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One tormented lady. A daring escape. A chance for a new beginning.
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Pushed to breaking point, feisty Lady Catherine Frankland takes the bold and controversial decision to flee her terrifying husband for good, preferring a life of poverty in London’s East End.
Desperate, she believes even the slums will offer a greater chance of fulfilment in life than her idyllic – but prison-like – stately home. In a brave fight for survival, she mysteriously vanishes, leaving those behind wondering if she is alive – or dead.
An unlikely friendship with an impoverished but wily tenement neighbour enables the well-to-do lady to adjust to her new lifestyle. Alas, when Catherine secures a housemaid’s position in Mayfair, her aristocratic past suddenly catches up with her with dire consequences. Caught between her past and the future she longs for, Catherine must make a life-altering decision that could change everything.
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The Chateau – Forever Home: The instant Sunday Times Bestseller, as seen on the hit Channel 4 TV Series Escape to the Chateau
Take a journey to Château-de-la-Motte Husson in the spellbinding memoir from Sunday Times bestselling authors, Dick and Angel Strawbridge.
Dick and Angel recount the newest and biggest challenges they faced on the journey to transforming their once derelict and abandoned château in France’s Pays de la Loire into a thriving family home and sustainable business.
When the Covid-19 pandemic engulfs the world, the château faces a new challenge and the Strawbridges must find ways to adapt in order to keep their dream life in France alive. From the cancellation of the wedding season to finding new ways to complete renovations, living in an isolated bubble whilst continuing to film their TV series through to life after the pandemic, this is Dick and Angel at their most honest and heartfelt, revealing many details never seen on TV.
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The Art of Egyptian Islamic Calligraphy: A Journey through History and Culture
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Learn How to Airbrush Animals For the Beginner
Learn How to Airbrush Animals For the BeginnerTABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction:
Materials:
Colors Terms
Airbrush and its Mechanism
Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Tips
How to Hold an Airbrush:
Basic Airbrush Exercises:
Airbrushing a Line
Connecting Dots
Connecting Lines
Gradation Effects
Airbrush Exercises:
Quokka
Young Elephant
Koala
Leopard
Howler Monkey
Author Bio
PublisherIntroduction:
First of all thanks for getting this eBook as a guide for you in the world of airbrushing, as you want to learn to airbrush animals, basically you need to get the proper materials if you want to learn it, and this eBook is all about it, an Airbrush art is far different from other media as you see the effects you get when working with an Airbrush is infinite, it can paint the finest to a broadest details that you need in any artworks, you can see it’s influences in world “Pop Culture”- Posters/Pin ups, Commercial Illustrations, Movies industries, Clothing, Body art and Signs/Graffiti on the streets.
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Learn How to Airbrush Aquatic Animals for the Beginner
Table of ContentsIntroduction:
Materials:
Colors Terms
Airbrush and its Mechanism
Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Basic Airbrush Exercises:
Airbrush Exercises:
Humpback Whale
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Author Bio
PublisherIntroduction:
Thanks for purchasing this eBook, as you show a genuine interest in the world of Airbrushing “Aquatic Animals”. Back when I was learning to draw aquatic animals, I liked watching the wonderful scene inside the aquarium, of my pet“Goldfish”. At first I was amazed at the features and colors, but when I kept seeing more details as it moved, an idea struck inside my head. I thought about adding some colors to my drawing. I kept the drawing for a while, since I’m still learning to paint in acrylic, and after a few months of browsing some of my files, I saw my drawing again. I decided to paint it in colors with acrylic using an airbrush, since by that time I already knew how to use an airbrush. I painted it with a very satisfied result, and later on I saw it hung on the wall of my best friend house. I was so glad!
I’m not encouraging you to give away your masterpiece, rather the point I’m making is that with your airbrush, you can make limitless fantastic art. If only you could imagine this tool’sgreatness with its capabilities. So, I made this eBook for you to learn the basics of airbrushing that every beginner needs to know and practice to master it. I made this book also,for an airbrush artist who wants to learn to paint aquatic creatures. We will be using some other materials to complete our artwork like; Watercolor pencils, masking film or other masking materials that are available, and many more. First, you have to invest a little by getting a good airbrush and a reliable air compressor for you to start painting. I also included all the materials needed for our work, and I’m sure they are available at any art store.
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Learning how to draw Superheroes has never been so easy! “Learn How to Draw Superheroes” is perfect for kids as well as young artists who love kawaii Hero; with simple illustrations and easy to follow steps.
If you want to learn how to draw super cute and fun hero, this book is for you! Learn to draw superhero of different families and types… In just 6 steps! Easy, isn´t it?
Draw and color your favorite Hero:- DRAWINGS OF HERO: different illustrations designed 100% by hand
- Step-by-step instructions, which strengthen concentration
- Color the final drawing with pencils, watercolors or any other technique you like
- Interior is in BLACK AND WHITE!:
This book is for kids, so it is always successful as a GIFT!
What benefits does it offer your child?- Encourages independent learning and self-motivation
- Create a solid foundation to strengthen future drawing skills
- Fun and attractive alternative for children to learn and practice drawing
- Boosts confidence and self-esteem as kids master new skills
- Promotes focus and concentration as children complete different illustrations
- Includes steps: proven step-by-step methodology
- Large book size (JUMBO), easy to see and grab
Perfect for learning at home, while traveling or at school. This book means some fun and quality time for your little one… as well as a lot of free time for you, mom and dad.
