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How to become an NLP practitioner?or supercharge your coaching skills with NLP One of the most popular methods for helping people achieve their life aspirations?Neuro-Linguistic Programmming, or NLP, holds the key to remaking one's future. NLP encourages users to re-create the thought patterns common to those who excel, a process that helps gradually weed out negative or habitual thinking. Using the key elements of NLP?developing a coaching relationship, shedding light on patterns, managing emotional states, and shaping an agenda for change?this practical, inspiring guide offers the tools for helping your clients upgrade the quality of their personal or professional lives. Reveals ten powerful coaching questions, ten traps to avoid in coaching, and ten ways to enhance your coaching skillsOffers tips on laying the foundation for success and quick win sessionsInsights on how to tap into passion and purpose?and making goals come aliveMethods for coaching yourself or your team and coaching through conflictOther books by Burton: NLP For Dummies, NLP Workbook For Dummies, and Building Self-Confidence For DummiesIdeal for those working towards becoming an NLP practitioner or master coach, Coaching with NLP For Dummies is a guidebook to life transformation?for both client and practitioner.

Build up your confidence levels and become more effective in all areas of your lifeSelf-confidence is more than just a feeling inside – it's an indispensable ingredient for success in life. Written by two of the most sought-after executive coaches in the world, Confidence For Dummies, 2nd Edition arms you with proven tools and techniques for overcoming insecurity and social inhibitions, and for learning how to think and behave with more confidence at work, socially, and even in love. Know where you stand – gauge your confidence level, identify which aspects of your life need confidence-building, and find out what's keeping you stuck in place Get on track – tailor a personal programme for creating the new super-confident you that you want to present to the world Find your focus – find out how to let go of perfectionism and unrealistic expectations Project self-confidence – broadcast your new-found confidence to the world and connect more easily with others Open the book and find: What confidence is and where it comes from How to connect confidently through social media Top tips to prepare you for a presentation or job interview Advice for approaching romantic relationships with confidence How to say 'No' with confidence Ways to recover quickly from any setback Learn to: Recognise your strengths and believe in your ability Develop your confidence both personally and professionally Get the results you want, whatever the situation

Change your behavior with neuro-linguistic programmingNeuro-linguistic programming (NLP) is a psychological, practical, results-focused approach to understanding the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behavior, and how they shape the everyday reality that people experience.Neuro-linguistic Programming For Dummies walks you through the fundamentals of NLP, helping you gain insights into how and why you—and others—think, communicate (both verbally and non-verbally), and behave; often the result of early experiences, emotional conditioning, and unconscious beliefs formed over time.Understanding the patterns that you operate daily enables you to consciously do more of what works for you to create the results you want in your life and less of what gets in the way of your success. With this deeper understanding about yourself, your goals become more tailored to who you truly are—and more achievable as a result.By understanding how others operate, you can adjust the way you communicate to create deeper rapport and exercise greater trust, influence, and clarity.Inside: Effective, straightforward strategies to increase self-awareness, build confidence, and become a clearer communicatorTechniques that, when combined with other forms of health- and self-care, can help you find relief from phobias, anxiety, and depressionClear descriptions of the central models and assumptions that underpin NLPPerfect for therapists, business coaches, counselors, and other helping professionals, Neuro-linguistic Programming For Dummies is also a must-read for busy executives, managers, entrepreneurs, and employees doing their best to navigate contemporary life.

Sind für Sie die drei Buchstaben NLP ein Buch mit sieben Siegeln? Die NLP-Expertinnen Kate Burton und Romilla Ready erläutern Ihnen, was Neurolinguistisches Programmieren ist und erklären anhand anschaulicher Beispiele aus Ihrer Berufspraxis, welche Grundannahmen sich hinter den drei Buchstaben verbergen und wie Sie NLP wirkungsvoll für Ihre Zwecke einsetzen. Wenn Sie die NLP-Werkzeuge erst einmal verinnerlicht haben und sie gebrauchen, werden Sie die tägliche Kommunikation mit Ihren Kollegen, Freunden und Ihrer Familie rasch verbessern. Mit wenig Aufwand lernen Sie Ihre Ziele konsequenter zu verfolgen, Sprachmuster zu entziffern und Missverständnisse zu vermeiden. "NLP-Grundlagen für Dummies" ist Ihr Weg zu gelungener Kommunikation.

