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Now in a fully updated second edition, The Student Practitioner in Early Childhood Studies provides accessible support and guidance for early childhood studies students in higher education who may have little, if any, experience of relating to young children in the early years foundation stage (EYFS) and key stage 1. With useful chapter summaries, activities and reflection points to help readers track

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Two parables that have become firmly lodged in popular consciousness and affection are the parable of the Good Samaritan and the parable of the Prodigal Son. These simple but subversive tales have had a significant impact historically on shaping the spiritual, aesthetic, moral, and legal traditions of Western civilization, and their capacity to inform debate on a wide range of moral and social issues

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The penultimate volume of Woolf\'s diaries details the mature period of The Years and moments of personal sadness brought by the deaths of Lytton Strachey, Dora Carrington, and Roger Fry. \"A book of extraordinary vitality, wit, and beauty\" (New York Times Book Review). Edited by Anne Olivier Bell, assisted by Andrew McNeillie;

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Tom is a boy from England who dreams of being an adventurer. Everyone tells him he\'s crazy, so he decides to prove them wrong by going around the world on his

French Lyric Diction: A Singer\'s Guide provides a thorough account of the language as it is sung in opera and melodie, exploring often-overlooked topics including phrasal and emphatic stress, vocalic length, singing the French r, and traditions in the setting of French

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The most significant English-language publication to date on a prominent Iranian sculptor. Born in Tehran and based in Vancouver, Parviz Tanavoli is one of the most well-known Iranian artists working today. Widely recognized as the only artist to fully capture the interplay of the country\'s pre-Islamic and Islamic identities, Tanavoli draws on traditional motifs and iconography from Iranian history,

The compelling biography of Novak Djokovic, the greatest male tennis player of all time - looking at past events, his beliefs and what has made him one of the most enigmatic and successful sportsmen throughout

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