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Paul Kildea's Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century is the definitive biography of Britain's greatest modern composer - now in paperback • Benjamin Britten was Britain's greatest twentieth-century composer, who broke decisively with figures such as Elgar and Vaughan Williams and recreated English music in a fresh, modern, European form. Paul Kildea's biography has been acclaimed as the definitive account of Britten's extraordinary life, exploring his deeply held and controversial pacifism; his complex forty-year relationship with Peter Pears; and his creation of an artistic community in Aldeburgh. Above all, however, this book helps us understand the relationship of Britten's music to his life, and takes us as far into its unique alchemy as we are ever likely to go

Книги Беатрикс Поттер обожают миллионы людей, но они были лишь одним аспектом ее необыкновенной жизни. Увлекательная биография "Беатрикс Поттер. Жизнь на природе" от Линды Лир знакомит нас со страстной, нетрадиционной женщиной, стоящей за любимыми историями: одаренной художницей и проницательной деловой женщиной; новаторским научным исследователем; могущественным землевладельцем, который сохранил акры сельской местности Лейкленда; дочерью, которая бросила вызов своим родителям своей первой трагически короткой помолвкой и которой, наконец, был дан второй шанс на любовь и счастье • Книга на английском языке • Beatrix Potter's books are adored by millions, but they were just one aspect of an extraordinary life. This captivating biography brings us the passionate, unconventional woman behind the beloved stories: a gifted artist and shrewd businesswoman; a pioneering scientific researcher; a powerful landowner who conserved acres of Lakeland countryside; a daughter who defied her parents with her first tragically short engagement and who, finally was given a second chance of love and happiness

From experiencing grief and leaving her home country of Zimbabwe for the UK, to attending disruptive state schools and working long hours to support herself and her mother, Vee Kativhu has faced much adversity • But through personal hardship, she has triumphed, using her experience to help people from all over the world recognise their own talent and achieve their goals. From attaining a bachelor's degree from Oxford and a Master's from Harvard to spreading her message of education, equal access and opportunity and empowerment to a global audience of over 300,000, Vee's incredible journey has inspired young people around the world in need of a boost of confidence, motivation and practical life advice • In Empowered, Vee draws from her own journey to teach you how to • - Set your life goals, career aspirations and actually achieve them • - Stay motivated in the face of rejection and hardship • - Learn from your mistakes • - Take chances, live your best life and don't let hardship define you • - Cultivate feelings of self-love and self-empowerment • This book will inspire you how to live a more fulfilled, motivated and empowered life in everything you do

Help Mum to feel organised with the latest Mrs Hinch bestseller, filled with lists for every occasion • Filled with brand new lists to get you organised well beyond your cleaning cupboard, as well as all your favourite Hinch lists! • Hi guys and welcome to my brand-new notebook of actual dreams: Life in Lists! • I am so overwhelmed by the amount of love I receive about The Little Book of Lists. I get messages every day about how useful you find it! So now, I want to give you even more • In Life in Lists, you'll find brand new self-care lists to provide the ultimate you-time, including

The third volume of Peter Hennessy's landmark postwar history of Britain • Harold Macmillan - the presiding figure in Peter Hennessy's magnificent new history - famously said in 1960 that the wind of change was blowing over Africa and the remaining British Empire. But it was blowing over Britain too - its society; its relationship with Europe; its nuclear and defence policy. And where it was not blowing hard enough - the United Kingdom's economy - great efforts were made to wipe away the cobwebs of old industrial practices and poor labour relations. Life was lived in the knowledge that it could end in a single afternoon of thermonuclear exchange if the uneasy, armed peace of the Cold War tipped into a third world war. As with his acclaimed histories of British life in the two previous decades, Never Again and Having it so Good, Peter Hennessy explains the political, economic, cultural and social aspects of a nation with inimitable wit and empathy

This extraordinary re-creation of the life of a medieval Italian merchant, Francesco di Marco Datini, is one of the greatest historical portraits written in the twentieth century • Drawing on an astonishing cache of letters unearthed centuries after Datini's death, it reveals to us a shrewd, enterprising, anxious man, as he makes deals, furnishes his sumptuous house, buys silks for his outspoken young wife and broods on his legacy. It is an unequalled source of knowledge about the texture of daily life in the small, earthy, violent, striving world of fourteenth-century Tuscany

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement • The courageous, unflinching speeches and writings collected in The Most Dammed Country in the World detail the devastating human and environmental cost of China's economic rise • Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement. Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online • Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content • The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers story comprehension and develop vocabulary

In this powerful and compelling 'view from old age', Penelope Lively, at eighty, reports back on what she finds. There are meditations on what it is like to be old as well as on how memory shapes us. There are intriguing examinations of key personal as well as historical moments she has lived through and her thoughts on her own bookishness - both as reader and writer. Lastly, she turns to six treasured possessions to speak eloquently about who she is and where she's been - fragments of memories from a life well lived

From the world's first fashion psychologist, a pioneering guide to a calmer, happier and more confident you • What you wear affects your mood, how you feel about yourself and how others think about you. How you dress matters • As a qualified therapist, designer, fashion PR and former model, Dawnn Karen understands better than anyone the intimate relationship between what you wear and how you feel. Working with clients that are stuck in a rut, Karen shows people how to use clothes to express their identity, build their self-confidence and work through wardrobe hang-ups • In Dress Your Best Life, Karen draws on her research and client work, teaching you how to • - reduce anxiety through colour choices • - dress to match or lift your mood • - maintain cultural identity when dressing • - project power at home and work • This book will help you harness the power of clothes to change your life

1980s Rio de Janeiro • There’s only one king in this city and he’s got the mullet, swagger and fake ID to prove it • Introducing Carlos Henrique Raposo, known to all as KAISER • This guy’s got more front than Copacabana beach. He’s the most loveable of rogues with the most common of dreams: to become a professional footballer. And he isn’t about to let trivial details like talent and achievement stand in his way. . . not when he has so many other ways to get what he wants • In one of the most remarkable football stories ever told, Kaiser graduates from abandoned slumdog to star striker, dressing-room fixer, superstar party host and inexhaustible lover • And all without kicking a ball • He’s not just the king… he’s the Kaiser

Start your year with the uplifting and heartwarming life lessons from a truly inspirational man, Captain Sir Tom Moore • 'One small soul like me won't make much difference' Captain Tom • If Captain Tom's big heart and generosity of spirit helped see us through difficult days, this was his parting gift • In Life Lessons, Captain Tom has shared all that he learned from living a full and vibrant life. With cherished anecdotes and his signature humour, these heartening life stories will teach you how to • · Be comfortable with who you are • · Keep smiling through the tough times • · Walk in someone else's shoes • · Keep an open mind • · Find your purpose • Full of the wit, warmth and wisdom that made him so special, his reflections and guiding principles form a long life, well lived; Life Lessons will be a source of reassurance, hope, and encouragement for generations to come