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About Happy Little Brains:
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Learn How to Paint with Airbrush For Beginners: Volume 34 (Learn to Draw Book Series)
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Learn Mandarin Chinese Workbook for Beginners: 2 books in 1: A Step-by-Step Textbook to Practice the Chinese Characters Quickly and Easily While … for Learn Mandarin Chinese…
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① Learn Mandarin Chinese Workbook for Beginners:
✓ When you are learning Mandarin, you can learn all the rules, but you need to practice. But where do you go to find the best resources?
You do not need to look any further because we are here to help!
With this workbook, you can expect to make great strides in your journey toward becoming proficient in Mandarin. You will be learning how to read and write basic Mandarin words and phrases.
Upon completing this workbook, you will be able to converse with a native Mandarin-speaking individual. You will learn about the weather, how to tell time, how to count, how to order a meal, and even how to ask about another person’s occupation.
You cannot learn Mandarin without ensuring there is a degree of culture embedded into your work. This is why we have included some Chinese idioms for you to practice reading. According to history, the use of these specific idioms is to inspire you to continue on your journey to becoming fluent in Mandarin.
As you start to immerse yourself in this book’s content, you will begin to feel the joy of correctly translating your first pinyin word into Chinese characters. It is when you can shuffle your knowledge between English, pinyin, and Chinese characters that you will be ready to tackle the next hurdle of Mandarin.
For now, remember how you felt when you started learning Mandarin. Keep that passion burning, as it is going to make the process of learning Mandarin that much easier! ★★★
② Learn Mandarin Chinese for Beginners:
✓ Have you ever had an urge to learn Mandarin but have been put off by other people saying it looks too difficult?
Trust me, it is not as difficult as other people say it is.
We agree that learning Mandarin can be seen as quite a daunting experience, but that is why books like this one exist.
As soon as you know what to expect, as well as some rules regarding how to read and write Mandarin as a beginner, you will be well on your way to mastering the language. What’s great about “Learn Mandarin Chinese for Beginners” is that it comes with a composite workbook that you can use to really hone your Mandarin skills.
With this book, we will be explaining everything about Mandarin to you.
This will include some history and help you understand your personal learning style. This will ensure that you will perfect Mandarin in the quickest amount of time possible! You will find yourself understanding the four different Mandarin tones, the different ways to master pinyin, as well as even learning some personal life lessons along the way.
We have tailored this book to be unique for each student and not by using a one-size-fits-all approach.
It does not matter why you are learning Mandarin. As long as you have the passion and dedication to put time aside every single day and commit to learning the language, we will have you conversing with native Mandarin speakers in no time at all.
This book is your best guide!
By picking it up, you have taken the very first step in learning Mandarin, and we are so excited to be on this unique, fun, and exciting journey with you. ★★★
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learn prayer in islam: how to pray in islam | from quran and hadith | book of prayer | in arabic english translation & phonetic
★★★Learn Prayer in Islam★★★
“All the praises and thanks be to Allâh, Who has guided us to this”
1- To learn the important pillar of Islam (prayer)
2- This book is practical for memorizing all the formulas of the prayer
3- With larger characters
4- In Arabic
5- In phonetics
6- In English
7- With illustrations
8- Detailed description
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10- Importance and Virtues of Prayers
11- Supplications After Obligatory Prayers
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Learn Quantum Computing with Python and IBM Quantum Experience: A hands-on introduction to quantum computing and writing your own quantum programs with Python
A step-by-step guide to learning the implementation and associated methodologies in quantum computing with the help of the IBM Quantum Experience, Qiskit, and Python that will have you up and running and productive in no time
Key Features
- Determine the difference between classical computers and quantum computers
- Understand the quantum computational principles such as superposition and entanglement and how they are leveraged on IBM Quantum Experience systems
- Run your own quantum experiments and applications by integrating with Qiskit
Book Description
IBM Quantum Experience is a platform that enables developers to learn the basics of quantum computing by allowing them to run experiments on a quantum computing simulator and a real quantum computer. This book will explain the basic principles of quantum mechanics, the principles involved in quantum computing, and the implementation of quantum algorithms and experiments on IBM’s quantum processors.
You will start working with simple programs that illustrate quantum computing principles and slowly work your way up to more complex programs and algorithms that leverage quantum computing. As you build on your knowledge, you’ll understand the functionality of IBM Quantum Experience and the various resources it offers. Furthermore, you’ll not only learn the differences between the various quantum computers but also the various simulators available. Later, you’ll explore the basics of quantum computing, quantum volume, and a few basic algorithms, all while optimally using the resources available on IBM Quantum Experience.
By the end of this book, you’ll learn how to build quantum programs on your own and have gained practical quantum computing skills that you can apply to your business.
What you will learn
- Explore quantum computational principles such as superposition and quantum entanglement
- Become familiar with the contents and layout of the IBM Quantum Experience
- Understand quantum gates and how they operate on qubits
- Discover the quantum information science kit and its elements such as Terra and Aer
- Get to grips with quantum algorithms such as Bell State, Deutsch-Jozsa, Grover’s algorithm, and Shor’s algorithm
- How to create and visualize a quantum circuit
Who this book is for
This book is for Python developers who are looking to learn quantum computing and put their knowledge to use in practical situations with the help of IBM Quantum Experience. Some background in computer science and high-school-level physics and math is required.
