From New York Times bestselling author and creator/writer of the new Masterpiece/PBS drama Victoria, a glorious novel of the 18-year-old girl who became a great queen
Ideal for early years to KS1 children who are learning at home. Daisy Upton has two little kids. She loves them - but they drive her mad. So, to try and keep her sanity she started to come up with quick, easy games using stuff from around the house. And @FiveMinuteMum was born. In her first book, she has collected 150+ games that take 5 minutes to set up & 5 minutes to tidy up. From pasta posting to alphabet knock down, it's a recipe book for guilt free parenting! And as Daisy was a teaching assistant, your little ones will be learning while they play! What could be better? GIVE ME FIVE is the perfect companion for anyone who wants five minutes peace. Also available: Five Minute Mum: Time For School Five Minute Mum: On the Go "I love Five Minute Mum. She's managed to come up with a huge array of activities for kids that are fun and educational yet don't require an Art degree or Diploma in Patience to execute."Sarah Turner, aka Unmumsy Mum
England 1875, Sisi, the beautiful empress of Austria, Captain Bay Middleton, a handsome horseman, and Charlotte, a bluestocking heiress form a passionate love triangle
Step into Moonhaven, Vermont, with the captivating "Mystic Moonhaven Mysteries" series. Join Harper Nightshade, a bookstore owner with hidden witchy talents, as she solves enchanting mysteries in this picturesque town. Each story is set against the backdrop of Moonhaven's seasonal festivals, from a chilling Winter Festival to a mysterious Summer Solstice. Harper's investigations blend cozy charm with a supernatural twist, revealing secrets hidden under Moonhaven's idyllic veneer. Alongside Detective Liam Ashford, she uncovers truths that intertwine the ordinary with the magical. Featuring a memorable cast, including Ella Grace, the town's gossip hub, and Mrs. Abigail Thorne, a quirky B&B owner with secrets of her own, this series promises intrigue and enchantment. Dive into the "Mystic Moonhaven Mysteries" for quick, captivating reads, perfect for cozy mystery enthusiasts who relish a touch of magic in their stories. Volume 2 includes the following titles: 1- Harvest Moon Hauntings 2- Halloween Hex 3- Thanksgiving Thievery 4- Christmas Charade 5- New Year Nemesis Join Daisy's Newsletter for updates on new releases, sales, and all things Cozy Mystery at www.daisylandishromance.com.
Is it football any more? 'Everyone involved in the VAR controversy should read this short, beautifully-written book and think again' Sir Michael Barber In 2019, the English Premier League introduced the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), a way of using technology to review and correct the on-field referee's decisions. It's been a disaster: players hate it, managers hate it, pundits line up to pour scorn on its decisions, and fans have coined the chant 'it's not football any more' to describe its effect on the game. Almost every other sport in the world has managed to integrate technology into its decision-making process. Why is football failing so badly? Is it a special case, or have the game's authorities got something wrong? And what does the controversy about VAR tell us about the nature of authority, rationality and technology in the 21st century?
Stop juggling and start managing everything you need to do at home and at work. It used to be simple before kids: Say yes to everything, stay late, turn in flawless work, catch up on sleep later. But now you need a different mindset to succeed at work, as a parent, and as a family member. Getting It All Done can't teach you to be in two places at once, but it provides you with expert advice as you manage the challenges of succeeding at work while making sure your family is housed, fed, healthy, safe, and educated. You'll learn to: Delegate, enlist the help you need, and say no to taking on more Put your management skills to work outside the office Get more work done with kids at home Move on with resilience when you drop the ball Navigate the chaos during the busiest times at work and at home The HBR Working Parents Series with Daisy Dowling, Series Editor, supports readers as you anticipate challenges, learn how to advocate for yourself more effectively, juggle your impossible schedule, and find fulfillment at home and at work. Whether you're up with a newborn or planning the future with your teen, you'll find the practical tips, strategies, and research you need to make working parenthood work for you.
Contains four Rainbow Magic stories featuring the Rainbow Fairies including Katie the kitten fairy, Bella the bunny fairy, Georgia the guinea pig fairy and Lauren the puppy fairy.