Ein bisschen mehr Selbstbewusstsein könnte den meisten von uns nicht schaden. In diesem Buch zeigen Ihnen Brinley Platts und Kate Burton, wie Sie am Arbeitsplatz, in einer Beziehung oder in einer Runde mit fremden Menschen Ihren Stärken vertrauen können. Sie erfahren, was Selbstbewusstsein ausmacht, und wie Sie es entwickeln können, wie Sie mit Erwartungen anderer umgehen und wie Sie Ihren eigenen Standpunkt freundlich und gelassen vertreten. Übungen und Checklisten helfen Ihnen, sich Ihrer Stärken bewusst zu werden und Ihre Zweifel zu überwinden.

Öffnen Sie Ihr Denken für neue M??glichkeiten! M??chten Sie andere Menschen besser verstehen und sich ihnen gegenüber besser verständlich machen? Dann ist dieses Buch genau das richtige für Sie. Romilla Ready und Kate Burton zeigen Ihnen, wie Sie mit NLP Ihre Kommunikation mit anderen erfolgreich gestalten k??nnen und Ihre Ziele leichter erreichen. Sie erfahren, was es mit »Landkarten«, »Ankern«, »Zeitreisen« oder »Rapport« auf sich hat, und werden schon bald merken, wie Sie einen neuen Blick auf Ihre Umwelt werfen und wie positiv sich Ihre Kommunikation mit anderen entwickelt. Sie erfahren Wie Sie Ihre Ziele mit neuer Energie und Überzeugung erreichenWie Sie sich Geh??r für Ihre Botschaft verschaffenWie Sie Zweifel überwinden und mehr Zufriedenheit erlangen

Weil Worte wirken: NLP verstehen und Kommunikation bewusster gestalten Neurolinguistisches Programmieren wird in vielen Bereichen eingesetzt. Kate Burton und Romilla Ready erläutern Ihnen, was sich hinter NLP verbirgt, und erklären anhand anschaulicher Beispiele, wie Sie NLP wirkungsvoll für Ihre Zwecke einsetzen. Wenn Sie die NLP-Werkzeuge erst einmal verinnerlicht haben, werden Sie die tägliche Kommunikation mit Ihren Kollegen, Freunden und Ihrer Familie rasch verbessern. »NLP-Grundlagen für Dummies« ist Ihr Weg zu gelungener Kommunikation. Sie erfahren Wie Sie sie sich und Ihr Handeln positiv beeinflussenWie Sie Ihre Ziele konsequenter verfolgen und Missverständnisse vermeidenWie Sie mithilfe von NLP neue Fähigkeiten entwickeln

Boosting Self-Confidence For Dummies Audiobook offers a friendly and effective guide to improving confidence and enhancing performance in all areas of life. It is the perfect way to learn confidence techniques whilst on the go or in the comfort of your own space, covering all the key methods, tips and tricks. With this audiobook, you can: Build development skills to be confident in all areas of your life.Help design a framework for the confident New You.Learn to understand confidence and practical techniques to build on your skills and improve your confidence in all areas of your life.

Turn thoughts into positive action with neuro-linguistic programming Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) has taken the psychology world by storm. So much more than just another quick-fix or a run-of-the-mill self-help technique, NLP shows real people how to evaluate the ways in which they think, strategise, manage their emotional state and view the world. This then enables them to positively change the way they set and achieve goals, build relationships with others, communicate and enhance their overall life skills. Sounds great, right? But where do you begin? Thankfully, that's where this friendly and accessible guide comes in!Free of intimidating jargon and packed with lots of easy-to-follow guidance which you can put in to use straight away, Neuro-linguistic Programming For Dummies provides the essential building blocks of NLP and shows you how to get to grips with this powerful self-help technique. Highlighting key NLP topics, it helps you recognize and leverage your psychological perspective in a positive fashion to build self-confidence, communicate effectively and make life-changing decisions with confidence and ease. Includes updated information on the latest advances in neuroscienceCovers mindfulness coaching, social media and NLP in the digital worldHelps you understand the power of communicationShows you how to make change easierIf you're new to this widely known and heralded personal growth technique—either as a practitioner or homegrown student—Neuro-linguistic Programming For Dummies covers everything you need to benefit from all it has to offer.