Table of Contents
- The Dashboard-Exploring the IBM Quantum Experience
- Circuit Composer – Creating a Quantum Circuit
- Creating Quantum Circuits using Quantum Lab Notebooks
- Understanding Basic Quantum Computing Principles
- Understanding the Quantum Bits (Qubit)
- Understanding Quantum Logic Gates
- Introducing Qiskit and its Elements
- Programming with Qiskit Terra
- Monitoring and Optimizing Quantum Circuits
- Executing Circuits Using Qiskit Aer
- Mitigating Quantum Errors Using Ignis
- Learning about Qiskit Aqua
- Understanding Quantum Algorithms
- Applying Quantum Algorithms
- Appendix
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Learn Sign Language – Basic Sign Language Lessons for Everyone
So many people want to learn sign language today. Research suggests that body language contributes to more than half of your daily communication.Think of the difference it could make in your life if you could improve on you nonverbal communication skills:
– While other languages are slowly disappearing, sign language remains to grow year by year.
– You’ll be able to communicate with other people who don’t understand your dialect.
– You can understand the communicate your message with the deaf and the mute.
– More and more employers are looking for qualified applicants who know sign language.The possibilities are endless!
The Learn Sign Language book helps you achieve growth in your nonverbal communications skills. This book will teach you the basics that you need to learn which can serve as a stepping stone to mastering sign language.
Use Learn Sign Language as a reference book or a study guide so you can discover the world of sign language.
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Learn Sign Language in a Hurry: Grasp the Basics of American Sign Language Quickly and Easily
“I love you.”
“What can I get you?”
“Let’s take a walk.”Wanting to say simple things like these but not being able to is frustrating and dishearteningbut learning how to communicate can be easy and fun! This book is a basic guide to the alphabet, vocabulary, and techniques it takes to connect using American Sign Language. Whether signing out of necessity or learning for the sake of growing, you will enjoy this practical primer. After reading this book, you will be able to use American Sign Language in a social, educational, or professional setting.
Whether the goal is to communicate with hearing-impaired grandparent, a child with special needs in school, or an infant, people learn sign language for many different reasons. Easy to read and referenceand complete with images and examples of common signsthis basic guide allows you to make a meaningful connection that’s otherwise impossible.
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Learn the British Sign Language Alphabet (The Hand Sign Series Book 1)
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LEARN the FACTS ABOUT KIDNEY DISEASE: A Self-Help Guide to Better Kidney Health With Proven Therapies
This book written for the average reader, offers useful information for patients with very mild CKD to those patients who need to plan for dialysis or kidney transplant. It offers scientifically proven ways to slow progression of CKD, including a chapter on a Smart Diet for all CKD patients. This diet not only can slow CKD progression but can also help patients to live longer and better. It offers the best treatments for the medical problems that can come with a diagnosis of CKD. For most patients this book will alleviate concerns about having CKD and for some patients with advanced CKD it offers an approach that can delay the start of dialysis for many months or even years in some cases. It explains why low and very low protein diets, promoted by many kidney books for patients, is usually not beneficial and may even be harmful. It provides the latest recommendations for treatment of CKD that comes from international kidney doctor organizations. The book is organized in a way that provides information for all patients with CKD in the first part of the book and has information in later chapters for patients whose CKD has progressed. For those patients who want to get the “meat” of the book, the final chapter provides a summary of all the book’s material. Some patients may want to start here and read the full chapters at their leisure. The book is referenced with current kidney disease publications. It explains situations where kidney disease is reversible and ways to prevent reversible declines in kidney function. It dispels many myths about CKD treatment that have no benefit and, in some cases, may be dangerous. For patients who are wondering about whether dialysis is in their future, the book offers several ways to predict if dialysis is very likely or very unlikely in a CKD patient’s future. It lays out pros and cons of the various options for patients who are considering a kidney transplant or dialysis and explains why getting a kidney transplant before dialysis is ever started or choosing home peritoneal dialysis are the two best options for most CKD patients who require a kidney replacement therapy.Read more
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Learn to Code Pupil Book 1 (Switched on Computing)
Switched on Coding is an exciting new addition to the Switched on family. Written for the non-specialist teacher, it provides step-by-step guidance to give all teachers the confidence to teach coding at Key Stage 2. Linked to Switched on Computing, the fun and engaging units provide additional coding practice, as well as open-ended activities to stretch and challenge more able pupils. They can be used as Switched on Coding Pack standalone books to practice coding, or used to consolidate knowledge and skills from Switched on Computing.Read more
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Learn To Draw Cool Stuff For Young Artists: A Drawing Gift With Fun, Easy Step-By-Step Practices & Techniques To Master In Less Than 21 Days
A Great Pencil Drawing Gift For The Young Artists In The Family Is Awaiting!
WHY YOU SHOULD LEARN TO DRAW COOL STUFF
This book gives you detailed steps to successfully draw a beautiful & realistic style of cool stuff using pencils, even with zero experience in pencil drawing. Moreover, it focuses on the basics of shading techniques and guides you to master those skills. As a result, you can avoid the common mistakes of pencil shading and having decent skills to create more satisfying and convincing pencil artworks.
HOW TO LEARN TO DRAW COOL STUFF
Since the pencil drawing techniques are keys to drawing for beginners, the overview section of this book is designed straightforwardly for anyone at any level. By learning and mastering the art of drawing & shading techniques, you can create many cool simple drawings with astonishing results. Among the art books for artists, Learn To Draw Cool Stuff For Young Artists is the best one showing you how to draw cool stuff, such as realistic drawings of eyes, drawing lips, and other cool things to draw.
