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Positive Peace in Schools offers a fresh and challenging perspective on the question of conflict, violence and peace in schools. Drawing on the most up-to-date theory and research from the field of peace and conflict studies, this book provides readers...

Humble Boy is a comedy about broken vows, failed hopes and the joys of bee-keeping. All is not well in the Humble hive. Thirty-five-year-old Felix Humble is a Cambridge astro-physicist in search of a unified field theory. Following the sudden death...

Containing over 6,000 entries from Aalto to Zwinger and written in a clear and concise style, this authoritative dictionary covers architectural history in detail, from ancient times to the present day. It also includes concise biographies of hundreds of...

Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price Oscar Wilde's undying comedy - in an edition to fit any handbag. Jack Worthing pretends to be Earnest to avoid certain social obligations. But Gwendolen has fallen in love with him as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845278557Author Fiona CollinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Gwasg Carreg GwalchPublisher Gwasg Carreg GwalchDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 8mm

Target exam success with My Revision Notes. Our updated approach to revision will help students learn, practise and apply their skills and understanding. Coverage of key content is combined with practical study tips and effective revision strategies to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913666538Author Freddie IxworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Tide House Publishing LtdPublisher Tide House Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

Voice and Speech for Musical Theatre is the first book to combine traditional actor vocal training with musical theatre training, offering support and guidance for performers seeking to train their spoken voice specifically for singing and performing in...

A masterpiece of Russian drama, now in a student edition Along with Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya is credited as one of Chekhov's masterpieces and a significant precursor of modern drama. Set on a country estate in late nineteenth...

DON'T LET YOUR WRITING HOLD YOU BACK. When you're fumbling for words and pressed for time, you might be tempted to dismiss good business writing as a luxury. But it's a skill you must cultivate to succeed: You'll lose time, money, and influence if your...

Plato's frontal attack on poetry has always been a problem for sympathetic students, who have often minimized or avoided it. Beginning with the premise that the attack must be taken seriously, Eric Havelock shows that Plato's hostility is explained by...

La Dame aux Camelias still has the power to cast the spell that has fascinated generations of readers. Dumas's marvellously beautiful, intelligent, and vibrant heroine lives on in revivals of the stage version, in film and television adaptations, and...

In 1593 Shakespeare awoke and found himself famous. Lines from his comic, erotic, tragic poem Venus and Adonis were on everyone's lips.The appearance in 1594 of the darkly reflective and richly descriptive Rape of Lucrece confirmed his fame as 'Sweet...

With a Haynes Manual, you can do it yourself, from simple maintenance to full repairs. Every Manual is based on a complete stripdown of the bike. Our authors and technicians work out the best methods to do a job and present this with the home mechanic in...

In The Memory of Water (winner of the 2000 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy), three sisters meet on the eve of their mother's funeral. As the conflicts of the past converge, everyday lies and tensions reveal the particular patterns and strains of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620922347Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes Manuals IncWeight(grams) 458gDimensions(mm)...

Rodney has to take five, sticky, syrupy flans to a shop on the other side of the river in Flans Across the River. The bridge is broken. But Rodney is always ready with a clever plan. TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling...

In this first collection by Zinnie Harris, Further than the Furthest Thing evokes the fragility of an island community as their way of life is threatened and they must determine their future, while Midwinter opens as a woman steals a dead horse to feed...

Lyrical Ballads (1798) is a landmark collection of poems that marks the beginning of the English Romantic Movement in literature. Co-written by friends William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the collection broke away from traditional poetic form...

In Out of Time, leading thinker Lynne Segal examines her life and surveys the work and lives of other writers and artists to explore the pleasures and perils of growing old. Following in the footsteps of Simone de Beauvoir-who in her mid-fifties mourned...

Exam Board: ISEBLevel: 11 PlusSubject: MathsFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: Autumn 2016Brand new for 2016Following on from Practice Papers 1, these papers further test pupils in preparation for the most challenging of pre-tests and 11 plus...

Bringing together a series of ingeniously linked myths and legends, Ovid's deliciously witty and poignant Metamorphoses describes a magical world in which men and women are transformed - often by love - into flowers, trees, animals, stones and stars...

It's a game of hide and seek and Dad the crab is looking for Tim, but he can't find him anywhere. As he hunts around the seabed he finds lots of other crabs in different hiding places, but will he ever find Tim? Written and illustrated by Shoo Rayner...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783961100712Author Patrizia PaggioFormat HardbackPage Count 316Imprint Language Science PressPublisher Language Science PressWeight(grams)...

BOOK 10 OF THE LADYBIRD EXPERT HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, FROM AWARD-WINNING HISTORIAN JAMES HOLLANDFeaturing stunning illustrations from Keith Burns, bringing the story to life in vivid detailWhy were British troops in Burma?What was The Defence...

Exam board: Edexcel, OCR, Cambridge Assessment International EducationLevel & Subject: AS and A Level English LiteratureFirst teaching: September 2015Next exams: 2024About the AuthorMaria Cairney currently teaches in a sixth form college in Manchester...

Doing Visual Research offers an innovative introduction to the use of photography, collaborative video, drawing, objects, multi-media production and installation in research. Claudia Mitchell explains how visual methods can be used as modes of inquiry as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783899556605Author MonocleFormat HardbackPage Count 148Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag

Madresfield Court is an arrestingly romantic stately home in the Malvern Hills in Worcestershire. It has been continuously owned and lived in by the same family, the Lygons, back to the time of the Domesday Book, and, unusually, remains in the family's...

This accessible guide will be an invaluable resource for early years practitioners looking to make a positive difference in their settings by using action research or teacher enquiry. Guiding readers through the practical steps, issues, and potentials of...

Spanning almost seven centuries, this anthology encapsulates the foundation and consolidation of literature written in English, culminating in some of the finest works produced in English in the high Middle Ages. New edition of this widely-used...

This book reads Oscar Wilde's literary texts in relation to his open support for revolutionaries, along with his expressions of solidarity with Irish republicans, anarchists, workers and migrants. Framing Wilde's literary writing in relation to his very...

Exam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Computing Science First Teaching: August 2018 First Exam: May 2019 Get your best grade with comprehensive course notes and advice from Scotland's top experts, fully updated for the latest changes to SQA Higher...

Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel & EduqasLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: Modern LanguagesFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2017Film analysis made easy. Build your students' confidence in their language abilities and help them develop the skills needed to...

First published in 1977, this volume brings together a range of viewpoints, informed by reports of empirical research, which bear on the experience of school. Each chapter demonstrates the application of the 'new sociology of education' in its various...

Why are so many animal species endangered? Why are resources like natural gas running out? What does 'global warming' actually mean? And what exactly is the problem with plastic? This book will help you bust the myths and find out what is really...

A stunning collection of poems from Grace Nichols, winner of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry 2021Beautyis a fat black woman walking the fields pressing a breezed hibiscus to her cheekwhile the sun lights up her feetNichols gives us images that stare us...

Technical Math For Dummies is your one-stop, hands-on guide to acing the math courses you'll encounter as you work toward getting your degree, certification, or license in the skilled trades. You'll get easy-to-follow, plain-English guidance on...

A new fully updated reference atlas in the exciting Collins world atlas range. Great value and contains all the world maps you need in a budget atlas, for family, study and business use. Explore our planet;* Clear maps giving balanced...

This practical guide offers an approachable introduction to doing hermeneutic phenomenological research across the health and social sciences. Grounded in real world research, it integrates philosophy, methodology and method in accessible ways, helping...