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Among all the different people in this world, there are two groups who invariably find each other: those who have trouble saying no, and those who take advantage of them. This quick and quirky self-help guide to saying no more effectively provides insights and tips on how to say "no" so that others know you mean it, and thereby reclaim your freedom from those who would readily exploit your generosity. A book for everyone who finds it hard to say no to people, but really wants to.
Nova: "A beautiful ride through a beautiful mind." - Reviewer If you've ever wanted to read someone's mind, this book is your oppourtunity. 55 profound, honest yet beautifully written poems about life, death, and everything in between. . Explore with the poet what it is to be human: to love, to celebrate, to grieve, to feel pain, and to overcome, through powerful images of fallenness, hope and redemption.
'Leaf' is the first collection of poetry published by Joanne Van Leerdam. Lyrical, often metaphorical and always unashamedly honest, these poems are expressions of the poet's own experiences and observations about life, love and human nature.
If you loved Ken Follett's "A Column of Fire," take another journey into 17th-century England with the 5-star reviewed alternate historical fiction novel, "Blood and Ink." History shows Kit Marlowe died in a tavern brawl in Deptford in 1593, but did he? England is torn apart by religious metamorphosis and espionage. The stages of England and bright intellectual boys are used to bolster Queen Elizabeth I's reign and propagate the rising Protestant faith. At the age of eight, Christopher Marlowe, the muse's darling, is sucked into the labyrinth of secret spy rings, blood, murder, and betrayal, while his own ambition to become England's favorite playwright drifts further from his grasp. As C...
Everybody seems to be an expert and wants to write a book to essentially do one of these things Promote themselves Promote their business Promote their bank balance They want to write a book about something. In Pursuit of The Trivial is different. Inspired by Jerry Seinfeld and George Costanza and a 'show about nothing', Gianfranco decided to write a book about nothing. Well not quite about nothing because after all he has been in the CRM and Data space for over 20 years both agency and client side, and wanted to share some of the useful things he has picked up on the way but perhaps in a slightly more engaging way. So don't be fooled by chapter titles such as Why are Basketball Players Tall? The Day I Stopped Eating Pizza for Six Months On Average Switzerland is Flat You might pick up a few tips around CRM, Personalisation, Customer Journey Planning and Data Strategy. There might be a few jokes, anecdotes and his mother's recipe for Lasagne - and to be honest that's worth the RRP on its own
A one act play for four teenage actors, set in a drama classroom. The students investigate and act out parts of some of Shakespeare's plays.
People experience all kinds of night: loneliness, grief, depression, anxiety, fear, pain, and countless other darknesses. This collection of profound lyrical poems explores the poet's own experiences and observations of both dark and light, revealing her determination to not only survive, but to conquer whatever tries to overcome her. At the end of it all, the poet demonstrates that the smallest sign of light is enough to help a wandering soul find hope in the passing of the night. " Intensely personal, at times almost uncomfortably confessional, these poems bare the author's soul to the reader. Ultimately, she triumphs over despair, but it is a hard-won battle, and we sense the fight continues. We take comfort in knowing she will never surrender." - Reviewer
The Advanced Rhyming Dictionary represents the culmination of more than seven years of work. It is the first of its kind and is a compendium of two and three syllable multisyllabic rhyme schemes aimed at rappers, poets, educators and academics. Adam 'Shuffle T' Woollard has been a battle rapper for seven years, and is a UK Battle rap doubles champion, with his friend and long-time collaborator, Theo 'Marlo' Marlow. He has performed in the US, Canada, Australia and all over Europe. Jamie 'Bleez' Blackmore has been performing and creating rap for well over a decade and is a hidden gem of the UK hip-hop world, considered to be one of the best rhymers there is. He and Adam met in 2014 in Brighton and they have been working on this project ever since.
“Delightful.” —Mary Norris, The New Yorker A page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world’s most polarizing punctuation mark The semicolon. Stephen King, Hemingway, Vonnegut, and Orwell detest it. Herman Melville, Henry James, and Rebecca Solnit love it. But why? When is it effective? Have we been misusing it? Should we even care? In Semicolon, Cecelia Watson charts the rise and fall of this infamous punctuation mark, which for years was the trendiest one in the world of letters. But in the nineteenth century, as grammar books became all the rage, the rules of how we use language became both stricter and more confusing, with the semicolon a prime victim. Tak...