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The Virtuoso Teacher
the inspirational guide for instrumental and singing teachers
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
By considering The Virtuoso Teacher and how a teacher might attain virtuoso status, renowned educator and writer Paul Harris delves into the core issues of being a teacher and the teaching process. A fascinating look at topics such as:
• self-awareness and the importance of emotional intelligence
•...
Improve Your Teaching!
an essential handbook for instrumental and singing teachers
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Improve your teaching! is a must-have handbook for all instrumental and singing teachers. Packed full of comprehensive advice and practical strategies, it offers creative yet accessible solutions to the challenges faced in music education. It outlines Paul Harris's innovative strategy of Simultaneous...
by Charlie Brooker
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Would you like to eat whatever you want and still lose weight?
Who wouldn't? Keep dreaming, imbecile.
In the meantime, if you'd like to read something that alternates between laugh-out-loud-funny and apocalyptically angry, keep holding this book. Steal it if necessary.
In his...
I, Maybot
The Rise and Fall
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
'The Maybot is rebooted as strong and humble. Stumble for short.' 'Kim Jong-May awkward and incredulous as journalist asks question.' 'Supreme leader produces pure TV Valium on The One Show.'
Throughout 2017 John Crace, the Guardian's parliamentary sketch writer, has watched Prime Minister...
by Charlie Brooker
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2009
Brooker on the BNP Party Political Broadcast: 'Nick Griffin's first line is "Don't turn it off!", which in terms of opening gambits is about as enticing as hearing someone shout "Try not to be sick!" immediately prior to intercourse.'
Brooker on Philip from The Apprentice:...
by Nick Walker, James Longworth
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
The full eBook version of Guitar Basics in fixed-layout format with downloadable audio and additional resources.
This landmark method for young guitarists starts at absolute beginner level and progresses to Initial/Preparatory Grade. The method is set out in sixteen stages and contains original...
The Secret Footballer's Guide to the Modern Game
Tips and Tactics from the Ultimate Insider
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
The bestselling anonymous author is back with the ultimate book to challenge conventional footballing wisdom. This is football gift with a bit of attitude. Perfect for football fans and armchair referees alike.
With his trademark wit, opinion and candour, The Secret Footballer will guide the...
by Anon
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Ever wondered how to build a football club? What a typical match day feels like for the players on the pitch and those behind the scenes? From scouting systems to managing the big names (and their egos), merchandise deals to hotel life, the Secret Footballer takes you into the fascinating world of...
Natural Selection
a year in the garden
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
"When it sings, a garden will have the power to transport and to lead you to a place that is magical. It is an oasis for creation, available to anyone with a little space and the compunction to get their hands dirty."
In Natural Selection, Dan Pearson draws on ten years of his Observer...
Mrs Moreau's Warbler
How Birds Got Their Names
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Swallow and starling, puffin and peregrine, blue tit and blackcap. We use these names so often that few of us ever pause to wonder about their origins. What do they mean? Where did they come from? And who created them?
The words we use to name birds are some of the most lyrical and evocative...
The Secret Teacher
Dispatches from the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
I will teach them literature, poetry, culture. I will teach them The Waste Land*! I will be the Best Teacher Who Has Ever Lived! Or so The Secret Teacher thinks. On his first day at an inner-city state school he gets nuked.*
The class he is made to cut his teeth on are an unruly mob stuffed...
How to Leave Twitter
My Time as Queen of the Universe and Why This Must Stop
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2011
Three years ago columnist and author Grace Dent joined new social network site Twitter, mainly as a place to dump her surplus jokes, rant about garbage TV and post exclusive j-pegs of her hot new toenail-varnish. But as every 're-tweet' and 'Follow Friday' saw her audience figures soar by tens of...
by William Fotheringham
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Few British schoolchildren of the seventies can have been as obsessed with the Tour de France as William Fotheringham, who smuggled copies of Miroir du Cyclisme into lessons to read inside his books. He saw the Tour for the first time in 1984, avidly following that year's race on television in the...
Bad Billionaires Box Set
Billionaire's Club Books 1-3
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2019
Bad Night Stand
The man had seemed so innocent in the bar—hot, hard, and possessing a butt that I wanted to bite like the last chocolate chip cookie in my stash.
Of course, he’d also skipped town, leaving me woefully unsatisfied. That was before the news of a failed IUD. Before the...