You need to prepare some drawing supplies (mentioned on page 10) before enjoying the fun of drawing with a pencil. The practice section in this drawing book has various objects, from animals to animated optical illusions – such as the impossible triangle, with a diversity of shapes and lighting directions to learn to draw. This will allow you on sketching from the imagination confidently and create shading art that will definitely surprise your family. Each pencil drawing instruction in this section is a fun & easy way to learn how to draw step by step, which is appropriate for anyone. This reveals one of the secrets of how to be an artist in the future.
WHAT THIS BOOK HAVE
The overview section of this book covers
- The role and function of pencil shading in a pencil artwork
- 02 common shading techniques
- 08 stroke types in pencil shading
- How to fix a common mistake in shading that will x10 your art performance
- 03 exclusive advanced tips to bettering your pencil drawings
After learning that knowledge, you will enter the practice section, where you will know:
- How to draw a pineapple
- How to draw braids
- How to draw cats
- How to draw eyes
- How to draw fists
- How to draw hands
- How to draw lips
- How to draw swords
Other objects covered in this book are diamond, water drop, cracked wall, a banana, an apple, a peony flower, a rabbit, and a crown. The drawing tutorials in this practice section are very detailed, guaranteeing you to draw the objects as you wish.
WHEN TO GET THIS BOOK
When you are looking for some how to draw books for children in pencil drawing,
When it comes to a fantastic idea for boyfriend gifts or girlfriend gifts,
When you are finding a graduation gifts idea for the one you love
When you want surprising, drawing-related birthday gifts for girls age 11 or a birthday gift boy 11 years old,
When you need a suggestion about 12 year old girl gifts for birthday or cool birthday gifts for 12 year old boys,
When you search for birthday gifts for teen boys age 13 or 13 year old girls gifts birthday
When it pops to a special gift for a special one on a special day, such as Christmas gifts, Easter gifts, Halloween gifts, or any other occasions
Or when your best drawing gift is yet to come…
This book is always a perfect choice
For anyone who loves & breath drawing,
The one in the family that enjoys drawing,
The one that you see a genuine young artist inside them
Get A Copy Today!
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Learn to Draw Pets! (Easy Step-by-Step Drawing Guide)
Are you ready to draw . . . all kinds of pets? Dogs, cats, fish, birds, turtles, horses, and more? This book is for you!- Young artists can draw more than 43 favourite pets by following easy, step-by-step, visual directions!
- Start with simple shapes, then follow the red lines in each step to complete each drawing.
- Trace over the extra outlines provided for practice and to build confidence.
- Kids can then use their new skills (and imagination) to draw their own pet pictures on the background pages throughout!
- Simple steps, great results!
- Ages 4 and up.
- Book measures 8-1/2” wide x 11” high.
- 48 pages.
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Learn To Play GUITAR for Kids
This great kids beginner’s guitar book is the perfect first book and introduction to playing the guitar for any budding young musician!Even with no previous musical knowledge, this book gets them off to a flying start and kids will be playing their very first tune on the guitar within a few pages!
Kids will be introduced to holding and strumming their new guitar , and learn their first simple chords so they can play and sing lots of popular tunes!
PLUS – Cut out and keep Guitar Chords Poster at rear of book!
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Learn to Produce Videos with FFmpeg: In Thirty Minutes or Less
This title was superseded by the 2018 Edition of the same name, which is now available on Amazon and other online booksellers. If you purchased this version, send proof of purchase to janozer@gmail.com and I’ll send you a free PDF copy of the update ($29.95 value). Note that the changes in the book are concentrated, with new sections on Bento4 in Chapters 10 and 12, and several new sections on live transcoding and AV1 encoding in Chapter 14. Otherwise, most of the book is the same, so having a physical copy of the old edition and a PDF of the new should not be a hassle. Note that if you wait and buy a physical copy of the new edition, you won’t get a PDF copy.
This focused 120-page book teaches readers how to use FFmpeg to create full adaptive bitrate ladders and package them into HLS or DASH formats. The book also includes a primer on terms and technologies related to streaming and recommended settings for all parameters detailed in the book.
Initial chapters focus on installing FFmpeg on Windows, Mac, and Linux computers, and basics of command-line programming. Then the technology primer, and individual chapters on bitrate control, resolution, frame rate, I-, B-, P- and reference-frame settings. These are followed by chapters on H.264 and HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), which includes instruction on Apple tools Media File Segmenter, Variant Playlist Creator, and Media Stream Validator. Also covered is encoding for DASH with MP4Box. Next up are chapters on encoding HEVC with x265, and producing VP9, with the final chapter covering miscellaneous operations like concatenating multiple files, or computing PSNR with FFmpeg.
A downloadable zipped file includes all (Windows) batch files used in the book, which you can easily adapt for your own use, and a detailed Table of Contents and Index will help you find what you need. All these contents ensure that you’ll be able to Learn to Produce Videos with FFmpeg in 30 Minutes or Less.
(Note: the email in the book for the downloadable files is incorrect. Please email the request to jozer@mindspring.com. Sorry for any inconvenience).
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Learn to Read at Home with Bug Club Phonics Alphablocks: Phase 2 – Reception Term 1 (4 fiction books) Pack A (Phonics Bug)
Bug Club Phonics is a DfE approved phonics teaching programme that gives children a firm, fun foundation in phonics. It uses research-based teaching methods so it’s proven to work, and its range of 100% decodable books provide the ideal way to get today’s little readers started on their journey to reading success.
Bug Club Phonics books are ideal for use at home too, and are a great way to help your child take their first steps towards ‘cracking the code’ which will enable them to learn to read and spell.