Neurolinguistische Programmierung ist ein Konzept der Kognitions- und Verhaltenswissenschaften, das in vielen Bereichen einsetzbar ist. Mit NLP kann man sein Handeln und seine Einstellung zum Leben positiv beeinflussen. Man kann durch das Setzen von konkreten Zielen sein Leben ändern oder dank NLP die Kommunikation mit anderen verbessern. Dieses Hörbuch erklärt die Grundlagen und Möglichkeiten, die Neurolinguistisches Programmieren bietet.

Jointly published by the Getty Research Institute and the New Museum.The first anthology to assemble the writings of the groundbreaking art historian, critic, and curator Marcia Tucker. These influential, hard-to-obtain texts—many of which have never before been published—by Marcia Tucker, founding director of New York’s New Museum, showcase her lifelong commitment to pushing the boundaries of curatorial practice and writing while rethinking inherited structures of power within and outside the museum. The volume brings together the only comprehensive bibliography of Tucker’s writing and highlights her critical attention to art’s relationship to broader culture and politics.  The book is divided into three sections: monographic texts on a selection of the visionary artists whom Tucker championed, among them Bruce Nauman, Joan Mitchell, Richard Tuttle, and Andres Serrano; exhibition essays from some of the formative group shows she organized, such as Anti-Illusion: Procedures/Materials (1969) and Bad Girls (1994), which expanded the canons of curating and art history; and other critical works, including lectures, that interrogated museum practice, inequities of the art world, and institutional responsibility. These texts attest to Tucker’s tireless pursuit of questions related to difference, marginalization, access, and ethics, illuminating her significant impact on contemporary art discourse in her own time and demonstrating her lasting contributions to the field.

'Laini Taylor is so damn good and like no other' LEIGH BARDUGO'Beautiful, unusual, unexpected' SABAA TAHIRThe dream chooses the dreamer.Since he was five years old, Lazlo Strange has been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to go in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself - in the person of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance or lose his dream forever.What happened in Weep to cut it off from the world? What did the Godslayer slay that went by the name of god? And what is the mysterious problem he now seeks help in solving?The answers await in Weep, but so do many more mysteries - including the blue-skinned goddess who visits Lazlo's dreams . . .Meet the first in a romantic, action-packed YA fantasy duology about a lost city, a life-long dream, and untold levels of power and secrecy that will threaten its very existence.READERS LOVE IT'Laini Taylor, you are a master of your craft, take a bow!!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Exquisite prose and imagery' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A masterful storyteller' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The plot is absolutely masterful' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I was completely hooked and obsessed with this world' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The first authorised biography of eternal legend Elizabeth Taylor. Known for her glamorous beauty, soap-opera personal life and magnetic screen presence, Elizabeth Taylor was the twentieth century’s most famous film star. Including unseen photographs and unread private reflections, this authorised biography is a fascinating and complete portrait worthy of the legend and her legacy.Elizabeth Taylor captures this intelligent, empathetic, tenacious, volatile and complex woman as never before, from her rise to massive fame at the age of twelve in National Velvet to becoming the first actor to negotiate a million-dollar salary for a film, from her eight marriages and enduring love affair with Richard Burton to her lifelong battle with addiction and her courageous efforts as an AIDS activist.Using Elizabeth’s unpublished letters, diary entries and off-the-record interview transcripts as well as interviews with 250 of her closest friends and family, Kate Andersen Brower tells the full, unvarnished story of the classic Hollywood star who continues to captivate audiences the world over.

'There's a trick to time. You can make it expand or you can make it contract. Make it shorter or make it longer . . .'Some moments you want to last forever. Some moments shape a life. For Mona, it's the joy of playing on a Wexford beach as a young girl, next to her family's cottage overlooking the Irish sea. The thrill of moving to Birmingham with a new job and a room of her own in a busy boarding-house. Meeting the love of her life; a whirlwind marriage; a sudden, tragic loss. But now, decades later, Mona is determined to find happiness before it's too late. She knows that every moment is precious. But can we ever let go of the past that shaped us?'Devastatingly emotional. De Waal's storytelling gives us the poetry and sorrow of life itself' Financial Times 'Weaving tragedy and joy, big themes and the minutiae of life, this is a love story to take on the classics' Emerald Street'An emotionally sure-handed novel exploring harrowing terrain with deft sensitivity' Sunday Times

