Barbara Skelton's Books

'Tears Before Bedtime' and 'Weep No More'

By: Barbara Skelton

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'Tears Before Bedtime' and 'Weep No More'

By: Barbara Skelton

The expression 'femme fatale' could have been coined for Barbara Skelton. She had many admirers - Peter Quennell, Feliks Topolski, Cyril Connolly, King Farouk, George Weidenfeld, Derek Jackson, the list is not exhaustive - some of whom she married. Tears Before Bedtime and Weep No More were first published separately in 1987 and 1989; they then appeared in one paperback volume in 1993. It is in this form they are being reissued in Faber Finds . As Jeremy Lewis, her literary executor, puts it these memoirs 'combine waspishness and wit in equal measure. She had a keen eye for the absurd, and a ruthless ability to skewer friends and foes alike with an exact and colourful turn of phrase ...' 'Uniquely savage memoirs of rackety highbrow life ... One feels Balzac is the novelist who would best do justice to all this in fictional form.' Anthony Powell 'Provides some of the funniest reading I can remember.' Auberon Waugh, Independent 'The two volumes together make a memorable portrait. She deserves to have her likeness preserved and by a writer as good as herself.' Frank Kermode, Guardian

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Faber & Faber

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0571287298

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9780571287291

A Dance With the Devil

A True Story of Marriage to a Psychopath

By: Barbara Bentley

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A Dance With the Devil

A True Story of Marriage to a Psychopath

By: Barbara Bentley

Her marriage to retired Navy admiral John Perry seemed almost too good to be true. Because it was? At the start of her relationship with the intelligent and worldly John Perry, Barbara Bentley couldn?t believe her luck?so when things didn?t add up, she struggled to ignore her doubts. She kept trying to put the pieces together?unaware that some of them were simply missing. Even as he drained her credit, dodged her questions, manipulated her and misled her, she stayed with him, suppressing her growing suspicions. Ultimately he would try to kill her, proving himself not a protector and provider, but a predator. This is Barbara?s courageous, compelling story, in her own words?of the slow, choking darkness that fell after the honeymoon was over, what it took to finally drive her to escape and start her life anew, and her tireless efforts to protect other women and help them learn from her example.

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401

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Penguin

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144062934X

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9781440629341

Green Pharmacy

The History and Evolution of Western Herbal Medicine

By: Barbara Griggs,Barbara Van der Zee

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Green Pharmacy

The History and Evolution of Western Herbal Medicine

By: Barbara Griggs,Barbara Van der Zee

An eloquent and engaging account of the use of herbal medicine from prehistoric times to the present. Newly revised to include the latest developments in the field of herbal medicine, this classic bestseller presents a fascinating account of the ideas that have shaped the course of medicine and pharmacology in the Western world.

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452

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Inner Traditions / Bear & Co

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0892817275

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9780892817276

War in England 1642-1649

By: Barbara Donagan

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War in England 1642-1649

By: Barbara Donagan

Drawing extensively on primary sources, and with the focus on examining what the war was like to live through - for example the living conditions for soldiers, the conduct of war, etc. - this study illuminates the human cost of war and its effect on society, both in our own day as well as in the 17th century.

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482

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Oxford University Press

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0199565708

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9780199565702

Gender, Management and Leadership in Initial Teacher Education

Managing to Survive in the Education Marketplace?

By: Barbara Thompson

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Gender, Management and Leadership in Initial Teacher Education

Managing to Survive in the Education Marketplace?

By: Barbara Thompson

This book highlights the difficulties that women working as managers and leaders in initial teacher education face. Teacher education is at the forefront of education reforms and yet little is known about the professional lives of those who work within it. Whereas many women are moving into positions of authority in teacher training, some existing women managers are being marginalized within new internally differentiated layers of managerial structures. Yet other female managers, mainly new appointees, seem to endorse the discourses associated with new managerialist practices. Simultaneously some women who manage in teacher training are engaged in a struggle for survival individually and professionally. In the main, men seem to be missing from authority positions and will conclude that, in the current climate, the management of teacher training is ‘no job for a man’.

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299

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Springer

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1137490519

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9781137490513

The Hidden Places of East Anglia

Including Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire

By: Barbara Vesey

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The Hidden Places of East Anglia

Including Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire

By: Barbara Vesey

This is the 7th edition of the Hidden Place of Anglia, one of the Hidden Places most popular titles and will be printed in full colour. The East Anglian counties offer plenty for the visitor to explore in real Hidden Places country. Norfolk is famous for the Norfolk Broads but has a rich and interesting past, gentle hills as well as expansive horizons, delightful pastoral scenes, a beautiful coastline rich in wildlife and many interesting hidden places to visit. Suffolk was made famous by the brush of John Constable and is blessed with incomparable rural beauty, which encompasses wide-open spaces broken by gentle hills and tidal rivers meandering from a coastline teeming with birdlife. Essex contains England's oldest recorded town (Colchester) has a strong maritime tradition, pretty villages, a coastline with attractive estuaries and a rich history going back to Roman times. Cambridgeshire is famous for its ancient university and being the birthplace of Oliver Cromwell and Samuel Pepys but offers a wealth of peaceful and attractive countryside with many towns and villages steeped in history, which are truly "hidden places." The book is packed with information and coloured photographs covering the more secluded and little known venues for food, accommodation and places of interest as well as the more enduring attractions of the region.