Helpful notes on the inside front cover of each book highlight tricky words and give you ideas for before and during reading, and the inside back covers include ideas for delving deeper after reading to check understanding.
Based on the CBBC TV series, Alphablocks Pack 1 is great for encouraging your Foundation Stage early readers. It contains 4 fiction books – It is a Din!, Pop! Pop! Pop!, Is it a Rock? And A Big Mess. Suitable for children age 3-5.
It is a Din!
I is making too much noise. The other Alphablocks put her in a pan, but she makes more noise by tapping it, so the others make her nap!
Book band: Pink A
Covers the sounds s, a t, p, i, n, d.
Pop! Pop! Pop!
O starts to nap, but then P appears. She makes lots of words with O, who gets cross as he cannot sleep. O makes a cot for P and he finally gets his nap.
Book band: Pink A
Covers the sounds o, c, k.
Is it a Rock?
C and K find a rock. They each try to break it, but only manage to do so by joining together to make it crack. The rock is actually a dinosaur egg!
Book band: Pink B
Covers the sounds c, k, e, r.A Big Mess
The Alphablocks make a bath tub. It fills up and overflows with soapy water, until they do word magic to switch the tap off.
Book band: Pink B
Covers the sounds h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss.
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Learn to Read at Home with Bug Club Phonics Alphablocks: Phase 2 – Reception Term 1 (4 fiction books) Pack B
Based on the CBBC TV series, Alphablocks is great for encouraging early readers. This pack contains 4 fiction books – ‘In a Pit’, ‘Cat and Dog’, ‘Get a Pet!’ and ‘Huff! Puff!’ Suitable for children age 4-5.
Bug Club Phonics is a Department for Education-approved phonics teaching programme that gives children a strong foundation in phonics. It uses research-based teaching methods, proven to work. All books are 100% decodable to help today’s little readers get started on their journey to reading success.
Bug Club Phonics books are ideal for use at home too, and are a great way to help your child take their first steps towards ‘cracking the code’ which will enable them to learn to read and spell.
Helpful notes on the inside front cover of each book highlight tricky words and give you ideas for before and during reading, and the inside back covers include ideas for delving deeper after reading to check understanding.
The packs are matched to the phonics phases children are taught in school by term, from nursery to Year 1:
Nursery (EYFS): phase 1 Reception, term 1: phase 2 Reception, term 2: phase 3 Reception, term 3: phase 4 Year 1, term 1: Phase 5 Year 1, term 2: Phase 5/6 Year 1, term 3: Phase 6Read more
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Learn to Sign and Cook with Olli: The Fun Way to Learn Sign Language (Learn to Sign with Olli)
Learn to Sign and Cook with Olli Combines the twin themes of food and sign language for children of all ages. Full descriptionRead more
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Learn to Sign the Fun Way!: Let Your Fingers Do the Talking with Games, Puzzles, and Activities in American Sign Language
The perfect guide to signing for everyone!Never before has learning to sign been so simple and so much fun! Whether you are a teacher or a parent, this lively self-guided book of American Sign Language (ASL) will quickly become your kids’ new favorite teacher!
Learn to Sign the Fun Way goes beyond the manual alphabet and teaches the beautiful language of sign—the United States’ fourth most pervasive language—in a simple, interactive format. Signers-to-be will discover:
·Great games to make learning ASL an entertaining adventure
·Activities for both the individual and the classroom
·Cool groups of signs that appeal esspecially to kids
·And much more!Kids love to sign, whether it be to communicate with a hearing-impaired individual or as a “secret” language with their friends. With this illustrated book they’ll quickly and easily become signing superstars! Inside are cool signs for kids, including:
·People signs
·Alphabet and numbers
·Animals
·Food and drinks
·Home signs
· Clothing
·Color
·Sports
·Activity signs
·Thoughts and feelings
·Action signs
·Body parts
·School talk
·Calendar signs
·Silly and fun signsRead more
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Learn to Sign with Olli: The Fun Way to Learn Sign Language
Signing has become mainstream it is used within schools and by speaking parents to communicate with babies and young children. Many schools teach signing as part of their curriculum and are seeking new, accessible material. Learn to Sign with Olli offers all children and parents a fun way to learn sign language through four complete stories. Aimed at all children and their parents not just the hearing impaired First in a seriesRead more
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Learn with Peppa: Counting 0–20: Wipe-Clean Activity Book
Learn with Peppa: Counting 0 to 20helps children build number recognition and learn to count. Gradually progressing in number practice from 0 to 10 to 11 to 20, children will gain confidence in writing numerals and counting in sequence, as well as grouping objects and finding the missing number. Count and write the number, then wipe the page clean and try again!
Learn with Peppa wipe-clean activity books introduce key early learning topics, from writing and counting to emotional development, with carefully structured practice and plenty of fun activities.
– Peppa and her friends take centre stage in this brand-new series of wipe-clean learning books with integrated pen
– Each Learn with Peppa wipe-clean activity book has been developed by educational experts and contains helpful hints and tips for using the book with your child
– Fun, interactive drawing and writing activities build children’s pen control skills and the pages can be wiped clean to use over and over again!
– Access additional resources and guidance on the Learn with Peppa website
Let Peppa support your little ones on their early learning adventure in Learn with Peppa.
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Learn with Peppa: Peppa’s Counting Rhyme
Let’s count all the fun things Peppa and her friends learn at playgroup. What will everyone do today?
Encourage children to practise saying the numbers from 1 to 10 in order and listen to the rhythm and rhyme of the story to build early counting and language skills. As they count, can they find the matching numbers on the number line? What else can they spot and count on the page?
