Author: Lilly Robbins
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 1409192059
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Stockport, 1944. Alice seems to have it all, but the truth is her marriage isn't as solid as it seems. Busy running her husband's family shop while he's at war, everything changes when she meets handsome Louis, fresh in from Guernsey with young evacuee twins Gabriela and Philip. Factory heir Sophie is thrilled to be getting married - if only her mother her mother didn't disapprove! She's marrying for love, but her mother is convinced Tony is marrying for money. Is there more to her concern than Sophie realises? Emily is tired of being pitied as the single friend. She's not averse to marriage but she's in no rush either! When she meets Italian prisoner-of-war Marco, she knows there can be no future. Her brother was killed in Dunkirk and her family would never accept an Italian. A heartwarming and absorbing WW2 saga set in Stockport for fans of Rosie Archer, Maisie Thomas and Nancy Revell.
The Stockport Girls
Author: Lilly Robbins
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 1409192059
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Stockport, 1944. Alice seems to have it all, but the truth is her marriage isn't as solid as it seems. Busy running her husband's family shop while he's at war, everything changes when she meets handsome Louis, fresh in from Guernsey with young evacuee twins Gabriela and Philip. Factory heir Sophie is thrilled to be getting married - if only her mother her mother didn't disapprove! She's marrying for love, but her mother is convinced Tony is marrying for money. Is there more to her concern than Sophie realises? Emily is tired of being pitied as the single friend. She's not averse to marriage but she's in no rush either! When she meets Italian prisoner-of-war Marco, she knows there can be no future. Her brother was killed in Dunkirk and her family would never accept an Italian. A heartwarming and absorbing WW2 saga set in Stockport for fans of Rosie Archer, Maisie Thomas and Nancy Revell.
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 1409192059
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Stockport, 1944. Alice seems to have it all, but the truth is her marriage isn't as solid as it seems. Busy running her husband's family shop while he's at war, everything changes when she meets handsome Louis, fresh in from Guernsey with young evacuee twins Gabriela and Philip. Factory heir Sophie is thrilled to be getting married - if only her mother her mother didn't disapprove! She's marrying for love, but her mother is convinced Tony is marrying for money. Is there more to her concern than Sophie realises? Emily is tired of being pitied as the single friend. She's not averse to marriage but she's in no rush either! When she meets Italian prisoner-of-war Marco, she knows there can be no future. Her brother was killed in Dunkirk and her family would never accept an Italian. A heartwarming and absorbing WW2 saga set in Stockport for fans of Rosie Archer, Maisie Thomas and Nancy Revell.
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Languages : en
Pages : 1290
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Pages : 1290
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Popular Mechanics
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Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
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Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
Elsie: A Whisper in the Wind
Author: Louise Kirk
Publisher: Book Guild Publishing
ISBN: 1910298891
Category : Female friendship
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
We are a shadow in the darkness. A whisper in the wind. So writes Elsie, looking at the world and her place in it with the angst-ridden intensity, confusion, hope, despair and naivety of a teenager giving her thoughts and opinions on the world as she sees it. With help from the literary greats, in these pages the eloquent young woman covers love, friendship, life and death, among other subjects, with the passion of youth and the earnestness of someone trying to work out who she is, what the future is, and what her part in that future might be. You are your own destiny, your own saviour and your own problem, use your life to find your own solution… --- Now in her early twenties, Doncaster-based Louise Kirk recently graduated from the University of Hull with a first-class degree in psychology. Louise currently works as a support worker for young people and adults with autism, and is also a befriender for the Alzheimer's Society.
Publisher: Book Guild Publishing
ISBN: 1910298891
Category : Female friendship
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
We are a shadow in the darkness. A whisper in the wind. So writes Elsie, looking at the world and her place in it with the angst-ridden intensity, confusion, hope, despair and naivety of a teenager giving her thoughts and opinions on the world as she sees it. With help from the literary greats, in these pages the eloquent young woman covers love, friendship, life and death, among other subjects, with the passion of youth and the earnestness of someone trying to work out who she is, what the future is, and what her part in that future might be. You are your own destiny, your own saviour and your own problem, use your life to find your own solution… --- Now in her early twenties, Doncaster-based Louise Kirk recently graduated from the University of Hull with a first-class degree in psychology. Louise currently works as a support worker for young people and adults with autism, and is also a befriender for the Alzheimer's Society.
