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The Brightonians

By: Daren Kay

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The Brightonians focuses upon the bitter rivalry and social one-upmanship that fuels the lives of a group of socialites who live in this far-from-quintessential seaside town. Already vying for supremacy of their circle, the chance discovery of a 50-year-old letter belonging to a local drag queen takes their sparring to hilarious new heights. Initially leading to them back to the saucier side of Brighton in the swinging 60s – what they ultimately discover is even more shocking – connecting one of them to the past in ways that no-one could have imagined.

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1839755989

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The Brightonians Under Siege

By: Daren Kay

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The Brightonians Under Siege

By: Daren Kay

History, mystery, and enough bitchery to meet your daily nutritional requirement for snark, secrets, and sweet sentiment! The Brightonians Under Siege is about a group of warring socialites coping with the bonkersness of the first lockdown. But on a broader level, it's about how resourceful people can be when they feel under attack. Under siege you might say! The important role played by humour and friendship. And in the case of our Brightonians: dabbling in the dark arts, too! Beginning in 2020 with an ominous card-reading that the fortune-teller hasn't drawn for 40 years, one question preys on his mind. Could this scary new virus he's read about be as devastating as the one that killed so many of his friends in the mid-80s? Only time will tell. But as countries close their borders and people are told to stay at home, one set of Brightonians becomes transfixed by his reading. Especially the Saxon symbols on which the cards are based. Deprived of their usual battlegrounds of parties and social events, they take to the internet - and the occasional illegal gathering - in a race to be the first to capitalise on this ancient magic. Peppered with flashbacks to the hedonistic 80s, before the arrival of that 'other' pandemic and the darker period ushered in as a result, The Brightonians Under Siege explores how differently the world responded to both viruses. But far from being a sad tale, this is a joyously, funny story. Perhaps not so surprising when the key narrator is a 73-year-old ex-porn star turned drag queen, keen to reminisce about outrageous gay discos and leather fetish clubs! At a time of unprecedented crisis, the stakes couldn't be higher. What answers might the symbols offer in the fight against this new virus? And more importantly, who will be victorious in the battle to control this most colourful of social circles? Too soon to reminisce about lockdown? Not on your nelly. Cut yourself a slice of banana bread and let the socially distanced party begin! Following the success of The Brightonians - described variously on goodreads.com as evoking the style of E F Benson's Mapp & Lucia, P G Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster and Maupin's Tales of the City - The Brightonians Under Siege is written in the same satirical style. Of interest to fans of The Brightonians, the sequel is a standalone work aimed at readers not familiar with the first novel.

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Grosvenor House Publishing

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1803817941

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Yoga

An Annotated Bibliography of Works in English, 1981-2005

By: Daren Callahan

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Yoga

An Annotated Bibliography of Works in English, 1981-2005

By: Daren Callahan

Millions of people practice some form of yoga, but they often do so without a clear understanding of its history, traditions, and purposes. This comprehensive bibliography, designed to assist researchers, practitioners, and general readers in navigating the extensive yoga literature, lists and comments upon English-language yoga texts published since 1981. It includes entries for more than 2,400 scholarly as well as popular works, manuals, original Sanskrit source text translations, conference proceedings, doctoral dissertations, and master's theses. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author for easy access, while thorough author, title, and subject indexes will help readers find books of interest.

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McFarland

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1476607028

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9781476607023

A Company of Owners

Maximizing Employee Engagement

By: Daren Martin

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A Company of Owners

Maximizing Employee Engagement

By: Daren Martin

Lack of employee engagement is the biggest challenge facing business owners and leaders today. Daren Martin delivers proven insights and solutions he uses to create ownership cultures in some of the biggest companies in the world. This quick reading, hard hitting, solution oriented book will soon be a staple in top business leaders’ libraries. Using insights gleaned from years helping companies and coaching leaders, Dr. Martin teaches company leaders how to turn team members into owners. The visually appealing graphic layout easily engages readers and leads them through a dynamic learning process. This book is intense, humorous, challenging, thought provoking and extremely engaging.

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Clovercroft Publishing

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1942557515

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9781942557517

Heartland

By: Daren Shiau

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Heartland

By: Daren Shiau

Hailed as “the definitive Singaporean novel”, this new edition of Heartland is accompanied by a new preface by author Daren Shiau and a publisher’s foreword that contextualises the novel’s imprint on the Singapore literary landscape since its first publication in 1999. An iconic work, Heartland explores the paradox of rootedness and rootlessness in fast-changing Singapore. Set in the early 1990s, the novel follows the years of Wing Seng as he leaves school and is conscripted into full-time National Service. As Wing tries to reconcile his past with his future amid transitions through different phases of life, he finds meaning in his intense attachment to his surrounding landscape. Yet, as relationships and the years slip by, Wing is forced to question his own certainties and the wisdom of the people he values. Set in Singapore’s heartland at the turn of the century, Heartland’s capturing of the texture of everyday life provides the backdrop essential to the bildungsroman’s exploration of identity, belonging and connection in an increasingly urbanised Singapore.