Learn with Peppa: Peppa’s Counting Rhyme is a fun rhyming story that explores the different activities that Peppa and her friends do at playgroup and gently teaches first numbers from 1 to 10.
– Peppa and her friends take centre stage in this brand-new series of interactive learning board books
– With a number line and simple counting question on every spread for early maths practice
– Rhyming story supports sound awareness and pre-phonics skills
– Each Learn with Peppa board book has been developed by educational experts
– Access additional resources and guidance on the Learn with Peppa websiteLet Peppa support your little ones on their early learning adventure in Learn with Peppa.
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Learned By Heart: From the award-winning author of Room
Shortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Prize.
The heartbreaking story of the love of two women – Anne Lister, the real-life inspiration behind Gentleman Jack, and her first love, Eliza Raine – from the bestselling author of Room and The Wonder.
‘Donoghue conjures a whole new world’ – The Observer
In 1805, at a boarding school in York, two fourteen-year-old girls first meet.
Eliza Raine, the orphan daughter of an Indian mother, keeps herself apart from the other girls, tired of being picked out for being different. Anne Lister, a gifted troublemaker, is determined to conquer the world, refusing to bow to society’s expectations of what a woman can do.
As they fall in love, the connection they forge will remain with them for the rest of their lives.
Full of passion and heartbreak, evocative and wholly unique, Learned by Heart is the beautiful historical novel from acclaimed author Emma Donoghue.
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Learning Blender
Master the Newest Blender Techniques for Creating Amazing 3D Characters: From Design and Modeling to Video CompositingNow fully updated for Blender 2.83 LTS (Long-Term Support) and beyond, Learning Blender, Third Edition, walks you through every step of creating an outstanding 3D animated character with Blender, and then compositing it in a real video using a professional workflow. This edition covers the extensive interface changes of the software, as well as many improvements and some almost fully rewritten chapters to showcase more modern workflows.
Still the only Blender tutorial to take you from preproduction to final result, this guide is perfect for both novices and those moving from other software to Blender (open source and free software). Author Oliver Villar provides full-color, hands-on chapters that cover every aspect of character creation: design, modeling, unwrapping, texturing, shading, rigging, animation, and rendering. He also walks you through integrating your animated character into a real-world video, using professional camera tracking, lighting, and compositing techniques.
The rich companion website ( blendtuts.com/learning-blender-files) will help you quickly master even the most complex techniques with bonus contents like video tutorials. By the time you’re done, you’ll be ready to create outstanding characters for all media — and you’ll have up-to-date skills for any 3D project, whether it involves characters or not.
- Learn Blender’s updated user interface and navigation
- Create your first scene with Blender and the Blender Render and Cycles render engines
- Organize an efficient, step-by-step pipeline to streamline workflow in any project
- Master modeling, unwrapping, and texturing
- Bring your character to life with materials and shading in both Cycles and EEVEE (the new real-time render engine included in Blender)
- Create your character’s skeleton and make it walk
- Use Camera Tracking to mix 3D objects into a real-world video
- Transform a raw rendered scene into the final result using Blender’s compositing nodes
Register your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.
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Learning British Sign Language : British Sign Language
British Sign Language (BSL) is used in the United
Kingdom. The number of Deaf people in the UK using
BSL has been put at about 50,000; there are in addition many more hearing people who use BSL to
communicate with Deaf users.
Sign languages are not related to spoken languages and BSL is completely different, for example, from
American Sign Language.
Sign language conveys meaning through the use of
space and movement of the hands, body, face and
head.
We know that many hearing people are keen to learn
BSL (it is a very popular evening class course, for
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Learning Chinese Character Workbook: HSK Level 2 – The Faster Way to Learn Mandarin Chinese Characters Practice Book: Learning Chinese Characters Made Easy (HSK Series)
Learning Chinese Character Workbook: HSK Level 2 – The Faster Way to Learn Mandarin Chinese Characters Practice Book is a learning Chinese workbook that you should not miss. This is a book that shows the revolutionary way to write each Chinese character correctly. Learn Chinese should not be a painful experience for you. All the essential Chinese characters in this practice book were carefully selected to best suit your learning needs. Learning Mandarin could be a struggle for beginner learners. This workbook simplifies the whole learning process to learn Mandarin. You have to start right to learn Mandarin Chinese.Learning Chinese might be confusing when you just get started. Each Chinese character in this practice book is presented according to the stroke order rules. With adequate practices, you will have a clearer mind to learn Chinese. English definitions for the Chinese characters are also available in this workbook. Learning Mandarin effectively is essential in today’s world. This learn Mandarin practice book is intended for self-study and personal use only. Want to have an unfair advantage life skill? Then learn Mandarin Chinese now!
Key features of this learn Chinese workbook include:
✓ Our Learners’ Guide is informative enough for you to learn Chinese. No long-winded texts here. You will learn Chinese strokes, stroke order rules and the Hanyu Pinyin system.
✓ Chinese Characters Practice – each Simplified Chinese character is well presented with its radical, stroke count, English definitions as well as stroke order which is prominently demonstrated.
✓ Very suitable for students that plan to take the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) – a test that is administered by Hanban, an agency of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China.
✓ 173 new Chinese characters in HSK Level 2 covered.Are you ready to improve your Chinese language proficiency? Grab a copy of our book now!