Treating Trauma in Christian Counseling
Author: Heather Davediuk Gingrich
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830889124
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
With extensive experience treating complex trauma, Heather Gingrich and Fred Gingrich have brought together key essays representing the latest psychological research on trauma from a Christian integration perspective. This text introduces counseling approaches, trauma information, and Christian reflections for students, instructors, clinicians, and researchers alike.
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830889124
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
With extensive experience treating complex trauma, Heather Gingrich and Fred Gingrich have brought together key essays representing the latest psychological research on trauma from a Christian integration perspective. This text introduces counseling approaches, trauma information, and Christian reflections for students, instructors, clinicians, and researchers alike.
El Mono
Author: Tony Cleaver
Publisher: Book Guild Publishing
ISBN: 191029800X
Category : Colombia
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
When Karin Roth goes to Bogotá as an exchange student she quickly falls in love with the country and its people. Lively, attractive and opinionated, she soon has a wide circle of Colombian friends, and is studying and partying in equal measure. A trip to stay in a friend’s finca farm, however, awakens her to the beauty and grandeur of the Colombian landscape while an encounter with the strange, fair-headed El Mono – a ‘mountain man’ with a profound, near-mystical connection to the Andean people and wildlife – conjures deep, troubling emotions. Offered a summer internship in a top-flight multinational in Bogotá, Karen finds her loyalties are divided. Caught between the dazzling, cosmopolitan world of big business and the exhilarating freedom of the mountains and the pueblos, Karin must undergo a painful journey towards self-knowledge and redemption. ----- Originally from London, Tony Cleaver has been a journalist, hippy, teacher, road sweeper, mountain guide, university lecturer and writer. He has lived and worked in Colombia, Chile, Singapore and the Netherlands and is the author of two economics textbooks published by Routledge. After many years teaching economics at the University of Durham, he has recently moved back to Colombia, where he lectures part-time, writes and plays cricket.
Publisher: Book Guild Publishing
ISBN: 191029800X
Category : Colombia
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
When Karin Roth goes to Bogotá as an exchange student she quickly falls in love with the country and its people. Lively, attractive and opinionated, she soon has a wide circle of Colombian friends, and is studying and partying in equal measure. A trip to stay in a friend’s finca farm, however, awakens her to the beauty and grandeur of the Colombian landscape while an encounter with the strange, fair-headed El Mono – a ‘mountain man’ with a profound, near-mystical connection to the Andean people and wildlife – conjures deep, troubling emotions. Offered a summer internship in a top-flight multinational in Bogotá, Karen finds her loyalties are divided. Caught between the dazzling, cosmopolitan world of big business and the exhilarating freedom of the mountains and the pueblos, Karin must undergo a painful journey towards self-knowledge and redemption. ----- Originally from London, Tony Cleaver has been a journalist, hippy, teacher, road sweeper, mountain guide, university lecturer and writer. He has lived and worked in Colombia, Chile, Singapore and the Netherlands and is the author of two economics textbooks published by Routledge. After many years teaching economics at the University of Durham, he has recently moved back to Colombia, where he lectures part-time, writes and plays cricket.
Dr. Joe and the Snowman
Author: Steve Riedel
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1613461151
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Having been fired from his job and now ensnared in ethical misconduct, Dr. Joseph Doyle, a former high school hockey player, wants a chance to rebuild his career in clinical psychology. But opportunities are few and far between for psychologists on professional probation. When Art Bowen offers Joe a job as Dakota Citys lone therapist, Joe is back on the ice. Or so he thinks. What Joe doesnt know is that he will be in a face off against an oversized fiberglass snowman. While it may sound strange for a psychologist to be in competition with a snowman, this is no ordinary snowman. Snowman, as he is affectionately called, has personal charisma, and unlike Joe, he knows how to beat the stigma that stands between people and mental health services in this small town.