'Brilliantly written, masterful storytelling, and hard to put down. This story will stay with me for a very, very long time' HEATHER MORRIS, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz'Mesmerising. Jane Yang masterfully creates this 19th century lost world' THE TIMES'This story of love, loss and betrayal will leave a deep imprint on your soul. Perfect for fans of Memoirs of a Geisha' WOMAN & HOMELove and loss. Sisterhood and betrayal. Little Flower and Linjing's fates are bound together.China, 1800s. Little Flower is sold as a muizai to Linjing's family when they are both only children. Jealous of her new handmaiden's ladylike bound feet and talent for embroidery, Linjing ensures Little Flower can never leave her to ascend in society.Despite their different places in the household, over the years the two must put aside their bitter rivalry to secure both their futures through Linjing's marriage . . . Until scandal strikes the family, and Linjing and Little Flower's lives are thrown into chaos.Linjing's fall from grace could be an opportunity for Little Flower - but will their intertwined fates lead to triumph, or tragedy for them both?Don't miss Jane Yang's next book, Winter of the Bride - available to order now.'Jane Yang is an exciting new talent' SANTA MONTEFIORE'More than a book, this novel is an act of empowerment for women' NGUYEN PHAN QUE MAI'Enchants from the first page to the last' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, STARRED REVIEW'This fascinating, evocative story would make a great book club pick' RED'Captivating and exquisitely rendered' MELISSA FU'If you liked Memoirs of a Geisha, then you will love The Lotus Shoes' SORAYA LANE'I devoured this stunning debut' ALKA JOSHI'This big, juicy saga has scandal, hardship, love and sisterhood' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'A hugely talented writer whose storytelling prowess fully immerses the reader' NATASHA LESTER'I enjoyed every single page of The Lotus Shoes' ELIZABETH CHADWICK'Captivating, utterly compelling' SUNDAY POST'You'll love it' MANDY ROBOTHAM'Stunning, transporting, unforgettable' AMANDA GEARD

'Some wrong was done long ago. It can never be righted, and it has not been forgotten. Someone remembers it.' London, 1894. Inspector Henry Cutter is in an unconvivial temper. Then the murders begin. The first to die is Sir Aneurin Considine, a decorated but long retired civil servant, is found dead amongst his beloved orchid collection, killed by a wound inflicted with surgical precision. Soon, other victims suffer similar fates. More men in powerful positions; more murders that are gruesome but immaculately orchestrated. The perpetrator comes and goes like a ghost, leaving only carefully considered traces. Hot on the tails of this invisible adversary are Inspector Cutter, along with his hapless but endlessly enthusiastic sidekick, Sergeant Gideon Bliss. But as the pressure mounts, victims will start to look like perpetrators, murderers like truth-tellers, long-hidden failings will come resurface, and not even their very selves are safe from suspicion.

Richly atmospheric and deliciously eerie, The House on Vesper Sands is a gothic mystery set in Victorian London - best read while the night deepens and lamplight flickers . . . 'Dickens is whirling enviously in his grave' Irish Times'Clever and funny and exquisitely disturbing' Joanna Cannon'Spine-tinglingly spooky' RedIn Victorian London, poor women are vanishing, and rumours abound of a shadowy gang known as the Spiriters.While Gideon Bliss sets out in search of his lost love, a seamstress jumps to her death with a mysterious message stitched into her own skin. Nearby, her aristocratic employer makes an abrupt exit from a gala ball, with society columnist Octavia Hillingdon in pursuit. And on the sullen Kent shore, as the darkness gathers, secrets lie hidden at the house on Vesper Sands.

The second Jackson Brodie novel (after Case Histories): literary crime from the prizewinning, number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription.'An absolute joy to read...the pleasure of One Good Turn lies in the ride, in Atkinson's wry, unvanquished characters, her swooping, savvy, sarcastic prose and authorial joie de vivre' GuardianIt is summer, it is the Edinburgh Festival. People queuing for a lunchtime show witness a road-rage incident - a near-homicidal attack which changes the lives of everyone involved. Jackson Brodie, ex-army, ex-police, ex-private detective, is also an innocent bystander - until he becomes a murder suspect. As the body count mounts, each member of the teeming Dickensian cast's story contains a kernel of the next, like a set of nesting Russian dolls. They are all looking for love or money or redemption or escape: but what each actually discovers is their own true self.