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Learning Disability Nursing: Developing Professional Practice
Written by experts in the field, this is a must-have book for all undergraduate nurses studying to become Registered Nurses (Learning Disability), specifically linked to achieving the outcomes required within the NMC Standards for Nurse Education (2018).
It is also of relevance to qualified learning disability nurses, those studying to become Registered Nurses (Intellectual Disabilities) in Ireland, as well as nursing students in general who should have a good working knowledge of learning disability practice.
The book explores all aspects of professional development in learning disability nursing from the foundations to advanced practice. Key themes running through the book include the importance of a human rights and values-based approach, the development of person-centred approaches to care and support, and the need to work in partnership with key stakeholders, including people with learning disabilities and their families. It encourages readers to make links between theory and practice and to develop their skills in critical thinking through case studies and reflective activities.
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Learning how to learn: the essential guide to increasing your learning skills
Learning how to learn: a process we all engage in throughout our lives, but no single method of learning guarantees success. This ebook, Learning how to learn: the essential guide to increasing your learning skills, aims to make the process of learning much more explicit by inviting you to apply various ideas and activities to your own study as a way of increasing your awareness of your own learning. Most learning has to be an active process, and this is particularly true of learning how to learn.
After reading this ebook, you should be able to: think about and understand personal ways of learning; apply the ideas and exercises in this ebook to existing learning experiences; and learn reflectively.
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Learning Legal Rules: A Students’ Guide to Legal Method and Reasoning
Written by leading authors with extensive experience in both teaching and practice, this established and trusted title equips the student with all the techniques of legal research, analysis, and argument they will need for their law course and beyond. Holland & Webb take an engaging and practical approach with examples and exercises throughout which allow students to develop their knowledge and their reasoning skills making this an ideal text for first year students.Digital formats and resources
The eleventh edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.– The ebook offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
– The accompanying online resources include multiple choice questions for each chapter, links to useful websites and a guide to using Halsbury’s Laws.For futher insight into legal skills, visit legaleducation.wordpress.com.
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Learning Legal Rules: A Students’ Guide to Legal Method and Reasoning
Written by leading authors with extensive experience in both teaching and practice, this established and trusted title equips the student with all the techniques of legal research, analysis, and argument they will need for their law course and beyond. Holland & Webb take an engaging and practical approach with examples and exercises throughout which allow students to develop their knowledge and their reasoning skills making this an ideal text for first year students.Digital formats and resources
Learning Legal Rules is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.
– The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
– The book is supported by online resources complete with 200 multiple choice questions with feedback for students.Read more
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Learning Legal Rules: A Students’ Guide to Legal Method and Reasoning
When studying law, it is easy to become focused on the substantive aspects of the subject. In order to study and practice law effectively, it is essential not only to understand what the legal rules are, but also why they are as they are, and what consequences they might have.Learning Legal Rules brings together the theory, structure, and practice of legal reasoning in order for the reader to develop both their knowledge and reasoning skills. The book equips the student with the techniques of legal research, analysis and argument, and explains the operation of precedent as well as effective statutory interpretation. Learning Legal Rules has been used in common law countries around the world as a leading legal method guide for over twenty years.
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Learning Legal Rules is accompanied by an online resource centre which provides self-test questions and web links for students. For lecturers, there are downloadable versions of figures and tables from the book as well as an extensive and fully customizable test bank.Read more
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Learning Legal Skills and Reasoning
Language skills, study skills, argument skills and the skills associated with dispute resolution are vital to every law student, professional lawyer and academic. The 5th edition of Learning Legal Skills and Reasoning draws on a range of areas of law to show how these key skills can be learnt and mastered, bridging the gap between substantive legal subjects and the skills required to become a successful law student.
The book is split into four sections:
- Sources of law: Including domestic, European and international law.
- Working with the law: Featuring advice on how to find and understand the most appropriate legislation and cases.
- Applying your research: How to construct a legal argument, answer a problem question and present orally (mooting).
- Skills for solving disputes: From negotiation to mediation and beyond.
Packed full of practical examples and diagrams to illustrate each legal skill, this new edition has been fully updated and now includes a new chapter on drafting. It will be an essential companion for any student wishing to acquire the legal skills necessary to become a successful law student.
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Learning Legal Skills and Reasoning
Language skills, study skills, argument skills and legal knowledge are vital to every law student, professional lawyer and academic. Learning Legal Skills and Reasoning discusses the main sources of English law and explains how to work with legal texts in order to construct credible legal arguments which can be applied in coursework, exams or presentations.
Learning Legal Skills and Reasoning
- Discusses how to find and understand sources of both domestic and European Union Law
- Develops effective disciplined study techniques, including referencing, general reading, writing and oral skills and explains how to make good use of the university print and e-library
- Contains chapters on writing law essays, problem questions and examinations, and on oral skills including presentations and mediation skills
Packed full of practical examples and diagrams across the range of legal skills from language and research skills to mooting and negotiation, this textbook will be invaluable to law students seeking to acquire a range of discreet legal skills in order to use them together to produce competent assessed work.
