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'An Accidental Headship' is a warts and all account of a life spent in education, both as a pupil and a leader. From a lively three-year-old with an eye for adventure to a battle weary fifty-plus-year-old looking for new purpose, these memoirs chart the journey through education that Helen never intended to take.Whether you loved school or loathed it, you will find Helen's memoirs easy to relate to. They will make you shake your head in disbelief but also make you smile - a lot. Spanning five decades, several continents and literally thousands of teens' lives, you will be taken on a journey unlike any you will have read about before.You will never look at schools in quite the same way again.

They were beauties all right, them Roper girls - but sometimes even four aces don't make a winning hand...

It is the summer that man first walks on the moon, the Vietnam War is dragging into its sixth year, and riots are breaking out in American cities. At a black pride university two young men on opposite sides of the racial divide come to know an elderly and enigmatic teacher with the reputation of an Uncle Tom. Through the power of Professor Doswell's character and the unfolding of his mysterious past, their lives are transformed.Inspired in part by the true story of Whittaker Chambers, this novel is grounded in meticulous research based largely on discoveries from the previously undisclosed Venona Project as well as KGB files opened to Western scholars following the fall of the Soviet Union.

Is Lizzie the Happy Spider actually happy? Can Piyu and her friends escape from Grimemouth, the terrifying menace? Will Zalkor, the night sorcerer, succeed in bringing night forever? Step into the magical world 'Of Spiders, Monsters and Fireflies'.Three wonderfully compelling stories that will take the young, and the not so young, on an exciting journey full of adventure. These fantastical tales will give the reader something to think about and values to be cherished for life. An enchanting and magical tale that promotes the importance of kindness, acceptance and friendship.

Do you dream of travelling the world with your spouse or partner but don't know where to start?In The Couple's Guide to World Travel, Rich and Elizabeth Kerian share the story of how they turned their passion for travel into a year-long trip around the world. The globetrotting couple reveal their tips and tricks to make the most of your time away, providing a recipe for adventure. This menu approach to world travel can be adapted to any time frame and budget. Whether you're on a shoestring or in search of a little bit of luxury, Rich and Elizabeth show couples how to plan an extended travel experience together.

A beautiful Russian double agent narrowly escapes certain death on a Russian waterfront. She subsequently uses her Olympic high bar experience to vault past two assassination attempts. Anastasia has no idea who has betrayed her and intends her harm - are her enemies Russian, Kazakh, Chechen, or the CIA? And she is completely unaware of how these perfidies are related to missing Kazakhstani nuclear warheads - weapons that will soon be threatening the safety of tens of millions of innocent people. Does Anastasia need the assistance of the American submarine captain who retrieved her under fire from Vladivostok? Will her pride even permit him to help? Together will they be able to thwart the international thieves? And will love, death or the mushroom of a nuclear explosion bloom on the snowy steppes of Kazakhstan?