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Afterliff

By: John Lloyd,Jon Canter

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A liff is a familiar object or experience that English has no word for. Afterliff, its long-awaited sequel, corrects this disgraceful oversight by recycling the names found on signposts. This brilliant successor to Douglas Adams' and John Lloyd's 1983 classic The Meaning of Liff features over 900 essential new definitions, including: Anglesey n. Hypothetical object at which a lazy eye is looking. Badlesmeare n. One who dishonestly ticks the 'I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions' box. Caterham n. An overwhelming desire to use the Pope's hat as an oven glove. Clavering ptcpl v. Pretending to text when alone and feeling vulnerable in public. Eworthy adj. Of a person: worth emailing but not worth phoning or meeting. Kanumbra n. The sense that someone is standing behind you. Ljubljana interj. What people say to the dentist on the way out. Loughborough n. The false gusto with which children eat vegetables in adverts. Sorrento n. The thing that goes round and round as a YouTube video loads. Uralla n. A towel used as a bathmat. In 1983, John Lloyd and Douglas Adams authored The Meaning of Liff, a bestselling humour classic which went on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies. John Lloyd's other books include 1,411 QI Facts To Knock You Sideways and The Book of General Ignorance.

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Faber & Faber

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0571301703

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9780571301706

Society, Schools and Progress in the West Indies

Education and Educational Research

By: John J. Figueroa

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Society, Schools and Progress in the West Indies

Education and Educational Research

By: John J. Figueroa

Society, Schools and Progress in the West Indies is one of a mutually supporting series in this field of interest in a number of significant countries or region. This book focuses on West Indies, aiming to provide important information about education and society, to raise certain questions which need to be carefully considered if education is to lead to real human development, and to provide informed opinion on a variety of subjects affecting society, schools, and progress . Organized into seven chapters, this book begins with an historical survey of education in the West Indies. It then talks about the socio-economic complex, and the school and general education arrangements in the area. The prevalent aims and assumptions in this field are also shown. Subsequent chapters explore the important matter of priorities in education in the West Indies, and define the concept of ""education for development"". This book will be very helpful for students of sociology, government and politics, as well as education.

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Elsevier

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1483145409

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9781483145402

Mr Standfast by John Buchan - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

By: John Buchan

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Mr Standfast by John Buchan - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

By: John Buchan

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Mr Standfast by John Buchan - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of John Buchan’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Buchan includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘Mr Standfast by John Buchan - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Buchan’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles

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Delphi Classics

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1788773357

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9781788773355

Great Men at Bad Moments

By: John Saunders

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Great Men at Bad Moments

By: John Saunders

Great Men at Bad Moments centres on the indignities and brutalities inflicted on young pupils during the reigns of some twenty-five headmasters, many of them Church of England clergymen. A major source for the book is the revelations of individual pupils who suffered under the cruel regimes. Many of these boys were later to achieve literary and other fame. So, for example, Leigh Hunt and Coleridge remember the unbridled behaviour of their headmaster, the Reverend Boyer of Christ's Hospital School, described by De Quincey as 'this horrid incarnation of whips and scourges'. Winston Churchill and the art critic, Roger Fry, provide vivid accounts of the atrocities committed by their prep school headmaster, the Revered Sneyd-Kynnersley. Roald Dahl ponders on the mix of sadism and Christianity which cast a shadow over his days at Repton. And A.N. Wilson tells how the brutality of his paedophile headmaster and his sadistic wife scarred him forever.Great Men at Bad Moments takes its form from John Aubrey's Brief Lives, mingling the anecdotal with the analytical.

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eBook Partnership

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1785452398

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9781785452390

The Spirit of the Organs

Twelve stories for practitioners and patients

By: John Hamwee

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The Spirit of the Organs

Twelve stories for practitioners and patients

By: John Hamwee

In the Chinese medicine tradition, understanding and resonating with the spirit of the organs leads to better diagnosis and more effective, powerful treatment. Behind most symptoms lies a disturbance of spirit, and the more alert a practitioner to the nature of such a disturbance the more effective the treatment is likely to be. John Hamwee explores the spirit of each organ not in analytical, rational, summarising language but through life stories that express the nature and tendencies of the organ at a deep level. Through the stories of 12 people that embody the unique spirit of each organ, he shows the physical, emotional and spiritual nature of each, and their related tendencies and possibilities for improved wellbeing. Written to give Chinese medicine practitioners new ways to reflect on each organ in the most complete way, this book is also a lighthearted yet profound introduction to the heart of the Chinese medical tradition.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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0857013343

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9780857013347

William Alwyn

A Research and Information Guide

By: John C. Dressler

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William Alwyn

A Research and Information Guide

By: John C. Dressler

William Alwyn: A Research and Information Guide is a catalogue, discography and annotated bibliography of the nearly 500 works of this twentieth-century British composer. It will be invaluable to twentieth-century British composer researchers and aficionados, music history courses, and film music courses.

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Routledge

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113666002X

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Canadian Men and Masculinities

Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

By: Wayne Martino,Christopher John Greig

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Canadian Men and Masculinities

Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

By: Wayne Martino,Christopher John Greig

Canadian Men and Masculinities: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives is a provocative new volume that examines men and masculinity across Canadian history and culture and sets it against the broader context of neoliberal globalization. This edited collection adopts a multi-perspective social inquiry and interdisciplinary approach and takes into careful consideration the intersections of the social and historical construction of gender with race, social class, sexuality, bodily abilities, and other social justice factors. The chief aim of this book is to examine, from historical and contemporary perspectives, the production and performance of men, boys, and embodied masculinity within the Canadian context. Within this framework, Canadian Men and Masculinities explores a range of issues including modern fatherhood, black male athleticism, indigenous masculinities, wrestling, and body building. This volume will be a valuable resource for general readers and professionals in sociology, history, education, and social and gender studies.