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Learning Mandarin Chinese Characters Volume 2: The Quick and Easy Way to Learn Chinese Characters! (Hsk Level 2 & AP Study Exam Prep Book): The Quick … (HSK Level 2 & AP Study…
Reinforce your written Chinese with this practice book for the best-selling Tuttle Learning Chinese Characters.Learning Mandarin Chinese Characters helps students quickly learn the basic Chinese characters that are fundamental to the language. Intended for self-study and classroom use, this character workbook presents 171 Chinese characters and over 513 common words using these characters. These are the characters and words students need to know if they plan to take the official Chinese government HSK Level 2 Exam or the Advanced Placement (AP) Chinese Language and Culture Exam. Each character is presented in a very simple and clear way. A step-by-step diagram shows how to write the character and boxes are provided for freehand writing practice. The meaning and pronunciation are given along with the key vocabulary compounds and an example sentence. Review exercises reinforce the learning process and an index at the back allow you to look up the characters according to their English meanings or romanized Hanyu Pinyin pronunciation. Key features of this Chinese workbook include: Designed for HSK Level 1 and AP exam prep Learn the 171 most basic Chinese characters Example sentences and over 513 vocabulary items Step-by-step writing diagrams and practice boxesRead more
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Learning Microsoft Azure: Cloud Computing and Development Fundamentals
If your organization plans to modernize services and move to the cloud from legacy software or a private cloud on premises, this book is for you. Software developers, solution architects, cloud engineers, and anybody interested in cloud technologies will learn fundamental concepts for cloud computing, migration, transformation, and development using Microsoft Azure.
Author and Microsoft MVP Jonah Carrio Andersson guides you through cloud computing concepts and deployment models, the wide range of modern cloud technologies, application development with Azure, team collaboration services, security services, and cloud migration options in Microsoft Azure.
You’ll gain insight into the Microsoft Azure cloud services that you can apply in different business use cases, software development projects, and modern solutions in the cloud. You’ll also become fluent with Azure cloud migration services, serverless computing technologies that help your development team work productively, Azure IoT, and Azure cognitive services that make your application smarter. This book also provides real-world advice and best practices based on the author’s own Azure migration experience.
- Gain insight into which Azure cloud service best suits your company’s particular needs
- Understand how to use Azure for different use cases and specific technical requirements
- Start developing cloud services, applications, and solutions in the Azure environment
- Learn how to migrate existing legacy applications to Microsoft Azure
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Learning photography: Shooting in manual mode: 1
Did you buy a fancy new camera, but your photos still aren’t that great? Are you shooting in auto mode because you don’t know what all the buttons are for? Then Learning Photography is the kind of guide you’re looking for!Assuming you have no knowledge about photography, this guide’s step-by-step format allows you to quickly learn the most important principles of photography, as well as how to unlock your camera by shooting in manual mode. Learn how ISO works, why the aperture is so important, when to adjust your shutter speed, and understand how depth of field works. Then combine everything together with the right type of lens and shoot!Step out of your comfort zone by shooting RAW to get every bit of precious information from your photos so that you can have full control over them during post processing.Learning Photography is an up-to-date guide that will enable you to unlock your full potential. Walk away from crude, badly composed selfies, and impress everyone with your art.Read more
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Learning Places: The Afterlives of Area Studies (Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society)
Under globalization, the project of area studies and its relationship to the fields of cultural, ethnic, and gender studies has grown more complex and more in need of the rigorous reexamination that this volume and its distinguished contributors undertake. In the aftermath of World War II, area studies were created in large part to supply information on potential enemies of the United States. The essays in Learning Places argue, however, that the post–Cold War era has seen these programs largely degenerate into little more than public relations firms for the areas they research.
A tremendous amount of money flows—particularly within the sphere of East Asian studies, the contributors claim—from foreign agencies and governments to U.S. universities to underwrite courses on their histories and societies. In the process, this volume argues, such funds have gone beyond support to the wholesale subsidization of students in graduate programs, threatening the very integrity of research agendas. Native authority has been elevated to a position of primacy; Asian-born academics are presumed to be definitive commentators in Asian studies, for example. Area studies, the contributors believe, has outlived the original reason for its construction. The essays in this volume examine particular topics such as the development of cultural studies and hyphenated studies (such as African-American, Asian-American, Mexican-American) in the context of the failure of area studies, the corporatization of the contemporary university, the prehistory of postcolonial discourse, and the problematic impact of unformulated political goals on international activism.
Learning Places points to the necessity, the difficulty, and the possibility in higher education of breaking free from an entrenched Cold War narrative and making the study of a specific area part of the agenda of education generally. The book will appeal to all whose research has a local component, as well as to those interested in the future course of higher education generally.Contributors. Paul A. Bové, Rey Chow, Bruce Cummings, James A. Fujii, Harry Harootunian, Masao Miyoshi, Tetsuo Najita, Richard H. Okada, Benita Parry, Moss Roberts, Bernard S. Silberman, Stefan Tanaka, Rob Wilson, Sylvia Yanagisako, Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto
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Learning Scientific Programming with Python
Learn to master basic programming tasks from scratch with real-life, scientifically relevant examples and solutions drawn from both science and engineering. Students and researchers at all levels are increasingly turning to the powerful Python programming language as an alternative to commercial packages and this fast-paced introduction moves from the basics to advanced concepts in one complete volume, enabling readers to gain proficiency quickly. Beginning with general programming concepts such as loops and functions within the core Python 3 language, and moving on to the NumPy, SciPy and Matplotlib libraries for numerical programming and data visualization, this textbook also discusses the use of Jupyter Notebooks to build rich-media, shareable documents for scientific analysis. The second edition features a new chapter on data analysis with the pandas library and comprehensive updates, and new exercises and examples. A final chapter introduces more advanced topics such as floating-point precision and algorithm stability, and extensive online resources support further study. This textbook represents a targeted package for students requiring a solid foundation in Python programming.Read more
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Learning the Law
Learning the Law introduces legal problems and describes how to tackle them, how to look up points of law and how to make the best use of the time available for study.Read more
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