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A woman has no choice left but to enjoy the adventure of life--and
its surprises--in a funny and emotionally moving comedy of errors
about the gifts of growing older. Olivia Strauss is turning
thirty-nine. No major milestone. She still considers herself young.
At least young enough to assume she has decades (emphasis on the
plural) to check the unchecked boxes of her life's to-do list.
Ballerina? Too late. But not too late for poet. Or for reigniting
the romantic spark in her marriage, spending more quality time with
her son, switching careers, learning to cook, or even dyeing her
hair a bright bohemian pink. She'll get to that one. There's
time--until Olivia's best friend, Marian, gives her a birthday
present she could have lived without. It's a visit to a trendy
wellness clinic with a state-of-the-art genetic test that can
predict the exact date of one's death. It's just what Olivia's
always wanted: an expiration date. As for her aspirations, who knew
they were limited-time offers? One thing's for sure. Olivia's got a
lot of living to do. At this point, what could go wrong?
A compelling new book by Angela Browne, star of the BBC2
documentary series School Amidst the voices questioning the
efficacy and morality of the UK's current education system comes a
compelling book by Angela Browne, star of the BBC2 documentary
series School, offering a new, positive, ground-up approach to
leading a school in times of challenge. This essential guide
presents a crucial approach to ethical school leadership that
places primary and secondary school leaders at the forefront of
change in the education system. It provides an in-depth, realistic
look at the current system, enabling school leaders to understand
and contextualise their roles, before offering practical solutions
to help them develop their leadership style, navigate the
challenges they face and have a significant impact on their school
and wider community. Written in the context of an education system
on the edge of a crisis, with students burning out, staff walking
out and schools under increasing pressure to singlehandedly provide
the social care so many young people desperately need, Lighting the
Way argues that schools stand on the threshold of a new way
forward. Angela uses her wealth of experience to show school
leaders the path to being torchbearers, leading children with
purpose, staff with integrity and the community towards wisdom with
practical strategies, optimism and guidance.
The author examines the numerous facets of 'implicit intelligence
policies'those unspoken directives that often profoundly influence
social and educational policies-and their impact on policies
regarding measured and actual mental ability.
This book presents a new look at Devon's hamlets, villages and
towns stressing their unusual features and pointing out the less
well-known aspects of their history. Tricia Gerrish is a regular
contributor to Devon Life magazine. This book also contains
illustrations by Angela Brown.
Drawing on her extensive interviews and an examination of
psychological, social, and legal dimensions, Browne presents a
unique portrait of the dynamics and development history of conjugal
violence. She shows that, in many ways, the victims are a lot like
the rest of us, and argues that much of what happens in the early
stages of these relationships is consistent with the romantic
tradition of male-female interaction. Finding reasons where others
have seen masochistic pathology, Browne shows how these women, like
other victims, adapted their behaviour to their tormentors to
minimize the abuse. They made the radical shift from victim to
murderer when a drastic change in the type of abuse shattered the
limits within which they had suffered in silence.
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