Exclusive online content, photos, and more, available here Parks are importantly fertile places to talk about land. Whether its big national parks, provincial campgrounds, isolated conservation areas, destination parks, or humble urban patches of grass, we tend to speak of parks as unqualified goods. People think of parks as public or common land, and it is a common belief that parks are the best uses of land and are good for everyone. But no park is innocent. Parks are lionized as “natural oases,” and urban parks as “pure nature” in the midst of the city — but that’s absurd. Parks are as “natural” as the roads or buildings around them, and just as political. Every park in North America is performing modernity and settler colonialism everyday. Furthermore, parks are not private property, but while they are called ‘public’, they are highly regulated spaces that normatively demand and closely control behaviours. Parks are a certain kind of property, and thus creations of law, and they are subject to all kinds of presumptions about what parks are for, and what kinds of people should be doing what kinds of things in them. Parks — as they are currently constituted — are colonial enterprises. On This Patch of Grass is an investigation into one small urban park — Vancouver’s Victoria Park, or Bocce Ball Park — as a way to interrogate the politics of land. The authors grapple with the fact that they are uninvited guests on the occupied and traditional territories of the Musqueam (xwməθkwəy̓əm), Squamish (Skwxwú7mesh), and Tsleil-Waututh (səliľwətaʔɬ) nations. But Bocce Ball Park is also a wonderful place in many ways, with a startling plurality of users and sovereignties, and all kinds of overlapping activities and all kinds of overlapping people co-existing more-or-less peaceably. It is a living exhibition of the possibilities of sharing land and perhaps offers some clues to a decolonial horizon. The book is a collaborative exercise between one white family and some friends looking at the park from a variety of perspectives, asking what we might say about this patch of grass, and what kinds of occupation might this place imply.
The Sports Fairies' magical items are missing, and now the Fairy Olympics are going all wrong! This is our ninth group of Rainbow Magic fairies; all seven books will be released at once.It's an exciting time in Fairyland. Everyone is getting ready for the Fairy Olympics! But Jack Frost's goblins have stolen the Sports Fairies' magic objects. Now they're threatening to take over the whole competition!It's girls vs. goblins! Can Rachel and Kirsty take down the Mean Green Basketball Team and win back Brittany's magic ball? Or will this game be a slam dunk for the goblins?Find the enchanted object in each book, and help keep the Fairyland Olympics magical!
Grab a cup of hot chocolate and settle in for Let it Snow: Cozy Mysteries for Winter Injured on New Year’s A Jane and Kennedy Daniels Mystery While in the hospital for a broken leg, Jane overhears a scuffle in the room next to her late at night. When she asks the nurse about it the next day, she’s told that nothing happened. A little digging, with her wife Kennedy and their trusty Detective friend Arthur's help, leads to an unidentified corpse in the morgue. Who’s the victim? How did they die? Were they murdered? Why? Inquiring Jane wants to know! Murder in the Snow, A Wilma Wade Holiday Mystery Coming back from spending Christmas with her cousin on Acadia Island, Miss Wilma Wade is looking forward to spending a leisurely week before the New Year's festivities begin. However, the morning after her return, a blizzard covers the driveway and the front of her house, sending Wilma into a snow-shoveling frenzy as soon as she wakes up. Halfway through clearing the drive, her shovel hits a frozen corpse buried under the snow. Wilma calls the police and is shocked at how excited she is at the prospect of another mystery to unravel. A Little Frosty, A Mike and Maddie Mystery Mike and Maddie are having their weekly breakfast meeting at the local diner, and Mike is commenting on an odd-looking snowman in his neighbor’s front yard. Maddie's ears prick up, and they agree to visit the neighbors after breakfast. When the daily paper lands on their table, the headline reads "Hiker still missing: Search and Rescue Stumped." Have Mike and Maddie found the missing hiker? Whispers in the Winter Frost, A Mystic Moonhaven Mystery When Harper Nightshade stumbles upon a chilling mystery entwined with her hidden past, the frost of Moonhaven whispers of a history drenched in magic and betrayal. Can she unveil the truth before the cold silence of a ghostly presence becomes her own? Join Daisy's Newsletter for updates on new releases, sales, and all things Cozy Mystery at www.daisylandishromance.com.
The holidays have lost their shimmer! There's trouble in Fairyland! Jack Frost is up to his old tricks. Now the fairies are missing their special holiday magic! Will the holly-jolly holidays be changed forever? Or can Rachel and Kirsty help Holly, Stella, Gabriella, and Paige save the day?This boxed set includes four holiday stories:Holly the Christmas FairyStella the Star FairyGabriella the Snow Kingdom FairyPaige the Christmas Play FairyA perfectly magical holiday gift for fairy fans!