THE CAPTIVATING, HEART-RENDING STORY OF TWO WOMEN IN 1800S CHINA'Brilliantly written, masterful storytelling, and hard to put down. This story will stay with me for a very, very long time' HEATHER MORRIS, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz'Mesmerising. Jane Yang masterfully creates this 19th century lost world' THE TIMES'This story of love, loss and betrayal will leave a deep imprint on your soul. Perfect for fans of Memoirs of a Geisha' WOMAN & HOMELove and loss. Sisterhood and betrayal. Little Flower and Linjing's fates are bound together.As a child, Little Flower is sold to Linjing's wealthy family to become a muizai. In a fit of childish jealousy over her new handmaiden's ladylike bound feet and talent for embroidery, Linjing ensures Little Flower can never leave her to ascend in society.Despite their starkly different places in the Fong household, over the years the two girls must work together to secure both their futures through Linjing's marriage. As the two grow up, they are by turns bitter rivals and tentative friends.Until scandal strikes the family, and Linjing and Little Flower's lives are unexpectedly thrown into chaos. Linjing's fall from grace could be an opportunity for Little Flower - but will their intertwined fates lead to triumph, or tragedy for them both?'Jane Yang is an exciting new talent' SANTA MONTEFIORE'More than a book, this novel is an act of empowerment for women' NGUYEN PHAN QUE MAI'Enchants from the first page to the last' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, STARRED REVIEW'This fascinating, evocative story would make a great book club pick' RED'Captivating and exquisitely rendered' MELISSA FU'If you liked Memoirs of a Geisha, then you will love The Lotus Shoes' SORAYA LANE'I devoured this stunning debut' ALKA JOSHI'This big, juicy saga has scandal, hardship, love and sisterhood' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'A hugely talented writer whose storytelling prowess fully immerses the reader' NATASHA LESTER'I enjoyed every single page of The Lotus Shoes' ELIZABETH CHADWICK'Captivating, utterly compelling' SUNDAY POST'You'll love it' MANDY ROBOTHAM'Stunning, transporting, unforgettable' AMANDA GEARD

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR...'The novel virtually defines a new genre: literary creepy ' JEFFERY DEAVER'Paver is the mistress of suspense' GUARDIAN'An atmospheric ghost story' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAYThe Himalayas, 1935.Kangchenjunga. The sacred mountain. Biggest killer of them all.Five Englishmen set off from Darjeeling, determined to conquer the sacred summit. But courage can only take them so far - and the mountain is not their only foe.As the wind dies, the dread grows. Mountain sickness. The horrors of extreme altitude. A past that will not stay buried.And sometimes, the truth does not set you free.

A PRIMA BEST READ OF 2017'At once tough and tender, funny and sad, this beautifully written novel articulates the dynamic realities of those wondrous friendships that last a lifetime.' Siri HustvedtAnna, Molly, Ming, Caroline, Helen: the Old Friends.Since adopting their official name aged eleven, they have seen each other through careers, children, illnesses, marriage, divorce, addiction, fame, fall outs.But now, Anna - fiercely loved mother and friend, and the Old Friends' glue - is diagnosed with cancer again, and this time, tired of recoveries and relapses, pitying looks and exhausting regimes, she simply says: no more.As her health declines, the politics of the still lived-in world merge with memories of the past while each Old Friend tries to accept the truth of what is happening: they are losing someone they cannot imagine life without.Before Everything is a celebration of friendship and love between a group of wonderful women. End of sixth grade they made it their official name. It was a joke one afternoon but they liked the way it sounded. Permanent. The Old Friends. This way, the five girls agree, it's just a fact. And ours forever.

A novel of the friendships and woes of two couples, which tells the story of their lives in lyrical, evocative prose by one of the finest American writers of the late 20th century.When two young couples meet for the first time during the Great Depression, they quickly find they have much in common: Charity Lang and Sally Morgan are both pregnant, while their husbands Sid and Larry both have jobs in the English department at the University of Wisconsin. Immediately a lifelong friendship is born, which becomes increasingly complex as they share decades of love, loyalty, vulnerability and conflict. Written from the perspective of the aging Larry Morgan,Crossing to Safety is a beautiful and deeply moving exploration of the struggle of four people to come to terms with the trials and tragedies of everyday life.With an introduction by Jane Smiley.Wallace Stegner (1909-1993) was the author of, among other novels, Remembering Laughter, 1937; A Shooting Star, 1961; Angle of Repose (Pulitzer Prize), 1971; The Spectator Bird (National Book award), 1977; Recapitulation, 1979. Three of his short stories have won O.Henry prizes, and in 1980 he received the Robert Kirsch award from the Los Angeles Times for his lifetime literary achievements. His collected stories were published in 1990.Jane Smiley is the author of many novels and works of non-fiction, including, most recently, "Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel", about the history and anatomy of the novel. Her most recent novel is "Good Faith". She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for "A Thousand Acres", and was shortlisted for The Orange Prize in 2001 for Horse Heaven.