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Ethos Books

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9811811458

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9789811811456

Business Models that Inspire Action

By: Daren Martin

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Business Models that Inspire Action

By: Daren Martin

Whiteboards to Spark Ideas and Drive Change Inspire action. Drive change. Craft culture. A whiteboard can become anything you need. A todo list, an organizational chart, a diagram. For many years, Company Culture Architect Daren Martin has used whiteboards to spark conversations, drive change and inspire meaningful action in some of the biggest companies in the world. Daren knows that the best way to reach people is through stories. Handdrawn by the author, Business Models That Inspire Action is a creative collection of illustrations, inspirational quotes and savvy business models with one purpose: to spark conversations and evolve companies. Whether you are a business owner, a manager or an individual contributor, you can use the thoughtprovoking drawings in this book to ignite, revitalize and motivate yourself to new levels of performance. DAREN MARTIN is a thought leader and organizational change agent who transforms companies. He has a PhD in psychology and years of experience leading change initiatives, architecting company cultures and reinventing corporations. As a keynote speaker and teacher, he engages audiences across the world. He is an inspirational resource for business managers and collaborative teams.

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Jaico Publishing House

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939355935X

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9789393559357

Schooling for Critical Consciousness

Engaging Black and Latinx Youth in Analyzing, Navigating, and Challenging Racial Injustice

By: Scott Seider,Daren Graves

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Schooling for Critical Consciousness

Engaging Black and Latinx Youth in Analyzing, Navigating, and Challenging Racial Injustice

By: Scott Seider,Daren Graves

Schooling for Critical Consciousness addresses how schools can help Black and Latinx youth resist the negative effects of racial injustice and challenge its root causes. Scott Seider and Daren Graves draw on a four-year longitudinal study examining how five different mission-driven urban high schools foster critical consciousness among their students. The book presents vivid portraits of the schools as they implement various programs and practices, and traces the impact of these approaches on the students themselves. The authors make a unique contribution to the existing scholarship on critical consciousness and culturally responsive teaching by comparing the roles of different schooling models in fostering various dimensions of critical consciousness and identifying specific programming and practices that contributed to this work. Through their research with more than 300 hundred students of color, Seider and Graves aim to help educators strengthen their capacity to support young people in learning to analyze, navigate, and challenge racial injustice. Schooling for Critical Consciousness provides school leaders and educators with specific programming and practices they can incorporate into their own school contexts to support the critical consciousness development of the youth they serve.

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Harvard Education Press

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1682534316

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9781682534311

The Complete Professional Audition

A Commonsense Guide to Auditioning for Plays and Musicals

By: Daren Cohen,Michael Perilstein

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The Complete Professional Audition

A Commonsense Guide to Auditioning for Plays and Musicals

By: Daren Cohen,Michael Perilstein

In the United States, there are 300,000 actors; 100,000 hold union cards. There are 184 college theater programs and 108 performing-arts high schools. There are 578 acting schools and coaches in New York City and Los Angeles alone. The Complete Professional Audition is the one book all of those actors need-because before actors can act, they have to pass the audition! Here's practical, hand-holding advice for choosing material, rehearsing, warming up, staying calm, standing out in a crowd, understanding casting, avoiding pitfalls, following up, getting the right headshot and resume, and accepting an offer. There's even a section on handling rejection-not that The Complete Professional Audition user is ever going to need that, of course. Ultra-useful appendices of recommended songs and monologues (yes!) make this the complete guide for everyone with an audition coming up. • Designed for both play and musical auditions • There are 300,000 actors and acting students in the US-and all of them want an edge at the audition • Through his workshops and seminars, author Darren Cohen knows exactly what actors need to pass an audition and get that part • Practical, down-to-earth ideas that work From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Back Stage Books

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0307875350

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9780307875358

The Brightonians

By: Daren Kay

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The Brightonians

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The Brightonians

The Brightonians

The Brightonians Under Siege

The Brightonians Under Siege

Yoga

Yoga

A Company of Owners

A Company of Owners

Heartland

Heartland

Business Models that Inspire Action

Business Models that Inspire Action

Schooling for Critical Consciousness

Schooling for Critical Consciousness

The Complete Professional Audition

The Complete Professional Audition

The Brightonians

The Brightonians

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