The Childs Child

Author : Barbara Vine
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241963591
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Child's Child written by Barbara Vine and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Child's Child is the new crime novel by bestselling, prize-winning author Barbara Vine, pen-name for the late bestselling author Ruth Rendell What sort of betrayal would drive a brother and sister apart? When Grace and her brother Andrew inherit their grandmother's house, they surprise few people by deciding to move in together. But they've always got on well and the London house is large enough to split down the middle. There's just one thing they've not taken into account though. What if one of them wants to bring a lover to the house? When Andrew's partner James moves in, and immediately picks a fight about the treatment of gay men, the balance is altered - with almost fatal consequences. Barbara Vine's is the pen-name of Ruth Rendell, and The Child's Child is the first book she has published under that name since The Birthday Present in 2008. It's an intriguing examination of betrayal in families, and of those two once-unmentionable subjects, illegitimacy and homosexuality. A taut, thrilling read, it will be enjoyed by readers of P.D. James and Ian Rankin. 'The Rendell/Vine partnership has for years been producing consistently better work than most Booker winners put together' Ian Rankin 'She deploys her peerless skills in blending the mundane, commonplace aspects of life with the murky impulses of desire and greed. Ruth rendall has published fourteen novels under the Vine name, two of which, Fatal Inversion and King Solomon's Carpet, won the prestigious Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award. Also available in Penguin by Barbara Vine: The Minotaur, The Blood Doctor, Grasshopper, The Chimney Sweeper's Boy, The Brimstone Wedding, No Night is Too Long, Asta's Book, King Solomon's Carpet, Gallowglass, The House of Stairs, A Dark-Adapted Eye.

Author : Chloe Hooper
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439125910
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Child's Book of True Crime written by Chloe Hooper and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the dark suspense of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History and the frank and shocking eroticism of Josephine Hart, this debut novel tells the story of a young teacher’s illicit affair and obsession with a historical murder. Tasmanian schoolteacher Kate Byrne is having an affair with the father of her most gifted fourth grader, Lucien. Her lover’s wife has just published Murder at Black Swan Point, a true-crime story about the brutal slaying of a young adulteress in a nearby town. Kate herself has become so obsessed with the murder and so convinced that the published account has it all wrong that she sets about writing her own version—this one for children, narrated by Australian animals. Though Lucien’s father brings Kate to life sexually in encounters of escalating eroticism, he cannot dull her obsession. Fixated on the crime of passion, Kate is becoming less and less aware of the present and of how her behavior may align her fate with that of the dead girl. Chloe Hooper chillingly captures this young woman’s unraveling in an intense, witty, superbly crafted novel.

Author : John White
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134538200
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Child's Mind written by John White and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating introduction to the young learner's mind for teachers, parents, and students in philosophy of education.

Author : Wendy Beckett
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Child's Book of Prayer in Art written by Wendy Beckett and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 1995 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents prayers & Bible excerpts under topics together with reproductions of classical paintings. 9-15 yrs.

Author : Christopher Willard
Publisher : Parallax Press
ISBN 13 : 1935209620
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Child's Mind written by Christopher Willard and published by Parallax Press. This book was released on 2006-07-09 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of simple mindfulness and meditation exercises for kids, this guide is “a wonderful reminder that every young person is capable of great understanding, compassion, and joy” (Thich Nhat Hanh) The interest in teaching children meditation is growing rapidly, as a number of recent stories in the mainstream media have documented, including NPR, The New York Times, and London Telegraph. Child's Mind aims to teach parents and child professionals how to integrate mindfulness into their work with children, and teach children and adolescents basics of mindfulness and meditation. Willard’s intention is to help parents pass on to their children the practices of mindfulness that they have found valuable for themselves. The book can also be a resource for those who work with children, whether it is family and children coordinators at retreat centers, religious instructors from a range of traditions, or teachers, therapists, and even medical professionals. Child's Mind aims to teach children the power that comes with the comfort of just being, and the capacity to be, be aware, and be comfortable with yourself.

Author : Edward Ernest
Publisher : Green Tiger Press
ISBN 13 : 9781595834492
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Child's First Book written by Edward Ernest and published by Green Tiger Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1945, this beautiful book is really three titles in one: a counting book, an alphabet book, and an object book. Within we find an enchanting world of a red-haired little boy in blue overalls named Peter, princesses with pigs and a very fine tiger, among many other delights. Illustrations.

Author : Deloris Jordan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416995501
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Child's Book of Prayers and Blessings written by Deloris Jordan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of more than twenty selections from around the world includes poems and prayers for children.

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Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781402750618
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Child's Book of Poems written by and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poems evoking the world and feelings of childhood.

Author : Lesley Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780842339513
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Child's Book of Values written by Lesley Wright and published by . This book was released on 2000-12-05 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new book is a great way to introduce children to core Christian values. Each spread provides information on a theme—such as patience or honesty—and features anecdotes that relate to a young child's everyday experiences. There's practical advice in the form of Bible verses and numerous links with well-known stories from the Old and New Testaments, which offer further reading opportunities on a particular subject. Lively photographs and discussion points provide an ideal springboard for further discussion between parent and child. Suggested activities and prayers offer children concrete ways to make each value a part of their lives. A Child's Book of Values encourages children to think about their words and actions and will help them to live a life in harmony with others.

Author : Janet W. Astington
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674116429
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Child's Discovery of the Mind written by Janet W. Astington and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three-year old Emily greets her grandfather at the front door: "We're having a surprise party for your birthday! And it's a secret!" We may smile at incidents like these, but they illustrate the beginning of an important transition in children's lives--their development of a "theory of mind." Emily certainly has some sense of her grandfather's feelings, but she clearly doesn't understand much about what he knows, and surprises--like secrets, tricks, and ties all depend on understanding and manipulating what others think and know. Jean Piaget investigated children's discovery of the mind in the 1920s and concluded that they had little understanding before the age of six. But over the last twenty years, researchers have begun to challenge his methods and revise his conclusions. In The Child's Discovery of the Mind, Janet Astington surveys this lively area of research in developmental psychology. Sometime between the ages of two and five, children begin to have insights into their own mental life and those of others. They begin to understand mental representation--that there is a difference between thoughts in the mind and things in the world, between thinking about eating a cookie and eating a cookie. This breakthrough reflects their emerging capacity to infer other people's thoughts, wants, feelings, and perceptions from words and actions. They come to understand why people act the way they do and can predict how they will act in the future, so that by the age of five, they are knowing participants in social interaction. Astington highlights how crucial children's discovery of the mind is in their social and intellectual development by including a chapter on autistic children, who fail to make this breakthrough. "Mind" is a cultural construct that children discover as they acquire the language and social practices of their culture, enabling them to make sense of the world. Astington provides a valuable overview of current research and of the consequences of this discovery for intellectual and social development.