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1613461151
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Having been fired from his job and now ensnared in ethical misconduct, Dr. Joseph Doyle, a former high school hockey player, wants a chance to rebuild his career in clinical psychology. But opportunities are few and far between for psychologists on professional probation. When Art Bowen offers Joe a job as Dakota Citys lone therapist, Joe is back on the ice. Or so he thinks. What Joe doesnt know is that he will be in a face off against an oversized fiberglass snowman. While it may sound strange for a psychologist to be in competition with a snowman, this is no ordinary snowman. Snowman, as he is affectionately called, has personal charisma, and unlike Joe, he knows how to beat the stigma that stands between people and mental health services in this small town.
How to Restore and Modify Your Corvette, 1968-1982
Author: Richard Newton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610590242
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610590242
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Educational Research
Author: Jerry Wellington
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472524780
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
What is educational research? What are its current approaches, methods and methodologies? How should existing literature be reviewed and evaluated critically? What are the key philosophical debates in and on educational research? How should research in education be conducted and how should it be presented? And what is the value of such research? With this extensively revised edition of a much-admired and engaging guide, Jerry Wellington provides clear and constructive answers to these questions, complete with detailed advice on methods such as interviewing, surveys, documentary research and the use of focus groups. Thoroughly overhauled and updated, this edition includes new case studies, helpful 'theory summary' boxes, and a range of activities or 'points to ponder' to foster engagement with current issues. Retaining the clarity and concision of the previous edition, and its approachable and practical style, Jerry Wellington provides an invaluable text for all those engaged in educational research.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472524780
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
What is educational research? What are its current approaches, methods and methodologies? How should existing literature be reviewed and evaluated critically? What are the key philosophical debates in and on educational research? How should research in education be conducted and how should it be presented? And what is the value of such research? With this extensively revised edition of a much-admired and engaging guide, Jerry Wellington provides clear and constructive answers to these questions, complete with detailed advice on methods such as interviewing, surveys, documentary research and the use of focus groups. Thoroughly overhauled and updated, this edition includes new case studies, helpful 'theory summary' boxes, and a range of activities or 'points to ponder' to foster engagement with current issues. Retaining the clarity and concision of the previous edition, and its approachable and practical style, Jerry Wellington provides an invaluable text for all those engaged in educational research.
Every Shut Eye Isn't Asleep
Author: Patricia Barbee
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595425186
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Valley's life doesn't start out easy. The daughter of a mulatto mother and Full Moon Comes-George, a Cherokee Indian father, her mother dies when she is still a baby. Even though her responsible, respectable father continues to care for Valley, her mother's parents are less than thrilled. When Valley is kidnapped from her father's home and taken to her maternal grandmother's house, George decides to let the child go, though he sends money to take care of his daughter and visits at least twice a year. But when George dies, the money stops, and Valley's life is suddenly full of pain and suffering. Because of her mixed race, she struggles to find her true place in society. She finally meets and marries Dennis Cobin. Despite his abuse, Valley gives birth to a daughter, Heidi. After Valley loses their second child to Dennis's violence, she divorces him and moves to Boston with Heidi. Life in the early 1950s is not easy for many, but it's worse for a divorced woman with a small child. They face prejudice because of their mixed race, but Valley continues to gather strength and courage from the love she has for Heidi. Every Shut Eye Isn't Asleep is her inspiring story.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595425186
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Valley's life doesn't start out easy. The daughter of a mulatto mother and Full Moon Comes-George, a Cherokee Indian father, her mother dies when she is still a baby. Even though her responsible, respectable father continues to care for Valley, her mother's parents are less than thrilled. When Valley is kidnapped from her father's home and taken to her maternal grandmother's house, George decides to let the child go, though he sends money to take care of his daughter and visits at least twice a year. But when George dies, the money stops, and Valley's life is suddenly full of pain and suffering. Because of her mixed race, she struggles to find her true place in society. She finally meets and marries Dennis Cobin. Despite his abuse, Valley gives birth to a daughter, Heidi. After Valley loses their second child to Dennis's violence, she divorces him and moves to Boston with Heidi. Life in the early 1950s is not easy for many, but it's worse for a divorced woman with a small child. They face prejudice because of their mixed race, but Valley continues to gather strength and courage from the love she has for Heidi. Every Shut Eye Isn't Asleep is her inspiring story.