All prayer is concerned with healing in its fullest sense, as whenever we pray, we open ourselves to receive God s transforming love. When we pray for others, we are offering ourselves as channels for that same healing love. The prayers in this exquisite collection recognize that each of us is bruis[...]

'Brilliant. A practical plan to eradicate world poverty' Observer Would you walk past a drowning child? This is a book that will change the way you think about giving. It shows what you can do, as an individual, about the fact that more than a billion people are living in extreme poverty. It argues [...]

Most children arrive at school with the notion that being independent and having the desire to take responsibility has been seen, in their homes, as a good thing. This book argues that independence in the classroom should be seen as beneficial for learners and also for teachers.[...]

Health care is changing fast and patients' experiences and expectations are also changing. Developments in information technology and biotechnology are already having a profound influence on the way health services are delivered and the organization of health care is under reform in most countries. [...]

Suitable for professionals engaged with planning, implementing and evaluating multi-professional teamwork and practice in children's services, this book combines theoretical perspectives, research evidence from the 'real world' of children's services, and reflections on policy and practice in inter-[...]

Provides an introduction to the Tudor period. This title examines key issues and important developments such as religious change, the changing social structure and the nature of government related to the wider European background. It also focuses on skills needed for success at AS and A Level.[...]

Apples, bandstands, beach huts, black dogs, breweries, bricks, cakes, causeways, chalk horses, cheese rolling, cider, cooling towers, curbstones, dances, dialect, dry stone walls, fens, fire festivals, foxes, gargoyles, geology, ghosts, heaths, heronries, ice houses, jet, lagoons, maypoles, mazes, m[...]

A brand new title in the most popular and bestselling Access to History series, covering the history of post-war Germany.[...]

Originally published in the 1930s and 1940s and never before collected, these stories by the incomparable Angela Thirkell relate merry scenes of a trip to the pantomime, escapades on ice, a Christmas Day gone awry, and an electrifying afternoon for Laura Morland and friends at Low Rising, not to men[...]

The personal story of the famous Romanian author recreates his harrowing childhood under Ceausescu's dictatorship and the pre-and post-Communist eras, incarceration in a Jewish relocation camp during the Second World War, relationships with his friends and family, and struggles with moral and aesthe[...]

Kelly loves ballet, but she's nervous about performing at her first recital. With lots of practice and a little help from Barbie, Kelly dances like a beautiful ballerina. Full color.[...]

A powerful study of the women's movement in the U.S. from abolitionist days to the present that demonstrates how it has always been hampered by the racist and classist biases of its leaders.[...]

British Fashion Design explores the tensions between fashion as art form, and the demands of a ruthlessly commercial industry. Based on interviews and research conducted over a number of years, Angela McRobbie charts the flow of art school fashion graduates into the industry; their attempts to reco[...]