This is a small volume of beautiful melancholy verses by Canadian poet Bliss Carman. The poems share a common theme which is the death of persons known and unknown to the poet.

Arthur Scott Bailey, a native of the state of Vermont, wrote over forty children's books using a variety of animals, birds and even insects to entertain. The Tale of Old Mr. Crow is one of 16 stories of his Tuck-Me-In Tales series.

A vivid, emotional stage version of Mary Webb's novel of rural passion, premiered by Shared Experience Theatre Company.Incorporating traditional dances and folk songs, Gone to Earth tells the story of Hazel, an innocent and free-spirited seventeen-year-old child of nature living in rural Shropshire. But when both the wicked squire and the altruistic minister fall in love with her, she is drawn into a world of earthly passions which threatens to destroy her – as simply and ...

Jamie wants to impress her headmistress, but with a family like hers it’s going to take more than straight A’s. Luckily the dog show is coming up and Jamie has a plan. Fungi, her bouncy, scruffy, underpants-stealing dog will be the Best Behaved Dog in the competition. That means she needs Doctor Knight’s Magic Whistle, but first she has to get past Bieber, her brother’s monkey. As if this isn’t enough, her irritating, allergy-prone cousin, Fifi, is coming to stay for a whole week and her b...

There are many American families with the names Cary or Carey and Estes. Numerous genealogy books have been written on all three. This book focuses on one branch of each family and traces them from the earliest known ancestors to the year of first publication (1939). A separate companion volume, Cary-Estes-Moore Genealogy extends to present generation (1981). The Cary and Estes families came to America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The Carys came from England; the Estes from...

The beautiful Anglo Arab horse, Oreo, is for sale and Jamie has her heart set on him. But her mom has more important things to buy than ponies. Time is running out and it looks like the bratty new girl, Shardonnay, may be putting in an offer before Jamie can scrape together the money. Meanwhile the professor’s underpants are still disappearing, Tick and his pet monkey are up to their usual mischief and Toby is desperately hoping for a date with Shardonnay. Will Jamie ever get to ride Oreo ...

Featuring real-life hints, tips and examples of good and bad practice, this manual provides practical advice on good lecturing techniques and confidence in further and higher education contexts.

Written by pioneers in the field of interventional cardiology, this new edition provides readers with the information and expert guidance needed to perform safe and effective transcatheter aortic valve implantation/replacement (TAVI/TAVR). The book is supplemented by visual aids, including more than 300 illustrations and videos.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?The theme ...

In Season 7 of Coming To The Stage, Comedy Dynamics’ first original series, host George Wallace introduces a new group of up-and-coming comedians who people WILL be talking about tomorrow. This season features: Elliott Morgan, Nate Jackson, Arnez J, Helen Hong, Will Weldon, Mal Hall, Becky Robinson, Josh Adam Meyers, Boogie B, Dave Merheje, Alycia Cooper, Jeffrey Jay, Daniel Webb, Joel Boyd, Adam Hamilton and Cookie Hull. Plus, Comedy Dynamics' very own, Mr. Microphone is back in action!

An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into sentences and paragraphs that ease themselves from the shadows and are sudden...

Professional boundaries between worker and client underpin all areas of practice in social work and social care, and the mismanagement of these boundaries can lead to unprofessional conduct and negative consequences for both worker and client.This book is a no-nonsense guide to boundaries – what they are, why they are there and how to maintain them, from legal boundaries and policies governing behaviour to rules surrounding confidentiality. Presenting a flexible framework of rules ...