Where do I feel at home?When I'm sitting with my dog, Digger.James splits his life between his mum's and his dad's houses. It's far from perfect. Especially now Dad doesn't have time for bike rides with him any more and Mum's always with her new boyfriend. The constant is Digger, his dog and best friend. He's the glue that holds the two halves of James's life together.So when James finds a lump on Digger's leg, everything changes. Digger is ...

For as long as Gemma can remember it's been her and Mum against the world. They're as close as can be, but deep down she longs to get to know the rest of her family – Gran and Mum's brother Joe – the family Mum turned her back on around the time Gemma was born. With the summer holidays approaching, Mum is invited on an adults-only holiday. Gemma spots a chance to uncover the story behind the family rift and convinces Mum to let her stay with Joe. He's the perfect uncle – fun, friendly and ...

Amy feels like everything is going wrong. For a start, she's just found out she isn't going to the same high school as everyone else. Add to that her annoying younger brothers, Pops' worsening dementia and Cassie, her supposed best friend, being meaner than ever, and Amy's summer is not looking promising. Especially when Mum tells her they're moving in with Gran and Pops for the holidays … all the way on the other side of town.But then she discovers who lives over the road from her...

Whatever you've done, if you whinge or you whine, Digger is there, the same every time. He's the heart of the home, my best hairy friend, I'll love him forever, to the very last end. James splits his life between his mum’s and his dad’s houses. It’s far from perfect. Especially now Dad doesn’t have time for bike rides with him any more and Mum’s always with her new boyfriend. The constant is Digger, his dog and best friend. He’s the glue that holds the two halves of James’s life together. ...

Are you ready to feel more inspired?When you start your own business, or think about starting your own business, you will hear a lot of stories that either drive you, give you motivation and inspiration, or you hear the nay-sayers.This book is for the women entrepreneurs that want to hear the real stories of what it takes to be yourself and run a business, with all the different hats you might have to wear.Learn from inspirational women just like you who have been t...

Det har alltid bott någon från släkten Harper på lantgodset som nu ägs av Rosalind. Och lika länge som någon kan komma ihåg har ett andeväsen rört sig i dess salar…Rosalind "Roz" Harper är en självständig kvinna med privat förmögenhet som tror att kärleken är något hon lämnat bakom sig. Vid 47-års ålder är hon änka med tre vuxna söner. På det stora lantgodset har hon byggt upp en framgångsrik handelsträdgård. Men handelsträdgården är mer än en lyckad framgångssaga, den är också en ...

Los cardenales encerrados en la Capilla Sixtina eligieron a un papa que no aparecía en las quinielas. El mundo quedó expectante para escuchar sus primeras palabras, las del primer papa norteamericano de la historia. Los vaticanistas explicaban que había dedicado la mayor parte de su vida al apostolado en Perú y que había sido promocionado en Roma por su antecesor Francisco. ¿Seguiría la estela de renovación de su antecesor? ¿O volvería a un ideario más conservador? El atuendo que escogió p...

Both probation and youth justice have undergone massive changes in recent years, and continue to face important new challenges. A key emphasis of new developments has been on developing effective evidence-based practice and disseminating this throughout the Probation and Youth Justice services - reviewed in this book.

Whether the fault of tedious teachers or hammy actors, Shakespeare is often seen as dry and impenetrable. In this fast-paced introduction, Ros King sets out to remind us of the sheer beauty and sophistication that can make Shakespeare’s works a joy for any audience. Exploring his invention and wit, along with his uncanny characterisation, King argues archaic language should be no barrier to the modern reader. This guide summarises the Bard’s life and background, detailing his plays and poe...

Selected contributions to the Ninth World Shakespeare Congress, which took place in July 2011 in Prague, represent the contemporary state of Shakespeare studies in thirty-eight countries worldwide. Apart from readings of Shakespeare’s plays and poems, more than forty chapters map Renaissance contexts of his art in politics, theater, law, or material culture and discuss numerous cases of the impact of his works in global culture from the Americas to the Far East, including stage productions...

An einem kalten Januartag des Jahres 1872 ist es bei Richard Wagner zu Hause ziemlich voll. Viele, viele Leute sind gekommen, um ihm zuzuhören wenn er die Geschichte vom "Ring des Nibelungen" erzählt. Eigentlich ist diese Geschichte eine Oper und Wagner baut sich sogar extra für den Ring des Nibelungen" ein eigenes Opernhaus. Aber da das Opernhaus noch nicht fertig ist, erzählt Richard Wagner die Handlung eben einfach bei sich daheim, im Salon... Und wenn er am Klavier sitzt und die wunder...