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382

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Travel Publishing Ltd

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1902007913

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9781902007915

Frame-Up

By: Brad Strickland,Barbara Strickland

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Frame-Up

By: Brad Strickland,Barbara Strickland

Shelby's friend Susan from the police station has been accused of embezzling $10,000!

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148

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Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books

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0671020080

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9780671020088

Detox Your Writing

Strategies for doctoral researchers

By: Pat Thomson,Barbara Kamler

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Detox Your Writing

Strategies for doctoral researchers

By: Pat Thomson,Barbara Kamler

There are a number of books which aim to help doctoral researchers write the PhD. This book offers something different - the scholarly detox. This is not a faddish alternative, it’s not extreme. It’s a moderate approach intended to gently interrupt old ways of doing things and establish new habits and orientations to writing the PhD. The book addresses the problems that most doctoral researchers experience at some time during their candidature – being unclear about their contribution, feeling lost in the literature, feeling like an imposter, not knowing how to write with authority, wanting to edit rather than revise. Each chapter addresses a problem, suggests an alternative framing, and then offers strategies designed to address the real issue. Detox Your Writing is intended to be a companionable work book – something doctoral researchers can use throughout their doctorate to ask questions about taken-for-granted ways of writing and reading, and to develop new and effective approaches. The authors’ distinctive approach to doctoral writing mobilises the rich traditions of linguistic scholarship, as well as the literatures on scholarly identity formation. Building on years of expertise they place their emphasis both on tools and techniques as well as the discursive practices of becoming a scholar. The authors provide a wide repertoire of strategies that doctoral researchers can select from, rather than a linear lock step progression through a set of exercises. The book is a toolkit but a far from prescriptive one. It shows that there are many routes to developing a personal academic voice and identity and a well-crafted text. With points for reflection alongside examples from a broad range of disciplines, the book offers thinking tools, writing tools, linguistic tools, and reading tools which are relevant to all stages of doctoral research. This practical text can be used in all university doctoral training and composition and writing courses. However, it is not a dry how-to-do–it manual that ignores debates or focuses solely on the mechanical at the expense of the lived experience of doctoral research. It provides a practical, theorised, real-world, guide to postgraduate writing.

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226

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Routledge

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1317283511

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9781317283515

Conflict and Compromise

Post-Confederation Canada

By: Raymond B. Blake,Jeffrey A. Keshen,Norman J. Knowles,Barbara J. Messamore

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Conflict and Compromise

Post-Confederation Canada

By: Raymond B. Blake,Jeffrey A. Keshen,Norman J. Knowles,Barbara J. Messamore

Driven by its strong narrative, Conflict and Compromise presents Canadian history chronologically, allowing a better understanding of the interrelationships between events. Its main objective is to demonstrate that although Canadian history has been marked by cleavages and conflicts, there has been a continual process of negotiation and a need for compromise which has enabled Canada to develop into arguably one of the most successful and pluralistic countries in the world. The authors have drawn from all genres characterizing the present state of Canadian historiography, including social, military, cultural, political, and economic approaches. In doing so their aim is to challenge readers to engage with debates and interpretations about the past rather than simply to study for an exam. The second volume begins with the nation-building project that got underway in 1864 and ends in the present. The book is illustrated with over 60 images, maps, and figures, all designed to support its mission to provide intellectual curiosity.

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369

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University of Toronto Press

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1442635592

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9781442635593

Embroidered Histories

Indian Textiles for the Portuguese Market During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

By: Barbara Karl

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Embroidered Histories

Indian Textiles for the Portuguese Market During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

By: Barbara Karl

Early modern India was an economic core region producing manifold textiles for export. During the sixteenth century a new customer entered the stage and expanded its influence from the city of Goa — Portugal. From early times, the Portuguese had bought and commissioned textiles, among them large embroideries from Bengal and Gujarat, which are the focus of this study. By providing European prints as models for the professional local embroiderers they created a novel product that was successful in Portugal and beyond throughout the seventeenth century. The textiles were deemed valuable and rare enough to be included in different travel accounts, letters and inventories, enabling us to trace their place of production, their transportation to Europe and their reception. Their intricate iconographies reflect political problematics of the time and shed light onto the intercultural circumstances of Portuguese colonial life. Barbara Karl is Curator of Textiles and Carpets at the MAK — Museum für Angewandte Kunst/Gegenwartskunst in Vienna.

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Böhlau Verlag Wien

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3205202090

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9783205202097

Book's by Barbara Skelton

'Tears Before Bedtime' and 'Weep No More'

'Tears Before Bedtime' and 'Weep No More'

A Dance With the Devil

A Dance With the Devil

Green Pharmacy

Green Pharmacy

War in England 1642-1649

War in England 1642-1649

Gender, Management and Leadership in Initial Teacher Education

Gender, Management and Leadership in Initial Teacher Education

The Hidden Places of East Anglia

The Hidden Places of East Anglia

Frame-Up

Frame-Up

Detox Your Writing

Detox Your Writing

Conflict and Compromise

Conflict and Compromise

Embroidered Histories

Embroidered Histories

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