All the advice you need to succeed as a first-time working parent. The year after having your first baby can be one of the most challenging and disorienting periods of your career. From finding the best childcare when you return to work, to setting expectations with your manager, to getting enough sleep so you can show up as the person you want to be and do your job well—juggling it all can seem impossible. You're not alone, but you're going through a tough moment and you need support. The HBR Working Parents Starter Set offers insights and practical advice from world-class experts on the topics that are the most important to new working parents who want to be great parents and have impactful careers. The five books in this set—Succeeding as a First-Time Parent, Getting It All Done, Taking Care of Yourself, Managing Your Career, and Communicate Better with Everyone—will teach you how to transition back to work effectively, make decisions that align with your priorities, find time for personal development, and make career choices that work for you—and your family. There's no simple answer or foolproof tip to make working parenthood easy—but the strategies in this collection can help set you on the path toward finding success both in your career and as a parent. The HBR Working Parents Series with Daisy Dowling, Series Editor, supports readers as you anticipate challenges, learn how to advocate for yourself more effectively, juggle your impossible schedule, and find fulfillment at home and at work. Whether you're up with a newborn or planning the future with your teen, you'll find the practical tips, strategies, and research you need to make working parenthood work for you.
In the early hours of 14 June 2017, a fire engulfed the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in west London, killing at least 72 people and injuring many more. An entire community was destroyed. For many people affected by this tragedy, the psychological scars may never heal. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a condition that affects many people who have endured traumatic events, leaving them unable to move on from life-changing tragedies. In the immediate aftermath of the fire, the focus was rightly placed on providing food, shelter and health care for those left homeless – but it is important that we don’t lose sight of the psychological impact this fire will have had on its survivors. 24 Stories is an anthology of short stories, written on themes of community and hope, by a mix of the UK’s best established writers and previously unpublished authors, whose pieces were chosen by Kathy Burke from over 250 entries. Contributors include: Irvine Welsh, A. L. Kennedy, Meera Syal, John Niven, Pauline Melville, Daisy Buchanan, Christopher Brookmyre, Zoe Venditozzi, Nina Stibbe, Mike Gayle, Murray Lachlan Young, Barney Farmer.
Miss Mary Barker comes from a fine family of seven, five daughters and two sons. Three of the girls are married leaving Mary and her one remaining sister Kathleen at home. Mrs Barker expects to marry both of her two remaining daughters off by the end of the season.
Ideal for early years to KS1 children who are starting or are already at Reception and KS1 primary school. Phonics! Number sentences! Reading schemes! School uniforms! Daisy Upton has two children, and used to be a teaching assistant, so is more than familiar with the reality of being a parent. This book is packed full of games and activities to help children feel confident and excited about learning. They -and you! - will get help with letters, numbers and everything in between. Daisy's games only take five minutes to set up and five minutes to tidy up you can support them at home without wanting to bang your head on the kitchen table. 'I love Five Minute Mum - she's come up with games that are fun and educational' The Unmumsy Mum Also available: Five Minute Mum: Give Me Five Five Minute Mum: On the Go
The Sports Fairies' magical items are missing, and now the Fairy Olympics are going all wrong! This is our ninth group of Rainbow Magic fairies; all seven books will be released at once.It's an exciting time in Fairyland. Everyone is getting ready for the Fairy Olympics! But Jack Frost's goblins have stolen the Sports Fairies' magic objects. Now they're threatening to take over the whole competition!Rachel's favorite soccer team is ready for the big game. But without Stacey the Soccer Fairy's magic ball, they'll never reach their goal!Find the enchanted object in each book, and help keep the Fairyland Olympics magical!
Friendship is magical -- just ask the Rainbow Magic Fairies! Best friends forever!Rachel and Kirsty know a thing or two about how to be a good friend. So do the Friendship Fairies. But there's one resident of Fairyland who definitely doesn't: Jack Frost!Rachel and Kirsty are on the lookout for Mary the Sharing Fairy's magic yin-yang charm. They have to return it to Fairyland before best friends everywhere become worst enemies!Find the special fairy object in each book and help save the friendship magic!
The Lady Series is a series of standalone clean regency novellas that feature sassy heroines, swoon-worthy beaus and their Happily Ever Afters. Each collection centers around one family. The Gillingham Collection Jackson Barrington, the ever-elegant Josephina's younger brother, brings us on new adventures alongside entertaining new characters! Lord Gillingham is desperate to improve his financial situation. As a widower, he is overcome with the daunting task of launching four daughters into society while ensuring a strong legacy for his infant son. But as the Lord obsesses over growing his inheritance and marrying off his daughters, the Ladies exhibit one or two tricks of their own. Join Daisy's Newsletter for updates on new releases, sales, and Clean Romance at www.daisylandishromance.com.
