Quiet Neighbours

Quiet Neighbours
Author: Catriona McPherson
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1448304679

A woman on the run uncovers a series of deadly secrets in this gripping, twisty standalone psychological thriller from award-winning master storyteller Catriona McPherson. Lowland Glen is the oldest bookshop in a quiet Scottish town full of bookshops; rambling and disordered, full of hidden treasures. Londoner Jude fell in love with it when she visited last summer, the high point of a miserable holiday. Now, in the depths of winter, it seems a strange place to run away to - but Jude's tired and heartsick, and when the bookstore's charming but eccentric owner, Lowell, welcomes her with open arms, she knows she's made the right decision. Lowell needs an assistant, and the job comes with accommodation too. The isolated gravedigger's cottage isn't perfect for a woman alone, but it's a good place to hide from her troubles - and at least she has quiet neighbors. Quiet, but not silent. The long dead and the books they left behind have tales to tell, and the dusty bookshop is not the haven it seems. Lowell's past and Jude's present are a dangerous cocktail of secrets and lies - and someone is coming to light the taper that could burn everything down around them . . .

Neighbors

Neighbors
Author: Kasya Denisevich
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2020-09-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 145217783X

Neighbors is a contemplative picture book about the lives of our neighbors—who are all around us and ever-present, yet somehow surprisingly elusive. They're everywhere: next door, above, and even below. More often than not, they are a mystery, a presence suggested by low hums, footfalls, or perhaps a slammed door. This book explores the ways that we think about those we exist among, but who remain strangers until we make the brave—and affirming—decision to connect. • From debut author-illustrator Kasya Denisevich • An exploration of neighbors coexisting together in one very special apartment building • Dynamic black-and-white illustrations blur the line between imagination, dreams, and reality. As Neighbors illustrates so beautifully, that moment of connection is a portal to a world of possibility. This unique book uses both visual storytelling and compelling text to consider how we map the landscape of the vast world around us, starting with the person just on the other side of the apartment wall. • Explores what it means to exist in a world of strangers, friends, and neighbors who are both alike and completely different from each other • Perfect for children ages 3 to 5 years old • Makes a great pick for parents and grandparents, as well as librarians, teachers, and educators • You'll love this book if you love books like Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller, The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers by Stan and Jan Berenstain, and The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates.

Beyond Uncertainty

Beyond Uncertainty
Author: Katie Steele
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2021-09-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1108608043

The main aim of this Element is to introduce the topic of limited awareness, and changes in awareness, to those interested in the philosophy of decision-making and uncertain reasoning. While it has long been of interest to economists and computer scientists, this topic has only recently been subject to philosophical investigation. Indeed, at first sight limited awareness seems to evade any systematic treatment: it is beyond the uncertainty that can be managed. On the one hand, an agent has no control over what contingencies she is and is not aware of at a given time, and any awareness growth takes her by surprise. On the other hand, agents apparently learn to identify the situations in which they are more and less likely to experience limited awareness and subsequent awareness growth. How can these two sides be reconciled? That is the puzzle we confront in this Element.

Singing Phonics

Singing Phonics
Author: Helen Macgregor
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2010-03-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1408123746

A collection of songs and chants to support phonics teaching for young children.

Me, Me, Me

Me, Me, Me
Author: Jon Lawrence
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2019-09-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0191084980

Many commentators tell us that, in today's world, everyday life has become selfish and atomised—that individuals live only to consume. But are they wrong? In Me, Me, Me, Jon Lawrence re-tells the story of England since the Second World War through the eyes of ordinary people—including his own parents— to argue that, in fact, friendship, family, and place all remain central to our daily lives, and whilst community has changed, it is far from dead. He shows how, in the years after the Second World War, people came increasingly to question custom and tradition as the pressure to conform to societal standards became intolerable. And as soon as they could, millions escaped the closed, face-to-face communities of Victorian Britain, where everyone knew your business. But this was not a rejection of community per se, but an attempt to find another, new way of living which was better suited to the modern world. Community has become personal and voluntary, based on genuine affection rather than proximity or need. We have never been better connected or able to sustain the relationships that matter to us. Me, Me, Me makes that case that it's time we valued and nurtured these new groups, rather than lamenting the loss of more 'real' forms of community—it is all too easy to hold on to a nostalgic view of the past.

Bes - The Omnibus

Bes - The Omnibus
Author: William Forde
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2014-10-26
Genre:
ISBN: 1326060996

Bes is a story suitable for the New Millennium reader aged between 9-13 years. It tells a story that loosely links with the three character types I introduced in 'The Bear with a Sore Head', 'Solo and Solomon' and 'Elephants Cry Too.' It is the first day of a New Millennium and the 'maker of all time' who is disappointed with the humans of the earth, sends a three dimensional spirit to the earth in the form of a strange looking animal. that is part bear, part sheep and part elephant. The three-dimensional spirit is 'Bes', whose form is in the shape of part bear, part elephant and part sheep. Bes is given 40 years in which to spread a message of peace and love to all of the earth's creatures. If Bes can persuade the animals to live in 'peace and love' its purpose will have been served and as a reward to the animal kingdom, the 'maker of all life' will give all animals supremacy and rule over all humans.

Quiet Neighbors

Quiet Neighbors
Author: Allan A. Ryan
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Total Pages: 416
Release: 1984
Genre: History
ISBN:

Tells how Nazi war criminals emigrated to America under assumed identities and now live quiet, prosperous lives among us.

Noisy Neighbours

Noisy Neighbours
Author: Ruth Green
Publisher: Tate Enterprises Ltd
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2022-09-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1849762929

Sid the snail is searching for some peace and quiet so he can have a nap. Wherever he goes he bumps into his neighbours - chirping sparrows, singing foxes, buzzing bees, quacking ducks, playful squirrels, hooting owls and chattering badgers - each louder than the last! In the end he invites them all to a party, which is so noisy and so much fun, they all tire themselves out and fall to sleep. Ruth Green's charming story and enchanting illustrations will delight younger readers. This edition has been enhanced with audio narration and sound effects.