the last of his teenage years to bedding girls and evading the half-arsed overtures of his distant parents. That is, until, he meets the aloof, wildly unattainable, Rachel.As Charles''s twentieth birthday - and the Oxford entrance exams - loom, his plans for seducing Rachel will draw him into a private collection of obsessional notes and observations: the eponymous ''Rachel Papers''.WINNER OF THE SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD''Scurrilous, shameless and very funny'' The Times Literary Supplement''Amis has brought off the feat of satirizing his contemporaries while making them both funny and, in a bizarre way, moving'' Peter Ackroyd

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The Water-Babies - Kingsley Charles

A stunning new edition with deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader. A masterpiece of nostalgia, Charles Kingsley's Victorian classic tells of Tom, a young chimney sweep who falls into a river and, becoming a water-baby, is guided back to humanity through a series of adventures, each with a moral lesson.Part of the fascination with the book today is the reflection of Victorian-era debates about poverty, working children and the eternal conflict between nature vs nurture. The FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library.

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Mastering Uncertainty - Matt Watkinson, Csaba Konkoly

'Mandatory reading. Not just for company founders and leaders, but for anyone wanting to succeed in our ever-changing world.' Keith FerrazziWhat separates the world's most successful entrepreneurs and business tycoons from the rest? It's not their superhuman intelligence. It's something more fundamental: they understand how to turn uncertainty to their advantage.We all know that the future is inherently unknowable, and yet we behave and plan as though it is. Once we truly understand the nature of uncertainty, though, we can take practical steps to make the most of the opportunities that come our way. In Mastering Uncertainty award-winning author Matt Watkinson and investor and entrepreneur Csaba Konkoly offer a masterclass on the workings of luck and probability.They show how to calculate when to make big bets and when to pull back. And they offer supremely practical advice on how we can improve our odds, whether through maximising our networks, learning how to read warning signs, or assessing where best to place our energies. The unforeseen always occurs.Mastering Uncertainty shows you how to prepare for it and make the best use of it.

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The War Against Cliche - Martin Amis

Martin Amis was one of the pre-eminent novelist-critics of his generation. This remarkable collection of essays and reviews spans over three decades of his literary career.The War Against Cliché is a selection of his reviews and essays. It contains pieces on Cervantes, Milton, Donne, Coleridge, Jane Austen, Dickens, Kafka, Philip Larkin, Joyce, Waugh, Lowry, Nabokov, F. R. Leavis, V. S. Pritchett, William Burroughs, Anthony Burgess, Angus Wilson, Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, Shiva and V. S. Naipaul, Kurt Vonnegut, Iris Murdoch, Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Don DeLillo, Elmore Leonard, Michael Crichton, Thomas Harris and John Updike.Other subjects include chess, nuclear weapons, masculinity, screen censorship, juvenile violence, Andy Warhol, Hillary Clinton, and Margaret Thatcher.‘A tour de force in which every paragraph uncoils with vertiginous twists and turns, lightning metaphors, genuine learning, unstoppable laughter, and a passionate sense of literary pleasure’ Independent

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Navigating Uncertainty - Ian Scoones

Uncertainties are everywhere. Whether it’s climate change, financial volatility, pandemic outbreaks or new technologies, we don’t know what the future will hold. For many contemporary challenges, navigating uncertainty – where we cannot predict what may happen – is essential and, as the book explores, this is much more than just managing risk. But how is this done, and what can we learn from different contexts about responding to and living with uncertainty? Indeed, what might it mean to live from uncertainty?Drawing on experiences from across the world, the chapters in this book explore finance and banking, technology regulation, critical infrastructures, pandemics, natural disasters and climate change. Each chapter contrasts an approach centred on risk and control, where we assume we know about and can manage the future, with one that is more flexible, responding to uncertainty. The book argues that we need to adjust our modernist, controlling view and to develop new approaches, including some reclaimed and adapted from previous times or different cultures. This requires a radical rethinking of policies, institutions and practices for successfully navigating uncertainties in an increasingly turbulent world.

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Antigone Kingsley: Masquerade - Marina Magdalena

A third book in the Antigone Kingsley series - a perfect companion for girls aged 9 plus going through the highs and lows of growing up.