This autobiography tells the story of Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of Girl Scouts of the USA with the help of Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scouting Movement. But this is much more than the story of one woman and the organization she started: it is first of all a chronicle of two great American families—the Kinzies, who were founders of Chicago, and the Gordons, whose name is magic to this day in Savannah, Georgia—that in 1860 produced the gallant, willful, exasperating, generous, and wholly lovable Juliette (known as Daisy) Gordon. The narrative of Daisy's marriage to Willy Low also offers insider's view of Edwardian high society in England. The Girl Scouts are most particularly proud that this woman from a background of wealth and privilege was able to envision a youth movement “for the girls of all America,” which serves a membership of ever-increasing diversity as the diversity of our country grows.
Friendship is magical -- just ask the Rainbow Magic Fairies! Best friends forever!Rachel and Kirsty know a thing or two about how to be a good friend. So do the Friendship Fairies. But there's one resident of Fairyland who definitely doesn't: Jack Frost!The icy villain has stolen Esther's magic heart brooch, and now friends everywhere are fighting. Rachel and Kirsty have to find it--fast!Find the special fairy object in each book and help save the friendship magic!
In this controversial new book, Daisy Christodoulou offers a thought-provoking critique of educational orthodoxy. Drawing on her recent experience of teaching in challenging schools, she shows through a wide range of examples and case studies just how much classroom practice contradicts basic scientific principles. She examines seven widely-held beliefs which are holding back pupils and teachers: Facts prevent understanding Teacher-led instruction is passive The 21st century fundamentally changes everything You can always just look it up We should teach transferable skills Projects and activities are the best way to learn Teaching knowledge is indoctrination In each accessible and engaging chapter, Christodoulou sets out the theory of each myth, considers its practical implications and shows the worrying prevalence of such practice. Then, she explains exactly why it is a myth, with reference to the principles of modern cognitive science. She builds a powerful case explaining how governments and educational organisations around the world have let down teachers and pupils by promoting and even mandating evidence-less theory and bad practice. This blisteringly incisive and urgent text is essential reading for all teachers, teacher training students, policy makers, head teachers, researchers and academics around the world.
During Unicorn University's Fall Break, the four unicorn friends have a sleepover at Sapphire's barn by the sea, but one of Uncle Sea Star's ghost stories seems to be coming true.
Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, Lindsay the Luck Fairy brings a dose of magical good luck to readers everywhere! St. Patrick's Day is full of magic, and Lindsay the Luck Fairy is the one who keeps it that way! But when Jack Frost's goblins steal her special lucky charms, Lindsay's luck runs out. Now everyone, everywhere will have a horribly unlucky St. Patrick's Day!Rachel and Kirsty are determined to help Lindsay find her magic. But where do they start? And without luck on their side, do they stand a chance of outsmarting the goblins?Find the lucky charms in all three stories inside this Rainbow Magic Special Edition and help bring good luck back to St. Patrick's Day!
It's a dance disaster! Can Rachel and Kirsty help the Dance Fairies get their grooves back?The Dance Fairies' magic ribbons are missing! Without them, all kinds of dances are getting off on the wrong foot. Everyone is miserable, except for Jack Frost and his goblins. They have the ribbons . . . and it's up to Rachel and Kirsty to get them back!Find the magic ribbon in each book, and help keep the Dance Fairies on their toes!
Fairies and princesses -- a magical combination!Rachel and Kirsty are so excited to spend the week at the Golden Palace. They're going to live like real princesses! But before long, they discover that something is terribly wrong. The Princess Fairies' magic tiaras are missing! Without them, both Fairyland and the human world are a royal mess. Nothing is much fun without Maddie the Fun and Games Fairy's tiara! Can Rachel and Kirsty help Maddie find her magic, before every game turns into an all-out fight?Find the missing tiara in each book and help save the princess magic!
