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An in-depth exploration spanning 800 years of the art, essence, and enduring impact of the Japanese garden.The most comprehensive exploration of the art of the Japanese garden published to date, this book covers more than eight centuries of the history of this important genre. Author and garden designer Sophie Walker brings fresh insight to this subject, exploring the Japanese garden in detail through a series of essays and with 100 featured gardens, ranging from ancient Shinto shrines to imperial gardens and contemporary Zen designs. Leading artists, architects, and other cultural practitioners offer personal perspectives in newly commissioned essays.

When Sophie Walker's daughter Grace was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, her world unravelled. Her high-powered job was in disarray, she couldn't sleep, often woke in tears and felt hopeless and useless in her role as a mother.One day she realised she hadn't done any exercise for months - neglecting her physical health as well as her mental wellbeing. Previously a keen runner, she set herself the challenge of running the London Marathon to raise awareness of Asperger Syndrome and make herself physically strong enough to support her daughter.Invigorated by the physical challenge she had set herself, Sophie began a blog - 'Grace Under Pressure' - writing about both day-to-day life raising Grace alongside training for the marathon. The combination caught the imagination of readers and the blog took off, garnering praise from a wide range of sources.Now transformed into a book, Grace Under Pressure is a moving story that charts the highs and lows of raising a child with Asperger Syndrome and the physical challenge of training for a long-distance running event.

Student's Resource Book

Expert IELTS is an intensive course for students looking for success in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).

The Expert IELTS Students’ Resource Book provides additional practice to help you consolidate your test-taking skills and build on language introduced in the Coursebook. All four skills are covered, including speaking, with test strategies to help you improve your skills and build confidence.

Expert IELTS provides you with training in all parts of the IELTS test so you can get the score you want. It helps you stay focused to get the IELTS band score you need to achieve your goals, whether it's getting a better job, entry to university or meeting visa requirements.

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Student's Resource Book

Expert IELTS is an intensive course for students looking for success in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).

The Expert IELTS Students’ Resource Book provides additional practice to help you consolidate your test-taking skills and build on language introduced in the Coursebook. All four skills are covered, including speaking, with test strategies to help you improve your skills and build confidence.

Expert IELTS provides you with training in all parts of the IELTS test so you can get the score you want. It helps you stay focused to get the IELTS band score you need to achieve your goals, whether it's getting a better job, entry to university or meeting visa requirements.

Is it supposed to be this hard? It's a question all new mothers ask.The moment after birthing your baby, you enter postpartum. It's the blurriest of transitions - there's joy and awe but also intense physical recovery, fluctuating hormones, a brain that can't find the right words, and so much to learn. It's beautiful and it's hard. The Complete Guide to Postpartum is your comforting and enlightening companion to navigating this entirely new life, from the earliest moments post-birth to many years later. This illustrated guide includes: • Your postpartum preparation checklist • The fourth trimester • Mental health • Hormones • The pelvic floor • Postpartum with your partner • Feeding • Sleep • Taking care of yourself and boosting your confidence • Trusted postpartum resources Full of expert advice, mothers' stories and evidence-based information, this invaluable guide, with handy ribbon marker so you can easily dip in and dip out when you have time and headspace to read, will support you into motherhood with confidence and reassurance.

'Rousing, hopeful and important reading' - Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible WomenHad enough? Feeling hopeless? Don't give up - join the rebellion.Activist, journalist, founding leader of the Women's Equality Party and 'modern-day suffragette' (Evening Standard) Sophie Walker presents an inspiring, five-step journey to incorporating activism into our lives.Featuring stories of new and seasoned activists - including Amika George and Jack Monroe - campaigning on a range of issues from reproductive rights and poverty to the environment and access to education - the book shows us how to see activism not as a series of pitched battles but as a positive, lifelong learning experience.Escape the numbing effects of despair, learn to channel anger, arm yourself with hope, practise perseverance and connect with others compassionately.Five Rules for Rebellion explains how we can convert our confusion and impatience into a powerful force for change.'Thoroughly engaging, empowering and inspiring ... blows invigorating air into the weary world of politics and makes you want to get out there NOW and do something about it' - Ailbhe Smyth, co-director of Together For Yes and convenor of Coalition to Repeal the 8th Amendment