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Gender: A World History - Susan Kingsley Kent

Gender exists in almost every society as a way of organizing its people. Gender is used to assign certain responsibilities, obligations, and privileges to some, and to deny them to others. In Gender: A World History, Susan Kingsley Kent tells the story of this seemingly simple but in fact quite complex concept. With historical perspective she critically examines our everyday understandings of women and men, masculinity and femininity, and sexual difference in general. Central to this account is the conviction that gender is neither natural nor innocent. What passes for masculinity and femininity in one society might not do so in another. Even the passing of time can change what gender looks like in a particular culture. Thinking about the history of gender can also shed light on other types of relations, such as those between a government and its people, between different social classes, and between a colony and its colonizer. Ranging from prehistory to the present, this book presents a chronological picture of gender across the globe. From Hatshepsut and the rise of patriarchy in the ancient world, to the Bushido code of the samurai in wartime, to Susan B. Anthony and the women''s rights movement in the ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Lionel Asbo - Martin Amis

Lionel Asbo has just won £139,999,999.50 on the Lottery. A horribly violent, but horribly unsuccessful criminal, Lionel’s attentions up to now have all been on his nephew, Desmond Pepperdine. He showers him with fatherly advice (‘carry a knife’) and introduces Des to the joys of internet porn. Meanwhile, Des desires nothing more than books, a girl to love and to steer clear Uncle Li’s psychotic pitbulls, Joe and Jeff. But Lionel’s winnings are not necessarily all good news. For Des has a secret, and its discovery could unleash his uncle’s implacable vengeance. ‘One of Amis''s funniest novels’ New Yorker‘A book that looks at us, laughs at us, looks at us harder, closer, and laughs at us harder and still more savagely’ Observer

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Toward a Psychology of Uncertainty - Doris Brothers

Since trauma is a thoroughly relational phenomenon, it is highly unpredictable, and cannot be made to fit within the scientific framework Freud so admired. In Toward a Psychology of Uncertainty: Trauma-Centered Psychoanalysis, Doris Brothers urges a return to a trauma-centered psychoanalysis. Making use of relational systems theory, she shows that experiences of uncertainty are continually transformed by the regulatory processes of everyday life such as feeling, knowing, forming categories, making decisions, using language, creating narratives, sensing time, remembering, forgetting, and fantasizing. Insofar as trauma destroys the certainties that organize psychological life, it plunges our relational systems into chaos and sets the stage for the emergence of rigid, life-constricting relational patterns. These trauma-generated patterns, which often involve denial of sameness and difference, the creation of complexity-reducing dualities, and the transformation of certainty into certitude, figure prominently in virtually all of the complaints for which patients seek analytic treatment.Analysts, she claims, are no more strangers to trauma than are their patients. Using in-depth clinical illustrations, Dr. Brothers demonstrates how a mutual desire to heal and to be healed from trauma draws patients and analysts into their analytic relationships. She recommends the reconceptualization of what has heretofore been considered transference and countertransference in ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Leading Through Uncertainty - 2nd edition - Jude Jennison

In a world of disruptive change, uncertainty is the buzzword on everyone’s lips.Disruptive change can throw everything into chaos unless leaders and teams have the skills to lead confidently through it. How do you lead complex change without burning out, disconnecting or losing your team?Welcome to the age of Leading Through Uncertainty, where emotional responses to challenging situations are part of the human experience.Drawing on numerous interviews with leaders from all walks of life demonstrating leadership in action, this new edition of the classic book on leadership and uncertainty has been revised and updated for the post-pandemic age. It explores these fundamental questions:How do you lead confidently and competently in uncertainty?How do you create human connection in a performance-driven culture?How do you adapt rapidly to technological advances and disruptive change without losing yourself or your team in the process?

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3mk ochranná folie Paper Feeling Microsoft Surface Pro 9

Paper Feeling™Kreslete, pište a chraňte své zařízení; jako papír - máte pocit, že píšete na kus papíru, efektivně chrání displej před poškozením, mějte vždy čistý displej bez otisků prstů. Redukce otisků prstůJste grafik nebo vývojář a při své každodenní práci dbáte i na ten nejmenší detail? Své návrhy zdokonalujete s maximální péčí, a pak se najednou na obrazovce objeví nevzhledné mastné místo. Zapomeňte na to! Paper Feeling™ je fólie, která se snadno čistí a zabraňuje vzniku skvrn na obrazovce. Světlo odrážející vrstvaPokud svůj tablet používáte při každodenní práci, oceníte pohodlí fólie Paper Feeling™. Nejen, že svůj tablet ochráníte a udržíte v bezpečí, ale vrstva odrážející světlo vám poskytne mimořádný pocit pohodlí a posune váš zážitek z používání vašeho zařízení na zcela novou úroveň. Měkký jako papírStylus klouže po obrazovce, ale máte pocit, že píšete na kus papíru. Je to opravdu senzační pocit. S ochrannou fólií Paper Feeling™ můžete jít s dobou, aniž byste se museli vzdát toho, co máte rádi – smyslného pocitu psaní na papír. Paper Feeling™ je nostalgický návrat do minulosti v podobě moderní ochranné fólie s texturou papíru. Vše pro to, aby bylo psaní a kreslení na obrazovce potěšením. Účinná a robustní ochranaPíšete, kreslíte – stačí chvilka ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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