This look at everyday life for women on a small island off the British coast brings the female experience to the forefront of history. Ask somebody to give you the name of a woman from history and they’ll probably mention a queen. But most women’s lives were lived far from a palace, and this unique history delves into the experiences of a diverse range of women living on the Isle of Wight between 1850 and 1950. It covers many aspects of their world, from education to health to relationships to leisure activities, and reveals that—just like the women of today—each had her own thoughts, feelings, and preferences. The only thing they had in common was that they were utterly ordinary—but what is ordinary? Is it a single mother nursing her child through a deadly disease? Is it giving up on your own dreams to take on the role of mother when yours passes on? Is it becoming one of the greatest artists of the modern era, only to wind up with none of your paintings on display in any of the most prestigious museums? As this book shows, the ordinary can be extraordinary, and women don’t have to be queens to have stories worth telling.
Join the Fairy Tale Fairies as they make sure everyone's favorite fairy tale characters get their happily ever after! Happily Ever After?Once upon a time, Rachel and Kirsty were excited to attend the special Fairy Tale Festival at TipTop Castle. But when Jack Frost steals the Fairytale Fairies' magic items, stories everywhere get all jumbled up. Even worse, characters from inside the books are coming to life and finding their way into the human world! Rachel and Kirsty are headed to a fairytale-themed ball. But first, they have to track down Faith's magic glass slipper-or the dance will be a disaster, and Cinderella will be stranded!Find the special fairy object in each book and help save the Fairy Tale Magic!
A journey into cooking healthy, flavorful and delicious meals for your family, this book offers a glimpse into a North Indian home, where daily meals are cooked using local and fresh ingredients. This cookbook highlights over 50 everyday, practical recipes from North India for easy home cooking. The recipes are a blend of every day meals and dishes for special occasions. This book includes many popular Indian recipes such as pakoras, samosas, palak paneer, butter chicken, chicken masala, mango lassi, and Indian chai. This book will enable beginners and food enthusiasts alike to incorporate ethnic Indian recipes into their everyday cooking. We hope this cookbook lets you bring a little spice and excitement into your daily meals!
The Sports Fairies' magical items are missing, and now the Fairy Olympics are going all wrong! This is our ninth group of Rainbow Magic fairies; all seven books will be released at once.It's an exciting time in Fairyland. Everyone is getting ready for the Fairy Olympics! But Jack Frost's goblins have stolen the Sports Fairies' magic objects. Now they're threatening to take over the whole competition!The Tippington Tennis Club is swarming with goblins. If Rachel and Kirsty don't snag Alice's magic racquet, the goblins are going to win --- game, set, and match!Find the enchanted object in each book, and help keep the Fairyland Olympics magical!
Give Me Your Answer is K.D. Miller's second collection of short stories. The book is made up of twelve stories which together trace the evolving life of the protagonist, Daisy Chandler, from childhood to marriage and subsequently to divorce and a deepening religious conviction. First as a painter, then as a writer, Daisy struggles to understand her family, her friends, her lovers and herself. With one foot in the fifties and the other on the millennium, Daisy bears witness to herself and her companions with unflinching honesty and a wickedly irreverent sense of humour. These stories further reveal K.D. Miller's huge talent. Her language is crisp and precise and even the most sombre of the stories is flecked with her trademark wit and humour.
“A wonderfully rich, witty, insightful, and wide-ranging portrait of the two Plinys and their world.”—Sarah Bakewell, author of How to Live When Pliny the Elder perished at Stabiae during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, he left behind an enormous compendium of knowledge, his thirty-seven-volume Natural History, and a teenaged nephew who revered him as a father. Grieving his loss, Pliny the Younger inherited the Elder’s notebooks—filled with pearls of wisdom—and his legacy. At its heart, The Shadow of Vesuvius is a literary biography of the younger man, who would grow up to become a lawyer, senator, poet, collector of villas, and chronicler of the Roman Empire from the dire days of terror under Emperor Domitian to the gentler times of Emperor Trajan. A biography that will appeal to lovers of Mary Beard books, it is also a moving narrative about the profound influence of a father figure on his adopted son. Interweaving the younger Pliny’s Letters with extracts from the Elder’s Natural History, Daisy Dunn paints a vivid, compellingly readable portrait of two of antiquity’s greatest minds.
The Lady Series is a series of standalone clean regency novellas that feature sassy heroines, swoon-worthy beaus and their Happily Ever Afters. Each collection centers around one family. The Blackmore Collection All five daughters of the Earl of Keymouth have reached marriageable age. The Earl and his Countess look forward to giving their hands in marriage. However, the young ladies have other ideas. Jilted love, elopement, kidnapping, jealousy, and other devious shenanigans await the readers of this new Clean Regency Series. Join Daisy's Newsletter for updates on new releases, sales, and Clean Romance at www.daisylandishromance.com.
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