Jane Warren – författare & böcker

Complete Guide to Making Lampshades

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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256 kr

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This practical handbook teaches you all the methods needed to make your own lampshades in a wide range of styles — from the simple drum hard lampshade to the more complex hand-sewn traditional gathered and pleated designs. As well as clear demonstrations, it gives information on frames and fittings, how to work with different fabrics and papers, and showcases how using your own designs offers a truly bespoke approach. Here you will learn everything you need to make wonderful lampshades to feature in your home, or to offer professionally.

Outside the Wire

The War in Afghanistan in the Words of Its Participants

AvJane Warren,Kevin Patterson

E-bok

Engelska, 2010

222 kr

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A remarkable collection of first-hand accounts written by soldiers, doctors and aid workers on the front lines of Canada’s war in Afghanistan.Visceral, intimate and captivating in ways no other telling could be, Outside the Wire features nearly two dozen stories by Canadians on the front lines in Afghanistan, including the previously unpublished letters home of Captain Nichola Goddard, the first female NATO soldier killed in combat, and an introductory reflection by Roméo Dallaire.Collected here are stories of battle and the more subtle engagements of this little-understood war: the tearful farewells; the shock of immersion into a culture that has been at war for thirty years; looking a suicide bomber in the eye the moment before he strikes; grappling with mortality in the Kandahar Field Hospital; and the unexpected humour that leavens life in a warzone. Throughout each piece the passion of those engaged in rebuilding this shattered country shines through, a glimmer of optimism and determination so rare in multinational military actions–and so particularly Canadian.In Outside the Wire, award-winning author Kevin Patterson and co-editor Jane Warren have rediscovered the valour and horror of sacrifice in this, the definitive account of the modern Canadian experience of war.From the Hardcover edition.

Language and Human Relations

Styles of Address in Contemporary Language

AvMichael Clyne,Catrin Norrbym. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

477 kr

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The way in which people address one another is crucial to expressing social relationships and is closely linked with cultural values. In English we call some people by their first names, and others 'Mr' or 'Ms', followed by their surname. In some other languages there are different ways of saying 'you' depending on the degree of social distance. Exploring practices in the family, school, university, the workplace and in letters, this book reveals patterns in the varied ways people choose to address one another, from pronouns to first names, from honorifics to titles and last names. Examples are taken from contemporary English, French, German and Swedish, using rich data from focus group research, interviews, chat groups, and participant observation.

Language and Human Relations

Styles of Address in Contemporary Language

AvMichael Clyne,Catrin Norrbym. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

1 344 kr

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The way in which people address one another is crucial to expressing social relationships and is closely linked with cultural values. In English we call some people by their first names, and others 'Mr' or 'Ms', followed by their surname. In some other languages there are different ways of saying 'you' depending on the degree of social distance. Exploring practices in the family, school, university, the workplace and in letters, this book reveals patterns in the varied ways people choose to address one another, from pronouns to first names, from honorifics to titles and last names. Examples are taken from contemporary English, French, German and Swedish, using rich data from focus group research, interviews, chat groups, and participant observation.

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Inclusive Practice in the Early Years

Rights, Relationships and Reflection

AvJane Warren,Cathy Littlem. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

715 kr

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Inclusion is about recognising the rights of every person and ensuring that equitable opportunities exist for all. Inclusive Practice in the Early Years provides pre-service and in-service early childhood teachers and educators with theoretical guidance and practical strategies to allow all children to participate meaningfully in learning. Inclusive Practice in the Early Years focuses on the inclusion of children with disability, developmental delay and neurodivergence from birth to five years. The book also highlights the importance of recognising inclusive principles that apply to a wider range of diversity including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, refugee and migrant children, children who have experienced trauma and families experiencing disadvantage. Developed by authors with extensive experience across early childhood education, disability, community, and allied health, this text provides valuable information and strategies to support both pre-service and in-service teachers and practitioners to develop an inclusive practice.

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Inclusive Practice in the Early Years

Rights, Relationships and Reflection

AvBlake Stewart,Charmaine Berniem. fl.

E-bok

Engelska, 2026

846 kr

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Inclusive Practice in the Early Years

Rights, Relationships and Reflection

AvBlake Stewart,Charmaine Berniem. fl.

E-bok

PDF, Engelska, 2026

844 kr

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Love is Blind

AvRuth E,Jane Warrenm. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

219 kr

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Love is Blind

AvRuth E,Jane Warrenm. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

332 kr

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How to Frame Your Own Pictures

AvJane Warren

E-bok

Engelska, 2021

89 kr

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This visually appealing book introduces readers with no previous knowledge of the craft to simple techniques for creative home picture-framing. It shows how investing in a few essential hand tools and basic materials can save you hundreds of pounds on your framing costs, and help you create high-quality handmade gifts for family and friends. Step-by-step photos and easy-to-follow instructions - as well as useful ''insider tips'' - reveal the secrets of DIY framing. Ten original projects include simple techniques to frame canvases and stretch canvas artworks, make standard frames and box frames using readily available timber, and even craft a 60-minute mirror frame from a plank of wood. You''ll learn techniques for cutting mount-board and glass, and discover the secrets of easy gilding, decoupage and copper embossing to decorate your frames. The Woodland Pie framing style is all about accessible creativity; making easy and appealing frames from basic materials and always using hand-painted or hand-made finishes. Find out how to create a lustrous, versatile, go-to paint effect for your picture frames using nothing other than household emulsion paint, water, and wire wool! This brilliant how-to book cuts out the unnecessary and promises to get you hobby framing in no time – with creative flair.

Through the Eyes of Two Sisters

AvJessie Mabrey,Jane Warren

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

219 kr

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Through the Eyes of Two Sisters

AvJane Warren,Jessie Mabrey

E-bok

Engelska, 2023

179 kr

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Gypsy kids are running all over, moving from place to place often; not making any real friends.

But when an impulsive, careless, and questionable action leads to a horrific accident for one family, two sisters'' lives will change forever.

Jane with her broken bones--leg and pelvis--and scars on her head and the loneliness she had on waiting and waiting while her sister Jessie laid unconscious for days.

Jessie Mohe and Jane Ann thought that they had a simple and easygoing life with their biological parents as they were always playing outside and only had a few responsibilities. As they would play with their other siblings, they would also perform several mischievous acts that would get them into some trouble. Their older immediate family seemed to almost always be around as these harmless schemes would happen, and they would get a good laugh from it all.

Where is everyone whom we know personally--our parents, Gpa Jess, Uncle Jerry, and Uncle Bernard--and we are closest to? It''s cloudy, and we can''t see no one. Where is our life that we knew? Our little brains were working and going around in circles and circles. Our trauma, the anger we had in separate ways.

After the accident, they would join their family with a new and very different lifestyle. They would experience new food, people, and unbelievable ways of life. The foster mother would push them to try new things, learn to be independent, and to be better people. As they go through new experiences, she would be right there to guide them.

In their adult life, they would figure out many unsolved mysteries in their family, while several would still remain unsolved.

The new beginnings of many activities and the challenges of life are still to come--the real happiness of life and what it is really about.