1806, Cloud Mountain. Jiayi is the lowliest of the Gu family's servants, so she is thrilled when their son and heir chooses her to be his 'little wife'. But this quasi-marriage offers no security, and Jiayi's situation becomes increasingly perilous with her husband's family plotting against her.1906, Shanghai. Scarlet is devoted to her work as a midwife in Red House Hospital, and can't imagine abandoning it for the constraints of marriage - until she meets benefactor Wenqiang Gu. After a whirlwind courtship, he persuades her to join him at his remote estate and to bring modern medicine to the village.Scarlet arrives at Cloud Mountain only to find her new marriage overshadowed by superstition. The villagers believe the family is cursed, and soon Scarlet begins to fear her fate is bound to that of another bride, one who lived a hundred years before . . .

Snared between two cultures and two loves, one man is forced to choose...1564, the Kingdom of Granada. After years of Christian oppression, the Moors take arms and daub the white houses of Sierra Nevada with the blood of their victims.Amidst the conflict is young Hernando , the son of an Arab woman and the Christian priest who raped her. He is despised and regularly beaten by his own step-father for his 'tainted' heritage.Fuelled with the love of the beautiful Fatima, Hernando hatches a plan to unite the two warring faiths - and the two halves of his identity...

Avant-garde composer Albert Sanger lives in a ramshackle chalet in the Swiss Alps, surrounded by his 'Circus' of assorted children, admirers and a slatternly mistress. The family and their home life may be chaotic, but visitors fall into an enchantment, and the claims of respectable life or upbringing fall away.When Sanger dies, his Circus must break up and each find a more conventional way of life. But fourteen-year-old Teresa is already deeply in love: for her, the outside world holds nothing but tragedy.

A compelling story of hidden secrets and forbidden love, from the bestselling author of The Secrets of the Tides'If she could reach back through the years and warn the person she once was, what would she say? ... What would she say to the ghosts who now inhabit her days? So many of those she has loved are now nothing but dust and memory.'At twenty-six, Lillian feels trapped by life. Her marriage to Charles Oberon has not turned out the way she expected it would. To her it seems she is just another object captured within the walls of Cloudesley, her husband's beautiful manor house tucked away high in the Chiltern Hills. But, with a young step-son and a sister to care for, Lillian accepts there is no way out for her. Then Charles makes an arrangement with an enigmatic artist visiting their home and his presence will unbalance everything she thought she knew and understood. Maggie Oberon ran from the hurt and resentment she caused. Half a world away, in Australia, it was easier to forget, to pretend she didn't care. But when her elderly grandmother, Lillian, falls ill she must head back to Cloudesley. Forced to face her past, Maggie fights to hold herself and her family's legacy together as she learns that all she thought was real, all that she held so close, was never as it seemed. Two summers, decades apart.Two women whose lives are forever entwined. And a house that holds the dark secrets that could free them both.

One of Germany's greatest poets, Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) was also a prose writer of intense feeling, intelligence and perception. This new translation of selected letters and essays traces the life and thoughts of this extraordinary writer. Hölderlin's letters to friends and fellow writers such as Hegel, Schiller and Goethe describe his development as a poet, while those written to his family speak with great passion of his beliefs and aspirations, as well as revealing money worries and, finally, the tragic unravelling of his sanity. These works examine Hölderlin's great preoccupations - the unity of existence, the relationship between art and nature and, above all, the spirit of the writer.

Winner of the middle grade STEAM Book PrizeOrdinary is what most people are and I am not. I am not ordinary at all. I am a scientist.One stormy night, a group of villagers are struck by lightning. The only survivor is a baby - Mary Anning. From that moment on, a spark is lit within her.Growing up poor but proud on the windswept Dorset coast, Mary follows after her father, hunting for fossils uncovered by waves and landslips: ancient creatures, turned to stone. Ignoring other people's taunts, Mary faces danger to bring back valuable treasures to help feed her family. But tragedy and despair is never far away. Mary must depend upon her unique courage and knowledge to fulfil her dream of becoming a scientist in a time when girls have no opportunities for such ambitions. What will happen when she makes her greatest discovery of all...?With a factual section about Mary Anning, her life, and the discoveries she made.