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Canadian Scholars’ Press

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1551304112

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Tenor

History of a Voice

By: John Potter

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Tenor

History of a Voice

By: John Potter

00 Prelims 1672 -- 01 Chapter 1672 -- 02 Chapter 1672 -- 03 Chapter 1672 -- 04 Chapter 1672 -- 05 Chapter 1672 -- 06 Chapter 1672 -- 07 Chapter 1672 -- 08 Chapter 1672 -- 09 Chapter 1672 -- 10 Chapter 1672 -- 11 Chapter 1672 -- 12 Notes 1672 -- 13 Tenog 1672 -- 14 Audio 1672 -- 15 Biblio 1672 -- 16 Index 1672

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Yale University Press

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030016002X

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9780300160024

The Half-Hearted by John Buchan - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

By: John Buchan

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The Half-Hearted by John Buchan - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

By: John Buchan

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Half-Hearted by John Buchan - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of John Buchan’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Buchan includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘The Half-Hearted by John Buchan - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Buchan’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles

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Delphi Classics

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1788773284

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9781788773287

Secondary Education in England 1870-1902

Public Activity and Private Enterprise

By: Prof John Roach,John Roach

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Secondary Education in England 1870-1902

Public Activity and Private Enterprise

By: Prof John Roach,John Roach

In this comprehensive and extensively researched history, John Roach argues for a reassessment of the relative importance of State regulation and private provision. Although the public schools enjoyed their greatest prestige during this period, in terms of educational reform and progress their importance has been exaggerated. The role of the public school, he suggests, was social rather than academic, and as such their power and influence is to be interpreted principally in relation to the growth of new social elites, the concept of public service and the needs of the empire for a bureaucratic ruling class. Only in the modern progressive movement, launched by Cecil Reddie, and the private provision for young women, was lasting progress made. Even before the 1902 Education Act however the State had spent much time and effort regulating and reforming the old educational endowments, and it is in these initiatives that the foundations for the public provision of secondary educational reform are to be found.

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Taylor & Francis

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1134960093

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9781134960095

The Collected Works of John Buchan: Spy Classics, Thrillers, Adventure Novels & Short Stories (Illustrated)

Including Historical Works, Essays, Scottish Poems, World War I Books & Mystery Novels like Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, Huntingtower, No Man's Land, Prester John and many more

By: John Buchan

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The Collected Works of John Buchan: Spy Classics, Thrillers, Adventure Novels & Short Stories (Illustrated)

Including Historical Works, Essays, Scottish Poems, World War I Books & Mystery Novels like Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, Huntingtower, No Man's Land, Prester John and many more

By: John Buchan

This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of Contents: Novels The Thirty-nine Steps Greenmantle Mr Standfast Huntingtower The Power-House Sir Quixote of the Moors John Burnet of Barns Grey Weather A Lost Lady of Old Years The Half-Hearted A Lodge in the Wilderness Prester John Salute to Adventurers The Path of the King Short Stories Grey Weather The Moon Endureth: Tales The Far Islands Fountainblue The King of Ypres The Keeper of Cademuir No-Man's-Land Basilissa The Watcher by the Threshold The Outgoing of the Tide A Journey of Little Profit The Grove of Ashtaroth Space Fullcircle The Company of the Marjolaine At the Rising of the Waters At the Article of Death Comedy in the Full Moon 'Divus' Johnston Politics and the Mayfly Poetry To the Adventurous Spirit of the North The Pilgrim Fathers: The Newdigate Prize Poem The Ballad for Grey Weather I The Ballad for Grey Weather II The Moon Endureth: Fancies Poems, Scots and English Th' Immortal Wanderer Youth I ("Angel of love and light and truth") Spirit of Art I ("I change not. I am old as Time") Youth II ("Angel, that heart I seek to know") Spirit of Art II ("On mountain lawns, in meads of spring") "Oh, if my love were sailor-bred" "A' are gane, the gude, the kindly" War & Other Writings The Battle of Jutland The Battle of the Somme, First Phase The Battle of the Somme, Second Phase Nelson's History of the War Volume I-V ... John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist and historian and also served as Canada's Governor General. His 100 works include nearly thirty novels, seven collections of short stories and biographies. But, the most famous of his books were the adventure and spy thrillers.

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8075833414

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Afterliff

Afterliff

Society, Schools and Progress in the West Indies

Society, Schools and Progress in the West Indies

Mr Standfast by John Buchan - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

Mr Standfast by John Buchan - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

Great Men at Bad Moments

Great Men at Bad Moments

The Spirit of the Organs

The Spirit of the Organs

William Alwyn

William Alwyn

Canadian Men and Masculinities

Canadian Men and Masculinities

Tenor

Tenor

The Half-Hearted by John Buchan - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

The Half-Hearted by John Buchan - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

Secondary Education in England 1870-1902

Secondary Education in England 1870-1902

The Collected Works of John Buchan: Spy Classics, Thrillers, Adventure Novels & Short Stories (Illustrated)

The Collected Works of John Buchan: Spy Classics, Thrillers, Adventure Novels & Short Stories (Illustrated)

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